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Name	Team	Age
Bob Rizzo	Retired (1973, Age 35)	Died (2015, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 44 (1960)	C	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Mike Piazza League	0	4 years (134 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
C+	B	D+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B-	C+	C-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B	B-	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
A	B	B
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C-	0	7/30/1938
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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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

1960

Minors

49.00

3 / 6

4 / 8

8 / 8

4 / 4

7 / 8

4 / 6

8 / 9

38 / 49

1961

Minors

37.00

3 / 4

5 / 7

5 / 8

6 / 9

4 / 6

2 / 2

1 / 1

26 / 37

1962

Minors

38.00

3 / 6

0 / 0

4 / 7

6 / 10

3 / 4

3 / 4

5 / 7

24 / 38

1963

Minors

24.00

2 / 4

0 / 5

2 / 2

1 / 5

1 / 3

2 / 2

3 / 3

11 / 24

1964

Minors

27.00

2 / 4

1 / 3

1 / 2

2 / 4

2 / 6

2 / 4

0 / 4

10 / 27

1965

Majors

9.00

2 / 2

0 / 0

2 / 4

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 2

4 / 9

1966

Majors

12.00

2 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

1 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 2

0 / 2

4 / 12

1967

Majors

35.92

162

48

0

1 / 5

3 / 9

0 / 4

0 / 2

1 / 5

1 / 2

0 / 8

6 / 35

1968

Minors

7.00

1 / 2

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 7

1968

Majors

11.95

55

13

0

0 / 3

0 / 3

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

1 / 11

1969

Majors

33.37

162

40

0

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 9

1 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 4

1 / 33

1970

Minors

1.00

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

1970

Majors

1.60

8

2

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

1971

Majors

38.74

121

72

0

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 2

1 / 11

0 / 3

1 / 38

1972

Majors

53.50

162

123

0

-4 / 5

-6 / 9

-1 / 8

-6 / 6

-9 / 9

-3 / 9

-4 / 7

-33 / 53

1973

Minors

3.00

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 0

0 / 3

1973

Majors

19.92

112

25

0

-5 / 2

-8 / 1

-3 / 2

-2 / 3

-3 / 1

1 / 6

-1 / 4

-21 / 19

Total

782

323

0

10 / 55

-1 / 54

18 / 64

14 / 63

6 / 53

14 / 53

12 / 55

73 / 397

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1973-11-01	Bob Rizzo has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1973-08-29	The New York Times have waived Bob Rizzo.
1973-08-07	The New York Times have promoted Jim Glossop to the major league team. The New York Times have designated Bob Rizzo for assignment.
1971-05-17	The New York Times have promoted Bob Rizzo to the major league team.
1971-05-17	The New York Times have acquired Bob Rizzo from the waiver wire.
1970-04-21	The Detroit Arachnids have waived Bob Rizzo.
1970-04-10	The Detroit Arachnids have designated Bob Rizzo for assignment.
1969-03-25	The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Bill Heim to the major league team. The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Bob Rizzo to the major league team.
1968-06-02	The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Dave Johnson to the major league team. The Detroit Arachnids have designated Bob Rizzo for assignment.
1967-04-01	The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Earl Rau to the major league team. The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Bob Rizzo to the major league team.
1967-04-01	The Detroit Arachnids have acquired Bob Rizzo from the waiver wire.
1966-04-10	The Detroit Arachnids have waived Bob Rizzo.
1966-03-25	The Detroit Arachnids have designated Bob Rizzo for assignment.
1966-03-25	The Detroit Arachnids have promoted Bob Rizzo to the major league team. The Detroit Arachnids have sent George Smith to the minors.
1966-03-25	The Detroit Arachnids have acquired Bob Rizzo from the waiver wire.
1965-04-01	The Florida Flamingos have waived Bob Rizzo.