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Name	Team	Age
Babe Townsend	Retired (1987, Age 38)	Died (2021, Age 72)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 6 (1972)	C	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Ed ONeill League	0	15 years (29 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B-	B+	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	B-	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	B	C
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
D+	0	6/4/1949
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	2	6
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (3B)
C  (38.2 %)	C- (29.6 %)	D  (12.0 %)

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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

1972

Minors

31.00

3 / 6

2 / 3

1 / 6

3 / 5

4 / 4

3 / 3

4 / 4

20 / 31

1972

Majors

26.31

72

46

0

0 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 2

1 / 3

5 / 5

4 / 4

5 / 5

15 / 26

1973

Majors

39.32

102

64

60

2 / 6

0 / 6

1 / 4

2 / 5

6 / 6

5 / 5

6 / 7

22 / 39

1974

Majors

62.22

162

109

0

2 / 8

1 / 10

2 / 11

2 / 8

7 / 9

6 / 10

4 / 6

24 / 62

1975

Majors

63.25

162

130

0

4 / 13

1 / 6

2 / 12

2 / 8

3 / 9

4 / 11

3 / 4

19 / 63

1976

Majors

53.97

162

130

0

2 / 5

3 / 7

2 / 10

1 / 5

1 / 7

6 / 10

4 / 9

19 / 53

1977

Majors

61.12

162

130

0

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 10

5 / 14

1 / 5

6 / 14

12 / 61

1978

Majors

64.48

162

130

0

0 / 7

2 / 8

1 / 12

0 / 6

3 / 12

1 / 12

0 / 7

7 / 64

1979

Majors

45.11

150

81

12

0 / 9

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 5

1 / 7

1 / 45

1980

Majors

37.13

158

38

4

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 7

1 / 4

0 / 9

0 / 4

1 / 37

1981

Majors

33.74

162

28

0

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 4

0 / 5

0 / 4

0 / 33

1982

Majors

56.57

162

119

0

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 7

0 / 9

0 / 8

1 / 11

1 / 10

2 / 56

1983

Majors

29.62

112

36

38

-6 / 1

-7 / 2

-5 / 5

-8 / 3

-5 / 6

-1 / 6

-4 / 6

-36 / 29

1984

Majors

40.69

162

56

0

-3 / 5

-2 / 8

-1 / 5

-3 / 8

-7 / 4

-2 / 6

-3 / 4

-21 / 40

1985

Majors

31.73

162

30

0

-5 / 4

-3 / 7

-4 / 7

-1 / 3

-7 / 1

-1 / 6

-2 / 3

-23 / 31

1986

Majors

36.67

162

38

0

-2 / 5

-3 / 4

-3 / 8

-3 / 5

-2 / 3

-3 / 5

-4 / 6

-20 / 36

1987

Majors

32.32

162

33

0

-2 / 3

-1 / 6

-5 / 2

-5 / 2

-5 / 7

0 / 3

-2 / 9

-20 / 32

Total

2376

1198

114

-5 / 96

-7 / 100

-9 / 111

-9 / 99

9 / 107

24 / 116

19 / 109

22 / 738

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1987-11-01	Babe Townsend has retired from the Atlanta AeroNauts
1983-07-09	Babe Townsend of the Atlanta AeroNauts is injured and is expected to be out 43 days.
1980-09-27	Babe Townsend of the Atlanta AeroNauts is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1979-09-18	Babe Townsend of the Atlanta AeroNauts is injured and is expected to be out 27 days.
1979-05-07	A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Khalifas and the Atlanta AeroNauts. The Atlanta AeroNauts receive Babe Townsend, Pete Hood from the Pittsburgh Khalifas in exchange for Danny L. Staub, Doug Robinson, Charlie Jackson, Ron Henry, Draft Pick 1982 Round 1 ATL (Tom Wathan), Draft Pick 1981 Round 1 ATL (Chris Blocker).
1978-04-01	The Pittsburgh Khalifas have placed Babe Townsend on the trade block.
1975-03-26	The Pittsburgh Khalifas have drafted Babe Townsend #31 overall in the Expansion Draft.
1973-09-10	Babe Townsend of the New York Mafia is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1973-04-14	Babe Townsend of the New York Mafia is injured and is expected to be out 47 days.
1972-07-13	The New York Mafia have promoted Babe Townsend to the major league team. The New York Mafia have sent John Mauney to the minors.