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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 Pitching

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
1956 23 NYG NL 0 0 14.54 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 9 7 7 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 30 28 3.692 18.7 0.0 14.5 2.1 0.14
1957 24 NYG NL 1 1 .500 2.86 16 0 0 0 0 0 28.1 27 10 9 2 7 0 13 4 0 1 115 139 1.200 8.6 0.6 2.2 4.1 1.86
1958 25 TOT MLB 1 2 .333 6.40 30 4 8 0 0 1 45.0 56 34 32 6 22 0 32 2 1 1 207 61 1.733 11.2 1.2 4.4 6.4 1.45
1958 25 TOT AL 0 2 .000 6.57 21 4 5 0 0 0 37.0 46 28 27 5 19 0 28 2 0 1 172 59 1.757 11.2 1.2 4.6 6.8 1.47
1958 25 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 5.63 9 0 3 0 0 1 8.0 10 6 5 1 3 0 4 0 1 0 35 72 1.625 11.3 1.1 3.4 4.5 1.33
1958 25 CLE AL 0 1 .000 11.57 6 2 1 0 0 0 9.1 17 13 12 2 4 0 3 1 0 0 47 33 2.250 16.4 1.9 3.9 2.9 0.75
1958 25 WSH AL 0 1 .000 4.88 15 2 4 0 0 0 27.2 29 15 15 3 15 0 25 1 0 1 125 79 1.590 9.4 1.0 4.9 8.1 1.67
1962 29 MLN NL 1 1 .500 2.00 3 2 1 1 1 1 18.0 14 4 4 1 4 0 12 0 0 0 69 193 1.000 7.0 0.5 2.0 6.0 3.00
1963 30 SFG NL 0 0 3.86 4 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 3 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 11 100 1.714 11.6 0.0 3.9 3.9 1.00
5 Yrs 3 4 .429 4.87 56 6 10 1 1 2 98.0 109 56 53 9 41 0 59 7 1 3 432 81 1.531 10.0 0.8 3.8 5.4 1.44
162 Game Avg. 3 4 .429 4.87 61 7 11 1 1 2 107 120 61 58 10 45 0 65 8 1 3 474 81 1.531 10.0 0.8 3.8 5.4 1.44
SFG (4 yrs) 2 1 .667 4.60 32 0 4 0 0 1 43.0 49 24 22 3 18 0 19 5 1 2 191 87 1.558 10.3 0.6 3.8 4.0 1.06
WSH (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.88 15 2 4 0 0 0 27.2 29 15 15 3 15 0 25 1 0 1 125 79 1.590 9.4 1.0 4.9 8.1 1.67
MLN (1 yr) 1 1 .500 2.00 3 2 1 1 1 1 18.0 14 4 4 1 4 0 12 0 0 0 69 193 1.000 7.0 0.5 2.0 6.0 3.00
CLE (1 yr) 0 1 .000 11.57 6 2 1 0 0 0 9.1 17 13 12 2 4 0 3 1 0 0 47 33 2.250 16.4 1.9 3.9 2.9 0.75
NL (5 yrs) 3 2 .600 3.84 35 2 5 1 1 2 61.0 63 28 26 4 22 0 31 5 1 2 260 103 1.393 9.3 0.6 3.2 4.6 1.41
AL (1 yr) 0 2 .000 6.57 21 4 5 0 0 0 37.0 46 28 27 5 19 0 28 2 0 1 172 59 1.757 11.2 1.2 4.6 6.8 1.47

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
1956 23 NYG NL 4.1 3 0 7 14.54 4.57 0.31 0.00 100.0 4.26 -5 -0.5 .0 0.2 -0.2 -4 .349 .497 $
1957 24 NYG NL 28.1 16 0 10 3.18 4.41 -0.08 0.00 101.3 4.55 5 0.5 1.4 0.1 0.8 7 .531 .503 $
1958 25 SFG NL 8.0 9 0 6 6.75 4.59 -0.02 0.00 91.3 4.21 -2 -0.2 1.8 -0.1 -0.3 -1 .474 .499 $
1958 25 CLE AL 9.1 6 2 13 12.54 3.81 -0.09 0.00 95.3 3.71 -9 -0.9 .3 0.2 -0.6 -8 .355 .495 $
1958 25 WSH AL 27.2 15 2 15 4.88 4.14 -0.38 0.00 100.8 4.55 -1 -0.1 .2 -0.0 0.1 1 .493 .499 $
1962 29 MLN NL 18.0 3 2 4 2.00 4.61 0.13 0.03 95.5 4.30 4 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.7 7 .672 .503 $
1963 30 SFG NL 2.1 4 0 1 3.86 4.21 -0.26 -0.18 94.0 4.03 0 0.0 .6 -0.0 0.0 0 .501 .500 $
5 Seasons 98.0 56 6 56 5.14 4.33 -0.11 0.00 98.5 4.37 -8 -0.6 .9 0.3 0.5 1 .489 .499 $
SFG (4 yrs) 43.0 32 0 24 5.02 4.45 -0.04 -0.01 98.9 4.43 -3 -0.2 1.3 0.2 0.3 2 .494 .500 $
WSH (1 yr) 27.2 15 2 15 4.88 4.14 -0.38 0.00 100.8 4.55 -1 -0.1 .2 -0.0 0.1 1 .493 .499 $
MLN (1 yr) 18.0 3 2 4 2.00 4.61 0.13 0.03 95.5 4.30 4 0.5 1.3 0.0 0.7 7 .672 .503 $
