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Name	Team	Age
John Sproles	Retired (1981, Age 34)	Died (2026, Age 79)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 22 (1970)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Thurman Munson League	0	6 years (99 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B-	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C	B-	B+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	C+	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	1/9/1947
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (3B)
A+ (97.3 %)	D+ (20.2 %)	D- (7.0 %)

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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

1970

Minors

26.00

2 / 2

5 / 5

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 4

5 / 8

2 / 4

15 / 26

1971

Minors

4.00

0 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 4

1971

Majors

6.14

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

1 / 6

1972

Majors

13.63

0 / 0

2 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 2

1 / 2

2 / 2

7 / 13

1973

Majors

17.66

0 / 3

1 / 5

3 / 3

1 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 0

6 / 17

1974

Majors

20.64

2 / 2

1 / 1

0 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 1

2 / 6

0 / 3

6 / 20

1975

Majors

25.30

0 / 2

3 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 4

1 / 5

0 / 1

4 / 25

1976

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1976

Majors

18.47

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 6

1 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 3

1 / 18

1977

Minors

37.00

0 / 5

2 / 7

0 / 3

1 / 5

0 / 2

2 / 9

3 / 6

8 / 37

1978

Majors

28.05

162

16

0

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 3

1 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 4

1 / 28

1979

Minors

30.00

1 / 9

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 0

1 / 30

1979

Majors

4.35

22

3

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 4

1980

Majors

11.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 11

1981

Majors

19.00

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 19

Total

184

19

0

5 / 34

15 / 44

5 / 35

4 / 34

3 / 36

12 / 47

8 / 29

52 / 259

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1981-11-01	John Sproles has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1979-09-07	The Chicago Mobsters have acquired Jack Pierce from the waiver wire. The Chicago Mobsters have waived John Sproles.
1979-04-26	The Chicago Mobsters have designated John Sproles for assignment.
1978-04-01	The Chicago Mobsters have promoted John Sproles to the major league team. The Chicago Mobsters have designated Tige Merriman for assignment.
1976-09-18	The Chicago Mobsters have designated John Sproles for assignment. The Chicago Mobsters have sent Shorty Monteleone to the minors.
1972-04-01	The Chicago Shooter McGavinator have renamed John Sproull to John Sproles.
1971-06-21	The Chicago Shooter McGavinator have promoted John Sproull to the major league team. The Chicago Shooter McGavinator have sent Martin Floyd to the minors.