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Name	Team	Age
John Ratzer	Retired (1990, Age 36)	Died (2025, Age 71)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 5 (1976)	2B	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mel Ott League	0	13 years (30 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	C+	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A	A	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	F	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	9/9/1954
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	4
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (SS)
A+ (99.1 %)	A+ (98.7 %)	D  (13.3 %)

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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

1976

Minors

62.00

7 / 12

2 / 4

8 / 12

4 / 7

7 / 8

12 / 12

7 / 7

47 / 62

1976

Pos (2B)

102.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

16 / 102

1977

Minors

20.00

1 / 3

1 / 2

1 / 3

2 / 3

1 / 3

4 / 4

1 / 2

11 / 20

1977

Majors

46.71

118

102

0

4 / 8

3 / 8

3 / 6

3 / 7

5 / 5

5 / 5

7 / 7

30 / 46

1978

Majors

66.06

162

139

0

7 / 10

4 / 12

4 / 7

2 / 10

7 / 8

12 / 13

6 / 6

42 / 66

1979

Majors

64.45

162

139

0

2 / 4

2 / 12

3 / 8

3 / 10

4 / 12

4 / 9

6 / 9

24 / 64

1980

Majors

65.74

162

139

0

0 / 4

5 / 7

5 / 18

4 / 14

2 / 4

3 / 12

1 / 6

20 / 65

1981

Majors

47.69

124

85

38

1 / 7

1 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 11

2 / 5

1 / 3

2 / 7

7 / 47

1982

Majors

66.88

162

140

0

0 / 5

0 / 5

2 / 10

0 / 13

0 / 13

1 / 7

2 / 13

5 / 66

1983

Majors

60.07

162

113

0

0 / 3

0 / 7

1 / 9

1 / 10

1 / 10

2 / 11

1 / 10

6 / 60

1984

Majors

65.53

162

135

0

0 / 7

0 / 13

0 / 10

0 / 12

0 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 6

0 / 65

1985

Majors

65.23

162

139

0

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 9

0 / 11

0 / 6

0 / 14

0 / 8

0 / 65

1986

Majors

66.28

162

139

0

0 / 11

0 / 5

1 / 12

0 / 12

1 / 9

0 / 12

1 / 5

3 / 66

1987

Majors

55.62

134

114

28

0 / 9

1 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 7

1 / 55

1988

Majors

45.18

117

98

45

-3 / 4

-1 / 7

-4 / 9

-2 / 3

-2 / 5

-1 / 8

-2 / 9

-15 / 45

1989

Majors

53.97

162

94

0

-1 / 7

-6 / 6

-3 / 12

-3 / 7

-9 / 5

-2 / 9

-3 / 7

-27 / 53

1990

Majors

22.16

162

8

0

-4 / 1

-7 / 7

-5 / 2

-7 / 2

-3 / 3

-3 / 1

0 / 6

-29 / 22

Total

2113

1584

111

14 / 104

5 / 118

16 / 144

7 / 140

16 / 109

38 / 137

29 / 115

141 / 969

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1990-11-01	John Ratzer has retired from the Chicago Shamrocks
1989-04-01	A trade has been completed between the Boston Red Sox and the Chicago Shamrocks. The Chicago Shamrocks receive John Ratzer from the Boston Red Sox in exchange for Lerrin Thomas, Dean Nichols. Vote on Trade.
1988-04-05	John Ratzer of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 51 days.
1988-04-01	The Boston Red Sox have removed John Ratzer from the trade block.
1987-08-30	John Ratzer of the Boston Red Sox is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1987-03-05	The Boston Red Sox have placed John Ratzer on the trade block.
1985-08-30	The Boston Tridentines have removed John Ratzer from the trade block.
1985-06-26	The Boston Tridentines have placed John Ratzer on the trade block.
1981-07-25	John Ratzer of the Boston Tridentines is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1977-05-21	The Boston Tridentines have promoted John Ratzer to the major league team. The Boston Tridentines have designated Jimmy Nelson for assignment.