Jim Campanis

James Alexander Campanis

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 9, 1944 in New York, NY
High School: Fullerton HS (Fullerton, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1966
Teams (by GP): Royals/Dodgers/Pirates 1966-1973

Final Game: October 1, 1973
Relatives: Son of Al Campanis
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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	LAD-min	D	102	390	355	38	83	12	5	3	37	6		23	75	.234	.288	.321	.609		114		5	4	3	0		SPT · FLOR
1963	19	LAD-min	A	89	275	275		83	21	2	9						.302	.302	.491	.793		135							SLM · NORW
1964	20	LAD-min	A,AA	118	387	384	8	111	18	3	16	9	1	1	3	12	.289	.295	.477	.771		183							SLM,ABQ · NORW,TL
1965	21	LAD-min	AA	93	306	275	39	70	10	2	9	41	1	1	31	43	.255	.330	.404	.734		111							ABQ · TL
1966	22	LAD-ANA-min	AAA	107	387	363	38	103	23	2	7	52	2	0	20	48	.284	.320	.416	.736		151		1	0	3			SPO,SLE · PCL
1966	22	LAD	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1967	23	LAD	NL	41	71	62	3	10	1	0	2	2	0	0	9	14	.161	.268	.274	.542	62	17	2	0	0	0	1	2
1968	24	LAD-min	AAA	95	350	324	39	84	9	0	7	50	0	1	18	40	.259	.302	.352	.654		114		3	2	3			SPO · PCL
1968	24	LAD	NL	4	12	11	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.091	.167	.091	.258	-18	1	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1969	25	KCR-min	AAA	78	323	287	37	70	13	0	9	48	0	3	30	41	.244	.316	.383	.699		110		2	0	4			OMA · AA
1969	25	KCR	AL	30	89	83	4	13	5	0	0	5	0	0	5	19	.157	.202	.217	.419	18	18	4	0	0	1	1	2
1970	26	ELM	AA	32	126	111	13	32	5	0	1	8	0	1	13	12	.288	.357	.360	.718		40		0	0	2			ELM · EL
1970	26	KCR	AL	31	59	54	6	7	0	0	2	2	0	0	4	14	.130	.203	.241	.444	23	13	4	1	0	0	1	2/9

1971	27	PIT-min	AA,AAA	103	344	313	30	76	13	0	11	43	1	1	27	40	.243	.305	.390	.695		122		2	0	2			WBY,CHL · EL,IL
1972	28	PIT-min	AA	132	518	460	69	135	24	0	16	76	0	1	46	69	.293	.364	.450	.814		207		7	2	3			SBK · EL
1973	29	PIT-min	AAA	104	391	355	40	108	13	0	18	64	2	1	29	48	.304	.361	.493	.854		175		4	0	3			CHL · IL
1973	29	PIT	NL	6	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1	0	0	0	0	0
1974	30	PIT-min	AAA	129	495	458	56	127	19	5	18	76	1	0	29	68	.277	.323	.459	.782		210		4	0	4			CHL · IL
6 Yrs				113	238	217	13	32	6	0	4	9	0	0	19	49	.147	.218	.230	.449	29	50	11	1	0	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	341	311	19	46	9	0	6	13	0	0	27	70	.147	.218	.230	.449	29	72	16	1	0	1	4

LAD (3 yrs)				46	84	74	3	11	1	0	2	2	0	0	10	16	.149	.250	.243	.493	49	18	3	0	0	0	1
KCR (2 yrs)				61	148	137	10	20	5	0	2	7	0	0	9	33	.146	.203	.226	.429	20	31	8	1	0	1	2
PIT (1 yr)				6	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	-6	1	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				52	90	80	3	12	1	0	2	2	0	0	10	16	.150	.244	.238	.482	45	19	3	0	0	0	1
AL (2 yrs)				61	148	137	10	20	5	0	2	7	0	0	9	33	.146	.203	.226	.429	20	31	8	1	0	1	2

