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 Pitching

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
1962	18	BAL-min	D-	0	1	.000	9.00	2	1		0	0		7.0	6	8	7	1	15		11	0	0	0			3.000	7.7	1.3	19.3	14.1	0.73	BLD · APPY
1963	19	ATL-min	A	0	6	.000	5.67	19	4					46.0	54	40	29	2	35								1.935	10.6	0.4	6.8			GRV,BOI · WCRS,PION
1964	20	ATL-min	A	12	7	.632	4.89	32	24					171.0	180	115	93	15	101								1.643	9.5	0.8	5.3			YAK · NORW
1965	21	ATL-min	AA	4	9	.308	6.17	17	17					86.0	106	69	59	10	53		72						1.849	11.1	1.0	5.5	7.5	1.36	AUS · TL
1966	22	ATL-min	AAA	3	5	.375	3.80	28	11		3	0		90.0	81	44	38	8	53	6	87	2	0	5			1.489	8.1	0.8	5.3	8.7	1.64	RMD · IL
1967	23	ATL-min	AAA,AA	13	10	.565	2.61	29	27		4	2		183.0	139	60	53	5	74	5	174	1	0	10			1.164	6.8	0.2	3.6	8.6	2.35	RMD,AUS · IL,TL
1967	23	ATL	NL	0	2	.000	6.08	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	15	9	9	2	2	0	4	0	0	0	56	57	1.275	10.1	1.4	1.4	2.7	2.00
1968	24	ATL	NL	4	6	.400	3.09	34	9	12	2	2	3	90.1	81	35	31	1	34	5	61	2	0	2	377	98	1.273	8.1	0.1	3.4	6.1	1.79
1969	25	ATL	NL	7	5	.583	3.78	24	13	5	2	1	1	88.0	69	38	37	10	49	1	60	0	0	1	377	97	1.341	7.1	1.0	5.0	6.1	1.22

1971	27	MON	NL	2	3	.400	5.72	16	6	2	0	0	0	45.2	49	33	29	10	27	1	23	2	0	2	210	62	1.664	9.7	2.0	5.3	4.5	0.85
1972	28	WSN-min	AAA	7	8	.467	4.38	21	20		3	1	0	111.0	102	61	54	13	79	0	66	3	0	5			1.631	8.3	1.1	6.4	5.4	0.84	PNS · IL
4 Yrs				13	16	.448	4.02	76	30	19	4	3	4	237.1	214	115	106	23	112	7	148	4	0	5	1020	84	1.374	8.1	0.9	4.2	5.6	1.32
162 Game Avg.				8	10	.448	4.02	49	19	12	3	2	3	152	137	74	68	15	72	4	95	3	0	3	654	84	1.374	8.1	0.9	4.2	5.6	1.32

ATL (3 yrs)				11	13	.458	3.62	60	24	17	4	3	4	191.2	165	82	77	13	85	6	125	2	0	3	810	93	1.304	7.7	0.6	4.0	5.9	1.47
MON (1 yr)				2	3	.400	5.72	16	6	2	0	0	0	45.2	49	33	29	10	27	1	23	2	0	2	210	62	1.664	9.7	2.0	5.3	4.5	0.85

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
1967	23	ATL	NL	13.1	2	2	9	6.08	3.95	-0.14	0.06	98.0	4.07	-3	-0.3		-0.0	-0.2	-2	.344	.498	$
1968	24	ATL	NL	90.1	34	9	35	3.49	3.44	0.01	-0.06	102.1	3.45	-2	-0.2	1.2	-0.1	0.5	8	.494	.499	$
1969	25	ATL	NL	88.0	24	13	38	3.89	3.87	0.29	0.01	102.2	3.67	-3	-0.3	.8	-0.1	0.4	7	.487	.498	$

1971	27	MON	NL	45.2	16	6	33	6.50	3.76	0.03	-0.04	101.1	3.74	-14	-1.5	.3	0.2	-1.0	-10	.405	.491	$
4 Seasons				237.1	76	30	115	4.36	3.69	0.11	-0.02	101.7	3.62	-22	-2.4	.9	0.0	-0.3	3	.469	.496	$

ATL (3 yrs)				191.2	60	24	82	3.85	3.67	0.13	-0.02	101.9	3.60	-8	-0.8	1.1	-0.2	0.7	13	.486	.498	$
MON (1 yr)				45.2	16	6	33	6.50	3.76	0.03	-0.04	101.1	3.74	-14	-1.5	.3	0.2	-1.0	-10	.405	.491	$

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog

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
1969	25	ATL	NL	NLCS	L	NYM	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
1 NLCS							0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3.000	0.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1967	23	ATL	NL	2	56	54	9	15	0	0	2	2	0	2	4	.278	.304	.389	.692	.271	21	2	0	0	0	0	1
1968	24	ATL	NL	34	364	330	35	81	18	4	1	1	5	34	61	.245	.318	.333	.651	.296	110	7	2	9	2	5	2
1969	25	ATL	NL	24	360	316	38	69	15	2	10	9	0	49	60	.218	.322	.373	.696	.239	118	5	0	11	1	1	1

1971	27	MON	NL	16	206	179	33	49	9	2	10	1	1	27	23	.274	.375	.514	.889	.267	92	3	2	2	0	1	1
4 Yrs				76	986	879	115	214	42	8	23	13	6	112	148	.243	.331	.388	.719	.269	341	17	4	22	3	7	5
162 Game Avg.				49	633	564	74	137	27	5	15	8	4	72	95	.243	.331	.388	.719	.269	219	11	3	14	2	4	3
MLB Averages																.247	.314	.364	.679	.275

