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Jim Deshaies
James Joseph Deshaies

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 4", Weight 220 lb.
School LeMoyne College

Debut August 7, 1984
  vs. CHW 4.0 IP, 8 H, 3 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L
Final Game July 30, 1995
Born June 23, 1960 in Massena, NY

Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 21st round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1984 24 NYY AL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0    7.0   14    9    9   1    7    5   0   0    40   0   0 11.57  3.80   33 3.000
 1985 25 HOU NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   0  0    3.0    1    0    0   0    0    2   0   0    10   0   0  0.00  3.46  inf 0.333
 1986 26 HOU NL  12   5  26  26   1   1   0  0  144.0  124   58   52  16   59  128   2   0   599   2   7  3.25  3.58  110 1.271 RoY-7
 1987 27 HOU NL  11   6  26  25   1   0   0  0  152.0  149   81   78  22   57  104   0   4   648   7   5  4.62  3.92   85 1.355
 1988 28 HOU NL  11  14  31  31   3   2   0  0  207.0  164   77   69  20   72  127   2   1   847   5   6  3.00  3.32  111 1.140
 1989 29 HOU NL  15  10  34  34   6   3   0  0  225.7  180   80   73  15   79  153   4   8   928   8   1  2.91  3.40  117 1.148
 1990 30 HOU NL   7  12  34  34   2   0   0  0  209.3  186   93   88  21   84  119   8   3   881   9   3  3.78  3.72   98 1.290
 1991 31 HOU NL   5  12  28  28   1   0   0  0  161.0  156   90   89  19   72   98   1   0   686   5   5  4.98  3.47   70 1.416
 1992 32 SDP NL   4   7  15  15   0   0   0  0   96.0   92   40   35   6   33   46   1   1   395   2   2  3.28  3.58  109 1.302
 1993 33 TOT     13  15  32  31   1   0   1  0  184.3  183   94   90  26   57   85   7   1   770   1   4  4.39  4.29   98 1.302
         MIN AL  11  13  27  27   1   0   0  0  167.3  159   85   82  24   51   80   6   0   693   1   4  4.41  4.34   98 1.255
         SFG NL   2   2   5   4   0   0   1  0   17.0   24    9    8   2    6    5   1   1    77   0   0  4.24  3.88   92 1.765
 1994 34 MIN AL   6  12  25  25   0   0   0  0  130.3  170  109  107  30   54   78   2   1   596   0   2  7.39  4.90   66 1.719
 1995 35 PHI NL   0   1   2   2   0   0   0  0    5.3   15   12   12   3    1    6   0   0    32   0   0 20.25  4.23   21 3.000
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .469  84  95 257 253  15   6   1  0 1525.0 1434  743  702 179  575  951  27  19  6432  39  35  4.14  3.76   91 1.317
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  12  34  33   2   0   0  0  203.3  191   99   93  23   76  126   3   2   857   5   4  4.14  3.76   91 1.317
 Career High     15  15  34  34   6   3   1  0  225.7  186  109  107  30   84  153   8   8   928   9   7  2.91  4.90  117 1.140

