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George Van Haltren League
4-28-2071
Jim Vance Left Field
Retired (1976, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .235 Total Rating C+   Bats/Throws B/L
OPS .640 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 237 Age at Death 85 Date of Birth 09-16-1940
HR 22 Drafted Round 1, Pick 16
(1961)
Majors Svc Time 9 years
(98 games)
RBI 126
SB 9
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R C- Contact vs. L Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B-
Speed Bunt D+ Control   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF A+ (98.8%)   Health LCS Appearances 2
3B --- RF A+ (99.0%)   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
1965 DET
63
236
22
49
8
1
2
16
19
51 1 0
0
0 3
.545
.270
.275
.068
.208
1966 DET
46
63
6
14
1
0
0
5
5
9 0 3
0
0 4
.506
.268
.238
.016
.222
1967 BRO
54
35
5
7
0
1
0
1
4
11 0 0
0
0 0
.539
.282
.257
.057
.200
1968 BRO
83
112
12
28
4
2
2
18
9
19 0 0
1
3 4
.681
.306
.375
.125
.250
1969 BRO
83
106
12
22
2
0
1
10
10
25 0 2
3
0 0
.526
.271
.255
.047
.208
1970 BRO
42
110
16
31
5
2
4
19
12
22 1 1
3
0 1
.828
.355
.473
.191
.282
1971 BRO
14
29
3
8
1
0
1
5
3
8 0 0
0
0 0
.758
.344
.414
.138
.276
1972 BRO
12
20
4
8
3
0
0
8
0
3 0 0
0
0 0
.950
.400
.550
.150
.400
1973 BRO
14
24
3
6
1
0
1
5
1
5 0 1
0
0 0
.686
.269
.417
.167
.250
1974 BRO-CIN
57
168
27
39
7
1
8
31
11
32 2 1
0
0 1
.714
.286
.429
.196
.232
1975 CIN
30
107
11
25
3
0
3
8
6
19 0 0
2
1 0
.620
.274
.346
.112
.234
Total
498
1010
121
237
35
7
22
126
80
204 4 8
9
4 13
.640
.291
.349
.114
.235
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1976-11-01Jim Vance has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1976-04-05The Cincinnati Big Red have waived Jim Vance.
1976-04-01The Cincinnati Big Red have promoted Kevin Reynolds to the major league team. The Cincinnati Big Red have designated Jim Vance for assignment.
1974-05-24The Cincinnati Big Red have acquired Jim Vance from the waiver wire.
1974-05-20The Brooklyn Superbas have designated Jim Vance for assignment.
1974-04-21The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Jim Vance to the major league team.
1973-08-11The Brooklyn Superbas have promoted Joe Kantlehner to the major league team. The Brooklyn Superbas have designated Jim Vance for assignment.
1967-04-05The Brooklyn Superbas have acquired Jim Vance from the waiver wire.
1967-04-05The Brooklyn Superbas have demoted Joe Benn to the minor leagues.
1967-04-01The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Bob Pearson to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have designated Jim Vance for assignment.
1966-06-21The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Jim Vance to the major league team.
1966-04-08The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Al Rozek to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Jim Vance to the minors.
1966-04-06The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Jim Vance to the major league team.
1966-04-04The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Joe Midkiff to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Jim Vance to the minors.
1965-08-08The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Jim Vance to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Charlie Knight to the minors.
1965-07-01The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Bob Stoneman to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Jim Vance to the minors.
1965-07-01The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Jim Vance to the major league team.
1965-06-03The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Charlie Knight to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Jim Vance to the minors.
1965-05-14The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Jim Vance to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Charlie Knight to the minors.
1965-05-13The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Paul Vogel to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have sent Jim Vance to the minors.
1965-05-02The Detroit Thunderbirds have promoted Jim Vance to the major league team. The Detroit Thunderbirds have designated Paul Vogel for assignment.
1961-04-12A trade has been completed between the Chicago Iron Chefs and the Detroit T-Birds. The Detroit T-Birds receive Charlie Knight, David Vasquez, Jim Vance, Benji Candelario from the Chicago Iron Chefs in exchange for Bruce Bertotti.