#88 Jim Otten, Reliever, 34 yrs, Cincinnati Reds - Out of the Park Baseball Report

#88 Jim Otten, Reliever, 34 yrs, Cincinnati Reds
Monday, 5/13/1986

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Jim Otten

7/1/1951
34

5"9
165

Reliever
R
R

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4.5 Stars

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Big League Contract
$ 1,378,571
1986 (Arbitration eligible)
4 Year(s), 52 Days (740 total Days)
42 Day(s)
4 Year(s), 52 Days (740 total Days)
7 Year(s)
Protected (on 40 Man Roster)
Arbitration eligible
2 Option Year(s) left

Pitching Ratings

Pitching	Stuff	Movement	Control	Velocity
Overall	10	10	9	87-90 Mph
Versus LHB	10	10	9
Versus RHB	10	10	9
Talent	10	9	8

Pitching Ratings
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6
57
4

Pitches:
Fastball
Changeup
Curveball
Slider

Batting Ratings

Batting	Contact	Gap	Power	Discipline/Eye	Avoid K's
Overall	1	3	1	1	1
Versus LHP	1	3	1	1	1
Versus RHP	1	3	1	1	1
Talent	2	2	2	2	6

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1
1
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1
Spray Hitter

Fielding Ratings
P : 5 (Range), .930 (Fielding Pct.)
Catcher Arm : 1
Outfield Arm : 1

Game Log, Last 10 Games

Date	Opp.	Result	Start	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	Dec
4/16	@MON	W 4-2		1	1	0	0	0	0	SV
4/19	ATL	L 6-7		1	3	2	2	0	0	L
4/22	LA	W 7-5		1.2	3	0	0	0	2	SV
4/27	NYM	L 4-5		2	4	1	1	0	3
4/30	@CHI	W 5-2		1	2	0	0	0	0	SV
5/1	@CHI	W 3-2		1	1	0	0	0	1	SV
5/2	@CHI	W 8-7		1.1	1	0	0	0	0	SV
5/6	@HOU	W 3-2		1	3	2	2	0	0	SV
5/7	@HOU	W 4-2		1	0	0	0	0	1	SV
5/12	SF	L 4-6		1	1	0	0	0	1

Pitching Stats 1986

Overall	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	CG%	SHO	QS	QS%
	17	0	1	1	7	2.70	20.0	24	6	6	1	19	0	.0	0	0	.0

Overall	SVO	BS	SV%	RA	GF	R/9	H/9	K/9	BB/9	RL	RLS	RLS%	IR	IRS	IRS%	ERC
	10	1	87.5	17	11	11.3	10.8	8.6	.4	2	0	.0	4	1	25.0	3.62

	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
vs. LHB	40	11	5	0	0	5	5	0	10	0	0	0	.275	.262	.400	.662
vs. RHB	37	13	1	0	1	2	1	1	9	0	0	0	.351	.368	.459	.828

	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
Home	7	0	1	1	1	4.00	9.0	14	4	4	1	9
Road	10	0	0	0	6	1.64	11.0	10	2	2	0	10
This Week	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0	0	0	0	0	0
Last Week	3	0	0	0	2	6.00	3.0	4	2	2	0	2

Month	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K
March/April	12	0	1	1	3	2.45	14.2	18	4	4	1	16
May	5	0	0	0	4	3.38	5.1	6	2	2	0	3

Career Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO	WHIP	Teams
1981	71	0	3	5	1	2.31	66.1	61	24	17	35	48	0	0	1.45	HOU
1982	49	25	10	10	0	2.69	177.1	132	62	53	35	184	0	0	0.94	HOU
1983	34	34	15	6	0	1.96	202.0	133	52	44	24	216	0	0	0.78	HOU
1984	61	7	10	6	21	3.29	112.0	97	44	41	24	101	0	0	1.08	HOU,NL
1985	69	5	5	7	12	2.72	99.1	78	36	30	13	95	0	0	0.92	HOU WSH Cin
1986	17	0	1	1	7	2.70	20.0	24	6	6	1	19	0	0	1.25	Cin
Total	301	71	44	35	41	2.54	677.0	525	224	191	132	663	0	0	0.97

Career Minor League Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1981, AAA	11	0	1	2	5	6.97	10.1	15	8	8	1	8	0	0

Career Postseason Pitching Stats

Year	G	GS	W	L	SV	ERA	IP	HA	R	ER	BB	K	CG	SHO
1981	3	0	0	0	0	0.00	4.2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0
1982	4	4	3	1	0	2.10	25.2	23	6	6	10	17	1	0
1983	2	2	2	0	0	2.13	12.2	4	3	3	5	12	0	0
1985	6	0	0	1	0	2.45	3.2	5	1	1	1	3	0	0
Total	15	6	5	2	0	1.93	46.2	35	10	10	17	34	1	0

Career Batting Stats

Year	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	Teams
1981	71	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	.250	.250	.500	.750	HOU
1982	49	46	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	24	0	1	.043	.043	.065	.109	HOU
1983	34	59	7	2	0	0	3	3	3	29	0	0	.119	.161	.153	.314	HOU
1984	61	18	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	0	0	.056	.056	.111	.167	HOU,NL
1985	69	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	.000	.077	.000	.077	HOU WSH Cin
Total	301	139	11	5	0	0	6	8	4	64	0	1	.079	.105	.115	.220

Fielding Stats 1986

Position

PCT

INN

RANGE

RSTA

RTO

RTO%

Pitcher

1.000

20.0

1.80

Player History

Earned first career win on 6/11/1981... Had first career hit (double) on 6/15/1981, off Dick Bosman (CiN)... Won Pitcher of the Month award on 8/1/1983, going 2-1, 0.96...
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 10/1/1983, going 1-0, 0.27...
Was selected to the 1984 Allstar game...
Traded from Houston to Washington on 6/10/1985 (Going to HOU: 1B T. Francona, P O. Ortiz, P D. Tidrow. Going to WSH: 1B K. Hernandez, P J. Otten)...
Injured on 6/14/1985 with a Strained Back, out for one week...
Traded from Washington to Cincinnati on 7/8/1985 (Going to Cin: P V. Blue, P J. Otten, RF A. Woods. Going to WSH: P J. Key, P J. Stuper)...

Pitching Leader Boards Appearances

ERA
1982 - 2.69 - 8th
1983 - 1.96 - 2nd

WHIP
1982 - 0.94 - 3rd
1983 - 0.78 - 1st

K's
1982 - 184 - 8th
1983 - 216 - 4th

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