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1986 26 HOU NL  26   43    3    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   6  31  .047  .163  .047  -38    2   4   0   0   0   0 RoY-7
 1987 27 HOU NL  26   53    2    5   0  0   0    3   0  0   7  29  .094  .200  .094  -17    5   4   0   0   0   1
 1988 28 HOU NL  31   63    1    3   0  0   0    3   0  1   2  38  .048  .077  .048  -63    3   6   0   0   0   1
 1989 29 HOU NL  35   75    2    9   0  0   0    2   0  0   1  26  .120  .132  .120  -26    9   9   0   0   0   0
 1990 30 HOU NL  34   63    1    4   0  0   0    3   0  0   2  33  .063  .092  .063  -56    4   7   0   0   0   0
 1991 31 HOU NL  28   41    1    4   0  0   0    0   0  0   4  16  .098  .178  .098  -18    4   8   0   0   0   1
 1992 32 SDP NL  15   29    3    6   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   9  .207  .233  .207   26    6   5   0   0   0   0
 1993 33 TOT     32    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
         SFG NL   5    5    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
 1995 35 PHI NL   2    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     258  373   13   33   0  0   0   12   0  1  23 186  .088  .141  .088  -33   33  44   0   0   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        234    8   21   0  0   0    8   0  1  14 117  .088  .141  .088  -33   21  28   0   0   0   2
 Career High     35   75    3    9   0  0   0    3   0  1   7  38                           9   9   0   0   0   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1986 26 HOU NL   53   45    1   0.6    95| .047  .258| .163  .328| .047  .389| .210  .716| -38  .026  -8.2  -0.8   0%
 1987 27 HOU NL   64   53    2   1.0   102| .094  .264| .200  .333| .094  .412| .294  .745| -17  .056  -8.9  -0.9   0%
 1988 28 HOU NL   71   68    0   0.0    86| .048  .252| .077  .315| .048  .369| .125  .684| -63  .000 -13.2  -1.4   0%
 1989 29 HOU NL   85   75    2   0.7    88| .120  .250| .132  .317| .120  .373| .252  .690| -26  .040 -12.4  -1.3   0%
 1990 30 HOU NL   72   66    1   0.4    95| .063  .261| .092  .327| .063  .392| .155  .718| -56  .013 -13.4  -1.4   0%
 1991 31 HOU NL   53   46    1   0.6    88| .098  .250| .178  .316| .098  .374| .276  .690| -18  .026  -6.2  -0.7   0%
 1992 32 SDP NL   35   28    2   1.9    93| .207  .260| .233  .326| .207  .383| .440  .709|  26  .199  -3.0  -0.3   0%
 1993 33 TOT       6    6    0   0.0   101| .000  .267| .000  .332| .000  .407| .000  .739|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
         SFG NL    6    6    0   0.0   101| .000  .267| .000  .332| .000  .407| .000  .739|-100  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
 1995 35 PHI NL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .271| .000  .340| .000  .421| .000  .761|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      440  388    9   0.6    92| .088  .256| .141  .323| .088  .384| .229  .707| -33  .029 -66.9  -6.9   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 24 NYY AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.70 1.29 1.80 2 7.0 1985 25 HOU NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1986 26 HOU NL P 26 9 13 2 0 .917 .957 0.85 0.66 1.38 1.94 26 144.0 1987 27 HOU NL P 26 5 22 1 0 .964 .954 1.04 0.62 1.60 1.91 25 152.0 1988 28 HOU NL P 31 7 25 2 1 .941 .955 1.03 0.69 1.39 1.96 31 207.0 1989 29 HOU NL P 34 8 31 3 2 .929 .947 1.15 0.63 1.56 1.87 34 225.7 1990 30 HOU NL P 34 3 32 2 1 .946 .956 1.03 0.58 1.51 1.80 34 209.3 1991 31 HOU NL P 28 4 18 3 1 .880 .957 0.79 0.59 1.23 1.86 28 161.0 1992 32 SDP NL P 15 2 22 0 1 1.000 .952 1.60 0.60 2.25 1.94 15 96.0 1993 33 TOT P 32 4 25 0 0 1.000 .954 0.91 0.56 1.42 1.80 31 184.3 MIN AL P 27 4 22 0 0 1.000 .952 0.96 0.56 1.40 1.79 27 167.3 SFG NL P 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.54 1.59 1.85 4 17.0 1994 34 MIN AL P 25 3 16 1 1 .950 .955 0.76 0.52 1.31 1.72 25 130.3 1995 35 PHI NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.87 2 5.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1984 24 NYY AL P 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 0.70 1.29 1.80 2 7.0 1985 25 HOU NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.70 0.00 1.80 0 3.0 1986 26 HOU NL P 26 9 13 2 0 .917 .957 0.85 0.66 1.38 1.94 26 144.0 1987 27 HOU NL P 26 5 22 1 0 .964 .954 1.04 0.62 1.60 1.91 25 152.0 1988 28 HOU NL P 31 7 25 2 1 .941 .955 1.03 0.69 1.39 1.96 31 207.0 1989 29 HOU NL P 34 8 31 3 2 .929 .947 1.15 0.63 1.56 1.87 34 225.7 1990 30 HOU NL P 34 3 32 2 1 .946 .956 1.03 0.58 1.51 1.80 34 209.3 1991 31 HOU NL P 28 4 18 3 1 .880 .957 0.79 0.59 1.23 1.86 28 161.0 1992 32 SDP NL P 15 2 22 0 1 1.000 .952 1.60 0.60 2.25 1.94 15 96.0 1993 33 TOT P 32 4 25 0 0 1.000 .954 0.91 0.56 1.42 1.80 31 184.3 MIN AL P 27 4 22 0 0 1.000 .952 0.96 0.56 1.40 1.79 27 167.3 SFG NL P 5 0 3 0 0 1.000 .968 0.60 0.54 1.59 1.85 4 17.0 1994 34 MIN AL P 25 3 16 1 1 .950 .955 0.76 0.52 1.31 1.72 25 130.3 1995 35 PHI NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.50 0.00 1.87 2 5.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 257 45 205 14 7 .947 .954 0.97 0.61 1.48 1.86 253 1525.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 257 45 205 14 7 .947 .954 0.97 0.61 1.48 1.86 253 1525
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Wins
1989 NL-15-10

Won-Loss %
1986 NL-.706-5
1987 NL-.647-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1988 NL-7.13-8
1989 NL-7.18-9

Games Started
1989 NL-34-4
1990 NL-34-4
1994 AL-25-1

Shutouts
1989 NL-3-6

Home Runs Allow.
1988 NL-20-7
1990 NL-21-5
1991 NL-19-7
1994 AL-30-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1990 NL-84-4

Hits Allowed
1994 AL-170-9

Losses
1988 NL-14-6
1994 AL-12-2

Earned Runs Allow.
1991 NL-89-8
1994 AL-107-1

Hit Batsmen
1990 NL-8-2

 

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (826) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 18 (1113) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 7.0 (1067) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 6.0 (1117) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 13th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 21st round of the 1982 amateur draft.

September 15, 1985: Traded by the New York Yankees with players to be named later to the Houston Astros for Joe Niekro. The New York Yankees sent Neder Horta (minors) (September 24, 1985) and Dody Rather (minors) (January 11, 1986) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

October 28, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 27, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

March 23, 1992: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

April 28, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

August 28, 1993: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the San Francisco Giants for a player to be named later, Aaron Fultz, and Andres Duncan (minors). The San Francisco Giants sent Greg Brummett (September 1, 1993) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

October 25, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

January 13, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 24, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

February 26, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 31, 1995: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1986Houston Astros$65,000
1987Houston Astros$110,000
1988Houston Astros$205,000
1989Houston Astros$470,000
1990Houston Astros$1,050,000
1991Houston Astros$2,100,000
1993Minnesota Twins$700,000
1994Minnesota Twins$575,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,275,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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