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Name	Team	Age
Jim VanRobays	Retired (1990, Age 36)	Died (2024, Age 71)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 45 (1975)	2B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (AAA)	0	8 years (17 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C	D+	D-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B-	D+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C	D	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	F	F
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	11/15/1953
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	2
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)
C+ (49.5 %)	D  (16.3 %)	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

1975

Minors

13.00

1 / 2

1 / 2

2 / 3

3 / 3

2 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 1

11 / 13

1976

Minors

7.00

0 / 0

1 / 2

3 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

2 / 2

7 / 7

1977

Minors

12.00

1 / 1

2 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

5 / 5

0 / 0

8 / 12

1978

Minors

6.00

1 / 1

2 / 3

1 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

5 / 6

1979

Minors

7.00

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 1

2 / 7

1980

Minors

11.00

0 / 0

0 / 3

2 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 0

2 / 2

0 / 2

4 / 11

1981

Minors

8.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 2

2 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 0

4 / 8

1981

Majors

10.90

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

4 / 6

5 / 10

1982

Majors

22.60

1 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 5

0 / 3

1 / 1

3 / 22

1983

Majors

38.70

0 / 7

1 / 8

1 / 5

0 / 4

1 / 6

1 / 5

1 / 3

5 / 38

1984

Majors

26.40

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 26

1985

Majors

26.30

0 / 2

1 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 1

1 / 26

1986

Majors

25.90

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 4

1 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 2

1 / 25

1987

Majors

29.30

1 / 8

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 29

1988

Majors

17.50

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 17

1989

Majors

16.10

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 16

Total

0

0

0

5 / 41

10 / 45

9 / 37

6 / 35

6 / 48

11 / 39

10 / 32

57 / 277

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1990-11-01	Jim VanRobays has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1990-04-16	The St. Louis Metropolitans have waived Jim VanRobays.
1990-03-26	The St. Louis Metropolitans have promoted Brady Schulte to the major league team. The St. Louis Metropolitans have promoted Rusty Smith to the major league team. The St. Louis Metropolitans have designated Jim VanRobays for assignment. The St. Louis Metropolitans have designated Jason Hofferth for assignment.
1981-08-17	The New York Metropolitans have promoted Jim VanRobays to the major league team.