James Atkins

James Curtis Atkins

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 10, 1921 in Birmingham, AL
Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 29, 1950
Team: RedSox 1950-1952

Final Game: May 10, 1952
Died: February 28, 2009 in Hanceville, AL
Buried: Jefferson Memorial Gardens, Birmingham, AL
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1941	20	DET-min	C	1	1	.500		4						15.0	22	17			14								2.400	13.2		8.4			TXA · CSTL
1946	25	BOS-min	D	20	5	.800	2.75	33						229.0	185	86	70		102								1.253	7.3		4.0			GVA · ALSL
1947	26	BOS-min	AA	8	7	.533	4.31	25						140.0	135	79	67		74								1.493	8.7		4.8			NOR · SOUA
1948	27	PIT-min	AA	8	8	.500	5.72	34						137.0	161	108	87		80								1.759	10.6		5.3			NOR · SOUA
1949	28	PIT-BOS-min	AA	13	10	.565	4.10	29						178.0	171	96	81		82								1.421	8.6		4.1			NOR,BIR · SOUA
1950	29	BOS-min	AA	12	8	.600	3.12	29						179.0	171	68	62		60								1.291	8.6		3.0			BIR · SOUA
1950	29	BOS	AL	0	0		3.86	1	0	0	0	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	1	4		0	1	0	1	22	137	1.714	7.7	1.9	7.7	0.0	0.00

1951	30	BOS-min	AAA	18	9	.667	4.24	31	29		17	1		210.0	231	109	99		94		90	1	1	5			1.548	9.9		4.0	3.9	0.96	LOU · AA
1952	31	PHI-min	AAA	9	7	.563	4.34	20	17		4	1		110.0	107	64	53		55		48	2	0	4			1.473	8.8		4.5	3.9	0.87	BLT · IL
1952	31	BOS	AL	0	1	.000	3.48	3	1	2	0	0	0	10.1	11	6	4	0	7		2	0	0	0	48	117	1.742	9.6	0.0	6.1	1.7	0.29
1953	32	OLD	Opn	9	15	.375	4.08	26	24		14	2		170.0	171	80	77	16	62		58	3	0	5			1.371	9.1	0.8	3.3	3.1	0.94	OLD · PCL
1954	33	OLD	Opn	5	7	.417	5.12	45	14		3	1		130.0	126	90	74	12	65		53	2	2	11			1.469	8.7	0.8	4.5	3.7	0.82	OLD · PCL
1955	34	ATL-CIN-min	AA	11	20	.355	3.84	40	24		12	2		192.0	193	96	82	19	70	6	93	2	0	4			1.370	9.0	0.9	3.3	4.4	1.33	BMT,NVL · TL,SOUA
1956	35	BAL-CIN-min	AA	14	17	.452	4.28	43	30		8	0		227.0	244	130	108	30	84	4	89	6	0	2			1.445	9.7	1.2	3.3	3.5	1.06	SAN,NVL · TL,SOUA
1957	36	DET-min	AA	14	5	.737	2.86	45	9					192.0	173	67	61	20	44								1.130	8.1	0.9	2.1			BIR · SOUA
2 Yrs				0	1	.000	3.60	4	1	2	0	0	0	15.0	15	8	6	1	11		2	1	0	1	70	124	1.733	9.0	0.6	6.6	1.2	0.18
162 Game Avg.				0	14	.000	3.60	54	14	27	0	0	0	204	204	109	82	14	150		27	14	0	14	952	124	1.733	9.0	0.6	6.6	1.2	0.18

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1950	29	BOS	AL	4.2	1	0	2	3.86	4.76	-0.06	0.00	116.0	5.59	1	0.1	.8	-0.0	0.1	1	.588	.501	$

1952	31	BOS	AL	10.1	3	1	6	5.23	4.12	0.10	0.00	105.5	4.24	-1	-0.1	.1	0.0	0.0	-0	.458	.499	$
2 Seasons				15.0	4	1	8	4.80	4.32	0.05	0.00	108.8	4.66	-0	-0.0	.3	-0.0	0.1	1	.491	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1950	29	BOS	AL	1	21	17	2	4	0	0	1	0	0	4	0	.235	.409	.412	.821	.188	7	1	1	0	0	0

1952	31	BOS	AL	3	48	40	6	11	3	0	0	0	0	7	2	.275	.383	.350	.733	.289	14	0	0	1	0	1
2 Yrs				4	69	57	8	15	3	0	1	0	0	11	2	.263	.391	.368	.760	.259	21	1	1	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				54	938	775	109	204	41	0	14	0	0	150	27	.263	.391	.368	.760	.259	286	14	14	14	0	14
MLB Averages																.260	.337	.376	.713	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	29	BOS	AL	0.8	0.1	22	0.0	0.6	-0.6	1.38	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.1	1.38	0.3	0	1	0

1952	31	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	48	-0.0	0.7	-0.7	.97	0.0	-0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.97	-1.3	0	0	1
2 Yrs				0.8	0.1	70	0.0	1.3	-1.3	1.10	0.1	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.10	-1.1	0	1	1

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1952	31	BOS	AL	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	48.0	48	48	3	1	0	1	2.0	2.6	7.3
1 Yr				3	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	48	48	48	3	1	0	1	2.0	2.6	7.3
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	104	-6					4.6	4.5	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1950	29	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1.378	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	14.0

1952	31	BOS	AL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	.974	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1	1	0	1	0	4.5
2 Yrs				4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%		1.097	0	1	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	0	2	0	7.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	29	BOS	AL	21	52%	4.8%	0.0%	19.1%	4.8%	25%	0.75	76%	5	1	20%

1952	31	BOS	AL	48	35%	0.0%	4.2%	14.6%	6.3%	27%	0.71	79%	15	0	0%
2 Yrs				69	41%	1.5%	2.9%	15.9%	5.8%	27%	0.72	78%	20	1	5%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	12.0%	11.5%	6.8%	25%	0.96	90%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1950	29	BOS	AL	21	4			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0%	0	1	0	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1952	31	BOS	AL	48	11			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	11	4	1	36%	1	0	0	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				69	15			1	0	2	0	1	1	0	12	4	1	33%	1	1	0	29	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1950	29	0		3.86	1	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	1	4	0	1	1	22	137	1.714	7.7	1.9	7.7	0.0	0.00	137
1951	30	0		3.86	1	0	0	4.2	4	2	2	1	4	0	1	1	22	137	1.714	7.7	1.9	7.7	0.0	0.00	137
1952	31	1	.000	3.60	4	1	2	15.0	15	8	6	1	11	2	1	1	70	124	1.733	9.0	0.6	6.6	1.2	0.18	124

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1950	29	0	0		3.60	5.0	4	2	2	1	4	0	1	1.600	7.2	7.2	0.0	0.00	1.8	1

1952	31	1	0	1.000	3.27	11.0	11	4	4	0	7	2	0	1.636	9.0	5.7	1.6	0.29	0.0	3
2 Yrs		1	0	1.000	3.38	16.0	15	6	6	1	11	2	1	1.625	8.4		1.1	0.18	0.6	4

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