Jim Clark

James Edward Clark

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: April 30, 1947 in Kansas City, KS
High School: Los Angeles HS (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Kansas City Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 16, 1971
Team: Indians 1971

Final Game: August 3, 1971
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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
1965	18	TEX-OAK-min	Rk,A	94	296	296		87	15	5	8						.294	.294	.459	.753		136							WYV,BUR · APPY,MIDW
1966	19	OAK-min	A	120	444	444		133	19	3	17						.300	.300	.471	.770		209							BUR · MIDW
1967	20	OAK-min	A	104	373	318	53	89	15	4	5	41	3	1	55	58	.280	.386	.399	.785		127							PNS,LEE · CARL,FLOR
1968	21	HPT	A	113	373	373		100	12	5	14						.268	.268	.440	.708		164							HPT · CARL
1969	22	OAK-min	A,AA	125	405	404	3	116	25	1	13	3	0	0	1	5	.287	.289	.450	.739		182							BUR,BIR · MIDW,SOUL
1970	23	OAK-min	AA	133	443	443		132	30	6	7						.298	.298	.440	.738		195							BIR · SOUL
1971	24	CLE-min	AAA	97	399	346	60	109	26	5	9	57	1	2	48	68	.315	.401	.497	.898		172		3	0	2			WCH · AA
1971	24	CLE	AL	13	20	18	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	.167	.250	.278	.528	44	5	1	0	0	0	0	/739
1972	25	CLE-KCR-min	AAA	119	437	369	60	95	16	2	5	39	2	3	55	66	.257	.361	.352	.713		130		6	5	2			POR,OMA · PCL,AA
1973	26	KCR-min	AAA	115	381	381		115	17	3	8						.302	.302	.425	.727		162							OMA · AA
1974	27	KCR-min	AAA	126	520	447	52	111	23	1	9	65	2	3	62	65	.248	.341	.365	.706		163		3	4	4			OMA · AA
1975	28	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1976	29	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1 Yr				13	20	18	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	.167	.250	.278	.528	44	5	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	249	224	25	37	0	12	0	0	0	0	25	87	.167	.250	.278	.528	44	62	12	0	0	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
1971	24	CLE	AL	13	20	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.487	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/739
1 Season				13	20	-1	0	-0	0	-0	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.487	.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
1971	24	CLE	AL	20	16	1	1.7	99	.273	.167	.265	.250	.338	.278	.393	.528	.732	44	.168	-1.5	-0.2	.438	.222	.111
1 Yr				20	16	1	1.7	99	.273	.167	.265	.250	.338	.278	.393	.528	.732	44	.168	-1.5	-0.2	.438	.222	.111
162 Game Avg.				249	199	12	1.7	99	.273	.167	.265	.250	.338	.278	.393	.528	.732	44	.168	-1.5	-0.2	.438	.222	.111

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	24	CLE	AL	20	0.0%	35.0%	10.0%	5.0%	33%	3.50	2.6			2.33	55%
1 Yr				20	0.0%	35.0%	10.0%	5.0%	33%	3.50	2.6			2.33	55%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.3%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.67	6.2	45.6	9.3	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1971	24	CLE	AL	-1.5	-0.2	20	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.86	-0.1	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.87	-1.5	0.65	6
1 Yr				-1.5	-0.2	20	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.86	-0.1	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.87	-1.5	0.65	6

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	24	CLE	AL	0	0	40%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1 Yr				0	0	40%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

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
1971	24	CLE	AL	20	60%	3			6	0	0	0	0.65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1 Yr				20	60%	3			6	0	0	0	0.65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	2	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					55%																			74%			11%			31%			13%			47%			53%

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
1971	24	13	20	18	2	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	7	.167	.250	.278	.528	44	5	1	0	0	0	0

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	3B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1971	24	13	20	18	2	3	1	2	7	.167	.250	.278	.528	1	13
1 Yr		13	20	18	2	3	1	2	7	.167	.250	.278	.528	1	13
162 Game Avg.		162	249	224	25	37	12	25	87	.167	.250	.278	.528	12	13

* 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.

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