Jim Constable

Jimmy Lee Constable (Sheriff)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 14, 1933 in Jonesborough, TN
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1956
Teams (by GP): Giants/Senators/Indians/Braves 1956-1963

Final Game: April 27, 1963
Died: September 4, 2002 in Johnson City, TN
Cremated
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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
1951	18	SFG-min	D,B																										OSH,KNX · WISL,TRIS
1952	19	SFG-min	B,AA	44	75	75		11	0	0	0						.147	.147	.147	.293		11							KNX,NVL · TRIS,SOUA
1953	20	SFG-min	AA	42	82	82		17	1	0	0						.207	.207	.220	.427		18							NVL · SOUA
1954	21	SFG-min	AAA	37	74	68	4	11	1	1	0	4	0		4	19	.162	.208	.206	.414		14	2	0	2	0			MNE · AA
1955	22	SFG-min	AAA	48	75	70	4	12	0	1	1	5	0		1	22	.171	.183	.243	.426		17	1	0	4	0			MNE · AA
1956	23	SFG-min	AAA	37	65	61	2	8	1	0	0	3	0		0	23	.131	.131	.148	.279		9	0	0	4	0			MNE · AA
1956	23	NYG	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	24	SFG-min	AAA	10	17	15	2	3	0	0	0	0	0		2	8	.200	.294	.200	.494		3		0	0	0	0		MNE · AA
1957	24	NYG	NL	16	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	25	TOT	MLB	30	7	7	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.571	.571	.714	1.286	253	5	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	25	TOT	AL	21	6	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	179	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	25	SFG	NL	9	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	677	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	25	CLE	AL	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	457	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	25	WSH	AL	15	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	40	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

1962	29	ATL-min	AAA	32	54	51	2	9	2	0	0	4	0	0	2	19	.176	.208	.216	.423		11		0	1	0			TTO · IL
1962	29	MLN	NL	3	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1963	30	SFG-min	AAA	32	59	59	3	13	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	16	.220	.220	.220	.441		13							TAC · PCL
1963	30	SFG	NL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	31	SFG-min	AAA	43	37	36	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	7	.083	.083	.083	.167		3		0	1	0			TAC · PCL
5 Yrs				56	21	17	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.235	.350	.294	.644	79	5	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	61	49	0	12	3	0	0	0	0	0	9	14	.235	.350	.294	.644	79	14	0	0	3	0	0

SFG (4 yrs)				32	8	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.167	.375	.333	.708	94	2	0	0	0	0	0
WSH (1 yr)				15	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.250	.500	40	1	0	0	0	0	0
MLN (1 yr)				3	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				6	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	457	2	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				35	15	11	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.091	.286	.182	.468	30	2	0	0	1	0	0
AL (1 yr)				21	6	6	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.500	1.000	179	3	0	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
1956	23	NYG	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1957	24	NYG	NL	16	6	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
1958	25	SFG	NL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.511	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1958	25	CLE	AL	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.520	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1958	25	WSH	AL	15	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

1962	29	MLN	NL	3	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1963	30	SFG	NL	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	0	0.1	.512	.500	0.1	0.0	0	$	/1
5 Seasons				56	21	-1	0	0	0	2	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.504	.500	0.3	-0.0	3	$

SFG (4 yrs)				32	8	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.2	.503	.500	0.2	-0.0	1	$
WSH (1 yr)				15	4	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
MLN (1 yr)				3	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CLE (1 yr)				6	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.520	.501	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
1957	24	NYG	NL	6	5	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.269	.167	.332	.000	.416	.167	.748	-50	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
1958	25	TOT	MLB	7	3	4	35.6	98	.800	.571	.261	.571	.329	.714	.398	1.286	.727	253	.979	1.4	0.1	1.667	.143	.143
1958	25	TOT	AL	6	3	2	17.8	97	.750	.500	.260	.500	.328	.500	.394	1.000	.723	179	.931	0.6	0.1	1.000	.000	.000
1958	25	SFG	NL	1	0	2		104	1.000	1.000	.267	1.000	.335	2.000	.418	3.000	.753	677	.000	0.8	0.1		1.000	1.000
1958	25	CLE	AL	2	0	2		97	1.000	1.000	.260	1.000	.329	1.000	.396	2.000	.724	457	.000	0.9	0.1		.000	.000
1958	25	WSH	AL	4	3	0	0.0	96	.500	.250	.259	.250	.328	.250	.394	.500	.722	40	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000

