Jim Bronstad

James Warren Bronstad

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: June 22, 1936 in Fort Worth, TX
High School: Paschal HS (Fort Worth, TX)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 7, 1959
Teams (by GP): Senators/Yankees 1959-1964

Final Game: October 4, 1964
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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
1955	19	NYY-min	C,B	10	7	.588	3.00	26	18					147.0	115	69	49	7	74								1.286	7.0	0.4	4.5			MRO,QUI · CSTL,IIIL
1956	20	NYY-min	B,A	5	14	.263	4.85	30	22					167.0	197	112	90	12	71								1.605	10.6	0.6	3.8			WSM,BNG · CARL,EL
1957	21	NYY-min	A	15	8	.652	3.38	27	27					181.0	145	78	68	10	69								1.182	7.2	0.5	3.4			BNG · EL
1958	22	NYY-min	AAA	13	12	.520	3.67	35	29		13	2		211.0	208	95	86	16	70	4	88	4	0	5			1.318	8.9	0.7	3.0	3.8	1.26	RMD · IL
1959	23	NYY-min	AAA	6	8	.429	2.55	18	18		5	1		120.0	101	51	34	2	36	6	60	6	0	1			1.142	7.6	0.2	2.7	4.5	1.67	RMD · IL
1959	23	NYY	AL	0	3	.000	5.22	16	3	8	0	0	2	29.1	34	19	17	2	13	0	14	1	0	1	133	71	1.602	10.4	0.6	4.0	4.3	1.08

1960	24	NYY-min	AAA	9	13	.409	3.33	29	29		7	4		200.0	180	83	74	16	70	5	86	5	0	13			1.250	8.1	0.7	3.2	3.9	1.23	RMD · IL
1961	25	NYY-min	AAA	6	12	.333	4.98	29	19					123.0	132	78	68	16	49								1.472	9.7	1.2	3.6			RMD · IL
1962	26	NYY-min	AAA	7	12	.368	3.28	32	22		8	0		159.0	136	72	58	9	67	2	59	2	0	5			1.277	7.7	0.5	3.8	3.3	0.88	RMD · IL
1963	27	TEX-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.25	21	5					68.0	55	23	17	5	25		49						1.176	7.3	0.7	3.3	6.5	1.96	TTO · IL
1963	27	WSA	AL	1	3	.250	5.65	25	0	11	0	0	1	57.1	66	38	36	9	22	2	22	1	0	7	249	67	1.535	10.4	1.4	3.5	3.5	1.00
1964	28	TEX/ATL-min	AAA	11	7	.611	2.74	25	25		6	2		151.0	132	55	46	10	55	1	68	8	0	3			1.238	7.9	0.6	3.3	4.1	1.24	TTO · IL
1964	28	WSA	AL	0	1	.000	5.14	4	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	10	4	4	0	2	0	9	0	0	0	31	77	1.714	12.9	0.0	2.6	11.6	4.50
3 Yrs				1	7	.125	5.48	45	3	20	0	0	3	93.2	110	61	57	11	37	2	45	2	0	8	413	69	1.569	10.6	1.1	3.6	4.3	1.22
162 Game Avg.				1	10	.125	5.48	64	4	28	0	0	4	133	156	86	81	16	52	3	64	3	0	11	585	69	1.569	10.6	1.1	3.6	4.3	1.22

WSA (2 yrs)				1	4	.200	5.60	29	0	12	0	0	1	64.1	76	42	40	9	24	2	31	1	0	7	280	68	1.554	10.6	1.3	3.4	4.3	1.29
NYY (1 yr)				0	3	.000	5.22	16	3	8	0	0	2	29.1	34	19	17	2	13	0	14	1	0	1	133	71	1.602	10.4	0.6	4.0	4.3	1.08

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
1959	23	NYY	AL	29.1	16	3	19	5.83	4.55	0.14	0.00	95.6	4.22	-5	-0.5	1.4	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.468	.497	$

1963	27	WSA	AL	57.1	25	0	38	5.97	4.21	-0.13	-0.18	104.0	4.33	-10	-1.0	.9	-0.1	-0.7	-5	.458	.494	$
1964	28	WSA	AL	7.0	4	0	4	5.14	4.25	0.10	-0.17	104.1	4.14	-1	-0.1	.7	-0.0	0.0	-0	.481	.500	$
3 Seasons				93.2	45	3	61	5.86	4.32	-0.03	-0.12	101.4	4.28	-15	-1.6	1.0	-0.1	-1.1	-8	.464	.497	$

WSA (2 yrs)				64.1	29	0	42	5.88	4.22	-0.10	-0.18	104.0	4.31	-10	-1.1	.8	-0.1	-0.7	-6	.461	.497	$
NYY (1 yr)				29.1	16	3	19	5.83	4.55	0.14	0.00	95.6	4.22	-5	-0.5	1.4	-0.1	-0.4	-3	.468	.497	$

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
1959	23	NYY	AL	16	133	118	19	34	4	0	2	1	2	13	14	.288	.361	.373	.734	.311	44	4	1	0	1	0	3

