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Name	Team	Age
Joe Velarde	Retired (2023, Age 36)	Died (2059, Age 73)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 4, Pick 61 (2008)	3B	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Harmon Killebrew League	0	3 years (30 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	B	B
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B+	D+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D	C-	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	C	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	F	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	11/24/1986
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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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

2008

Minors

25.00

4 / 4

4 / 5

2 / 2

2 / 2

4 / 4

0 / 0

4 / 8

20 / 25

2009

Minors

28.00

3 / 3

3 / 3

4 / 6

2 / 5

2 / 2

1 / 4

4 / 5

19 / 28

2010

Minors

32.00

0 / 1

4 / 5

1 / 5

4 / 5

3 / 4

4 / 6

2 / 6

18 / 32

2011

Minors

2.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1 / 1

1 / 2

2011

Majors

20.00

4 / 5

2 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

4 / 4

0 / 3

2 / 4

12 / 20

2012

Majors

11.00

0 / 0

0 / 2

1 / 2

2 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 3

3 / 11

2013

Majors

12.00

0 / 0

1 / 3

1 / 2

1 / 2

1 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 2

5 / 12

2014

Majors

16.00

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 3

1 / 4

2 / 16

2015

Majors

17.00

0 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 4

1 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 1

3 / 17

2016

Majors

9.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 9

2017

Majors

15.00

0 / 4

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 15

2018

Majors

5.02

30

7

0

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 5

2019

Majors

11.00

0 / 4

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 11

2020

Majors

66.28

162

139

0

-4 / 8

-3 / 7

-2 / 5

-2 / 8

-5 / 16

-1 / 10

-1 / 12

-18 / 66

2021

Majors

66.28

162

139

0

0 / 10

-2 / 6

-3 / 13

-7 / 7

-3 / 11

-1 / 5

-1 / 14

-17 / 66

2022

Majors

64.37

156

135

6

-4 / 10

-2 / 9

-2 / 7

-5 / 13

-7 / 9

-3 / 6

-1 / 10

-24 / 64

2023

Majors

18.00

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 18

Total

510

420

6

3 / 62

8 / 54

2 / 51

-2 / 56

1 / 67

1 / 51

12 / 76

25 / 417

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
2023-11-01	Joe Velarde has retired from the Free Agency Pool
2023-04-08	The Brooklyn Cyclones have waived Joe Velarde.
2023-04-01	The Brooklyn Cyclones have promoted Matt Kerr to the major league team. The Brooklyn Cyclones have designated Joe Velarde for assignment.
2022-05-13	Joe Velarde of the Brooklyn Cyclones is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
2020-04-01	The Brooklyn Cyclones have promoted Ronnie Campbell to the major league team. The Brooklyn Cyclones have promoted Joe Velarde to the major league team. The Brooklyn Cyclones have promoted Pug Koonce to the major league team. The Brooklyn Cyclones have sent Jim Bohen to the minors. The Brooklyn Cyclones have sent Bobo Applegate to the minors. The Brooklyn Cyclones have sent Herb Dillhoefer to the minors.
2020-04-01	The Brooklyn Cyclones have acquired Joe Velarde from the waiver wire.
2018-06-08	The Minnesota Pocket Gophers have waived Joe Velarde.
2018-06-01	The Minnesota Pocket Gophers have designated Gary Garciaparra for assignment. The Minnesota Pocket Gophers have designated Joe Velarde for assignment.
2018-04-28	The Minnesota Pocket Gophers have promoted Joe Velarde to the major league team.
2018-04-28	The Minnesota Pocket Gophers have acquired Joe Velarde from the waiver wire.
2011-04-14	The Chicago Gaseous Anomoli have waived Joe Velarde.
2005-04-01	A trade has been completed between the Chicago BlackSox and the Chicago Gaseous Anomoli. The Chicago Gaseous Anomoli receive Bill McCullough, Draft Pick 2008 Round 5 CHA (Dan Drescher), Draft Pick 2008 Round 4 CHA (Joe Velarde) from the Chicago BlackSox in exchange for Al West.