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Jimmie DeShong
James Brooklyn DeShong

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 12, 1932
Final Game June 10, 1939
Born November 30, 1909 in Harrisburg, PA
Died October 16, 1993 in Lower Paxton Township, PA

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Pitching Glossary /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1932 22 PHA AL   0   0   6   0   0   0   3  0   10.0   17   14   13   3    9    5   1   1    56       0 11.70  4.52   39 2.600
 1934 24 NYY AL   6   7  31  12   6   0   8  3  133.7  126   71   61   6   56   40   2   0   581       0  4.11  4.09  100 1.362
 1935 25 NYY AL   4   1  29   3   0   0  14  3   69.0   64   30   25   6   33   30   2   1   306       0  3.26  4.05  124 1.406
 1936 26 WSH AL  18  10  34  31  16   2   3  2  223.7  255  135  115  11   96   59   3   8  1003       1  4.63  4.79  103 1.569
 1937 27 WSH AL  14  15  37  34  20   0   3  1  264.3  290  161  144  15  124   86   3   3  1179       1  4.90  4.44   91 1.566
 1938 28 WSH AL   5   8  31  14   1   0  11  0  131.3  160  104   96  11   83   41   1   4   613       0  6.58  4.50   68 1.850
 1939 29 WSH AL   0   3   7   6   1   0   1  0   40.7   56   45   39   7   31   12   0   1   206       0  8.63  4.34   50 2.139
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .516  47  44 175 100  44   2  43  9  872.7  968  560  493  59  432  273  12  18  3944       2  5.08  4.45   88 1.604
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    11  10  43  24  10   0  10  2  215.7  239  138  121  14  106   67   2   4   975   0   0  5.08  4.45   88 1.604
 Career High     18  15  37  34  20   2  14  3  264.3  290  161  144  15  124   86   3   8  1179   0   1  3.26  4.79  124 1.362

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

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1932 22 PHA AL   6    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   3  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1934 24 NYY AL  31   42    5    8   0  0   0    0   0  0   7   5  .190  .320  .190   38    8   4           1    
 1935 25 NYY AL  29   14    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   4  .071  .188  .071  -29    1   2           0    
 1936 26 WSH AL  35   79   15   15   1  1   0    9   1  0  10   8  .190  .281  .228   30   18   8           0    
 1937 27 WSH AL  37   94    9   19   1  1   0    8   0  0  10  16  .202  .279  .234   33   22   4           0    
 1938 28 WSH AL  31   46    5   12   0  2   0    7   0  0   1   4  .261  .277  .348   60   16   1           0    
 1939 29 WSH AL   7   15    1    3   0  0   0    1   0  0   2   1  .200  .294  .200   32    3   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      176  293   35   58   2  4   0   25   1  0  32  41  .198  .279  .232   33   68  19   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        270   32   53   2  4   0   23   1  0  29  38  .198  .279  .232   33   63  17   0   0   1   1
 Career High     37   94   15   19   1  2   0    9   1  0  10  16                          22   8   0   0   1   1

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1932 22 PHA AL    3    3    0   0.0   114| .000  .290| .000  .361| .000  .426| .000  .788|-100  .000  -0.9  -0.1   0%
 1934 24 NYY AL   54   38    2   1.4   106| .190  .279| .320  .352| .190  .402| .510  .754|  38  .088  -3.4  -0.3   0%
 1935 25 NYY AL   18   15    0   0.0   107| .071  .281| .188  .353| .071  .406| .259  .759| -29  .000  -2.7  -0.3   0%
 1936 26 WSH AL   97   72    5   1.8   117| .190  .292| .281  .367| .228  .429| .509  .796|  30  .118  -8.7  -0.8 100%
 1937 27 WSH AL  108   79    6   2.0   113| .202  .285| .279  .359| .234  .424| .513  .784|  33  .147  -9.7  -0.9   0%
 1938 28 WSH AL   48   35    4   3.0   112| .261  .281| .277  .359| .348  .419| .625  .778|  60  .263  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1939 29 WSH AL   17   13    1   2.0   107| .200  .277| .294  .351| .200  .410| .494  .762|  32  .159  -1.4  -0.1   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons       345  255   18   1.9   112| .198  .285| .279  .360| .232  .420| .511  .779|  33  .131 -30.0  -2.8 100%

