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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
Schools: 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 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
1972 27 STL NL 1 3 .250 3.35 6 6 0 0 0 0 40.1 29 18 15 4 19 4 28 1 0 2 166 102 1.190 6.5 0.9 4.2 6.2 1.47
1973 28 TOT MLB 9 12 .429 3.76 32 26 1 11 2 1 196.1 140 90 82 16 123 6 167 8 2 15 836 99 1.340 6.4 0.7 5.6 7.7 1.36
1973 28 STL NL 0 2 .000 9.56 6 3 0 0 0 0 16.0 19 17 17 2 17 2 12 2 1 5 83 38 2.250 10.7 1.1 9.6 6.8 0.71
1973 28 TEX AL 9 10 .474 3.24 26 23 1 11 2 1 180.1 121 73 65 14 106 4 155 6 1 10 753 114 1.259 6.0 0.7 5.3 7.7 1.46
1974 29 TEX AL 19 19 .500 4.74 41 41 0 11 5 0 264.0 255 146 139 25 113 4 149 9 1 11 1134 75 1.394 8.7 0.9 3.9 5.1 1.32
1975 30 TOT AL 7 15 .318 3.88 36 24 5 6 1 1 181.0 172 89 78 9 78 3 93 2 0 8 781 97 1.381 8.6 0.4 3.9 4.6 1.19
1975 30 TEX AL 2 6 .250 5.00 12 12 0 4 1 0 68.1 73 41 38 2 28 0 31 2 0 5 302 75 1.478 9.6 0.3 3.7 4.1 1.11
1975 30 CLE AL 5 9 .357 3.20 24 12 5 2 0 1 112.2 99 48 40 7 50 3 62 0 0 3 479 117 1.322 7.9 0.6 4.0 5.0 1.24
1976 31 CLE AL 13 7 .650 3.20 34 21 4 4 3 1 163.1 162 61 58 6 56 1 84 1 0 3 683 108 1.335 8.9 0.3 3.1 4.6 1.50
1977 32 CLE AL 12 13 .480 3.57 37 30 5 9 2 2 206.2 197 100 82 17 73 2 141 4 4 12 876 111 1.306 8.6 0.7 3.2 6.1 1.93
1978 33 PIT NL 8 7 .533 3.53 34 14 10 3 2 1 107.0 100 52 42 10 39 7 72 2 0 5 460 105 1.299 8.4 0.8 3.3 6.1 1.85
1979 34 PIT NL 12 4 .750 2.81 34 17 2 4 1 0 137.2 110 51 43 9 47 6 103 4 0 5 562 140 1.140 7.2 0.6 3.1 6.7 2.19
1980 35 PIT NL 19 6 .760 3.32 35 34 1 6 1 0 238.1 210 95 88 20 88 3 144 6 3 5 985 111 1.250 7.9 0.8 3.3 5.4 1.64 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
1981 36 PIT NL 6 3 .667 2.50 14 14 0 2 2 0 93.2 79 30 26 4 26 1 48 2 0 1 385 145 1.121 7.6 0.4 2.5 4.6 1.85
1983 38 PIT NL 5 12 .294 6.69 29 12 6 0 0 2 78.0 92 60 58 10 51 0 44 1 2 2 367 55 1.833 10.6 1.2 5.9 5.1 0.86
1984 39 TEX AL 0 0 4.41 8 0 5 0 0 0 16.1 19 8 8 1 10 1 6 0 1 1 75 94 1.776 10.5 0.6 5.5 3.3 0.60
12 Seasons 111 101 .524 3.76 340 239 39 56 19 8 1722.2 1565 800 719 131 723 38 1079 40 13 70 7310 99 1.328 8.2 0.7 3.8 5.6 1.49
162 Game Avg. 13 12 .524 3.76 40 28 5 7 2 1 202 184 94 84 15 85 4 127 5 2 8 859 99 1.328 8.2 0.7 3.8 5.6 1.49
PIT (5 yrs) 50 32 .610 3.53 146 91 19 15 6 3 654.2 591 288 257 53 251 17 411 15 5 18 2759 106 1.286 8.1 0.7 3.5 5.7 1.64
TEX (4 yrs) 30 35 .462 4.25 87 76 6 26 8 1 529.0 468 268 250 42 257 9 341 17 3 27 2264 86 1.371 8.0 0.7 4.4 5.8 1.33
CLE (3 yrs) 30 29 .508 3.36 95 63 14 15 5 4 482.2 458 209 180 30 179 6 287 5 4 18 2038 111 1.320 8.5 0.6 3.3 5.4 1.60
STL (2 yrs) 1 5 .167 5.11 12 9 0 0 0 0 56.1 48 35 32 6 36 6 40 3 1 7 249 68 1.491 7.7 1.0 5.8 6.4 1.11
AL (6 yrs) 60 64 .484 3.83 182 139 20 41 13 5 1011.2 926 477 430 72 436 15 628 22 7 45 4302 96 1.346 8.2 0.6 3.9 5.6 1.44
NL (7 yrs) 51 37 .580 3.66 158 100 19 15 6 3 711.0 639 323 289 59 287 23 451 18 6 25 3008 102 1.302 8.1 0.7 3.6 5.7 1.57

