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Name	Team	Age
Josh Ridgway	Retired (1977, Age 37)	Died (2017, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 47 (1960)	2B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ralph Kiner League	0	12 years (49 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B-	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	B-	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C-	B+	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D	0	7/23/1940
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (3B)
C  (40.1 %)	D+ (26.2 %)	F  (1.9 %)

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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

1960

Minors

26.00

6 / 6

1 / 1

3 / 3

2 / 4

1 / 4

3 / 3

5 / 5

21 / 26

1961

Minors

51.00

5 / 6

9 / 10

3 / 5

5 / 8

3 / 4

9 / 9

8 / 9

42 / 51

1962

Minors

59.00

2 / 6

5 / 9

6 / 11

3 / 8

2 / 7

4 / 6

9 / 12

31 / 59

1963

Minors

34.00

2 / 2

3 / 6

2 / 4

1 / 4

1 / 5

6 / 8

1 / 5

16 / 34

1964

Minors

18.00

0 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 3

3 / 3

2 / 5

2 / 3

9 / 18

1965

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

1965

Majors

54.98

3 / 9

5 / 11

1 / 2

6 / 11

1 / 7

3 / 4

5 / 10

24 / 54

1966

Majors

60.74

2 / 9

3 / 10

2 / 6

1 / 3

4 / 14

3 / 10

2 / 8

17 / 60

1967

Majors

69.17

162

132

0

3 / 11

3 / 11

1 / 8

3 / 10

0 / 9

2 / 12

5 / 8

17 / 69

1968

Majors

63.33

162

135

0

0 / 4

0 / 10

1 / 11

0 / 10

1 / 10

1 / 8

0 / 10

3 / 63

1969

Majors

49.82

143

76

19

1 / 12

0 / 4

0 / 6

1 / 12

0 / 5

1 / 6

1 / 4

4 / 49

1970

Majors

67.13

162

123

0

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 9

2 / 10

0 / 15

1 / 9

0 / 6

3 / 67

1971

Majors

56.63

149

111

13

0 / 10

1 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 11

0 / 4

0 / 8

0 / 5

1 / 56

1972

Majors

56.50

162

88

0

0 / 5

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 4

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 13

0 / 56

1973

Majors

67.32

162

135

0

0 / 4

1 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 14

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 10

1 / 67

1974

Majors

59.62

162

110

0

-1 / 8

-5 / 9

-2 / 3

0 / 10

-5 / 7

-2 / 7

-1 / 15

-16 / 59

1975

Majors

28.29

162

25

0

-3 / 8

-2 / 2

-4 / 1

-2 / 5

0 / 2

-3 / 7

-1 / 3

-15 / 28

1976

Majors

32.65

162

40

0

-5 / 3

-7 / 4

-6 / 4

-7 / 3

-5 / 6

-2 / 5

-2 / 7

-34 / 32

1977

Majors

8.91

61

8

0

-4 / 1

-5 / 2

-6 / 2

-6 / 1

-8 / 1

-1 / 1

-2 / 0

-32 / 8

Total

1649

983

32

11 / 116

12 / 128

2 / 101

10 / 131

-2 / 124

27 / 125

32 / 133

92 / 858

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1977-11-01	Josh Ridgway has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1977-06-16	The Cleveland Spiders have waived Josh Ridgway.
1977-06-09	The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Buzz Nichols to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have promoted Red Johnson to the major league team. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Pedro Jones for assignment. The Cleveland Spiders have designated Josh Ridgway for assignment.
1977-04-19	The Cleveland Spiders have placed Josh Ridgway on the trade block.
1971-08-18	Josh Ridgway of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1969-05-13	Josh Ridgway of the Cleveland Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1965-04-15	A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Spiders and the New York Highlanders. The New York Highlanders receive Red Logan, Dan Conway from the Cleveland Spiders in exchange for Jimy Alou, Josh Ridgway.