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Name Team Age
Jody Bird Retired (1967, Age 38) Died (1998, Age 69)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 22, Pick 351
(1950)		 3B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Reggie Smith League 0 14 years (140 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
58 66 65
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
74 76 39
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
50 47 70
Endurance Velocity Control
55 18 41
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
32 75 74
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
27 0 4/14/1929
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (---)
13 (13.8 %) 0 (0.3 %) 0 (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1950 NYA 90 225 34 62 10 1 3 24 32 32 1 2 5 .732 .363 .369 .276
1951 NYA 30 64 13 13 0 1 3 13 13 12 2 0 0 .713 .338 .375 .203
1952 NYA 136 421 41 99 11 3 4 51 50 77 2 3 4 .622 .318 .304 .235
1953 NYA 122 460 56 122 22 0 10 60 49 70 4 4 8 .717 .339 .378 .265
1954 NYA 139 569 68 142 20 2 10 49 62 83 12 6 10 .672 .328 .344 .250
1955 NYA 145 577 83 172 17 4 12 46 58 84 10 6 3 .769 .365 .404 .298
1956 NYA 141 541 75 162 28 1 16 71 46 64 4 2 3 .799 .356 .444 .299
1957 NYA 140 571 90 175 27 2 19 62 72 82 4 3 10 .846 .386 .461 .306
1958 NYA 139 510 58 128 24 1 10 38 55 75 21 14 1 .686 .326 .361 .251
1959 NYA 147 450 79 121 23 4 15 63 49 66 11 6 4 .778 .341 .438 .269
1960 NYA 125 261 35 70 19 1 12 36 23 35 4 4 0 .812 .325 .487 .268
1961 NYA 133 434 79 117 21 3 17 55 51 62 25 9 0 .798 .349 .449 .270
1962 NYA 142 368 39 71 16 3 4 26 32 48 4 6 2 .542 .256 .285 .193
1963 NYA 145 398 73 115 17 3 15 39 38 56 12 2 2 .811 .351 .460 .289
1964 NYA 110 181 25 55 8 1 3 24 19 26 5 2 0 .778 .369 .409 .304
1965 NYA 115 232 29 73 10 2 4 26 29 40 11 3 3 .819 .392 .427 .315
1966 NYA 77 236 28 59 14 1 4 36 22 35 3 1 2 .683 .314 .369 .250
1967 NYA 36 99 14 21 1 1 1 9 10 20 3 0 2 .557 .284 .273 .212
Total 2112 6597 919 1777 288 34 162 728 710 967 138 73 59 .739 .342 .397 .269
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1967-11-01Jody Bird has retired from the New York Hurricanes
1955-05-18The New York Black Knights have promoted Shanty Davis to the major league team. The New York Black Knights have promoted Jody Bird to the major league team. The New York Black Knights have promoted Mel Pappas to the major league team. The New York Black Knights have designated Gil Winceniak for assignment. The New York Black Knights have sent Matt Cooper to the minors. The New York Black Knights have sent Jeff A. Smith to the minors.
1955-05-17The New York Black Knights have promoted Jeff A. Smith to the major league team. The New York Black Knights have promoted Bill Bjorkman to the major league team. The New York Black Knights have promoted Matt Cooper to the major league team. The New York Black Knights have sent Mel Pappas to the minors. The New York Black Knights have sent Shanty Davis to the minors. The New York Black Knights have sent Jody Bird to the minors.
1953-08-21The New York Black Knights have promoted Jody Bird to the major league team. The New York Black Knights have promoted Reese Jackson to the major league team. The New York Black Knights have promoted Gibson Clark to the major league team. The New York Black Knights have sent Mel Pappas to the minors. The New York Black Knights have sent Shanty Davis to the minors. The New York Black Knights have sent Jason Hermanski to the minors.
1953-07-27The New York Black Knights have sent Jody Bird to the minors.
1953-04-16The New York Black Knights have renamed Hal Chase to Jody Bird.
1951-09-14The New York Yankees have promoted Tommy Turley to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Hal Chase to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Bobby Richardson to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted Chuck Doran to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Mark Koenig to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Chris Pagnozzi to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Red Ruffing to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Jack McCleskey to the minors.
1951-05-29The New York Yankees have promoted Irv McGuire to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Hal Chase to the minors.
1950-04-26The New York Yankees have promoted Hal Chase to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Bill Skowron to the minors.
1950-04-01The New York Yankees have renamed Scott Barthold to Hal Chase.
1950-04-01The New York Yankees have promoted Mace Stoviak to the major league team. The New York Yankees have promoted John Bolling to the major league team. The New York Yankees have sent Ben Patterson to the minors. The New York Yankees have sent Scott Barthold to the minors.