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Jim
Betoni		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 170
 
Born: January 4, 1943 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 30 MRQ JL $ 3,190,000 6 4 5 8 7 7 0 0 0 8 7 7 5 4 4 5 5 5
1974 31 MRQ JL $ 3,190,000 5 4 5 8 7 8 0 0 0 8 7 8 5 4 4 5 5 5
1975 32 CHI JL $ 2,800,000 5 4 5 8 7 8 0 0 0 8 7 8 5 5 5 5 6 5
1976 33 CHI JL $ 2,800,000 5 4 4 8 7 8 0 0 0 8 7 8 6 6 6 5 6 6
1977 34 BUF FL $ 2,800,000 5 4 4 8 7 8 0 0 0 8 7 8 6 6 6 5 6 6
1978 35 BUF FL $ 2,500,000 5 4 4 8 7 8 0 0 0 8 7 7 6 6 6 5 6 6
1979 36 SLC FL $ 2,500,000 5 4 4 8 7 8 0 0 0 7 6 7 6 6 6 5 5 5
1980 37 LV FL   4 3 3 8 7 7 0 0 0 7 6 6 6 5 5 4 5 5
OOTP5 Min Ratings   4 3 3 8 7 7 0 0 0 7 6 6 5 4 4 4 5 5
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,190,000 6 4 5 8 7 8 0 0 0 8 7 8 6 6 6 5 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 30 MRQ JL 158 589 81 136 38 0 22 80 2 0 55 72 .231 .297 .407 .704 70.0 8.4
1974 31 MRQ JL 154 572 74 147 34 4 26 94 0 5 36 79 .257 .309 .467 .775 77.2 13.9
1975 32 CHI JL 155 565 79 138 27 6 30 89 0 0 54 112 .244 .316 .473 .788 81.8 14.8
1976 33 CHI JL 147 530 59 115 30 7 13 66 0 0 47 77 .217 .280 .374 .654 54.8 5.1
1977 34 CHI JL 93 343 51 95 17 2 19 60 1 2 29 56 .277 .336 .504 .840 55.1 10.1
  BUF FL 60 212 31 60 17 2 7 30 0 1 27 28 .283 .367 .481 .848 35.0 8.4
  TOT   153 555 82 155 34 4 26 90 1 3 56 84 .279 .348 .495 .843 90.2 18.6
1978 35 BUF FL 122 383 56 98 28 4 17 53 1 0 44 58 .256 .331 .483 .814 63.1 14.9
1979 36 BUF FL 70 126 12 25 10 1 1 18 0 2 11 16 .198 .259 .317 .576 9.6 0.2
  SLC FL 31 27 1 4 3 1 0 3 0 0 2 4 .148 .207 .333 .540 1.4 0.0
  TOT   101 153 13 29 13 2 1 21 0 2 13 20 .190 .250 .320 .570 11.0 0.2
    AAA   1 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 2.1  
1980 37 LV FL 48 87 8 17 3 0 3 9 0 0 12 18 .195 .297 .333 .630 10.0 0.8
8 Years Sim 1038 3434 452 835 207 27 138 502 4 10 317 520 .243 .309 .440 .749 458.1 76.7
1 Years AAA 1 4 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 .600 1.250 1.850 2.1  
162 Game Average 535 70 130 32 4 21 78 0 1 49 81 .243 .309 .440 .749 71.5  
Career Highs 158 589 82 155 38 7 30 94 2 5 56 112 .279 .348 .495 .843 90.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2376 293 574 143 20 91 333 3 5 171 361 .242 .296 .434 .729 298.9
vs LH   1058 159 261 64 7 47 169 1 5 146 159 .247 .339 .454 .793 164.2
Home 524 1693 230 432 113 14 67 262 1 5 158 234 .255 .322 .457 .779 242.6
Away 514 1741 222 403 94 13 71 240 3 5 159 286 .231 .298 .423 .720 220.5
RISP   850 0 204 51 5 42 352 0 0 94 137 .240 .315 .460 .775 125.3
Pinch Hitting   116 9 20 7 0 2 11 0 2 11 18 .172 .254 .284 .538 7.3
Close/Late   435 39 96 19 2 18 49 0 0 48 71 .221 .304 .398 .702 54.0
Mar/Apr 188 649 86 176 41 4 23 88 1 1 56 93 .271 .332 .453 .785 94.3
May 195 670 70 147 39 5 23 88 1 2 53 118 .219 .275 .396 .670 73.8
June 176 568 95 136 32 4 28 90 1 2 49 85 .239 .307 .458 .764 78.2
July 159 524 63 123 29 5 16 75 0 2 56 72 .235 .307 .401 .708 65.5
August 166 529 68 131 35 3 21 80 0 0 54 78 .248 .323 .444 .767 74.7
Sep/Oct 154 494 70 122 31 6 27 81 1 3 49 74 .247 .317 .498 .815 76.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 30 MRQ JL LF 154 153 1350.0 294 4 3 0 .990 1.99   2.2
1974 31 MRQ JL LF 146 145 1303.3 272 4 3 0 .989 1.91   3.3
    CF 3 3 26.0 2 0 1 0 .667 0.69    
    RF 2 0 3.0 1 0 1 0 .500 3.00    
1975 32 CHI JL LF 148 148 1293.7 261 6 1 0 .996 1.86   1.5
1976 33 CHI JL RF 137 136 1201.3 234 7 9 1 .964 1.81   1.3
    LF 8 7 60.3 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.39    
