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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 to ,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Jim Beattie )〕 and was the Baltimore Orioles general manager with Mike Flanagan from to . As of , Beattie is serving as a professional scout in the Toronto Blue Jays organization.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Toronto Blue Jays Front Office Directory )〕 Beattie starred in baseball and basketball at South Portland High School in South Portland, Maine. ==New York Yankees== Beattie earned All New England honors playing basketball at Dartmouth College in , and was MVP of the Kodak Classic in . 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 season believing that it hindered their chances of making the major league roster that Spring. That turned out not to be the case, as a rash of injuries opened the door for Beattie, and he made the club out of Spring training . He pitched 6.1 innings and gave up just one run in his major league debut to beat Hall of Famer Jim Palmer and the Baltimore Orioles.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York Yankees 4, Baltimore Orioles 3 )〕 After a second win against the Chicago White Sox on May 15, Beattie lost his next seven decisions in a row. He was, however, on the mound for two of the Yankees' most important games that September. With the Yankees having been as far back as fourteen games to the Boston Red Sox on July 19, they surged to just four games back by the time they headed to Fenway Park for a four game set from September 7–10. Beattie started the second game of the series, holding Boston to just three hits and no runs over his first eight innings of work. After the Red Sox scored two unearned runs in the ninth, he handed the ball over to Ron Davis for the final out.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York Yankees 13, Boston Red Sox 2 )〕 The Yankees swept the series to move into a tie with Boston. They moved on to Detroit for a three game set next, and Beattie won game two of that series to give the Yankees sole possession of first place.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=New York Yankees 7, Detroit Tigers 3 )〕 Following a one-game playoff with the Red Sox, the Yankees headed into the postseason. Beattie won game one of the 1978 American League Championship Series against the Kansas City Royals,〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1978 American League Championship Series, Game One )〕 and earned a complete game victory over the Los Angeles Dodgers in game five of the World Series.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=1978 World Series, Game Five )〕 Despite his late season and postseason heroics, Beattie failed to make the club the following Spring. He was, however, called up by the beginning of May. On June 20, a line drive off the bat of the Toronto Blue Jays' John Mayberry shelved Beattie for two months. On September 12, , Boston Red Sox legend Carl Yastrzemski singled off Beattie for his 3,000th career hit. After the season, he, Rick Anderson, Juan Beníquez and Jerry Narron were traded to the Seattle Mariners for Ruppert Jones and Jim Lewis. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jim Beattie (baseball)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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