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Name	Team	Age
Matt Latham	Retired (1957, Age 35)	Died (1991, Age 69)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 17 (1950)	C	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Harold Baines League	0	7 years (31 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B	D
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
C+	B+	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A-	B-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D+	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D-	B+	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	5/26/1922
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	1
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

1950

Majors

36.50

162

32

0

4 / 6

3 / 4

2 / 5

3 / 9

5 / 6

2 / 3

2 / 3

21 / 36

1951

Majors

32.09

162

18

0

1 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 2

3 / 6

2 / 5

6 / 32

1952

Majors

32.79

162

18

0

0 / 6

1 / 5

1 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 6

1 / 4

3 / 32

1953

Majors

31.73

162

18

0

0 / 4

1 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 5

1 / 4

2 / 8

1 / 2

5 / 31

1954

Majors

32.88

162

18

0

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 2

2 / 8

1 / 4

3 / 32

1955

Majors

36.90

138

44

24

1 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 2

1 / 7

3 / 11

0 / 1

5 / 36

1956

Majors

31.27

145

18

17

-3 / 4

-4 / 6

-4 / 9

-8 / 4

-2 / 4

-3 / 2

0 / 2

-24 / 31

1957

Minors

11.00

1 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 3

1 / 2

2 / 11

1957

Majors

21.96

71

41

0

-5 / 1

-1 / 2

-3 / 4

-4 / 0

-4 / 3

-2 / 9

0 / 2

-19 / 21

Total

1164

207

41

-1 / 38

0 / 37

-4 / 39

-9 / 35

1 / 32

7 / 56

8 / 25

2 / 262

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1957-11-01	Matt Latham has retired from the Texas Wranglers
1957-09-12	The Texas Wranglers have promoted Matt Latham to the major league team. The Texas Wranglers have designated Hack Johnson for assignment.
1957-05-31	The Texas Wranglers have promoted John Watkins to the major league team. The Texas Wranglers have designated Matt Latham for assignment.
1957-04-01	A trade has been completed between the Los Angeles Bruins and the Texas Wranglers. The Texas Wranglers receive Matt Latham, Rich Kirby from the Los Angeles Bruins in exchange for Draft Pick 1958 Round 3 TEX (Willis Bradley), Draft Pick 1958 Round 4 TEX (Terry Angelini).
1957-04-01	The Los Angeles Bruins have re-claimed Matt Latham from the waiver wire.
1957-04-01	The Los Angeles Bruins have promoted Bill Darcy to the major league team. The Los Angeles Bruins have promoted Jimmy Jones to the major league team. The Los Angeles Bruins have designated Matt Latham for assignment. The Los Angeles Bruins have designated Rich Kirby for assignment.
1956-05-26	Matt Latham of the Los Angeles Bruins is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1956-04-25	The Los Angeles Bruins have placed Matt Latham on the trade block.
1955-07-11	Matt Latham of the Los Angeles PF Flyers is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.