Jim Britton

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Full Name: James Allan Britton	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 5"/225	First Game: September 20, 1967
Birthdate: March 25, 1944	Final Game: September 25, 1971
Birthplace: North Tonawanda, New York	MLB Experience: 4 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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2 Statistics
3 Transactions
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[edit] Biography

Born on March 25, 1944 in North Tonawanda, New York, Jim Britton (James Allan Britton) played for the Atlanta Braves and Montreal Expos over the course of his 4 year career. Britton broke into the bigs on September 20, 1967 with the Atlanta Braves, and put up a 3.10 ERA in 90 innings pitched in 1968, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Britton's best season was 1968, when he posted a 3.10 ERA and struck out 61 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1967	ATL	N	2	2	0	2	6.07	4	9	9	0	0	0	13.1	15	2	2	0	0	0
1968	ATL	N	34	9	4	6	3.10	61	35	31	2	2	3	90	81	1	34	5	2	2
1969	ATL	N	24	13	7	5	3.78	60	38	37	2	1	1	88	69	10	49	1	1	0
1971	MON	N	16	6	2	3	5.72	23	33	29	0	0	0	45.2	49	10	27	1	2	2
Total			76	30	13	16	4.03	148	115	106	4	3	4	237	214	23	112	7	5	4

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1967	ATL	N	P	2	2	13.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	.750
1968	ATL	N	P	34	9	90.1	2	16	0	1	0	0	1	5	0	1.000
1969	ATL	N	P	24	13	88	1	12	1	0	0	0	9	0	0	.929
1971	MON	N	P	16	6	45.2	2	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1.000
Total			P	76	30	237.1	7	33	2	1	0	0	13	6	0	.952

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1967	ATL	N	2	4	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1968	ATL	N	34	21	1	3	0	0	.143	.143	.143	0	0	0	6	0	2	0	0	2
1969	ATL	N	24	21	0	4	0	0	.190	.190	.238	1	0	0	7	0	4	0	0	0
1971	MON	N	16	9	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	6	0	1	0	0	1
Total			76	55	1	7	0	0	.127	.127	.145	1	0	0	21	0	7	0	0	3

[edit] Transactions

Signed as an amateur free agent by Baltimore Orioles (1962).
Selected by Milwaukee Braves from Baltimore Orioles in the first-year minor league draft (November 26, 1962).
Traded by Atlanta Braves with Don Johnson to Montreal Expos in exchange for Larry Jaster (December 2, 1969).

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