Frank
Bertaina
 
Nickname: Lee My Dear
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 190
 
Born: April 14, 1944 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
Gold Glove 1971    1979   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1964 20 SEM AL   6 5 5 5 4 3 3 6 6 6
1965 21 SEM AL   6 6 6 6 4 3 3 6 6 6
1966 22 SEM AL   6 6 6 6 4 3 3 7 6 6
1967 23 SEM AL   6 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1968 24 SEM AL   6 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1969 25 COL NL $ 300,000 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1970 26 COL NL $ 300,000 7 7 6 6 5 4 4 6 6 6
1971 27 COL NL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 6 6
1972 28 COL NL $ 300,000 8 7 7 7 5 4 4 6 6 6
1973 29 COL NL $ 350,000 7 8 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1974 30 COL NL $ 800,000 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1975 31 COL NL $ 1,200,000 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1976 32 COL NL $ 1,200,000 6 7 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
1977 33 COL NL $ 1,200,000 6 7 6 7 5 5 5 6 6 6
1978 34 COL NL $ 1,200,000 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6
1979 35 OAK AL $ 866,000 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 5 5 5
1980 36 BSN NL $ 378,000 4 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   4 4 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,200,000 8 8 7 7 5 5 5 7 6 6
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1964 20 AA   16 6 .727 25 25 1 0 0 183.0 139 53 13 72 183 2.61 .209 .286 .305 .591  
1965 21 AA   14 3 .824 31 19 0 0 7 146.3 108 27 5 62 165 1.66 .203 .286 .278 .563  
1966 22 AA   8 9 .471 23 23 2 1 0 158.3 147 56 9 68 166 3.18 .243 .320 .333 .653  
1967 23 AAA   1 3 .250 42 0 0 0 4 29.7 22 9 0 11 33 2.73 .218 .295 .277 .572  
1968 24 AAA   1 3 .250 32 0 0 0 4 27.3 27 11 1 16 28 3.62 .267 .368 .337 .704  
1969 25 COL NL 8 6 .571 29 26 1 1 1 172.3 182 85 22 80 105 4.44 .268 .346 .434 .780 6.1
    AAA   3 1 .750 6 6 2 0 0 47.0 38 11 7 17 30 2.11 .222 .293 .357 .649  
1970 26 COL NL 1 3 .250 34 14 0 0 0 42.0 36 22 2 24 27 4.71 .234 .333 .312 .645 1.5
1971 27 COL NL 8 11 .421 34 27 2 0 0 200.7 193 95 20 91 129 4.26 .250 .329 .380 .709 9.7
1972 28 COL NL 9 12 .429 30 27 1 1 0 178.0 170 98 22 75 105 4.96 .251 .326 .397 .723 6.3
1973 29 COL NL 7 6 .538 51 0 0 0 8 76.0 78 39 7 42 64 4.62 .268 .362 .433 .795 5.1
1974 30 COL NL 9 2 .818 78 0 0 0 22 103.0 110 46 13 49 65 4.02 .274 .354 .456 .810 8.9
1975 31 COL NL 8 4 .667 50 0 0 0 6 90.7 82 38 11 39 54 3.77 .240 .316 .405 .721 7.0
1976 32 COL NL 7 4 .636 74 0 0 0 4 35.0 36 18 3 20 24 4.63 .275 .366 .397 .763 3.0
1977 33 COL NL 6 8 .429 35 19 1 1 5 148.0 132 67 14 87 88 4.07 .240 .345 .385 .730 7.4
1978 34 COL NL 1 3 .250 23 1 0 0 3 24.0 35 23 3 18 12 8.63 .343 .431 .529 .960 0.0
    AAA   1 1 .500 11 0 0 0 0 16.0 18 5 0 8 13 2.81 .300 .382 .300 .682  
1979 35 OAK AL 6 16 .273 38 28 0 0 0 186.0 204 116 21 102 88 5.61 .279 .368 .417 .785 2.3
1980 36 AAA   1 1 .500 21 0 0 0 0 22.7 27 20 2 10 18 7.94 .297 .366 .429 .795  
    AA   0 0 .000 10 0 0 0 0 21.7 14 6 3 5 18 2.49 .189 .241 .351 .592  
11 Years Sim 70 75 .483 476 142 5 3 49 1255.7 1258 647 138 627 761 4.64 .260 .345 .409 .754 57.4
5 Years AAA 7 9 .438 112 6 2 0 8 142.7 132 56 10 62 122 3.53 .252 .331 .344 .675  
4 Years AA 38 18 .679 89 67 3 1 7 509.3 408 142 30 207 532 2.51 .217 .295 .308 .603  
9 Years Minors 45 27 .625 201 73 5 1 15 652.0 540 198 40 269 654 2.73 .225 .303 .316 .619  
Season Average 6 6 .500 43 12 0 0 4 114.2 114 58 12 57 69 4.64 .260 .345 .409 .754  
Career Highs 9 16 .818 78 28 2 1 22 200.7 204 116 22 102 129 8.63 .343 .431 .529 .960  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   944 490 104 458 550   .267 .351 .418 .769
