Jim Beattie
James Louis Beattie
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 4, 1954 in Hampton, VA
High School: South Portland (South Portland, ME)
School: Dartmouth College
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 4th round of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1978
Final Game: August 5, 1986
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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
1978 23 NYY AL 6 9 .400 3.73 25 22 3 0 0 0 128.0 123 60 53 8 51 2 65 8 1 8 553 97 1.359 8.6 0.6 3.6 4.6 1.27
1979 24 NYY AL 3 6 .333 5.21 15 13 1 1 1 0 76.0 85 45 44 5 41 0 32 0 0 1 343 78 1.658 10.1 0.6 4.9 3.8 0.78
1980 25 SEA AL 5 15 .250 4.85 33 29 1 3 0 0 187.1 205 115 101 19 98 9 67 4 2 4 831 86 1.617 9.8 0.9 4.7 3.2 0.68
1981 26 SEA AL 3 2 .600 2.97 13 9 3 0 0 1 66.2 59 24 22 2 18 0 36 2 1 2 275 131 1.155 8.0 0.3 2.4 4.9 2.00
1982 27 SEA AL 8 12 .400 3.34 28 26 1 6 1 0 172.1 149 73 64 13 65 0 140 1 2 5 715 128 1.242 7.8 0.7 3.4 7.3 2.15
1983 28 SEA AL 10 15 .400 3.84 30 29 0 8 2 0 196.2 197 89 84 12 66 6 132 3 1 6 834 111 1.337 9.0 0.5 3.0 6.0 2.00
1984 29 SEA AL 12 16 .429 3.41 32 32 0 12 2 0 211.0 206 86 80 13 75 6 119 5 0 6 882 117 1.332 8.8 0.6 3.2 5.1 1.59
1985 30 SEA AL 5 6 .455 7.29 18 15 1 1 1 0 70.1 93 61 57 9 33 0 45 3 0 2 335 57 1.791 11.9 1.2 4.2 5.8 1.36
1986 31 SEA AL 0 6 .000 6.02 9 7 0 0 0 0 40.1 57 28 27 7 14 2 24 3 0 1 188 70 1.760 12.7 1.6 3.1 5.4 1.71
9 Seasons 52 87 .374 4.17 203 182 10 31 7 1 1148.2 1174 581 532 88 461 25 660 29 7 35 4956 98 1.423 9.2 0.7 3.6 5.2 1.43
162 Game Avg. 9 15 .374 4.17 36 32 2 5 1 0 203 207 103 94 16 81 4 117 5 1 6 875 98 1.423 9.2 0.7 3.6 5.2 1.43
SEA (7 yrs) 43 72 .374 4.14 163 147 6 30 6 1 944.2 966 476 435 75 369 23 563 21 6 26 4060 100 1.413 9.2 0.7 3.5 5.4 1.53
NYY (2 yrs) 9 15 .375 4.28 40 35 4 1 1 0 204.0 208 105 97 13 92 2 97 8 1 9 896 89 1.471 9.2 0.6 4.1 4.3 1.05

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
1978 23 NYY AL ALCS W KCR 1 0 1.000 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 2 1 1 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.313 3.4 0.0 8.4 5.1 0.60
1978 23 NYY AL WS W LAD 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 2 2 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 38 1.444 9.0 0.0 4.0 8.0 2.00
1 Season (2 Series) 2 0 1.000 1.88 2 2 0 1 0 0 14.1 11 3 3 0 9 0 11 0 0 0 61 1.395 6.9 0.0 5.7 6.9 1.22
1 ALCS 1 0 1.000 1.69 1 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 2 1 1 0 5 0 3 0 0 0 23 1.313 3.4 0.0 8.4 5.1 0.60
1 WS 1 0 1.000 2.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 9 2 2 0 4 0 8 0 0 0 38 1.444 9.0 0.0 4.0 8.0 2.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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 IBB
1978 23 NYY AL 25 553 482 60 123 23 6 8 12 7 51 65 .255 .335 .378 .712 .279 182 10 8 9 3 2
1979 24 NYY AL 15 343 289 45 85 16 2 5 11 2 41 32 .294 .375 .415 .790 .310 120 10 0 7 6 0
1980 25 SEA AL 33 831 717 115 205 32 4 19 24 10 98 67 .286 .372 .421 .793 .292 302 27 4 6 6 9
1981 26 SEA AL 13 275 254 24 59 5 0 2 4 2 18 36 .232 .288 .276 .564 .264 70 5 2 1 0 0
1982 27 SEA AL 28 715 640 73 149 21 2 13 20 5 65 140 .233 .303 .333 .636 .278 213 13 1 6 3 0
1983 28 SEA AL 30 834 760 89 197 41 5 12 18 6 66 132 .259 .320 .374 .694 .299 284 15 3 3 2 6
1984 29 SEA AL 32 882 793 86 206 32 10 13 11 13 75 119 .260 .326 .375 .701 .290 297 17 5 5 4 6
1985 30 SEA AL 18 335 294 61 93 16 1 9 8 4 33 45 .316 .385 .469 .854 .343 138 5 3 0 5 0
1986 31 SEA AL 9 188 167 28 57 14 4 7 3 0 14 24 .341 .398 .599 .997 .362 100 4 3 2 2 2
9 Seasons 203 4956 4396 581 1174 200 34 88 111 49 461 660 .267 .338 .388 .726 .295 1706 106 29 39 31 25
