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Name	Team	Age
Art Etten	Retired (1983, Age 37)	Died (2024, Age 78)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 2 (1969)	SS	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Rickey Henderson League	0	15 years (74 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A-	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B	C+
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
A-	A-	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	D-	C-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
D+	B+	B+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	9/19/1946
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
5	7	13
Alt Pos (SS)	Alt Pos (3B)	Alt Pos (---)
B+ (73.0 %)	B- (56.1 %)	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

1969

Majors

70.03

5 / 9

3 / 7

6 / 15

5 / 13

11 / 14

3 / 7

2 / 5

35 / 70

1970

Majors

64.92

4 / 6

1 / 8

3 / 8

1 / 7

9 / 14

7 / 11

7 / 10

32 / 64

1971

Majors

56.61

2 / 12

1 / 2

0 / 7

1 / 5

6 / 9

4 / 9

5 / 12

19 / 56

1972

Majors

61.47

2 / 7

1 / 4

1 / 11

1 / 11

4 / 9

3 / 11

1 / 8

13 / 61

1973

Majors

61.28

1 / 4

1 / 7

1 / 11

1 / 10

4 / 10

2 / 9

3 / 10

13 / 61

1974

Majors

66.23

1 / 12

2 / 12

1 / 9

0 / 6

1 / 6

1 / 6

1 / 15

7 / 66

1975

Majors

64.39

162

148

0

0 / 7

0 / 16

0 / 10

0 / 9

0 / 7

0 / 7

1 / 8

1 / 64

1976

Majors

62.49

160

146

2

1 / 6

1 / 11

0 / 10

0 / 8

0 / 6

1 / 9

0 / 12

3 / 62

1977

Majors

69.03

162

136

0

0 / 14

0 / 13

0 / 5

0 / 10

0 / 12

0 / 8

0 / 7

0 / 69

1978

Majors

63.29

162

135

0

0 / 8

0 / 8

0 / 14

0 / 7

0 / 11

0 / 8

1 / 7

1 / 63

1979

Majors

53.79

134

118

28

0 / 7

0 / 8

0 / 3

0 / 9

0 / 4

0 / 9

1 / 13

1 / 53

1980

Majors

64.68

162

146

0

-2 / 6

-3 / 6

-2 / 9

-2 / 10

-10 / 14

-3 / 10

-3 / 9

-25 / 64

1981

Majors

63.74

162

148

0

-4 / 9

-3 / 9

0 / 12

-1 / 3

-7 / 13

-1 / 12

0 / 5

-16 / 63

1982

Majors

57.07

162

100

0

-3 / 9

-4 / 11

-4 / 2

-1 / 7

-6 / 8

-3 / 7

-4 / 13

-25 / 57

1983

Majors

29.85

155

28

7

-4 / 4

-6 / 2

-4 / 6

-6 / 2

-2 / 7

-1 / 3

-2 / 5

-25 / 29

Total

1421

1105

37

3 / 120

-6 / 124

2 / 132

-1 / 117

10 / 144

13 / 126

13 / 139

34 / 902

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1983-11-01	Art Etten has retired from the Chicago Black Sox
1983-05-03	Art Etten of the Chicago Black Sox is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1981-04-04	A trade has been completed between the Chicago Black Sox and the New York Citylovers. The New York Citylovers receive Draft Pick 1983 Round 2 CHA (Vin Jones), Draft Pick 1982 Round 2 CHA (Matt Crocker) from the Chicago Black Sox in exchange for Art Etten, Mike Byers.
1979-08-16	Art Etten of the New York Rocks is injured and is expected to be out 32 days.
1976-09-29	Art Etten of the New York Rocks is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1973-04-13	Art Etten of the New York Mobstaz is injured and is expected to be out 14 days.
1970-09-24	Art Etten of the New York Mobstaz is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1969-04-01	The New York Mobstaz have promoted Steve Choate to the major league team. The New York Mobstaz have promoted Virgil Karsay to the major league team. The New York Mobstaz have promoted Art Etten to the major league team.