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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-
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
C+ C+ D-
Endurance Velocity Control
B-
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
B-
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
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 %)

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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 
1972 Minors 62.00 2 / 3 13 / 14 8 / 12 3 / 3 4 / 11 7 / 12 2 / 7 39 / 62
1973 Minors 63.00 3 / 5 5 / 9 4 / 10 4 / 10 4 / 10 8 / 11 5 / 8 33 / 63
1974 Minors 64.00 5 / 12 9 / 11 4 / 7 1 / 9 4 / 8 3 / 7 6 / 10 32 / 64
1975 Minors 60.00 7 / 9 9 / 13 4 / 8 4 / 7 0 / 6 1 / 4 7 / 13 32 / 60
1976 Minors 41.00 5 / 11 1 / 6 1 / 7 1 / 4 0 / 3 1 / 3 0 / 7 9 / 41
1976 Majors 26.66 63 58 0 1 / 4 2 / 3 0 / 1 2 / 5 1 / 6 0 / 4 1 / 3 7 / 26
1977 Majors 67.36 162 149 0 2 / 9 2 / 6 1 / 12 1 / 15 1 / 6 1 / 9 3 / 10 11 / 67
1978 Majors 65.57 162 149 0 2 / 10 1 / 5 1 / 9 0 / 6 1 / 10 3 / 11 2 / 14 10 / 65
1979 Majors 66.61 162 149 0 2 / 10 0 / 4 3 / 9 1 / 8 2 / 11 0 / 11 3 / 13 11 / 66
1980 Majors 65.33 162 149 0 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 12 0 / 12 0 / 4 0 / 14 0 / 65
1981 Majors 38.00 158 48 2 0 / 7 0 / 0 0 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 7 0 / 5 1 / 7 2 / 38
1982 Majors 26.96 162 13 0 0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 1 0 / 5 0 / 3 1 / 26
1983 Majors 30.40 162 22 0 0 / 3 0 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 4 1 / 2 1 / 30
1984 Majors 28.72 162 16 0 0 / 5 0 / 0 0 / 3 0 / 2 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 6 0 / 28
1985 Majors 25.50 162 17 0 -2 / 4 -4 / 3 -5 / 5 -4 / 4 -5 / 2 -1 / 2 0 / 5 -21 / 25
1986 Minors 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 2
1986 Majors 24.04 116 29 0 -5 / 3 -3 / 7 -4 / 5 -3 / 3 -8 / 0 -1 / 2 0 / 4 -24 / 24
Total 1633 799 2 22 / 109 35 / 99 18 / 106 10 / 105 5 / 106 22 / 100 31 / 127 143 / 752
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.