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Jimmy Outlaw
James Paulus Outlaw

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 8", Weight 168 lb.
School Auburn University

Debut April 20, 1937
Final Game May 8, 1949
Born January 20, 1913 in Orme, TN
Died April 9, 2006 in Jackson, AL

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 24 CIN NL  49  165   18   45   7  3   0   11   2      3  31  .273  .290  .352   77   58   1           1   1
 1938 25 CIN NL   4    0    1    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   0                           0   0           0   0
 1939 26 BSN NL  65  133   15   35   2  0   0    5   1     10  14  .263  .315  .278   65   37   1           0   0
 1943 30 DET AL  20   67    8   18   1  0   1    6   0  0   8   4  .269  .347  .328   92   22   1           0   1
 1944 31 DET AL 139  535   69  146  20  6   3   57   7  8  41  40  .273  .327  .350   89  187   6           2  13
 1945 32 DET AL 132  446   56  121  16  5   0   34   6  7  45  33  .271  .338  .330   89  147   3           0   5
 1946 33 DET AL  92  299   36   78  14  2   2   31   5  4  29  24  .261  .328  .341   83  102   8           1  10
 1947 34 DET AL  70  127   20   29   7  1   0   15   3  1  21  14  .228  .338  .299   76   38   3           0   2
 1948 35 DET AL  74  198   33   56  12  0   0   25   0  1  31  15  .283  .383  .343   92   68   1           1   8
 1949 36 DET AL   5    4    1    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .250  .250  .250   32    1   0           0   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     650 1974  257  529  79 17   6  184  24 21 188 176  .268  .333  .334   85  660  24   0   0   5  41
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        492   64  132  20  4   1   46   6  5  47  44  .268  .333  .334   85  164   6   0   0   1  10
 Career High    139  535   69  146  20  6   3   57   7  8  45  40  .273  .338  .350   89  187   8   0   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 24 CIN NL  170  122   17   3.7    97| .273  .274| .290  .335| .352  .388| .642  .723|  77  .413  -5.7  -0.6     
 1938 25 CIN NL    0    0    0            |           |           |           |           |             0.0   0.0     
 1939 26 BSN NL  144   99   12   3.2    97| .263  .272| .315  .336| .278  .388| .593  .724|  65  .347  -6.1  -0.6     
 1943 30 DET AL   76   51    8   4.3    93| .269  .265| .347  .341| .328  .366| .675  .706|  92  .554  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 1944 31 DET AL  584  416   59   3.8    96| .273  .275| .327  .343| .350  .375| .677  .718|  89  .477  -9.0  -1.0  46%
 1945 32 DET AL  494  340   49   3.9    93| .271  .268| .338  .341| .330  .365| .668  .706|  89  .500  -6.0  -0.6  46%
 1946 33 DET AL  337  243   33   3.6   101| .261  .271| .328  .346| .341  .389| .669  .735|  83  .438  -7.1  -0.7  55%
 1947 34 DET AL  151  104   13   3.3    99| .228  .266| .338  .346| .299  .382| .637  .729|  76  .399  -3.5  -0.4  75%
 1948 35 DET AL  231  152   26   4.6   108| .283  .276| .383  .362| .343  .400| .726  .762|  92  .495  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1949 36 DET AL    4    4    0   0.0   107| .250  .271| .250  .363| .250  .394| .500  .756|  32  .000  -0.4   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons     2191 1531  217   3.8    98| .268  .272| .333  .344| .334  .380| .667  .724|  85  .460 -39.1  -4.1     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 24 CIN NL 3B 41 41 87 12 4 .914 .954 3.12 2.72 1939 26 BSN NL OF 39 80 1 3 0 .964 .975 2.08 2.17 15 22 2 3B 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.80 1943 30 DET AL OF 16 32 2 0 0 1.000 .977 2.12 2.39 4 3 9 1944 31 DET AL OF 137 254 14 10 2 .964 .974 1.96 2.35 71 6 60 1945 32 DET AL OF 105 192 13 7 6 .967 .978 1.95 2.27 82 17 8 3B 21 18 42 4 5 .938 .948 2.86 2.97 1946 33 DET AL OF 43 71 5 0 0 1.000 .977 1.77 2.24 26 10 9 3B 38 30 59 7 4 .927 .948 2.34 2.89 1947 34 DET AL OF 37 58 0 1 0 .983 .980 1.57 2.35 21 3 13 3B 9 11 7 1 0 .947 .957 2.00 2.91 1948 35 DET AL 3B 47 39 87 11 8 .920 .958 2.68 2.93 OF 13 19 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.54 2.36 10 0 3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 24 CIN NL 3B 41 41 87 12 4 .914 .954 3.12 2.72 1939 26 BSN NL 3B 2 3 0 0 0 1.000 .938 1.50 2.80 1945 32 DET AL 3B 21 18 42 4 5 .938 .948 2.86 2.97 1946 33 DET AL 3B 38 30 59 7 4 .927 .948 2.34 2.89 1947 34 DET AL 3B 9 11 7 1 0 .947 .957 2.00 2.91 1948 35 DET AL 3B 47 39 87 11 8 .920 .958 2.68 2.93 1939 26 BSN NL OF 39 80 1 3 0 .964 .975 2.08 2.17 15 22 2 1943 30 DET AL OF 16 32 2 0 0 1.000 .977 2.12 2.39 4 3 9 1944 31 DET AL OF 137 254 14 10 2 .964 .974 1.96 2.35 71 6 60 1945 32 DET AL OF 105 192 13 7 6 .967 .978 1.95 2.27 82 17 8 1946 33 DET AL OF 43 71 5 0 0 1.000 .977 1.77 2.24 26 10 9 1947 34 DET AL OF 37 58 0 1 0 .983 .980 1.57 2.35 21 3 13 1948 35 DET AL OF 13 19 1 0 0 1.000 .976 1.54 2.36 10 0 3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 390 706 36 21 8 .972 .976 1.90 2.30 229 61 104 3B 158 142 282 35 21 .924 .953 2.68 2.87 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 548 848 318 56 29 .954 .968 2.13 2.46
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    DET CHC     W   7  28   1   5  0  0  0   3   2   1  .179  .233  .179   1  0   1   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

Caught Stealing
1944 AL-8-8
1945 AL-7-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2762) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 3.0 (1680) (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 

September 9, 1938: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds.

September 14, 1938: Previous purchase by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Cincinnati Reds voided and player returned.

October 4, 1938: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals from the Cincinnati Reds in the 1938 rule 5 draft.

December 13, 1938: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Lew Krausse and cash.

December 13, 1938: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Buddy Hassett to the Boston Bees for Gene Moore and Ira Hutchinson.

March 23, 1940: Purchased by the Buffalo (International) from the Boston Bees.


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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