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
1979 34 PIT NL NLCS W CIN 0 0 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 28 1.143 5.1 0.0 5.1 6.4 1.25
1979 34 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 0 2.61 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 10 4 3 1 2 0 10 0 0 0 41 1.161 8.7 0.9 1.7 8.7 5.00
1 Season (2 Series) 0 0 2.08 3 3 0 0 0 0 17.1 14 5 4 1 6 0 15 0 0 0 69 1.154 7.3 0.5 3.1 7.8 2.50
1 NLCS 0 0 1.29 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 4 1 1 0 4 0 5 0 0 0 28 1.143 5.1 0.0 5.1 6.4 1.25
1 WS 0 0 2.61 2 2 0 0 0 0 10.1 10 4 3 1 2 0 10 0 0 0 41 1.161 8.7 0.9 1.7 8.7 5.00

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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
1972 27 STL NL 6 12 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .125 .300 .125 .425 26 1 0 0 2 0 0 /1
1973 28 TOT MLB 7 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 28 STL NL 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .333 .000 .333 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1973 28 TEX AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 33 PIT NL 34 34 31 1 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 9 .129 .206 .226 .432 19 7 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 34 PIT NL 34 52 45 3 8 1 0 2 5 0 0 0 25 .178 .196 .333 .529 39 15 0 1 6 0 0 1
1980 35 PIT NL 35 95 77 6 12 3 0 1 7 0 0 6 32 .156 .224 .234 .457 27 18 1 1 10 1 0 1 AS,CYA-3,MVP-14
1981 36 PIT NL 14 34 28 4 4 2 0 1 3 0 0 1 11 .143 .200 .321 .521 44 9 0 1 4 0 0 1
1983 38 PIT NL 29 20 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .111 .111 .111 .222 -39 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
12 Seasons 159 250 209 15 31 6 0 5 17 0 0 13 88 .148 .208 .249 .457 25 52 1 3 24 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 255 213 15 32 6 0 5 17 0 0 13 90 .148 .208 .249 .457 25 53 1 3 24 1 0
PIT (5 yrs) 146 235 199 14 30 6 0 5 17 0 0 10 83 .151 .202 .256 .458 25 51 1 3 22 1 0
STL (2 yrs) 12 15 10 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .100 .308 .100 .408 21 1 0 0 2 0 0
TEX (4 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 158 250 209 15 31 6 0 5 17 0 0 13 88 .148 .208 .249 .457 25 52 1 3 24 1 0
AL (6 yrs) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1979 34 PIT NL NLCS CIN W 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 2 0 0
1979 34 PIT NL WS BAL W 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season (2 Series) 3 7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 0 0 2 0 0
1 NLCS 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 2 0 0
1 WS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1980 *

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1980-NL-14-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Cy Young (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1980-NL--3--23%
0.23 Career Shares (138th)

Wins s c a p y
1974 AL--19--10th
1980 NL--19--3rd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1976 AL--.650--7th
1980 NL--.760--1st

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 AL--6.039--1st
1980 NL--7.930--10th
Career--8.176--169th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 AL--7.736--2nd
1977 AL--6.140--9th
1980 NL--5.438--10th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1980 NL--238.3--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1980 NL--144--7th

Games Started s c a p y
1974 AL--41--2nd
1980 NL--34--9th

Shutouts s c a p y
1974 AL--5--4th
1981 NL--2--10th

Home Runs s c a p y
1974 AL--25--8th
1980 NL--20--6th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1973 AL--106--6th
1974 AL--113--3rd
1980 NL--88--3rd

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1975 AL--.448--2nd
1976 AL--.331--6th

Losses s c a p y
1974 AL--19--3rd
1975 AL--15--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1974 AL--139--2nd

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1973 AL--10--9th
1974 AL--11--6th
1977 AL--12--4th
Career--70--228th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1974 AL--9--2nd
1980 NL--6--6th

Batters Faced s c a p y
1980 NL--985--6th

Oldest s c a p y
1984 AL--born 1944-10-29--7th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 8 (289), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 35 (701), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 21 (582), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3943), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

July 19, 1965: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.

October 18, 1971: Traded by the New York Mets with Rich Folkers, Charlie Hudson and Art Shamsky to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Beauchamp, Chip Coulter, Harry Parker and Chuck Taylor.

June 6, 1973: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Texas Rangers for Mike Nagy and John Wockenfuss.

June 13, 1975: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Jackie Brown, Rick Waits and $100,000 to the Cleveland Indians for Gaylord Perry.

March 6, 1978: Granted Free Agency.

March 15, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.

February 7, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.

June 1, 1984: Released by the Texas Rangers.

June 9, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

July 1, 1984: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.

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