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Name Team Age
Aker Short Retired (1964, Age 34) Died (2001, Age 71)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 30, Pick 471
(1950)		 CF B/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Hank Aaron League 0 0 years (0 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B- C 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- A- B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- B- B+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C- B+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 1/24/1930
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---)
A  (84.7 %) C+ (49.4 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1953 PHI-BRO 78 274 36 67 15 0 4 31 33 43 3 5 19 .665 .322 .343 .245
1954 BRO-WAS 113 422 55 116 19 0 13 71 46 50 2 3 14 .761 .349 .412 .275
1955 WAS 113 319 35 86 12 3 10 54 33 35 2 5 7 .765 .345 .420 .270
1956 WAS 96 336 36 85 15 1 5 36 40 36 6 3 7 .689 .340 .348 .253
1957 WAS 63 188 17 44 7 0 4 18 19 29 2 1 2 .638 .303 .335 .234
1958 WAS 48 75 12 24 3 0 5 14 3 15 0 0 1 .906 .346 .560 .320
1959 WAS 34 79 7 19 2 0 1 2 9 9 0 1 1 .630 .326 .304 .241
1960 WAS 26 63 13 17 1 0 5 8 7 13 1 0 2 .867 .343 .524 .270
1961 WAS 10 33 5 7 3 0 1 1 3 4 0 0 1 .672 .278 .394 .212
1962 WAS 11 36 5 10 2 0 0 4 1 6 0 2 1 .658 .325 .333 .278
1963 WAS 14 54 5 16 2 1 2 8 5 4 3 2 1 .837 .356 .481 .296
1964 WAS 13 49 7 13 3 1 0 4 6 8 3 0 0 .707 .339 .367 .265
Total 619 1928 233 504 84 6 50 251 205 252 22 22 56 .724 .335 .389 .261
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1964-11-01Aker Short has retired from the Washington Nationals
1963-03-01The Washington Nationals have promoted John Sherman to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Reid Pierro to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Aker Short to the major league team.
1962-09-17The Washington Nationals have promoted Lee Moreno to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Jack Kemp to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Howell Cobb to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Aker Short to the minors.
1962-09-14The Washington Nationals have promoted Howell Cobb to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Aker Short to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Jack Kemp to the minors. The Washington Nationals have sent Lee Moreno to the minors.
1962-08-08The Washington Nationals have sent Aker Short down to the minors.
1962-03-01The Washington Nationals have promoted Aker Short to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Braxton Hicks to the minors.
1961-09-11The Washington Nationals have promoted Jack Kemp to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Aker Short to the minors.
1961-03-30The Washington Nationals have promoted Aker Short to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Frederick Muhlenberg to the minors.
1961-03-30The Washington Nationals have promoted Trent Lott to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Aker Short to the minors.
1959-03-30The Washington Nationals have promoted Aker Short to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Reid Pierro to the minors.
1958-10-03The Washington Nationals have promoted Frank Blair, Jr. to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Aker Short to the minors.
1954-10-12The Washington Nationals have promoted Aker Short to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Dan Stevens to the minors.
1954-10-03The Washington Nationals have promoted Zach Taylor to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Aker Short to the minors.
1954-04-01A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Blue Bombers and the Washington Nationals. The Washington Nationals receive Ron Fultz, Aker Short, Bob Geren from the Brooklyn Blue Bombers in exchange for Jack McGee, Mike Meyer.
1953-08-14The Brooklyn Blue Bombers have promoted Randy Atkins to the major league team. The Brooklyn Blue Bombers have sent Aker Short to the minors.
1953-05-02A trade has been completed between the Brooklyn Blue Bombers and the Philadelphia Doilies. The Philadelphia Doilies receive Silver Holdsworth, Andy Haad from the Brooklyn Blue Bombers in exchange for Aker Short, Randy Atkins, Dave Molinaro.
1950-04-01The Philadelphia Doilies have renamed Kane Oravetz to Aker Short.