Jim Archer

James William Archer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 25, 1932 in Max Meadows, VA
High School: Max Meadows HS (Max Meadows, VA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1961
Team: Athletics 1961-1962

Final Game: September 19, 1962
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1950	18	PUL	D																										PUL · APPY
1951	19	NYY-min	D																										LGA · GAAL
1955	23	BAL-min	B	33	64	64		12	1	1	0						.188	.188	.234	.422		15							YOR · PIED
1956	24	BAL-min	A	35	80	80		10	0	0	0						.125	.125	.125	.250		10							CBS · SALL
1957	25	BAL-min	A,Opn	31	52	52	0	9	3	0	0	0	0		0	1	.173	.173	.231	.404		12	0	0	0	0			KNX,VAN · SALL,PCL
1958	26	BAL-min	AA	39	94	88	6	17	1	0	1	6	0	0	4	17	.193	.228	.239	.467		21		0	2	0			SAN · TL
1959	27	BAL-min	AAA	37	77	67	3	11	1	0	0	3	0		3	13	.164	.197	.179	.376		12		0	6	1	0		MIA · IL
1960	28	BAL-min	AAA	35	67	61	2	6	0	1	0	2	0	0	2	14	.098	.125	.131	.256		8		0	3	1			MIA · IL
1961	29	KCA	AL	39	72	63	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.063	.091	.079	.170	-54	5	0	0	6	1	0	1
1962	30	OAK-min	AAA	7	15	14	1	2	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286		2		0	1	0			POR · PCL
1962	30	KCA	AL	18	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	433	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	31	OAK-ANA-min	AAA	17	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.000	.143	.000	.143		0							POR,HAW · PCL
2 Yrs				57	73	64	2	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	19	.078	.104	.094	.198	-46	6	0	0	6	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	207	182	6	14	3	0	0	11	0	0	6	54	.078	.104	.094	.198	-46	17	0	0	17	3	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1961	29	KCA	AL	39	72	-16	8	-7	-0.7	2	-5	-0.7	.482	.496	-0.7	-0.0	-5	$	1
1962	30	KCA	AL	18	1	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
2 Seasons				57	73	-15	8	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.6	.489	.498	-0.6	-0.0	-4	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1961	29	KCA	AL	72	66	1	0.4	104	.089	.063	.264	.091	.339	.079	.411	.170	.750	-54	.011	-14.0	-1.4	.119	.048	.016
1962	30	KCA	AL	1	0	1		106	1.000	1.000	.268	1.000	.341	1.000	.417	2.000	.758	433	.000	0.5	0.0		.000	.000
2 Yrs				73	66	2	0.8	104	.109	.078	.264	.104	.339	.094	.411	.198	.750	-46	.039	-13.5	-1.3	.136	.047	.016
162 Game Avg.				207	188	6	0.8	104	.109	.078	.264	.104	.339	.094	.411	.198	.750	-46	.039	-13.5	-1.3	.136	.047	.016

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	29	KCA	AL	72	0.0%	26.4%	2.8%	1.4%	25%	9.50	3.3		31.5	2.43	63%
1962	30	KCA	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				.5		100%
2 Yrs				73	0.0%	26.0%	2.7%	1.4%	20%	9.50	3.4		16.0	2.43	63%
MLB Averages					2.5%	13.9%	8.9%	6.7%	29%	1.56	6.4	36.2	8.1	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1961	29	KCA	AL	-14.1	-1.4	72	-1.5	0.2	-1.8	1.07	-1.6	0.1	-16.4	-1.6	0.95	-17.4
1962	30	KCA	AL	0.5	0.0	2	0.3	0.3	0.0	2.60	0.1	0.0	1.8	0.2	1.60	1.1
2 Yrs				-13.6	-1.3	74	-1.2	0.5	-1.8	1.11	-1.5	0.3	-14.6	-1.5	0.96	-16.3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS3
1961	29	KCA	AL	33%	12	1	0	100%	1	1
1962	30	KCA	AL	0%	1	0	1		0	0
2 Yrs				29%	13	1	1	100%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1961	29	KCA	AL	72	47%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	75%	17	0	0%	17	5	29%	48	2	4%	6	2	33%	3	0	0%	0
1962	30	KCA	AL	1	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	2	100%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				73	47%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	6	75%	17	0	0%	17	5	29%	50	4	8%	6	2	33%	3	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1961	29	39	72	63	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	19	.063	.091	.079	.170	-54	5	0	0	6	1	0
1962	30	57	73	64	2	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	19	.078	.104	.094	.198	-46	6	0	0	6	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1961	29	39	72	63	0	0	2	19	.000	.030	.000	.030	0	39
1962	30	18	1	1	1	2	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	18
2 Yrs		57	73	64	1	2	2	19	.016	.045	.016	.060	1	57
162 Game Avg.		162	207	182	3	6	6	54	.016	.045	.016	.060	3	57

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