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Jimmy Archer

James Patrick Archer

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: May 13, 1883 in Dublin, Ireland (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1904
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Pirates/Tigers/Robins/Reds 1904-1918
Final Game: September 2, 1918
Died: March 29, 1958 in Milwaukee, WI
Buried: Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery,in Boone, IA
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Standard Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1904	21	PIT	NL	7	20	20	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		0		.150	.150	.150	.300	-9	3	0	0	/2O

1907	24	DET	AL	18	48	42	6	5	0	0	0	0	0		4		.119	.196	.119	.315	-1	5	0	2	2/4

1909	26	CHC	NL	80	286	261	31	60	9	2	1	30	5		12		.230	.266	.291	.558	71	76	1	12	2
1910	27	CHC	NL	98	344	313	36	81	17	6	2	41	6		14	49	.259	.293	.371	.663	94	116	1	16	23
1911	28	CHC	NL	116	419	387	41	98	18	5	4	41	5		18	43	.253	.288	.357	.645	80	138	1	13	23/4	MVP-16
1912	29	CHC	NL	120	426	385	35	109	20	2	5	58	7		22	36	.283	.330	.384	.715	95	148	5	14	*2	MVP-22
1913	30	CHC	NL	111	403	368	38	98	14	7	2	44	4	5	19	27	.266	.311	.359	.670	91	132	5	11	*2/3	MVP-13
1914	31	CHC	NL	79	262	248	17	64	9	2	0	19	1		9	9	.258	.284	.310	.595	77	77	0	5	2
1915	32	CHC	NL	97	331	309	21	75	11	5	1	27	5	6	11	38	.243	.273	.320	.594	79	99	2	9	2/3
1916	33	CHC	NL	77	228	205	11	45	6	2	1	30	3	0	12	24	.220	.269	.283	.552	63	58	2	9	2/5
1917	34	CHC	NL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1918	35	TOT	NL	42	113	106	9	22	2	3	0	5	0		3	14	.208	.243	.283	.526	59	30	2	2	2/3
1918	35	PIT	NL	24	63	58	4	9	1	2	0	3	0		1	6	.155	.197	.241	.438	32	14	2	2	2/3
1918	35	BRO	NL	9	23	22	3	6	0	1	0	0	0		1	5	.273	.304	.364	.668	103	8	0	0	/2
1918	35	CIN	NL	9	27	26	2	7	1	0	0	2	0		1	3	.269	.296	.308	.604	86	8	0	0	/23
12 Seasons				847	2882	2646	246	660	106	34	16	296	36	11	124	241	.249	.288	.333	.621	80	882	19	93
162 Game Avg.				162	551	506	47	126	20	7	3	57	7		24		.249	.288	.333	.621	80	169	4	18

CHC (9 yrs)				780	2701	2478	230	630	104	31	16	290	36	11	117	227	.254	.292	.341	.633	83	844	17	89
PIT (2 yrs)				31	83	78	5	12	1	2	0	4	0		1	6	.154	.185	.218	.403	22	17	2	2
BRO (1 yr)				9	23	22	3	6	0	1	0	0	0		1	5	.273	.304	.364	.668	103	8	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				9	27	26	2	7	1	0	0	2	0		1	3	.269	.296	.308	.604	86	8	0	0
DET (1 yr)				18	48	42	6	5	0	0	0	0	0		4		.119	.196	.119	.315	-1	5	0	2

NL (11 yrs)				829	2834	2604	240	655	106	34	16	296	36	11	120	241	.252	.289	.337	.626	81	877	19	91
AL (1 yr)				18	48	42	6	5	0	0	0	0	0		4		.119	.196	.119	.315	-1	5	0	2

Postseason Batting

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1907	24	DET	AL	WS	CHC	L	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

1910	27	CHC	NL	WS	PHA	L	3	11	11	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.273	.455	3	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							4	14	14	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.214	.357	3	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							4	14	14	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.214	.357	3	0	0	0	0	0

