Jim Britton

James Allan Britton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: March 25, 1944 in North Tonawanda, NY
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1967
Teams (by GP): Braves/Expos 1967-1971

Final Game: September 25, 1971
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Standard Batting

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
1962	18	BAL-min	D-	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		BLD · APPY
1963	19	ATL-min	A	19	14	14		5	1	0	1						.357	.357	.643	1.000		9							GRV,BOI · WCRS,PION
1964	20	ATL-min	A	34	68	68		15	2	0	0						.221	.221	.250	.471		17							YAK · NORW
1965	21	ATL-min	AA	17	30	29	3	8	3	0	0	4	0	0	1	12	.276	.300	.379	.679		11							AUS · TL
1966	22	ATL-min	AAA	28	26	24	3	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.292	.320	.333	.653		8		0	1	0			RMD · IL
1967	23	ATL-min	AAA,AA	29	67	63	0	5	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	25	.079	.094	.095	.189		6		0	3	0			RMD,AUS · IL,TL
1967	23	ATL	NL	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1968	24	ATL	NL	34	23	21	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-14	3	2	0	2	0	0	1
1969	25	ATL	NL	24	25	21	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.190	.190	.238	.429	19	5	0	0	4	0	0	1

1971	27	MON	NL	16	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	0	0	1
1972	28	WSN-min	AAA	21	46	40	1	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	18	.175	.195	.275	.470		11		0	5	0			PNS · IL
4 Yrs				76	62	55	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	21	.127	.127	.145	.273	-21	8	3	0	7	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	132	117	2	15	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	.127	.127	.145	.273	-21	17	6	0	15	0	0

ATL (3 yrs)				60	52	46	1	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	.152	.152	.174	.326	-6	8	2	0	6	0	0
MON (1 yr)				16	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	1	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
1967	23	ATL	NL	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.464	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1968	24	ATL	NL	34	23	-3	-0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.2	0.1	-0	$	1
1969	25	ATL	NL	24	25	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1

1971	27	MON	NL	16	10	-2	0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
4 Seasons				76	62	-9	-0	-0	0	7	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.495	.499	-0.4	0.1	-1	$

ATL (3 yrs)				60	52	-7	-0	-0	0	6	-1	-0.2	2	0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.2	0.1	0	$
MON (1 yr)				16	10	-2	0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1967	23	ATL	NL	4	4	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.257	.000	.319	.000	.377	.000	.696	-100	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1968	24	ATL	NL	23	22	0	0.0	82	.200	.143	.253	.143	.312	.143	.357	.286	.668	-14	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.150	.000	.000
1969	25	ATL	NL	25	21	1	1.3	95	.286	.190	.260	.190	.331	.238	.386	.429	.717	19	.103	-2.3	-0.2	.294	.048	.048

1971	27	MON	NL	10	11	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.259	.000	.325	.000	.379	.000	.703	-100	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				62	58	1	0.5	89	.206	.127	.257	.127	.322	.145	.373	.273	.695	-21	.019	-8.7	-0.9	.157	.018	.018
162 Game Avg.				132	124	2	0.5	89	.206	.127	.257	.127	.322	.145	.373	.273	.695	-21	.019	-8.7	-0.9	.157	.018	.018

ATL (3 yrs)				52	47	1	0.6	89	.226	.152	.257	.152	.321	.174	.372	.326	.693	-6	.029	-6.4	-0.7	.195	.022	.022
MON (1 yr)				10	11	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.259	.000	.325	.000	.379	.000	.703	-100	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1969	25	ATL	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	23	ATL	NL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
1968	24	ATL	NL	23	0.0%	26.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5			1.67	65%
1969	25	ATL	NL	25	0.0%	28.0%	0.0%	4.0%	25%		3.0			2.50	56%

1971	27	MON	NL	10	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			4.00	30%
4 Yrs				62	0.0%	33.9%	0.0%	1.6%	14%		2.6			1.85	55%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.2%	8.5%	5.9%	27%	1.78	5.9	44.6	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1967	23	ATL	NL	-1.0	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.96	-0.1	-0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.71	-1.0	0
1968	24	ATL	NL	-3.0	-0.3	23	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	1.20	-0.4	-0.2	-5.2	-0.6	1.08	-3.7	0
1969	25	ATL	NL	-2.3	-0.2	26	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	.97	-0.3	-0.1	-3.7	-0.4	0.95	-3.0	0

1971	27	MON	NL	-2.4	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.88	-0.2	-0.0	-2.5	-0.3	0.96	-2.5	0
4 Yrs				-8.7	-0.9	63	-1.3	0.2	-1.5	1.04	-1.0	-0.3	-12.0	-1.3	0.98	-10.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1967	23	ATL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	24	ATL	NL	0	0	33%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	25	ATL	NL	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

1971	27	MON	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	14%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1967	23	ATL	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	24	ATL	NL	23	35%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	6	2	33%	6	0	0%	16	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1969	25	ATL	NL	25	8%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	5	0	0%	6	3	50%	14	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0

1971	27	MON	NL	10	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	7	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				62	24%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	7	78%	13	3	23%	15	4	27%	38	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1967	23	2	4	4	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1968	24	36	27	25	1	3	0	8	.120	.120	.120	.240	-28	3	2	2
1969	25	60	52	46	1	7	1	15	.152	.152	.174	.326	-6	8	2	6
1970	26	60	52	46	1	7	1	15	.152	.152	.174	.326	-6	8	2	6
1971	27	76	62	55	1	7	1	21	.127	.127	.145	.273	-21	8	3	7

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1967	23	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1968	24	34	25	23	2	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.217	.217	.217	.435	1	34
1969	25	24	25	21	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	.190	.190	.238	.429	1	24

1971	27	16	10	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	16
4 Yrs		76	64	57	2	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	21	.158	.158	.175	.333	2	76
162 Game Avg.		162	136	122	4	19	2	0	0	0	0	0	45	.158	.158	.175	.333	4	76

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