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Name Team Age
John Ainsmith Retired (1997, Age 37) Died (2037, Age 77)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17
(1978)
1B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Reggie Smith League 0 14 years (59 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
60 59 45
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
77 66 58
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
64 51 53
Endurance Velocity Control
55 19 17
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
89 100 100
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
26 0 2/4/1960
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 2 7
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
87 (87.0 %) 77 (77.0 %) 0 (0.0 %)

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Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1981 1B STL 63 63 548.0 644 625 13 6 43 -8 10.48 .991
RF STL 18 18 154.33 33 32 0 1 0 -3 1.87 .970
1983 1B STL 22 22 193.66 228 224 0 4 23 -1 10.41 .982
LF STL 41 38 353.0 93 90 0 3 0 -5 2.29 .968
RF STL 8 8 69.0 19 17 0 2 0 -1 2.22 .895
1984 LF STL 4 4 37.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 2.19 1.000
RF STL 115 114 1010.66 239 229 0 10 0 +1 2.04 .958
1985 LF STL 45 45 416.33 89 88 1 0 1 -2 1.92 1.000
RF STL 50 48 428.66 95 90 1 4 1 +1 1.91 .958
1986 1B STL 10 10 84.0 112 105 4 3 7 0 11.68 .973
LF STL 89 88 789.0 163 158 1 4 1 0 1.81 .975
RF STL 11 11 98.0 22 21 0 1 0 -1 1.93 .955
1987 1B STL 7 7 63.0 62 59 2 1 4 -2 8.71 .984
LF STL 96 95 869.0 216 211 1 4 1 +1 2.20 .981
RF STL 7 7 56.66 6 6 0 0 0 0 0.95 1.000
1988 1B STL 12 12 103.0 117 110 6 1 3 0 10.14 .991
LF STL 62 59 520.0 109 108 0 1 0 -4 1.87 .991
RF STL 3 2 19.0 8 7 0 1 0 0 3.32 .875
1989 1B STL 64 64 546.33 661 644 15 2 43 -6 10.86 .997
LF STL 57 55 492.66 118 116 0 2 0 +1 2.12 .983
RF STL 3 3 24.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.62 1.000
1990 1B STL-DET 30 30 263.66 282 273 7 2 23 +1 9.56 .993
2B STL-DET 1 1 9.0 4 3 1 0 1 -1 4.00 1.000
LF STL-DET 11 11 93.0 25 24 0 1 0 0 2.32 .960
RF STL-DET 6 6 51.0 7 7 0 0 0 +1 1.24 1.000
1991 1B DET-BRO 50 50 440.66 451 442 8 1 34 -2 9.19 .998
2B DET-BRO 1 1 9.0 5 2 3 0 1 0 5.00 1.000
LF DET-BRO 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
RF DET-BRO 1 1 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1992 1B BRO 111 111 956.33 1015 988 24 3 79 -10 9.52 .997
LF BRO 3 3 26.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.04 1.000
RF BRO 6 6 51.0 6 5 0 1 0 0 0.88 .833
1993 C BRO 1 1 8.0 7 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 6.75 .857
1B BRO 55 55 472.33 516 501 13 2 37 -8 9.79 .996
1994 1B BRO 38 38 341.33 350 337 12 1 37 0 9.20 .997
RF BRO 23 23 202.33 40 40 0 0 0 -3 1.78 1.000
1995 1B BRO 49 49 418.66 426 418 7 1 35 -7 9.14 .998
RF BRO 10 10 78.0 17 17 0 0 0 0 1.96 1.000
1996 1B BRO 51 51 450.66 463 449 12 2 32 -6 9.21 .996
1997 C BRO-SD 5 1 14.66 11 11 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.0% 0 6.75 1.000
1B BRO-SD 6 1 19.0 18 18 0 0 1 0 8.53 1.000
3B BRO-SD 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
SS BRO-SD 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
LF BRO-SD 10 10 78.0 23 22 0 1 0 -1 2.54 .957
Pos Total C 6 2 22.66 18 17 0 1 0 0 6 0 0.0% 0 6.75 .944
1B 568 563 4900.62 5345 5193 123 29 401 -49 9.76 .995
2B 2 2 18.0 9 5 4 0 2 -1 4.50 1.000
3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
SS 1 0 2.0 2 0 2 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
LF 419 409 3682.99 849 830 3 16 3 -10 2.04 .981
RF 261 257 2249.64 499 478 1 20 1 -5 1.92 .960
Total 1258 1233 10877.91 6722 6523 133 66 407 0 6 0 0.0% -65 5.51 .990
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1997-11-01John Ainsmith has retired from the San Diego Missions
1997-07-13The San Diego Missions have promoted John Ainsmith to the major league team. The San Diego Missions have designated Paddy Robertson for assignment.
1997-07-09The San Diego Missions have acquired John Ainsmith from the waiver wire.
1997-06-22The Brooklyn Charlies have waived John Ainsmith.
1997-06-18The Brooklyn Charlies have designated John Ainsmith for assignment.
1997-06-13The Brooklyn Charlies have promoted John Ainsmith to the major league team. The Brooklyn Charlies have sent Claude H. Smoot to the minors.
1997-05-30The Brooklyn Charlies have promoted Curley Bill Brocius to the major league team. The Brooklyn Charlies have designated John Ainsmith for assignment.
1995-08-16John Ainsmith of the Brooklyn Charlies is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1995-07-16John Ainsmith of the Brooklyn Charlies is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1995-05-15John Ainsmith of the Brooklyn Charlies is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1991-08-03A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Charlies and the Detroit Auto Builders. The Detroit Auto Builders receive Cheese White from the Brooklyn Charlies in exchange for John Ainsmith.
1990-07-05A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Succotash and the Detroit Auto Builders. The Detroit Auto Builders receive John Ainsmith from the St. Louis Succotash in exchange for Rick Verlander, Draft Pick 1993 Round 2 DET (Ripper Parker).
1990-06-28The St. Louis Succotash have placed John Ainsmith on the trade block.
1989-05-08The St. Louis Succotash have removed John Ainsmith from the trade block.
1989-04-01The St. Louis Succotash have placed John Ainsmith on the trade block.
1988-05-26John Ainsmith of the St. Louis Succotash is injured and is expected to be out 38 days.
1987-07-11John Ainsmith of the St. Louis Succotash is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1986-04-13John Ainsmith of the St. Louis Succotash is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1985-04-11John Ainsmith of the St. Louis Succotash is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1983-06-08The St. Louis Succotash have promoted John Ainsmith to the major league team. The St. Louis Succotash have sent Milt Flener to the minors.
1982-03-07The St. Louis Succotash have sent John Ainsmith down to the minors.
1981-06-13The St. Louis Cards have promoted John Ainsmith to the major league team. The St. Louis Cards have designated Jim Sullivan for assignment.