1B Lowell Bickle #9
New York Empires MLB
Age: 29 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Very Good
04/26/1976
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1B LOWELL BICKLE #9 - AGE: 29 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: VERY GOOD
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
18 74 18 2 3 0 6 2 11 .243 .263 .351 0 -0.1
BATTING RATINGS (OSA)
Overall Pot. Overall Vs Left Vs Right Pot.  
Contact 65 70 65 65
Gap 50 50 50 50
Power 45 45 45 45
Eye 40 40 40 40
Avoid K's 60 65 60 60
FIELDING RATINGS
Catcher Infield Outfield
Range: - 45 35
Errors: - 65 40
Arm: 20 50 35
Turn DP: - 65 -
Framing: 20 - -
POSITION RATINGS
Pitcher: - Shortstop: 25
Catcher: - Left Field: -
1st Base: 60 Center Field: -
2nd Base: 50 Right Field: -
3rd Base: -
       
RUN/BUNT
Running Speed: 35
Stealing Aggressiveness: 55
Stealing Ability: 50
Baserunning Inst.: 60
Sacrifice Bunt: 55
Bunt for Hit: 35
   
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
04/25/1976 BOS Win, 6-5 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0
04/24/1976 BOS Loss, 0-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/23/1976 BOS Win, 5-2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
04/22/1976 TOR Win, 3-2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/21/1976 TOR Loss, 3-4 8 0 3 0 0 0 1 0
04/20/1976 TOR Win, 5-4 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 0
04/18/1976 MON Win, 5-0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
04/17/1976 MON Win, 7-4 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0
04/17/1976 MON Win, 6-0 4 0 2 3 0 0 0 0
04/15/1976 @ BOS Win, 8-1 4 1 2 1 0 0 1 0
PERSONALITY
Lowell puts in extra time at the gym.
High: Financial Ambition, Work Ethic
Birthday:04/13/1947
Born in:New York, NY
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Extremely Popular
National Pop.:Very Popular
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$360,000
Signed Through:1977 Season
Major Service:8 Years, 48 Days
Service This Yr:20 Days
40-Man Service:None, None
Pro Service:9 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1967, 15th Pick in Round 2
MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL 1976 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 18 74 18 2 3 0 6 8 2 11 .243 .263 .351 .615 .278 .108 86
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 17 76 0 0 0 5 0 0 26 5 0 2 0.0 4.5 1.94 -0.1  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   23 4 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 0 0 0 .174 .174 .174 .348
Versus Right   51 14 2 3 0 6 5 2 6 0 0 0 .275 .302 .431 .733
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Last Week   26 6 0 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 .231 .259 .308 .567
April   74 18 2 3 0 6 8 2 11 0 0 0 .243 .263 .351 .615
Spring Training   57 10 1 1 1 3 2 5 8 0 0 0 .175 .242 .281 .523
Last Year   617 190 34 4 7 74 62 32 52 5 1 7 .308 .346 .410 .756
2 Years Ago   614 179 30 3 7 77 74 40 56 7 4 2 .292 .333 .384 .718
Career   4065 1214 222 24 57 445 476 224 416 21 15 20 .299 .337 .407 .744
Home   38 9 0 2 0 4 3 1 3 0 0 0 .237 .256 .342 .599
Road   36 9 2 1 0 2 5 1 8 0 0 0 .250 .270 .361 .631
Grass   74 18 2 3 0 6 8 2 11 0 0 0 .243 .263 .351 .615
Day   61 15 2 3 0 6 5 1 9 0 0 0 .246 .258 .377 .635
Night   13 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 .231 .286 .231 .516
As Starter   73 18 2 3 0 6 8 2 11 0 0 0 .247 .267 .356 .623
As Reliever / Substitution   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pinch Hitting   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Close/Late   17 4 0 0 0 1 2 2 2 0 0 0 .235 .316 .235 .551
Inning 1-3   28 6 0 1 0 0 2 0 5 0 0 0 .214 .214 .286 .500
Inning 4-6   26 8 2 2 0 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 .308 .308 .538 .846
Inning 7-9   17 2 0 0 0 1 2 2 3 0 0 0 .118 .211 .118 .328
Extra Innings   3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333
0 Outs   20 6 1 1 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 .300 .300 .450 .750
1 Outs   27 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 .074 .074 .148 .222
2 Outs   27 10 1 1 0 5 4 2 5 0 0 0 .370 .414 .481 .895
Scoring Position   13 4 1 1 0 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 .308 .308 .538 .846
