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Name Team Age
Joe Alba Retired (1960, Age 34) Died (2019, Age 93)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 16, Pick 242
(1950)
3B L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Dale Murphy League 0 5 years (0 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- B+ A-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ C+
Endurance Velocity Control
D+ C-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A- A-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A+ 0 1/18/1926
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 2
Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (1B)
A- (77.8 %) (65.4 %) D+ (27.9 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 CHA-BRO 76 204 21 49 6 1 3 22 19 34 6 6 2 .635 .311 .324 .240
1952 BRO-DET 159 665 103 175 18 10 8 56 56 122 17 9 3 .680 .324 .356 .263
1953 DET 138 489 62 135 12 4 6 39 43 87 19 4 11 .688 .334 .354 .276
1954 DET 74 227 28 50 8 3 5 27 23 42 11 2 4 .641 .292 .348 .220
1955 DET 51 110 16 19 2 1 1 7 10 13 1 0 4 .484 .248 .236 .173
1956 DET 52 106 8 17 3 1 1 14 13 21 0 0 0 .486 .250 .236 .160
1957 DET 54 117 8 18 3 0 1 10 8 24 2 1 1 .428 .223 .205 .154
1958 DET 31 103 14 16 3 0 3 7 14 10 1 0 1 .524 .252 .272 .155
1959 DET 48 185 16 45 5 0 1 19 9 36 5 3 4 .569 .283 .286 .243
Total 683 2206 276 524 60 20 29 201 195 389 62 25 30 .624 .302 .322 .238
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1960-11-01Joe Alba has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1960-05-14The Detroit Tigers have waived Joe Alba.
1960-03-01The Detroit Tigers have promoted Carl Brett to the major league team. The Detroit Tigers have designated Joe Alba for assignment.
1952-03-01A trade has been completed between the Detroit Tigers and the Brooklyn Dirty Dawgz. The Brooklyn Dirty Dawgz receive Gary Nolan, Mike Mullane, Don Guzzlet from the Detroit Tigers in exchange for Dan Bertotti, Carl Rowe, Joe Alba.
1950-09-14The Brooklyn Dirty Dawgz have promoted Willie Cook to the major league team. The Brooklyn Dirty Dawgz have sent Joe Alba to the minors.
1950-04-27A trade has been completed between the Chicago Claymores and the Brooklyn Dirty Dawgz. The Brooklyn Dirty Dawgz receive Joe Alba, Carl Rowe from the Chicago Claymores in exchange for Jimmy Rosenthal.
1950-04-03The Chicago Claymores have promoted Frank Christman to the major league team. The Chicago Claymores have sent Joe Alba to the minors.