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Name	Team	Age
Bongo Plunkett	Retired (1969, Age 34)	Died (2016, Age 81)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 49 (1954)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mel Ott League	0	0 years (126 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C	C+	D+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D-	D	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A-	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	F	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	3/8/1935
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)
A- (82.2 %)	F  (0.5 %)	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

1954

Minors

2.00

1 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 2

1954

Majors

39.00

3 / 7

1 / 6

3 / 7

1 / 6

1 / 2

2 / 5

2 / 6

13 / 39

1955

Minors

8.00

0 / 0

2 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 2

2 / 2

7 / 8

1956

Minors

9.00

1 / 1

1 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 4

0 / 0

2 / 2

7 / 9

1957

Minors

14.00

1 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

3 / 4

1 / 1

3 / 3

1 / 1

11 / 14

1958

Minors

8.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

2 / 2

2 / 3

0 / 0

5 / 8

1959

Minors

16.00

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 1

5 / 6

2 / 2

4 / 4

14 / 16

1960

Minors

3.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 3

1964

Majors

6.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 6

1965

Majors

13.00

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 4

0 / 1

1 / 13

1966

Majors

14.00

0 / 0

1 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 4

3 / 14

1967

Majors

16.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 16

1968

Majors

10.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 10

1969

Majors

16.00

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 16

Total

0

0

0

6 / 19

8 / 19

9 / 32

7 / 25

14 / 22

11 / 30

12 / 28

67 / 175

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1969-11-01	Bongo Plunkett has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1960-06-13	The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have waived Bongo Plunkett.
1960-05-23	The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have acquired Bongo Plunkett from the waiver wire.
1960-05-13	The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have waived Bongo Plunkett.
1959-04-10	The Cincinnati Sex Pistols have acquired Bongo Plunkett from the waiver wire.
1959-04-06	The New York Cavalry have waived Bongo Plunkett.
1956-04-19	The New York Cavalry have promoted Stefan Morris to the major league team. The New York Cavalry have sent Bongo Plunkett to the minors.
1956-04-19	The New York Cavalry have promoted George Unser to the major league team. The New York Cavalry have promoted Andy Bradley to the major league team. The New York Cavalry have promoted Lefty Felton to the major league team. The New York Cavalry have promoted Bongo Plunkett to the major league team. The New York Cavalry have promoted Jim Cambria to the major league team. The New York Cavalry have sent Chido Campaneris to the minors. The New York Cavalry have designated Plug Powers for assignment. The New York Cavalry have sent Mongo Plunkett to the minors. The New York Cavalry have sent Gussie Austin to the minors. The New York Cavalry have sent Ben Edelman to the minors.
1955-04-01	The New York Pizza Pies have demoted Bongo Plunkett to the minor leagues.
1954-05-13	The New York Pizza Pies have promoted Mongo Plunkett to the major league team. The New York Pizza Pies have promoted Bongo Plunkett to the major league team. The New York Pizza Pies have designated Charlie Boy Bramhall for assignment. The New York Pizza Pies have designated Jimmy Ferrell for assignment.
1954-04-01	The New York Pizza Pies have renamed George Remmerswaal to Bongo Plunkett.