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Jim
Beattie		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6''
Weight: 225
 
Born: July 4, 1954 in Usa, VA, HAMPTON
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1978 23 IND AL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7
1979 24 IND AL $ 300,000 7 5 6 5 6 7 6 9 9 9
1980 25 IND AL $ 300,000 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 9 9 9
1981 26 IND AL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 9 9 9
1982 27 IND AL $ 300,000 7 5 5 5 6 7 7 9 9 9
1983 28 IND AL $ 2,928,571 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1984 29 IND AL $ 4,064,286 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1985 30 IND AL $ 4,642,857 7 5 6 5 6 7 7 8 8 8
1986 31 IND AL $ 3,500,000 6 5 6 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1987 32 IND AL $ 3,500,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 9 9 9
1988 33 BSN NL $ 3,500,000 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 8 8 8
1989 34 BSN NL $ 3,500,000 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 7 7
1990 35 CLE AL $ 2,880,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,642,857 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
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
1978 23 IND AL 1 3 .250 6 6 0 0 0 37.0 52 28 1 10 7 6.81 .331 .379 .408 .787 0.0
    AAA   14 12 .538 30 30 5 1 0 212.3 189 62 6 69 140 2.63 .237 .298 .313 .611  
1979 24 IND AL 12 14 .462 34 34 4 2 0 244.0 261 111 10 106 100 4.09 .280 .352 .374 .726 16.7
1980 25 IND AL 12 5 .706 25 25 3 3 0 191.7 150 54 8 66 74 2.54 .215 .285 .302 .587 17.9
1981 26 IND AL 8 5 .615 22 22 2 0 0 163.3 159 55 7 55 88 3.03 .255 .317 .348 .665 12.3
    AAA   6 1 .857 7 7 2 1 0 52.7 43 13 3 8 44 2.22 .222 .252 .309 .562  
1982 27 IND AL 13 12 .520 34 34 2 1 0 232.7 248 101 6 83 107 3.91 .273 .334 .360 .694 11.7
1983 28 IND AL 13 9 .591 27 27 3 1 0 198.0 189 80 4 71 100 3.64 .253 .317 .332 .649 12.9
1984 29 IND AL 11 6 .647 21 21 2 1 0 143.7 127 51 5 46 75 3.20 .234 .295 .306 .601 10.5
1985 30 IND AL 10 10 .500 29 29 2 0 0 215.0 225 93 14 58 126 3.89 .269 .317 .376 .693 10.7
1986 31 IND AL 13 10 .565 32 32 5 1 0 226.0 205 104 20 80 106 4.14 .241 .307 .373 .680 13.0
1987 32 IND AL 13 10 .565 32 32 1 1 0 191.0 184 83 8 80 117 3.91 .257 .332 .346 .678 14.0
1988 33 BSN NL 9 16 .360 32 32 1 1 0 197.7 186 86 10 76 104 3.92 .252 .320 .383 .703 10.2
1989 34 BSN NL 8 6 .571 21 21 1 1 0 131.0 124 61 12 58 82 4.19 .252 .327 .396 .723 6.4
1990 35 CLE AL 5 5 .500 29 4 0 0 1 69.0 89 42 5 28 43 5.48 .314 .370 .477 .847 1.4
13 Years Sim 128 111 .536 344 319 26 12 1 2240.0 2199 949 110 817 1129 3.81 .258 .323 .361 .683 137.6
2 Years AAA 20 13 .606 37 37 7 2 0 265.0 232 75 9 77 184 2.55 .234 .289 .313 .602  
Season Average 9 8 .529 26 24 2 0 0 172.3 169 73 8 62 86 3.81 .258 .323 .361 .683  
Career Highs 13 16 .706 34 34 5 3 1 244.0 261 111 20 106 126 6.81 .331 .379 .477 .847  
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   1009 467 68 325 582   .254 .310 .365 .675
vs LH   1190 482 42 492 547   .262 .334 .357 .691
Home 59 56 .513 172 157 13 5 1 1121.3 1094 469 57 403 567 3.76 .258 .322 .359 .681
Away 69 55 .556 172 162 13 7 1 1118.6 1105 480 53 414 562 3.86 .258 .323 .363 .686
Mar/Apr 17 17 .500 48 48 4 3 0 317.6 302 138 14 118 159 3.91 .253 .320 .345 .665
May 21 22 .488 70 61 7 2 0 430.6 445 199 15 174 214 4.16 .268 .337 .363 .700
June 24 20 .545 62 55 6 2 0 404.6 391 159 14 153 189 3.54 .258 .327 .362 .688
