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Fred Lynn League
10-13-2074
Bobby Polley Right Field
Retired (1966, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .258 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/L
OPS .709 Status Deceased (2014) Option Years 0  
H 1575 Age at Death 84 Date of Birth 08-09-1930
HR 160 Drafted Round 33, Pick 514
(1950)
Majors Svc Time 13 years
(57 games)
RBI 743
SB 129
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C+ Contact vs. L B- Endurance D-   Ldrship A-
Power vs. R Power vs. L B+ Velocity   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt B+ Control C+   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (95.7%) Arm B+ WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF A+ (92.8%)   Health A- LCS Appearances 7
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   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 PHI-KC
5
14
0
0
0
0
0
0
0
6 0 0
0
0 0
.000
.000
.000
.000
.000
1951 KC
136
507
46
108
13
6
10
36
32
106 2 0
8
3 4
.584
.262
.321
.108
.213
1952 KC
155
578
54
137
25
2
8
48
34
85 2 6
11
4 8
.608
.279
.329
.092
.237
1953 KC
155
578
73
150
23
2
14
77
49
106 4 4
11
0 2
.699
.320
.379
.119
.260
1954 KC
118
402
43
109
12
5
9
48
39
76 1 4
16
8 5
.727
.334
.393
.122
.271
1955 KC-STL
114
345
46
83
12
4
8
39
20
75 3 4
6
2 0
.653
.285
.368
.128
.241
1956 STL
156
619
89
162
35
4
21
81
49
116 4 4
11
4 3
.751
.318
.433
.171
.262
1957 STL
158
584
63
148
21
9
16
84
35
106 3 3
12
5 6
.700
.298
.402
.149
.253
1958 STL
157
581
88
172
26
4
16
87
63
106 3 1
7
1 3
.804
.367
.437
.141
.296
1959 STL
155
585
87
152
24
5
17
73
60
118 6 3
12
2 3
.738
.333
.405
.145
.260
1960 STL
155
571
79
171
20
9
21
78
58
108 2 4
19
2 6
.840
.364
.476
.177
.299
1961 STL
86
129
13
33
5
0
3
19
9
26 1 2
3
4 2
.669
.305
.364
.109
.256
1962 STL
84
198
24
46
7
2
2
16
20
34 1 1
6
4 1
.623
.305
.318
.086
.232
1963 STL
101
144
26
35
7
0
8
18
9
26 2 1
3
1 1
.753
.295
.458
.215
.243
1964 STL
63
107
19
31
8
0
3
18
10
17 0 1
2
2 2
.796
.347
.449
.159
.290
1965 STL
48
154
20
35
5
0
4
21
15
34 0 0
2
0 1
.634
.296
.338
.110
.227
1966 DET-KC
17
13
1
3
0
0
0
0
0
4 0 0
0
0 0
.462
.231
.231
.000
.231
Total
1863
6109
771
1575
243
52
160
743
502
1149 34 38
129
42 47
.709
.316
.393
.135
.258
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1966-11-01Bobby Polley has retired from the Kansas City Coroners
1966-05-04The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Bobby Polley to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have designated Coot Veal for assignment.
1966-05-03The Kansas City Coroners have acquired Bobby Polley from the waiver wire.
1966-04-29The Detroit Spiders have waived Bobby Polley.
1966-04-22The Detroit Spiders have promoted Joe Niekro to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have designated Bobby Polley for assignment.
1966-04-05The Detroit Spiders have acquired Bobby Polley from the waiver wire.
1966-04-05The Detroit Spiders have demoted Pete Boucher to the minor leagues.
1966-04-01The St. Louis Kardinals have promoted Bill Sullivan to the major league team. The St. Louis Kardinals have promoted Bill Maisel to the major league team. The St. Louis Kardinals have promoted Bill Boever to the major league team. The St. Louis Kardinals have designated Bobby Polley for assignment. The St. Louis Kardinals have designated Raul Flowers for assignment. The St. Louis Kardinals have designated Dick Johnston for assignment. The St. Louis Kardinals have designated Willie Wentz for assignment. The St. Louis Kardinals have designated Marv Finneran for assignment.
1956-06-24The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted Vito Vitello to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted Bobby Polley to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted Pep Buzas to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted Ray Lemanczyk to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted Dave Mathews to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted Mark Marquez to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent Pat Bryant to the minors. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent Duke Bryant to the minors. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent Pete Childress to the minors. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent Ron Williams to the minors. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent John Orie to the minors. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent Damian Moeller to the minors.
1956-06-24The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted Pat Bryant to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted Ron Williams to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted John Orie to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted Duke Bryant to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted Pete Childress to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have promoted Damian Moeller to the major league team. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent Mark Marquez to the minors. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent Dave Mathews to the minors. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent Bobby Polley to the minors. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent Vito Vitello to the minors. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent Pep Buzas to the minors. The St. Louis Redeemers have sent Ray Lemanczyk to the minors.
1955-08-02A trade has been completed between the St. Louis Redeemers and the Kansas City Coroners. The Kansas City Coroners receive Bill Seats from the St. Louis Redeemers in exchange for Bobby Polley, Roger Lemanczyk, Max Chrisley.
1954-07-31The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Bobby Polley to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Roger Lemanczyk to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Terry Clemens to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Pat Patterson to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Harry Brown to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Herm Wehmeier to the minors.
1954-07-22The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Mike Mahoney to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Hank Koster to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Roland Nelson to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Pat Patterson to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Ed Fisher to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Bobby Polley to the minors.
1954-07-20The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Bobby Polley to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Pat Patterson to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Ed Fisher to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Terry Clemens to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Roland Nelson to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Mike Mahoney to the minors.
1954-07-11The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Mike Mahoney to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Herm Wehmeier to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Bobby Polley to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Pat Patterson to the minors.
1954-06-25The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Bobby Cuellar to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Bobby Polley to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Tim Wheeler to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Terry Clemens to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Bart Blomberg to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Mike Mahoney to the minors.
1954-06-22The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Mike Mahoney to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Gregg Brumburgh to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Bobby Cuellar to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Bobby Polley to the minors.
1954-06-13The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Bobby Polley to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Mike Mahoney to the minors.
1954-06-04The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Mike Koenig to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Herm Wehmeier to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Tim Wheeler to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Bobby Polley to the minors.
1954-06-01The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Bobby Polley to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Pat Patterson to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Ed Fisher to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Scott Kingston to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Herm Wehmeier to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Roland Nelson to the minors.
1954-05-28The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Mike Mahoney to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Tim Wheeler to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Pat Patterson to the minors. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Bobby Polley to the minors.
1951-04-23The Kansas City Coroners have promoted Bobby Polley to the major league team. The Kansas City Coroners have sent Johnny Hicks to the minors.
1950-06-22A trade has been completed between the Kansas City Coroners and the Philadelphia Phillies. The Philadelphia Phillies receive Rocky DeBerry from the Kansas City Coroners in exchange for John Murray, Bobby Polley.
1950-05-08The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted David Bell to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Bobby Polley to the minors.
1950-05-01The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Bobby Polley to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Bill Harder to the minors.
1950-04-29The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Bobby Polley down to the minors.
1950-04-20The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Bobby Polley to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Van Pitko to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Al Eller to the minors. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Eddie Morse to the minors.
1950-04-03The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Clyde Watkins to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Tom Garrido to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Smoky McKean to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Ed Blaemire to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have promoted Mike Radebaugh to the major league team. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Bobby Polley to the minors. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Bill Morrison to the minors. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Jeff Plarski to the minors. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Frank Brunet to the minors. The Philadelphia Phillies have sent Tommy Speier to the minors.