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Mordecai Brown League 10-13-2263 |
| Don Botting |  CatcherRetired (1967, Age 36) |
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CAREER | BIOGRAPHICAL DATA | ||||
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| AVG | .252 | Total Rating |
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Bats/Throws | L/R | |
| OPS | .661 | Status | Deceased (1995) | Option Years | 0
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| H | 233 | Age at Death | 64 | Date of Birth | 05-12-1931 | |
| HR | 11 | Drafted | Round 2, Pick 32 (1952) |
Majors Svc Time | 11 years (68 games) |
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| RBI | 98 | |||||
| SB | 4 | |||||
| OFFENSE | PITCHING | MENTORING | |||||||
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| Contact vs. R | Contact vs. L | Endurance |
Ldrship |
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| Power vs. R | Power vs. L | Velocity |
Mentor vR |
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| Speed | Bunt | Control |
Mentor vL |
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| POSITIONS | DEFENSE/HEALTH | POSTSEASON | |||||||
| C * | (100%) | SS | --- | Range | WS Rings | 1 | |||
| 1B | --- | LF | --- | Arm | WS Appearances | 1 | |||
| 2B | --- | CF | --- |
Health |
LCS Appearances | 3 | |||
| 3B | --- | RF | --- |
Injured Days |
0 | All Star Teams | 0 | ||
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.
| Year | Type | OS Age | Chances
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Active | GS | Injured | Contact vs R | Power vs R | Contact vs L | Power vs L | Speed | Arm | Range | Total |
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| 1952 | Minors | 21 | 17.00 | 0 / 0 | 3 / 3 | 3 / 4 | 1 / 1 | 5 / 5 | 3 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 16 / 17 | |||
| 1953 | Minors | 22 | 10.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 4 / 4 | 1 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 7 / 10 | |||
| 1954 | Minors | 23 | 5.00 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 3 / 5 | |||
| 1954 | Majors | 23 | 5.22 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 5 | |||
| 1955 | Minors | 24 | 7.00 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 4 / 7 | |||
| 1955 | Majors | 24 | 11.86 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 2 / 2 | 1 / 2 | 2 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 3 / 3 | 9 / 11 | |||
| 1956 | Majors | 25 | 8.25 | 2 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 6 / 8 | |||
| 1957 | Majors | 26 | 7.18 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 3 / 7 | |||
| 1958 | Majors | 27 | 18.94 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 2 | 0 / 4 | 0 / 0 | 2 / 4 | 1 / 4 | 5 / 18 | |||
| 1959 | Majors | 28 | 6.08 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 1 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 2 / 6 | |||
| 1960 | Majors | 29 | 1.80 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | |||
| 1961 | Minors | 30 | 1.00 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | |||
| 1961 | Majors | 30 | 1.60 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | |||
| 1962 | Majors | 31 | 0.40 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | |||
| 1963 | Majors | 32 | 11.20 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 11 | |||
| 1964 | Majors | 33 | 10.60 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 3 | 1 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 1 / 10 | |||
| 1965 | Majors | 34 | 10.10 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 3 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 10 | |||
| 1966 | Majors | 35 | 9.50 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 2 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 9 | |||
| 1967 | Minors | 36 | 4.00 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 0 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 1 | 0 / 4 | |||
| Total | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 / 20 | 5 / 14 | 10 / 22 | 3 / 14 | 17 / 28 | 12 / 27 | 7 / 16 | 59 / 141 |
| Date | Transaction |
| 1967-11-01 | Don Botting has retired from the Cleveland Next Years |
| 1967-04-10 | The Cleveland Next Years have designated Don Botting for assignment. |
| 1963-04-15 | The Cleveland Next Years have acquired Don Botting from the waiver wire. |
| 1963-04-04 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Jose Law to the major league team. The Brooklyn SkyHawks have designated Don Botting for assignment. |
| 1962-04-08 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have re-claimed Don Botting from the waiver wire. |
| 1962-03-31 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Harry Steengrafe to the major league team. The Brooklyn SkyHawks have designated Don Botting for assignment. |
| 1961-09-05 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have re-claimed Don Botting from the waiver wire. |
| 1961-09-02 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have designated Don Botting for assignment. |
| 1961-08-05 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Sibby Morrison to the major league team. The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Don Botting to the major league team. |
| 1961-07-08 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have designated Don Botting for assignment. |
| 1955-09-17 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Don Botting to the major league team. |
| 1955-08-10 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Gil McDougald to the major league team. The Brooklyn SkyHawks have sent Don Botting to the minors. |
| 1955-07-13 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Don Botting to the major league team. |
| 1955-06-28 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have sent Don Botting to the minors. |
| 1955-06-10 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Don Botting to the major league team. |
| 1955-04-25 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Jeff McClain to the major league team. The Brooklyn SkyHawks have sent Don Botting to the minors. |
| 1955-04-25 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Don Botting to the major league team. |
| 1954-07-23 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have sent Don Botting to the minors. |
| 1954-07-01 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Don Botting to the major league team. |
| 1954-05-25 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have sent Don Botting to the minors. |
| 1954-04-08 | The Brooklyn SkyHawks have promoted Don Botting to the major league team. |