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Name	Team	Age
Swiss Wachtel	Retired (1966, Age 34)	Died (1995, Age 63)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 44, Pick 691 (1950)	1B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Billy Williams League	0	0 years (41 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	B	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	B-	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C	C+	B-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
C-	C	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	C	A
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D	0	4/30/1932
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	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

3 / 3

0 / 1

2 / 2

1 / 1

2 / 3

0 / 0

8 / 0

1951

Minors

45.00

5 / 5

6 / 6

3 / 4

6 / 8

10 / 11

6 / 9

1 / 3

37 / 45

1952

Minors

20.00

2 / 2

1 / 1

4 / 6

1 / 1

2 / 2

2 / 4

3 / 5

15 / 20

1953

Minors

8.00

1 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

3 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 0

6 / 8

1954

Minors

3.00

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 3

1955

Minors

9.00

3 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 0

7 / 9

1955

Majors

1.96

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 1

1956

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

1958

Minors

10.00

1 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

2 / 10

1959

Minors

7.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

2 / 7

1960

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1961

Minors

7.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 7

1962

Minors

19.00

0 / 2

1 / 3

2 / 5

0 / 0

1 / 3

1 / 4

2 / 2

7 / 19

1963

Minors

15.00

0 / 2

1 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 5

3 / 15

1964

Minors

22.00

2 / 5

2 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 3

4 / 22

1965

Minors

9.00

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 9

1966

Minors

24.00

1 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

1 / 24

Total

0

0

0

16 / 35

16 / 28

11 / 29

13 / 25

18 / 35

15 / 35

8 / 27

97 / 214

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1966-11-01	Swiss Wachtel has retired from the Boston Rotsox
1961-04-03	The Boston Barracudas have acquired Swiss Wachtel from the waiver wire.
1960-05-09	The Washington Wickedness have waived Swiss Wachtel.
1958-04-26	The Washington Wickedness have acquired Swiss Wachtel from the waiver wire.
1956-07-18	The Cleveland Hammers waive Swiss Wachtel.
1955-05-24	The Cleveland Hammers have sent Swiss Wachtel to the minors.
1955-05-02	The Cleveland Hammers have promoted Alan Johnson to the major league team. The Cleveland Hammers have promoted Swiss Wachtel to the major league team.
1951-04-01	A trade has been completed between the Chicago ShoelessHeroes and the Cleveland Dragons. The Cleveland Dragons receive Pete Sutton, Swiss Wachtel, Hal Sproull, Ed Baxes, Draft Pick - 1952 Round 1 (NYN) from the Chicago ShoelessHeroes in exchange for Fred Flint.
1950-09-05	The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Lloyd Thielman to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Bill Atwell to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted John Foster to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Salami Cotto to the minors. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Dory Funderburk Jr to the minors. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Swiss Wachtel to the minors.
1950-09-05	The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Swiss Wachtel to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Salami Cotto to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Lloyd Thielman to the minors. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have designated Dan Paniagua for assignment.
1950-04-24	The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have renamed Joe Wachtel to Swiss Wachtel.
1950-04-04	The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Mario Sullivan to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Joe Wachtel to the minors.
1950-04-01	The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have promoted Joe Wachtel to the major league team. The Chicago ShoelessHeroes have sent Champ Mulroney to the minors.