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Name	Team	Age
Billy Chaplin	Retired (1992, Age 35)	Died (2021, Age 64)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 12 (1979)	3B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Orlando Cepeda League (AAA)	0	11 years (113 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	C	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
D+	D+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A	A	D-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C	C-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
F	C-	C-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	7/13/1957
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	2
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (SS)
A+ (94.0 %)	A  (91.6 %)	A- (81.5 %)

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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

1979

Minors

9.00

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

4 / 9

1980

Majors

13.06

1 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 3

1 / 1

3 / 5

1 / 1

9 / 13

1981

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 1

1981

Majors

17.08

3 / 3

1 / 2

4 / 6

1 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 2

2 / 2

12 / 17

1982

Majors

14.34

2 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 4

1 / 1

6 / 14

1983

Majors

22.08

1 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 3

5 / 22

1984

Majors

18.21

2 / 4

3 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 4

7 / 18

1985

Majors

27.38

1 / 5

1 / 4

1 / 3

1 / 5

1 / 4

2 / 5

0 / 1

7 / 27

1986

Majors

27.80

1 / 5

1 / 4

0 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 6

3 / 4

0 / 1

6 / 27

1987

Majors

23.30

0 / 4

1 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 6

1 / 4

2 / 23

1988

Majors

33.20

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 2

1 / 6

0 / 9

1 / 33

1989

Majors

25.70

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 7

0 / 6

1 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 25

1990

Majors

23.50

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 4

1 / 4

0 / 2

1 / 23

1991

Majors

14.50

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 14

1992

Minors

7.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 7

Total

0

0

0

11 / 40

9 / 35

9 / 39

7 / 40

5 / 34

14 / 50

7 / 35

62 / 273

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1992-11-01	Billy Chaplin has retired from the Milwaukee Optimists
1992-04-01	The Milwaukee Optimists have promoted Vic Houck to the major league team. The Milwaukee Optimists have designated Billy Chaplin for assignment. The Milwaukee Optimists have sent Sean Gonzalez to the minors.
1981-04-15	The Philadelphia Optimists have promoted Billy Chaplin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Optimists have designated Sammy Mensor for assignment.
1981-04-01	The Philadelphia Optimists have demoted Billy Chaplin to the minor leagues.
1980-04-01	The Philadelphia Optimists have promoted Billy Chaplin to the major league team. The Philadelphia Optimists have designated Frank Krawczyk for assignment.