Jim Bibby
James Blair Bibby
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 235 lb.

Born: October 29, 1944 in Franklinton, NC
School: Fayetteville State University
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1972
Final Game: May 26, 1984
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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
1972 STL NL 27 P 6 6 40.1 8 2 6 0 0 1.000 1.79 1.33 .950 1.79 0.73
1973 TOT MLB 28 P 32 26 196.1 29 5 22 2 1 .931 1.24 0.84 .952 1.86 0.84
1973 STL NL 28 P 6 3 16.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 2.25 0.67 .960 1.86 0.73
1973 TEX AL 28 P 26 23 180.1 24 5 18 1 1 .958 1.15 0.88 .950 1.86 0.86
1974 TEX AL 29 P 41 41 264.0 61 22 36 3 4 .951 1.98 1.41 .948 1.81 0.83
1975 TOT AL 30 P 36 24 181.0 40 11 27 2 3 .950 1.89 1.06 .938 1.87 0.85
1975 TEX AL 30 P 12 12 68.1 14 3 9 2 1 .857 1.58 1.00 .943 1.87 0.85
1975 CLE AL 30 P 24 12 112.2 26 8 18 0 2 1.000 2.08 1.08 .935 1.87 0.85
1976 CLE AL 31 P 34 21 163.1 31 10 19 2 2 .935 1.60 0.85 .952 1.87 0.85
1977 CLE AL 32 P 37 30 206.2 40 14 21 5 0 .875 1.52 0.95 .952 1.95 0.84
1978 PIT NL 33 P 34 14 107.0 25 3 20 2 0 .920 1.93 0.68 .952 1.91 0.72
1979 PIT NL 34 P 34 17 137.2 17 5 12 0 1 1.000 1.11 0.50 .947 1.80 0.66
1980 PIT NL 35 P 35 34 238.1 42 9 30 3 1 .929 1.47 1.11 .952 1.91 0.69 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
1981 PIT NL 36 P 14 14 93.2 14 2 11 1 3 .929 1.25 0.93 .957 1.97 0.68
1983 PIT NL 38 P 29 12 78.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.62 0.48 .950 1.92 0.68
1984 TEX AL 39 P 8 0 16.1 3 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.65 0.38 .967 1.76 0.70
12 Seasons P 340 239 1722.2 324 88 216 20 16 .938 1.59 0.89 .949 1.88 0.77
12 Seasons TOT 340 239 1722.2 324 88 216 20 16 .938 1.59 0.89 .888 1.88 0.77

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1972 STL NL 27 6 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 TEX AL 28 27 0 1 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 STL NL 28 6 3 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 TEX AL 29 41 0 41 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 CLE AL 30 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 TEX AL 30 12 0 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 CLE AL 31 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 CLE AL 32 37 0 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 PIT NL 33 34 14 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 PIT NL 34 34 17 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 PIT NL 35 35 34 35 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 PIT NL 36 14 14 14 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PIT NL 38 29 12 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TEX AL 39 8 0 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 341 100 159 340 340 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1972 STL NL 27 176 73% 23% 5 100% 0 2 0 1 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1973 TEX AL 28 791 66% 19% 20 90% 2 4 0 2 18 15 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1973 STL NL 28 94 67% 18% 4 100% 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1974 TEX AL 29 1182 77% 24% 41 90% 0 22 3 16 35 27 5 3 1 1 1 1 4 2 3 1 2 50%
1975 CLE AL 30 504 78% 23% 21 100% 1 8 1 4 20 15 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1975 TEX AL 30 319 81% 27% 15 67% 0 3 1 2 9 5 1 2 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0
1976 CLE AL 31 715 80% 24% 23 91% 0 9 0 4 21 15 2 2 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 6 83%
1977 CLE AL 32 940 77% 22% 25 92% 1 12 2 9 21 17 1 5 0 1 4 1 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1978 PIT NL 33 491 77% 23% 22 95% 0 3 0 2 20 20 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 89%
1979 PIT NL 34 584 74% 21% 17 88% 0 6 1 2 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1980 PIT NL 35 1034 77% 21% 37 86% 0 8 2 5 32 24 1 3 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 0 6 83%
1981 PIT NL 36 393 81% 25% 13 85% 0 2 1 1 11 8 1 1 0 0 1 1 3 1 2 1 2 50%
1983 PIT NL 38 389 75% 21% 13 92% 0 4 1 0 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1984 TEX AL 39 82 80% 30% 2 100% 0 1 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 7694 76% 22% 258 90% 4 84 12 49 221 175 16 20 3 6 11 7 17 7 14 3 42 88%
MLB Averages 79% 27% 91% 88%

* 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.

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