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Name	Team	Age
Bill Callison	Retired (1988, Age 35)	Died (2013, Age 60)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 21 (1976)	1B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (AAA)	0	10 years (49 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C+	D+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	A	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C-	C	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	C-	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D-	0	3/12/1953
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	2
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
A  (84.4 %)	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

1976

Minors

4.00

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 2

3 / 4

1976

Majors

7.20

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 2

3 / 3

6 / 7

1977

Minors

4.00

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 2

4 / 4

1977

Majors

0.22

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1978

Majors

23.76

1 / 3

2 / 3

0 / 2

2 / 3

2 / 3

5 / 7

1 / 2

13 / 23

1979

Majors

14.86

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

2 / 4

2 / 3

1 / 1

6 / 14

1980

Majors

35.70

1 / 6

1 / 5

0 / 2

1 / 4

1 / 4

2 / 7

2 / 7

8 / 35

1981

Majors

39.79

0 / 2

1 / 9

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 5

1 / 8

2 / 7

4 / 39

1982

Majors

45.19

0 / 8

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 5

2 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 6

2 / 45

1983

Majors

24.90

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 7

1 / 3

1 / 24

1984

Majors

16.89

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 4

1 / 16

1985

Majors

9.69

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 9

1986

Minors

9.00

0 / 3

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 9

1986

Majors

6.90

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 6

1987

Majors

19.50

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 19

Total

0

0

0

5 / 41

5 / 34

0 / 17

3 / 29

8 / 40

13 / 51

15 / 44

49 / 256

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1988-11-01	Bill Callison has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1988-04-06	The Pittsburgh Rowdys have waived Bill Callison.
1988-03-25	The Pittsburgh Rowdys have promoted Casey Elliott to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Rowdys have promoted Tracy Paris to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Rowdys have designated Bill Callison for assignment. The Pittsburgh Rowdys have designated Tony Smith for assignment.
1986-06-13	The Chicago Rowdys have promoted Bill Callison to the major league team. The Chicago Rowdys have sent Rod Brock to the minors.
1986-06-13	The Chicago Rowdys have acquired Bill Callison from the waiver wire.
1986-06-03	The Detroit Chumps have waived Bill Callison.
1986-04-01	The Detroit Chumps have promoted Mookie Liddell to the major league team. The Detroit Chumps have designated Bill Callison for assignment.
1978-04-01	The Detroit Americans have promoted Babe Baker to the major league team. The Detroit Americans have promoted Bill Callison to the major league team. The Detroit Americans have promoted Garland Taylor to the major league team. The Detroit Americans have sent Charlie Basinski to the minors. The Detroit Americans have sent Joe Grant to the minors. The Detroit Americans have designated Roger Slayton for assignment.
1977-04-01	The Detroit Americans have demoted Bill Callison to the minor leagues.
1976-05-30	The Detroit Americans have promoted Joe Ingerton to the major league team. The Detroit Americans have promoted Bill Callison to the major league team. The Detroit Americans have sent Lee Tinsley to the minors. The Detroit Americans have designated Ron Ostrowski for assignment.