162 Game Avg. 36 875 776 103 207 35 6 16 20 9 81 117 .267 .338 .388 .726 .295 301 19 5 7 5 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1978 23 NYY AL 25 22 6 9 7 1 3 12 10 .545 0 5 0 0 11 50% 50 76 23 27 5 3 11 4.2 3.2 5.5
1979 24 NYY AL 15 13 3 5 5 1 1 6 7 .462 1 0 1 1 5 38% 45 78 28 16 5 1 4 4.2 4.6 5.5
1980 25 SEA AL 33 29 5 15 9 3 3 7 22 .241 6 3 3 0 9 31% 45 68 23 36 17 1 8 4.2 3.5 6.3
1981 26 SEA AL 13 9 3 2 4 1 0 5 4 .556 3 0 0 0 6 67% 60 81 33 11 4 1 4 3.4 2.7 6.9
1982 27 SEA AL 28 26 8 12 6 1 5 12 14 .462 1 4 6 1 16 62% 55 83 22 19 4 0 10 3.7 3.4 6.5
1983 28 SEA AL 30 29 10 15 4 2 7 11 18 .379 1 1 8 2 19 66% 53 92 18 21 9 1 10 3.4 3.4 6.7
1984 29 SEA AL 32 32 12 16 4 1 6 14 18 .438 1 2 12 2 19 59% 53 83 12 16 7 1 11 4.0 3.1 6.6
1985 30 SEA AL 18 15 5 6 4 3 0 8 7 .533 0 2 1 1 2 13% 38 82 14 20 10 2 7 6.2 7.3 4.3
1986 31 SEA AL 9 7 0 6 1 0 0 0 7 .000 1 0 0 0 1 14% 40 74 18 7 0 1 4 3.4 2.1 5.5
9 Seasons 203 182 52 86 44 13 25 75 107 .412 14 17 31 7 88 48% 50 92 12 173 61 11 69 4.1 3.6 6.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1978 23 NYY AL 25 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 0.908 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 7.0
1979 24 NYY AL 15 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 50% 5 1.105 1 0 1 0 1 1 2 0 1 0 2 0 7.5
1980 25 SEA AL 33 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 1.026 0 1 3 1 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 0 4.0
1981 26 SEA AL 13 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 5 0 0% 7 1.021 1 0 2 1 0 3 2 2 2 1 2 2 3.5
1982 27 SEA AL 28 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.949 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 4.5
1983 28 SEA AL 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1.066 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
1985 30 SEA AL 18 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 4 0.868 1 1 1 0 0 3 1 2 3 0 3 0 6.3
1986 31 SEA AL 9 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0.925 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.0
8 Seasons 171 21 10 0 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 16 4 25% 0.993 3 3 13 2 1 18 9 12 12 3 13 2 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1978 23 NYY AL 553 55% 1.5% 11.8% 9.2% 6.7% 30% 1.56 75% 95 10 11%
1979 24 NYY AL 343 51% 1.5% 9.3% 12.0% 6.7% 27% 1.37 75% 64 10 16%
1980 25 SEA AL 831 53% 2.3% 8.1% 11.8% 6.6% 27% 1.46 77% 178 27 15%
1981 26 SEA AL 275 45% 0.7% 13.1% 6.6% 2.6% 12% 1.68 79% 51 5 10%
1982 27 SEA AL 715 49% 1.8% 19.6% 9.1% 5.0% 24% 1.07 69% 117 13 11%
1983 28 SEA AL 834 56% 1.4% 15.8% 7.9% 7.0% 29% 1.37 74% 138 15 11%
1984 29 SEA AL 882 57% 1.5% 13.5% 8.5% 6.2% 27% 0.96 75% 155 17 11%
1985 30 SEA AL 335 53% 2.7% 13.4% 9.9% 7.8% 28% 0.87 73% 80 5 6%
1986 31 SEA AL 188 46% 3.7% 12.8% 7.5% 13.3% 44% 1.23 73% 36 4 11%
9 Seasons 4956 53% 1.8% 13.3% 9.3% 6.5% 27% 1.25 74% 914 106 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1978 23 NYY AL 553 123 8 0 5 4 4 5 3 33 15 5 45% 5 8 1 202 12 7 63% 12 7 0 0 0 0 2 0 16 0
1979 24 NYY AL 343 85 5 0 3 4 1 5 0 22 13 4 59% 4 1 1 141 11 2 85% 10 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
1980 25 SEA AL 831 205 19 0 19 7 12 13 6 57 28 6 49% 8 4 1 323 24 10 71% 24 9 0 0 0 1 3 0 16 0
1981 26 SEA AL 275 59 2 0 3 1 1 0 2 6 3 2 50% 4 2 1 101 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1982 27 SEA AL 715 149 13 0 11 7 6 10 3 31 17 6 55% 6 5 1 247 20 5 80% 19 5 1 0 0 0 5 2 16 0
1983 28 SEA AL 834 197 12 0 14 2 10 2 10 37 19 9 51% 11 6 2 296 18 6 75% 18 5 0 0 0 1 5 1 15 0
