Larry Bettencourt

Lawrence Joseph Bettencourt

Positions: Rightfielder, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 22, 1905 in Newark, CA
High School: Centerville (Washington, CA)
School: Saint Mary's College of California (All Transactions)
Debut: June 2, 1928
Team: Browns 1928-1932

Final Game: September 17, 1932
Died: September 15, 1978 in New Orleans, LA
Buried: Lake Lawn Mausoleum, New Orleans, LA
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Fine Details · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 6:26AM

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial…

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos
1928	22	SLB	AL	67	188	159	30	45	9	4	4	24	2	1	22	19	.283	.377	.465	.842	117	74		2	5	5/O92

1931	25	SLB	AL	74	239	206	27	53	9	2	3	26	4	3	31	35	.257	.357	.364	.721	88	75		1	1	O9/7
1932	26	SLB	AL	27	37	30	4	4	1	0	1	3	1	0	7	6	.133	.297	.267	.564	44	8		0	0	/O957
1933	27	BAL-min	A,AA	150	549	549		164	35	10	10						.299	.299	.454	.752		249				SAN,MLW · TL,AA
1934	28	BAL-min	A	157	621	621		201	47	10	14						.324	.324	.499	.823		310				SAN · TL
1935	29	BAL-min	A	104	372	372		99	17	3	5						.266	.266	.368	.634		137				SAN · TL
1936	30	BAL-min	A1	141	526	526		162	23	6	12						.308	.308	.443	.751		233				SAN · TL
1937	31	CLE-BAL-min	A1	104	383	383		89	11	6	6						.232	.232	.339	.572		130				NOR,SAN · SOUA,TL
1938	32	OAK-MIN-min	A	138	561	561		154	32	7	6						.275	.275	.389	.663		218				WPT,TRE · EL
1939	33	OAK-min	A	109	410	410		121	22	7	5						.295	.295	.420	.715		172				WPT · EL
1940	34	-min	A	118	418	418		121	23	7	7						.289	.289	.428	.718		179				SPF · EL
1941	35	CHW-min	C	98	355	355		130	18	7	10						.366	.366	.541	.907		192				GFK · NORL
1944	38	-min	AA	29	77	69	10	17	4	0	0	7	4		7	7	.246	.316	.304	.620		21	0	0	1	MNE · AA
3 Seasons				168	464	395	61	102	19	6	8	53	7	4	60	60	.258	.360	.397	.758	96	157		3	6
162 Game Avg.				162	447	381	59	98	18	6	8	51	7	4	58	58	.258	.360	.397	.758	96	151		3	6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1928	22	SLB	AL	188	5	1	0	0	-1	1	6	12	1.2	13	1.3	-0.1	$	5/O92

1931	25	SLB	AL	239	-3	-1	0	0	-2	-3	8	-1	-0.1	1	0.1	-0.2	$	O9/7
1932	26	SLB	AL	37	-3	0	0	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/O957
3 Seasons				464	-1	0	0	0	-3	-2	15	9	0.9	12	1.2	-0.3	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG	PB	SB	CS	CS%
1928	SLB	AL	22	3B	41	37	34	112	38	68	6	4	.946	2.59	.951	3.27
1928	SLB	AL	22	OF	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.35
1928	SLB	AL	22	RF	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.00
1928	SLB	AL	22	C	1	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.00	.975	4.70	1	2	0	0%
1931	SLB	AL	25	OF	58	55	50	109	99	6	4	1	.963	1.81	.969	2.38
1931	SLB	AL	25	RF	55	52	48	104	94	7	3	1	.971	1.84	.964	2.11
1931	SLB	AL	25	LF	3	3	2	5	4	0	1	0	.800	1.33	.966	2.20
1932	SLB	AL	26	OF	4	3	2	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.00	.968	2.42
1932	SLB	AL	26	RF	3	3	2	8	8	0	0	0	1.000	2.67	.962	2.10
1932	SLB	AL	26	3B	2	2	1	3	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.50	.950	2.95
1932	SLB	AL	26	LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0.00		2.20
	3 Seasons			OF	64	60	54	117	107	6	4	1	.966	1.77	.969	2.38
	3 Seasons			RF	60	57	52	112	102	7	3	1	.973	1.82	.964	2.10
	2 Seasons			3B	43	39	35	115	39	70	6	4	.948	2.53	.951	3.26
	2 Seasons			LF	5	3	2	5	4	0	1	0	.800	0.80	.966	2.20
	1 Season			C	1	1	1	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	4.00	.975	4.70	1	2	0	0%
	3 Seasons			TOT	108	100	90	236	150	76	10	5	.958	2.09	.960	2.75	1	2	0	0%

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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