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1967	23	ATL	NL	-3.4	-0.3	58	-0.7	0.7	-1.4	.99	-0.0	-0.7	-3.3	-0.3	0.99	-0.7	0	0	0
1968	24	ATL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	374	-0.7	6.0	-6.7	1.03	0.5	-1.3	-8.2	-0.9	1.04	0.7	8	7	8
1969	25	ATL	NL	0.5	0.0	387	1.2	7.3	-6.1	1.10	0.4	0.7	1.4	0.1	1.11	3.2	3	2	6

1971	27	MON	NL	-11.1	-1.1	214	-0.4	2.5	-2.8	.74	-1.0	0.5	-9.4	-1.0	0.75	-12.6	0	1	9
4 Yrs				-14.3	-1.5	1033	-0.7	16.4	-17.1	.99	-0.2	-0.5	-19.5	-2.1	1.00	-9.5	11	10	23

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1967	23	ATL	NL	2	2	0	2	0	0	1	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	1	50%	43.0	57	29	0	0	0	2	2.5	3.8	6.7
1968	24	ATL	NL	34	9	2	4	3	0	1	4	5	.444	0	0	2	2	3	33%	50.1	82	25	15	4	3	1	3.6	4.3	4.8
1969	25	ATL	NL	24	13	5	5	3	0	3	7	6	.538	0	3	2	1	8	62%	52.8	79	25	10	2	5	3	3.6	1.7	5.4

1971	27	MON	NL	16	6	1	3	2	0	1	1	5	.167	1	1	0	0	3	50%	42.7	61	8	15	10	1	3	2.2	2.5	4.2
4 Yrs				76	30	8	14	8	0	6	12	18	.400	1	4	4	3	15	50%	49	82	8	40	16	9	9	3.3	2.8	5.1
MLB Averages													.500						57%	54	112	0					3.9	3.9	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1968	24	ATL	NL	34	25	12	2	2	2	3	0	150%	2	0	18	10	56%	8	1.032	8	7	8	4	6	13	13	10	14	5	13	0	5.7
1969	25	ATL	NL	24	11	5	2	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	12	2	17%	8	1.099	3	2	6	2	2	7	7	4	7	3	7	0	4.8

1971	27	MON	NL	16	10	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.740	0	1	9	0	0	10	0	10	8	1	8	0	6.1
3 Yrs				74	46	19	5	2	3	4	0	133%	3	0	30	12	40%		.993	11	10	23	6	8	30	20	24	29	9	28	0	5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1967	23	ATL	NL	56	63%	3.6%	7.1%	3.6%	3.6%	13%	1.25	86%	15	2	13%
1968	24	ATL	NL	377	59%	0.3%	16.8%	9.3%	6.3%	28%	1.18	74%	74	7	9%
1969	25	ATL	NL	377	62%	2.8%	16.7%	13.6%	7.5%	39%	0.83	69%	64	5	8%

1971	27	MON	NL	210	55%	4.9%	11.2%	13.1%	10.2%	43%	1.28	71%	39	3	8%
4 Yrs				1020	60%	2.3%	15.0%	11.4%	7.4%	34%	1.06	72%	192	17	9%
MLB Averages					47%	2.0%	15.3%	8.6%	6.0%	27%	1.11	73%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1967	23	ATL	NL	56	15			2	0	0	1	1	2	0	3	3	0	100%	1	0	0	20	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	24	ATL	NL	364	81			1	0	11	1	0	1	0	24	9	4	38%	2	2	0	137	1	5	17%	1	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	4	13
1969	25	ATL	NL	360	69			10	1	8	8	2	6	4	11	3	3	27%	1	1	0	138	9	0	100%	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	17

1971	27	MON	NL	206	49			10	0	8	8	2	7	3	10	3	1	30%	1	2	0	76	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4
4 Yrs				986	214			23	1	27	18	5	16	7	48	18	8	38%	5	5	0	371	13	6	68%	12	5	0	1	1	0	1	1	10	34
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1967	23	0	2	.000	6.08	2	2	0	0	0	0	13.1	15	9	9	2	2	0	4	0	0	56	57	1.275	10.1	1.4	1.4	2.7	2.00	57
1968	24	4	8	.333	3.47	36	11	12	2	2	3	103.2	96	44	40	3	36	5	65	2	2	433	89	1.273	8.3	0.3	3.1	5.6	1.81	89
1969	25	11	13	.458	3.62	60	24	17	4	3	4	191.2	165	82	77	13	85	6	125	2	3	810	93	1.304	7.7	0.6	4.0	5.9	1.47	93
1970	26	11	13	.458	3.62	60	24	17	4	3	4	191.2	165	82	77	13	85	6	125	2	3	810	93	1.304	7.7	0.6	4.0	5.9	1.47	93
1971	27	13	16	.448	4.02	76	30	19	4	3	4	237.1	214	115	106	23	112	7	148	4	5	1020	84	1.374	8.1	0.9	4.2	5.6	1.32	84

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1967	23	0	1	.000	8.25	12.0	17	12	11	2	2	4	0	1.583	12.8	1.5	3.0	2.00	1.5	2
1968	24	4	5	.444	4.33	81.0	91	43	39	1	38	55	2	1.593	10.1	4.2	6.1	1.45	0.1	34
1969	25	4	5	.444	4.13	85.0	71	43	39	10	50	58	0	1.424	7.5	5.3	6.1	1.16	1.1	24

1971	27	1	3	.250	7.07	42.0	52	37	33	11	29	21	2	1.929	11.1	6.2	4.5	0.72	2.4	16
4 Yrs		9	14	.391	4.99	220.0	231	135	122	24	119	138	4	1.591	9.5		5.6	1.16	1.0	76

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