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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1966 Minors 18 50.00 6 / 7 3 / 3 7 / 9 4 / 6 4 / 10 5 / 5 10 / 10 39 / 50
1967 Minors 19 60.00 8 / 8 4 / 6 7 / 9 9 / 11 2 / 5 9 / 9 12 / 12 51 / 60
1968 Minors 20 52.00 6 / 6 7 / 8 3 / 5 2 / 12 2 / 6 6 / 8 6 / 7 32 / 52
1969 Minors 21 4.00 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 2 / 4
1969 Majors 21 30.02 0 / 4 2 / 6 1 / 5 0 / 4 2 / 5 1 / 3 1 / 3 7 / 30
1970 Minors 22 54.00 2 / 4 4 / 8 3 / 7 1 / 6 4 / 10 4 / 8 7 / 11 25 / 54
1970 Majors 22 2.58 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 2
1971 Minors 23 53.00 2 / 5 4 / 10 4 / 9 2 / 4 1 / 8 5 / 10 4 / 7 22 / 53
1971 Majors 23 6.08 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 0 1 / 2 0 / 0 1 / 6
1972 Majors 24 52.40 3 / 4 2 / 4 4 / 12 3 / 6 1 / 7 5 / 7 6 / 12 24 / 52
1973 Majors 25 67.87 1 / 4 3 / 13 2 / 6 3 / 11 3 / 16 3 / 9 4 / 8 19 / 67
1974 Majors 26 65.88 5 / 10 1 / 9 1 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 13 1 / 8 3 / 11 12 / 65
1975 Majors 27 74.33 1 / 9 4 / 10 0 / 11 1 / 14 1 / 10 2 / 10 4 / 10 13 / 74
1976 Majors 28 72.89 4 / 14 2 / 10 0 / 11 1 / 11 0 / 6 1 / 9 1 / 11 9 / 72
1977 Majors 29 70.00 1 / 16 2 / 12 0 / 4 0 / 5 1 / 15 0 / 10 0 / 8 4 / 70
1978 Majors 30 69.77 162 142 0 0 / 8 1 / 11 0 / 5 0 / 7 0 / 11 2 / 17 0 / 10 3 / 69
1979 Majors 31 58.45 162 115 0 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 58
1980 Majors 32 65.00 162 154 0 0 / 15 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 4 0 / 6 1 / 9 0 / 14 1 / 65
1981 Majors 33 64.68 162 156 0 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 10 1 / 11 0 / 9 0 / 3 0 / 14 1 / 64
1982 Majors 34 61.78 162 148 0 -1 / 9 -5 / 9 -2 / 10 -4 / 3 -4 / 7 -4 / 11 -1 / 12 -21 / 61
1983 Majors 35 60.86 156 149 6 -3 / 10 -6 / 13 0 / 7 -6 / 7 -9 / 7 -3 / 9 1 / 7 -26 / 60
1984 Majors 36 59.56 162 144 0 2 / 7 -6 / 6 -3 / 11 -5 / 10 -7 / 10 -1 / 8 -1 / 7 -21 / 59
1985 Majors 37 50.54 162 98 0 -1 / 9 -2 / 9 -3 / 9 -2 / 5 -8 / 7 -2 / 3 -1 / 8 -19 / 50
Total 1290 1106 6 36 / 165 20 / 172 24 / 163 12 / 161 -7 / 183 37 / 166 56 / 187 178 / 1197
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.