finalyear bats birth_place debutyear finaldate statvalue position finalteam statlabel debutdate birth_date article_title debutteam name throws
1984 right lompoc , california 1984 april 24 0 -- 0 4.66 5 pitcher oakland athletics win -- loss record earned run average strikeouts april 8 10 december 1960 jeff bettendorf
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jeff bettendorf

jeffrey allen bettendorf -lrb- born december 10 , 1960 -rrb- is a former major league baseball pitcher .
bettendorf was primarily a starting pitcher over the course of his nine-season professional baseball career .
he was a second-round draft selection in the 1979 major league baseball draft by the new york mets .
after never advancing above double-a in the mets system , bettendorf was drafted by the oakland athletics in the december 1983 rule 5 draft .
after making the a 's major league roster , as is required under rule 5 , he made his first major league appearance on april 8 , 1984 against the boston red sox at the oakland coliseum , earning a save in three no-hit scoreless innings .
he would go on to pitch in a total of three games for the a 's , giving up 5 runs in 9 innings .
on may 9 , 1984 , bettendorf was traded back to the mets for a conditional pick and immediately optioned to the double-a jackson mets .
he would not return to the majors .
after a severe elbow injury in 1986 while pitching for the double-a columbus astros , bettendorf returned in 1987 to play with the double-a birmingham barons , where he became an submarine pitcher , going 9-1 in 43 appearances -lrb- all in relief -rrb- .
that season he was named to the southern league all-star team -lrb- despite only 2 saves and a 4.55 era -rrb- and helped the barons to the southern league championship series win before retiring from professional baseball .
advancing through primarily the mets strong minor league organization of the late 70 's / early 80 's , bettendorf earned five minor league championship rings and three minor league all-star selections over his career .
