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Name	Team	Age
Howie Ventura	Retired (2011, Age 36)	Died (2049, Age 75)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 19 (1996)	RP	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Branch Rickey League	0	6 years (109 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	C+	D
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
F	D	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D-	F	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
D+	B-	A-
Leadership	Mentor Value
C-	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	11/5/1974
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
4	4	4
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Energy  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Batting   |  Fielding   |  Game Log

Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1996	Minors	64.00	3 / 6	7 / 29	11 / 29	21 / 64
1997	Minors	57.00	2 / 3	2 / 25	7 / 29	11 / 57
1998	Minors	53.00	4 / 8	3 / 23	2 / 22	9 / 53
1998	Majors	14.56	0 / 0	1 / 7	0 / 7	1 / 14
1999	Minors	65.00	3 / 7	2 / 27	2 / 31	7 / 65
2000	Minors	68.00	0 / 2	3 / 36	3 / 30	6 / 68
2001	Minors	64.00	2 / 4	1 / 25	3 / 35	6 / 64
2002	Minors	51.00	0 / 1	0 / 25	3 / 25	3 / 51
2003	Minors	48.00	0 / 6	0 / 19	1 / 23	1 / 48
2003	Majors	6.42	0 / 0	0 / 3	0 / 3	0 / 6
2004	Majors	39.27	1 / 7	0 / 19	0 / 13	1 / 39
2005	Majors	26.58	0 / 0	0 / 14	0 / 12	0 / 26
2006	Majors	44.60	0 / 9	0 / 17	0 / 18	0 / 44
2007	Majors	28.66	0 / 1	0 / 5	1 / 22	1 / 28
2008	Majors	44.79	-1 / 7	-5 / 17	-1 / 20	-7 / 44
2009	Majors	30.36	-3 / 3	-8 / 13	-2 / 14	-13 / 30
2010	Majors	43.99	-2 / 10	0 / 19	-2 / 14	-4 / 43
2011	Majors	20.00	0 / 0	0 / 7	0 / 13	0 / 20
Total			9 / 74	6 / 330	28 / 360	43 / 764

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2011-11-01	Howie Ventura has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2011-04-01	The Pittsburgh Rotties have promoted Curt Smith to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Rotties have waived Howie Ventura.
2009-08-01	Howie Ventura of the Pittsburgh Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 29 days.
2009-05-08	Howie Ventura of the Pittsburgh Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
2007-07-24	Howie Ventura of the Pittsburgh Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 51 days.
2007-05-31	Howie Ventura of the Pittsburgh Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
2006-08-19	Howie Ventura of the Pittsburgh Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
2005-06-29	Howie Ventura of the Pittsburgh Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
2005-04-30	Howie Ventura of the Pittsburgh Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
2004-04-12	Howie Ventura of the Pittsburgh Rotties is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
2003-09-05	The Pittsburgh Rotties have promoted Howie Ventura to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Rotties have sent Roy Daley to the minors.
1998-08-07	The Pittsburgh Rotties have promoted Tony Prentiss to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Rotties have sent Howie Ventura to the minors.
1998-06-15	The Pittsburgh Rotties have promoted Howie Ventura to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Rotties have sent Reggie Hairston to the minors.