CLE (1 yr) 9.1 6 2 13 12.54 3.81 -0.09 0.00 95.3 3.71 -9 -0.9 .3 0.2 -0.6 -8 .355 .495 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1956 23 NYG NL 3 30 21 7 9 1 0 0 2 0 7 1 .429 .586 .476 1.062 .450 10 0 1 1 0 0 0
1957 24 NYG NL 16 89 104 10 27 4 2 2 0 2 7 13 .260 .330 .394 .725 .281 41 4 4 1 0 0 0
1958 25 TOT AL 21 172 148 28 46 6 2 5 3 0 19 28 .311 .392 .480 .872 .350 71 5 2 1 2 0 0
1958 25 CLE AL 6 47 41 13 17 2 0 2 0 0 4 3 .415 .478 .610 1.088 .417 25 2 1 1 0 0 0
1958 25 WSH AL 15 125 107 15 29 4 2 3 3 0 15 25 .271 .360 .430 .790 .321 46 3 1 0 2 0 0
1958 25 SFG NL 9 35 31 6 10 2 1 1 0 1 3 4 .323 .382 .548 .931 .346 17 1 0 1 0 0 0
1958 25 TOT MLB 30 207 179 34 56 8 3 6 3 1 22 32 .313 .390 .492 .882 .350 88 6 2 2 2 0 0
1962 29 MLN NL 3 69 63 4 14 2 0 1 0 3 4 12 .222 .265 .302 .566 .255 19 2 0 1 1 0 1
1963 30 SFG NL 4 11 9 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .400 .444 .844 .375 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
5 Yrs 56 406 376 56 109 16 5 9 5 6 41 59 .290 .368 .431 .799 .322 162 12 7 6 3 0 2
162 Game Avg. 61 445 412 61 120 18 5 10 5 7 45 65 .290 .368 .431 .799 .322 178 13 8 7 3 0 2
MLB Averages .256 .324 .390 .714 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1956 23 NYG NL -4.6 -0.4 31 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .03 -0.1 -0.1 -4.5 -0.4 0.03 -3.9 0 0 3
1957 24 NYG NL 3.6 0.4 93 0.4 1.6 -1.2 .79 0.2 0.3 6.3 0.7 0.79 2.5 4 3 6
1958 25 TOT MLB -12.0 -1.2 215 -1.2 1.4 -2.6 .46 -1.2 -1.4 -16.4 -1.6 0.46 -15.5 4 4 16
1958 25 TOT AL -10.3 -1.0 178 -0.8 0.9 -1.7 .36 -1.1 -1.2 -12.1 -1.2 0.36 -13.2 0 2 14
1958 25 SFG NL -1.7 -0.2 37 -0.4 0.5 -0.8 .96 -0.2 -0.2 -4.3 -0.4 0.96 -2.3 4 2 2
1958 25 CLE AL -8.0 -0.8 47 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .48 -0.7 -0.1 -8.1 -0.8 0.48 -7.9 0 0 4
1958 25 WSH AL -2.3 -0.2 131 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 .32 -0.4 -1.0 -4.0 -0.4 0.32 -5.3 0 2 10
1962 29 MLN NL 4.2 0.4 70 0.6 1.6 -1.0 1.19 0.5 0.0 4.9 0.6 1.19 5.4 0 1 0
1963 30 SFG NL 0.1 0.0 13 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .40 -0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.40 -0.5 0 1 3
5 Yrs -8.8 -0.8 422 -0.2 4.7 -4.9 .62 -0.8 0.4 -9.3 -0.8 0.62 -12.1 8 9 28

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1958 25 TOT MLB 30 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 44 26 10 1 2 2 3.0 9.0 2.0
1958 25 TOT AL 21 4 0 2 2 0 0 1 3 .250 0 0 0 0 0 0% 37.2 44 26 7 0 2 2 3.0 9.0 2.0
1958 25 CLE AL 6 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 34.0 42 26 2 0 1 1 3.0 6.8 2.0
1958 25 WSH AL 15 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40.5 44 37 5 0 1 1 3.0 11.3 2.0
1962 29 MLN NL 3 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 .500 0 0 1 1 2 100% 66.5 83 50 0 0 1 1 2.0 1.3 7.5
2 Yrs 24 6 1 3 2 0 1 2 4 .333 0 0 1 1 2 33% 47 83 26 7 0 3 3 2.7 4.1 3.8
MLB Averages .500 51% 52 115 -14 4.4 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1956 23 NYG NL 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .026 0 0 3 0 0 3 0 3 2 0 2 0 4.3
1957 24 NYG NL 16 16 0 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 27 6 22% .792 4 3 6 2 2 9 12 1 8 6 6 2 5.3
1958 25 TOT MLB 30 26 8 1 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 22 7 32% .461 4 4 16 3 1 22 12 14 11 7 13 3 4.3
1958 25 TOT AL 21 17 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 3 27% .360 0 2 14 0 0 17 6 11 9 2 9 2 5.1