1977 34 CHI JL RF 89 89 781.5 178 2 3 0 .984 2.07   1.5
    LF 1 1 5.5 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.27   0.0
  BUF FL RF 58 58 498.8 114 2 2 0 .983 2.09   1.3
    LF 0 0 3.5 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
  TOT   RF 147 147 1280.3 292 4 5 0 .983 2.08   2.7
      LF 1 1 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1978 35 BUF FL RF 103 99 880.3 204 3 5 1 .976 2.12   2.4
    LF 9 6 55.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1979 36 BUF FL RF 23 14 168.0 41 1 3 0 .933 2.25   0.6
    LF 10 1 38.3 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.58   0.0
    2B 1 0 1.9 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.74   0.0
    CF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.29   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  SLC FL RF 10 6 35.0 8 0 1 0 .889 2.06   0.0
    LF 5 0 8.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    2B 1 0 0.4 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    CF 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   RF 33 20 203.0 49 1 4 0 .926 2.22   0.6
      LF 15 1 46.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 2.53   0.0
      2B 2 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.0
      CF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
      3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1980 37 LV FL LF 13 10 91.3 13 0 0 0 1.000 1.28   0.1
    RF 15 8 74.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.81    
  LF 494 471 4209.0 883 14 7 0 .992 1.92   7.1
  RF 437 410 3642.6 795 15 24 2 .971 2.00   7.1
  CF 4 3 28.0 3 0 1 0 .750 0.96   0.0
  2B 2 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.91   0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   938 884 7883.9 1681 30 32 2 .982 1.95   14.3
Career Highs   154 153 1350.0 295 7 9 1 1.000 2.29    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1974 31 MRQ JL 17 64 5 15 4 0 5 14 0 2 6 13 .234 .296 .531 .827
1977 34 BUF FL 5 17 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 5 .235 .316 .294 .610
1978 35 BUF FL 1 4 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 1.000 1.250
Career Post-Season Batting 23 85 7 20 5 0 6 17 0 2 8 18 .235 .298 .506 .804
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Doubles
1973-10-38
 Homeruns
1975-9-30
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 6    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 6th round, 138th overall pick, by Marquette in 1973
Had first career hit (double) on 4/1/1973, off Ace Holder (OMA)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1973, off Cornelius Lattimore (PHX)
Signed as a free agent by Chicago on 2/11/1975 to a 3-year deal worth $2,800,000 per year
Injured on 9/5/1976 with a Dislocated Finger, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 6/25/1977, hitting .458 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Was selected to the 1977 Allstar game
Traded from Chicago to Buffalo on 7/21/1977 (Going to BUF: P R. Stein, RF J. Betoni. Going to CHI: P D. Triggs, P J. Smart, CF S. Carnation, RF J. Storm)
Signed as a free agent by Buffalo on 2/2/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $2,500,000 per year
Had 5 hits with 2 RBI against Las Vegas on 4/22/1978
Won Player of the Week award on 5/14/1978, hitting .381 with 3 HR, 10 RBI
Traded from Buffalo to Salt Lake City on 7/31/1979 (Going to BUF: RF J. Jarrett. Going to SLC: RF J. Betoni, 2B J. Landon, P J. Hatfield)
 
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