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Name	Team	Age
Sly Steel	Retired (1964, Age 34)	Died (1990, Age 60)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 16 (1955)	LF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Keith Hernandez League	0	8 years (151 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	B-	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	A-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D+
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D-	0	10/9/1930
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	4
Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (---)
A  (89.6 %)	F  (0.2 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (C)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (2B)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (SS)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Team	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	PH
1956	PIT	1	2	0	0	12	32	1	4	35
1957	PIT	4	6	0	0	6	36	5	9	44
1958	PIT	1	1	1	0	1	14	0	7	52
1959	PIT	1	2	8	3	5	22	1	38	44
1960	PIT	2	1	1	0	2	12	0	12	40
1961	PIT	2	2	2	0	3	12	1	9	70
1962	PIT	5	1	3	2	2	12	0	1	71
1963	CHN	0	0	0	0	0	35	0	0	3
1964	CHN	0	0	0	2	0	41	1	0	6

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1964-11-01	Sly Steel has retired from the Chicago Doublemint Chewers
1963-04-18	The Chicago Doublemint Chewers have acquired Sly Steel from the waiver wire.
1963-04-01	The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Dale Fine to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stillers have designated Sly Steel for assignment.
1956-03-25	The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Dave Nettles to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Steve Nebraska to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Bob Stokes to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Dave Papish to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Stillers have promoted Sly Steel to the major league team.
1955-04-16	The Pittsburgh Stillers have renamed Del Slade to Sly Steel.