Jim Bagby

James Charles Jacob Bagby Sr. (Sarge)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 5, 1889 in Barnett, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1912
Teams (by GP): Indians/Pirates/Reds 1912-1923

Final Game: September 7, 1923
Died: July 28, 1954 in Marietta, GA
Buried: Westview Cemetery, Atlanta, GA
Relatives: Father of Jim Bagby
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1910	20	HAT,AUG	D,C	5	11	.313		22																								HAT,AUG · CSTL,SALL
1911	21	HAT,MTG	D,A	25	17	.595	2.27	45	4					348.2	337	136	88		53							1.119	8.7		1.4			HAT,MTG · CSTL,SOUA
1912	22	MTG	A	4	6	.400	4.04	12	10					84.2	91	44	38		23							1.346	9.7		2.4			MTG · SOUA
1912	22	CIN	NL	2	1	.667	3.12	5	1	3	0	0	0	17.1	17	6	6	2	9	10	0	0	0	73	111	1.500	8.8	1.0	4.7	5.2	1.11

1913	23	NOR,MTG	A	8	5	.615	2.73	20						135.0	122	58	41		26							1.096	8.1		1.7			NOR,MTG · SOUA
1914	24	NOR	A	20	9	.690	2.20	38						221.0	186	77	54		62							1.122	7.6		2.5			NOR · SOUA
1915	25	NOR	A	19	16	.543	2.15	42						293.0	239	100	70		73							1.065	7.3		2.2			NOR · SOUA
1916	26	CLE	AL	16	17	.485	2.61	48	27	19	14	3	5	272.2	253	109	79	2	67	88	8	0	7	1083	115	1.174	8.4	0.1	2.2	2.9	1.31
1917	27	CLE	AL	23	13	.639	1.99	49	37	12	26	8	7	320.2	277	91	71	6	73	83	6	0	2	1258	142	1.091	7.8	0.2	2.0	2.3	1.14
1918	28	CLE	AL	17	16	.515	2.69	45	31	14	23	2	6	271.1	274	107	81	0	78	57	2	0	2	1113	112	1.297	9.1	*0.0*	2.6	1.9	0.73
1919	29	CLE	AL	17	11	.607	2.80	35	32	3	21	0	3	241.1	258	96	75	3	44	61	4	0	2	987	120	1.251	9.6	0.1	1.6	2.3	1.39
1920	30	CLE	AL	31	12	*.721*	2.89	48	38	9	30	3	0	339.2	*338*	122	109	9	79	73	5	0	6	1355	133	1.228	9.0	0.2	2.1	1.9	0.92
1921	31	CLE	AL	14	12	.538	4.70	40	26	13	13	0	4	191.2	238	112	100	14	44	37	4	0	0	841	91	1.471	11.2	0.7	2.1	1.7	0.84
1922	32	CLE	AL	4	5	.444	6.32	25	10	11	4	0	1	98.1	134	77	69	5	39	25	3	0	0	451	64	1.759	12.3	0.5	3.6	2.3	0.64
1923	33	SLE	AA	0	1	.000	27.00	1						2.0			6															SLE · PCL
1923	33	PIT	NL	3	2	.600	5.24	21	6	10	2	0	3	68.2	95	49	40	6	25	16	1	0	0	321	77	1.748	12.5	0.8	3.3	2.1	0.64
1924	34	SLE	AA	16	10	.615	4.77	32						202.0	274	134	107		41							1.559	12.2		1.8			SLE · PCL
1925	35	ATA,SLE	A,AA	13	10	.565	3.79	35						223.0	242	112	94		28							1.211	9.8		1.1			ATA,SLE · SOUA,PCL
1926	36	ROC,ATA	AA,A	12	13	.480	3.82	31						205.0	229	108	87		45							1.337	10.1		2.0			ROC,ATA · IL,SOUA
1927	37	ROC	AA	12	9	.571	3.91	30						138.0	157	71	60		21							1.290	10.2		1.4			ROC · IL
1928	38	JER,NWK	AA	11	16	.407	4.40	39						172.0	222	101	84		42							1.535	11.6		2.2			JER,NWK · IL
1929	39	NWK	AA	0	5	.000	6.00	13						42.0	53	31	28		7							1.429	11.4		1.5			NWK · IL
1930	40	MRO,YOR	D,B	6	3	.667	2.15	12						46.0	38	17	11		9							1.022	7.4		1.8			MRO,YOR · CSTL,NYPL
9 Yrs				127	89	.588	3.11	316	208	94	133	16	29	1821.2	1884	769	630	47	458	450	33	0	19	7482	109	1.286	9.3	0.2	2.3	2.2	0.98
162 Game Avg.				16	12	.588	3.11	41	27	12	17	2	4	236	244	100	82	6	59	58	4	0	2	971	109	1.286	9.3	0.2	2.3	2.2	0.98

