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Jim Clancy

James Clancy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: December 18, 1955 in Chicago, IL
High School: St. Rita HS (Chicago, IL)
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 4th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1977
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Astros/Braves 1977-1991
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 6, 1991
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All-Star

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
1977 21 TOR AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1978 22 TOR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 23 TOR AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 24 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1981 25 TOR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 26 TOR AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1983 27 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 28 TOR AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 29 TOR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 30 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 31 TOR AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 32 TOR AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 33 HOU NL 33 49 41 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .146 .167 .171 .337 -2 7 0 0 7 0 0 1
1990 34 HOU NL 33 16 14 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .214 .429 20 3 1 0 2 0 0 1
1991 35 TOT NL 54 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1991 35 HOU NL 30 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1991 35 ATL NL 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
15 Yrs 472 72 61 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .148 .161 .164 .325 -6 10 1 0 10 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 25 21 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 .148 .161 .164 .325 -6 3 0 0 3 0 0
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
TOR (12 yrs) 352 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (3 yrs) 96 69 58 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 19 .155 .169 .172 .342 -1 10 1 0 10 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 24 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (12 yrs) 352 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 120 72 61 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .148 .161 .164 .325 -6 10 1 0 10 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 Awards
1977 21 TOR AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1978 22 TOR AL 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $30,000 1
1979 23 TOR AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $19,000 1
1980 24 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $67,500 1
1981 25 TOR AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $167,500 1
1982 26 TOR AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $210,000 1 AS
1983 27 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $475,000 1
1984 28 TOR AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $480,000 1
1985 29 TOR AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $580,000 1
1986 30 TOR AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $680,000 1
1987 31 TOR AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $850,000 1
1988 32 TOR AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $900,000 1
1989 33 HOU NL 33 49 -6 -1 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 2 0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $1,225,000 1
1990 34 HOU NL 33 16 -2 -0 -0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,150,000 1
1991 35 HOU NL 30 4 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1991 35 ATL NL 24 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
15 Seasons 472 72 -10 -1 -0 0 8 -2 -0.3 2 -0 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 0.4 -0 $6,834,000
TOR (12 yrs) 352 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.3 0 $4,459,000
HOU (3 yrs) 96 69 -9 -1 -0 0 8 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.2 0.1 0 $2,375,000
ATL (1 yr) 24 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $

