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Jim Fridley
James Riley Fridley (Big Jim)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 205 lb.
School West Virginia University

Debut April 15, 1952
Final Game September 27, 1958
Born September 6, 1924 in Philippi, WV
Died February 28, 2003 in Port Charlotte, FL

Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1952 27 CLE AL  62  175   23   44   2  0   4   16   3  3  14  40  .251  .311  .331   83   58   3           1   3
 1954 29 BAL AL  85  240   25   59   8  5   4   36   0  1  21  41  .246  .311  .371   93   89   2   1       2  13
 1958 33 CIN NL   5    9    2    2   2  0   0    1   0  0   0   2  .222  .222  .444   67    4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons      152  424   50  105  12  5   8   53   3  4  35  83  .248  .309  .356   88  151   5   1   0   3  16
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        452   53  112  13  5   9   56   3  4  37  88  .248  .309  .356   88  161   5   1   0   3  17
 Career High     85  240   25   59   8  5   4   36   3  3  21  41  .246  .311  .371   93   89   3   1   0   2  13
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1952 27 CLE AL  193  140   17   3.3    91| .251  .253| .311  .332| .331  .369| .642  .701|  83  .394  -4.2  -0.4  50%
 1954 29 BAL AL  266  198   27   3.7    93| .246  .257| .311  .331| .371  .376| .682  .707|  93  .431  -3.2  -0.3   0%
 1958 33 CIN NL    9    7    1   3.8   111| .222  .277| .222  .345| .444  .432| .666  .778|  67  .411  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons       468  345   45   3.5    93| .248  .256| .309  .332| .356  .374| .665  .706|  88  .417  -7.8  -0.7  42%

* 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    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1952 27 CLE AL OF 54 87 3 2 0 .978 .980 1.67 2.18 37 0 20 1954 29 BAL AL OF 67 132 1 2 0 .985 .979 1.99 2.17 64 0 3 1958 33 CIN NL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.55 0.90 1.98 1 10.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 33 CIN NL LF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.55 0.90 1.98 1 10.0 1952 27 CLE AL OF 54 87 3 2 0 .978 .980 1.67 2.18 37 0 20 1954 29 BAL AL OF 67 132 1 2 0 .985 .979 1.99 2.17 64 0 3 1958 33 CIN NL OF 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.95 0.90 2.25 1 10.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Position Total LF* 2 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.50 1.55 1 10.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+ Overall Total 123 220 4 4 0 .982 .979 1.82 2.17
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

Before 1948 Season: Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent.

April 6, 1953: Selected off waivers by the St. Louis Browns from the Cleveland Indians.

December 1, 1954: Sent by the Baltimore Orioles to the New York Yankees to complete an earlier deal made on November 17, 1954. The Baltimore Orioles sent players to be named later, Bob Turley, Don Larsen, and Billy Hunter to the New York Yankees for players to be named later, Gene Woodling, Harry Byrd, Jim McDonald, Hal Smith, Gus Triandos, and Willy Miranda. The New York Yankees sent Bill Miller (December 1, 1954), Kal Segrist (December 1, 1954), Don Leppert (December 1, 1954), and Ted Del Guercio (minors) (December 1, 1954) to the Baltimore Orioles to complete the trade. The Baltimore Orioles sent Mike Blyzka (December 1, 1954), Darrell Johnson (December 1, 1954), Jim Fridley (December 1, 1954), and Dick Kryhoski (December 1, 1954) to the New York Yankees to complete the trade.

May 30, 1957: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the New York Yankees. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 10, 1958: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Los Angeles Dodgers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

April 11, 1958: Purchased by the Cincinnati Redlegs from the Detroit Tigers. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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