CLE (7 yrs)				122	86	.587	3.03	290	201	81	131	16	26	1735.2	1772	714	584	39	424	424	32	0	19	7088	112	1.265	9.2	0.2	2.2	2.2	1.00
PIT (1 yr)				3	2	.600	5.24	21	6	10	2	0	3	68.2	95	49	40	6	25	16	1	0	0	321	77	1.748	12.5	0.8	3.3	2.1	0.64
CIN (1 yr)				2	1	.667	3.12	5	1	3	0	0	0	17.1	17	6	6	2	9	10	0	0	0	73	111	1.500	8.8	1.0	4.7	5.2	1.11

AL (7 yrs)				122	86	.587	3.03	290	201	81	131	16	26	1735.2	1772	714	584	39	424	424	32	0	19	7088	112	1.265	9.2	0.2	2.2	2.2	1.00
NL (2 yrs)				5	3	.625	4.81	26	7	13	2	0	3	86.0	112	55	46	8	34	26	1	0	0	394	81	1.698	11.7	0.8	3.6	2.7	0.76

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
1912	22	CIN	NL	17.1	5	1	6	3.12	4.67	-0.08	0.00	99.0	4.71	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.5	5	.567	.502	$

1916	26	CLE	AL	272.2	48	27	109	3.60	3.63	0.04	0.00	106.0	3.81	7	0.8	1.0	-0.2	3.1	31	.517	.505	$
1917	27	CLE	AL	320.2	49	37	91	2.55	3.64	0.24	0.00	106.0	3.60	37	4.8	1.0	-0.2	7.4	65	.597	.529	$
1918	28	CLE	AL	270.0	45	31	107	3.57	3.62	-0.22	0.00	106.2	4.09	15	1.8	1.0	-0.2	4.0	35	.541	.511	$
1919	29	CLE	AL	241.1	35	32	96	3.58	4.16	-0.01	0.00	102.2	4.26	16	1.8	1.0	-0.2	3.8	40	.553	.511	$
1920	30	CLE	AL	339.2	48	38	122	3.23	4.66	0.17	0.00	100.9	4.54	48	5.1	1.0	-0.2	7.8	87	.606	.532	$
1921	31	CLE	AL	191.2	40	26	112	5.26	5.09	-0.10	0.00	100.3	5.21	-2	-0.2	1.0	-0.1	1.3	22	.494	.499	$
1922	32	CLE	AL	97.1	25	10	77	7.12	4.73	-0.23	0.00	99.1	4.91	-23	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-1.4	-13	.413	.487	$
1923	33	PIT	NL	68.2	21	6	49	6.42	4.91	0.18	0.00	101.2	4.78	-13	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-5	.443	.493	$
9 Seasons				1819.1	316	208	769	3.80	4.16	0.03	0.00	103.3	4.26	86	11.1	1.0	-1.4	25.8	267	.535	.508	$

CLE (7 yrs)				1733.1	290	201	714	3.71	4.13	0.02	0.00	103.5	4.23	96	12.0	1.0	-1.3	26.0	267	.541	.511	$
PIT (1 yr)				68.2	21	6	49	6.42	4.91	0.18	0.00	101.2	4.78	-13	-1.2	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-5	.443	.493	$
CIN (1 yr)				17.1	5	1	6	3.12	4.67	-0.08	0.00	99.0	4.71	3	0.3	1.0	-0.0	0.5	5	.567	.502	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1920	30	CLE	AL	WS	W	BRO	1	1	.500	1.80	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	20	4	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	60	1.400	12.0	0.0	0.6	1.8	3.00
1 WS							1	1	.500	1.80	2	2	0	1	0	0	15.0	20	4	3	0	1	1	3	0	0	1	60	1.400	12.0	0.0	0.6	1.8	3.00

