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Name	Team	Age
John Bechtel	Oakland Athletics	27
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 2, Pick 29 (1976)	SS	R/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Wilbur Wood League	2	0 years (88 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B+	B-	A+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B+	A	B
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B+	D
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
Unknown	---	---
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
F	0	3/4/1953
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	1
Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (---)
A  (88.1 %)	F  (0.4 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1976

Minors

58.00

4 / 14

0 / 3

0 / 5

1 / 8

3 / 12

1 / 9

1 / 7

10 / 58

1977

Minors

54.00

3 / 7

4 / 6

5 / 10

2 / 7

10 / 12

3 / 10

1 / 2

28 / 54

1978

Minors

52.00

2 / 6

2 / 8

0 / 3

1 / 7

5 / 11

1 / 6

4 / 11

15 / 52

1979

Minors

29.00

0 / 2

2 / 6

1 / 6

1 / 4

2 / 3

2 / 2

2 / 6

10 / 29

1979

Majors

15.25

88

2

0

1 / 2

0 / 0

3 / 4

1 / 3

0 / 2

1 / 3

1 / 1

7 / 15

1979

Pos (3B)

43.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

20 / 43

1979

Pos (SS)

9.00

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

0 / 0

2 / 9

Total

88

2

0

10 / 31

8 / 23

9 / 28

6 / 29

20 / 40

8 / 30

9 / 27

92 / 260

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1979-06-23	The Oakland Athletics have promoted John Bechtel to the major league team. The Oakland Athletics have designated Bill Dade for assignment.
1979-04-01	The Oakland Athletics have renamed John Gray to John Bechtel.
1979-04-01	The Oakland Athletics have removed John Gray from the trade block.
1978-06-29	The Oakland Athletics have placed John Gray on the trade block.