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Name	Team	Age
Doc Sykes	Retired (1988, Age 35)	Died (2039, Age 87)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 14 (1974)	3B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Don Newcombe League	0	9 years (132 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D	B-	B-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B+	0	12/11/1952
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	1
Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
C- (32.6 %)	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

1974

Minors

67.00

11 / 13

4 / 9

3 / 6

4 / 5

10 / 10

15 / 15

9 / 9

56 / 67

1974

Pos (1B)

161.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

14 / 161

1975

Minors

61.00

6 / 10

3 / 8

5 / 7

5 / 13

10 / 10

4 / 5

8 / 8

41 / 61

1975

Pos (1B)

25.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

6 / 25

1976

Minors

70.00

4 / 8

4 / 13

4 / 10

2 / 8

8 / 14

2 / 4

5 / 13

29 / 70

1977

Minors

59.00

1 / 6

0 / 7

1 / 10

3 / 7

8 / 14

3 / 8

3 / 7

19 / 59

1978

Majors

52.88

132

126

30

3 / 6

1 / 7

3 / 6

6 / 9

5 / 13

5 / 7

2 / 4

25 / 52

1979

Majors

65.88

162

154

0

1 / 9

1 / 10

1 / 11

4 / 10

6 / 8

2 / 6

5 / 11

20 / 65

1980

Majors

34.56

162

33

0

0 / 3

1 / 6

1 / 4

1 / 2

0 / 5

2 / 8

0 / 6

5 / 34

1981

Majors

68.12

162

128

0

0 / 6

1 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 9

2 / 6

3 / 11

0 / 15

6 / 68

1982

Majors

38.15

162

67

0

0 / 2

1 / 11

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 4

1 / 38

1983

Majors

23.43

162

11

0

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 5

0 / 23

1984

Majors

58.36

162

99

0

0 / 11

0 / 4

1 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 8

1 / 12

2 / 58

1985

Majors

64.91

162

154

0

0 / 12

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 10

0 / 12

1 / 5

0 / 6

1 / 64

1986

Majors

64.91

162

154

0

-2 / 9

-4 / 10

-1 / 10

-5 / 9

-6 / 10

-3 / 6

-1 / 10

-22 / 64

1987

Majors

64.90

162

153

0

-2 / 11

-5 / 11

0 / 11

-4 / 9

-3 / 7

-1 / 8

-4 / 7

-19 / 64

1988

Minors

7.00

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 7

1988

Majors

17.00

0 / 4

0 / 0

1 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 17

Total

1590

1079

30

22 / 115

7 / 119

19 / 119

16 / 110

40 / 126

33 / 103

28 / 119

185 / 997

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1988-11-01	Doc Sykes has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1988-05-03	The Baltimore Black Birds have waived Doc Sykes.
1988-04-01	The Baltimore Black Birds have promoted Pat Janowicz to the major league team. The Baltimore Black Birds have designated Doc Sykes for assignment.
1984-07-13	A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Stars and the Baltimore Black Birds. The Baltimore Black Birds receive Doc Sykes, Jesse Grass, Draft Pick 1985 Round 1 STL (Edgar Clay) from the St. Louis Stars in exchange for Vic Romanick.
1981-10-01	Doc Sykes of the St. Louis Stars is injured and is expected to be out 40 days.
1978-07-04	Doc Sykes of the St. Louis Stars is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1978-04-01	The St. Louis Stars have promoted Doc Sykes to the major league team. The St. Louis Stars have sent Johnny Chase to the minors.
1974-04-01	A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Crawfords and the St. Louis Stars. The St. Louis Stars receive Doc Sykes, Draft Pick - 1976 Round 1 (PIT), Draft Pick - 1975 Round 1 (PIT) from the Pittsburgh Crawfords in exchange for Marty Ellerbe, Charlie Young.