vs LH   314 157 34 169 211   .243 .331 .383 .714
Home 43 41 .512 249 68 2 1 23 644.3 647 339 72 318 390 4.74 .260 .344 .409 .752
Away 27 34 .443 227 74 3 2 27 611.3 611 308 66 309 371 4.53 .261 .347 .409 .756
Mar/Apr 16 14 .533 91 21 0 0 14 224.3 216 121 27 118 146 4.86 .250 .340 .407 .748
May 14 15 .483 95 29 2 1 11 268.0 250 122 25 121 175 4.10 .245 .325 .378 .703
June 13 16 .448 90 28 1 1 12 239.3 257 128 26 137 130 4.81 .275 .367 .419 .786
July 10 9 .526 73 23 1 0 3 199.0 203 115 25 101 111 5.20 .268 .354 .437 .791
August 9 18 .333 68 28 0 0 5 194.0 221 113 26 82 117 5.24 .286 .354 .455 .809
Sep/Oct 8 3 .727 59 13 1 1 5 131.0 111 48 9 68 82 3.30 .232 .327 .340 .668
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1969 25 COL NL P 29 26 172.3 13 23 1 2 .973 1.88    
1970 26 COL NL P 34 14 42.0 3 8 0 1 1.000 2.36    
1971 27 COL NL P 34 27 200.7 15 42 0 3 1.000 2.56    
1972 28 COL NL P 30 27 178.0 8 30 1 4 .974 1.92    
1973 29 COL NL P 51 0 76.0 2 11 0 1 1.000 1.54    
1974 30 COL NL P 78 0 103.0 4 17 0 3 1.000 1.83    
1975 31 COL NL P 50 0 90.7 7 20 0 0 1.000 2.68    
1976 32 COL NL P 74 0 35.0 1 8 0 1 1.000 2.31    
1977 33 COL NL P 35 19 148.0 11 16 1 0 .964 1.64    
1978 34 COL NL P 23 1 24.0 2 6 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1979 35 OAK AL P 38 28 186.0 17 37 0 3 1.000 2.61    
Career Totals   476 142 1255.7 83 218 3 18 .990 2.16    
Career Highs   78 28 200.7 17 42 1 4 1.000 3.00    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1969 25 COL NL 0 2 .000 7 0 0 0 0 11.7 14 12 3 10 11 9.26 .275 .393 .490 .884
1973 29 COL NL 2 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 1 5.3 4 1 1 0 4 1.69 .235 .235 .471 .706
1974 30 COL NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.7 2 1 1 0 1 5.42 .286 .286 .714 1.000
1976 32 COL NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 0.7 1 1 1 1 1 13.64 .333 .500 1.333 1.833
1977 33 COL NL 0 1 .000 3 0 0 0 0 4.0 4 3 2 1 2 6.75 .286 .333 .714 1.048
Career Post-Season Pitching 2 3 .400 17 0 0 0 1 23.3 25 18 8 12 19 6.95 .272 .356 .565 .921
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Losses
1979-10-16
Saves
1974-1-22
Games Pitched
1974-2-78
1976-3-74
Walks Allowed
1979-7-102
   
 
   Black Ink Test: 3    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 5    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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History
Drafted in 3rd round, 47th overall pick, by Seattle in 1964
Traded from Seattle to Colorado on 2/21/1969 (Going to COL: LF Gates Brown, P Frank Bertaina. Going to SEM: P Tom Parsons)
Earned first career win on 4/26/1969
Injured on 10/30/1969 with a Torn Tricep Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 7/21/1970 with a Stiff Elbow, out for one week
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1970, going 0-0, 0.00
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1971
2/1/1973: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 6/24/1973 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 3 weeks
2/1/1974: Gets a new one-year contract worth $800,000 through salary arbitration
7/31/1974: Signed a contract extension with Colorado, $1,200,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
Injured on 8/18/1977 with a Strained Back, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/9/1979 to a 1-year deal worth $866,000 per year
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1979
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/16/1980 to a 2-year deal worth $378,000 per year
Injured on 6/24/1980 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days