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Jim Gideon
James Leslie Gideon

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.
School University of Texas at Austin

Debut September 14, 1975
  vs. CHW 5.7 IP, 7 H, 2 SO, 5 BB, 5 ER
Final Game September 14, 1975
Born September 26, 1953 in Taylor, TX

Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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        Here's to the best baseball player in my neighborhood in the 60's. I was younger, smaller, and less talented, so of course I wanted to be just like him.

Pitching  Glossary /
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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1975 21 TEX AL   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    5.7    7    6    5   1    5    2   0   1    29   0   0  7.94  3.75   47 2.118
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  1 Yr WL undef   0   0   1   1   0   0   0  0    5.7    7    6    5   1    5    2   0   1    29   0   0  7.94  3.75   47 2.118
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     0   0  34  34   0   0   0  0  193.7  238  204  170  34  170   68   0  34   986   0   0  7.94  3.75   47 2.118

* 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 ------+
1975 21 TEX AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.89 1 5.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1975 21 TEX AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.89 1 5.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.89 1 5.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 1.80 1 6
An Important note about our fielding stats


Transactions 

June 6, 1972: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 3rd round of the 1972 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 3, 1975: Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft.

June 1, 1976: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Mike Cubbage, Bill Singer, Roy Smalley, and $250,000 to the Minnesota Twins for Bert Blyleven and Danny Thompson.

Before 1980 Season: Released by the Minnesota Twins.

February 2, 1982: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.


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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