Jim Britton
James Allan Britton
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5" , Weight: 225 lb.

Born: March 25, 1944 in North Tonawanda, NY
High School: Tonawanda (Tonawanda, NY)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1967
Final Game: September 25, 1971
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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
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 55 1.275 10.1 1.4 1.4 2.7 2.00
1968 24 ATL NL 4 6 .400 3.10 34 9 12 2 2 3 90.0 81 35 31 1 34 5 61 2 0 2 377 97 1.278 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 96 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 61 1.664 9.7 2.0 5.3 4.5 0.85
4 Seasons 13 16 .448 4.03 76 30 19 4 3 4 237.0 214 115 106 23 112 7 148 4 0 5 1020 83 1.376 8.1 0.9 4.3 5.6 1.32
162 Game Avg. 8 10 .448 4.03 49 19 12 3 2 3 152 137 74 68 15 72 4 95 3 0 3 654 83 1.376 8.1 0.9 4.3 5.6 1.32
ATL (3 yrs) 11 13 .458 3.62 60 24 17 4 3 4 191.1 165 82 77 13 85 6 125 2 0 3 810 92 1.307 7.8 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 61 1.664 9.7 2.0 5.3 4.5 0.85

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
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*

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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
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
1968 24 ATL NL 34 377 330 35 81 18 4 1 1 5 34 61 .245 .318 .333 .651 .296 110 7 2 9 2 5
1969 25 ATL NL 24 377 316 38 69 15 2 10 9 0 49 60 .218 .322 .373 .696 .239 118 5 0 11 1 1
1971 27 MON NL 16 210 179 33 49 9 2 10 1 1 27 23 .274 .375 .514 .889 .267 92 3 2 2 0 1
4 Seasons 76 1020 879 115 214 42 8 23 13 6 112 148 .243 .331 .388 .719 .269 341 17 4 22 3 7
162 Game Avg. 49 654 564 74 137 27 5 15 8 4 72 95 .243 .331 .388 .719 .269 219 11 3 14 2 4
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 23 ATL NL 2 2 0 2 0 0 1 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 1 50% 43 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 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% 53 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% 43 61 8 15 10 1 3 2.2 2.5 4.2
4 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1968 24 ATL NL 34 25 12 2 2 2 3 0 150% 2 0 18 10 56% 8 1.076 6 12 4 4 5 13 13 9 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 1.106 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 0.752 0 1 9 0 0 10 0 10 8 1 8 0 6.1
3 Seasons 74 46 19 5 2 3 4 0 133% 3 0 30 12 40% 1.016 9 15 19 6 7 30 20 23 29 9 28 0 5.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1967 23 ATL NL 56 38% 3.6% 7.1% 3.6% 3.6% 13% 1.25 86% 15 2 13%
1968 24 ATL NL 377 41% 0.3% 16.2% 9.0% 6.1% 28% 1.18 72% 74 7 9%
1969 25 ATL NL 377 38% 2.7% 15.9% 13.0% 7.2% 39% 0.83 66% 64 5 8%
1971 27 MON NL 210 45% 4.8% 11.0% 12.9% 10.0% 43% 1.28 70% 39 3 8%
4 Seasons 1020 40% 2.3% 14.5% 11.0% 7.2% 34% 1.06 70% 192 17 9%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 361 81 1 0 11 1 0 1 0 24 9 4 38% 2 2 0 135 1 5 17% 1 4 0 1 0 0 1 1 4 16
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 1 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 Seasons 983 214 23 1 27 18 5 16 7 48 18 8 38% 5 5 0 369 13 6 68% 12 5 0 1 1 0 2 1 10 37
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 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 0 56 55 1.275 10.1 1.4 1.4 2.7 2.00 55
1968 24 4 8 .333 3.48 36 11 12 2 2 3 103.1 96 44 40 3 36 5 65 2 0 2 433 88 1.277 8.4 0.3 3.1 5.7 1.81 88
1969 25 11 13 .458 3.62 60 24 17 4 3 4 191.1 165 82 77 13 85 6 125 2 0 3 810 92 1.307 7.8 0.6 4.0 5.9 1.47 92
1970 26 11 13 .458 3.62 60 24 17 4 3 4 191.1 165 82 77 13 85 6 125 2 0 3 810 92 1.307 7.8 0.6 4.0 5.9 1.47 92
1971 27 13 16 .448 4.03 76 30 19 4 3 4 237.0 214 115 106 23 112 7 148 4 0 5 1020 83 1.376 8.1 0.9 4.3 5.6 1.32 83

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 4.28 82.0 90 43 39 1 38 56 2 1.561 9.9 4.2 6.1 1.47 0.1 34
1969 25 4 5 .444 4.24 85.0 72 44 40 10 51 58 0 1.447 7.6 5.4 6.1 1.14 1.1 24
1971 27 1 3 .250 7.07 42.0 53 37 33 11 29 21 2 1.952 11.4 6.2 4.5 0.72 2.4 16
4 Seasons 9 14 .391 5.01 221.0 232 136 123 24 120 139 4 1.593 9.4 5.7 1.16 1.0 76

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