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Ashburn Crawford League
4-4-2014
Artie Van Slyke First Base
Retired (1980, Age 39)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .271 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .766 Status Retired (1980) Option Years 0  
H 2466 Age 72 (OS 73) Date of Birth 04-30-1941
HR 298 Drafted Round 2, Pick 31
(1959)
Majors Svc Time 16 years
(125 games)
RBI 1344
SB 487
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship A+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L B+ Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt D- Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B A+ (100%) LF --- Arm C+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 4
Notes: CL 28 CR 42 PR 30 Arm 32 Range 45
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1964 HOU
130
487
63
130
22
3
12
61
38
113 1 1
24
17 12
.719
.321
.398
.131
.267
1965 HOU
144
534
63
127
16
5
11
63
44
122 1 7
21
8 2
.642
.294
.348
.110
.238
1966 HOU
151
532
55
132
17
2
13
65
37
130 0 6
21
7 6
.655
.294
.361
.113
.248
1967 HOU
156
579
100
159
19
7
25
110
61
127 3 5
33
11 5
.805
.344
.461
.187
.275
1968 HOU
155
591
80
166
24
8
19
88
53
127 1 4
43
12 5
.784
.339
.445
.164
.281
1969 HOU
152
557
95
154
30
7
13
82
64
119 4 3
33
13 5
.779
.354
.425
.149
.276
1970 HOU
150
578
89
170
31
10
26
99
49
106 5 2
33
17 6
.871
.353
.517
.223
.294
1971 HOU
151
578
87
152
21
6
22
89
51
123 2 5
28
8 2
.757
.322
.434
.171
.263
1972 HOU
150
555
96
159
25
6
18
92
58
118 5 5
39
16 3
.807
.356
.450
.164
.286
1973 HOU
149
575
102
162
38
5
19
93
48
111 1 2
24
10 6
.801
.337
.464
.183
.282
1974 HOU-MIN
151
622
108
176
33
6
28
98
53
144 3 1
43
22 7
.832
.342
.490
.207
.283
1974 HOU
121
497
84
139
24
5
25
72
43
118 3 1
32
20 7
.839
.340
.499
.219
.280
1974 MIN
30
125
24
37
9
1
3
26
10
26 0 0
11
2 0
.804
.348
.456
.160
.296
1975 MIN
151
626
95
179
30
6
13
89
50
125 1 4
52
17 5
.753
.338
.415
.129
.286
1976 MIN
150
618
82
166
25
8
21
78
49
135 2 0
24
13 6
.761
.324
.437
.168
.269
1977 MIN
147
551
76
140
24
4
21
81
51
118 5 5
34
13 5
.747
.320
.426
.172
.254
1978 MIN
149
585
87
161
26
8
20
88
64
127 1 1
18
9 3
.797
.347
.450
.174
.275
1979 MIN
135
520
74
125
13
7
16
63
63
104 1 4
15
9 4
.706
.321
.385
.144
.240
1980 MIN
8
23
4
8
1
0
1
5
3
4 0 0
2
0 0
.945
.423
.522
.174
.348
Total
2379
9111
1356
2466
395
98
298
1344
836
1953 36 55
487
202 82
.766
.333
.434
.163
.271
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1980-11-01Artie Van Slyke has retired from the Minnesota Golden Gophers
1980-09-19The Minnesota Golden Gophers have promoted Artie Van Slyke to the major league team.
1980-04-02The Minnesota Golden Gophers have designated Artie Van Slyke for assignment.
1974-08-27Trade #1562302 has been completed between the Houston FlameThrowers and the Minnesota Golden Gophers. The Minnesota Golden Gophers receive Artie Van Slyke, Gunther Romanov from the Houston FlameThrowers in exchange for Ole Townsend, Draft Pick - 1975 Round 1 (MIN).
1974-08-06The Houston FlameThrowers have placed Artie Van Slyke on the trade block.
1964-09-05Artie Van Slyke of the Houston FlameThrowers is injured and is expected to be out 35 days.
1964-04-01The Houston FlameThrowers have promoted Artie Van Slyke to the major league team. The Houston FlameThrowers have sent Ripper Reipschlager to the minors.
1961-04-20The Houston FlameThrowers have renamed Lou Armas to Artie Van Slyke.
1960-08-26Trade #1374412 has been completed between the Houston FlameThrowers and the St. Louis Browns. The St. Louis Browns receive Draft Pick 1961 Round 2 ARI (Naoki Yamashita) from the Houston FlameThrowers in exchange for Lou Armas.
1958-05-29Trade #1343277 has been completed between the Washington Monuments and the St. Louis Browns. The St. Louis Browns receive Jackie Whitmer, Draft Pick 1959 Round 3 WAS (Jim Brosnan), Draft Pick 1959 Round 2 WAS (Lou Armas) from the Washington Monuments in exchange for Phil Darling.