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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   Majors Service Time
Harold Baines League 0 13 years (112 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ B  B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B  B  B 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- A- C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D+ A  A 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
D  0 9/15/1946
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
2 2 5
Alt Pos (RF) Alt Pos (1B) Alt Pos (---)
B- (53.2 %) C  (41.1 %) F  (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
1969 COL 25 102 17 30 3 4 5 13 9 21 0 0 2 .900 .351 .549 .294
1970 COL 102 399 46 108 13 5 11 55 28 73 8 1 3 .729 .318 .411 .271
1971 COL 135 538 66 143 18 4 20 71 40 117 7 1 3 .744 .318 .426 .266
1972 COL 135 552 81 153 19 5 22 78 42 125 17 4 4 .778 .329 .449 .277
1973 COL 135 548 80 140 26 5 17 77 56 117 14 1 3 .738 .324 .414 .255
1974 COL 135 574 90 156 30 6 25 85 47 116 14 4 5 .803 .327 .476 .272
1975 COL 118 489 71 128 17 9 24 65 38 108 9 2 4 .795 .315 .481 .262
1976 COL 113 444 81 129 20 5 24 65 41 86 6 5 0 .871 .350 .520 .291
1977 COL 135 566 80 153 17 6 27 86 42 131 13 3 2 .786 .321 .465 .270
1978 COL 92 364 70 99 15 3 21 56 38 80 6 1 3 .843 .341 .503 .272
1979 COL 112 450 80 135 20 6 23 93 47 93 8 5 3 .893 .369 .524 .300
1980 COL 135 558 118 174 26 6 34 90 50 103 17 4 2 .933 .370 .563 .312
1981 COL 146 228 42 72 13 6 9 36 17 51 2 0 3 .908 .364 .544 .316
1982 COL 152 291 44 75 12 4 8 38 27 59 0 0 1 .730 .321 .409 .258
1983 COL 140 293 44 73 8 0 15 50 31 52 3 0 2 .748 .318 .430 .249
Total 1810 6396 1010 1768 257 74 285 958 553 1332 124 31 40 .808 .334 .473 .276
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01Don Birkle has retired from the Colorado Crush
1979-06-08Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1978-08-17Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 50 days.
1978-04-26Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1976-07-29Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1976-06-02Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1975-08-31Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1970-04-04Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1970-04-01The Colorado Crush have promoted Don Birkle to the major league team.
1969-09-01The Colorado Crush have promoted Lefty Garcia to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have sent Don Birkle to the minors.
1969-07-29The Colorado Crush have promoted Don Birkle to the major league team.
1969-04-02The Colorado Crush have renamed Gunther Applegate to Don Birkle.
1968-05-25A 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.
1968-04-28The Texas Wranglers have renamed Ray Budnick to Gunther Applegate.
1966-07-30A 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).
1966-07-13A 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).