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Name Team Age
Lefty Birdsall Retired (1967, Age 35) Died (2006, Age 75)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 25
(1950)		 1B R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Nomar Garciaparra League 0 10 years (109 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
69 92 52
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
74 84 70
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
59 56 9
Endurance Velocity Control
55 3 4
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
4 41 41
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
46 0 12/13/1931
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
77 (77.3 %) 0 (0.0 %) 0 (0.0 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1956 1B TB 8 8 69.33 59 58 0 1 5 -1 7.53 .983
3B TB 10 6 58.0 22 7 15 0 2 +1 3.41 1.000
SS TB 1 1 13.0 4 1 3 0 0 0 2.77 1.000
LF TB 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
RF TB 8 8 73.0 22 21 0 1 0 +1 2.59 .955
1957 1B TB 11 11 99.66 117 114 3 0 8 0 10.57 1.000
3B TB 21 8 84.33 31 1 26 4 2 +3 2.88 .871
1958 C TB 7 7 62.0 36 34 1 1 0 0 6 1 14.3% 0 5.08 .972
1B TB 11 11 99.33 111 105 3 3 10 -2 9.79 .973
3B TB 21 8 87.66 25 6 15 4 2 +1 2.16 .840
1959 C TB 2 2 18.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 5.00 1.000
1B TB 12 12 107.0 112 108 4 0 10 +1 9.42 1.000
3B TB 26 9 104.0 32 7 24 1 1 +2 2.68 .969
CF TB 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
RF TB 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.00 1.000
1960 1B TB 13 13 115.0 131 127 4 0 8 +1 10.25 1.000
3B TB 21 7 78.0 17 3 14 0 0 -1 1.96 1.000
SS TB 1 1 8.0 5 1 4 0 1 0 5.62 1.000
1961 1B TB 36 34 314.0 355 343 9 3 31 +1 10.09 .992
3B TB 16 3 45.0 17 5 10 2 0 0 3.00 .882
1962 1B TB 36 36 314.33 318 302 16 0 23 +1 9.11 1.000
1963 1B TB 16 16 135.33 158 151 6 1 10 -2 10.44 .994
3B TB 1 0 2.0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4.50 1.000
CF TB 26 26 230.0 61 59 0 2 0 -1 2.31 .967
1964 1B TB 13 13 111.0 129 119 9 1 9 -1 10.38 .992
CF TB 35 35 309.66 84 82 0 2 0 -6 2.38 .976
1965 1B TB 16 16 143.0 130 124 6 0 11 +1 8.18 1.000
CF TB 29 29 255.66 45 44 0 1 0 -3 1.55 .978
1966 1B SEA 40 40 352.0 356 351 5 0 36 0 9.10 1.000
1967 1B SEA 2 2 17.0 16 16 0 0 1 0 8.47 1.000
Pos Total C 9 9 80.0 46 44 1 1 0 0 8 1 11.1% 0 5.06 .978
1B 214 212 1876.98 1992 1918 65 9 162 -1 9.51 .995
3B 116 41 458.99 145 29 105 11 7 +6 2.63 .924
SS 2 2 21.0 9 2 7 0 1 0 3.86 1.000
LF 1 1 10.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1.80 1.000
CF 91 91 804.32 192 187 0 5 0 -10 2.09 .974
RF 9 9 82.0 23 22 0 1 0 +1 2.41 .957
Total 442 365 3333.29 2409 2204 178 27 170 0 8 1 11.1% -4 6.43 .989
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Lefty Birdsall has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1967-08-20The Seattle Pilots have waived Lefty Birdsall.
1967-04-11The Seattle Pilots have promoted Curt Milligan to the major league team. The Seattle Pilots have designated Lefty Birdsall for assignment.
1963-06-27Lefty Birdsall of the Tampa Bay Dirtbaggs is injured and is expected to be out 30 days.
1963-05-07The Tampa Bay Dirtbaggs have placed Lefty Birdsall on the trade block.
1962-08-21Lefty Birdsall of the Tampa Bay Dirtbaggs is injured and is expected to be out 52 days.
1957-09-05Lefty Birdsall of the Tampa Bay Dirtbaggs is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1956-06-10The Tampa Bay Dirtbaggs have promoted Lefty Birdsall to the major league team.
1950-04-01The Tampa Bay Rays have promoted Sang-Hoon Fox to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Rays have promoted Jason Gainey to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Rays have promoted Brian Newfield to the major league team. The Tampa Bay Rays have sent Lefty Birdsall to the minors. The Tampa Bay Rays have sent Paul Miller to the minors. The Tampa Bay Rays have sent Cam Francona to the minors.