1984 29 SEA AL 882 206 13 0 15 5 8 4 9 37 16 5 43% 4 6 2 318 11 13 46% 11 13 0 0 0 0 1 0 15 0
1985 30 SEA AL 335 93 9 1 9 4 5 5 4 21 14 1 67% 7 2 0 135 8 4 67% 8 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 0
1986 31 SEA AL 188 57 7 0 4 4 3 4 3 13 6 3 46% 1 1 1 75 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0
9 Seasons 4956 1174 88 1 83 38 50 48 40 257 131 41 51% 50 35 10 1838 111 49 69% 108 47 3 0 0 2 18 3 107 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1978 23 6 9 .400 3.73 25 22 3 0 0 0 128.0 123 60 53 8 51 2 65 8 1 8 553 97 1.359 8.6 0.6 3.6 4.6 1.27 97
1979 24 9 15 .375 4.28 40 35 4 1 1 0 204.0 208 105 97 13 92 2 97 8 1 9 896 89 1.471 9.2 0.6 4.1 4.3 1.05 89
1980 25 14 30 .318 4.55 73 64 5 4 1 0 391.1 413 220 198 32 190 11 164 12 3 13 1727 87 1.541 9.5 0.7 4.4 3.8 0.86 87
1981 26 17 32 .347 4.32 86 73 8 4 1 1 458.0 472 244 220 34 208 11 200 14 4 15 2002 92 1.485 9.3 0.7 4.1 3.9 0.96 92
1982 27 25 44 .362 4.05 114 99 9 10 2 1 630.1 621 317 284 47 273 11 340 15 6 20 2717 100 1.418 8.9 0.7 3.9 4.9 1.25 100
1983 28 35 59 .372 4.00 144 128 9 18 4 1 827.0 818 406 368 59 339 17 472 18 7 26 3551 102 1.399 8.9 0.6 3.7 5.1 1.39 102
1984 29 47 75 .385 3.88 176 160 9 30 6 1 1038.0 1024 492 448 72 414 23 591 23 7 32 4433 105 1.385 8.9 0.6 3.6 5.1 1.43 105
1985 30 52 81 .391 4.10 194 175 10 31 7 1 1108.1 1117 553 505 81 447 23 636 26 7 34 4768 100 1.411 9.1 0.7 3.6 5.2 1.42 100
1986 31 52 87 .374 4.17 203 182 10 31 7 1 1148.2 1174 581 532 88 461 25 660 29 7 35 4956 98 1.423 9.2 0.7 3.6 5.2 1.43 98

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
1978 23 5 8 .385 4.69 119.0 133 69 62 9 55 60 9 1.580 10.1 4.2 4.5 1.09 0.7 25
1979 24 3 5 .375 5.88 72.0 87 52 47 5 42 30 0 1.792 10.9 5.3 3.8 0.71 0.6 15
1980 25 7 12 .368 5.30 175.0 205 114 103 19 98 63 4 1.731 10.5 5.0 3.2 0.64 1.0 33
1981 26 6 4 .600 3.34 97.0 93 40 36 3 28 52 3 1.247 8.6 2.6 4.8 1.86 0.3 13
1982 27 10 8 .556 3.47 166.0 150 71 64 13 65 135 1 1.295 8.1 3.5 7.3 2.08 0.7 28
1983 28 11 10 .524 3.98 190.0 196 93 84 12 66 128 3 1.379 9.3 3.1 6.1 1.94 0.6 30
1984 29 11 10 .524 3.95 196.0 211 96 86 13 77 111 5 1.469 9.7 3.5 5.1 1.44 0.6 32
1985 30 2 5 .286 7.68 68.0 94 64 58 9 33 44 3 1.868 12.4 4.4 5.8 1.33 1.2 18
1986 31 1 3 .250 6.39 38.0 57 30 27 7 14 23 3 1.868 13.5 3.3 5.4 1.64 1.7 9
9 Seasons 56 65 .463 4.55 1121.0 1226 629 567 90 478 646 31 1.520 9.8 5.2 1.35 0.7 203

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1982 AL  3.342 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1982 AL  1.242 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 AL  7.781 (6th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1982 AL  7.311 (3rd)
1983 AL  6.041 (7th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1982 AL  140 (8th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1984 AL  12 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1983 AL  2 (9th)
1984 AL  2 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1980 AL  98 (4th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1982 AL  2.154 (8th)
1983 AL  2.000 (10th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 AL  .549 (4th)
1984 AL  .555 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1980 AL  15 (8th)
1983 AL  15 (4th)
1984 AL  16 (3rd)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1978 AL  8 (4th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1982 AL  128 (5th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 14 (1261), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1252), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 3 (1658), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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