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Name Team Age
Joe Townsend Retired (1981, Age 38) Died (2012, Age 69)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 22
(1964)		 3B B/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League 0 13 years (123 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B  B+ A 
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B+ B  B-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
B- B  C 
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 7/14/1943
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 3 4
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (2B)
A+ (97.1 %) A- (82.6 %) A- (80.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1966 PIT 16 30 4 7 2 0 0 4 2 8 0 0 0 .581 .281 .300 .233
1967 PIT 8 16 1 3 0 0 1 5 1 1 0 0 1 .653 .278 .375 .188
1968 PIT 10 40 7 13 2 1 1 8 4 5 0 0 0 .886 .386 .500 .325
1969 PIT 60 209 27 49 11 1 3 16 24 43 0 0 8 .653 .313 .340 .234
1970 PIT 129 462 51 119 21 5 6 65 49 99 0 0 12 .694 .330 .364 .258
1971 PIT 139 508 61 139 22 5 4 67 56 86 0 0 12 .702 .342 .360 .274
1972 PIT 139 515 53 137 15 2 15 72 51 90 0 0 13 .723 .333 .390 .266
1973 PIT 124 511 67 138 23 4 11 59 53 97 0 0 14 .734 .339 .395 .270
1974 PIT 119 358 43 83 15 4 6 32 34 71 0 0 6 .645 .299 .346 .232
1975 PIT-MIL 103 255 43 73 10 1 11 37 18 49 4 1 5 .801 .338 .463 .286
1976 MIL 134 536 89 166 23 5 21 83 53 93 12 10 1 .861 .373 .489 .310
1977 MIL 139 517 66 124 24 5 12 51 56 100 7 3 16 .688 .312 .375 .240
1978 MIL 121 440 60 133 18 6 16 60 42 62 6 5 8 .844 .364 .480 .302
1979 MIL 132 477 69 116 19 5 12 43 47 94 5 5 3 .689 .310 .379 .243
1980 MIL 125 509 66 140 19 6 11 57 38 94 3 5 9 .728 .327 .401 .275
1981 MIL 32 107 9 27 4 0 1 8 10 19 2 2 0 .634 .316 .318 .252
Total 1530 5490 716 1467 228 50 131 667 538 1011 39 31 108 .731 .333 .399 .267
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1981-11-01Joe Townsend has retired from the Milwaukee Braves
1980-07-31Joe Townsend of the Milwaukee Braves is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1978-05-30Joe Townsend of the Milwaukee Braves is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1976-08-24Joe Townsend of the Milwaukee Braves is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1975-08-13The Milwaukee Braves have acquired Joe Townsend from the waiver wire.
1975-08-03The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Randy Stegelmeyer to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Panthers have designated Joe Townsend for assignment.
1974-07-09Joe Townsend of the Pittsburgh Panthers is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1973-09-11Joe Townsend of the Pittsburgh Panthers is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1969-04-01The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Joe Townsend to the major league team. The Pittsburgh Panthers have designated Barney Lumpe for assignment.
1968-07-02The Pittsburgh Panthers have sent Joe Townsend to the minors.
1968-05-31The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Joe Townsend to the major league team.
1967-08-13The Pittsburgh Panthers have sent Joe Townsend to the minors.
1967-07-22The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Joe Townsend to the major league team.
1967-04-21The Pittsburgh Panthers have sent Joe Townsend to the minors.
1967-04-10The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Joe Townsend to the major league team.
1966-07-13The Pittsburgh Panthers have sent Joe Townsend to the minors.
1966-03-25The Pittsburgh Panthers have promoted Joe Townsend to the major league team.
1964-04-01The Pittsburgh Panthers have renamed Walter Smith to Joe Townsend.