Jim Beattie (baseball)
| Jim Beattie | |||
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| Pitcher | |||
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Born: July 4, 1954 Hampton, Virginia |
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| MLB debut | |||
| April 25, 1978, for the New York Yankees | |||
| Last MLB appearance | |||
| August 5, 1986, for the Seattle Mariners | |||
| MLB statistics | |||
| Win–loss record | 52–87 | ||
| Earned run average | 4.17 | ||
| Strikeouts | 660 | ||
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James Louis Beattie (born July 4, 1954) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He also served as the Montreal Expos' General Manager from 1995 to 2001, and was the Baltimore Orioles general manager with Mike Flanagan from 2003 to 2005. As of 2010, Beattie is serving as a professional scout in the Toronto Blue Jays organization. Beattie starred in baseball and basketball at South Portland High School in South Portland, Maine.
Beattie earned All New England honors playing basketball at Dartmouth College in 1974, and was MVP of the Kodak Classic in 1975. He was drafted by the New York Yankees in the fourth round of the 1975 Major League Baseball draft, and was soon tabbed one of the top pitching prospects in the Yankees' farm system, along with Ken Clay and Gil Patterson. Each vocalized frustration with the organization when they acquired pitchers Rich Gossage, Andy Messersmith and Rawly Eastwick after the 1977 season believing that it hindered their chances of making the major league roster that Spring.
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