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Name Team Age
King Towers Retired (1991, Age 36) Died (2041, Age 86)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 4
(1974)		 C L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Goose Goslin League 0 14 years (22 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A+ B-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B  C+
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ A- C-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A+ 0 7/8/1955
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 3
Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %) 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 60.00 7 / 8 9 / 12 5 / 5 8 / 8 7 / 7 5 / 7 9 / 13 50 / 60
1975 Minors 44.00 5 / 5 1 / 1 8 / 10 7 / 7 5 / 5 9 / 10 4 / 6 39 / 44
1975 Pos (1B) 15.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 15
1976 Minors 71.00 4 / 7 1 / 8 7 / 11 13 / 16 5 / 5 5 / 10 10 / 14 45 / 71
1976 Pos (1B) 96.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 12 / 96
1977 Minors 58.00 3 / 11 0 / 8 1 / 4 3 / 6 6 / 7 8 / 13 4 / 9 25 / 58
1977 Pos (1B) 43.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 4 / 43
1977 Pos (2B) 33.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 33
1978 Majors 62.51 162 146 0 3 / 7 4 / 10 3 / 7 2 / 6 6 / 7 7 / 16 4 / 9 29 / 62
1979 Majors 62.33 162 146 0 3 / 7 3 / 10 8 / 12 3 / 11 4 / 5 0 / 6 4 / 11 25 / 62
1980 Majors 62.71 162 146 0 2 / 8 2 / 4 2 / 12 2 / 8 4 / 11 0 / 6 2 / 13 14 / 62
1981 Majors 60.89 162 146 0 1 / 6 1 / 6 1 / 10 1 / 10 2 / 11 0 / 13 1 / 4 7 / 60
1982 Majors 64.87 162 144 0 3 / 8 0 / 6 3 / 9 1 / 15 3 / 10 0 / 9 1 / 7 11 / 64
1983 Majors 56.90 162 112 0 1 / 10 0 / 11 1 / 4 1 / 10 1 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 8 4 / 56
1984 Majors 61.45 162 146 0 1 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 18 0 / 11 0 / 3 0 / 6 1 / 8 3 / 61
1985 Majors 61.46 162 146 0 0 / 8 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 15 0 / 61
1986 Majors 62.13 162 146 0 0 / 10 1 / 11 1 / 13 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 6 2 / 62
1987 Majors 58.31 162 127 0 0 / 5 0 / 13 0 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 58
1988 Majors 64.16 162 146 0 0 / 14 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 9 0 / 7 0 / 12 1 / 11 1 / 64
1989 Majors 63.74 162 146 0 -2 / 3 -6 / 11 -4 / 13 -3 / 10 -9 / 8 -2 / 8 -2 / 10 -28 / 63
1990 Majors 63.05 162 146 0 -1 / 7 -6 / 5 -2 / 12 -5 / 11 -9 / 6 -3 / 13 -1 / 9 -27 / 63
1991 Majors 62.90 162 144 0 0 / 11 -5 / 4 -4 / 9 -6 / 9 -2 / 13 0 / 9 -3 / 7 -20 / 62
Total 2268 1987 0 30 / 144 5 / 142 31 / 172 27 / 166 23 / 130 29 / 170 35 / 169 196 / 1280
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1991-11-01King Towers has retired from the Detroit Diamonds
1988-03-01A trade has been completed between the Chicago Cubs and the Detroit Diamonds. The Detroit Diamonds receive King Towers, Draft Pick 1989 Round 2 CHN (Kelvin Jayneway), Draft Pick 1988 Round 1 NYN (John Battle) from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for Joe Dowd, Draft Pick 1989 Round 1 DET (Larry Patterson). Protest This Trade.
1985-10-10The Chicago Cubs have placed King Towers on the trade block.
1978-04-01The Chicago Cubs have promoted King Towers to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Geronimo Jones to the minors.
1975-04-13A trade has been completed between the Chicago Cubs and the New York Blackhearts. The New York Blackhearts receive Eric German, Dane Morgan, Mike Isenberg from the Chicago Cubs in exchange for King Towers, Kid Karpis.
1974-04-01The New York Blackhearts have renamed Jose Brown to King Towers.