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Jim Beattie
James Louis Beattie

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 220 lb.
School Dartmouth College

Debut April 25, 1978
  vs. BAL 6.3 IP, 5 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 1 ER, W
Final Game August 5, 1986
Born July 4, 1954 in Hampton, VA

Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1978 23 NYY AL   6   9  25  22   0   0   3  0  128.0  123   60   53   8   51   65   8   8   553   2   1  3.73  3.63   97 1.359
 1979 24 NYY AL   3   6  15  13   1   1   1  0   76.0   85   45   44   5   41   32   0   1   343   0   0  5.21  4.06   78 1.658
 1980 25 SEA AL   5  15  33  29   3   0   1  0  187.3  205  115  101  19   98   67   4   4   831   9   2  4.85  4.16   86 1.617
 1981 26 SEA AL   3   2  13   9   0   0   3  1   66.7   59   24   22   2   18   36   2   2   275   0   1  2.97  3.88  131 1.155
 1982 27 SEA AL   8  12  28  26   6   1   1  0  172.3  149   73   64  13   65  140   1   5   715   0   2  3.34  4.29  128 1.242
 1983 28 SEA AL  10  15  30  29   8   2   0  0  196.7  197   89   84  12   66  132   3   6   834   6   1  3.84  4.28  111 1.337
 1984 29 SEA AL  12  16  32  32  12   2   0  0  211.0  206   86   80  13   75  119   5   6   882   6   0  3.41  4.00  117 1.332
 1985 30 SEA AL   5   6  18  15   1   1   1  0   70.3   93   61   57   9   33   45   3   2   335   0   0  7.29  4.19   57 1.791
 1986 31 SEA AL   0   6   9   7   0   0   0  0   40.3   57   28   27   7   14   24   3   1   188   2   0  6.02  4.23   70 1.760
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .374  52  87 203 182  31   7  10  1 1148.7 1174  581  532  88  461  660  29  35  4956  25   7  4.17  4.09   98 1.423
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     9  15  35  32   5   1   1  0  202.7  207  102   93  15   81  116   5   6   875   4   1  4.17  4.09   98 1.423
 Career High     12  16  33  32  12   2   3  1  211.0  206  115  101  19   98  140   8   8   882   9   2  2.97  4.29  131 1.155

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1978 23 NYY AL P 25 14 21 3 2 .921 .954 1.40 0.85 2.46 1.90 22 128.0 1979 24 NYY AL P 15 9 16 1 1 .962 .951 1.67 0.81 2.96 1.92 13 76.0 1980 25 SEA AL P 33 10 30 0 1 1.000 .957 1.21 0.77 1.92 1.85 29 187.3 1981 26 SEA AL P 13 8 11 1 0 .950 .964 1.46 0.81 2.56 1.98 9 66.7 1982 27 SEA AL P 28 16 21 1 2 .974 .959 1.32 0.73 1.93 1.80 26 172.3 1983 28 SEA AL P 30 18 37 2 5 .965 .958 1.83 0.73 2.52 1.80 29 196.7 1984 29 SEA AL P 32 13 33 0 2 1.000 .958 1.44 0.70 1.96 1.79 32 211.0 1985 30 SEA AL P 18 4 6 1 0 .909 .952 0.56 0.70 1.28 1.86 15 70.3 1986 31 SEA AL P 9 4 6 0 2 1.000 .962 1.11 0.68 2.23 1.83 7 40.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 23 NYY AL P 25 14 21 3 2 .921 .954 1.40 0.85 2.46 1.90 22 128.0 1979 24 NYY AL P 15 9 16 1 1 .962 .951 1.67 0.81 2.96 1.92 13 76.0 1980 25 SEA AL P 33 10 30 0 1 1.000 .957 1.21 0.77 1.92 1.85 29 187.3 1981 26 SEA AL P 13 8 11 1 0 .950 .964 1.46 0.81 2.56 1.98 9 66.7 1982 27 SEA AL P 28 16 21 1 2 .974 .959 1.32 0.73 1.93 1.80 26 172.3 1983 28 SEA AL P 30 18 37 2 5 .965 .958 1.83 0.73 2.52 1.80 29 196.7 1984 29 SEA AL P 32 13 33 0 2 1.000 .958 1.44 0.70 1.96 1.79 32 211.0 1985 30 SEA AL P 18 4 6 1 0 .909 .952 0.56 0.70 1.28 1.86 15 70.3 1986 31 SEA AL P 9 4 6 0 2 1.000 .962 1.11 0.68 2.23 1.83 7 40.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 203 96 181 9 15 .969 .957 1.36 0.75 2.17 1.84 182 1148.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 203 96 181 9 15 .969 .957 1.36 0.75 2.17 1.84 182 1149
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1978   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   1   1   1.69  1  0  0  0   5.1   2   1   5   3 
        WS    NYY LAD     W   1   1   2.00  1  0  0  1   9     9   2   4   8 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      2-0   2   2   1.88  2  0  0  1  14.1  11   3   9  11 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1978   ALCS  NYY KCR     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
        WS    NYY LAD     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0   2   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

ERA
1982 AL-3.34-6

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1982 AL-1.242-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1982 AL-7.78-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1982 AL-7.31-3
1983 AL-6.04-7

Strikeouts
1982 AL-140-8

Comp. Games
1984 AL-12-4

Shutouts
1983 AL-2-9
1984 AL-2-9

Bases On Balls Allow.
1980 AL-98-4

SO to Walk
1982 AL-2.15-8
1983 AL-2.00-10

Losses
1980 AL-15-8
1983 AL-15-4
1984 AL-16-3

Hit Batsmen
1978 AL-8-4

Adjusted ERA+
1982 AL-128-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 14 (1250) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 3.0 (1637) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1232) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft.

November 1, 1979: Traded by the New York Yankees with Rick Anderson, Juan Beniquez, and Jerry Narron to the Seattle Mariners for Ruppert Jones and Jim Lewis.

November 12, 1986: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Seattle Mariners$470,000
1986Seattle Mariners$575,000
1992Seattle Mariners$575,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,620,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
View Jim Beattie's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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