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Bob James
Robert Harvey James

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 230 lb.

Debut September 7, 1978
  vs. NYM 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 3 BB, 4 ER, L
Final Game October 2, 1987
Born August 15, 1958 in Glendale, CA

Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1978 19 MON NL   0   1   4   1   0   0   2  0    4.0    4    4    4   1    4    3   0   1    19   0   0  9.00  3.51   39 2.000
 1979 20 MON NL   0   0   2   0   0   0   1  0    2.0    2    3    3   0    3    1   0   0    11   1   0 13.50  3.67   27 2.500
 1982 23 TOT      0   2  19   1   0   0   7  0   28.7   32   19   17   4   16   31   0   6   131   1   1  5.34  3.92   73 1.674
         MON NL   0   0   7   0   0   0   1  0    9.0   10    6    6   0    8   11   0   2    44   1   1  6.00  3.64   61 2.000
         DET AL   0   2  12   1   0   0   6  0   19.7   22   13   11   4    8   20   0   4    87   0   0  5.03  4.04   80 1.525
 1983 24 TOT      1   0  31   0   0   0  19  7   54.0   42   22   21   5   26   60   3   2   227   2   1  3.50  3.62  104 1.259
         DET AL   0   0   4   0   0   0   3  0    4.0    5    5    5   2    3    4   0   0    19   0   0 11.25  3.91   35 2.000
         MON NL   1   0  27   0   0   0  16  7   50.0   37   17   16   3   23   56   3   2   208   2   1  2.88  3.60  125 1.200
 1984 25 MON NL   6   6  62   0   0   0  33 10   96.0   92   47   39   6   45   91   4   4   430   7   2  3.66  3.45   94 1.427
 1985 26 CHW AL   8   7  69   0   0   0  60 32  110.0   90   31   26   5   23   88   2   3   436   4   2  2.13  4.32  203 1.027
 1986 27 CHW AL   5   4  49   0   0   0  40 14   58.3   61   36   34   8   23   32   4   5   263   3   1  5.25  4.35   83 1.440
 1987 28 CHW AL   4   6  43   0   0   0  32 10   54.0   54   32   28  10   17   34   4   3   238   6   0  4.67  4.61   99 1.315
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .480  24  26 279   2   0   0 194 73  407.0  377  194  172  39  157  340  17  24  1755  24   7  3.80  4.02  106 1.312
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   6  67   0   0   0  46 17   98.3   91   46   41   9   37   82   4   5   424   5   1  3.80  4.02  106 1.312
 Career High      8   7  69   1   0   0  60 32  110.0   92   47   39  10   45   91   4   6   436   7   2  2.13  4.61  203 1.027

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1983 24 TOT     31    7    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .286  .286  .286   60    2   0   0   0   0   0
         MON NL  27    7    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   4  .286  .286  .286   60    2   0   0   0   0   0
 1984 25 MON NL  62   14    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  11  .143  .143  .143  -18    2   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      279   21    0    4   0  0   0    2   0  0   0  15  .190  .190  .190    9    4   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         12    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0   9  .190  .190  .190    9    2   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     69   14    0    2   0  0   0    1   0  0   0  11                           2   0   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1983 24 TOT       7    5    1   5.4    96| .286  .262| .286  .330| .286  .388| .572  .719|  60  .607  -0.4   0.0   0%
         MON NL    7    5    1   5.4    96| .286  .262| .286  .330| .286  .388| .572  .719|  60  .607  -0.4   0.0   0%
 1984 25 MON NL   14   12    0   0.0    90| .143  .259| .143  .323| .143  .376| .286  .699| -18  .000  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons        21   17    1   1.6    92| .190  .260| .190  .325| .190  .380| .380  .705|   9  .143  -2.6  -0.2   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / 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 ------+
1978 19 MON NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 0.72 2.25 1.80 1 4.0 1979 20 MON NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.65 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1982 23 TOT P 19 1 4 3 0 .625 .943 0.26 0.72 1.57 1.85 1 28.7 MON NL P 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.14 0.70 1.00 2.00 0 9.0 DET AL P 12 0 4 3 0 .571 .952 0.33 0.73 1.83 1.78 1 19.7 1983 24 TOT P 31 4 12 2 1 .889 .952 0.52 0.69 2.67 1.92 0 54.0 DET AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.72 0.00 1.80 0 4.0 MON NL P 27 4 12 2 1 .889 .952 0.59 0.68 2.88 1.93 0 50.0 1984 25 MON NL P 62 5 7 4 0 .750 .952 0.19 0.67 1.12 1.88 0 96.0 1985 26 CHW AL P 69 12 8 1 0 .952 .952 0.29 0.70 1.64 1.86 0 110.0 1986 27 CHW AL P 49 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.18 0.68 1.39 1.84 0 58.3 1987 28 CHW AL P 43 3 9 3 1 .800 .952 0.28 0.67 2.00 1.83 0 54.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1978 19 MON NL P 4 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.25 0.72 2.25 1.80 1 4.0 1979 20 MON NL P 2 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.65 0.00 1.80 0 2.0 1982 23 TOT P 19 1 4 3 0 .625 .943 0.26 0.72 1.57 1.85 1 28.7 MON NL P 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 .909 0.14 0.70 1.00 2.00 0 9.0 DET AL P 12 0 4 3 0 .571 .952 0.33 0.73 1.83 1.78 1 19.7 1983 24 TOT P 31 4 12 2 1 .889 .952 0.52 0.69 2.67 1.92 0 54.0 DET AL P 4 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.72 0.00 1.80 0 4.0 MON NL P 27 4 12 2 1 .889 .952 0.59 0.68 2.88 1.93 0 50.0 1984 25 MON NL P 62 5 7 4 0 .750 .952 0.19 0.67 1.12 1.88 0 96.0 1985 26 CHW AL P 69 12 8 1 0 .952 .952 0.29 0.70 1.64 1.86 0 110.0 1986 27 CHW AL P 49 3 6 0 0 1.000 .957 0.18 0.68 1.39 1.84 0 58.3 1987 28 CHW AL P 43 3 9 3 1 .800 .952 0.28 0.67 2.00 1.83 0 54.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 279 28 47 13 2 .852 .952 0.27 0.68 1.66 1.86 2 407.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 279 28 47 13 2 .852 .952 0.27 0.68 1.66 1.86 2 407
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.

Games
1985 AL-69-6

Saves
1985 AL-32-2

Hit Batsmen
1984 NL-4-10

Games Finished
1985 AL-60-3
1986 AL-40-10

Youngest Player
1978 NL-19-1
1979 NL-20-5

Gray Ink: Pitching - 4 (1939) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 5.0 (1211) (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 8, 1976: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

June 10, 1982: Sent to the Detroit Tigers by the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.

May 4, 1983: Returned by the Detroit Tigers to the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.

December 7, 1984: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Chicago White Sox for Vance Law.

December 21, 1987: Released by the Chicago White Sox.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Chicago White Sox$265,000
1986Chicago White Sox$555,000
1987Chicago White Sox$470,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,290,000

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