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Name	Team	Age
Jeff Bates	Retired (1984, Age 38)	Died (2015, Age 69)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17 (1965)	LF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mookie Wilson League	0	15 years (69 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A-	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	B-	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	8/21/1946
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	2	6
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (CF)
D  (13.9 %)	D- (11.5 %)	F  (3.2 %)

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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

1965

Minors

51.00

0 / 0

7 / 7

6 / 9

6 / 10

6 / 9

7 / 7

9 / 9

41 / 51

1965

Pos (1B)

13.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

3 / 13

1966

Minors

58.00

10 / 11

12 / 14

6 / 8

2 / 8

5 / 7

6 / 6

4 / 4

45 / 58

1967

Minors

60.00

8 / 12

4 / 12

3 / 6

1 / 5

2 / 7

8 / 8

10 / 10

36 / 60

1968

Minors

51.00

3 / 6

6 / 8

3 / 11

1 / 5

2 / 7

5 / 6

8 / 8

28 / 51

1968

Majors

4.65

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 4

1968

Pos (LF)

36.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

20 / 36

1969

Majors

48.64

4 / 9

5 / 8

3 / 7

3 / 4

1 / 5

4 / 4

9 / 11

29 / 48

1970

Majors

56.74

6 / 12

2 / 7

1 / 6

5 / 16

0 / 5

6 / 8

2 / 2

22 / 56

1971

Majors

61.55

2 / 8

3 / 15

2 / 6

2 / 10

3 / 7

6 / 9

4 / 6

22 / 61

1972

Majors

51.13

4 / 6

3 / 8

4 / 10

1 / 4

1 / 8

1 / 4

4 / 11

18 / 51

1973

Majors

57.72

1 / 8

2 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 5

3 / 9

1 / 11

7 / 57

1974

Majors

64.66

1 / 9

1 / 9

1 / 10

1 / 5

1 / 12

3 / 8

4 / 11

12 / 64

1975

Majors

35.20

0 / 6

1 / 5

1 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 3

1 / 7

0 / 6

3 / 35

1976

Majors

62.59

0 / 12

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 5

3 / 13

0 / 4

0 / 9

3 / 62

1977

Majors

50.99

115

96

21

0 / 7

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 6

0 / 50

1978

Majors

59.29

150

133

12

0 / 7

0 / 5

1 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 11

0 / 11

0 / 12

1 / 59

1979

Majors

61.85

162

142

0

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 13

2 / 11

0 / 5

1 / 10

4 / 61

1980

Majors

62.33

162

142

0

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 8

0 / 13

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 62

1981

Majors

62.60

162

142

0

1 / 15

0 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 12

0 / 7

1 / 62

1982

Majors

61.01

162

142

0

-1 / 10

-2 / 9

-1 / 8

-1 / 11

-1 / 8

-3 / 8

-4 / 7

-13 / 61

1983

Majors

38.06

112

76

50

-1 / 6

-1 / 6

-2 / 5

-2 / 8

-8 / 7

-4 / 4

-3 / 2

-21 / 38

1984

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

1984

Majors

32.29

132

27

5

-5 / 4

-4 / 6

-6 / 6

-6 / 2

0 / 4

-1 / 8

-2 / 2

-24 / 32

Total

1157

900

88

33 / 167

39 / 167

22 / 144

15 / 146

17 / 155

42 / 149

47 / 156

238 / 1133

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1984-11-01	Jeff Bates has retired from the Tampa Bay Tangerines
1984-07-25	Jeff Bates of the Tampa Bay Tangerines is injured and is expected to be out 6 days.
1984-06-29	The Tampa Bay Tangerines have promoted Jeff Bates to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tangerines have sent Wally Hodges to the minors.
1984-06-22	The Tampa Bay Tangerines have acquired Jeff Bates from the waiver wire.
1984-06-15	The Brooklyn Cyclones have waived Jeff Bates .
1984-06-08	The Brooklyn Cyclones have promoted Lonnie Wilson to the major league team. The Brooklyn Cyclones have designated Jeff Bates for assignment.
1984-04-08	The Brooklyn Cyclones have acquired Jeff Bates from the waiver wire.
1984-04-01	The Houston Colt 45s have promoted Astyanax Edwards to the major league team. The Houston Colt 45s have designated Jeff Bates for assignment.
1983-07-04	Jeff Bates of the Houston Colt 45s is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1983-05-19	Jeff Bates of the Houston Colt 45s is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1978-08-31	Jeff Bates of the Houston Colt 45s is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1977-06-04	A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Cyclones and the Houston Colt 45s. The Houston Colt 45s receive Jeff Bates , Billy Wagner Jr. from the Brooklyn Cyclones in exchange for Kenny Walters, Carl Beldon, Draft Pick - 1979 Round 1 (HOU), Draft Pick - 1978 Round 2 (MIL).
1977-04-29	Jeff Bates of the Brooklyn Cyclones is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1975-07-11	Jeff Bates of the Brooklyn Cyclones is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1975-04-25	Jeff Bates of the Brooklyn Cyclones is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1973-09-12	Jeff Bates of the Brooklyn Cyclones is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1972-07-21	Jeff Bates of the Brooklyn Cyclones is injured and is expected to be out 31 days.
1968-09-17	The Brooklyn Cyclones have promoted Jeff Bates to the major league team. The Brooklyn Cyclones have promoted Francisco Poindexter to the major league team.
1968-04-01	A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Cyclones and the New York Mets. The New York Mets receive Ed Overall, Draft Pick - 1970 Round 2 (BRO) from the Brooklyn Cyclones in exchange for Jeff Bates .
1968-04-01	The New York Mets have renamed Jeff Bates - Brooklyn to Jeff Bates .
1967-03-25	The New York Mets have renamed Jeff Bates to Jeff Bates - Brooklyn.
1966-04-08	A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Cyclones and the New York Mets. The New York Mets receive Walt Babe, Jeff Bates, Draft Pick - 1967 Round 2 (BRO) from the Brooklyn Cyclones in exchange for Billy Guidry.
1965-08-31	A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Cyclones and the New York Hamiltonians. The New York Hamiltonians receive Carlos Gomez from the Brooklyn Cyclones in exchange for Aki Kaurismaki, Jeff Bates, Draft Pick - 1966 Round 2 (NYA).