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

Fielding Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1932 22 PHA AL   P    6      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  1.22  2.70  2.25    0   10.0
 1934 24 NYY AL   P   31      4   28    1    0  .970  .955  1.03  1.11  2.15  2.14   12  133.7
 1935 25 NYY AL   P   29      4   22    1    0  .963  .949  0.90  1.12  3.39  2.15    3   69.0
 1936 26 WSH AL   P   34      4   34    2    6  .950  .957  1.12  1.04  1.53  1.99   31  223.7
 1937 27 WSH AL   P   37     15   52    2    2  .971  .954  1.81  1.09  2.28  2.05   34  264.3
 1938 28 WSH AL   P   31      8   26    3    4  .919  .952  1.10  1.12  2.33  2.11   14  131.3
 1939 29 WSH AL   P    7      1   14    1    0  .938  .949  2.14  0.99  3.32  1.92    6   40.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1932 22 PHA AL   P    6      0    3    0    0 1.000  .968  0.50  1.22  2.70  2.25    0   10.0
 1934 24 NYY AL   P   31      4   28    1    0  .970  .955  1.03  1.11  2.15  2.14   12  133.7
 1935 25 NYY AL   P   29      4   22    1    0  .963  .949  0.90  1.12  3.39  2.15    3   69.0
 1936 26 WSH AL   P   34      4   34    2    6  .950  .957  1.12  1.04  1.53  1.99   31  223.7
 1937 27 WSH AL   P   37     15   52    2    2  .971  .954  1.81  1.09  2.28  2.05   34  264.3
 1938 28 WSH AL   P   31      8   26    3    4  .919  .952  1.10  1.12  2.33  2.11   14  131.3
 1939 29 WSH AL   P    7      1   14    1    0  .938  .949  2.14  0.99  3.32  1.92    6   40.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 175     36  179   10   12  .956  .954  1.23  1.09  2.22  2.06  100  872.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       175     36  179   10   12  .956  .954  1.23  1.09  2.22  2.06  100    873

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
1936 AL-18-8

Won-Loss %
1936 AL-.643-9

Saves
1934 AL-3-9
1935 AL-3-8

Innings
1937 AL-264.3-4

Games Started
1936 AL-31-8
1937 AL-34-3

Comp. Games
1936 AL-16-10
1937 AL-20-5

Shutouts
1936 AL-2-8

Bases On Balls Allow.
1936 AL-96-10
1937 AL-124-2

Hits Allowed
1937 AL-290-2

Losses
1937 AL-15-8

Earned Runs Allow.
1937 AL-144-3

Wild Pitches
1936 AL-8-6

Batters Faced
1937 AL-1179-3

Gray Ink: Pitching - 23 (953) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 1.0 (1885) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 4.0 (1311) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions
May 20, 1932: Traded by the Philadelphia Athletics with cash to the Sacramento (PCL) for Tony Freitas.
January 17, 1936: Traded by the New York Yankees with Jesse Hill to the Washington Senators for Bump Hadley and Roy Johnson.
June 20, 1939: Purchased by the New York Yankees from the Washington Senators.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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Wins 1936 AL-18-8	Won-Loss % 1936 AL-.643-9	Saves 1934 AL-3-9 1935 AL-3-8	Innings 1937 AL-264.3-4	Games Started 1936 AL-31-8 1937 AL-34-3	Comp. Games 1936 AL-16-10 1937 AL-20-5
Shutouts 1936 AL-2-8	Bases On Balls Allow. 1936 AL-96-10 1937 AL-124-2	Hits Allowed 1937 AL-290-2	Losses 1937 AL-15-8	Earned Runs Allow. 1937 AL-144-3	Wild Pitches 1936 AL-8-6
Batters Faced 1937 AL-1179-3