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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 |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor vs RHP
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Mentor vs LHP
|
| 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) |
| (99.0 %) | (98.0 %) | (0.3 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
| 1968 | Minors | 64.00 | 6 / 8 | 4 / 10 | 4 / 6 | 4 / 5 | 7 / 13 | 10 / 10 | 10 / 12 | 45 / 64 | |||
| 1968 | Majors | 5.07 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 5 / 5 | |||
| 1969 | Minors | 1.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | |||
| 1969 | Majors | 63.99 | 1 / 5 | 2 / 7 | 4 / 8 | 7 / 10 | 4 / 8 | 9 / 12 | 10 / 13 | 37 / 63 | |||
| 1970 | Majors | 70.32 | 4 / 10 | 4 / 12 | 2 / 10 | 3 / 4 | 4 / 12 | 5 / 11 | 7 / 11 | 29 / 70 | |||
| 1971 | Majors | 69.84 | 1 / 7 | 0 / 10 | 3 / 10 | 1 / 8 | 2 / 13 | 7 / 13 | 5 / 8 | 19 / 69 | |||
| 1972 | Majors | 71.90 | 1 / 8 | 0 / 16 | 1 / 8 | 3 / 13 | 0 / 8 | 2 / 12 | 1 / 6 | 8 / 71 | |||
| 1973 | Majors | 72.16 | 1 / 8 | 0 / 15 | 2 / 9 | 1 / 12 | 2 / 9 | 1 / 7 | 4 / 12 | 11 / 72 | |||
| 1974 | Majors | 69.90 | 1 / 9 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 13 | 2 / 10 | 1 / 14 | 1 / 8 | 6 / 69 | |||
| 1975 | Majors | 69.09 | 0 / 12 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 13 | 1 / 10 | 1 / 11 | 0 / 4 | 3 / 11 | 5 / 69 | |||
| 1976 | Majors | 32.83 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 8 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 2 | 1 / 5 | 1 / 32 | |||
| 1977 | Majors | 19.98 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 19 | |||
| 1978 | Majors | 33.09 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 5 | 1 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 7 | 0 / 4 | 2 / 33 | |||
| 1979 | Majors | 20.51 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 5 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 20 | |||
| 1980 | Minors | 17.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 5 | 1 / 17 | |||
| 1980 | Majors | 5.05 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 5 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 / 83 | 12 / 113 | 17 / 85 | 24 / 94 | 22 / 101 | 36 / 102 | 43 / 101 | 170 / 679 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1980-11-01 | Othello Longball has retired from the Boston Ball Boys |
| 1980-06-01 | The Boston Ball Boys have promoted Rusty Reardon to the major league team. The Boston Ball Boys have designated Othello Longball for assignment. |
| 1977-03-01 | The Boston Ball Boys have renamed O Longball to Othello Longball. |
| 1976-04-27 | The Boston Ball Boys have renamed Larry Gilkey to O Longball. |
| 1969-04-05 | The 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. |
| 1969-04-01 | The Boston Red Sox have promoted Ernie Meador to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have sent Larry Gilkey to the minors. |
| 1968-09-20 | The Boston Red Sox have promoted Larry Gilkey to the major league team. |