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Jim Clinton

James Lawrence Clinton (Big Jim)

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 174 lb.

Born: August 10, 1850 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1872
Teams (by GP): Orioles/RedStockings/RubyLegs/Eckfords/Atlantics/... 1872-1886

Final Game: July 15, 1886
Died: September 3, 1921 in Brooklyn, NY
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Standard Batting

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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
1872 21 ECK NA 25 98 98 11 24 4 1 0 6 0 1 0 3 .245 .245 .306 .551 79 30 1 0 5/O4261
1873 22 RES NA 9 39 39 5 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .282 .513 56 11 0 0 /5
1874 23 BRA NA 2 11 11 3 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .182 .182 .273 .455 52 3 0 0 /4O
1875 24 BRA NA 22 81 81 3 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .123 .123 .123 .247 -9 10 1 0 1/O34
1876 25 LOU NL 16 65 65 8 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 .338 .338 .369 .708 122 24 0 O/31
1882 31 WOR NL 26 105 98 9 16 2 0 0 3 7 13 .163 .219 .184 .403 30 18 0 O
1883 32 BAL AA 94 426 399 69 125 16 8 0 0 27 .313 .357 .393 .750 139 157 0 *O/4
1884 33 BAL AA 104 479 437 82 118 12 6 4 0 29 .270 .334 .352 .686 120 154 13 *O/4
1885 34 CIN AA 105 430 408 48 97 5 5 0 34 15 .238 .277 .275 .551 73 112 7 *O
1886 35 BAL AA 23 88 83 8 15 1 0 0 6 3 4 .181 .227 .193 .420 34 16 1 O
10 Yrs 426 1822 1719 246 438 45 20 4 55 3 1 82 20 .255 .297 .311 .608 95 535 2 21
162 Game Avg. 162 693 654 94 167 17 8 2 21 31 .255 .297 .311 .608 95 203 8
BAL (3 yrs) 221 993 919 159 258 29 14 4 6 3 60 .281 .334 .356 .690 121 327 14
BRA (2 yrs) 24 92 92 6 12 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .130 .130 .141 .272 -2 13 1 0
RES (1 yr) 9 39 39 5 9 2 0 0 4 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .282 .513 56 11 0 0
CIN (1 yr) 105 430 408 48 97 5 5 0 34 15 .238 .277 .275 .551 73 112 7
LOU (1 yr) 16 65 65 8 22 2 0 0 0 0 0 .338 .338 .369 .708 122 24 0
ECK (1 yr) 25 98 98 11 24 4 1 0 6 0 1 0 3 .245 .245 .306 .551 79 30 1 0
WOR (1 yr) 26 105 98 9 16 2 0 0 3 7 13 .163 .219 .184 .403 30 18 0
AA (4 yrs) 326 1423 1327 207 355 34 19 4 40 3 75 .268 .317 .331 .648 106 439 21
NA (4 yrs) 58 229 229 22 45 7 1 0 12 0 1 0 7 .197 .197 .236 .432 45 54 2 0
NL (2 yrs) 42 170 163 17 38 4 0 0 3 7 13 .233 .265 .258 .522 66 42 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
1872 21 ECK NA 25 98 -1 -0 0 -7 0 -9 -0.6 4 -5 -0.1 .479 .497 0.3 -0.4 2 $ 5/O4261
1873 22 RES NA 9 39 -2 0 0 -4 0 -6 -0.4 1 -5 -0.2 .458 .498 0.0 -0.2 -1 $ /5
1874 23 BRA NA 2 11 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.1 0 -2 -0.1 .431 .499 0.0 -0.1 -1 $ /4O
1875 24 BRA NA 22 81 -7 0 0 0 2 -5 -0.5 4 -2 -0.5 .480 .497 -0.4 -0.1 -2 $ 1/O34
1876 25 LOU NL 16 65 1 0 0 0 -1 1 0.0 2 2 0.2 .503 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $ O/31
1882 31 WOR NL 26 105 -8 0 0 -4 -2 -14 -1.3 3 -10 -1.0 .451 .492 -0.6 -0.5 -6 $ O
1883 32 BAL AA 94 426 19 0 0 0 -6 13 1.1 6 20 1.8 .512 .507 1.8 -0.5 20 $ *O/4
1884 33 BAL AA 104 479 11 0 0 -5 -6 0 -0.3 8 9 0.7 .500 .500 1.4 -1.2 14 $ *O/4
1885 34 CIN AA 105 430 -12 0 0 -1 -6 -19 -1.8 7 -12 -1.0 .483 .489 -0.9 -0.6 -11 $ *O
1886 35 BAL AA 23 88 -6 -0 0 0 -1 -8 -0.7 1 -6 -0.5 .471 .496 -0.5 -0.1 -6 $ O
10 Seasons 426 1822 -7 -0 0 -22 -18 -48 -4.4 37 -10 -0.7 .491 .498 1.3 -3.8 12 $
BAL (3 yrs) 221 993 24 -0 0 -5 -13 6 0.2 16 22 2.0 .502 .501 2.7 -1.8 27 $
BRA (2 yrs) 24 92 -8 0 0 -1 2 -7 -0.6 4 -3 -0.6 .476 .498 -0.4 -0.1 -2 $
RES (1 yr) 9 39 -2 0 0 -4 0 -6 -0.4 1 -5 -0.2 .458 .498 0.0 -0.2 -1 $
CIN (1 yr) 105 430 -12 0 0 -1 -6 -19 -1.8 7 -12 -1.0 .483 .489 -0.9 -0.6 -11 $
LOU (1 yr) 16 65 1 0 0 0 -1 1 0.0 2 2 0.2 .503 .500 0.2 -0.1 2 $
ECK (1 yr) 25 98 -1 -0 0 -7 0 -9 -0.6 4 -5 -0.1 .479 .497 0.3 -0.4 2 $
WOR (1 yr) 26 105 -8 0 0 -4 -2 -14 -1.3 3 -10 -1.0 .451 .492 -0.6 -0.5 -6 $

