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Name Team Age
Bill Acosta Retired (2007, Age 36) Died (2044, Age 73)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 15
(1992)
LF L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Dale Murphy League 0 8 years (41 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B- C-
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B+ B-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B- A+ C+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D+ 0 5/19/1971
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 1
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (SS) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.3 %) (17.6 %) (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
1997 CIN 18 40 11 14 1 1 4 11 8 7 0 0 1 1.183 .458 .725 .350
1998 CIN 54 126 13 33 7 1 3 17 8 26 2 0 6 .716 .312 .405 .262
1999 CIN-OAK 91 308 38 78 14 2 7 33 31 53 7 4 17 .703 .324 .380 .253
2000 OAK 135 508 53 129 21 4 13 63 57 118 20 5 6 .719 .332 .388 .254
2001 OAK-TEX 38 61 11 17 3 0 5 22 6 9 2 0 0 .917 .343 .574 .279
2002 MON 127 306 30 72 12 0 8 37 37 60 5 5 18 .670 .317 .353 .235
2003 ATL 125 225 28 57 7 0 4 22 29 40 13 6 2 .679 .341 .338 .253
2004 ATL 109 256 37 67 7 2 12 37 24 36 5 4 7 .767 .322 .445 .262
2005 ATL 128 224 31 51 5 3 11 34 27 49 3 3 7 .736 .312 .424 .228
2006 ATL 91 162 14 43 7 1 4 26 7 33 3 2 1 .689 .294 .395 .265
Total 916 2216 266 561 84 14 71 302 234 431 60 29 65 .725 .325 .400 .253
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2007-11-01Bill Acosta has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2007-04-01The Atlanta Braves have promoted Dallas Barr to the major league team. The Atlanta Braves have promoted Red Bowen to the major league team. The Atlanta Braves have designated Francisco Cordova for assignment. The Atlanta Braves have waived Bill Acosta.
2006-08-30Bill Acosta of the Atlanta Braves is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
2004-05-10Bill Acosta of the Atlanta Braves is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
2002-03-07A trade has been completed between the Texas Ropers and the Montreal Expositos. The Montreal Expositos receive Bill Acosta, Lars Mikkelsen, Joe Felix from the Texas Ropers in exchange for Rinty Mahady, Bill Remlinger. Protest This Trade.
2001-08-05The Texas Ropers have acquired Bill Acosta from the waiver wire.
2001-08-01The Oakland Athletics have promoted Marty Leber to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have designated Bill Acosta for assignment.
2001-04-12Bill Acosta of the Oakland Athletics is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1999-07-06The Oakland Murder City Devils have acquired Bill Acosta from the waiver wire.
1999-07-02The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Mark Walbeck for assignment. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Charlie Jones for assignment. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Bill Acosta for assignment.
1998-04-04Bill Acosta of the Cincinnati Classy Characters is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1998-03-03The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Johnny Covington to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Bill Acosta to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Eddie Clark to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Hutch Enright to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have designated Keith Scheibeck for assignment.
1997-10-13The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Bill Acosta to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Mike Kucek to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Eddie Clark to the minors. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Ray Retzer to the minors.
1997-08-26The Cincinnati Classy Characters have promoted Bill Acosta to the major league team. The Cincinnati Classy Characters have sent Hutch Enright to the minors.
1997-08-25A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Classy Characters and the Milwaukee Bears. The Milwaukee Bears receive Jack Fisher from the Cincinnati Classy Characters in exchange for Bill Acosta.