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Wally Berger League
5-30-2116
Tony Graffanino Second Base
Retired (1958, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .248 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws B/L
OPS .648 Status Deceased (2006) Option Years 0  
H 357 Age at Death 83 Date of Birth 03-08-1923
HR 12 Drafted Round 28, Pick 435
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 3 years
(3 games)
RBI 107
SB 25
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L Endurance   Ldrship C-
Power vs. R D+ Power vs. L C- Velocity   Mentor vR C-
Speed B- Bunt D+ Control C-   Mentor vL C-
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS B- (56.6%) Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm C- WS Appearances 0
2B A+ (100%) CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* 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
1950 PIT-CLE
5
9
0
4
0
0
0
3
0
2 0 0
1
0 0
.889
.444
.444
.000
.444
1951 CLE
79
222
26
58
9
0
1
17
23
35 1 1
3
3 19
.647
.332
.315
.054
.261
1952 CLE
26
31
8
10
1
0
1
4
6
4 0 0
1
1 2
.884
.432
.452
.129
.323
1953 CLE
2
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
1
0 0 0
0
0 0
?
1.000
.000
.000
.000
1954 CLE
10
21
0
4
1
0
0
3
3
2 1 0
0
1 0
.558
.320
.238
.048
.190
1955 CLE-BOS
104
402
65
108
12
4
5
29
37
63 3 1
10
5 15
.690
.334
.356
.087
.269
1956 BOS
94
352
51
89
10
3
3
19
39
62 1 2
5
5 9
.651
.327
.324
.071
.253
1957 BOS
104
332
34
74
17
4
2
30
35
67 3 1
5
2 9
.618
.302
.316
.093
.223
1958 BOS
23
71
5
10
1
1
0
2
10
13 0 0
0
0 3
.430
.247
.183
.042
.141
Total
447
1440
189
357
51
12
12
107
154
248 9 5
25
17 57
.648
.323
.325
.077
.248
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1958-11-01Tony Graffanino has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1958-06-05The Boston Black Sox have waived Tony Graffanino.
1958-05-11The Boston Black Sox have designated Tony Graffanino for assignment.
1958-04-15The Boston Black Sox have promoted Tony Graffanino to the major league team.
1958-04-05The Boston Black Sox have designated Tony Graffanino for assignment.
1955-04-29The Boston Black Sox have promoted Tony Graffanino to the major league team. The Boston Black Sox have sent Rich Smith to the minors.
1955-04-29The Boston Black Sox have acquired Tony Graffanino from the waiver wire.
1955-04-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have waived Tony Graffanino.
1954-05-27The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Art Beebe to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Tony Graffanino to the minors.
1954-03-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Tony Graffanino to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Juan Gonzalez to the minors.
1953-04-06The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Juan Gonzalez to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Matt Stairs to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Tony Graffanino to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Dee Brown to the minors.
1953-04-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Dee Brown to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Tony Graffanino to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Matt Stairs to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Juan Gonzalez to the minors.
1952-08-05The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Bob Parisse to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted David DeJesus to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Tony Graffanino to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Dee Brown to the minors.
1952-07-09The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Tony Graffanino to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent David DeJesus to the minors.
1952-07-03The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Benito Santiago to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted David DeJesus to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Tony Graffanino to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Brandon Berger to the minors.
1952-06-11The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Tony Graffanino to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Brandon Berger to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent David DeJesus to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Benito Santiago to the minors.
1952-04-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Monty Gibson to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Paul Farley to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Tony Graffanino to the minors. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Jim Hicks to the minors.
1952-03-01The Cleveland Top Dawgs have renamed Frank Clarke to Tony Graffanino.
1951-08-02The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Frank Clarke to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Desi Relaford to the minors.
1951-06-21The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Bob Parisse to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Frank Clarke to the minors.
1951-06-14The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Frank Clarke to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Desi Relaford to the minors.
1951-05-30The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Bob Parisse to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Frank Clarke to the minors.
1951-04-03The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Frank Clarke to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Mendy Lopez to the minors.
1950-05-25The Cleveland Top Dawgs have promoted Chucho Petagine to the major league team. The Cleveland Top Dawgs have sent Frank Clarke to the minors.
1950-05-15A trade has been completed between the Pittsburgh Lynx and the Cleveland Top Dawgs. The Cleveland Top Dawgs receive Frank Clarke, Fred Lundbom from the Pittsburgh Lynx in exchange for Brent Abernathy.
1950-04-04The Pittsburgh Lynx have sent Frank Clarke down to the minors.