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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 %)
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (C)	Alt Pos (3B)
0 (0.0 %)	0 (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1961	PHI	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	PHI	0	0	96	0	0	0	0	0	5
1965	PHI	0	0	73	0	0	0	0	0	6
1966	PHI	0	0	99	0	1	0	0	0	3
1967	PHI	0	0	89	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	PHI	0	0	108	1	0	0	0	0	0
1969	PHI	1	0	28	0	7	0	0	0	12
1970	PHI	0	0	70	3	2	0	0	0	9
1971	PHI	2	0	99	0	0	0	0	0	10
1972	PHI	0	0	26	1	34	0	0	0	15
1973	PHI	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	1

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.