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Name	Team	Age
"BIG" Bill Hammerstien	Retired (1991, Age 35)	Died (2033, Age 77)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 28 (1977)	1B	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League	0	6 years (51 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A-	B-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B-	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B+	A-	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C+	A+	A+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
C+	0	1/7/1956
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
1	1	1
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

1977

Minors

53.00

4 / 6

8 / 12

6 / 11

6 / 7

2 / 4

7 / 7

6 / 6

39 / 53

1978

Minors

68.00

3 / 12

4 / 9

3 / 4

12 / 17

4 / 6

5 / 11

5 / 9

36 / 68

1979

Minors

63.00

4 / 9

3 / 7

5 / 8

7 / 10

10 / 13

3 / 11

3 / 5

35 / 63

1980

Minors

61.00

4 / 10

2 / 13

4 / 6

4 / 5

3 / 8

5 / 8

5 / 11

27 / 61

1981

Minors

73.00

2 / 7

2 / 10

3 / 13

6 / 16

2 / 9

6 / 12

2 / 6

23 / 73

1982

Minors

59.00

2 / 7

3 / 7

2 / 11

3 / 7

4 / 11

5 / 8

2 / 8

21 / 59

1983

Minors

54.00

1 / 8

2 / 5

3 / 8

3 / 4

1 / 10

3 / 8

5 / 11

18 / 54

1984

Minors

60.00

2 / 7

1 / 8

1 / 7

1 / 10

1 / 8

3 / 11

0 / 9

9 / 60

1985

Majors

38.39

162

24

0

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 2

0 / 5

1 / 8

2 / 10

1 / 7

4 / 38

1986

Majors

44.66

162

47

0

0 / 7

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 6

0 / 44

1987

Majors

48.87

162

75

0

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 8

1 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 48

1988

Majors

62.53

162

132

0

0 / 11

0 / 12

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 3

0 / 8

0 / 12

0 / 62

1989

Majors

55.35

162

106

0

0 / 3

0 / 7

0 / 7

1 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 10

0 / 7

1 / 55

1990

Majors

52.34

162

85

0

-1 / 8

-1 / 10

-1 / 4

0 / 5

-5 / 8

-3 / 9

-3 / 8

-14 / 52

1991

Minors

22.00

0 / 2

0 / 3

0 / 6

0 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 2

0 / 4

0 / 22

1991

Majors

12.99

51

19

0

-5 / 0

-7 / 1

-5 / 4

-3 / 1

-8 / 2

0 / 1

-2 / 3

-30 / 12

Total

1023

488

0

16 / 104

17 / 119

21 / 110

40 / 123

15 / 116

37 / 133

24 / 119

170 / 824

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1991-11-01	"BIG" Bill Hammerstien has retired from the Seattle Sleepless Knights
1991-08-23	The Seattle Sleepless Knights have promoted "BIG" Bill Hammerstien to the major league team.
1991-05-19	The Seattle Sleepless Knights have designated Larry Bowsfield for assignment. The Seattle Sleepless Knights have designated "BIG" Bill Hammerstien for assignment.
1991-05-02	The Seattle Sleepless Knights have promoted "BIG" Bill Hammerstien to the major league team.
1991-05-02	The Seattle Sleepless Knights have acquired "BIG" Bill Hammerstien from the waiver wire.
1991-04-12	The Chicago Blues have waived "BIG" Bill Hammerstien.
1991-04-02	The Chicago Blues have promoted Tater Tot Smith to the major league team. The Chicago Blues have designated "BIG" Bill Hammerstien for assignment.
1988-04-05	The Chicago Blues have renamed Bill Shipley to "BIG" Bill Hammerstien.
1985-05-10	A trade has been completed between the Philadelphia Stalkers and the Chicago Blues. The Chicago Blues receive Bill Shipley, Brian Departis, Art Brett, Elmer Potter (Optioned), Draft Pick 1986 Round 2 PHI (Swingin Stevens), Draft Pick 1986 Round 1 PHI (HedgeHog Hannigan) from the Philadelphia Stalkers in exchange for Darren Adams, Billy Lightfoot. Protest This Trade.
1985-03-25	The Philadelphia Stalkers have promoted Bill Shipley to the major league team.