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Name Team Age
David Bethea Retired (1986, Age 35) 58
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 3, Pick 43
(1972)		 SS R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Rollie Fingers League 0 10 years (15 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
B+ A- B+
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
A- A  A-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ C+ D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B- D  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
D  B- B 
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
B  0 8/23/1951
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 1 1
Alt Pos (3B) Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (1B)
A+ (98.8 %) A+ (98.6 %) B+ (71.5 %)

Stats  |   Splits  |   Playoffs  |   Positions  |   Improvements  |   Past Skills  |   Awards   |  Fielding   |  Game Log
Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT
1976 SS STL 58 58 513.66 269 104 156 9 26 0 4.56 .967
1977 SS STL 149 149 1275.66 642 231 398 13 73 -3 4.44 .980
1978 SS STL 149 149 1311.33 664 194 452 18 69 -12 4.43 .973
1979 SS STL 149 149 1314.66 637 207 411 19 75 +2 4.23 .970
1980 SS STL 149 149 1311.66 661 201 440 20 79 +5 4.40 .970
1981 C STL 2 0 5.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 7.20 1.000
1B STL 35 35 302.66 323 313 9 1 15 -6 9.58 .997
2B STL 1 1 9.0 5 0 5 0 0 0 5.00 1.000
3B STL 4 0 5.0 2 0 2 0 0 +1 3.60 1.000
SS STL 19 8 91.0 65 18 45 2 7 -2 6.23 .969
LF STL 2 0 2.33 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.73 1.000
CF STL 2 2 18.0 4 3 0 1 0 0 1.50 .750
RF STL 2 2 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 0 2.50 1.000
1982 C STL 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 0.00 NaN
1B STL 1 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 9.00 1.000
2B STL 4 0 5.0 5 1 3 1 1 0 7.20 .800
3B STL 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
SS STL 10 10 91.0 43 15 27 1 4 0 4.15 .977
CF STL 2 2 19.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 5.21 1.000
RF STL 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 0.00 NaN
1983 1B STL 2 0 3.0 6 6 0 0 0 0 18.00 1.000
2B STL 5 3 28.0 20 8 12 0 4 +1 6.43 1.000
3B STL 7 6 54.0 16 5 9 2 1 -3 2.33 .875
SS STL 9 9 79.0 39 14 24 1 7 0 4.33 .974
CF STL 2 2 18.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
RF STL 2 2 17.0 6 5 0 1 0 -1 2.65 .833
1984 C STL 3 0 6.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 4.50 1.000
1B STL 6 0 9.0 11 10 1 0 2 +1 11.00 1.000
2B STL 3 1 10.33 7 4 3 0 0 0 6.10 1.000
3B STL 10 7 67.66 14 2 12 0 0 -2 1.86 1.000
SS STL 9 6 55.0 25 7 17 1 4 -1 3.93 .960
CF STL 1 1 9.0 4 4 0 0 0 0 4.00 1.000
RF STL 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
1985 C STL 3 0 3.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 0 6.00 1.000
3B STL 2 2 18.0 4 0 4 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
SS STL 18 15 138.0 60 21 38 1 7 0 3.85 .983
1986 2B STL-NYA 6 6 50.66 39 17 22 0 5 +2 6.93 1.000
3B STL-NYA 13 13 112.0 38 5 33 0 2 +2 3.05 1.000
SS STL-NYA 19 10 102.0 57 19 37 1 5 +3 4.94 .982
Pos Total C 9 0 15.0 9 9 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 0 5.40 1.000
1B 44 35 317.66 343 332 10 1 17 -5 9.69 .997
2B 19 11 102.99 76 30 45 1 10 +3 6.55 .987
3B 40 28 260.66 74 12 60 2 3 -2 2.49 .973
SS 738 712 6282.97 3162 1031 2045 86 356 -8 4.41 .973
LF 2 0 2.33 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.73 1.000
CF 7 7 64.0 23 22 0 1 0 0 3.09 .957
RF 6 6 53.0 13 12 0 1 0 -2 2.04 .923
Total 865 799 7098.61 3702 1450 2160 92 386 0 2 0 0.0% -14 4.58 .975
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1986-11-01David Bethea has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1986-09-17The New York KNICKS have waived David Bethea.
1986-08-21The New York KNICKS have promoted Vicente Plank to the major league team. The New York KNICKS have promoted Dan Cobb to the major league team. The New York KNICKS have promoted Harry Larkin to the major league team. The New York KNICKS have sent Roy Nunez to the minors. The New York KNICKS have designated David Bethea for assignment. The New York KNICKS have designated Frank Minshall for assignment.
1986-07-02The New York KNICKS have acquired David Bethea from the waiver wire.
1986-06-21The St. Louis Force have designated David Bethea for assignment.
1981-06-25David Bethea of the St. Louis Force is injured and is expected to be out 2 days.
1976-07-23The St. Louis Force have promoted David Bethea to the major league team.