1962	29	MLN	NL	7	6	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.266	.167	.333	.000	.404	.167	.738	-50	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
1963	30	SFG	NL	1	0	0						1.000	.315						.000	0.3	0.0
5 Yrs				21	14	4	7.7	100	.333	.235	.265	.350	.330	.294	.405	.644	.736	79	.728	-0.4	-0.0	.615	.235	.059
162 Game Avg.				61	41	12	7.7	100	.333	.235	.265	.350	.330	.294	.405	.644	.736	79	.728	-0.4	-0.0	.615	.235	.059

SFG (4 yrs)				8	5	2	10.8	103	.200	.167	.268	.375	.330	.333	.416	.708	.746	94	.830	0.1	0.0	.800	.500	.167
WSH (1 yr)				4	3	0	0.0	96	.500	.250	.259	.250	.328	.250	.394	.500	.722	40	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
MLN (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.266	.167	.333	.000	.404	.167	.738	-50	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.200	.200	.000
CLE (1 yr)				2	0	2		97	1.000	1.000	.260	1.000	.329	1.000	.396	2.000	.724	457		0.9	0.1		.000	.000

NL (5 yrs)				15	11	2	4.9	102	.125	.091	.267	.286	.331	.182	.411	.468	.742	30	.533	-1.0	-0.1	.500	.364	.091
AL (1 yr)				6	3	2	17.8	97	.750	.500	.260	.500	.328	.500	.394	1.000	.723	179	.931	0.6	0.1	1.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	24	NYG	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%		1.00	5.0				67%
1958	25	TOT	MLB	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	14.3%	25%		3.5				71%
1958	25	TOT	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				67%
1958	25	SFG	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100%						100%
1958	25	CLE	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1958	25	WSH	AL	4	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				50%

1962	29	MLN	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%		2.00	2.5				43%
1963	30	SFG	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%		0.00					0%
5 Yrs				21	0.0%	23.8%	14.3%	4.8%	25%	1.67	3.4				57%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.5%	8.7%	6.6%	29%	1.55	6.6	37.8	8.4	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1956	23	NYG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1957	24	NYG	NL	-1.1	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.22	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.11	-0.6	0
1958	25	TOT	MLB	1.5	0.1	7	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.43	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.58	0.8	0
1958	25	TOT	AL	0.6	0.1	6	0.0	0.1	-0.0	.44	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.62	0.2	0
1958	25	SFG	NL	0.8	0.1	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.33	0.1	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.38	0.6	0
1958	25	CLE	AL	0.9	0.1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.16	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.38	0.6	0
1958	25	WSH	AL	-0.3	-0.0	4	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.58	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.4	0

1962	29	MLN	NL	-1.1	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	1.02	-0.1	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	1.08	-0.6	0
1963	30	SFG	NL	0.3	0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.41	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.60	0.4	0
5 Yrs				-0.4	-0.0	20	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.83	-0.0	-0.2	-1.3	-0.1	0.89	0.0	0

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
1957	24	NYG	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	25	TOT	MLB	0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	25	TOT	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	25	SFG	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	25	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	25	WSH	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1962	29	MLN	NL	0	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
1963	30	SFG	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	0%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1957	24	NYG	NL	6	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	25	TOT	MLB	7	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	25	TOT	AL	6	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	25	SFG	NL	1	100%	1			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
1958	25	CLE	AL	2	100%	2			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
1958	25	WSH	AL	4	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1962	29	MLN	NL	7	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1963	30	SFG	NL	1	100%	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		0
5 Yrs				21	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	13	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1957	24	19	6	5	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	-50	0	0
1958	25	49	13	12	4	1	1	3	.333	.385	.417	.801	119	5	0
1959	26	49	13	12	4	1	1	3	.333	.385	.417	.801	119	5	0
1960	27	49	13	12	4	1	1	3	.333	.385	.417	.801	119	5	0
1961	28	49	13	12	4	1	1	3	.333	.385	.417	.801	119	5	0
1962	29	52	20	17	4	1	2	5	.235	.316	.294	.610	68	5	1
1963	30	56	21	17	4	1	3	5	.235	.350	.294	.644	79	5	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1957	24	17	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	16
1958	25	31	9	9	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	.667	.667	.889	1.556	5	30

1962	29	3	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	3
1963	30	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000			0	4
4 Yrs		55	23	19	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	3	5	.316	.409	.421	.830	5	53
162 Game Avg.		162	68	56	0	18	6	0	0	0	0	9	15	.316	.409	.421	.830	15	53

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