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
1966	22	LAD	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.477	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$7,000	/2
1967	23	LAD	NL	41	71	-1	-1	-0	-2	1	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.491	.498	0.1	-0.1	1	$	2
1968	24	LAD	NL	4	12	-1	-0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.471	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$8,000	/2
1969	25	KCR	AL	30	89	-9	0	-1	-1	1	-9	-1.1	2	-7	-0.8	.465	.494	-0.7	0.0	-6	$14,000	2
1970	26	KCR	AL	31	59	-6	-0	-1	-1	1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.6	.474	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	2/9

1973	29	PIT	NL	6	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
6 Seasons				113	238	-18	-1	-2	-4	3	-21	-2.4	7	-14	-1.7	.478	.497	-1.3	-0.1	-10	$29,000

LAD (3 yrs)				46	84	-2	-1	-0	-2	1	-4	-0.5	3	-1	-0.2	.489	.499	0.0	-0.1	1	$15,000
KCR (2 yrs)				61	148	-15	0	-1	-2	2	-16	-1.9	4	-12	-1.4	.470	.494	-1.2	-0.0	-10	$14,000
PIT (1 yr)				6	6	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	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	PwrSpd
1966	22	LAD	NL	1	1	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.255	.000	.313	.000	.385	.000	.698	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1967	23	LAD	NL	71	54	5	2.5	83	.174	.161	.248	.268	.309	.274	.364	.542	.672	62	.300	-2.8	-0.3	.481	.258	.113	.0
1968	24	LAD	NL	12	11	0	0.0	75	.111	.091	.243	.167	.300	.091	.342	.258	.642	-18	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.182	.091	.000
1969	25	KCR	AL	89	75	3	1.1	95	.200	.157	.254	.202	.331	.217	.384	.419	.715	18	.076	-9.2	-1.0	.311	.120	.060
1970	26	KCR	AL	59	51	2	1.0	97	.132	.130	.257	.203	.331	.241	.392	.444	.723	23	.070	-6.0	-0.6	.353	.185	.111	.0

1973	29	PIT	NL	6	5	0	0.0	95	.167	.167	.260	.167	.329	.167	.387	.333	.716	-6	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
6 Yrs				238	197	10	1.4	91	.170	.147	.253	.218	.323	.230	.378	.449	.701	29	.117	-20.7	-2.2	.357	.171	.083	.0
162 Game Avg.				341	282	14	1.4	91	.170	.147	.253	.218	.323	.230	.378	.449	.701	29	.117	-20.7	-2.2	.357	.171	.083

LAD (3 yrs)				84	66	5	2.0	82	.161	.149	.247	.250	.307	.243	.361	.493	.668	49	.234	-4.6	-0.5	.424	.230	.095	.0
KCR (2 yrs)				148	126	5	1.1	96	.175	.146	.255	.203	.331	.226	.387	.429	.718	20	.074	-15.2	-1.6	.328	.146	.080	.0
PIT (1 yr)				6	5	0	0.0	95	.167	.167	.260	.167	.329	.167	.387	.333	.716	-6	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000

NL (4 yrs)				90	71	5	1.9	83	.161	.150	.248	.244	.309	.238	.363	.482	.671	45	.209	-5.5	-0.6	.408	.213	.088	.0
AL (2 yrs)				148	126	5	1.1	96	.175	.146	.255	.203	.331	.226	.387	.429	.718	20	.074	-15.2	-1.6	.328	.146	.080	.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%
1966	22	LAD	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1967	23	LAD	NL	71	2.8%	19.7%	12.7%	4.2%	30%	1.56	4.4	31.0	31.0	0.80	65%
1968	24	LAD	NL	12	0.0%	16.7%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.5			1.00	75%
1969	25	KCR	AL	89	0.0%	21.4%	5.6%	5.6%	39%	3.80	4.4		16.6	0.87	73%
1970	26	KCR	AL	59	3.4%	23.7%	6.8%	3.4%	29%	3.50	3.9	27.0	27.0	1.31	64%

