The daily trivia game ‘Immaculate Grid’ has been a fun and exciting challenge for baseball fans. We wanted to create something similar related to the Atlanta Braves. Welcome to House That Hank Built’s latest series: Guessing random Atlanta Braves players from the past! Take the opportunity to participate in our daily guessing game every morning at 3:00 pm EST. Missed yesterday’s? Play here.
We will give you five hints at a random player who donned an Atlanta Braves jersey and see if you can guess from there! Have fun and no cheating! Here we go!
Hint #1 (Career Length): This player spent a total of 11 seasons in the MLB. During this time, he made appearances for the following teams: Kansas City Royals, Los Angeles Dodgers, New York Yankees, Baltimore Orioles, Detroit Tigers, Chicago White Sox and Atlanta Braves.
Hint #2 (Jersey Numbers): During his 11 seasons in the big leagues, this player wore the following jersey numbers: 30, 24, 10, 14, 15, 46 and 20. He wore 30 and 24 for the Atlanta Braves.
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Chicago White Sox v Atlanta Braves / Brandon Sloter/GettyImages
Hint #3 (Individual Accolades): This player was never an all-star nor did he win any other individual awards.
Hint #4 (Braves Stats): This player was with the Braves from 2001 and then 2004-2006. He played 233 games where he hit .281 with 13 home runs and 52 runs batted in.
Hint #5 (Random Fact): This player was a switch hitter who made appearances at third base, first base and shortstop.
San Diego Padres v Atlanta Braves / Scott Cunningham/GettyImages
Wilson Betemit began his MLB career with the Atlanta Braves in 2001. He only appeared in 8 games and did not make a MLB appearance again until 2004 at the age of 22.
Betemit played four seasons in Atlanta, hitting .281 with 13 home runs and 52 runs batted in. In his four years with the Braves, he only played in 233 games, so in the small sample size, those are actually pretty solid numbers.
