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Harold Baines League
4-1-2053
Don Birkle Left Field
Retired (1983, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .808 Status Deceased (2017) Option Years 0  
H 1768 Age at Death 71 Date of Birth 09-15-1946
HR 285 Drafted Round 1, Pick 9
(1967)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(112 games)
RBI 958
SB 124
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B  Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR A 
Speed B  Bunt C+ Control D-   Mentor vL A 
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 2
1B C  (41.1%) LF A+ (100%) Arm B  WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health D  LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF B- (53.2%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 1
* 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
1969 COL
25
102
17
30
3
4
5
13
9
 21 0 0
0
 0 2
.900
.351
.549
.255
.294
1970 COL
102
399
46
108
13
5
11
55
28
 73 2 5
8
 1 3
.729
.318
.411
.140
.271
1971 COL
135
538
66
143
18
4
20
71
40
 117 3 3
7
 1 3
.744
.318
.426
.160
.266
1972 COL
135
552
81
153
19
5
22
78
42
 125 2 3
17
 4 4
.778
.329
.449
.172
.277
1973 COL
135
548
80
140
26
5
17
77
56
 117 1 3
14
 1 3
.738
.324
.414
.159
.255
1974 COL
135
574
90
156
30
6
25
85
47
 116 1 1
14
 4 5
.803
.327
.476
.204
.272
1975 COL
118
489
71
128
17
9
24
65
38
 108 1 3
9
 2 4
.795
.315
.481
.219
.262
1976 COL
113
444
81
129
20
5
24
65
41
 86 1 2
6
 5 0
.871
.350
.520
.230
.291
1977 COL
135
566
80
153
17
6
27
86
42
 131 2 3
13
 3 2
.786
.321
.465
.194
.270
1978 COL
92
364
70
99
15
3
21
56
38
 80 1 2
6
 1 3
.843
.341
.503
.231
.272
1979 COL
112
450
80
135
20
6
23
93
47
 93 3 2
8
 5 3
.893
.369
.524
.224
.300
1980 COL
135
558
118
174
26
6
34
90
50
 103 2 0
17
 4 2
.933
.370
.563
.251
.312
1981 COL
146
228
42
72
13
6
9
36
17
 51 1 1
2
 0 3
.908
.364
.544
.228
.316
1982 COL
152
291
44
75
12
4
8
38
27
 59 0 0
0
 0 1
.730
.321
.409
.151
.258
1983 COL
140
293
44
73
8
0
15
50
31
 52 1 5
3
 0 2
.748
.318
.430
.181
.249
Total
1810
6396
1010
1768
257
74
285
958
553
 1332 21 33
124
 31 40
.808
.334
.473
.197
.276
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1983-11-01Don Birkle has retired from the Colorado Crush
1979-06-08Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 28 days.
1978-08-17Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 50 days.
1978-04-26Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1976-07-29Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1976-06-02Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 19 days.
1975-08-31Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 26 days.
1970-04-04Don Birkle of the Colorado Crush is injured and is expected to be out 46 days.
1970-04-01The Colorado Crush have promoted Don Birkle to the major league team.
1969-09-01The Colorado Crush have promoted Lefty Garcia to the major league team. The Colorado Crush have sent Don Birkle to the minors.
1969-07-29The Colorado Crush have promoted Don Birkle to the major league team.
1969-04-02The Colorado Crush have renamed Gunther Applegate to Don Birkle.
1968-05-25A trade has been completed between the Texas Wranglers and the Colorado Crush. The Colorado Crush receive Gunther Applegate, Chris Vines, Draft Pick 1969 Round 1 TEX (Johnny Moran) from the Texas Wranglers in exchange for Ed Robertson, Andy Derrington, John Field.
1968-04-28The Texas Wranglers have renamed Ray Budnick to Gunther Applegate.
1966-07-30A trade has been reversed between Cincinnati Mavericks and Texas Wranglers. The Texas Wranglers have re-acquired Javier Martinez, Tommy Anderson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 1 TEX (Ray Budnick), Draft Pick 1968 Round 2 TEX (John Tremie). The Cincinnati Mavericks have re-acquired Socks Watson, Jack Kish, Draft Pick 1967 Round 2 CIN (Mike Abbaticchio), Draft Pick 1968 Round 1 CIN (Ivan Armbruster).
1966-07-13A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Mavericks and the Texas Wranglers. The Texas Wranglers receive Jack Kish, Socks Watson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 2 CIN (Mike Abbaticchio), Draft Pick 1968 Round 1 CIN (Ivan Armbruster) from the Cincinnati Mavericks in exchange for Javier Martinez, Tommy Anderson, Draft Pick 1967 Round 1 TEX (Ray Budnick), Draft Pick 1968 Round 2 TEX (John Tremie).