Jimmy Bloodworth

James Henry Bloodworth

Positions: Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 26, 1917 in Tallahassee, FL
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1937
Teams (by GP): Senators/Tigers/Reds/Pirates/Phillies 1937-1951

Final Game: August 19, 1951
Died: August 17, 2002 in Apalachicola, FL
Buried: Magnolia Cemetery, Apalachicola, FL
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1937	WSH	AL	19	2B	14	14	14		74	28	42	4	9	.946		5.00	.972		5.64
1939	WSH	AL	21	2B	73	72	72		458	226	219	13	66	.972		6.10	.965		5.56
1939	WSH	AL	21	OF	5	5	5		12	11	1	0	0	1.000		2.40	.969		2.44
1939	WSH	AL	21	RF	5	5	5		12	11	1	0	0	1.000		2.40	.962		2.08
1940	WSH	AL	22	2B	96	95	95		546	260	274	12	74	.978		5.56	.969		5.39
1940	WSH	AL	22	1B	17	17	17		215	191	21	3	17	.986		12.47	.989		9.80
1940	WSH	AL	22	3B	6	6	5		14	5	9	0	3	1.000		2.33	.937		3.22
1941	WSH	AL	23	2B	132	131	128		840	380	436	24	107	.971		6.18	.967		5.47
1941	WSH	AL	23	3B	6	5	5		15	6	8	1	1	.933		2.33	.947		3.28
1941	WSH	AL	23	SS	1	0	0		2	0	2	0	0	1.000		2.00	.950		5.00
1942	DET	AL	24	2B	134	134	133		787	334	431	22	66	.972		5.71	.969		5.62
1942	DET	AL	24	SS	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.950		5.00
1943	DET	AL	25	2B	129	129	125		763	349	393	21	74	.972		5.75	.969		5.57
1946	DET	AL	28	2B	71	65	57		350	157	184	9	46	.974		4.80	.970		5.54
1947	PIT	NL	29	2B	87	82	81		437	222	206	9	56	.979		4.92	.975		5.57
1949	CIN	NL	31	2B	92	87	74		472	229	234	9	56	.981		5.03	.976		5.57
1949	CIN	NL	31	1B	23	20	16		227	208	18	1	19	.996		9.83	.991		9.62
1949	CIN	NL	31	3B	8	10	6		21	10	10	1	0	.952		2.50	.952		3.18
1950	TOT	NL	32	2B	31	19	19	190.0	108	53	55	0	13	1.000	5.12	3.48	.974	5.65	5.59
1950	CIN	NL	32	2B	4	4	4	33.0	12	7	5	0	0	1.000	3.27	3.00	.974	5.65	5.60
1950	PHI	NL	32	2B	27	15	15	157.0	96	46	50	0	13	1.000	5.50	3.56	.974	5.65	5.59
1950	PHI	NL	32	1B	7	4	3	45.0	29	26	3	0	1	1.000	5.80	4.14	.990	9.72	9.61
1950	PHI	NL	32	3B	2	0	0	9.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	0.50	.950	3.30	3.25
1951	PHI	NL	33	2B	8	7	7	66.0	43	19	24	0	4	1.000	5.86	5.38	.976	5.70	5.68
1951	PHI	NL	33	1B	6	2	2	25.0	21	19	2	0	0	1.000	7.56	3.50	.989	9.76	9.72
	11 Seasons			2B	867	835	805	256.0	4878	2257	2498	123	571	.975	5.31	5.48	.970	5.66	5.54
	4 Seasons			1B	53	43	38	70.0	492	444	44	4	37	.992	6.43	9.21	.990	9.73	9.69
	4 Seasons			3B	22	21	16	9.0	51	21	28	2	4	.961	1.00	2.23	.946	3.30	3.22
	1 Season			RF	5	5	5		12	11	1	0	0	1.000		2.40	.962		2.08
	1 Season			OF	5	5	5		12	11	1	0	0	1.000		2.40	.969		2.44
	2 Seasons			SS	3	0	0		4	2	2	0	0	1.000		1.33	.950		5.00
	11 Seasons			TOT	950	904	864	335.0	5437	2735	2573	129	612	.976	5.43	5.59	.971	6.45	5.70
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP
1937	WSH	AL	19	2B
1939	WSH	AL	21	2B
1939	WSH	AL	21	RF
1940	WSH	AL	22	2B
1940	WSH	AL	22	1B
1940	WSH	AL	22	3B
1941	WSH	AL	23	2B
1941	WSH	AL	23	3B
1941	WSH	AL	23	SS
1942	DET	AL	24	2B
1942	DET	AL	24	SS
1943	DET	AL	25	2B
1946	DET	AL	28	2B
1947	PIT	NL	29	2B
1949	CIN	NL	31	2B
1949	CIN	NL	31	1B
1949	CIN	NL	31	3B
1950	CIN	NL	32	2B
1950	PHI	NL	32	2B
1950	PHI	NL	32	1B
1950	PHI	NL	32	3B
1951	PHI	NL	33	2B
1951	PHI	NL	33	1B
	11 Seasons			2B
	4 Seasons			1B
	4 Seasons			3B
	1 Season			RF
	2 Seasons			SS
	11 Seasons			TOT
Lg				Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch	Rdrs	Rdrs/yr	Rpm	Rdp	Rbnt	Rof	Rhr	RerC	RsbC	RsbP

