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Name Team Age
Billy Gambrell Retired (1956, Age 36) Died (2012, Age 93)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 11
(1942)
2B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Jesse Orosco League 0 10 years (73 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- B+ B+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D+
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A- A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
0 11/5/1919
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (RF)
A- (81.1 %) D- (8.9 %) (2.5 %)

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Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1950 2B ARI-KC 25 25 220.66 130 44 84 2 9 +4 5.22 .985
SS ARI-KC 124 124 1113.33 658 208 432 18 81 +4 5.17 .973
LF ARI-KC 1 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
1951 C KC 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
1B KC 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 +1 4.50 1.000
2B KC 72 72 649.0 368 149 216 3 39 0 5.06 .992
SS KC 43 42 364.0 196 63 128 5 26 +3 4.72 .974
LF KC 3 3 28.0 7 7 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
CF KC 3 2 20.0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1.35 .750
1952 2B KC 90 88 785.0 452 163 286 3 51 +2 5.15 .993
3B KC 8 8 71.0 24 7 16 1 1 0 2.92 .958
SS KC 30 29 260.33 168 62 100 6 24 +1 5.60 .964
LF KC 3 2 22.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 1.23 1.000
1953 2B KC 121 121 1092.0 634 246 386 2 77 +8 5.21 .997
SS KC 31 31 280.66 164 71 92 1 27 -1 5.23 .994
1954 2B KC 144 143 1259.0 793 342 447 4 89 +16 5.64 .995
SS KC 6 6 54.0 24 12 12 0 4 -2 4.00 1.000
1955 2B KC 156 156 1389.66 875 372 497 6 109 +20 5.63 .993
1956 2B BOS-PIT 10 10 91.0 51 22 29 0 5 -2 5.04 1.000
3B BOS-PIT 7 7 59.0 20 6 11 3 0 -4 2.59 .850
SS BOS-PIT 8 8 69.0 44 16 27 1 7 -1 5.61 .977
CF BOS-PIT 2 2 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.50 1.000
RF BOS-PIT 2 2 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.50 1.000
Pos Total C 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
1B 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 +1 4.50 1.000
2B 618 615 5486.32 3303 1338 1945 20 379 +48 5.39 .994
3B 15 15 130.0 44 13 27 4 1 -4 2.77 .909
SS 242 240 2141.32 1254 432 791 31 169 +4 5.14 .975
LF 7 5 51.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 1.94 1.000
CF 5 4 38.0 5 4 0 1 0 0 0.95 .800
RF 2 2 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.50 1.000
Total 891 881 7868.64 4619 1799 2764 56 549 0 0 0 NaN% +49 5.22 .988
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1956-11-01Billy Gambrell has retired from the Pittsburgh Pirates
1956-09-04The Pittsburgh Pirates have acquired Billy Gambrell from the waiver wire.
1956-08-25The Boston Commons have promoted Harley Kirkpatrick to the major league team. The Boston Commons have designated Billy Gambrell for assignment.
1956-04-04The Boston Commons have acquired Billy Gambrell from the waiver wire.
1956-03-25The Kansas City Plainsmen have designated Billy Gambrell for assignment. The Kansas City Plainsmen have designated Jason Falk for assignment.
1950-09-11A trade has been completed between the Arizona Sueros and the Kansas City Plainsmen. The Kansas City Plainsmen receive Billy Gambrell, Casey Currie from the Arizona Sueros in exchange for David Easler, Draft Pick - 1951 Round 2 (OAK), Draft Pick - 1951 Round 3 (KC).