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Name Team Age
Dion "hot dog" Ball Retired (1987, Age 35) Died (2013, Age 61)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 27
(1973)
LF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Ted Williams League 0 6 years (158 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
C- B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 4/1/1952
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 4 6
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (CF)
A+ (94.3 %) (91.5 %) D- (11.6 %)

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Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1977 LF CHA 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1978 1B CHA 67 67 555.33 586 570 12 4 43 -7 9.43 .993
2B CHA 1 1 9.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
LF CHA 10 10 95.0 29 29 0 0 0 0 2.75 1.000
CF CHA 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
RF CHA 4 4 37.66 9 9 0 0 0 0 2.15 1.000
1979 LF CHA 36 20 210.0 42 42 0 0 0 +3 1.80 1.000
RF CHA 7 7 62.0 12 11 0 1 0 +1 1.60 .917
1980 LF CHA 42 41 336.33 84 84 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
CF CHA 7 7 61.0 24 24 0 0 0 0 3.54 1.000
RF CHA 6 6 52.66 16 15 0 1 0 0 2.56 .938
1981 3B CHA 1 1 9.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
LF CHA 65 62 513.33 123 120 1 2 1 -2 2.12 .984
CF CHA 9 9 79.33 16 16 0 0 0 -1 1.82 1.000
RF CHA 2 2 18.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 3.50 1.000
1982 2B CHA 2 2 25.0 13 4 9 0 2 0 4.68 1.000
3B CHA 1 1 9.0 4 1 3 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
SS CHA 4 4 36.0 19 5 13 1 3 -2 4.50 .947
LF CHA 21 15 133.0 31 30 0 1 0 +1 2.03 .968
CF CHA 5 5 44.0 14 12 0 2 0 0 2.45 .857
RF CHA 1 1 9.0 4 3 0 1 0 0 3.00 .750
1983 2B CHA 2 2 18.0 5 2 2 1 0 -1 2.00 .800
SS CHA 3 3 28.0 12 3 9 0 0 -1 3.86 1.000
LF CHA 9 8 69.0 15 15 0 0 0 0 1.96 1.000
RF CHA 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
1984 LF WAS-CHA 2 1 9.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 5.00 1.000
1986 1B BAL 69 66 586.33 648 626 21 1 54 -5 9.93 .998
1987 C BAL 2 2 18.0 14 13 0 1 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0 6.50 .929
1B BAL 2 1 10.0 12 12 0 0 1 0 10.80 1.000
Pos Total C 2 2 18.0 14 13 0 1 0 0 5 0 0.0% 0 6.50 .929
1B 138 134 1151.66 1246 1208 33 5 98 -12 9.70 .996
2B 5 5 52.0 21 9 11 1 2 -1 3.46 .952
3B 2 2 18.0 5 1 4 0 0 0 2.50 1.000
SS 7 7 64.0 31 8 22 1 3 -3 4.22 .968
LF 187 157 1367.66 329 325 1 3 1 +2 2.15 .991
CF 22 22 193.33 56 54 0 2 0 -1 2.51 .964
RF 21 21 188.32 48 45 0 3 0 +1 2.15 .938
Total 384 350 3052.97 1750 1663 71 16 104 0 5 0 0.0% -14 5.11 .991
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1987-11-01Dion "hot dog" Ball has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1987-06-09The Baltimore Orioles have waived Dion "hot dog" Ball.
1987-04-15The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Johnny Compton to the major league team. The Baltimore Orioles have designated Dion "hot dog" Ball for assignment.
1986-06-19The Baltimore Orioles have promoted Dion "hot dog" Ball to the major league team.
1986-06-19The Baltimore Orioles have acquired Dion "hot dog" Ball from the waiver wire.
1985-04-01The Chicago Chinese assassins have waived Dion "hot dog" Ball.
1984-10-01The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Dion "hot dog" Ball for assignment. The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Jerry Fewster for assignment. The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Buddy Wedge for assignment.
1984-09-13The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Dion "hot dog" Ball to the major league team. The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Jerry Fewster to the major league team. The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Buddy Wedge to the major league team.
1984-09-13The Chicago Chinese assassins have acquired Dion "hot dog" Ball from the waiver wire.
1984-06-25The Washington Nationals have waived Dion "hot dog" Ball.
1984-06-02The Washington Nationals have promoted Dion "hot dog" Ball to the major league team.
1984-06-02The Washington Nationals have acquired Dion "hot dog" Ball from the waiver wire.
1984-04-23The Chicago Chinese assassins have waived Dion "hot dog" Ball.
1984-04-01The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Dion "hot dog" Ball for assignment.
1978-03-25The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Steven Simons to the major league team. The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Dion "hot dog" Ball to the major league team. The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Braxton Stowe for assignment. The Chicago Chinese assassins have designated Barry Zurbuchen for assignment.
1977-08-06The Chicago Chinese assassins have sent Dion "hot dog" Ball to the minors.
1977-07-17The Chicago Chinese assassins have promoted Dion "hot dog" Ball to the major league team. The Chicago Chinese assassins have sent Andrew Burgess to the minors.
1977-03-25The Chicago Chinese assassins have renamed Chappy Bray to Dion "hot dog" Ball.
1976-07-13The Chicago Chinese assassins have acquired Chappy Bray from the waiver wire. The Chicago Chinese assassins have waived Mike Owen.
1976-06-23The Washington Nationals have waived Chappy Bray.