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	IP%
1918	28	CLE	AL	1120	0.0%	5.1%	7.0%	2.8%	11%	84%
1919	29	CLE	AL	1014	0.3%	6.0%	4.3%	3.9%	16%	86%
1920	30	CLE	AL	1404	0.6%	5.2%	5.6%	4.4%	18%	85%
1921	31	CLE	AL	845	1.7%	4.4%	5.2%	4.9%	17%	86%
1922	32	CLE	AL	459	1.1%	5.5%	8.5%	2.8%	10%	80%
1923	33	PIT	NL	321	1.9%	5.0%	7.8%	2.8%	10%	81%
6 Yrs				5163	0.7%	5.2%	6.0%	3.8%	15%	84%
MLB Averages					0.8%	7.6%	7.4%	2.7%	11%	81%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1912	22	2	1	.667	3.12	5	1	3	0	0	0	17.1	17	6	6	2	9	10	0	0	73	111	1.500	8.8	1.0	4.7	5.2	1.11	111
1913	23	2	1	.667	3.12	5	1	3	0	0	0	17.1	17	6	6	2	9	10	0	0	73	111	1.500	8.8	1.0	4.7	5.2	1.11	111
1914	24	2	1	.667	3.12	5	1	3	0	0	0	17.1	17	6	6	2	9	10	0	0	73	111	1.500	8.8	1.0	4.7	5.2	1.11	111
1915	25	2	1	.667	3.12	5	1	3	0	0	0	17.1	17	6	6	2	9	10	0	0	73	111	1.500	8.8	1.0	4.7	5.2	1.11	111
1916	26	18	18	.500	2.64	53	28	22	14	3	5	290.0	270	115	85	4	76	98	8	7	1156	115	1.193	8.4	0.1	2.4	3.0	1.29	115
1917	27	41	31	.569	2.30	102	65	34	40	11	12	610.2	547	206	156	10	149	181	14	9	2414	127	1.140	8.1	0.1	2.2	2.7	1.21	127
1918	28	58	47	.552	2.42	147	96	48	63	13	18	882.0	821	313	237	10	227	238	16	11	3527	122	1.188	8.4	0.1	2.3	2.4	1.05	122
1919	29	75	58	.564	2.50	182	128	51	84	13	21	1123.1	1079	409	312	13	271	299	20	13	4514	121	1.202	8.6	0.1	2.2	2.4	1.10	121
1920	30	106	70	.602	2.59	230	166	60	114	16	21	1463.0	1417	531	421	22	350	372	25	19	5869	124	1.208	8.7	0.1	2.2	2.3	1.06	124
1921	31	120	82	.594	2.83	270	192	73	127	16	25	1654.2	1655	643	521	36	394	409	29	19	6710	118	1.238	9.0	0.2	2.1	2.2	1.04	118
1922	32	124	87	.588	3.03	295	202	84	131	16	26	1753.0	1789	720	590	41	433	434	32	19	7161	112	1.268	9.2	0.2	2.2	2.2	1.00	112
1923	33	127	89	.588	3.11	316	208	94	133	16	29	1821.2	1884	769	630	47	458	450	33	19	7482	109	1.286	9.3	0.2	2.3	2.2	0.98	109

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1912	22	1	0	1.000	3.18	17.0	17	7	6	2	9	10	0	1.529	9.0	4.8	5.3	1.11	1.1	5

