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Name	Team	Age
Luther Colbert	Retired (1999, Age 33)	Died (2025, Age 60)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 13 (1988)	LF	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Billy Williams League	0	10 years (140 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-	C	F
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
B+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	12/20/1965
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (1B)	Alt Pos (CF)
A+ (94.7 %)	B+ (70.5 %)	C  (41.9 %)

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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

1988

Minors

42.00

7 / 9

4 / 6

4 / 5

3 / 6

1 / 3

5 / 8

4 / 5

28 / 42

1988

Majors

0.44

1

1

0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

1989

Minors

4.00

0 / 1

0 / 1

0 / 2

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 4

1989

Majors

59.85

139

108

0

3 / 8

4 / 12

5 / 9

4 / 5

5 / 7

9 / 11

5 / 7

35 / 59

1990

Majors

60.68

143

115

19

4 / 9

6 / 16

3 / 4

4 / 7

4 / 11

7 / 9

1 / 4

29 / 60

1991

Majors

65.81

162

130

0

1 / 8

1 / 6

3 / 8

3 / 8

4 / 11

6 / 14

6 / 10

24 / 65

1992

Majors

67.03

162

124

0

0 / 8

5 / 13

0 / 4

3 / 13

2 / 7

2 / 11

0 / 11

12 / 67

1993

Majors

59.56

141

106

21

1 / 8

0 / 7

1 / 7

2 / 9

4 / 16

2 / 7

1 / 5

11 / 59

1994

Majors

67.64

162

130

0

1 / 8

2 / 12

0 / 8

1 / 6

2 / 14

0 / 7

0 / 12

6 / 67

1995

Majors

46.16

162

61

0

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 5

0 / 7

1 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 5

1 / 46

1996

Majors

67.81

162

130

0

0 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 14

0 / 10

1 / 8

0 / 12

1 / 67

1997

Majors

54.57

131

106

31

0 / 9

0 / 8

2 / 9

0 / 12

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 7

2 / 54

1998

Majors

50.89

162

80

0

1 / 10

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 9

0 / 7

1 / 50

1999

Majors

38.32

146

36

16

-3 / 4

-4 / 9

-2 / 4

-2 / 3

-5 / 6

-2 / 2

1 / 10

-17 / 38

Total

1673

1127

87

15 / 94

18 / 115

16 / 78

18 / 96

18 / 105

30 / 95

18 / 95

133 / 678

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1999-11-01	Luther Colbert has retired from the New York Mets
1999-04-23	Luther Colbert of the New York Mets is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1998-04-25	The St. Louis Krakens have placed Luther Colbert on the trade block.
1997-07-15	Luther Colbert of the St. Louis Krakens is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1993-07-22	Luther Colbert of the St. Louis Krakens is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1993-07-11	Luther Colbert of the St. Louis Krakens is injured and is expected to be out 10 days.
1990-06-20	Luther Colbert of the St. Louis River Rats is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1989-05-01	A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Cowboys and the St. Louis River Rats. The St. Louis River Rats receive Luther Colbert, Mark Malave, Mickey Grimes from the Kansas City Cowboys in exchange for Billy Fisher, Bob Jones. Protest This Trade.
1989-04-05	The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Harold Mott to the major league team. The Kansas City Cowboys have sent Luther Colbert to the minors.
1989-03-07	The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Luther Colbert to the major league team.
1988-10-03	The Kansas City Cowboys have sent Luther Colbert to the minors. The Kansas City Cowboys have sent Frank Carlisle to the minors.
1988-10-01	The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Luther Colbert to the major league team. The Kansas City Cowboys have promoted Mack Napier to the major league team.