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Name Team Age
Bill Black Retired (1970, Age 37) Died (2006, Age 73)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 26
(1955)		 RF L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Billy Williams League 0 13 years (105 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- A- C 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ C+ B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B  B- B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C- 0 5/21/1933
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (99.0 %) B  (64.6 %) 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
1956 DET 65 220 27 46 10 1 5 24 15 46 1 1 7 .593 .262 .332 .209
1957 DET 139 555 87 148 15 12 20 75 43 115 8 2 6 .766 .321 .445 .267
1958 DET 107 412 47 107 22 2 12 65 28 66 0 0 5 .720 .309 .410 .260
1959 KC-STL 68 154 15 35 8 3 2 23 15 30 1 1 4 .648 .291 .357 .227
1960 STL 69 257 35 71 6 3 7 42 18 49 7 2 3 .732 .327 .405 .276
1961 STL 100 241 36 63 10 3 9 37 22 41 3 3 5 .761 .321 .440 .261
1962 STL 100 217 31 68 9 2 4 34 14 40 2 2 0 .785 .356 .429 .313
1963 STL 107 241 36 66 10 2 9 34 14 40 8 2 1 .758 .314 .444 .274
1964 STL 96 162 22 47 12 1 7 31 14 24 4 2 0 .853 .346 .506 .290
1965 STL 140 552 80 129 30 2 10 46 53 86 11 11 5 .655 .306 .350 .234
1966 STL 137 498 51 130 15 3 16 54 38 101 13 5 3 .714 .314 .400 .261
1967 STL 140 472 59 126 20 13 12 65 39 79 11 3 5 .764 .324 .441 .267
1968 STL 136 458 58 128 21 6 13 62 34 90 8 0 3 .767 .331 .437 .279
1969 STL 90 192 17 44 2 2 4 20 12 35 3 1 2 .603 .280 .323 .229
1970 STL 47 101 10 24 3 2 3 8 7 18 0 0 0 .683 .287 .396 .238
Total 1541 4732 611 1232 193 57 133 620 366 860 80 35 49 .724 .315 .410 .260
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1970-11-01Bill Black has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1970-09-20The St. Louis Sabres have waived Bill Black.
1970-09-16The St. Louis Sabres have promoted Donald Blake to the major league team. The St. Louis Sabres have designated Bill Black for assignment.
1968-06-27Bill Black of the St. Louis Sabres is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1966-04-30Bill Black of the St. Louis Cannonballs is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1960-06-25The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Bill Black to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Jack Reitz for assignment.
1960-04-01The St. Louis Cardinals have promoted Bill Black to the major league team. The St. Louis Cardinals have designated Tom Graves for assignment.
1959-09-13A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Cardinals and the Kansas City Blues. The Kansas City Blues receive Tommy Jantzen, Bill Michaels, Curt Alexander from the St. Louis Cardinals in exchange for Bill Black, Draft Pick - 1960 Round 2 (STL).
1959-03-03A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Blues and the Detroit Ligers. The Detroit Ligers receive Dave Ford from the Kansas City Blues in exchange for Axel Nguyen, Bill Black, Charlie Norris.
1957-04-01The Detroit Ligers have promoted Bill Black to the major league team. The Detroit Ligers have sent Jim Whitehouse to the minors.
1957-03-01The Detroit Ligers have promoted Charlie Norris to the major league team. The Detroit Ligers have sent Bill Black to the minors.
1956-07-02The Detroit Ligers have promoted Bill Black to the major league team.
1955-04-15The Washington Nationals have renamed Isidro Biddle to Bill Black.