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Jim Britt

James Edward Britt

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Unknown

Born: February 25, 1856 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Tonawanda HS (Tonawanda, NY) (All Transactions)
Debut: May 2, 1872 (Age 16)
Team: Atlantics 1872-1873

Final Game: November 1, 1873 (Age 17)
Died: February 28, 1923 in San Francisco, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery, Colma, CA
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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
1872 16 BRA NA 9 28 .243 4.53 37 37 0 37 0 0 336.0 568 473 169 6 21 13 1 26 1762 97 1.753 15.2 0.2 0.6 0.3 0.62
1873 17 BRA NA 17 36 .321 4.08 54 54 0 51 1 0 480.2 696 519 218 6 41 16 0 19 2353 78 1.533 13.0 0.1 0.8 0.3 0.39
2 Yrs 26 64 .289 4.26 91 91 0 88 1 0 816.2 1264 992 387 12 62 29 1 45 4115 86 1.624 13.9 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.47
162 Game Avg. 10 24 .289 4.26 34 34 0 33 0 0 305 472 371 145 4 23 11 0 17 1537 86 1.624 13.9 0.1 0.7 0.3 0.47

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1872 16 BRA NA 336.0 37 37 473 12.67 9.58 -0.24 0.00 120.0 11.79 -31 -1.9 -0.8 1.8 -9 .449 .488
1873 17 BRA NA 480.2 54 54 519 9.72 9.37 0.29 0.00 94.0 8.54 -59 -3.6 -0.8 1.1 -25 .433 .478
2 Seasons 816.2 91 91 992 10.93 9.46 0.07 0.00 104.7 9.88 -90 -5.5 -1.7 2.9 -34 .440 .483

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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
1872 16 BRA NA 37 160 155 26 41 7 0 0 11 0 1 5 5 .265 .288 .310 .597 75 48 0 0 *1
1873 17 BRA NA 54 248 240 29 47 3 0 0 13 1 1 8 14 .196 .222 .208 .430 34 50 0 0 *1/O
2 Yrs 91 408 395 55 88 10 0 0 24 1 2 13 19 .223 .248 .248 .496 50 98 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 726 703 98 157 18 0 0 43 2 4 23 34 .223 .248 .248 .496 50 174 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1872 16 BRA NA 37 160 -8 -0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 6 4 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 -0.0 4 *1
1873 17 BRA NA 54 248 -21 -0 0 0 15 -6 -0.4 8 3 -0.4 .493 .498 -0.4 -0.0 3 *1/O
2 Seasons 91 408 -28 -0 0 0 20 -8 -0.6 15 6 -0.6 .494 .498 -0.6 -0.0 6

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1872 BRA NA 16 P 37 336.0 83 13 53 17 1 .795 1.77 1.78 .814 2.02 2.01
1873 BRA NA 17 P 54 480.2 115 12 71 32 1 .722 1.55 1.54 .806 1.94 1.94
1873 BRA NA 17 OF 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .803 2.00 0-0-3
2 Seasons P 91 816.2 198 25 124 49 2 .753 1.64 1.64 .809 1.97 1.97
1 Season OF 3 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 .803 2.00 0-0-3
2 Seasons TOT 94 816.2 201 28 124 49 2 .756 1.64 1.62 .809 1.97 1.97 0-0-3
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1945 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1872 NA  1.8 (7th)
1873 NA  1.1 (7th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1872 NA  4.53 (9th)
1873 NA  4.08 (8th)

Wins s c a p y
1872 NA  9 (7th)
1873 NA  17 (6th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1872 NA  .243 (10th)
1873 NA  .321 (8th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1872 NA  1.753 (10th)
1873 NA  1.533 (7th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1872 NA  15.214 (10th)
1873 NA  13.032 (7th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1872 NA  0.563 (7th)
1873 NA  0.768 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1873 NA  0.300 (9th)

Games Played s c a p y
1872 NA  37 (5th)
1873 NA  54 (2nd)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1872 NA  336.0 (5th)
1873 NA  480.7 (2nd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1872 NA  13 (7th)
1873 NA  16 (6th)

Games Started s c a p y
1872 NA  37 (5th)
1873 NA  54 (1st)

Complete Games s c a p y
1872 NA  37 (5th)
1873 NA  51 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1873 NA  1 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1872 NA  6 (1st)
1873 NA  6 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1872 NA  21 (5th)
1873 NA  41 (3rd)

Hits s c a p y
1872 NA  568 (2nd)
1873 NA  696 (1st)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1872 NA  0.619 (9th)
1873 NA  0.390 (9th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1872 NA  0.161 (10th)
1873 NA  0.112 (8th)

Losses s c a p y
1872 NA  28 (1st)
1873 NA  36 (1st)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1872 NA  169 (1st)
1873 NA  218 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1872 NA  26 (2nd)
1873 NA  19 (2nd)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1872 NA  1,762 (4th)
1873 NA  2,353 (1st)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1872 NA  97 (7th)
1873 NA  78 (9th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1873 NA  14 (1st)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1872 NA  37 (5th)
1873 NA  54 (2nd)

Assists as P s c a p y
1872 NA  53 (4th)
1873 NA  71 (3rd)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1872 NA  17 (3rd)
1873 NA  32 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1872 NA  born 1856-02-25 (1st)
1873 NA  born 1856-02-25 (1st)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 3 (561), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 53 (482), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 2 (1717), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 10 (845), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (1408th), 2.3 career WAR/2.3 7yr-peak WAR/2.3 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 68.1 career WAR/47.7 7yr-peak WAR/57.9 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  8. Al Gerheauser (918)
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