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Name Team Age
Vern Marion Retired (1981, Age 34) Died (2031, Age 84)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 27
(1969)
LF L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Cesar Cedeno League 0 5 years (110 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C- B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B- D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D+ D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C- A- C-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 7/31/1947
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (RF)
C- (35.7 %) (13.2 %) D- (10.7 %)

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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 
1969 Minors 16.00 1 / 2 3 / 3 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 3 2 / 2 3 / 3 13 / 16
1970 Minors 31.00 3 / 5 1 / 4 1 / 3 0 / 2 4 / 9 1 / 1 6 / 7 16 / 31
1970 Majors 1.18 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 1
1971 Majors 15.52 0 / 1 3 / 5 3 / 3 2 / 3 2 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 10 / 15
1972 Minors 9.00 2 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 2 / 2 0 / 0 7 / 9
1972 Majors 11.96 2 / 3 0 / 0 2 / 2 1 / 1 1 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 1 8 / 11
1973 Majors 26.61 0 / 4 1 / 3 4 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 5 0 / 2 3 / 4 9 / 26
1974 Minors 3.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 2 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 3
1974 Majors 25.06 5 / 8 1 / 6 1 / 4 0 / 1 1 / 4 1 / 2 0 / 0 9 / 25
1975 Majors 19.35 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 3 2 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 3 3 / 19
1976 Majors 33.50 0 / 7 1 / 6 2 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 7 2 / 5 7 / 33
1977 Minors 14.00 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 2 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 1 3 / 14
1977 Majors 4.32 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 4
1978 Majors 12.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 2 1 / 5 1 / 12
1979 Majors 13.00 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 13
1980 Majors 19.00 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 19
1981 Minors 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2
Total 0 0 0 13 / 43 12 / 38 16 / 35 8 / 28 11 / 47 11 / 29 18 / 33 89 / 253
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1981-11-01Vern Marion has retired from the St. Louis Cardinals
1981-09-19The St. Louis Cardinals have acquired Vern Marion from the waiver wire.
1978-04-01The Brooklyn OTG have waived Vern Marion.
1977-07-09The Brooklyn OTG have acquired Vern Marion from the waiver wire.
1977-06-11The Boston Red Sox have waived Vern Marion.
1977-06-03The Boston Red Sox have promoted Eric Campbell to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Vern Marion for assignment.
1977-04-28The Boston Red Sox have renamed Jeremy Hermida to Vern Marion.
1977-04-18The Boston Red Sox have renamed Skip Shumaker to Jeremy Hermida.
1977-04-11The Boston Red Sox have renamed Vern Marion to Skip Shumaker.
1977-04-01The Boston Red Sox have promoted Vern Marion to the major league team. The Boston Red Sox have designated Kim Markle for assignment.
1977-04-01The Boston Red Sox have acquired Vern Marion from the waiver wire.
1976-08-05The Kansas City Bravehearts have waived Vern Marion.
1976-08-01The Kansas City Bravehearts have promoted Dave Roman to the major league team. The Kansas City Bravehearts have designated Vern Marion for assignment.
1974-09-19The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Vern Marion to the major league team.
1974-09-05The Kansas City Athletics have sent Vern Marion to the minors.
1974-04-09The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Vern Marion to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Gus Partee to the minors.
1973-03-01The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Vern Marion to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Oscar Dimmel to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Jay Tiant to the minors. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Doug Pye to the minors. The Kansas City Athletics have designated George Taylor for assignment.
1972-08-06The Kansas City Athletics have sent Vern Marion to the minors.
1972-04-01The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Vern Marion to the major league team.
1972-03-01The Kansas City Athletics have sent Vern Marion to the minors.
1971-04-01The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Vern Marion to the major league team.
1971-04-01The Kansas City Athletics have sent Vern Marion to the minors.
1970-09-19The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Vern Marion to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have sent Dick Livingston to the minors.
1970-07-27A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Athletics and the Chicago Jebs. The Chicago Jebs receive Harry Canizaro, Freddie Seyfried from the Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Harry Pierce, Joe Mathews, Vern Marion.