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| Name | Team | Age |
| Don Birkle | Retired (1983, Age 37) | Died (2017, Age 71) |
| Drafted | Position | Bats/Throws |
| Round 1, Pick 9 (1967) |
LF | L/R |
| League | Option Years
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Majors Service Time |
| Harold Baines League | 0 | 13 years (112 games) |
| Total Rating
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Arm | Range |
| Contact vs R | Contact vs L | Speed |
| Power vs R | Power vs L | Bunting |
| Endurance | Velocity | Control |
| Leadership
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Mentor vs RHP
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Mentor vs LHP
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| Health
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Injured Days
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Birthday |
| 0 | 9/15/1946 | |
| WS Rings | WS Appearances | LCS Appearances |
| 2 | 2 | 5 |
| Alt Pos (RF) | Alt Pos (1B) | Alt Pos (---) |
| (53.2 %) | (41.1 %) | (0.0 %) |
Stats | Splits | Playoffs | Positions | Improvements | Past Skills | Awards | Fielding | Game Log
| Date | Opponent | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | E | OPS | OBP | SLG | AVG |
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| Date | Transaction |
| 1983-11-01 | Don Birkle has retired from the Colorado Crush |
| 1979-06-08 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 28 days. |
| 1978-08-17 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 50 days. |
| 1978-04-26 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 14 days. |
| 1976-07-29 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 7 days. |
| 1976-06-02 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 19 days. |
| 1975-08-31 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 26 days. |
| 1970-04-04 | Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 46 days. |
| 1970-04-01 | The Colorado Crush have promoted Don Birkle to the major league team. |
| 1969-09-01 | The Colorado Crush have promoted Lefty Garcia to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have sent Don Birkle to the minors. |
| 1969-07-29 | The Colorado Crush have promoted Don Birkle to the major league team. |
| 1969-04-02 | The Colorado Crush have renamed Gunther Applegate to Don Birkle. |
| 1968-05-25 | A trade has been completed between the Texas Wranglers and the Colorado Crush. The Colorado Crush receive Gunther Applegate, Chris Vines, Draft Pick 1969 Round 1 TEX (Johnny Moran) from the Texas Wranglers in exchange for Ed Robertson, Andy Derrington, John Field. |
| 1968-04-28 | The Texas Wranglers have renamed Ray Budnick to Gunther Applegate. |
| 1966-07-30 | A trade has been reversed between Cincinnati Mavericks and Texas Wranglers. The Texas Wranglers have re-acquired Javier Martinez, Tommy Anderson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 1 TEX (Ray Budnick), Draft Pick 1968 Round 2 TEX (John Tremie). The Cincinnati Mavericks have re-acquired Socks Watson, Jack Kish, Draft Pick 1967 Round 2 CIN (Mike Abbaticchio), Draft Pick 1968 Round 1 CIN (Ivan Armbruster). |
| 1966-07-13 | A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Mavericks and the Texas Wranglers. The Texas Wranglers receive Jack Kish, Socks Watson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 2 CIN (Mike Abbaticchio), Draft Pick 1968 Round 1 CIN (Ivan Armbruster) from the Cincinnati Mavericks in exchange for Javier Martinez, Tommy Anderson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 1 TEX (Ray Budnick), Draft Pick 1968 Round 2 TEX (John Tremie). |