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Fred Lynn League
4-25-2074
Tom Cates Catcher
Retired (1972, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .241 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .690 Status Deceased (2010) Option Years 0  
H 191 Age at Death 73 Date of Birth 01-26-1937
HR 27 Drafted Round 4, Pick 50
(1962)		 Majors Svc Time 7 years
(86 games)
RBI 96
SB 4
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship B 
Power vs. R B  Power vs. L B+ Velocity D    Mentor vR F 
Speed D- Bunt C+ Control D+   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * A+ (100%) SS --- Range D  WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 1
2B --- CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 2
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
1962 BRO
47
115
14
28
2
1
6
13
11
 16 1 0
2
 3 4
.750
.315
.435
.191
.243
1964 BRO-WAS-BOS
33
88
9
20
4
0
2
9
7
 17 1 1
0
 0 3
.630
.289
.341
.114
.227
1965 BOS
28
65
10
15
1
0
3
11
9
 10 0 1
0
 0 2
.705
.320
.385
.154
.231
1966 BOS
49
113
10
29
5
0
3
15
11
 14 1 0
0
 0 4
.709
.328
.381
.124
.257
1967 BOS
33
91
8
22
2
0
5
14
15
 17 1 1
0
 0 4
.780
.352
.429
.187
.242
1968 BOS-DET
46
106
10
23
3
0
3
15
9
 19 1 1
0
 0 2
.612
.282
.330
.113
.217
1969 DET
49
38
3
11
2
0
1
5
3
 8 0 0
0
 0 0
.763
.341
.421
.132
.289
1970 PHI
37
89
4
20
1
0
2
6
6
 22 1 1
0
 0 1
.582
.278
.303
.079
.225
1971 PHI
23
81
11
20
4
0
2
8
9
 16 0 0
1
 0 1
.693
.322
.370
.123
.247
1972 PHI
2
7
0
3
0
0
0
0
1
 1 0 0
1
 0 0
.929
.500
.429
.000
.429
Total
347
793
79
191
24
1
27
96
81
 140 6 5
4
 3 21
.690
.314
.376
.135
.241
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1972-11-01Tom Cates has retired from the Philadelphia FROGS
1972-04-22The Philadelphia FROGS have promoted Chet Krueger to the major league team. The Philadelphia FROGS have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1970-05-15The Philadelphia FROGS have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Philadelphia FROGS have designated Felix Lear for assignment.
1970-05-12The Philadelphia FROGS have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1970-04-12The Detroit Spiders have waived Tom Cates.
1969-08-02The Detroit Spiders have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1969-05-02The Detroit Spiders have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1969-05-02The Detroit Spiders have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1969-04-19The Detroit Spiders have waived Tom Cates.
1969-04-15The Detroit Spiders have promoted Ed Johnston to the major league team. The Detroit Spiders have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1968-07-27The Detroit Spiders have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1968-07-23The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Bosetti to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have designated Tom Cates for assignment.
1965-09-01The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Wally Norman to the minors.
1965-07-27The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Norman to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-09-20The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Wally Norman to the minors.
1964-08-28The Boston Tunes have promoted Wally Norman to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Boston Tunes have designated Harry Lary for assignment.
1964-05-29The Boston Tunes have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1964-05-25The Washington Senators have waived Tom Cates.
1964-05-25The Washington Senators have promoted Pete Brockway to the major league team. The Washington Senators have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1964-04-27The Washington Senators have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1964-04-09The Washington Senators have acquired Tom Cates from the waiver wire.
1964-04-05The Brooklyn Superbas have waived Tom Cates.
1962-07-22The Brooklyn Superbas have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1962-04-08The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team.
1962-04-08The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Ralph Ponder to the major league team. The Brooklyn Superbas have sent Tom Cates to the minors.
1962-04-01The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Tom Cates to the major league team. The Brooklyn Superbas have designated Tom Kavanagh for assignment.