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Name	Team	Age
Joe Birdsall	Retired (1979, Age 36)	Died (2014, Age 71)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 19 (1968)	LF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mordecai Brown League	0	10 years (142 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
49	60	24
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
32	49	45
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
63	69	34
Endurance	Velocity	Control
55	18	17
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
38	37	79
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
29	0	7/16/1943
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (1B)
97 (97.3 %)	93 (93.0 %)	2 (2.3 %)

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Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	E	OPS	OBP	SLG	AVG
1968	WAS	65	249	17	44	6	1	3	17	12	48	0	0	6	.463	.218	.245	.177
1969	WAS	78	225	31	60	9	2	9	34	11	43	1	0	7	.745	.301	.444	.267
1970	WAS	60	198	19	51	8	2	2	19	14	37	3	3	3	.660	.312	.348	.258
1971	WAS	71	220	19	47	5	0	7	31	6	52	5	3	6	.563	.231	.332	.214
1972	WAS	28	83	14	17	3	1	6	16	6	12	1	0	2	.737	.256	.482	.205
1973	WAS	11	15	0	3	0	0	0	3	4	2	1	0	1	.550	.350	.200	.200
1974	WAS	35	68	6	19	4	0	3	12	3	13	0	1	1	.780	.310	.471	.279
1975	WAS	13	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	.466	.312	.154	.154
1976	WAS	12	24	5	6	1	1	1	6	2	4	1	1	2	.796	.296	.500	.250
1977	WAS-PHI	93	88	10	21	2	1	4	16	5	16	2	1	2	.697	.277	.420	.239
1978	PHI-CLE	105	115	12	35	2	1	3	11	4	24	3	2	0	.745	.328	.417	.304
1979	CLE	16	22	4	3	0	0	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	.481	.208	.273	.136
Total		587	1320	139	308	40	9	39	166	72	257	17	11	30	.639	.273	.366	.233

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1979-11-01	Joe Birdsall has retired from the Cleveland Majestics
1979-08-10	The Cleveland Majestics have promoted Steve Connolly to the major league team. The Cleveland Majestics have designated Joe Birdsall for assignment.
1978-04-21	The Cleveland Majestics have acquired Joe Birdsall from the waiver wire.
1978-04-21	The Cleveland Majestics have demoted Rich Spencer to the minor leagues.
1978-04-11	The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have designated Joe Birdsall for assignment.
1977-05-19	The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have acquired Joe Birdsall from the waiver wire.
1977-05-19	The Philadelphia Lockheed-Martins have demoted Don Jorgens to the minor leagues.
1977-05-08	The Washington Monuments have designated Joe Birdsall for assignment.
1973-04-29	The Washington Monuments have promoted Joe Birdsall to the major league team.
1972-09-04	The Washington Monuments have sent Joe Birdsall to the minors.
1969-04-18	The Washington Monuments have promoted Joe Birdsall to the major league team. The Washington Monuments have designated Cheeks Gumba for assignment.
1969-03-31	The Washington Monuments have sent Joe Birdsall to the minors. The Washington Monuments have sent Harry Smith to the minors.
1968-07-06	The Washington Monuments have promoted Joe Birdsall to the major league team. The Washington Monuments have designated Ted Smith for assignment.