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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 %)

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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 
1980 Majors 21.83 162 12 0 5 / 5 1 / 3 3 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 4 0 / 1 2 / 3 15 / 21
1981 Minors 19.00 2 / 3 2 / 2 3 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 4 1 / 1 1 / 3 13 / 19
1982 Minors 12.00 1 / 2 0 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 2 3 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 0 8 / 12
1982 Majors 8.76 72 4 0 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 2 / 8
1983 Minors 17.00 1 / 2 1 / 3 2 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 2 2 / 3 6 / 17
1983 Majors 2.16 16 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1984 Minors 27.00 0 / 1 1 / 4 0 / 5 4 / 8 0 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 6 7 / 27
1985 Minors 20.00 0 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 5 1 / 3 3 / 5 6 / 20
1986 Minors 16.00 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 1 1 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 3 2 / 16
1987 Minors 23.00 0 / 5 1 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 2 3 / 6 4 / 23
1988 Minors 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1
1988 Majors 28.21 127 40 0 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 3 1 / 28
1989 Minors 4.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 4
1989 Majors 9.98 50 12 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 9
1990 Majors 19.00 1 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 2 1 / 19
1991 Majors 15.00 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 15
Total 427 68 0 11 / 32 7 / 35 10 / 40 12 / 27 7 / 39 5 / 30 13 / 38 65 / 241
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.