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Name Team Age
Othello Longball Retired (1980, Age 35) Died (2029, Age 84)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 12
(1968)
RF L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Dale Murphy League 0 11 years (99 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
A-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C- D+ A-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 9/24/1945
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 5 8
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (3B)
A+ (99.0 %) A+ (98.0 %) (0.3 %)

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Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1972 3B BOS 1 1 9.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
CF BOS 59 59 528.33 153 152 0 1 0 -4 2.59 .993
RF BOS 100 99 885.33 195 185 0 10 0 -3 1.88 .949
1973 CF BOS 23 23 205.66 69 67 0 2 0 -1 2.93 .971
RF BOS 135 135 1225.66 288 282 3 3 0 +5 2.09 .990
1974 RF BOS 160 160 1432.66 320 312 2 6 0 +2 1.97 .981
1975 RF BOS 160 160 1433.33 311 304 2 5 0 +1 1.92 .984
1976 LF BOS 21 21 190.0 50 48 0 2 0 -3 2.27 .960
CF BOS 24 24 218.0 60 58 1 1 0 +2 2.44 .983
RF BOS 27 20 187.0 36 36 0 0 0 -1 1.73 1.000
1977 C BOS 1 0 2.0 3 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 9.00 .667
LF BOS 6 6 55.0 7 6 0 1 0 0 0.98 .857
CF BOS 16 16 147.66 42 42 0 0 0 +1 2.56 1.000
RF BOS 8 0 17.66 4 4 0 0 0 -1 2.04 1.000
1978 C BOS 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 9.00 1.000
LF BOS 35 30 280.33 57 56 0 1 0 0 1.80 .982
CF BOS 4 3 29.0 9 8 1 0 0 0 2.79 1.000
RF BOS 38 21 223.0 52 52 0 0 0 +1 2.10 1.000
1979 C BOS 2 2 16.0 11 10 0 1 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0 5.62 .909
2B BOS 1 1 8.0 11 5 5 1 2 0 11.25 .909
3B BOS 2 1 11.0 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.64 1.000
LF BOS 15 0 44.33 10 10 0 0 0 0 2.03 1.000
CF BOS 9 0 15.66 9 8 0 1 0 +1 4.60 .889
RF BOS 19 8 93.0 25 25 0 0 0 0 2.42 1.000
1980 3B BOS 1 1 9.0 2 0 2 0 0 -2 2.00 1.000
LF BOS 3 3 25.66 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.05 1.000
RF BOS 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
Pos Total C 4 2 19.0 15 13 0 2 0 0 6 0 0.0% 0 6.16 .867
2B 1 1 8.0 11 5 5 1 2 0 11.25 .909
3B 4 3 29.0 7 3 4 0 0 -2 2.17 1.000
LF 80 60 595.32 127 123 0 4 0 -3 1.86 .969
CF 135 125 1144.31 342 335 2 5 0 -1 2.65 .985
RF 648 604 5506.64 1234 1203 7 24 0 +4 1.98 .981
Total 872 795 7302.27 1736 1682 18 36 2 0 6 0 0.0% -2 2.10 .979
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Othello Longball has retired from the Boston Ball Boys
1980-06-01The Boston Ball Boys have promoted Rusty Reardon to the major league team. The Boston Ball Boys have designated Othello Longball for assignment.
1977-03-01The Boston Ball Boys have renamed O Longball to Othello Longball.
1976-04-27The Boston Ball Boys have renamed Larry Gilkey to O Longball.
1969-04-05The Boston Red Sox have promoted Fred Dente to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have promoted Larry Gilkey to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Jeremy McLachlan for assignment. The Boston Red Sox have designated Yank Terry for assignment.
1969-04-01The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ernie Meador to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Larry Gilkey to the minors.
1968-09-20The Boston Red Sox have promoted Larry Gilkey to the major league team.