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Name Team Age
Gordon Betts Retired (1965, Age 38) Died (2009, Age 82)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 9
(1950)		 SS R/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Nomar Garciaparra League 0 15 years (154 games)
Total Rating   Arm Range
73 75 87
Contact vs R Contact vs L Speed
64 76 61
Power vs R Power vs L Bunting
74 80 39
Endurance Velocity Control
55 22 3
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
85 100 100
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
61 0 7/8/1927
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
3 6 9
Alt Pos (2B) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
40 (40.7 %) 0 (0.0 %) 0 (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 
1950 Minors 21.00 1 / 1 2 / 3 2 / 4 3 / 3 2 / 3 1 / 2 3 / 5 14 / 21
1950 Majors 40.37 109 101 0 3 / 5 1 / 2 3 / 7 2 / 6 1 / 7 6 / 8 3 / 5 19 / 40
1951 Majors 63.28 162 150 0 7 / 14 6 / 10 4 / 7 5 / 10 3 / 7 3 / 8 3 / 7 31 / 63
1952 Majors 64.25 162 150 0 2 / 5 4 / 8 4 / 13 3 / 11 1 / 7 2 / 8 4 / 12 20 / 64
1953 Majors 62.84 162 145 0 3 / 7 5 / 12 3 / 12 2 / 7 2 / 4 2 / 9 1 / 11 18 / 62
1954 Majors 49.45 162 92 0 2 / 4 1 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 4 2 / 7 2 / 9 5 / 12 12 / 49
1955 Majors 62.92 162 136 0 2 / 9 1 / 7 0 / 7 0 / 8 2 / 11 0 / 12 0 / 8 5 / 62
1956 Majors 67.32 162 124 0 1 / 10 3 / 18 0 / 4 1 / 8 1 / 10 0 / 9 2 / 8 8 / 67
1957 Majors 64.75 162 150 0 0 / 7 0 / 12 1 / 8 2 / 11 0 / 6 2 / 10 0 / 10 5 / 64
1958 Majors 62.72 155 144 7 2 / 17 0 / 11 0 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 5 1 / 12 0 / 6 3 / 62
1959 Majors 53.15 132 122 30 0 / 7 0 / 12 1 / 6 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 8 1 / 11 2 / 53
1960 Majors 57.06 141 131 21 3 / 13 0 / 6 2 / 12 1 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 9 6 / 57
1961 Majors 65.33 162 150 0 -3 / 7 -5 / 10 -3 / 9 -2 / 13 -8 / 9 -4 / 6 0 / 11 -25 / 65
1962 Majors 63.55 162 149 0 -1 / 13 -2 / 8 -1 / 9 0 / 13 0 / 4 -2 / 11 -1 / 5 -7 / 63
1963 Majors 62.79 162 149 0 -2 / 7 0 / 10 -3 / 8 -4 / 9 -2 / 10 -3 / 7 0 / 11 -14 / 62
1964 Minors 1.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1
1964 Majors 42.64 144 49 0 -1 / 7 0 / 5 -3 / 5 -4 / 6 -7 / 3 -2 / 8 -1 / 8 -18 / 42
1965 Majors 21.32 162 13 0 -4 / 2 -6 / 2 -2 / 2 -1 / 4 -8 / 5 -3 / 1 -3 / 5 -27 / 21
Total 2463 1955 58 15 / 135 10 / 143 8 / 125 8 / 131 -11 / 108 5 / 132 17 / 144 52 / 918
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1965-11-01Gordon Betts has retired from the Baltimore Birds
1965-03-25The Baltimore Birds have promoted Gordon Betts to the major league team.
1964-10-23The Washington Nationals have acquired Gordon Betts from the waiver wire.
1964-09-30The Florida Kings have waived Gordon Betts.
1964-09-12The Florida Kings have promoted Mark Reagan to the major league team. The Florida Kings have designated Gordon Betts for assignment.
1960-05-09Gordon Betts of the Florida Kings is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1959-06-29Gordon Betts of the Florida Kings is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
1958-06-25Gordon Betts of the Florida Kings is injured and is expected to be out 8 days.
1956-10-05Gordon Betts of the Florida Kings is injured and is expected to be out 23 days.
1953-09-05The Florida Northmen have removed Gordon Betts from the trade block.
1953-06-17The Florida Northmen have placed Gordon Betts on the trade block.
1950-08-17The Arizona Broncos have promoted Gordon Betts to the major league team.
1950-06-17The Arizona Broncos have promoted Bill Kile to the major league team. The Arizona Broncos have promoted Eric Reed to the major league team. The Arizona Broncos have promoted Monty McCarthy to the major league team. The Arizona Broncos have sent Dal Bosetti to the minors. The Arizona Broncos have sent Gordon Betts to the minors. The Arizona Broncos have sent John Mahoney to the minors.