Jimmy Austin

James Philip Austin (Pepper)

Positions: Third Baseman and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 8, 1879 in Swansea, Wales(All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1909
Teams (by GP): Browns/Highlanders 1909-1929

Final Game: October 6, 1929
Died: March 6, 1965 in Laguna Beach, CA
Buried: Melrose Abbey Cemetery, Anaheim, CA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1909	NYY	AL	29	3B	111				444	176	236	32	19	.928		3.71	.931		3.41
1909	NYY	AL	29	SS	23				126	49	65	12	8	.905		4.96	.925		5.35
1909	NYY	AL	29	2B	1				0	0	0	0	0			0.00			4.90
1910	NYY	AL	30	3B	133				518	204	284	30	10	.942		3.67	.931		3.48
1911	SLB	AL	31	3B	148				607	228	337	42	27	.931		3.82	.929		3.32	MVP-20
1912	SLB	AL	32	3B	149				561	219	292	50	22	.911		3.43	.920		3.37
1913	SLB	AL	33	3B	142				534	216	288	30	21	.944		3.55	.934		3.15
1914	SLB	AL	34	3B	127				462	183	249	30	18	.935		3.40	.936		3.26
1915	SLB	AL	35	3B	141				493	188	264	41	32	.917		3.21	.925		3.16
1916	SLB	AL	36	3B	124				428	128	274	26	21	.939		3.24	.939		3.40
1917	SLB	AL	37	3B	121				430	159	248	23	22	.947		3.36	.941		3.36
1917	SLB	AL	37	SS	6				38	10	25	3	3	.921		5.83	.931		5.08
1918	SLB	AL	38	SS	57	61	60		293	117	158	18	14	.939		4.82	.939		5.39
1918	SLB	AL	38	3B	48	42	41		151	56	83	12	6	.921		2.90	.948		3.37
1919	SLB	AL	39	3B	98	97	93		392	161	207	24	16	.939		3.76	.950		3.34
1920	SLB	AL	40	3B	75	74	72		296	108	171	17	12	.943		3.72	.946		3.59
1921	SLB	AL	41	SS	14	13	10		65	29	32	4	2	.938		4.36	.941		5.34
1921	SLB	AL	41	2B	6	4	3		23	13	10	0	3	1.000		3.83	.956		5.55
1921	SLB	AL	41	3B	2	1	0		5	1	4	0	0	1.000		2.50	.952		3.40
1922	SLB	AL	42	3B	9	8	6		23	13	9	1	1	.957		2.44	.950		3.44
1922	SLB	AL	42	2B	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			5.70
1925	SLB	AL	45	3B	1	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.950		3.20
1926	SLB	AL	46	3B	1	0	0		2	1	1	0	1	1.000		2.00	.950		3.40
1929	SLB	AL	49	3B	1	0	0		2	0	2	0	0	1.000		2.00	.950		3.10
	17 Seasons			3B	1431	222	212		5349	2042	2949	358	228	.933		3.49	.934		3.34
	4 Seasons			SS	100	74	70		522	205	280	37	27	.929		4.85	.935		5.36
	3 Seasons			2B	9	4	3		23	13	10	0	3	1.000		2.56	.956		5.51
	18 Seasons			TOT	1540	300	285		5894	2260	3239	395	258	.933		3.57	.934		3.48
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR
1909	NYY	AL	29	136		136		0	0	0	1	111	23	0	0	0	0	0
1910	NYY	AL	30	133		133		0	0	0	0	133	0	0	0	0	0	0
1911	SLB	AL	31	148		148		0	0	0	0	148	0	0	0	0	0	0
1912	SLB	AL	32	149		149		0	0	0	0	149	0	0	0	0	0	0
1913	SLB	AL	33	142		142		0	0	0	0	142	0	0	0	0	0	0
1914	SLB	AL	34	130		130		0	0	0	0	127	0	0	0	0	0	0
1915	SLB	AL	35	141		141		0	0	0	0	141	0	0	0	0	0	0
1916	SLB	AL	36	129		129		0	0	0	0	124	0	0	0	0	0	0
1917	SLB	AL	37	127		127		0	0	0	0	121	6	0	0	0	0	0
1918	SLB	AL	38	110		110		0	0	0	0	48	57	0	0	0	0	0
1919	SLB	AL	39	106	97	106	98	0	0	0	0	98	1	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1920	SLB	AL	40	84	74	84	75	0	0	0	0	75	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	1
1921	SLB	AL	41	27	18	27	22	0	0	0	6	2	14	0	0	0	0	0	4	1
1922	SLB	AL	42	15	8	15	11	0	0	0	1	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1923	SLB	AL	43	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1925	SLB	AL	45	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1926	SLB	AL	46	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1929	SLB	AL	49	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	18 Seasons			1581	197	1581	209	0	0	0	8	1432	101	0	0	0	0	0	24	3
Lg				G	GS	Batting	Defense	P	C	1B	2B	3B	SS	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH	PH	PR

