Jim Otten | Major Leaguer 1974-1981

Full Name: James Edward Otten
Born: July 1,1951 in Lewistown, Montana
Height: 6-2 Weight: 195 Bats: Right Throws: Right
High School: -
College: Arizona State University

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Drafted: Selected by San Francisco Giants in 5th Round (113rd overall) of 1970 amateur entry draft (June-Reg) ... Selected by Boston Red Sox in 1st Round (20th overall) of 1971 amateur entry draft (Jan-Sec) ... Selected by Chicago Cubs in 1st Round (18th overall) of 1971 amateur entry draft (June-SecA) ... Selected by Chicago White Sox in 2nd Round (45th overall) of 1973 amateur entry draft (June-Reg)

Transactions: [Dec 5,1977] - Traded by White Sox to Cardinals for Stan Butkus. [Oct 14,1981] - Released by Cardinals.

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	H9	HR9	BB9	K9	WHIP	GB%
1973	Knoxville	Sou	21	Chw	AA	4	8	4.80	14						75.0	90	50	40		43	50			10.80	---	5.16	6.00	1.77	--
1974	Knoxville	Sou	22	Chw	AA	6	3	4.20	15						75.0	80	41	35		29	54			9.60	---	3.48	6.48	1.45	--
	Iowa	Amer	22	Chw	AAA	7	2	2.25	11						76.0	52	23	19		33	66			6.16	---	3.91	7.82	1.12	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	0	1	5.51	5	1	0	0	2	0	16.1	22	11	10	0	12	11	3	0	12.12	0.00	6.61	6.06	2.08	38%
1975	Denver	Amer	23	Chw	AAA	9	9	4.11	28						151.0	131	79	69		71	114			7.81	---	4.23	6.79	1.34	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	0	0	6.75	2	0	0	0	1	0	5.1	4	5	4	1	7	3	0	0	6.75	1.69	11.82	5.07	2.06	48%
1976	Iowa	Amer	24	Chw	AAA	6	6	2.91	38						133.0	140	51	43		45	79			9.47	---	3.05	5.35	1.39	--
	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	0	0	4.50	2	0	0	0	1	0	6.0	9	6	3	0	2	3	0	0	13.50	0.00	3.00	4.50	1.83	28%
1977	Iowa	Amer	25	Chw	AAA	5	9	4.68	34						100.0	114	60	52		48	70			10.26	---	4.32	6.30	1.62	--
1978	Arkansas	Tex	26	Stl	AA	2	0	1.89	3	3	0	0		0	19.0	20	5	4	1	13	19	2		9.47	0.47	6.16	9.00	1.74	--
	Sprngfield	Amer	26	Stl	AAA	5	5	4.70	18	11	2	0		0	90.0	90	56	47	17	50	65	5		9.00	1.70	5.00	6.50	1.56	--
1979	St. Peters	FSL	27	Stl	A+	1	0	1.00	1	1	1	0		0	9.0	7	1	1	0	4	5	1		7.00	0.00	4.00	5.00	1.22	--
	Sprngfield	Amer	27	Stl	AAA	5	5	4.21	33	3	3	0		8	77.0	70	39	36	6	46	62	4		8.18	0.70	5.38	7.25	1.51	--
1980	Sprngfield	Amer	28	Stl	AAA	6	0	1.69	7	7	1	1		0	48.0	31	11	9	2	19	40	3		5.81	0.38	3.56	7.50	1.04	--
	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	0	5	5.53	31	4	0	0	9	0	55.1	71	38	34	3	26	38	1	1	11.55	0.49	4.23	6.18	1.75	53%
1981	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	1	0	5.30	24	0	0	0	10	0	35.2	44	23	21	3	20	20	4	0	11.10	0.76	5.05	5.05	1.79	54%

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)						1	6	5.46	64	5	0	0	23	0	118.2	150	83	72	7	67	75	8	1	11.38	0.53	5.08	5.69	1.83	49%
Minor League Totals - 8 Season(s)						56	47	3.75	202						853.0	825	416	355		401	624			8.70	---	4.23	6.58	1.44	--

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org.	Level	Pos	Ln	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	IBB	SH	SF	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	GB%
1974	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	p	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1975	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	p	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1976	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	p	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	---	---	---	---	--
1979	Sprngfield	Amer	27	Stl	AAA	p		33	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.500	.500	1.000	1500	--
1980	Sprngfield	Amer	28	Stl	AAA			8	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1.000	1.000	2.000	3000	--
	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	p	9	31	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	400	40%
1981	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	p	9	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	000	100%

Major League Totals - 5 Season(s)								64	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	.143	.143	.143	286	50%
Minor League Totals - 2 Season(s)								41	3	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		.667	.667	1.333	2000	--

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team	Lg	Age	Org	Level	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	TC	DP	PB	SB	CS	FPCT	RF
1974	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	22	Chw	MLB	P	5		16.1	0	2	0	2	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.10

1975	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	23	Chw	MLB	P	2		5.1	0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	1.69

1976	Chi Wh-Sox	AL	24	Chw	MLB	P	2		6	0	0	0	0	0	-	-	-	---	.00

1978	Arkansas	Tex	26	Stl	AA	P	3			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1978	Sprngfield	Amer	26	Stl	AAA	P	18			5	16	0	21	1	-	-	-	1.000	--

1979	St. Peters	FSL	27	Stl	A+	P	1			0	1	0	1	0	-	-	-	1.000	--
1979	Sprngfield	Amer	27	Stl	AAA	P	33			1	6	1	8	0	-	-	-	.875	--

1980	St. Louis	NL	28	Stl	MLB	P	31		55.1	0	11	0	11	2	-	-	-	1.000	1.79

1981	St. Louis	NL	29	Stl	MLB	P	24		35.2	0	3	1	4	0	-	-	-	.750	.76

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