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Frank Bertaina

Birthdate:

4/14/1944

Height / Weight:

5' 11" / 180 lbs.

Place of Birth:

San Francisco, CA, USA

Bats / Throws:

L / L

Baseball Historian Biography

Frank Bertaina, Pitcher LH, Orioles, 5'11" 178lbs - broke into professional ball in 1962, at age 18, with Aberdeen of the Northern League... struck out 121 in 131 innings with Elmira in 1964 and then was brought up to the majors by the Baltimore Orioles in mid-year... late in that year's pennant race, Frank Bertaina was given an important start by Orioles manager Hank Bauer. The rookie, pitching in a pressure-packed game, threw a one-hit, 1 to 0 victory against Kansas City.

In 1966, Frank Bertaina was 2-5, 3.13 for the Orioles in 16 games, 9 starts and struck out 46 in 63.3 innings for the pennant winning Orioles. He traded to the Senators in May of '67... in 1968 Frank Bertaina posted a 7-13 W/L, 4.66 ERA in 23 starts, 127.3 innings. Career batting, lined 16 hits in 100 games, .127 batting average, including a homer in 1969.

Baseball History

Pitching Statistics

Year	Team	G	GS	W	L	SV	CG	SHO	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	HBP	BK	ERA
1964	BAL (AL)	6	4	1	0	0	1	1	26.0	18	8	8	3	13	1	18	0	0	0	2.77
1965	BAL (AL)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	9	4	4	0	4	0	5	0	0	0	6.00
1966	BAL (AL)	16	9	2	5	0	0	0	63.1	52	29	22	3	36	2	46	6	4	0	3.13
1967	BAL (AL)	5	2	1	1	0	0	0	21.2	17	9	8	4	14	0	19	4	0	0	3.32
1967	WSA (AL)	18	17	6	5	0	4	4	95.2	90	36	31	8	37	1	67	3	0	0	2.92
1968	WSA (AL)	27	23	7	13	0	1	0	127.1	133	76	66	15	69	1	81	17	6	0	4.66
1969	BAL (AL)	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	6.0	1	0	0	0	3	0	5	0	0	0	0.00
1969	WSA (AL)	14	5	1	3	0	0	0	35.2	43	30	26	8	23	0	25	2	0	1	6.56
1970	STL (NL)	8	5	1	2	0	0	0	31.1	36	16	11	1	15	3	14	3	0	0	3.16
9 years		99	66	19	29	0	6	5	413.0	399	208	176	42	214	8	280	35	10	1	3.84

Batting Statistics

Year	Team	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	IBB	HBP	SH	SF	AVG	OBP	SLG
1964	BAL (AL)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.0	.0	SLG
1965	BAL (AL)	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.0	.0	SLG
1966	BAL (AL)	16	19	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	.105	.150	SLG
1967	BAL (AL)	5	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	SLG
1967	WSA (AL)	19	35	1	2	0	0	0	4	0	11	0	0	0	0	2	0	.57	.57	SLG
1968	WSA (AL)	27	38	2	5	0	0	0	4	2	10	0	0	0	0	1	0	.132	.175	SLG
1969	BAL (AL)	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.1000	.1000	SLG
1969	WSA (AL)	14	11	2	4	1	0	1	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	.364	.364	SLG
1970	STL (NL)	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.333	SLG
9 years		100	126	7	16	1	0	1	11	6	34	0	0	0	0	6	0	.127	.167	.SLG

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