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Name Team Age
Tom Cates Retired (1972, Age 35) Died (2010, Age 73)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 50
(1962)		 C R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Fred Lynn League 0 7 years (86 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C+ B  D 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C- B  D-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B+ C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D  D+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B  F  A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 1/26/1937
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 2
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1962 BRO 47 115 14 28 2 1 6 13 11 16 2 3 4 .750 .315 .435 .243
1964 BRO-WAS-BOS 33 88 9 20 4 0 2 9 7 17 0 0 3 .630 .289 .341 .227
1965 BOS 28 65 10 15 1 0 3 11 9 10 0 0 2 .705 .320 .385 .231
1966 BOS 49 113 10 29 5 0 3 15 11 14 0 0 4 .709 .328 .381 .257
1967 BOS 33 91 8 22 2 0 5 14 15 17 0 0 4 .780 .352 .429 .242
1968 BOS-DET 46 106 10 23 3 0 3 15 9 19 0 0 2 .612 .282 .330 .217
1969 DET 49 38 3 11 2 0 1 5 3 8 0 0 0 .763 .341 .421 .289
1970 PHI 37 89 4 20 1 0 2 6 6 22 0 0 1 .582 .278 .303 .225
1971 PHI 23 81 11 20 4 0 2 8 9 16 1 0 1 .693 .322 .370 .247
1972 PHI 2 7 0 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .929 .500 .429 .429
Total 347 793 79 191 24 1 27 96 81 140 4 3 21 .690 .314 .376 .241
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Tom Cates has retired from the Philadelphia FROGS
1972-04-22The Philadelphia FROGS have promoted Chet Krueger to the major league team. The Philadelphia FROGS have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1970-05-15The Philadelphia FROGS have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Philadelphia FROGS have designated Felix Lear for assignment.
1970-05-12The Philadelphia FROGS have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1970-04-12The Detroit Spiders have waived Tom Cates.
1969-08-02The Detroit Spiders have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1969-05-02The Detroit Spiders have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1969-05-02The Detroit Spiders have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1969-04-19The Detroit Spiders have waived Tom Cates.
1969-04-15The Detroit Spiders have promoted Ed Johnston to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1968-07-27The Detroit Spiders have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1968-07-23The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Bosetti to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1965-09-01The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Wally Norman to the minors.
1965-07-27The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Norman to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-09-20The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Wally Norman to the minors.
1964-08-28The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Norman to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have designated Harry Lary for assignment.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1964-05-25The Washington Senators have waived Tom Cates.
1964-05-25The Washington Senators have promoted Pete Brockway to the major league team. The Washington Senators have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-04-27The Washington Senators have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1964-04-09The Washington Senators have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1964-04-05The Brooklyn Superbas have waived Tom Cates.
1962-07-22The Brooklyn Superbas have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1962-04-08The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1962-04-08The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Ralph Ponder to the major league team. The Brooklyn Superbas have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1962-04-01The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Brooklyn Superbas have designated Tom Kavanagh for assignment.