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Name Team Age
Prince Thurmond Retired (1974, Age 40) Died (2023, Age 89)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 27
(1952)		 LF L/L
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Wally Berger League 0 19 years (128 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B+ B 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- B+ C 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- C+ D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- C- F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C- B+ B+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
A- 0 9/12/1934
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 1 3
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (99.0 %) A+ (98.1 %) B  (65.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1952 PHI-WAS 20 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 .276 .133 .143 .071
1953 WAS 11 21 4 5 1 0 0 2 4 2 0 0 0 .646 .360 .286 .238
1955 CLE 102 333 32 81 13 1 5 36 38 50 6 4 11 .655 .322 .333 .243
1956 CLE 155 530 52 115 18 3 8 67 54 87 1 2 5 .595 .288 .308 .217
1957 CLE 151 496 50 120 18 2 14 72 54 90 5 7 3 .686 .315 .371 .242
1958 CLE 158 541 70 166 25 4 14 76 64 80 11 4 3 .826 .381 .445 .307
1959 CLE 159 588 86 162 29 3 32 123 75 96 16 6 6 .856 .358 .498 .276
1960 CLE 159 611 73 182 39 5 22 96 61 101 17 7 9 .846 .360 .486 .298
1961 CLE 147 563 79 166 25 10 18 93 65 64 22 6 6 .838 .367 .471 .295
1962 CLE 144 568 88 192 31 8 17 94 54 75 19 5 3 .906 .395 .511 .338
1963 CLE 159 649 87 190 32 7 21 95 55 102 23 6 4 .809 .348 .461 .293
1964 CLE-NYA 159 628 116 179 31 8 24 82 83 84 21 9 9 .843 .368 .475 .285
1965 NYA 159 647 116 194 37 8 24 88 78 98 33 15 1 .870 .377 .493 .300
1966 NYA 159 655 110 214 44 8 30 95 81 86 31 20 6 .957 .402 .556 .327
1967 NYA 159 637 135 195 38 6 32 103 95 91 36 18 4 .931 .396 .535 .306
1968 NYA 160 676 129 201 38 10 30 94 68 94 31 12 4 .879 .362 .516 .297
1969 NYA 158 668 127 206 31 8 24 86 66 92 17 8 7 .857 .370 .487 .308
1970 NYA 157 644 105 182 34 1 21 61 68 98 17 12 6 .789 .353 .436 .283
1971 NYA-CLE 144 491 80 134 21 1 16 72 56 74 16 15 10 .763 .346 .418 .273
1972 CLE 113 272 27 72 14 2 7 31 24 32 13 10 2 .734 .326 .408 .265
1973 CLE 114 338 45 93 16 3 7 51 51 58 10 6 10 .777 .375 .402 .275
1974 CLE 61 221 36 64 14 0 5 28 20 32 10 6 6 .771 .350 .421 .290
Total 2908 10791 1648 3114 550 98 371 1545 1215 1590 355 178 115 .822 .361 .461 .289
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1974-11-01Prince Thurmond has retired from the Cleveland Top Dawgs
1971-05-30A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Top Dawgs. The Cleveland Top Dawgs receive Prince Thurmond from the New York Yankees in exchange for Curtis Wilkie.
1964-07-24A trade has been completed between the New York Yankees and the Cleveland Top Dawgs. The Cleveland Top Dawgs receive Rich Blades, Milt LaValliere, Draft Pick - 1967 Round 1 (NYA) from the New York Yankees in exchange for Prince Thurmond.
1955-06-28The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Prince Thurmond to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Lyman McCarthy to the minors.
1955-04-22The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Jack Nold to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Prince Thurmond to the minors.
1955-04-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Prince Thurmond to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Art Beebe to the minors.
1954-08-29A trade has been completed between the Cleveland Top Dawgs and the Washington Colonials. The Washington Colonials receive Zack Greinke from the Cleveland Top Dawgs in exchange for Prince Thurmond, Draft Pick - 1955 Round 1 (WAS), Draft Pick - 1955 Round 1 (CLE), Draft Pick - 1955 Round 2 (STL).
1953-10-03The Washington Colonials have promoted Yogi Berra to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Prince Thurmond to the minors.
1953-09-27The Washington Colonials have promoted Prince Thurmond to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have promoted Woodie Butcher to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Yogi Berra to the minors. The Washington Colonials have sent Pinky Jackson to the minors.
1953-08-12The Washington Colonials have promoted Yogi Berra to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Prince Thurmond to the minors.
1953-08-05The Washington Colonials have promoted Prince Thurmond to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Yogi Berra to the minors.
1952-06-05The Washington Colonials have promoted Josh Gibson to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Prince Thurmond to the minors.
1952-04-29The Washington Colonials have promoted Prince Thurmond to the major league team. The Washington Colonials have sent Josh Gibson to the minors.
1952-04-01The Washington Colonials have renamed Andy Thurmond to Prince Thurmond.
1952-04-01A trade has been completed between the Washington Colonials and the Philadelphia Hobos. The Philadelphia Hobos receive Bill Dygert from the Washington Colonials in exchange for Jack Dyer, Andy Thurmond.