Bases Empty   39 11 0 2 0 0 3 0 8 0 0 0 .282 .282 .385 .667
Runner on 1st   22 3 1 0 0 0 4 2 3 0 0 0 .136 .208 .182 .390
Runner on 2nd   4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Runner on 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Runner on 1st & 2nd   4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .500 .750
Runner on 1st & 3rd   2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Bases Loaded   1 1 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 3.000 4.000
Two Strikes   24 7 0 0 0 2 3 1 11 0 0 0 .292 .320 .292 .612
First Pitch   10 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 0-1   8 4 2 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 1.000 1.500
Count 0-2   4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500
Count 1-0   10 3 0 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 .300 .300 .700 1.000
Count 1-1   10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .100 .100 .100 .200
Count 1-2   9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 .111 .111 .111 .222
Count 2-0   6 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Count 2-1   6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Count 2-2   7 3 0 0 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 .429 .429 .429 .857
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Full Count   4 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 .500 .600 .500 1.100
Behind in Count   21 6 2 1 0 1 4 0 7 0 0 0 .286 .286 .476 .762
Ahead in Count   22 6 0 2 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 .273 .304 .455 .759
Batting 3rd   73 18 2 3 0 6 8 2 11 0 0 0 .247 .267 .356 .623
Batting 9th   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Low Leverage   30 7 0 0 0 0 2 1 7 0 0 0 .233 .258 .233 .491
Medium Leverage   30 5 1 2 0 2 4 1 4 0 0 0 .167 .194 .333 .527
High Leverage   14 6 1 1 0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 .429 .429 .643 1.071
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 New York - MLB 20 5 12 3 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 .250 .308 .417 .724 125 128 -0.1
1968 New York - MLB 21 54 144 44 5 0 1 15 17 11 2 1 26 2 0 .306 .361 .361 .722 126 130 0.4
1969 New York - MLB 22 148 609 190 39 3 9 67 78 41 1 2 94 1 3 .312 .355 .430 .785 128 133 4.7
1970 New York - MLB 23 150 653 196 40 6 12 60 87 33 2 2 62 1 4 .300 .335 .435 .770 120 121 3.3
1971 New York - MLB 24 150 598 181 36 2 6 66 63 30 2 4 47 3 4 .303 .336 .400 .736 116 119 3.3
1972 New York - MLB 25 115 205 47 11 0 2 16 19 5 1 0 23 0 0 .229 .251 .312 .563 76 73 0.1
1973 New York - MLB 26 147 539 166 25 2 13 62 68 29 3 0 43 3 6 .308 .347 .434 .781 122 132 2.7
1974 New York - MLB 27 158 614 179 30 3 7 77 74 40 2 7 56 5 10 .292 .333 .384 .718 114 119 2.3
1975 New York - MLB 28 156 617 190 34 4 7 74 62 32 7 5 52 3 7 .308 .346 .410 .756 116 125 3.3
1976 New York - MLB 29 18 74 18 2 3 0 6 8 2 0 0 11 0 2 .243 .263 .351 .615 79 86 -0.1
Total MLB 1101 4065 1214 222 24 57 445 476 224 20 21 416 18 36 .299 .337 .407 .744 117 122 19.8
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1967 Total - 20 60 280 107 13 5 5 73 91 18 1 3 16 36 10 .382 .417 .518 .935 100 100 3.0
CAREER POSTSEASON BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1973 New York - MLB 26 7 30 6 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 .200 .200 .333 .533 51 48 -1.0
Total MLB 7 30 6 4 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 4 0 0 .200 .200 .333 .533 51 48
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1967 New York - MLB 2B 5 4 11 10 5 22 1 .955 34.0 5.56 -1.1 .785
1968 New York - MLB 2B 31 26 50 82 16 137 5 .964 234.0 5.08 -4.2 .891
1968 New York - MLB 3B 6 6 4 14 0 20 2 .900 56.0 2.89 -2.8 .832
1968 New York - MLB SS 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 3.1 5.40 -0.0 1.071
1969 New York - MLB 2B 148 148 342 419 119 774 13 .983 1281.1 5.35 -2.2 .991
1970 New York - MLB 2B 150 150 385 417 131 819 17 .979 1280.2 5.64 -4.4 .968
1970 New York - MLB 3B 1 0 0 3 0 3 0 1.000 2.1 11.57 +0.1 1.050
1971 New York - MLB 2B 150 150 368 479 128 861 14 .984 1319.2 5.78 -6.1 .964
1972 New York - MLB 2B 46 28 68 99 26 170 3 .982 288.0 5.22 -2.5 .941
