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Name	Team	Age
Jose Bird	Retired (1955, Age 34)	Died (2005, Age 84)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 35, Pick 552 (1950)	RF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Tim Raines League	0	2 years (151 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	C-	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D+	C	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	B	B
Endurance	Velocity	Control
D-	D-	C-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	F	D+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	3/5/1921
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
A+ (96.1 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1950

Minors

0.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 0

1950

Majors

0.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 2

2 / 0

1951

Minors

0.00

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 0

1951

Majors

0.00

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 0

1952

Majors

0.00

1 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 1

0 / 1

4 / 0

1953

Majors

0.00

0 / 0

1 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 2

2 / 0

1954

Minors

3.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 3

Total

0

0

0

1 / 4

3 / 13

2 / 13

1 / 11

0 / 7

3 / 7

1 / 11

11 / 66

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1955-11-01	Jose Bird has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1954-07-18	The Pittsburgh Iron Horses have waived Jose Bird.
1954-04-01	The Pittsburgh Iron Horses have promoted Ken Picciolo to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Horses have designated Jose Bird for assignment.
1951-05-03	The Pittsburgh Iron Horses have promoted Jose Bird to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Horses have designated Larry Wilson for assignment.
1951-03-01	The Pittsburgh Iron Horses have promoted Billy Roskos to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Horses have promoted Rowdy Hall to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Horses have designated Wiley Thompson for assignment. The Pittsburgh Iron Horses have designated Jose Bird for assignment.
1950-09-15	The Pittsburgh Iron Horses have promoted Jose Bird to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Iron Horses have sent Rowdy Hall to the minors.