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
1989 33 HOU NL 49 42 2 1.3 88 .222 .146 .250 .167 .317 .171 .373 .337 .690 -2 .109 -5.4 -0.6 .229 .049 .024
1990 34 HOU NL 16 14 1 1.9 95 .300 .214 .261 .214 .327 .214 .392 .429 .718 20 .180 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .000 .000
1991 35 TOT NL 7 7 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .257 .000 .324 .000 .385 .000 .709 -100 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1991 35 HOU NL 4 4 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .249 .000 .316 .000 .374 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1991 35 ATL NL 3 3 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .264 .000 .333 .000 .396 .000 .729 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
15 Yrs 72 63 3 1.3 90 .220 .148 .253 .161 .320 .164 .379 .325 .699 -6 .104 -8.6 -0.9 .208 .033 .016
162 Game Avg. 25 22 1 1.3 90 .220 .148 .253 .161 .320 .164 .379 .325 .699 -6 .104 -8.6 -0.9 .208 .033 .016
HOU (3 yrs) 69 60 3 1.3 90 .231 .155 .253 .169 .319 .172 .378 .342 .697 -1 .114 -7.8 -0.8 .220 .034 .017
ATL (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .264 .000 .333 .000 .396 .000 .729 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .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
1985 29 TOR AL ALCS KCR L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 35 ATL NL NLCS PIT W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 35 ATL NL WS MIN L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 1 0 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
1 WS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1982 TOR AL 26 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1989 33 HOU NL 49 0.0% 28.6% 2.0% 2.0% 17% 14.00 2.9 1.40 2.50 55% 15% 0.0% 30%
1990 34 HOU NL 16 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 7.0 9.00 63% 0%
1991 35 TOT NL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 3.00 4.00 57% 0% 0.0% 0%
1991 35 HOU NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 1.00 2.00 50% 0% 0.0% 0%
1991 35 ATL NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67% 0%
15 Yrs 72 0.0% 27.8% 1.4% 1.4% 11% 20.00 3.1 30.5 2.18 3.30 57% 10% 0.0% 27%
MLB Averages 2.1% 13.9% 8.5% 6.7% 29% 1.64 6.4 42.3 8.4 0.80 1.08 74% 20% 6.5% 24%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1977 21 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1978 22 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1979 23 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1980 24 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1981 25 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1982 26 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1983 27 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1984 28 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1985 29 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1986 30 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1987 31 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1988 32 TOR AL 0.0 0.0
1989 33 HOU NL -5.4 -0.6 49 -0.9 0.2 -1.1 .97 -0.7 -0.2 -9.0 -1.0 1.00 -6.8 0
1990 34 HOU NL -1.6 -0.2 17 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 1.40 -0.2 0.0 -3.1 -0.3 1.33 -2.2 0
1991 35 TOT NL -1.6 -0.2 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .64 -0.2 0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.87 -1.7 0
1991 35 HOU NL -0.8 -0.1 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .75 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.71 -0.8 0
1991 35 ATL NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .49 -0.1 -0.0 -0.9 -0.1 1.09 -0.8 0
15 Yrs -8.6 -0.9 73 -1.2 0.5 -1.6 1.04 -1.0 -0.1 -13.6 -1.5 1.07 -10.6 0
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1989 33 HOU NL 0 0 43% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1990 34 HOU NL 0 0 33% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1991 35 TOT 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
1991 35 HOU 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
1991 35 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
15 Yrs 0 0 40% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 29% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 2

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
1989 33 HOU NL 49 29% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 7 70% 11 0 0% 17 4 24% 34 0 0% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1990 34 HOU NL 16 50% 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 6 1 17% 5 2 40% 19 2 11% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1991 35 TOT NL 7 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 35 HOU NL 4 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1991 35 ATL NL 3 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
15 Yrs 72 33% 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 16 10 63% 18 1 6% 24 7 29% 57 2 4% 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
MLB Averages 58% 78% 11% 35% 15% 51% 55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1989 33 HOU NL 49 156 3.18 115 74% 20% 26% 24% 30% 80% 0% 59% 67% 49% 0% 0 0 10% 5 2 0% 0 0 14% 0 0 0
1990 34 HOU NL 12 34 2.83 28 82% 18% 32% 14% 36% 82% 0% 68% 61% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 4 0 0
1991 35 TOT NL 7 23 3.29 18 78% 22% 17% 33% 28% 78% 0% 61% 79% 29% 0% 0 0 14% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1991 35 HOU NL 4 10 2.50 8 80% 25% 13% 25% 38% 75% 0% 60% 83% 25% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1991 35 ATL NL 3 13 4.33 10 77% 20% 20% 40% 20% 80% 0% 62% 75% 33% 0% 0 0 33% 1 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 68 213 3.13 161 76% 20% 26% 24% 30% 80% 0% 61% 67% 47% 0% 0 0 9% 6 2 0% 0 0 11% 4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.62 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 32% 6% 16% 9% 26%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1989 33 385 49 41 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .146 .167 .171 .337 -2 7 0 0 7 0 0
1990 34 418 65 55 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 18 .164 .179 .182 .360 4 10 1 0 9 0 0
1991 35 472 72 61 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 20 .148 .161 .164 .325 -6 10 1 0 10 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1989 33 33 49 41 3 6 1 0 0 0 0 1 14 .146 .167 .171 .337 1 33
1990 34 33 17 15 2 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 4 .267 .267 .267 .533 1 33
1991 35 54 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 54
3 Yrs 120 73 62 5 10 1 0 0 3 0 1 20 .161 .175 .177 .352 2 120
162 Game Avg. 162 99 84 7 14 1 0 0 4 0 1 27 .161 .175 .177 .352 3 120

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1982 *

                                         

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