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Name Team Age
Billy Volek Retired (1977, Age 37) Died (2010, Age 70)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17
(1960)
2B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Wally Berger League 0 13 years (88 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 4/4/1940
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 2
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (99.1 %) A+ (99.0 %) (0.0 %)

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Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT
1972 2B WAS 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 1 0 3.00 1.000
3B WAS 9 9 80.66 20 7 13 0 1 0 2.23 1.000
SS WAS 11 11 97.66 46 18 28 0 7 -2 4.24 1.000
1973 2B WAS 1 1 9.0 3 1 2 0 1 0 3.00 1.000
3B WAS 5 5 44.0 13 3 10 0 0 -1 2.66 1.000
SS WAS 14 14 124.0 64 26 38 0 14 -1 4.65 1.000
1974 2B WAS-CIN 5 5 45.33 37 19 18 0 5 -1 7.35 1.000
3B WAS-CIN 2 1 14.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 1.93 1.000
1975 1B CIN 1 1 7.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 10.29 1.000
2B CIN 63 61 492.0 321 146 170 5 35 -1 5.78 .984
3B CIN 10 10 81.0 27 4 23 0 0 -2 3.00 1.000
SS CIN 22 22 188.0 125 45 77 3 18 -3 5.84 .976
1976 2B CIN 66 64 536.66 318 118 192 8 33 -4 5.20 .975
3B CIN 10 10 78.66 34 11 22 1 0 +1 3.78 .971
SS CIN 1 1 6.0 5 0 5 0 0 0 7.50 1.000
1977 2B CIN 12 12 101.0 64 26 37 1 4 +1 5.61 .984
3B CIN 4 4 33.0 9 3 6 0 0 -1 2.45 1.000
SS CIN 14 14 123.0 78 23 53 2 9 -2 5.56 .974
Pos Total 1B 1 1 7.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 10.29 1.000
2B 148 144 1192.99 746 312 420 14 79 -5 5.52 .981
3B 40 39 331.32 106 30 75 1 1 -3 2.85 .991
SS 62 62 538.66 318 112 201 5 48 -8 5.23 .984
Total 251 246 2069.97 1178 462 696 20 128 -16 5.03 .983
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1977-11-01Billy Volek has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1977-09-09The Cincinnati River Gamblers have waived Billy Volek.
1977-07-29The Cincinnati River Gamblers have promoted Mark Macko to the major league team. The Cincinnati River Gamblers have designated Billy Volek for assignment.
1975-09-27Billy Volek of the Cincinnati River Gamblers is injured and is expected to be out 34 days.
1974-04-13The Cincinnati Reds have acquired Billy Volek from the waiver wire.
1974-04-13The Cincinnati Reds have demoted Fred McDermott to the minor leagues.
1974-04-09The Washington Bullets have designated Billy Volek for assignment.
1966-04-06The Washington Colonials have renamed Lynn Volz to Billy Volek.
1965-04-29The Washington Colonials have promoted Lynn Volz to the major league team.
1965-04-15The Washington Colonials have renamed Lucky Lynn Volz to Lynn Volz.
1965-04-15A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Pub Crawlers and the Washington Colonials. The Washington Colonials receive Cristal Bass, Lucky Lynn Volz from the Milwaukee Pub Crawlers in exchange for Max Cerone, Harry Pinelli.
1964-04-01The Milwaukee Pub Crawlers have renamed "Lucky" Lynn Volz to Lucky Lynn Volz.
1964-04-01The Milwaukee Pub Crawlers have renamed Lynn Volz to "Lucky" Lynn Volz.
1964-03-05A trade has been completed between the Milwaukee Pub Crawlers and the Boston Curse. The Boston Curse receive John "Q" Lewis, George Greenfield, Draft Pick - 1964 Round 2 (MIL) from the Milwaukee Pub Crawlers in exchange for Jim "Light" Blue, Lynn Volz, Draft Pick - 1964 Round 1 (BOS).