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Name Team Age
Bill Bottenfield Retired (1989, Age 42) Died (2020, Age 74)
Drafted Position Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 2
(1964)		 RF L/R
League Option Years   Majors Service Time
Mike Piazza League 0 21 years (55 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
B- B  D 
Endurance Velocity Control
B  F  F 
Leadership   Mentor vs RHP   Mentor vs LHP  
C+ C+ C+
Health   Injured Days   Birthday
C+ 0 11/14/1946
WS Rings WS Appearances LCS Appearances
1 4 7
Alt Pos (LF) Alt Pos (---) Alt Pos (---)
A+ (98.9 %) F  (0.0 %) F  (0.0 %)

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Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB CS E OPS OBP SLG AVG
1967 SF 10 39 5 9 2 0 0 3 6 7 0 0 0 .615 .333 .282 .231
1968 SF 15 56 8 18 4 2 1 12 9 17 3 0 2 .933 .415 .518 .321
1969 SF 135 497 49 117 16 3 15 60 45 114 5 5 14 .674 .303 .370 .235
1970 SF 141 557 68 150 27 2 20 101 57 100 6 9 11 .768 .335 .433 .269
1971 SF 150 582 84 148 29 4 20 69 63 117 8 10 5 .749 .328 .421 .254
1972 SF 149 606 103 210 37 2 35 127 68 114 12 9 2 1.001 .413 .587 .347
1973 SF 149 612 106 193 27 8 40 143 62 104 21 11 4 .961 .379 .582 .315
1974 SF 149 614 108 198 26 5 36 146 65 116 16 8 4 .942 .385 .557 .322
1975 SF 149 592 132 188 26 8 44 158 67 96 12 6 4 .998 .386 .611 .318
1976 SF 130 521 107 160 29 5 25 100 57 115 11 6 3 .901 .375 .526 .307
1977 SF 128 522 108 188 30 8 34 140 59 83 22 7 0 1.072 .429 .644 .360
1978 SF 150 578 112 186 29 7 43 136 75 117 15 4 5 1.018 .398 .619 .322
1979 SF-NYN 149 600 103 185 36 8 32 96 54 107 22 5 1 .920 .365 .555 .308
1980 NYN 149 600 123 184 31 5 28 76 75 125 18 9 5 .900 .385 .515 .307
1981 NYN 148 629 101 192 31 2 29 88 57 112 16 7 8 .861 .362 .499 .305
1982 NYN 148 617 90 174 35 4 16 71 57 123 0 0 1 .776 .347 .429 .282
1983 NYN 148 618 70 146 27 1 11 52 51 134 0 0 5 .631 .295 .337 .236
1984 NYN 148 589 66 150 19 6 17 70 47 128 0 0 1 .704 .310 .394 .255
1985 COL 146 596 61 165 26 2 15 80 63 112 0 0 4 .749 .346 .403 .277
1986 COL 146 592 68 132 24 4 16 71 58 110 0 0 1 .650 .292 .358 .223
1987 COL 139 471 57 135 19 2 12 61 34 103 0 0 5 .752 .340 .412 .287
1988 COL 144 505 51 111 9 2 12 54 53 104 0 0 1 .613 .296 .317 .220
1989 COL 48 164 21 31 7 0 4 21 17 38 0 0 0 .575 .270 .305 .189
Total 2968 11757 1801 3370 546 90 505 1935 1199 2296 187 96 86 .831 .353 .477 .287
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1989-11-01Bill Bottenfield has retired from the Colorado Grizzlies
1988-09-20Bill Bottenfield hit his 500th career home run.
1986-06-11Bill Bottenfield collected his 3000th career hit.
1979-04-14A trade has been completed between the New York Times and the San Francisco Golden Gates. The San Francisco Golden Gates receive Draft Pick 1981 Round 1 NYN (Jim Stein), Draft Pick 1980 Round 1 NYN (John Simons) from the New York Times in exchange for Bill Bottenfield. Protest This Trade.
1978-11-01Bill Bottenfield now holds the league record for career on-base plus slugging percentage.
1978-11-01Bill Bottenfield now holds the league record for career slugging percentage.
1978-09-12The San Francisco Golden Gates have placed Bill Bottenfield on the trade block.
1977-08-03Bill Bottenfield of the San Francisco Golden Gates is injured and is expected to be out 17 days.
1976-06-03Bill Bottenfield of the San Francisco Golden Gates is injured and is expected to be out 20 days.
1971-10-05Bill Bottenfield of the San Francisco Golden Gates is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1968-09-12The San Francisco Golden Gates have promoted Bill Bottenfield to the major league team. The San Francisco Golden Gates have sent George Smith to the minors.
1967-05-31The San Francisco Golden Gates have promoted Darrell Tozer to the major league team. The San Francisco Golden Gates have sent Bill Bottenfield to the minors.
1967-05-19The San Francisco Golden Gates have promoted Bobby Jacoby to the major league team. The San Francisco Golden Gates have promoted Bill Bottenfield to the major league team.