1973	29	PIT	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.00	100%
6 Yrs				238	1.7%	20.6%	8.0%	4.2%	31%	2.58	4.4	54.3	24.1	0.91	69%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.0%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.77	6.0	44.3	9.2	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	22	LAD	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.1	-0.0	0.37	-0.2	0.00	1
1967	23	LAD	NL	-2.8	-0.3	71	0.3	2.1	-1.8	1.63	-0.0	0.2	-2.9	-0.3	1.00	-1.0	2.34	24
1968	24	LAD	NL	-1.5	-0.2	12	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.91	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.2	0.98	-1.1		0
1969	25	KCR	AL	-9.2	-1.0	90	-0.8	1.2	-2.0	1.12	-0.9	0.1	-9.0	-0.9	0.95	-9.0	1.71	7
1970	26	KCR	AL	-6.0	-0.6	59	-0.9	0.8	-1.7	1.20	-0.5	-0.2	-9.2	-1.0	0.97	-6.4	1.35	16

1973	29	PIT	NL	-0.9	-0.1	6	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	2.43	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.00	-0.9	2.43	6
6 Yrs				-20.7	-2.2	239	-1.8	4.2	-6.0	1.31	-1.6	0.2	-23.8	-2.5	0.97	-18.6	1.93	54

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
1966	22	LAD	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
1967	23	LAD	NL	3	0	6%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20%	3	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
1968	24	LAD	NL	1	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	25	KCR	AL	1	0	22%	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1970	26	KCR	AL	0	0	40%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	2	0	1	0	1	3	1	2

1973	29	PIT	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	0
6 Yrs				5	0	19%	60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	38%	8	7	0	1	0	1	7	2	5

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
1966	22	LAD	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1967	23	LAD	NL	71	73%	10			24	5	2	2	2.34	2	0	3	0	2	1	1	0	0	0		16	2	13%	5	0	0%	56	2	4%	5	1	20%	1	0	0%	0
1968	24	LAD	NL	12	83%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	25	KCR	AL	89	37%	13			7	1	0	1	1.71	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0%	21	4	19%	10	2	20%	58	5	9%	4	2	50%	3	0	0%	0
1970	26	KCR	AL	59	44%	7			16	1	0	0	1.35	2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		13	4	31%	7	2	29%	38	0	0%	5	0	0%	3	2	67%	0

1973	29	PIT	NL	6	50%	1			6	1	0	0	2.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				238	53%	32			54	8	2	3	1.93	4	0	5	2	2	3	1	0	2	0	0%	54	11	20%	23	4	17%	165	7	4%	14	3	21%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			76%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF	IBB
1966	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
1967	23	42	72	63	3	10	1	2	2	9	14	.159	.264	.270	.534	60	17	2	0	0	1
1968	24	46	84	74	3	11	1	2	2	10	16	.149	.250	.243	.493	49	18	3	0	0	1
1969	25	76	173	157	7	24	6	2	7	15	35	.153	.225	.229	.455	32	36	7	0	1	2
1970	26	107	232	211	13	31	6	4	9	19	49	.147	.220	.232	.452	30	49	11	1	1	3
1971	27	107	232	211	13	31	6	4	9	19	49	.147	.220	.232	.452	30	49	11	1	1	3
1972	28	107	232	211	13	31	6	4	9	19	49	.147	.220	.232	.452	30	49	11	1	1	3
1973	29	113	238	217	13	32	6	4	9	19	49	.147	.218	.230	.449	29	50	11	1	1	3

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
1966	22	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1967	23	41	75	64	4	12	1	0	2	3	0	11	14	.188	.307	.297	.604	6	41
1968	24	4	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	4
1969	25	30	90	84	4	14	5	0	0	5	0	5	19	.167	.211	.226	.437	4	30
1970	26	31	61	55	7	8	0	0	2	2	0	5	14	.145	.230	.255	.484	3	31

1973	29	6	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
6 Yrs		113	245	221	15	34	6	0	4	10	0	22	49	.154	.233	.235	.468	13	113
162 Game Avg.		162	351	317	22	49	9	0	6	14	0	32	70	.154	.233	.235	.468	19	113

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