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Name	Team	Age
Rafael Navarro	Retired (1989, Age 36)	Died (2021, Age 68)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 31 (1973)	CF	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Nellie Fox League	0	10 years (22 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B	A
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	B+	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A	C-
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	B	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	9/12/1953
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (3B)
A+ (92.5 %)	A  (86.9 %)	B+ (72.8 %)

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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

1973

Minors

67.00

9 / 9

14 / 15

7 / 7

5 / 5

8 / 16

8 / 8

7 / 7

58 / 67

1974

Minors

60.00

5 / 6

5 / 9

10 / 14

5 / 7

2 / 6

3 / 4

13 / 14

43 / 60

1975

Minors

67.00

2 / 9

7 / 14

6 / 10

6 / 9

3 / 4

9 / 14

3 / 7

36 / 67

1976

Minors

60.00

3 / 6

3 / 4

3 / 5

5 / 11

4 / 10

5 / 10

7 / 14

30 / 60

1977

Minors

66.00

2 / 6

6 / 13

5 / 14

4 / 5

0 / 6

3 / 9

10 / 13

30 / 66

1977

Pos (SS)

3.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

1978

Minors

49.00

2 / 4

6 / 11

0 / 3

4 / 11

4 / 8

0 / 4

3 / 8

19 / 49

1978

Majors

11.69

27

22

0

0 / 0

2 / 3

1 / 1

0 / 2

2 / 2

3 / 3

0 / 0

8 / 11

1978

Pos (SS)

40.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 40

1979

Minors

3.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 3

1979

Majors

63.03

150

120

0

3 / 8

4 / 11

0 / 7

2 / 11

1 / 12

2 / 6

4 / 8

16 / 63

1979

Pos (SS)

4.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 4

1980

Majors

55.62

126

102

36

4 / 9

0 / 8

2 / 7

2 / 5

1 / 9

3 / 9

2 / 8

14 / 55

1981

Majors

61.34

145

117

17

1 / 7

1 / 11

1 / 7

0 / 8

1 / 11

1 / 9

2 / 8

7 / 61

1982

Majors

63.92

153

123

9

1 / 7

1 / 6

2 / 13

0 / 11

0 / 9

2 / 11

0 / 6

6 / 63

1983

Majors

61.49

145

117

17

0 / 6

1 / 14

1 / 8

1 / 14

0 / 9

0 / 3

1 / 7

4 / 61

1984

Majors

32.26

162

18

0

0 / 3

0 / 5

1 / 8

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 3

1 / 32

1985

Majors

38.90

116

60

46

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 3

0 / 38

1986

Majors

49.22

140

78

22

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 10

1 / 6

0 / 4

1 / 49

1987

Majors

59.97

155

121

7

-3 / 7

-6 / 10

-2 / 9

-1 / 4

-9 / 6

-2 / 9

-4 / 14

-27 / 59

1988

Majors

51.61

140

108

22

-2 / 7

-7 / 7

0 / 11

-1 / 8

-8 / 8

-2 / 5

-2 / 5

-22 / 51

1989

Minors

9.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 9

1989

Majors

2.00

6

5

0

-3 / 0

-4 / 0

-4 / 1

-2 / 0

-6 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

-19 / 2

1989

Pos (SS)

33.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 33

Total

1465

991

176

24 / 109

33 / 154

33 / 143

30 / 131

3 / 137

36 / 123

46 / 129

209 / 1006

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1989-11-01	Rafael Navarro has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1989-05-29	The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have waived Rafael Navarro.
1989-04-08	The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have promoted John Trautwein to the major league team. The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have designated Rafael Navarro for assignment.
1988-07-17	Rafael Navarro of the Milwaukee Stripling Warriors is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1987-08-11	Rafael Navarro of the Milwaukee Stripling Warriors is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1986-05-05	Rafael Navarro of the Milwaukee Stripling Warriors is injured and is expected to be out 25 days.
1985-08-17	Rafael Navarro of the Milwaukee Stripling Warriors is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1985-06-06	Rafael Navarro of the Milwaukee Stripling Warriors is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
1985-04-04	Rafael Navarro of the Milwaukee Stripling Warriors is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1984-04-01	The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have placed Rafael Navarro on the trade block.
1983-08-07	Rafael Navarro of the Milwaukee Stripling Warriors is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1982-06-13	Rafael Navarro of the Milwaukee Stripling Warriors is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1981-06-09	Rafael Navarro of the Milwaukee Stripling Warriors is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1980-05-31	Rafael Navarro of the Milwaukee Stripling Warriors is injured and is expected to be out 41 days.
1979-04-14	The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have promoted Deacon Corey to the major league team. The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have promoted Johnny Nelson to the major league team. The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have promoted Rafael Navarro to the major league team. The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have promoted Harvey Aragon to the major league team. The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have sent Danny Doyle to the minors. The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have designated Lance McKelvey for assignment. The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have designated Ralph Twineham for assignment. The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have sent Bob Daughters to the minors.
1978-08-13	The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have sent Rafael Navarro to the minors.
1978-07-13	The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have promoted Dave Dell to the major league team. The Milwaukee Stripling Warriors have promoted Rafael Navarro to the major league team.