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards
1904	PIT	NL	21	C	7			37	25	9	3	0	.919		4.86	.965		5.74		1		6	7	54%
1904	PIT	NL	21	OF	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.90	1-0-0
1907	DET	AL	24	C	17			80	62	16	2	0	.975		4.59	.968		5.46		1		12	11	48%
1907	DET	AL	24	2B	1			7	2	4	1	0	.857		6.00	.957		5.30
1909	CHC	NL	26	C	80			526	408	97	21	7	.960		6.31	.965		5.79		5		74	71	49%
1910	CHC	NL	27	C	49			329	239	80	10	6	.970		6.51	.973		5.63		2		44	52	54%
1910	CHC	NL	27	1B	40			408	381	17	10	25	.975		9.95	.984		10.07
1911	CHC	NL	28	C	102			614	476	124	14	11	.977		5.88	.966		5.56		5		82	88	52%	MVP-16
1911	CHC	NL	28	1B	10			89	84	4	1	6	.989		8.80	.985		9.90							MVP-16
1911	CHC	NL	28	2B	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.00							MVP-16
1912	CHC	NL	29	C	118			676	504	149	23	15	.966		5.53	.969		5.38		9		109	105	49%	MVP-22
1913	CHC	NL	30	C	103			612	455	138	19	6	.969		5.76	.970		5.09		7		111	105	49%	MVP-13
1913	CHC	NL	30	1B	8			65	58	5	2	4	.969		7.88	.986		10.21							MVP-13
1914	CHC	NL	31	C	76			485	367	105	13	8	.973		6.21	.970		5.13		16		87	65	43%
1915	CHC	NL	32	C	88			556	419	124	13	11	.977		6.17	.975		5.25		14		81	70	46%
1915	CHC	NL	32	1B	4			30	28	2	0	0	1.000		7.50	.990		10.22
1916	CHC	NL	33	C	61			327	236	84	7	5	.979		5.25	.974		5.42		4		62	41	40%
1916	CHC	NL	33	3B	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.00
1918	TOT	NL	35	C	35			157	102	53	2	7	.987		4.43	.973		4.60		6		21	30	59%
1918	TOT	NL	35	1B	2			17	15	1	1	1	.941		8.00	.982		10.80
1918	PIT	NL	35	C	21			94	63	30	1	4	.989		4.43	.973		4.60		0		10	16	62%
1918	PIT	NL	35	1B	1			4	4	0	0	0	1.000		4.00	.975		10.80
1918	BRO	NL	35	C	7			31	17	13	1	0	.968		4.29	.974		4.60		3		6	8	57%
1918	CIN	NL	35	C	7			32	22	10	0	3	1.000		4.57	.972		4.60		3		5	6	55%
1918	CIN	NL	35	1B	1			13	11	1	1	1	.923		12.00	.985		10.80
11 Seasons				C	736			4399	3293	979	127	76	.971		5.80	.970		5.36		70		689	645	48%
5 Seasons				1B	64			609	566	29	14	36	.977		9.30	.985		10.09
2 Seasons				2B	2			7	2	4	1	0	.857		3.00	.957		5.15
1 Season				3B	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			3.00
1 Season				OF	1			0	0	0	0	0			0.00			1.90	1-0-0
12 Seasons				TOT	804			5015	3861	1012	142	112	.972		6.06	.943		5.73	1-0-0	70		689	645	48%
				Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	LF-CF-RF	PB	WP	SB	CS	CS%	Awards

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame 1937 BBWAA ( 3.0%) 1938 BBWAA ( 2.7%) 1939 BBWAA ( 1.1%)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1911 NL (16, 8%) 1912 NL (22, 2%) 1913 NL (13, 9%) 0.19 Career Shares (745th)	Youngest s c a p y 1904 NL born 1883-05-13 (8th)

Hall of Fame
1937 BBWAA ( 3.0%)
1938 BBWAA ( 2.7%)
1939 BBWAA ( 1.1%)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1911 NL (16, 8%)
1912 NL (22, 2%)
1913 NL (13, 9%)
0.19 Career Shares (745th)

Youngest s c a p y
1904 NL born 1883-05-13 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 1 (3920), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August, 1904: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from Boone (Iowa State).

September 1, 1906: Drafted by the Detroit Tigers from Atlanta (Southern Association) in the 1906 rule 5 draft.

Before 1908 Season: Purchased by Buffalo (Eastern) from the Detroit Tigers.

September 1, 1908: Drafted by the Chicago Cubs from Buffalo (Eastern) in the 1908 rule 5 draft.

July 10, 1917: Released by the Chicago Cubs.

March 10, 1918: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 16, 1918: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

July 28, 1918: Signed as a Free Agent with the Brooklyn Robins. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

August 21, 1918: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the Brooklyn Robins.

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