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Doc McJames
James McCutchen McJames
born James Mc Cutchen James

Bats Unknown, Throws Right
School University of South Carolina

Debut September 24, 1895
Final Game July 13, 1901
Born August 27, 1874 in Williamsburg County, SC
Died September 23, 1901 in Charleston, SC

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1895 20 WHS NL   1   1   2   2   2   0   0  0   17.0   17   11    3   0   16    9   0   1     0       0  1.59  4.82  304 1.941
 1896 21 WHS NL  12  20  37  33  29   0   3  1  280.3  310  208  133   2  135  103   0  24     0       0  4.27  4.40  103 1.587
 1897 22 WHS NL  15  23  44  39  33   3   5  2  323.7  361  212  130   7  137  156  22  21     0       0  3.61  4.35  120 1.539
 1898 23 BLN NL  27  15  45  42  40   2   3  0  374.0  327  148   98   5  113  178  12  13     0       0  2.36  3.57  151 1.176
 1899 24 BRO NL  19  15  37  34  27   1   3  1  275.3  295  166  107   4  122  105  12  16     0       1  3.50  3.93  112 1.515
 1901 26 BRO NL   5   6  13  12   6   0   1  0   91.0  104   71   48   1   40   42   7   4     0       0  4.75  3.35   71 1.582
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .497  79  80 178 162 137   6  15  4 1361.3 1414  816  519  19  563  593  53  79     0       1  3.43  4.00  117 1.452
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    15  16  35  32  27   1   3  0  272.0  282  163  103   3  112  118  10  15     0   0   0  3.43  4.00  117 1.452
 Career High     27  23  45  42  40   3   5  2  374.0  361  212  133   7  137  178  22  24     0   0   1  2.36  4.40  151 1.176

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1895 20 WHS NL   2    7    1    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   0  .143  .143  .143  -26    1   0           0    
 1896 21 WHS NL  37  111    8   18   1  0   0    5   1      3  19  .162  .184  .171   -6   19   3           0    
 1897 22 WHS NL  44  124   12   21   1  2   0   13   1      5      .169  .202  .210    9   26   0           0    
 1898 23 BLN NL  45  149   12   27   7  1   0   14   2      5      .181  .208  .242   27   36   1           0    
 1899 24 BRO NL  37  112    8   19   4  1   0    6   1      2      .170  .184  .223   10   25   0           0    
 1901 26 BRO NL  13   34    1    1   0  0   0    0   0      2      .029  .083  .029  -67    1   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      178  537   42   87  13  4   0   39   5  0  17  19  .162  .188  .201    6  108   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        489   38   79  12  4   0   35   5  0  15  17  .162  .188  .201    6   98   4   0   0   0   0
 Career High     45  149   12   27   7  2   0   14   2  0   5  19                          36   3   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1895 20 WHS NL    7    6    0   0.0   111| .143  .301| .143  .367| .143  .407| .286  .774| -26  .000  -1.3  -0.1     
 1896 21 WHS NL  117   96    4   1.1   107| .162  .297| .184  .362| .171  .397| .355  .759|  -6  .061 -17.4  -1.7     
 1897 22 WHS NL  129  103    5   1.3   107| .169  .297| .202  .361| .210  .395| .412  .756|   9  .080 -17.0  -1.6     
 1898 23 BLN NL  155  123    7   1.5    93| .181  .280| .208  .345| .242  .360| .450  .705|  27  .143 -14.7  -1.6     
 1899 24 BRO NL  114   93    5   1.4   101| .170  .292| .184  .355| .223  .381| .407  .736|  10  .112 -14.4  -1.5     
 1901 26 BRO NL   36   33    0   0.0    91| .029  .279| .083  .335| .029  .364| .112  .699| -67  .000  -7.4  -0.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       558  454   21   1.2   101| .162  .290| .188  .354| .201  .381| .389  .735|   6  .084 -72.2  -7.3     

* 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 ------+
1895 20 WHS NL P 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.00 2.12 2.54 2 17.0 1896 21 WHS NL P 37 9 66 9 2 .893 .916 2.03 2.20 2.41 2.72 33 280.3 1897 22 WHS NL P 44 7 72 7 1 .919 .920 1.80 2.10 2.20 2.55 39 323.7 1898 23 BLN NL P 45 12 70 7 1 .921 .918 1.82 2.25 1.97 2.65 42 374.0 1899 24 BRO NL P 37 6 78 7 3 .923 .909 2.27 2.24 2.75 2.68 34 275.3 1901 26 BRO NL P 13 2 17 5 0 .792 .936 1.46 2.39 1.88 2.75 12 91.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1895 20 WHS NL P 2 0 4 0 0 1.000 .909 2.00 2.00 2.12 2.54 2 17.0 1896 21 WHS NL P 37 9 66 9 2 .893 .916 2.03 2.20 2.41 2.72 33 280.3 1897 22 WHS NL P 44 7 72 7 1 .919 .920 1.80 2.10 2.20 2.55 39 323.7 1898 23 BLN NL P 45 12 70 7 1 .921 .918 1.82 2.25 1.97 2.65 42 374.0 1899 24 BRO NL P 37 6 78 7 3 .923 .909 2.27 2.24 2.75 2.68 34 275.3 1901 26 BRO NL P 13 2 17 5 0 .792 .936 1.46 2.39 1.88 2.75 12 91.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 178 36 307 35 7 .907 .917 1.93 2.21 2.27 2.65 162 1361.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 178 36 307 35 7 .907 .917 1.93 2.21 2.27 2.65 162 1361
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.

ERA
1897 NL-3.61-10
1898 NL-2.36-4

Wins
1898 NL-27-3

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1898 NL-1.176-5

Hits Allowed/9IP
1898 NL-7.87-5

Strikeouts/9IP
1896 NL-3.31-3
1897 NL-4.34-2
1898 NL-4.28-3
1899 NL-3.43-4

Games
1897 NL-44-5
1898 NL-45-4

Saves
1896 NL-1-4
1897 NL-2-3
1899 NL-1-7

Innings
1897 NL-323.7-8
1898 NL-374.0-4

Strikeouts
1896 NL-103-7
1897 NL-156-1
1898 NL-178-2
1899 NL-105-8

Games Started
1897 NL-39-6
1898 NL-42-3

Comp. Games
1898 NL-40-3

Shutouts
1897 NL-3-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1896 NL-135-7
1897 NL-137-4
1898 NL-113-8
1899 NL-122-3

SO to Walk
1898 NL-1.58-3

Losses
1896 NL-20-9
1897 NL-23-3

Wild Pitches
1896 NL-24-2
1897 NL-21-2
1898 NL-13-4
1899 NL-16-3

Hit Batsmen
1897 NL-22-6

Adjusted ERA+
1898 NL-151-4

Black Ink: Pitching - 5 (418) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 52 (477) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 19.0 (619) (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 

December 10, 1897: Traded by the Washington Senators with Gene DeMontreville and Dan McGann to the Baltimore Orioles for Jack Doyle, Heinie Reitz, and Doc Amole.

March 11, 1899: Assigned to the Brooklyn Superbas by the Baltimore Orioles.

July 16, 1901: Released by the Brooklyn Superbas.


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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