1963	27	WSA	AL	25	250	222	38	66	11	1	9	7	3	22	22	.297	.357	.477	.835	.292	106	6	1	1	4	2	1
1964	28	WSA	AL	4	31	29	4	10	1	0	0	1	1	2	9	.345	.387	.379	.766	.500	11	1	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				45	414	369	61	110	16	1	11	9	6	37	45	.298	.361	.436	.797	.311	161	11	2	1	5	2	4
162 Game Avg.				64	587	523	86	156	23	1	16	13	9	52	64	.298	.361	.436	.797	.311	228	16	3	1	7	3	6
MLB Averages																.254	.320	.386	.707	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1959	23	NYY	AL	-5.2	-0.5	137	-0.0	1.8	-1.9	.83	-0.2	0.2	-4.7	-0.5	0.83	-1.7	3	1	8

1963	27	WSA	AL	-10.6	-1.1	267	-1.3	2.4	-3.7	.64	-1.0	-1.1	-6.4	-0.7	0.64	-10.9	4	5	15
1964	28	WSA	AL	-0.7	-0.1	33	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	.61	0.1	-0.4	1.3	0.1	0.61	0.7	0	2	2
3 Yrs				-16.5	-1.7	437	-1.6	4.5	-6.1	.69	-1.1	-1.1	-9.8	-1.0	0.70	-11.8	7	8	25

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
1959	23	NYY	AL	16	3	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	2	67%	51.3	54	49	5	2	2	1	3.0	2.8	5.9
1 Yr				16	3	0	2	1	0	2	1	2	.333	0	0	0	0	2	67%	51	54	49	5	2	2	1	3.0	2.8	5.9
MLB Averages													.500						52%	52	116	-14					4.3	4.2	6.4

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
1959	23	NYY	AL	16	13	8	0	1	2	2	0	100%	2	0	10	4	40%	8	.827	3	1	8	2	1	10	5	8	2	4	2	3	2.7

1963	27	WSA	AL	25	25	11	1	3	2	1	1	50%	3	0	17	5	29%	5	.638	4	5	15	4	2	19	9	16	18	3	19	4	6.9
1964	28	WSA	AL	4	4	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0%	6	.608	0	2	2	0	1	3	1	3	3	1	3	0	5.3
3 Yrs				45	42	20	1	5	4	3	1	75%	5	0	30	9	30%		.696	7	8	25	6	4	32	15	27	23	8	24	7	5.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1959	23	NYY	AL	133	59%	1.5%	10.5%	9.8%	4.5%	18%	1.35	77%	25	4	16%

1963	27	WSA	AL	250	64%	3.6%	8.8%	8.8%	8.4%	32%	1.11	78%	40	6	15%
1964	28	WSA	AL	31	58%	0.0%	29.0%	6.5%	3.2%	10%	0.50	65%	10	1	10%
3 Yrs				414	62%	2.7%	10.9%	8.9%	6.8%	26%	1.14	77%	75	11	15%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	14.4%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.05	73%			10%

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
1959	23	NYY	AL	133	34			2	1	8	1	1	0	2	8	4	0	50%	3	1	0	55	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0

1963	27	WSA	AL	250	66			9	0	7	6	3	4	5	24	14	0	58%	1	7	1	85	7	3	70%	6	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
1964	28	WSA	AL	31	10			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	1	1	25%	0	0	0	13	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				414	110			11	1	18	7	4	4	7	36	19	1	53%	4	8	1	153	9	6	60%	8	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	0
MLB Averages																		51%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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+
1959	23	0	3	.000	5.22	16	3	8	2	29.1	34	19	17	2	13	0	14	1	1	133	71	1.602	10.4	0.6	4.0	4.3	1.08	71
1960	24	0	3	.000	5.22	16	3	8	2	29.1	34	19	17	2	13	0	14	1	1	133	71	1.602	10.4	0.6	4.0	4.3	1.08	71
1961	25	0	3	.000	5.22	16	3	8	2	29.1	34	19	17	2	13	0	14	1	1	133	71	1.602	10.4	0.6	4.0	4.3	1.08	71
1962	26	0	3	.000	5.22	16	3	8	2	29.1	34	19	17	2	13	0	14	1	1	133	71	1.602	10.4	0.6	4.0	4.3	1.08	71
1963	27	1	6	.143	5.50	41	3	19	3	86.2	100	57	53	11	35	2	36	2	8	382	68	1.558	10.4	1.1	3.6	3.7	1.03	68
1964	28	1	7	.125	5.48	45	3	20	3	93.2	110	61	57	11	37	2	45	2	8	413	69	1.569	10.6	1.1	3.6	4.3	1.22	69

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1959	23	1	2	.333	5.90	29.0	37	21	19	2	14	14	1	1.759	11.5	4.3	4.3	1.00	0.6	16

1963	27	1	4	.200	6.45	53.0	67	42	38	9	22	20	1	1.679	11.4	3.7	3.4	0.91	1.5	25
1964	28	0	0		6.00	6.0	10	4	4	0	2	8	0	2.000	15.0	3.0	12.0	4.00	0.0	4
3 Yrs		2	6	.250	6.24	88.0	114	67	61	11	38	42	2	1.727	11.7		4.3	1.11	1.1	45

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