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Name	Team	Age
Bill James	Retired (1973, Age 36)	Died (2008, Age 71)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 24 (1961)	2B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mordecai Brown League	0	9 years (22 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
53	65	39
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
63	65	59
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
35	45	22
Endurance	Velocity	Control
55	8	18
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
75	61	100
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
51	0	8/2/1937
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
43 (43.7 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)

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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

1961

Minors

10.00

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

2 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 2

5 / 10

1961

Majors

1.02

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1962

Minors

7.00

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 1

1 / 2

3 / 7

1963

Minors

76.00

6 / 13

2 / 10

2 / 8

9 / 18

5 / 8

5 / 11

3 / 8

32 / 76

1964

Majors

30.23

3 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 3

2 / 6

4 / 8

0 / 1

9 / 30

1965

Majors

20.47

0 / 2

1 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 20

1966

Majors

38.20

1 / 2

1 / 8

3 / 11

1 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 6

2 / 4

9 / 38

1967

Majors

27.40

1 / 7

0 / 3

1 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 4

2 / 27

1968

Majors

31.60

0 / 7

1 / 8

1 / 1

0 / 6

0 / 1

0 / 4

1 / 4

3 / 31

1969

Majors

9.99

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 9

1970

Majors

21.60

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 21

1971

Majors

31.00

0 / 9

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 8

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 31

1972

Majors

14.80

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 14

1973

Minors

5.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 5

1973

Majors

1.10

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

Total

0

0

0

11 / 48

7 / 51

9 / 44

12 / 51

9 / 49

11 / 43

8 / 35

67 / 321

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1973-11-01	Bill James has retired from the Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins
1973-04-26	The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have designated Bill James for assignment.
1963-10-14	The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have promoted Bill James to the major league team. The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have designated Billy Boles for assignment.
1961-05-31	The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have sent Bill James to the minors.
1961-05-09	The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have promoted Bill James to the major league team.