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	2B	3B	SS	RF	OF	PH
1937	WSH	AL	19	15	14	15	14	0	14	0	0	0	0	1
1939	WSH	AL	21	83	77	83	78	0	73	0	0	5	5	5
1940	WSH	AL	22	119	118	119	119	17	96	6	0	0	0	0
1941	WSH	AL	23	142	136	142	137	0	132	6	1	0	0	5
1942	DET	AL	24	137	134	137	136	0	134	0	2	0	0	1
1943	DET	AL	25	129	129	129	129	0	129	0	0	0	0	0
1946	DET	AL	28	76	65	76	71	0	71	0	0	0	0	5
1947	PIT	NL	29	88	82	88	86	0	86	0	0	0	0	2
1949	CIN	NL	31	134	117	134	120	23	91	10	0	0	0	14
1950	PHI	NL	32	54	19	54	37	8	27	2	0	0	0	19
1950	CIN	NL	32	4	4	4	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1951	PHI	NL	33	21	9	21	14	6	8	0	0	0	0	7
	11 Seasons			1002	904	1002	945	54	865	24	3	5	5	59

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 2B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	643	543	463	43	GB	GBs	GBr	LD	LDs	LDf
1949	CIN	NL	31	2062	69%	83%	26%	175	98%	0	145	49	63	33	144	122	19	0	4	4	0	4	0	3	38	14	7	10	4	36	14	22	2	0	2
1950	PHI	NL	32	580	65%	81%	24%	49	94%	1	42	14	22	6	40	30	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	2	3	4	0	9	4	5	2	1	1
1950	CIN	NL	32	160	73%	72%	19%	7	86%	0	7	1	5	1	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	PHI	NL	33	226	63%	87%	30%	30	90%	0	16	8	7	1	22	20	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	1	1	0	3	1	2	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			3028	68%	82%	26%	261	96%	1	210	72	97	41	211	177	26	1	6	4	0	4	0	3	53	17	11	15	4	48	19	29	4	1	3
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

											Putouts					Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	3U	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	363	361	36	GB	GBs	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1949	CIN	NL	31	482	71%	83%	28%	33	94%	1	124	11	112	0	14	6	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	9	0	0	0	8	0	1	0	1	3	67%
1950	PHI	NL	32	191	69%	80%	21%	8	100%	0	27	4	23	0	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1951	PHI	NL	33	115	75%	80%	23%	6	100%	0	19	2	17	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
	3 Seasons			788	71%	82%	26%	47	96%	1	170	17	152	0	17	11	7	4	0	1	1	0	1	0	1	11	0	0	0	10	0	1	0	1	4	75%
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		93%																											87%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											Putouts				Assists					Errors					Double Plays
Year	Tm	Lg	Age	PA	RHB%	BIP%	GBIP%	Fld	F2O%	FC	Tot	Cgt	Frc	Tag	Tot	1B	2B	Hm	Rly	Tot	Cch	Fld	Thr	ROE	Tot	543	53	GB	LD	LDs	LDf	bFld	bF2O%
1949	CIN	NL	31	238	64%	86%	26%	14	100%	0	7	5	1	1	9	9	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
1950	PHI	NL	32	34	59%	85%	50%	2	50%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
	2 Seasons			272	63%	86%	29%	16	94%	0	7	5	1	1	10	9	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%
	MLB Averages				62%	82%	26%		89%																								70%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Assists† s c a p y 1941 AL 446 (2nd)	Def. Games as 2B s c a p y 1941 AL 132 (3rd) 1942 AL 134 (5th) 1949 NL 92 (5th)	Putouts as 2B s c a p y 1939 AL 226 (5th) 1941 AL 380 (1st) 1942 AL 334 (5th) 1943 AL 349 (5th) 1949 NL 229 (5th)	Assists as 2B s c a p y 1939 AL 219 (5th) 1941 AL 436 (1st) 1942 AL 431 (5th) 1943 AL 393 (5th) 1949 NL 234 (5th)
Errors Committed as 2B s c a p y 1941 AL 24 (3rd) 1942 AL 22 (5th) 1943 AL 21 (5th)	Range Factor/Game as 2B s c a p y 1940 AL 5.56 (4th) 1941 AL 6.18 (1st) 1942 AL 5.71 (3rd) 1943 AL 5.75 (4th) Career 5.48 (55th)	Fielding % as 2B s c a p y 1940 AL .978 (1st) 1941 AL .971 (3rd) 1942 AL .972 (3rd) 1943 AL .972 (2nd) 1947 NL .979 (3rd) 1949 NL .981 (3rd)	Youngest s c a p y 1937 AL born 1917-07-26 (4th)

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