Kurt Bevacqua

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Third Baseman and Second Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: January 23, 1947 in Miami Beach, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the New York Mets in the 32nd round of the 1966 MLB June Amateur Draft from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), the Atlanta Braves in the 6th round of the 1967 MLB January Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL) and the Cincinnati Reds in the 12th round of the 1967 MLB June Draft-Secondary Phase from Miami Dade College (Miami, FL).

High School: North Miami HS (North Miami, FL)

Schools: Miami Dade College (Miami, FL), Miami Dade College, North Campus (Miami, FL)

Debut: June 22, 1971 (Age 24-150d, 13,140th in major league history)
vs. BOS 2 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 6, 1985 (Age 38-256d)
vs. HOU 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1971 season

Full Name: Kurt Anthony Bevacqua

Pronunciation: \be-VAH-kwah\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-3.9

2117

499

.236

214

RBI

275

OBP

.305

SLG

.327

OPS

.632

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

Standard Batting
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	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1967	20	CIN-min	A	65	234	217	13	48	2	1	0	11	2	1	13	37	.221	.263	.240	.503		52		0	2	2			TAM · FLOR
1968	21	CIN-min	A	91	245	219	18	55	11	2	2	26	1	0	16	26	.251	.307	.347	.654		76		2	7	1			TAM · FLOR
1969	22	CIN-min	AA,WRk	174	708	643	89	187	34	8	18	106	6	6	46	96	.291	.340	.453	.793		291		6	6	7			AVL,RDS · SOUL,FLIS
1970	23	CIN-min	AAA	135	527	482	62	126	26	5	15	67	12	9	31	96	.261	.312	.429	.741		207		5	7	2			INA · AA
1971	24	CIN-CLE-min	AAA	60																									INA,WCH · AA
1971	24	CLE	AL	55	145	137	9	28	3	1	3	13	0	0	4	28	.204	.222	.307	.529	44	42	4	0	1	3	1	4H/5976
1972	25	CLE-min	AAA	145	579	537	57	168	27	7	9	72	9	7	32	65	.313	.351	.439	.790		236		2	3	5			POR · PCL
1972	25	CLE	AL	19	38	35	2	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	3	10	.114	.184	.200	.384	13	7	1	0	0	0	1	/H795
1973	26	KCR	AL	99	309	276	39	71	8	3	2	40	2	3	25	42	.257	.317	.330	.647	79	91	7	1	3	4	1	5HD4/379
1974	27	TOT	MLB	57	137	125	11	23	1	0	0	3	1	1	11	30	.184	.255	.192	.447	28	24	6	1	0	0	1	H53/4D67
1974	27	PIT	NL	18	37	35	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	10	.114	.162	.143	.305	-12	5	3	0	0	0	1	/H57
1974	27	KCR	AL	39	100	90	10	19	0	0	0	3	1	1	9	20	.211	.290	.211	.501	44	19	3	1	0	0	0	H35/4D6
1975	28	MIL	AL	104	294	258	30	59	14	0	2	24	3	4	26	45	.229	.300	.306	.606	72	79	6	1	7	2	1	54H/63D
1976	29	MIL-min	AAA	95	419	356	70	120	24	0	12	49	2	4	57	47	.337	.425	.506	.931		180		0	3	3			SPO · PCL
1976	29	MIL	AL	12	7	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-15	1	0	0	0	0	0	H/D4
1977	30	TEX-min	AAA	94	426	358	75	126	29	4	9	76	2	3	59	30	.352	.438	.531	.968		190		1	1	7			TUC · PCL
1977	30	TEX	AL	39	104	96	13	32	7	2	5	28	0	1	6	13	.333	.365	.604	.970	159	58	6	0	0	2	1	H5/9734D
1978	31	TEX	AL	90	271	248	21	55	12	0	6	30	1	2	18	31	.222	.271	.343	.614	72	85	8	0	2	3	0	5HD4/3
1979	32	SDP	NL	114	346	297	23	75	12	4	1	34	2	5	38	25	.253	.331	.330	.661	87	98	13	0	5	6	2	5H4/37
1980	33	TOT	NL	84	129	114	5	26	7	1	0	16	1	1	12	8	.228	.305	.307	.612	74	35	3	1	1	1	0	H5/734
1980	33	SDP	NL	62	79	71	4	19	6	1	0	12	1	1	6	1	.268	.321	.380	.701	101	27	1	0	1	1	0	H5/743
1980	33	PIT	NL	22	50	43	1	7	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	7	.163	.280	.186	.466	32	8	2	1	0	0	0	H/53
1981	34	PIT-min	AAA	14	58	52	6	13	1	0	0	5	0	1	5	10	.250	.310	.269	.580		14		0	0	1	0		POR · PCL
1981	34	PIT	NL	29	34	27	2	7	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	6	.259	.333	.407	.741	107	11	1	0	1	2	0	H/45
1982	35	SDP	NL	64	145	123	15	31	9	0	0	24	2	0	17	22	.252	.333	.325	.659	89	40	5	0	1	4	4	H3/759
1983	36	SDP	NL	74	177	156	17	38	7	0	2	24	0	3	18	33	.244	.320	.327	.647	83	51	3	0	2	1	1	H35/79
1984	37	SDP	NL	59	95	80	7	16	3	0	1	9	0	0	14	19	.200	.326	.275	.601	71	22	6	1	0	0	1	H35/97
1985	38	SDP	NL	71	167	138	17	33	6	0	3	25	0	0	25	17	.239	.349	.348	.697	97	48	3	0	1	3	5	H5/37
15 Yrs				970	2398	2117	214	499	90	11	27	275	12	20	221	329	.236	.305	.327	.632	78	692	72	5	24	31	19
162 Game Avg.				162	400	354	36	83	15	2	5	46	2	3	37	55	.236	.305	.327	.632	78	116	12	1	4	5	3
				G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
SDP (6 yrs)				444	1009	865	83	212	43	5	7	128	5	9	118	117	.245	.331	.331	.662	88	286	31	1	10	15	13
PIT (3 yrs)				69	121	105	4	18	3	0	1	8	0	0	12	23	.171	.258	.229	.487	38	24	6	1	1	2	1
KCR (2 yrs)				138	409	366	49	90	8	3	2	43	3	4	34	62	.246	.310	.301	.611	70	110	10	2	3	4	1
TEX (2 yrs)				129	375	344	34	87	19	2	11	58	1	3	24	44	.253	.298	.416	.713	97	143	14	0	2	5	1
CLE (2 yrs)				74	183	172	11	32	3	1	4	14	0	0	7	38	.186	.214	.285	.499	38	49	5	0	1	3	2
MIL (2 yrs)				116	301	265	33	60	14	0	2	24	3	4	26	45	.226	.296	.302	.598	70	80	6	1	7	2	1

NL (8 yrs)				513	1130	970	87	230	46	5	8	136	5	9	130	140	.237	.324	.320	.643	82	310	37	2	11	17	14
AL (8 yrs)				457	1268	1147	127	269	44	6	19	139	7	11	91	189	.235	.289	.333	.622	74	382	35	3	13	14	5

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