1916	26	17	11	.607	3.30	254.0	280	103	93	2	74	82	9	1.394	9.9	2.6	2.9	1.11	0.1	48
1917	27	24	9	.727	2.49	304.0	307	93	84	7	81	79	7	1.276	9.1	2.4	2.3	0.98	0.2	49
1918	28	20	14	.588	3.34	313.0	371	129	116	0	106	66	3	1.524	10.7	3.0	1.9	0.62	0.0	45
1919	29	17	11	.607	3.12	260.0	305	100	90	4	52	66	5	1.373	10.6	1.8	2.3	1.27	0.1	35
1920	30	24	13	.649	2.84	333.0	341	117	105	9	80	72	5	1.264	9.2	2.2	1.9	0.90	0.2	48
1921	31	11	11	.500	4.05	202.0	233	101	91	14	43	39	4	1.366	10.4	1.9	1.7	0.91	0.6	40
1922	32	3	7	.300	6.15	98.0	135	74	67	5	39	25	3	1.776	12.4	3.6	2.3	0.64	0.5	25
1923	33	3	5	.375	4.88	72.0	96	43	39	6	25	17	1	1.681	12.0	3.1	2.1	0.68	0.8	21
9 Yrs		120	81	.597	3.36	1853.0	2085	767	691	49	509	456	37	1.400	10.1		2.2	0.90	0.2	316

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y 1917 AL 7.7 (4th) 1920 AL 8.3 (3rd)	WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y 1917 AL 7.4 (3rd) 1918 AL 4.0 (4th) 1919 AL 3.8 (10th) 1920 AL 7.8 (2nd)	Earned Run Average s c a p y 1917 AL 1.99 (6th) 1920 AL 2.89 (5th) Career 3.11 (207th)	Wins s c a p y 1917 AL 23 (3rd) 1918 AL 17 (5th) 1919 AL 17 (8th) 1920 AL 31 (1st)
Win-Loss % s c a p y 1917 AL .639 (8th) 1920 AL .721 (1st) Career .588 (157th)	Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y 1917 AL 1.091 (7th) 1920 AL 1.228 (4th)	Hits per 9 IP s c a p y 1920 AL 8.956 (10th)	Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y 1916 AL 2.212 (8th) 1917 AL 2.049 (5th) 1919 AL 1.641 (3rd) 1920 AL 2.093 (3rd) 1921 AL 2.066 (4th) Career 2.263 (184th)
Games Played s c a p y 1916 AL 48 (5th) 1917 AL 49 (2nd) 1918 AL 45 (1st) 1920 AL 48 (1st)	Saves s c a p y 1916 AL 5 (4th) 1917 AL 7 (2nd) 1918 AL 6 (2nd) 1919 AL 3 (5th) 1921 AL 4 (3rd) 1923 NL 3 (3rd)	Innings Pitched s c a p y 1917 AL 320.7 (4th) 1918 AL 271.3 (6th) 1920 AL 339.7 (1st)	Games Started s c a p y 1917 AL 37 (3rd) 1918 AL 31 (5th) 1919 AL 32 (5th) 1920 AL 38 (2nd)
Complete Games s c a p y 1917 AL 26 (5th) 1918 AL 23 (7th) 1919 AL 21 (9th) 1920 AL 30 (1st)	Shutouts s c a p y 1916 AL 3 (7th) 1917 AL 8 (2nd) 1920 AL 3 (7th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1917 AL 6 (2nd) 1920 AL 9 (10th) 1921 AL 14 (8th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1918 AL 78 (8th)
Hits s c a p y 1916 AL 253 (6th) 1917 AL 277 (1st) 1918 AL 274 (3rd) 1919 AL 258 (5th) 1920 AL 338 (1st)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1918 AL 0.000 (1st) 1919 AL 0.112 (6th) 1920 AL 0.239 (8th) Career 0.232 (213th)	Losses s c a p y 1916 AL 17 (6th) 1918 AL 16 (3rd)	Earned Runs s c a p y 1916 AL 79 (8th) 1918 AL 81 (4th) 1920 AL 109 (8th)
Wild Pitches s c a p y 1916 AL 7 (8th) 1920 AL 6 (9th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1916 AL 8 (7th)	Batters Faced s c a p y 1916 AL 1,083 (8th) 1917 AL 1,258 (3rd) 1918 AL 1,113 (6th) 1920 AL 1,355 (1st)	Games Finished s c a p y 1916 AL 19 (2nd) 1918 AL 14 (5th)
Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y 1917 AL 142 (4th) 1920 AL 133 (5th)	Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y 1917 AL 30 (3rd) 1920 AL 41 (3rd)	Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y 1917 AL 3.5 (3rd) 1920 AL 4.2 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Pitching - 14 (160), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 88 (265), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 54 (245), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 20 (309), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Stan Coveleski (973) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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Urban Shocker (949) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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