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Jim
Bethke		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 5, 1946 in Usa, NE, FALLS CITY
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1965 18 WAS NL   4 3 4 4 1 2 2 7 7 7
1966 19 WAS NL   4 4 4 4 1 1 1 7 7 7
1967 20 WAS NL   4 5 5 5 1 1 1 7 7 7
1968 21 WAS NL   4 5 5 5 1 1 1 8 8 8
1969 22 WAS NL   4 5 5 5 2 3 3 8 8 8
1970 23 WAS NL   4 4 5 5 3 3 3 8 8 8
1971 24 WAS NL $ 300,000 4 4 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1972 25 WAS NL   4 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1973 26 WAS NL   4 4 5 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1974 27 WAS NL $ 300,000 4 4 5 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1975 28 WAS NL $ 300,000 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 7 7 7
1976 29 WAS NL $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1977 30 WAS NL   4 4 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
1978 31 WAS NL   3 4 5 4 3 3 3 6 6 6
1979 32 WAS NL   3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1980 33 WAS NL   3 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   3 3 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 8 8 8
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
1965 18 AA   7 3 .700 66 0 0 0 8 60.0 47 17 2 35 45 2.55 .220 .329 .271 .600  
1966 19 AA   2 2 .500 28 0 0 0 0 30.3 33 10 2 16 24 2.97 .289 .377 .395 .772  
1967 20 A   4 0 1.000 33 0 0 0 0 54.3 30 8 1 28 46 1.33 .167 .279 .211 .490  
1968 21 AA   9 2 .818 32 0 0 0 0 61.0 51 23 1 31 63 3.39 .228 .322 .259 .580  
    A   1 0 1.000 18 0 0 0 1 33.7 15 5 2 10 34 1.34 .134 .205 .223 .428  
1969 22 AA   4 3 .571 65 0 0 0 26 94.7 77 19 3 40 69 1.81 .227 .309 .304 .613  
1970 23 AA   2 3 .400 59 0 0 0 11 56.0 35 15 1 21 38 2.41 .184 .265 .247 .513  
1971 24 WAS NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 3.0 5 3 1 0 2 9.00 .357 .357 .571 .929 0.0
    AA   2 2 .500 71 0 0 0 4 63.3 48 20 4 35 48 2.84 .215 .322 .291 .613  
1972 25 AAA   2 0 1.000 25 0 0 0 1 47.7 42 15 0 20 30 2.83 .241 .320 .305 .624  
1973 26 AAA   0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 0 14.0 18 11 1 12 7 7.07 .310 .429 .431 .860  
1974 27 WAS NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 1 0 2 2 2.25 .313 .389 .375 .764 0.4
    AAA   1 2 .333 29 0 0 0 0 42.7 37 22 5 23 23 4.64 .234 .331 .367 .699  
1975 28 WAS NL 2 2 .500 30 0 0 0 3 49.3 45 23 3 30 18 4.20 .250 .373 .333 .707 3.3
1976 29 WAS NL 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 19.3 21 14 3 13 13 6.52 .280 .386 .453 .840 0.0
1977 30 AA   0 2 .000 14 0 0 0 0 19.0 26 13 4 9 19 6.16 .329 .398 .506 .904  
1978 31 AA   1 3 .250 20 0 0 0 1 18.0 21 11 3 7 9 5.50 .292 .354 .486 .841  
1979 32 AA   3 5 .375 23 0 0 0 1 21.7 19 6 0 6 17 2.49 .241 .294 .291 .585  
1980 33 AA   5 3 .625 76 0 0 0 4 59.7 41 20 1 27 49 3.02 .204 .298 .259 .557  
4 Years Sim 2 2 .500 45 0 0 0 3 75.7 76 41 7 45 35 4.88 .267 .377 .379 .756 3.7
3 Years AAA 3 3 .500 64 0 0 0 1 104.3 97 48 6 55 60 4.14 .249 .342 .349 .690  
10 Years AA 35 28 .556 454 0 0 0 55 483.6 398 154 21 227 381 2.87 .229 .319 .303 .622  
2 Years A 5 0 1.000 51 0 0 0 1 88.0 45 13 3 38 80 1.33 .154 .252 .216 .467  
15 Years Minors 43 31 .581 569 0 0 0 57 676.0 540 215 30 320 521 2.86 .223 .314 .300 .614  
Season Average 0 0 .000 11 0 0 0 0 18.9 19 10 1 11 8 4.88 .267 .377 .379 .756  
Career Highs 2 2 .500 30 0 0 0 3 49.3 45 23 3 30 18 9.00 .357 .389 .571 .929  
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   37 16 3 30 26   .222 .340 .305 .645
vs LH   39 25 4 15 9   .331 .406 .483 .889
Home 1 1 .500 25 0 0 0 2 44.0 50 26 5 23 21 5.32 .289 .372 .422 .794
Away 1 1 .500 20 0 0 0 1 31.7 26 15 2 22 14 4.26 .232 .358 .313 .671
Mar/Apr 1 1 .500 10 0 0 0 1 17.7 18 7 3 9 7 3.57 .277 .365 .431 .796
May 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 14.0 14 8 1 10 6 5.14 .280 .400 .360 .760
June 1 1 .500 5 0 0 0 0 6.7 4 8 0 4 2 10.81 .190 .320 .190 .510
July 0 0 .000 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 2 0 4 3 4.50 .368 .478 .421 .899
August 0 0 .000 12 0 0 0 2 21.3 21 11 2 13 10 4.64 .250 .351 .393 .743
Sep/Oct 0 0 .000 8 0 0 0 0 12.0 12 5 1 5 7 3.75 .261 .333 .370 .703
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1971 24 WAS NL P 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1974 27 WAS NL P 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1975 28 WAS NL P 30 0 49.3 6 14 0 1 1.000 3.65    
1976 29 WAS NL P 11 0 19.3 0 6 0 1 1.000 2.79    
Career Totals   45 0 75.7 6 20 0 2 1.000 3.09    
Career Highs   30 0 49.3 6 14 0 1 1.000 3.65    
History
Drafted in 5th round, 84th overall pick, by Washington in 1965
Injured on 8/20/1965 with a Pulled Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 3 weeks
Injured on 5/3/1967 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 3/22/1969 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/5/1975
 
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