1972 New York - MLB 3B 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 New York - MLB SS 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 8.0 1.12 -0.1 1.021
1973 New York - MLB 1B 29 25 261 18 18 279 0 1.000 216.1 11.61 +0.9 1.014
1973 New York - MLB 2B 101 95 206 267 74 477 4 .992 800.0 5.32 -9.6 .932
1973 New York - MLB 3B 2 2 2 5 0 9 2 .778 18.0 3.50 -0.9 .793
1974 New York - MLB 1B 135 134 1225 97 123 1328 6 .995 1154.1 10.31 +1.2 1.006
1974 New York - MLB 2B 20 19 48 61 14 111 2 .982 163.2 5.99 -1.4 .941
1975 New York - MLB 1B 146 145 1379 130 124 1518 9 .994 1295.1 10.48 +4.8 1.031
1975 New York - MLB 2B 5 0 3 5 3 8 0 1.000 6.0 12.00 -0.4 .689
1975 New York - MLB SS 3 3 3 11 2 15 1 .933 26.0 4.85 -0.4 .905
1976 New York - MLB 1B 17 17 143 10 12 153 0 1.000 151.0 9.12 +0.9 1.044
1976 New York - MLB 2B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 3.0 0.00 -0.4 .000
TOTAL 1B 327 321 3008 255 277 3278 15 .995 2817.0 10.42 +7.8 1.021
TOTAL 2B 658 620 1481 1839 516 3379 59 .983 5410.1 5.52 -32.5 .958
TOTAL 3B 9 8 6 22 0 32 4 .875 76.1 3.30 -3.6 .843
TOTAL SS 6 4 4 13 2 18 1 .944 37.1 4.10 -0.6 .922
PLAYER HISTORY
09/01/1967 Drafted in the 1967 first-year player draft (Round 2, Pick 15, 43rd overall pick) by the New York Empires, out of college Lakeland CC
10/20/1967 Named the #23 prospect in the MLB
11/08/1967 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $21,000.
01/01/1968 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 50 (65); Power: 25 (35); Eye: 30 (40).
04/09/1968 Named the #29 prospect in the MLB
07/04/1968 Named the #11 prospect in the MLB
11/19/1968 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $22,200.
01/01/1969 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 60 (75); Power: 40 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
01/27/1969 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at second base at the New York Empires development complex.
11/17/1969 Received a 1-year contract through automatic renewal worth a total of $23,400.
01/01/1970 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (70); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 45 (45).
02/09/1970 Detrimentally completed training to improve his defense at second base at the New York Empires development complex.
08/13/1970 Goes 5-6 against the Baltimore Lords, with 1 2B, 2 RBI and 0 R.
11/15/1970 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $101,700.
01/01/1971 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 70 (70); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
03/01/1971 Successfully completed training to improve his defense at second base at the New York Empires development complex.
08/09/1971 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
11/11/1971 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $170,000.
01/01/1972 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
03/26/1972 Detrimentally completed training to improve his base-stealing technique at the New York Empires development complex.
11/10/1972 Received a 1-year contract through arbitration worth a total of $190,000.
01/01/1973 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
06/01/1973 Signed a 4-year contract extension worth a total of $1,348,000 with the New York Empires organization.
07/08/1973 Was selected to the 1973 Major League Baseball All-Star Game.
01/01/1974 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
04/30/1974 Goes 5-5 against the Montreal Habitants, with 1 2B, 1 HR, 7 RBI and 2 R.
08/12/1974 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
08/19/1974 Wins the MLB ABL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1975 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
01/01/1976 OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 65 (65); Power: 45 (45); Eye: 40 (40).
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1970 150 9
1971 150 7
1974 153 3
Year PA Rank
1970 690 5
Year AB Rank
1969 609 7
1970 653 1
1971 598 5
1974 614 4
1975 617 1
Year H Rank
1969 190 2
1970 196 2
1971 181 5
1974 179 3
1975 190 1
Year 2B Rank
1969 39 1
1970 40 4
1971 36 6
1975 34 6
Year HP Rank
1975 7 8
Year AVG Rank
1969 .312 4
1971 .303 10
1973 .308 6
1975 .308 5
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