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Jim Bagby
James Charles Jacob Bagby Sr. (Sarge)
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 170 lb.

Born: October 5, 1889 in Barnett, GA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1912
Final Game: September 7, 1923
Died: July 28, 1954 in Marietta, GA
Relatives: Father of Jim Bagby
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Standard Pitching

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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
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 73 108 1.500 8.8 1.0 4.7 5.2 1.11
1916 26 CLE AL 16 16 .500 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 1.96 49 37 10 26 8 7 320.2 277 90 70 6 73 83 6 0 2 1266 144 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 6 271.1 274 108 81 0 78 57 2 0 2 1147 111 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 1364 132 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 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 76 1.748 12.5 0.8 3.3 2.1 0.64
9 Seasons 127 88 .591 3.11 316 208 92 133 16 29 1821.2 1884 769 629 47 458 450 33 0 19 7533 109 1.286 9.3 0.2 2.3 2.2 0.98
162 Game Avg. 16 11 .591 3.11 41 27 12 17 2 4 236 244 100 82 6 59 58 4 0 2 978 109 1.286 9.3 0.2 2.3 2.2 0.98
CLE (7 yrs) 122 85 .589 3.02 290 201 79 131 16 26 1735.2 1772 714 583 39 424 424 32 0 19 7139 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 76 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 73 108 1.500 8.8 1.0 4.7 5.2 1.11
AL (7 yrs) 122 85 .589 3.02 290 201 79 131 16 26 1735.2 1772 714 583 39 424 424 32 0 19 7139 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 80 1.698 11.7 0.8 3.6 2.7 0.76

Postseason Pitching

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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

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 GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1912 22 CIN NL 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1916 26 CLE AL 51 105 90 12 15 2 1 0 4 1 6 18 .167 .219 .211 .430 26 19 0 9 1
1917 27 CLE AL 49 114 108 12 25 6 1 0 8 1 2 19 .231 .252 .306 .558 65 33 1 3 1
1918 28 CLE AL 47 108 99 5 21 3 0 0 8 1 6 9 .212 .257 .242 .500 45 24 0 3 1
1919 29 CLE AL 37 101 89 8 23 4 0 1 8 0 8 13 .258 .320 .337 .657 80 30 0 4 1
1920 30 CLE AL 49 144 131 17 33 7 3 1 14 0 0 6 17 .252 .285 .374 .659 71 49 0 7 1
1921 31 CLE AL 41 78 76 8 15 7 1 0 11 0 0 0 8 .197 .197 .316 .513 28 24 0 2 1
1922 32 CLE AL 25 44 42 4 11 6 0 0 6 0 0 1 3 .262 .295 .405 .700 79 17 1 0 1
1923 33 PIT NL 21 25 20 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .050 .174 .050 .224 -39 1 0 2 1
9 Seasons 325 724 660 69 144 35 6 2 60 3 0 32 91 .218 .256 .298 .555 52 197 2 30
162 Game Avg. 162 361 329 34 72 17 3 1 30 1 16 45 .218 .256 .298 .555 52 98 1 15
CLE (7 yrs) 299 694 635 66 143 35 6 2 59 3 0 29 87 .225 .261 .309 .570 57 196 2 28
PIT (1 yr) 21 25 20 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 .050 .174 .050 .224 -39 1 0 2
CIN (1 yr) 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 299 694 635 66 143 35 6 2 59 3 0 29 87 .225 .261 .309 .570 57 196 2 28
NL (2 yrs) 26 30 25 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 4 .040 .143 .040 .183 -50 1 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
1920 30 CLE AL WS BRO W 2 6 6 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167 5 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 6 6 1 2 0 0 1 3 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .833 1.167 5 0 0 0 0 0

Standard Fielding

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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 Awards
1912 CIN NL 22 P 5 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1.00 .940 1.56
1916 CLE AL 26 P 48 91 24 62 5 3 .945 1.79 .945 1.69
1917 CLE AL 27 P 49 106 26 77 3 5 .972 2.10 .945 1.83
1918 CLE AL 28 P 45 86 15 67 4 1 .953 1.82 .952 1.85
1919 CLE AL 29 P 35 82 14 64 4 3 .951 2.23 .948 1.76
1920 CLE AL 30 P 48 75 16 57 2 1 .973 1.52 .948 1.66
1921 CLE AL 31 P 40 57 12 42 3 1 .947 1.35 .956 1.56
1922 CLE AL 32 P 25 34 6 28 0 0 1.000 1.36 .962 1.48
1923 PIT NL 33 P 21 11 1 10 0 4 1.000 0.52 .955 1.34
9 Seasons P 316 547 115 411 21 18 .962 1.66 .949 1.68
9 Seasons TOT 316 547 115 411 21 18 .962 1.66 .911 1.68

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1917 AL  1.965 (6th)
1920 AL  2.888 (5th)
Career  3.108 (204th)

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  .591 (141st)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1917 AL  1.092 (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 (180th)

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  0.00 (1st)
1919 AL  .112 (6th)
1920 AL  .238 (8th)
Career  .232 (211th)

Losses s c a p y
1916 AL  16 (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 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1916 AL  8 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1916 AL  1083 (8th)
1917 AL  1266 (4th)
1918 AL  1147 (5th)
1920 AL  1364 (1st)

Games Finished s c a p y
1916 AL  19 (2nd)
1918 AL  14 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1917 AL  144 (4th)
1920 AL  132 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 14 (155), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 88 (256), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 54 (236), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 20 (297), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Preacher Roe (933)
  5. Larry Jansen (931)
  6. Frank Kitson (921)
  7. Denny McLain (917)
  8. Tiny Bonham (915)
  9. John Tudor (913)
  10. Dizzy Dean (911) *
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  1. Cy Blanton (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jeff Pfeffer (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Stan Coveleski (979) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Fred Toney (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Stan Coveleski (974) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Carl Hubbell (950) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Urban Shocker (961)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Urban Shocker (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  2. Joe Bowman (983)
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  4. Dizzy Dean (981) *
  5. Harry McIntire (980)
  6. George Earnshaw (979)
  7. Catfish Hunter (974) *
  8. Otto Hess (974)
  9. Steve Renko (973)
  10. Hal Carlson (973)
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  1. Earl Whitehill (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Bill Swift (982)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Dizzy Dean (984) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Harvey Haddix (990)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

July 22, 1915: Purchased by the Cleveland Indians from New Orleans (Southern Association).

November 5, 1922: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Cleveland Indians.

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