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Jim Presley
James Arthur Presley

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 200 lb.

Debut June 24, 1984
  vs. CLE 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game June 7, 1991
Born October 23, 1961 in Pensacola, FL

Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 22 SEA AL  70  251   27   57  12  1  10   36   1  1   6  63  .227  .247  .402   78  101   0   1   1   1   4
 1985 23 SEA AL 155  570   71  157  33  1  28   84   2  2  44 100  .275  .324  .484  118  276   1   9   9   1  29
 1986 24 SEA AL 155  616   83  163  33  4  27  107   0  4  32 172  .265  .303  .463  105  285   3   5   3   4  18 MVP-21,AS
 1987 25 SEA AL 152  575   78  142  23  6  24   88   2  0  38 157  .247  .296  .433   87  249   1   4   1   4  15
 1988 26 SEA AL 150  544   50  125  26  0  14   62   3  5  36 114  .230  .280  .355   74  193   3   5   1   4  14
 1989 27 SEA AL 117  390   42   92  20  1  12   41   0  0  21 107  .236  .275  .385   82  150   3   2   2   1  12
 1990 28 ATL NL 140  541   59  131  34  1  19   72   1  1  29 130  .242  .282  .414   86  224   0   4   0   3  10
 1991 29 SDP NL  20   59    3    8   0  0   1    5   0  1   4  16  .136  .200  .186    8   11   1   1   1   1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      959 3546  413  875 181 14 135  495   9 14 210 859  .247  .290  .420   91 1489  12  31  18  19 104
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        599   70  148  31  2  23   84   2  2  35 145  .247  .290  .420   91  252   2   5   3   3  18
 Career High    155  616   83  163  34  6  28  107   3  5  44 172  .275  .324  .484  118  285   3   9   9   4  29
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1984 22 SEA AL  259  200   24   3.2    95| .227  .261| .247  .324| .402  .394| .649  .718|  78  .350  -8.6  -0.9  50%
 1985 23 SEA AL  625  454   80   4.7    99| .275  .261| .324  .327| .484  .406| .808  .733| 118  .512  13.7   1.3  50%
 1986 24 SEA AL  660  483   80   4.4   100| .265  .262| .303  .330| .463  .408| .766  .737| 105  .475   2.0   0.2   0%
 1987 25 SEA AL  622  453   72   4.2   110| .247  .271| .296  .340| .433  .435| .729  .775|  87  .427 -14.1  -1.3 100%
 1988 26 SEA AL  592  446   52   3.1    98| .230  .264| .280  .330| .355  .397| .635  .727|  74  .347 -20.2  -2.0  37%
 1989 27 SEA AL  417  315   39   3.3    96| .236  .264| .275  .330| .385  .389| .660  .718|  82  .380 -10.9  -1.1   0%
 1990 28 ATL NL  577  425   62   3.9   102| .242  .270| .282  .337| .414  .406| .696  .743|  86  .446 -12.7  -1.3  50%
 1991 29 SDP NL   66   56    2   1.0    96| .136  .261| .200  .329| .186  .391| .386  .720|   8  .063  -7.5  -0.8   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3818 2832  411   3.9   101| .247  .265| .290  .332| .420  .407| .710  .738|  91  .426 -58.2  -5.9  39%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1984 22 SEA AL 3B 69 48 113 7 12 .958 .950 2.33 2.19 2.44 2.75 69 593.3 DH 1 1985 23 SEA AL 3B 154 82 335 17 24 .961 .953 2.71 2.38 2.79 2.85 154 1343.0 1986 24 SEA AL 3B 155 110 308 15 31 .965 .948 2.70 2.37 2.76 2.74 154 1360.7 AS 1987 25 SEA AL 3B 148 113 311 21 28 .953 .952 2.86 2.31 3.02 2.77 146 1262.7 SS 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 .976 1.00 4.03 2.57 4.56 1 14.0 DH 1 1988 26 SEA AL 3B 146 112 234 22 25 .940 .954 2.37 2.36 2.44 2.71 145 1278.0 DH 4 1989 27 SEA AL 3B 90 54 154 17 13 .924 .943 2.31 2.34 2.55 2.73 86 732.7 1B 30 168 15 1 16 .995 .993 6.10 8.35 9.10 9.79 18 181.0 DH 1 1990 28 ATL NL 3B 133 101 231 25 19 .930 .947 2.50 2.31 2.73 2.73 130 1094.0 1B 17 77 11 1 10 .989 .992 5.18 7.88 10.42 9.59 7 76.0 1991 29 SDP NL 3B 16 13 23 3 0 .923 .950 2.25 2.31 2.33 2.74 16 139.