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Name	Team	Age
Ellis Pickering	Retired (1969, Age 37)	Died (2020, Age 88)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 1 (1955)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Vida Blue League	0	14 years (117 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C-	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A	A	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C	C+	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
F	C-	C
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
A	0	6/3/1932
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (CF)	Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (1B)
B+ (75.0 %)	C  (41.2 %)	F  (2.6 %)

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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

1955

Majors

61.85

2 / 7

8 / 10

2 / 7

7 / 13

6 / 8

8 / 8

8 / 8

41 / 61

1956

Majors

62.82

8 / 15

4 / 6

4 / 8

4 / 8

7 / 8

6 / 7

10 / 10

43 / 62

1957

Majors

59.50

1 / 9

4 / 10

3 / 9

3 / 8

4 / 7

9 / 10

5 / 6

29 / 59

1958

Majors

61.81

2 / 10

2 / 10

1 / 8

1 / 8

5 / 10

3 / 8

2 / 7

16 / 61

1959

Majors

62.16

1 / 8

2 / 10

0 / 14

1 / 7

2 / 7

3 / 11

1 / 5

10 / 62

1960

Majors

63.81

107

84

0

1 / 11

1 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 6

0 / 11

1 / 7

1 / 10

4 / 63

1961

Majors

72.49

162

140

0

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 7

2 / 12

2 / 14

0 / 13

3 / 12

7 / 72

1962

Majors

56.55

162

101

0

0 / 11

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 5

1 / 7

0 / 8

2 / 9

3 / 56

1963

Majors

67.55

162

154

0

0 / 11

2 / 11

0 / 8

1 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 9

1 / 11

4 / 67

1964

Majors

64.55

162

161

0

0 / 7

0 / 14

0 / 10

1 / 17

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 7

1 / 64

1965

Majors

63.94

162

157

0

0 / 8

0 / 14

0 / 8

0 / 7

1 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 13

1 / 63

1966

Majors

46.14

162

67

0

-4 / 6

-6 / 5

-1 / 6

-3 / 6

-9 / 6

0 / 10

-1 / 7

-24 / 46

1967

Majors

34.27

162

6

0

-6 / 5

-5 / 8

-4 / 2

-4 / 4

-4 / 5

-3 / 4

0 / 6

-26 / 34

1968

Minors

9.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 3

1 / 9

1968

Majors

53.02

125

115

0

-3 / 7

-3 / 5

-3 / 9

-4 / 10

-3 / 9

-3 / 8

-1 / 5

-20 / 53

1969

Majors

61.87

154

150

0

-1 / 8

-5 / 7

-3 / 6

-1 / 8

-2 / 9

-3 / 15

-3 / 8

-18 / 61

Total

1520

1135

0

1 / 131

4 / 135

-1 / 120

8 / 129

11 / 122

21 / 129

28 / 127

72 / 893

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1969-11-01	Ellis Pickering has retired from the Tampa Bay Tides
1969-06-06	The Tampa Bay Tides have promoted Ellis Pickering to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tides have sent Joe Andrews to the minors.
1969-05-28	The Tampa Bay Tides have promoted Pat del a Rena to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tides have designated Ellis Pickering for assignment.
1968-05-21	The Tampa Bay Tides have promoted Ellis Pickering to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Tides have designated Brad Piez for assignment.
1968-05-21	The Tampa Bay Tides have acquired Ellis Pickering from the waiver wire.
1968-05-17	The Cincinnati Rangers have waived Ellis Pickering.
1968-04-09	The Cincinnati Rangers have promoted Alex Taveras to the major league team. The Cincinnati Rangers have designated Ellis Pickering for assignment.
1960-04-28	A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Rangers and the New York Metropolitans. The New York Metropolitans receive Buddy Hernandez, Moose Mantilla from the Cincinnati Rangers in exchange for Rodney Piper, Syd Finch, Ellis Pickering.
1955-04-01	The New York Metropolitans have promoted Ellis Pickering to the major league team. The New York Metropolitans have sent Elliott Bucher to the minors.