Jim Otten

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: July 1, 1951 in Lewistown, MT us

Draft: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1970 MLB June Amateur Draft from Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ), the Boston Red Sox in the 1st round (21st) of the 1971 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ), the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (18th) of the 1971 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ) and the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1973 MLB June Amateur Draft from Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ).

Schools: Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: July 31, 1974 (Age 23-030d, 11,138th in MLB history)
vs. CAL 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 30, 1981 (Age 30-091d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 3 BB, 2 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1980 season

Full Name: James Edward Otten

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-2.1

W

L

ERA

5.46

G

GS

SV

IP

118.2

SO

WHIP

1.829

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1973	21	CHW-min	AA	4	8	.333	4.80	14	12		4	0	0	75.0	90	50	40	9	43	0	50	0	0	1				1.773	10.8	1.1	5.2	6.0	1.16	KNX SOUL
1974	22	CHW-min	AAA,AA	13	5	.722	3.22	26	24		7	3	0	151.0	132	64	54	9	62	3	120	4	0	9				1.285	7.9	0.5	3.7	7.2	1.94	IWA,KNX AA,SOUL
1974	22	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	5.51	5	1	2	0	0	0	16.1	22	11	10	0	12	2	11	1	0	3	81	70	3.62	2.082	12.1	0.0	6.6	6.1	0.92
1975	23	CHW-min	AAA	9	9	.500	4.11	28	19		8	1	3	151.0	131	79	69	9	71	3	114	5	1	9				1.338	7.8	0.5	4.2	6.8	1.61	DEN AA
1975	23	CHW	AL	0	0		6.75	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	4	5	4	1	7	0	3	0	0	0	26	62	7.84	2.063	6.8	1.7	11.8	5.1	0.43
1976	24	CHW-min	AAA	6	6	.500	2.91	38	14		3	1	7	133.0	140	51	43	11	45	3	79	4	1	6				1.391	9.5	0.7	3.0	5.3	1.76	IWA AA
1976	24	CHW	AL	0	0		4.50	2	0	1	0	0	0	6.0	9	6	3	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	29	86	2.63	1.833	13.5	0.0	3.0	4.5	1.50

1977	25	CHW-min	AAA	5	9	.357	4.68	34	13		1	0	2	100.0	114	60	52	10	48	3	70	1	0	8				1.620	10.3	0.9	4.3	6.3	1.46	IWA AA
1978	26	STL-min	AAA,AA	7	5	.583	4.21	21	14		2	0	0	109.0	110	61	51	18	63	6	84	5	1	7				1.587	9.1	1.5	5.2	6.9	1.33	SPR,ARK AA,TL
1979	27	STL-min	AAA,A	6	5	.545	3.87	34	4		4	0	8	86.0	77	40	37	6	50	5	67	6	1	5				1.477	8.1	0.6	5.2	7.0	1.34	SPR,SPT AA,FLOR
1980	28	STL-min	AAA	6	0	1.000	1.69	7	7		1	1	0	48.0	31	11	9	2	19	0	40	2	0	3				1.042	5.8	0.4	3.6	7.5	2.11	SPR AA
1980	28	STL	NL	0	5	.000	5.53	31	4	9	0	0	0	55.1	71	38	34	3	26	7	38	2	1	1	255	68	3.60	1.753	11.5	0.5	4.2	6.2	1.46
1981	29	STL	NL	1	0	1.000	5.30	24	0	10	0	0	0	35.2	44	23	21	3	20	5	20	0	0	4	160	68	4.25	1.794	11.1	0.8	5.0	5.0	1.00
5 Yrs				1	6	.143	5.46	64	5	23	0	0	0	118.2	150	83	72	7	67	14	75	3	1	8	551	69	3.94	1.829	11.4	0.5	5.1	5.7	1.12
162 Game Avg.				1	6	.143	5.46	63	5	23	0	0	0	117	148	82	71	7	66	14	74	3	1	8	543	69	3.94	1.829	11.4	0.5	5.1	5.7	1.12

CHW (3 yrs)				0	1	.000	5.53	9	1	4	0	0	0	27.2	35	22	17	1	21	2	17	1	0	3	136	71	4.22	2.024	11.4	0.3	6.8	5.5	0.81
STL (2 yrs)				1	5	.167	5.44	55	4	19	0	0	0	91.0	115	61	55	6	46	12	58	2	1	5	415	68	3.86	1.769	11.4	0.6	4.5	5.7	1.26

AL (3 yrs)				0	1	.000	5.53	9	1	4	0	0	0	27.2	35	22	17	1	21	2	17	1	0	3	136	71	4.22	2.024	11.4	0.3	6.8	5.5	0.81
NL (2 yrs)				1	5	.167	5.44	55	4	19	0	0	0	91.0	115	61	55	6	46	12	58	2	1	5	415	68	3.86	1.769	11.4	0.6	4.5	5.7	1.26