July 25 19 .568 60 53 4 3 1 378.3 372 155 19 141 203 3.69 .258 .324 .362 .686
August 19 19 .500 54 52 4 2 0 368.3 350 138 21 123 193 3.37 .248 .309 .346 .655
Sep/Oct 22 14 .611 50 50 2 0 0 340.3 339 160 27 108 171 4.23 .260 .317 .385 .702
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1978 23 IND AL P 6 6 37.0 2 11 1 1 .929 3.16    
1979 24 IND AL P 34 34 244.0 10 34 1 6 .978 1.62    
1980 25 IND AL P 25 25 191.7 16 21 2 3 .949 1.74    
1981 26 IND AL P 22 22 163.3 9 24 2 2 .943 1.82    
1982 27 IND AL P 34 34 232.7 15 34 3 2 .942 1.90    
1983 28 IND AL P 27 27 198.0 14 30 0 2 1.000 2.00    
1984 29 IND AL P 21 21 143.7 8 19 2 3 .931 1.69    
1985 30 IND AL P 29 29 215.0 6 33 0 1 1.000 1.63    
1986 31 IND AL P 32 32 226.0 14 30 0 1 1.000 1.75    
1987 32 IND AL P 32 32 191.0 7 24 2 1 .939 1.46    
1988 33 BSN NL P 32 32 197.7 15 31 1 2 .979 2.09    
1989 34 BSN NL P 21 21 131.0 11 26 0 1 1.000 2.54    
1990 35 CLE AL P 29 4 69.0 3 8 1 0 .917 1.43    
Career Totals   344 319 2240.0 130 325 15 25 .968 1.83    
Career Highs   34 34 244.0 16 34 3 6 1.000 3.16    
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
1981 26 IND AL 1 1 .500 5 0 0 0 1 9.7 10 3 0 1 4 2.80 .256 .275 .308 .583
1982 27 IND AL 0 0 .000 5 0 0 0 0 6.7 3 2 0 4 3 2.70 .143 .280 .190 .470
1983 28 IND AL 3 0 1.000 5 5 1 0 0 33.3 37 14 5 7 18 3.78 .280 .317 .417 .733
Career Post-Season Pitching 4 1 .800 15 5 1 0 1 49.7 50 19 5 12 25 3.44 .260 .304 .370 .674
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1980-1-2.54
1981-8-3.03
 Losses
1988-6-16
 Winning Pct
1980-6-.706
1984-8-.647
 Games Started
1979-9-34
1982-9-34
 Shutouts
1979-9-2
1980-3-3
1987-5-1
1988-9-1
 Hits Allowed
1979-5-261
Walks Allowed
1979-4-106
 Hits per 9IP
1980-1-7.0
 WHiP
1980-4-1.13
 OAVG
1980-1-.215
 OOBP
1980-4-.285
 OSLG
1980-2-.302
1983-6-.332
1987-8-.346
OOPS
1980-2-.587
1983-9-.649
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 6    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 22    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
 
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  4. Bill Gogolewski (954)
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  6. Bob Apodaca (945)
  7. Dennis Leonard (942)
  8. Jay Howell (942)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Indianapolis in 1978
Earned first career win on 9/13/1978
Injured on 5/18/1980 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 5 weeks
2/2/1983: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,928,571 through salary arbitration
2/2/1984: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,064,286 through salary arbitration
Injured on 7/26/1984 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for full season
2/2/1985: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,642,857 through salary arbitration
7/31/1985: Signed a contract extension with Indianapolis, $3,500,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/9/1985 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 6-7 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 7/29/1987, winning 2 games with a 1.10 ERA
Traded from Indianapolis to Boston (N) on 3/4/1988 (Going to BSN: P Jim Beattie. Going to IND: P Rich Thompson)
Injured on 3/28/1989 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 6 weeks
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/21/1990 to a 2-year deal worth $2,880,000 per year
Injured on 3/15/1990 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
 
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