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Amos Otis League
5-8-2139
Rusty Botting Right Field
Retired (1985, Age 37)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .291 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .810 Status Deceased (2036) Option Years 0  
H 2487 Age at Death 88 Date of Birth 05-12-1948
HR 231 Drafted Round 1, Pick 10
(1966)		 Majors Svc Time 15 years
(95 games)
RBI 1145
SB 300
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R A  Contact vs. L A  Endurance B-   Ldrship D+
Power vs. R B- Power vs. L B  Velocity D-   Mentor vR B+
Speed B  Bunt D  Control F    Mentor vL B+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range A- WS Rings 2
1B --- LF F  (0.5%) Arm B  WS Appearances 3
2B --- CF C  (39.9%)   Health A- LCS Appearances 9
3B --- RF A+ (100%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 6
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP +/- RF   FPCT GG
1969 CF NYN 36 36 317.0 85 85 0 0 0 -2 2.41 1.000
LF NYN 17 7 75.0 25 25 0 0 0 +1 3.00 1.000
RF NYN 7 7 61.0 10 10 0 0 0 0 1.48 1.000
1B NYN 3 3 27.0 30 30 0 0 2 0 10.00 1.000
1970 LF NYN 7 2 25.0 7 6 0 1 0 0 2.16 .857
CF NYN 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
1971 CF NYN 6 6 49.1 14 14 0 0 0 -1 2.55 1.000
3B NYN 2 2 17.0 4 3 0 1 0 -1 1.59 .750
1B NYN 2 2 16.0 22 22 0 0 3 0 12.38 1.000
LF NYN 3 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.82 1.000
1972 RF NYN-WAS 69 69 615.1 125 121 0 4 0 +2 1.77 .968
LF NYN-WAS 58 51 476.1 127 126 0 1 0 0 2.38 .992
1B NYN-WAS 3 3 27.0 34 33 1 0 3 -2 11.33 1.000
CF NYN-WAS 3 3 25.0 8 8 0 0 0 -1 2.88 1.000
1973 RF WAS 157 157 1402.1 300 292 1 7 0 +5 1.88 .977
1974 RF WAS 157 157 1397.2 304 296 3 5 0 0 1.93 .984
1975 RF WAS 157 157 1439.1 325 322 1 2 0 +3 2.02 .994
1976 RF WAS 157 157 1414.1 308 301 2 5 0 -2 1.93 .984
1977 RF WAS 151 151 1369.1 279 275 2 2 2 +7 1.82 .993
1978 CF WAS-CLE 103 103 913.2 276 270 1 5 1 +2 2.67 .982
RF WAS-CLE 43 39 350.0 85 84 0 1 0 +1 2.16 .988
1979 CF CLE-CIN 91 86 751.0 238 235 1 2 1 -2 2.83 .992
1B CLE-CIN 26 26 230.0 255 247 7 1 24 0 9.94 .996
RF CLE-CIN 3 3 26.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 1.73 1.000
1980 1B CIN 137 137 1244.1 1350 1302 43 5 88 +1 9.73 .996
CF CIN 17 17 144.0 39 39 0 0 0 -1 2.44 1.000
1981 1B CIN 156 156 1400.1 1614 1563 45 6 116 +19 10.33 .996
1982 1B CIN-WAS 101 101 889.1 995 955 39 1 73 +8 10.06 .999
CF CIN-WAS 47 47 409.0 105 102 0 3 0 -1 2.24 .971
1983 1B WAS 76 76 690.1 762 736 26 0 56 +8 9.93 1.000
CF WAS 73 73 646.2 168 168 0 0 0 +1 2.34 1.000
1984 1B WAS 81 81 706.1 764 743 19 2 52 +6 9.71 .997
CF WAS 61 61 540.1 151 148 0 3 0 -2 2.47 .980
RF WAS 2 2 17.0 8 8 0 0 0 0 4.24 1.000
1985 1B WAS 69 68 612.0 707 678 27 2 44 +4 10.37 .997
CF WAS 26 26 217.1 41 41 0 0 0 -1 1.70 1.000
LF WAS 3 3 28.2 6 6 0 0 0 -1 1.88 1.000
3B WAS 1 1 8.0 3 1 1 1 0 0 2.25 .667
Pos Total RF 903 899 8092.1 1749 1714 9 26 2 +16 1.92 .985
1B 654 653 5842.2 6533 6309 207 17 461 +44 10.04 .997
CF 464 459 4021.1 1127 1112 2 13 2 -8 2.49 .988
LF 88 64 616.0 166 164 0 2 0 0 2.40 .988
3B 3 3 25.0 7 4 1 2 0 -1 1.80 .714
Total 2112 2078 18597.1 9582 9303 219 60 465 +51 4.61 .994
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1985-11-01Rusty Botting has retired from the Washington Brewers
1983-09-11Rusty Botting of the Washington Brewers is injured and is expected to be out 7 days.
1982-06-25A trade has been completed between the Washington Brewers and the Cincinnati Steamboats. The Cincinnati Steamboats receive Mike Grant, Draft Pick - 1983 Round 3 (WAS) from the Washington Brewers in exchange for Rusty Botting.
1980-03-01The Cincinnati Steamboats have renamed Lefty Botting to Rusty Botting.
1979-07-10A trade has been completed between the Cincinnati Steamboats and the Cleveland INDIANS. The Cleveland INDIANS receive Draft Pick - 1980 Round 1 (CIN) from the Cincinnati Steamboats in exchange for Lefty Botting.
1978-06-03A trade has been completed between the Cleveland INDIANS and the Washington Brewers. The Washington Brewers receive Ruben Cherilla from the Cleveland INDIANS in exchange for Lefty Botting, Draft Pick - 1979 Round 2 (WAS).
1973-04-01The Washington Senators have renamed Ted Williams,Jr to Lefty Botting.
1972-06-02Ted Williams,Jr of the Washington Senators is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1972-05-05A trade has been completed between the Washington Senators and the New York Hurricanes. The New York Hurricanes receive C.B. Perez, George Jumonville from the Washington Senators in exchange for Ted Williams,Jr, Clete Boyer.
1971-08-30The New York Hurricanes have promoted Ted Williams,Jr to the major league team. The New York Hurricanes have sent Al Oliver to the minors.
1970-04-22The New York Hurricanes have promoted Don Mattingly to the major league team. The New York Hurricanes have sent Ted Williams,Jr to the minors.
1969-04-11The New York Hurricanes have promoted Paul Blair to the major league team. The New York Hurricanes have promoted Ted Williams,Jr to the major league team. The New York Hurricanes have designated Vaughn Lang for assignment. The New York Hurricanes have designated Tim Raines for assignment.
1966-04-11The New York Hurricanes have renamed Ted Williams to Ted Williams,Jr.
1966-04-01The New York Hurricanes have renamed Lefty Botting to Ted Williams.