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Name	Team	Age
Alvin Chippendale	Retired (1952, Age 39)	Died (1997, Age 84)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Undrafted (1950)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Kevin Brown League	0	2 years (151 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B	A-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
A-	B	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C	0	10/30/1913
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	1
Alt Pos (2B)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (LF)
A+ (98.6 %)	A+ (94.8 %)	D- (11.1 %)

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Skill grades calculated using approximate current ratings minus past improvements.
Year	Contact vs R	Power vs R	Contact vs L	Power vs L	Speed	Arm	Range
1950	A	B	A-	B+	B+	B+	A-
1951	A-	B	B+	B+	B+	B	A-
1952	A-	B	B+	B+	B	B	A-

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1952-11-01	Alvin Chippendale has retired from the Oakland Athletics
1952-03-29	The Oakland Athletics have promoted Alvin Chippendale to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Ron Northey to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have sent Watty Coleman to the minors. The Oakland Athletics have sent Matt Stiely to the minors.
1952-03-29	Alvin Chippendale has signed with the Oakland Athletics for $0.87M per year for 1 year.
1951-07-29	Alvin Chippendale of the San Francisco Bay Giants is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1951-03-29	The San Francisco Bay Giants have promoted Ezra McCabe to the major league team. The San Francisco Bay Giants have promoted Alvin Chippendale to the major league team. The San Francisco Bay Giants have promoted Angel Denehy to the major league team.
1951-03-29	Alvin Chippendale has signed with the San Francisco Bay Giants for $0.66M per year for 1 year.
1950-03-27	The San Francisco Bay Giants have renamed Alvin Dark to Alvin Chippendale.
1950-03-25	The San Francisco Bay Giants have renamed Tom Vitt to Alvin Dark.
1950-03-25	The San Francisco Bay Giants have promoted Tom Vitt to the major league team. The San Francisco Bay Giants have promoted Ismael Peterson to the major league team. The San Francisco Bay Giants have promoted Tommy Demery to the major league team.
1950-03-25	Tom Vitt has signed with the San Francisco Bay Giants for $1.09M per year for 1 year.