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| Name | Team | Age |
| Jim Bates | Retired (1995, Age 36) | Died (2027, Age 68) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 2, Pick 17 (1981) |
RP | L/L |
| League | Option Years
|
Majors Service Time |
| Frank Thomas League | 0 | 8 years (7 games) |
| Total Rating
|
Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
|
Mentor Value
|
|
| Health
|
Injured Days
|
Birthday |
| 0 | 6/12/1959 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Energy | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Batting | Fielding | Game Log
| Year | Type
|
Chances
|
Endurance | Velocity | Control | Total |
| 1981 | Minors | 51.00 | 2 / 6 | 3 / 28 | 2 / 17 | 7 / 51 |
| 1982 | Minors | 42.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 21 | 5 / 21 | 6 / 42 |
| 1983 | Minors | 19.00 | 0 / 2 | 2 / 14 | 1 / 3 | 3 / 19 |
| 1984 | Minors | 29.00 | 1 / 7 | 0 / 8 | 4 / 14 | 5 / 29 |
| 1984 | Majors | 0.44 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 |
| 1985 | Minors | 17.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 7 | 3 / 9 | 3 / 17 |
| 1985 | Majors | 5.34 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 5 |
| 1986 | Minors | 19.00 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 9 | 4 / 10 | 6 / 19 |
| 1986 | Majors | 1.93 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 |
| 1987 | Minors | 10.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 6 | 0 / 10 |
| 1987 | Majors | 26.56 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 11 | 2 / 15 | 3 / 26 |
| 1988 | Majors | 32.33 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 13 | 1 / 16 | 1 / 32 |
| 1989 | Majors | 34.11 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 16 | 0 / 17 | 1 / 34 |
| 1990 | Majors | 31.90 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 16 | 0 / 13 | 0 / 31 |
| 1991 | Majors | 33.29 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 19 | 0 / 11 | 1 / 33 |
| 1992 | Majors | 38.67 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 22 | 1 / 12 | 1 / 38 |
| 1993 | Majors | 41.50 | -1 / 10 | -5 / 15 | -2 / 16 | -8 / 41 |
| 1994 | Majors | 39.64 | -2 / 8 | -4 / 16 | -1 / 15 | -7 / 39 |
| 1995 | Majors | 22.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 14 | 0 / 8 | 1 / 22 |
| Total | 0 / 48 | 3 / 235 | 20 / 206 | 23 / 489 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1995-11-01 | Jim Bates has retired from the Free Agency Pool |
| 1995-04-11 | The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have waived Jim Bates. |
| 1995-04-01 | The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have designated Jim Bates for assignment. |
| 1992-07-13 | Jim Bates of the Tampa Bay Blue Claws is injured and is expected to be out 23 days. |
| 1988-06-04 | Jim Bates of the Tampa Bay Blue Claws is injured and is expected to be out 16 days. |
| 1987-05-22 | The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have promoted Jim Bates to the major league team. |
| 1986-10-04 | The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have sent Jim Bates to the minors. |
| 1986-09-16 | The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have promoted Jim Bates to the major league team. |
| 1985-06-27 | The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have promoted George Scheib to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have sent Jim Bates to the minors. |
| 1985-05-01 | The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have promoted Jim Bates to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have designated Buck Crespi for assignment. |
| 1984-08-28 | The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have promoted Dwight Randall to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have sent Jim Bates to the minors. |
| 1984-08-23 | The Tampa Bay Blue Claws have promoted Jim Bates to the major league team. |