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
1872 21 ECK NA 0 1 .000 7.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 25 36 7 1 1 1 0 0 68 52 2.889 25.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.00
1875 24 BRA NA 1 13 .071 2.41 17 14 3 9 0 0 123.0 141 104 33 0 5 7 0 17 544 88 1.187 10.3 0.0 0.4 0.5 1.40
1876 25 LOU NL 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 12 11 6 0 0 1 2 43 47 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
3 Yrs 1 15 .063 2.94 19 16 3 11 0 0 141.0 178 151 46 1 6 9 0 19 655 77 1.305 11.4 0.1 0.4 0.6 1.50
162 Game Avg. 2 29 .063 2.94 37 31 6 21 0 0 274 346 293 89 2 12 17 0 37 1273 77 1.305 11.4 0.1 0.4 0.6 1.50
BRA (1 yr) 1 13 .071 2.41 17 14 3 9 0 0 123.0 141 104 33 0 5 7 0 17 544 88 1.187 10.3 0.0 0.4 0.5 1.40
LOU (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 12 11 6 0 0 1 2 43 47 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 1.0
ECK (1 yr) 0 1 .000 7.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 25 36 7 1 1 1 0 0 68 52 2.889 25.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.00
NA (2 yrs) 1 14 .067 2.73 18 15 3 10 0 0 132.0 166 140 40 1 6 8 0 17 612 82 1.303 11.3 0.1 0.4 0.5 1.33
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 6.00 1 1 0 1 0 0 9.0 12 11 6 0 0 1 2 43 47 1.333 12.0 0.0 0.0 1.0