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1989 27 SEA AL 1B 30 168 15 1 16 .995 .993 6.10 8.35 9.10 9.79 18 181.0 1990 28 ATL NL 1B 17 77 11 1 10 .989 .992 5.18 7.88 10.42 9.59 7 76.0 1984 22 SEA AL 3B 69 48 113 7 12 .958 .950 2.33 2.19 2.44 2.75 69 593.3 1985 23 SEA AL 3B 154 82 335 17 24 .961 .953 2.71 2.38 2.79 2.85 154 1343.0 1986 24 SEA AL 3B 155 110 308 15 31 .965 .948 2.70 2.37 2.76 2.74 154 1360.7 1987 25 SEA AL 3B 148 113 311 21 28 .953 .952 2.86 2.31 3.02 2.77 146 1262.7 1988 26 SEA AL 3B 146 112 234 22 25 .940 .954 2.37 2.36 2.44 2.71 145 1278.0 1989 27 SEA AL 3B 90 54 154 17 13 .924 .943 2.31 2.34 2.55 2.73 86 732.7 1990 28 ATL NL 3B 133 101 231 25 19 .930 .947 2.50 2.31 2.73 2.73 130 1094.0 1991 29 SDP NL 3B 16 13 23 3 0 .923 .950 2.25 2.31 2.33 2.74 16 139.0 1984 22 SEA AL DH 1 1987 25 SEA AL DH 1 1988 26 SEA AL DH 4 1989 27 SEA AL DH 1 1987 25 SEA AL SS 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 .976 1.00 4.03 2.57 4.56 1 14.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 3B* 911 633 1709 127 152 .949 .950 2.57 2.33 2.70 2.76 900 7803.3 1B* 47 245 26 2 26 .993 .993 5.77 8.18 9.49 9.73 25 257.0 DH 7 Games not counted in Overall Total below SS* 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 .976 1.00 4.03 2.57 4.56 1 14.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 962 878 1739 129 179 .953 .954 2.72 2.63 2.92 2.98 926 8074
An Important note about our fielding stats

All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1986   SEA AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
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.

All-Star
1986

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1986-AL-21-0.01
Car-1440-0.01 shares

Total Bases
1986 AL-285-10

Doubles
1990 NL-34-8

RBI
1986 AL-107-8

Strikeouts
1986 AL-172-4
1987 AL-157-5
1990 NL-130-3

Extra-Base Hits
1986 AL-64-7

Sac. Flies
1985 AL-9-9

Grounded into Double Plays
1985 AL-29-3
1986 AL-18-10

Outs
1986 AL-483-7

   

Gray Ink: Batting - 6 (1643) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 6.0 (2261) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 6.0 (1325) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

June 5, 1979: Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft.

January 24, 1990: Traded by the Seattle Mariners to the Atlanta Braves for Gary Eave and Ken Pennington (minors).

November 5, 1990: Granted Free Agency.

February 8, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

June 8, 1991: Released by the San Diego Padres.

July 18, 1991: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

October 15, 1991: Granted Free Agency.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985Seattle Mariners$71,600
1986Seattle Mariners$192,500
1988Seattle Mariners$535,000
1989Seattle Mariners$595,000
1990Atlanta Braves$640,000
1991San Diego Padres$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$2,534,100

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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