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Name Team Age
Pops Popovich Retired (1991, Age 34) Died (2028, Age 71)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 21
(1980)
2B L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Earl Averill League 0 2 years (103 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
C+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D+ D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 1/14/1957
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.8 %) D+ (20.7 %) (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT
1980 2B MIL 3 3 25.0 18 6 9 3 4 -1 5.40 .833
3B MIL 1 1 8.0 3 2 1 0 0 0 3.38 1.000
SS MIL 8 8 74.0 39 10 29 0 2 -2 4.74 1.000
1982 2B MIL 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
SS MIL 3 3 26.0 14 7 7 0 1 0 4.85 1.000
1988 2B MIL-KC 27 27 224.33 138 64 72 2 19 -2 5.46 .986
3B MIL-KC 4 4 36.0 8 2 6 0 0 -2 2.00 1.000
SS MIL-KC 13 9 86.0 45 16 27 2 5 +1 4.50 .956
1989 2B KC 8 6 58.0 31 14 17 0 3 -3 4.81 1.000
3B KC 1 1 8.0 5 1 4 0 0 0 5.62 1.000
SS KC 5 5 44.33 30 11 19 0 5 -2 6.09 1.000
Pos Total 2B 39 37 316.33 187 84 98 5 26 -6 5.18 .973
3B 6 6 52.0 16 5 11 0 0 -2 2.77 1.000
SS 29 25 230.33 128 44 82 2 13 -3 4.92 .984
Total 74 68 598.66 331 133 191 7 39 -11 4.87 .979
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1991-11-01Pops Popovich has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1991-04-01The Chicago BleacherBums have waived Pops Popovich.
1991-03-01The Chicago BleacherBums have acquired Pops Popovich from the waiver wire.
1989-06-18The Kansas City Athletics have waived Pops Popovich.
1989-05-27The Kansas City Athletics have designated Pops Popovich for assignment.
1988-06-20The Kansas City Athletics have promoted Pops Popovich to the major league team. The Kansas City Athletics have designated Andy Ojeda for assignment.
1988-06-08The Kansas City Athletics have acquired Pops Popovich from the waiver wire.
1988-05-16The Milwaukee Brewmasters have waived Pops Popovich.
1988-05-12The Milwaukee Brewmasters have designated Pops Popovich for assignment.
1988-03-01The Milwaukee Brewmasters have promoted Dan Plesac to the major league team. The Milwaukee Brewmasters have promoted Pops Popovich to the major league team. The Milwaukee Brewmasters have promoted Pine Rider Barclay to the major league team. The Milwaukee Brewmasters have designated Zip Sheldon for assignment.
1986-06-27The Milwaukee Admirals have designated Pops Popovich for assignment.
1986-06-27The Milwaukee Admirals have promoted Pops Popovich to the major league team.
1983-10-03The Milwaukee Admirals have sent Pops Popovich to the minors.
1983-09-14The Milwaukee Admirals have promoted Pops Popovich to the major league team.
1983-03-07The Milwaukee Admirals have sent Pops Popovich down to the minors.
1982-07-13The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon have promoted Pat Marchildon to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon have promoted Pops Popovich to the major league team.
1981-03-01The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon have promoted Hal Gladden to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon have sent Pops Popovich to the minors.
1980-04-01The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon have renamed Dave Gornicki to Pops Popovich.
1980-04-01The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon have promoted Dave Gornicki to the major league team. The Milwaukee Blue Ribbon have promoted Scott Pena to the major league team.