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Name Team Age
Lou Oates Retired (1975, Age 35) Died (2018, Age 78)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 19
(1959)		 RF R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Barry Zito League 0 8 years (46 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A- C+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
B- C+ A 
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
A- A- C+
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D- D-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
A+ A+ A+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C  0 1/21/1940
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
0 0 0
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (CF) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (96.7 %) C  (38.4 %) 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 
1959 Minors 58.00 4 / 4 8 / 8 8 / 9 4 / 9 6 / 8 12 / 12 8 / 8 50 / 58
1960 Minors 52.00 9 / 10 4 / 5 4 / 8 3 / 7 4 / 4 11 / 11 7 / 7 42 / 52
1961 Minors 64.00 6 / 11 3 / 5 1 / 8 6 / 10 8 / 14 4 / 6 9 / 10 37 / 64
1962 Minors 50.00 3 / 6 2 / 5 4 / 7 6 / 10 4 / 6 9 / 11 2 / 5 30 / 50
1962 Majors 2.83 18 0 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 2
1963 Majors 26.30 162 15 0 3 / 5 4 / 5 1 / 3 2 / 3 2 / 5 0 / 2 1 / 3 13 / 26
1964 Majors 21.66 162 9 0 2 / 4 1 / 4 2 / 2 1 / 1 2 / 4 0 / 4 1 / 2 9 / 21
1965 Minors 57.00 6 / 7 2 / 6 1 / 5 0 / 5 2 / 13 9 / 14 4 / 7 24 / 57
1965 Majors 15.00 0 / 2 1 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 3 0 / 2 4 / 5 6 / 15
1966 Minors 60.00 2 / 8 2 / 8 2 / 11 2 / 12 2 / 10 2 / 6 0 / 5 12 / 60
1967 Majors 30.66 162 35 0 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 7 0 / 2 0 / 5 2 / 5 2 / 6 4 / 30
1968 Minors 41.00 1 / 5 1 / 8 1 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 8 0 / 2 4 / 41
1968 Majors 13.69 76 16 0 0 / 3 1 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 0 0 / 0 1 / 13
1969 Majors 28.48 162 18 0 0 / 4 1 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 3 0 / 6 2 / 28
1970 Majors 38.45 162 23 0 1 / 8 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 8 1 / 38
1971 Majors 30.50 162 14 0 1 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 8 0 / 3 0 / 6 0 / 3 1 / 30
1972 Minors 29.00 0 / 5 0 / 6 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 3 0 / 6 1 / 4 1 / 29
1972 Majors 9.92 30 16 0 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 1 0 / 9
1973 Minors 30.00 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 7 1 / 3 0 / 3 1 / 1 0 / 4 2 / 30
1973 Majors 18.30 84 16 0 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 4 0 / 2 0 / 2 0 / 18
1974 Majors 60.26 162 103 0 -3 / 10 1 / 11 0 / 10 -6 / 4 -4 / 9 0 / 11 -3 / 5 -15 / 60
1975 Majors 18.00 1 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 4 0 / 0 0 / 4 1 / 18
Total 1342 265 0 36 / 112 31 / 102 24 / 107 20 / 96 27 / 116 51 / 118 37 / 98 226 / 749
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1975-11-01Lou Oates has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1974-03-31The Houston Lonestars have promoted Jim Briles to the major league team. The Houston Lonestars have promoted Lou Oates to the major league team.
1974-03-31Lou Oates has signed with the Houston Lonestars for $1.5M per year for 1 year.
1973-07-05The Oakland Athletics have designated Lou Oates for assignment.
1973-03-30The Oakland Athletics have promoted Lee Escalera to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Lou Oates to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have promoted Pete Barkley to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have sent Denny Shirley to the minors. The Oakland Athletics have sent Rance Root to the minors.
1973-03-30Lou Oates has signed with the Oakland Athletics for $0.89M per year for 1 year.
1972-09-16The Detroit Blazers have designated Lou Oates for assignment.
1972-08-26The Detroit Blazers have promoted Lou Oates to the major league team.
1972-06-08The Detroit Blazers have designated Lou Oates for assignment.
1972-05-25The Detroit Blazers have promoted Lou Oates to the major league team. The Detroit Blazers have promoted Roger Jones to the major league team.
1972-03-31Lou Oates has signed with the Detroit Blazers for $0.75M per year for 1 year.
1969-03-29The Detroit Blazers have promoted Tanyon Jones to the major league team. The Detroit Blazers have promoted Lou Oates to the major league team. The Detroit Blazers have promoted Johnny Evans to the major league team. The Detroit Blazers have promoted Clarence Brown to the major league team.
1969-03-29Lou Oates has signed with the Detroit Blazers for $0.75M per year for 3 years.
1968-06-26The Los Angeles Bravos have promoted Emil Rivas to the major league team. The Los Angeles Bravos have designated Lou Oates for assignment.
1967-03-29The Los Angeles Bravos have promoted Lou Oates to the major league team.
1966-04-01The Los Angeles Bravos have acquired Lou Oates from the waiver wire.
1965-10-03The New York Robber Barons have waived Lou Oates.
1965-03-31The New York Robber Barons have promoted Garry Stephens to the major league team. The New York Robber Barons have promoted Bill Snell to the major league team. The New York Robber Barons have designated Lou Oates for assignment.
1963-04-06A trade has been completed between the Seattle Sea Monsters and the New York Robber Barons. The New York Robber Barons receive Lou Oates, Andy Bush, George Cato from the Seattle Sea Monsters in exchange for Draft Pick 1965 Round 1 NYA (Jon Jon Lim). Protest This Trade.
1963-03-30The Seattle Sea Monsters have promoted George Cato to the major league team. The Seattle Sea Monsters have promoted Brian Alou to the major league team. The Seattle Sea Monsters have promoted Lou Oates to the major league team. The Seattle Sea Monsters have promoted Fred Munson to the major league team. The Seattle Sea Monsters have promoted Sid Delgado to the major league team.
1962-10-23A trade has been completed between the Seattle Grunge and the Detroit Blazers. The Detroit Blazers receive Mike Laboy, Benny Davie, John Ancker, Draft Pick 1963 Round 1 SEA (Josh Nilsson) from the Seattle Grunge in exchange for Walt Spencer, Lou Oates, Ken Beckman, Tommy Grace, Draft Pick 1963 Round 1 TB (John Mossor). Protest This Trade.
1962-04-21The Detroit Blazers have sent Lou Oates down to the minors.
1962-04-01The Detroit Blazers have promoted Lou Oates to the major league team.