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Name	Team	Age
Dirk Diggler	Retired (1962, Age 35)	Died (2003, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 10 (1950)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Vida Blue League	0	11 years (104 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B+	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	11/25/1926
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	5
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (3B)
A+ (99.0 %)	B+ (68.3 %)	B- (54.9 %)

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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

1950

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 1

1950

Majors

36.78

1 / 4

2 / 5

2 / 4

4 / 6

3 / 6

6 / 6

5 / 5

23 / 36

1951

Majors

56.43

2 / 11

5 / 15

0 / 6

2 / 8

2 / 2

5 / 9

1 / 5

17 / 56

1952

Majors

52.69

0 / 6

2 / 7

0 / 5

2 / 7

6 / 8

4 / 10

4 / 9

18 / 52

1953

Majors

53.81

4 / 8

1 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 4

4 / 10

1 / 11

4 / 6

14 / 53

1954

Majors

49.19

1 / 4

2 / 3

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 6

2 / 13

5 / 49

1955

Majors

63.09

0 / 11

0 / 2

2 / 13

0 / 5

0 / 12

2 / 7

0 / 13

4 / 63

1956

Majors

39.69

1 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 9

0 / 5

1 / 5

0 / 7

2 / 39

1957

Majors

53.69

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 8

2 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 4

2 / 53

1958

Majors

60.49

0 / 12

0 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 10

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 60

1959

Majors

40.60

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 11

0 / 40

1960

Majors

57.68

107

64

0

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 10

1 / 9

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 6

1 / 57

1961

Majors

19.68

67

29

23

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 19

1962

Majors

49.52

162

76

0

1 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 12

0 / 10

2 / 8

0 / 5

1 / 6

4 / 49

Total

336

169

23

10 / 88

12 / 88

4 / 93

9 / 86

19 / 86

20 / 88

17 / 98

91 / 627

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1962-11-01	Dirk Diggler has retired from the Pittsburgh Playboys
1962-10-03	The Pittsburgh Playboys have promoted George Houston to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Playboys have designated Dirk Diggler for assignment. The Pittsburgh Playboys have sent Fred Weiss to the minors.
1961-06-04	Dirk Diggler of the Pittsburgh Playboys is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1959-08-04	Dirk Diggler of the Pittsburgh Playboys is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1956-06-04	Dirk Diggler of the Pittsburgh Playboys is injured and is expected to be out 48 days.
1950-06-28	The Pittsburgh Playboys have promoted Dirk Diggler to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Playboys have sent Amar Juarez to the minors.
1950-05-14	The Pittsburgh Playboys have promoted Chris Stadler to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Playboys have sent Dirk Diggler to the minors.
1950-04-01	The Pittsburgh Playboys have renamed Bucky Ballesterros to Dirk Diggler.
1950-04-01	The Pittsburgh Playboys have renamed Dick Narleski to Bucky Ballesterros.