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George Van Haltren League
5-3-2071
Reijo Ruotsalainen Third Base
Retired (1988, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .285 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws B/R
OPS .805 Status Deceased (2035) Option Years 0  
H 2161 Age at Death 83 Date of Birth 12-04-1952
HR 245 Drafted Round 1, Pick 4
(1972)		 Majors Svc Time 13 years
(39 games)
RBI 1038
SB 74
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A- Contact vs. L B+ Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L A- Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed B- Bunt D- Control D    Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B+ WS Rings 1
1B F  (3.4%) LF --- Arm B- WS Appearances 3
2B F  (1.0%) CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 5
3B A+ (100%) RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 6
* 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
1976 STL
153
573
72
156
34
3
14
72
53
 116 3 4
3
 4 10
.750
.335
.415
.143
.272
1977 STL
123
471
69
118
26
6
14
66
62
 79 1 6
2
 0 4
.756
.335
.420
.170
.251
1978 STL
153
643
106
169
27
9
25
82
67
 119 3 2
8
 3 7
.784
.334
.449
.187
.263
1979 STL
153
654
103
182
24
5
19
84
60
 104 1 2
9
 1 2
.756
.339
.417
.139
.278
1980 STL
153
597
86
177
31
4
28
93
53
 83 7 2
4
 2 2
.862
.360
.503
.206
.296
1981 STL
153
621
106
177
44
5
20
69
79
 87 1 1
16
 4 28
.835
.366
.469
.184
.285
1982 STL
153
653
115
205
40
6
19
83
50
 93 4 4
13
 0 17
.845
.364
.481
.167
.314
1983 STL
153
619
104
169
23
2
21
65
76
 96 2 0
3
 2 18
.773
.354
.418
.145
.273
1984 STL
153
641
85
180
27
5
16
70
50
 99 2 1
4
 0 16
.748
.334
.413
.133
.281
1985 STL
153
610
102
174
28
10
22
96
75
 107 1 2
6
 0 21
.836
.363
.472
.187
.285
1986 STL
153
613
121
206
42
8
23
125
64
 72 4 10
5
 0 5
.940
.397
.543
.207
.336
1987 STL
152
618
102
189
34
6
16
90
52
 99 4 3
1
 0 26
.820
.362
.458
.152
.306
1988 STL
102
265
37
59
14
1
8
43
36
 42 0 4
0
 0 5
.685
.311
.374
.151
.223
Total
1907
7578
1208
2161
394
70
245
1038
777
 1196 33 41
74
 16 161
.805
.352
.453
.167
.285
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1988-11-01Reijo Ruotsalainen has retired from the St. Louis Snatch
1977-05-17Reijo Ruotsalainen of the St. Louis Snatch is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1976-04-01The St. Louis Snatch have promoted Reijo Ruotsalainen to the major league team. The St. Louis Snatch have sent Steve Andrew to the minors.
1972-04-04The St. Louis Snatch have renamed Steve Burkett to Reijo Ruotsalainen .