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hall of Fame 1958 BBWAA ( 0.4%)	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1911 AL (20, 3%) 0.03 Career Shares (1251st)	Def. Games as 3B s c a p y 1909 AL 111 (5th) 1910 AL 133 (4th) 1911 AL 148 (1st) 1912 AL 149 (2nd) 1913 AL 142 (3rd) 1914 AL 127 (5th) 1915 AL 141 (2nd) 1916 AL 124 (3rd) 1920 AL 75 (5th) Career 1,431 (47th)	Putouts as 3B s c a p y 1909 AL 176 (3rd) 1910 AL 204 (2nd) 1911 AL 228 (1st) 1912 AL 219 (1st) 1913 AL 216 (2nd) 1914 AL 183 (5th) 1915 AL 188 (2nd) 1916 AL 128 (5th) 1917 AL 159 (4th) 1919 AL 161 (4th) 1920 AL 108 (5th) Career 2,042 (11th)
Assists as 3B s c a p y 1910 AL 284 (4th) 1911 AL 337 (1st) 1912 AL 292 (4th) 1913 AL 288 (1st) 1914 AL 249 (4th) 1915 AL 264 (2nd) 1916 AL 274 (3rd) Career 2,949 (42nd)	Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y 1909 AL 32 (3rd) 1910 AL 30 (4th) 1911 AL 42 (1st) 1912 AL 50 (1st) 1913 AL 30 (3rd) 1914 AL 30 (4th) 1915 AL 41 (1st) 1916 AL 26 (2nd) 1919 AL 24 (2nd) 1920 AL 17 (4th) Career 358 (20th)	Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y 1909 AL 3.71 (1st) 1910 AL 3.67 (1st) 1911 AL 3.82 (1st) 1912 AL 3.43 (2nd) 1913 AL 3.55 (1st) 1914 AL 3.40 (4th) 1915 AL 3.21 (2nd) 1917 AL 3.36 (4th) 1919 AL 3.76 (1st) Career 3.49 (14th)	Fielding % as 3B s c a p y 1910 AL .942 (2nd) 1911 AL .931 (5th) 1912 AL .911 (5th) 1913 AL .944 (1st) 1914 AL .935 (5th) 1917 AL .947 (3rd)
Oldest s c a p y 1914 AL born 1879-12-08 (10th) 1915 AL born 1879-12-08 (6th) 1916 AL born 1879-12-08 (8th) 1917 AL born 1879-12-08 (3rd) 1918 AL born 1879-12-08 (6th) 1919 AL born 1879-12-08 (2nd) 1920 AL born 1879-12-08 (1st) 1921 AL born 1879-12-08 (1st) 1922 AL born 1879-12-08 (1st) 1923 AL born 1879-12-08 (1st) 1925 AL born 1879-12-08 (1st) 1926 AL born 1879-12-08 (1st) 1929 AL born 1879-12-08 (2nd)

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