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Name	Team	Age
Bots Nichting	Retired (1982, Age 34)	Died (2030, Age 82)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Undrafted (1971)	RP	L/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Jim Edmonds League	0	3 years (3 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	A-	C-
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
F	D-	D
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
D-	F	C+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
D+	C	A
Leadership	Mentor Value
F	D+
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B	0	5/13/1948
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	0	0
Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)	Alt Pos (---)
F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)	F  (0.0 %)

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Year	Type	Chances	Endurance	Velocity	Control	Total
1971	Majors	24.00	0 / 0	2 / 7	8 / 17	10 / 24
1972	Majors	22.00	0 / 0	0 / 8	7 / 14	7 / 22
1973	Majors	19.00	0 / 0	2 / 8	7 / 11	9 / 19
1974	Minors	47.00	1 / 3	2 / 18	2 / 26	5 / 47
1975	Minors	38.00	1 / 3	5 / 20	3 / 15	9 / 38
1976	Minors	59.00	0 / 5	1 / 30	3 / 24	4 / 59
1977	Minors	58.00	0 / 3	1 / 21	5 / 34	6 / 58
1978	Minors	6.00	0 / 0	0 / 4	0 / 2	0 / 6
1978	Majors	30.31	0 / 1	2 / 14	1 / 15	3 / 30
1979	Majors	39.18	0 / 8	1 / 11	0 / 20	1 / 39
1980	Majors	36.89	0 / 6	0 / 11	1 / 19	1 / 36
1981	Majors	8.51	0 / 0	0 / 5	0 / 3	0 / 8
1982	Majors	29.00	0 / 1	3 / 11	0 / 17	3 / 29
Total			2 / 30	19 / 168	37 / 217	58 / 415

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1982-11-01	Bots Nichting has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1981-05-22	The Texas Rifleman have waived Bots Nichting.
1981-05-09	The Texas Rifleman have promoted Birdie Westlake to the major league team. The Texas Rifleman have designated Bots Nichting for assignment.
1978-05-06	The Texas Rifleman have promoted Bots Nichting to the major league team. The Texas Rifleman have promoted Jim Weinert to the major league team. The Texas Rifleman have promoted Bruce Fincher to the major league team.
1974-04-01	The Seattle Sharks have acquired Bots Nichting from the waiver wire.