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Name	Team	Age
Lyle Vogelsong	Retired (1970, Age 37)	Died (2011, Age 78)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 12 (1958)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ted Williams League	0	12 years (13 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
C+	A-	B+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	B-	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	7/22/1933
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	2
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
C  (43.2 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (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

1958

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 1

2 / 2

1958

Majors

63.99

147

133

0

2 / 8

4 / 11

2 / 14

1 / 7

3 / 9

3 / 8

4 / 6

19 / 63

1959

Minors

14.00

0 / 0

1 / 1

1 / 1

0 / 3

0 / 3

2 / 4

1 / 2

5 / 14

1959

Majors

23.38

67

46

0

1 / 6

1 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 6

2 / 3

0 / 0

6 / 23

1960

Minors

8.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

1 / 4

0 / 0

1 / 8

1960

Majors

32.79

123

40

0

0 / 2

2 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 5

1 / 4

3 / 5

4 / 8

10 / 32

1961

Majors

69.25

162

133

0

1 / 10

1 / 8

2 / 10

0 / 12

1 / 9

1 / 10

2 / 10

8 / 69

1962

Majors

67.12

162

122

0

0 / 12

3 / 11

1 / 8

1 / 9

1 / 9

0 / 7

2 / 11

8 / 67

1963

Majors

64.09

154

115

8

2 / 12

1 / 9

2 / 12

0 / 10

1 / 8

1 / 5

1 / 8

8 / 64

1964

Majors

63.47

147

108

15

0 / 16

0 / 11

1 / 10

1 / 3

0 / 9

0 / 9

0 / 5

2 / 63

1965

Majors

70.44

162

126

0

0 / 6

0 / 12

0 / 10

1 / 13

0 / 9

0 / 6

1 / 14

2 / 70

1966

Majors

67.30

162

116

0

0 / 13

1 / 9

1 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 11

0 / 8

2 / 67

1967

Majors

64.67

162

151

0

-3 / 9

-4 / 10

-1 / 14

-1 / 6

-8 / 7

-1 / 13

0 / 5

-18 / 64

1968

Majors

59.62

153

134

9

-4 / 9

-7 / 10

-1 / 10

-2 / 9

0 / 7

-2 / 7

-3 / 7

-19 / 59

1969

Majors

43.68

134

69

22

-1 / 5

-7 / 4

-3 / 7

-4 / 10

-6 / 9

-1 / 5

0 / 3

-22 / 43

1970

Majors

48.02

162

70

0

-1 / 9

-6 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 6

-2 / 6

-3 / 3

-2 / 7

-14 / 48

Total

1897

1363

54

-3 / 118

-10 / 116

6 / 118

-3 / 102

-8 / 106

7 / 101

11 / 95

0 / 756

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1970-11-01	Lyle Vogelsong has retired from the Washington Nationals
1969-04-18	Lyle Vogelsong of the Washington Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1968-07-25	Lyle Vogelsong of the Washington Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 11 days.
1964-09-14	Lyle Vogelsong of the Washington Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1963-06-17	Lyle Vogelsong of the Washington Nationals is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1960-05-15	The Washington Nationals have promoted Roberto Greenwood to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Elden Ortiz to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have promoted Lyle Vogelsong to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have designated Alonzo "Salty Dog" Selkirk for assignment. The Washington Nationals have designated Dan Swift for assignment. The Washington Nationals have designated Fred Heard for assignment.
1959-06-16	The Washington Nationals have promoted Earl Doherty to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent Lyle Vogelsong to the minors.
1958-04-18	The Washington Nationals have promoted Lyle Vogelsong to the major league team. The Washington Nationals have sent John Jones to the minors.