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 Awards
1872 21 ECK NA 9.0 1 1 36 36.00 9.61 -1.55 0.00 94.0 10.49 -25 -0.5 -0.0 -0.4 -25 .020 .497 $
1875 24 BRA NA 123.0 17 14 104 7.61 6.35 -0.82 0.00 95.0 6.81 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.2 0.6 -2 .453 .495 $
1876 25 LOU NL 9.0 1 1 11 11.00 6.18 0.62 0.00 115.0 6.39 -5 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -4 .211 .498 $
3 Seasons 141.0 19 16 151 9.64 6.55 -0.77 0.00 96.2 7.02 -40 -1.6 1.0 -0.3 0.0 -31 .418 .497 $
BRA (1 yr) 123.0 17 14 104 7.61 6.35 -0.82 0.00 95.0 6.81 -9 -0.8 1.0 -0.2 0.6 -2 .453 .495 $
LOU (1 yr) 9.0 1 1 11 11.00 6.18 0.62 0.00 115.0 6.39 -5 -0.3 -0.0 -0.2 -4 .211 .498 $
ECK (1 yr) 9.0 1 1 36 36.00 9.61 -1.55 0.00 94.0 10.49 -25 -0.5 -0.0 -0.4 -25 .020 .497 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1872 ECK NA 21 3B 11 59 17 25 17 0 .712 3.82 .758 4.45
1872 ECK NA 21 OF 9 20 16 1 3 0 .850 1.89 .820 1.94 0-7-2
1872 ECK NA 21 2B 3 19 9 4 6 1 .684 4.33 .826 5.50
1872 ECK NA 21 C 2 5 3 0 2 0 .600 1.50 .848 5.45 2
1872 ECK NA 21 SS 2 13 2 6 5 0 .615 4.00 .774 4.80
1872 ECK NA 21 P 1 9.0 5 0 4 1 0 .800 4.00 4.00 .814 2.00 2.00
1873 RES NA 22 3B 9 67 25 21 21 1 .687 5.11 .739 4.60
1874 BRA NA 23 2B 1 9 2 2 5 0 .444 4.00 .806 5.50
1874 BRA NA 23 OF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 2.00 0-1-0
1875 BRA NA 24 P 17 123.0 47 7 32 8 1 .830 2.85 2.29 .865 2.59 2.58
1875 BRA NA 24 OF 7 12 9 2 1 0 .917 1.57 .818 1.89 0-0-7
1875 BRA NA 24 1B 5 34 29 4 1 1 .971 6.60 .936 10.92
1875 BRA NA 24 2B 1 7 5 1 1 0 .857 6.00 .837 5.90
1876 LOU NL 25 OF 14 23 14 4 5 1 .783 1.29 .847 2.11 0-0-14
1876 LOU NL 25 1B 1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 .942 10.60
1876 LOU NL 25 P 1 9.0 5 0 3 2 0 .600 3.00 3.00 .874 2.10 2.10
1882 WOR NL 31 OF 26 64 43 4 17 1 .734 1.81 .855 1.93 21-1-4
1883 BAL AA 32 OF 92 209 158 18 33 2 .842 1.91 .851 1.80 92-0-0
1883 BAL AA 32 2B 2 23 9 8 6 1 .739 8.50 .878 6.10
1884 BAL AA 33 OF 104 187 134 17 36 5 .807 1.45 .847 1.64 37-67-0
1884 BAL AA 33 2B 1 5 1 3 1 0 .800 4.00 .902 6.00
1885 CIN AA 34 OF 105 261 215 14 32 4 .877 2.18 .879 1.87 0-105-0
1886 BAL AA 35 OF 23 47 41 1 5 1 .894 1.83 .877 1.79 0-23-0
9 Seasons OF 381 823 630 61 132 14 .840 1.81 .859 1.80 150-204-27
2 Seasons 3B 20 126 42 46 38 1 .698 4.40 .748 4.52
3 Seasons P 19 141.0 57 7 39 11 1 .807 2.94 2.42 .861 2.52 2.53
5 Seasons 2B 8 63 26 18 19 2 .698 5.50 .849 5.76
2 Seasons 1B 6 40 35 4 1 1 .975 6.50 .937 10.87
1 Season C 2 5 3 0 2 0 .600 1.50 .848 5.45 2
1 Season SS 2 13 2 6 5 0 .615 4.00 .774 4.80
10 Seasons TOT 438 141.0 1127 745 174 208 19 .815 2.94 2.10 .848 2.52 2.18 150-204-27 2
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1883 AA  .313 (3rd)

On-Base% s c a p y
1883 AA  .357 (4th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1883 AA  .393 (10th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1883 AA  .750 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1883 AA  125 (6th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1883 AA  27 (5th)
1884 AA  29 (10th)

Singles s c a p y
1883 AA  101 (4th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1883 AA  139 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1883 AA  56 (7th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1883 AA  18 (7th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1883 AA  2.0 (7th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1883 AA  152 (5th)
1884 AA  160 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1883 AA  .687 (7th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1884 AA  13 (3rd)
1885 AA  7 (7th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1875 NA  0.000 (1st)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1875 NA  17 (6th)

Games Finished s c a p y
1875 NA  3 (6th)

Putouts as OF s c a p y
1885 AA  215 (3rd)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1883 AA  33 (5th)
1884 AA  36 (3rd)
1885 AA  32 (2nd)

Range Factor/Game as OF s c a p y
1885 AA  2.18 (5th)

Oldest s c a p y
1883 AA  born 1850-08-10 (7th)
1884 AA  born 1850-08-10 (6th)
1885 AA  born 1850-08-10 (4th)
1886 AA  born 1850-08-10 (3rd)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 14 (1225), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (2925), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Left Field (470th), -0.7 career WAR/1.8 7yr-peak WAR/0.5 JAWS
Average HOF LF (out of 19) = 61.7 career WAR/39.7 7yr-peak WAR/50.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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