1958 25 SFG NL 9 9 3 1 0 2 1 1 50% 3 1 11 4 36% 7 .958 4 2 2 3 1 5 6 3 2 5 4 1 2.7
1958 25 CLE AL 6 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 1 17% 4 .477 0 0 4 0 0 4 3 1 1 2 1 1 4.0
1958 25 WSH AL 15 13 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 8 .316 0 2 10 0 0 13 3 10 8 0 8 1 5.5
1962 29 MLN NL 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 7 1.193 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1963 30 SFG NL 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 0 0% 8 .402 0 1 3 2 0 2 3 1 1 3 1 1 1.8
5 Yrs 56 50 10 2 1 4 2 2 50% 7 2 55 13 24% .624 8 9 28 8 3 36 27 20 23 16 23 6 4.5

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1956 23 NYG NL 30 27% 0.0% 3.3% 23.3% 3.3% 11% 1.40 67% 8 0 0%
1957 24 NYG NL 115 44% 2.3% 14.6% 7.9% 9.0% 30% 1.80 100% 21 4 19%
1958 25 TOT MLB 207 33% 2.9% 15.5% 10.6% 8.2% 30% 1.62 69% 38 6 16%
1958 25 TOT AL 172 29% 2.9% 16.3% 11.1% 7.6% 28% 1.47 68% 31 5 16%
1958 25 SFG NL 35 51% 2.9% 11.4% 8.6% 11.4% 40% 2.60 74% 7 1 14%
1958 25 CLE AL 47 36% 4.3% 6.4% 8.5% 8.5% 24% 1.27 77% 14 2 14%
1958 25 WSH AL 125 26% 2.4% 20.0% 12.0% 7.2% 31% 1.57 65% 17 3 18%
1962 29 MLN NL 69 22% 1.5% 17.4% 5.8% 4.4% 21% 1.05 74% 15 2 13%
1963 30 SFG NL 11 73% 0.0% 9.1% 9.1% 9.1% 33% 0.67 73% 3 0 0%
5 Yrs 432 34% 2.2% 14.5% 10.1% 7.4% 28% 1.49 77% 85 12 14%
MLB Averages 50% 2.4% 13.7% 8.8% 6.6% 29% 1.02 74% 10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1956 23 NYG NL 30 9 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 15 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 24 NYG NL 89 27 2 0 11 1 1 1 1 12 3 1 25% 0 1 0 33 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 26
1958 25 TOT MLB 207 56 6 0 7 4 2 3 3 17 10 3 59% 0 1 1 82 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1958 25 TOT AL 172 46 5 0 6 4 1 3 2 14 8 3 57% 0 1 1 69 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1958 25 SFG NL 35 10 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 0 67% 0 0 0 13 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1958 25 CLE AL 47 17 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 6 3 1 50% 0 0 0 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 25 WSH AL 125 29 3 0 4 3 0 2 1 8 5 2 63% 0 1 1 45 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1962 29 MLN NL 69 14 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 3 2 0 67% 1 0 0 22 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1963 30 SFG NL 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 1 1 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
5 Yrs 406 109 9 0 22 6 3 5 4 36 17 4 47% 2 3 1 159 5 6 45% 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 0 8 26
MLB Averages 51% 61%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age 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 ERA+
1956 23 0 0 14.54 3 0 1 0 0 0 4.1 9 7 7 0 7 0 1 1 0 0 30 28 3.692 18.7 0.0 14.5 2.1 0.14 28
1957 24 1 1 .500 4.41 19 0 1 0 0 0 32.2 36 17 16 2 14 0 14 5 0 1 145 91 1.531 9.9 0.6 3.9 3.9 1.00 91
1958 25 2 3 .400 5.56 49 4 9 0 0 1 77.2 92 51 48 8 36 0 46 7 1 2 352 71 1.648 10.7 0.9 4.2 5.3 1.28 71
1959 26 2 3 .400 5.56 49 4 9 0 0 1 77.2 92 51 48 8 36 0 46 7 1 2 352 71 1.648 10.7 0.9 4.2 5.3 1.28 71
1960 27 2 3 .400 5.56 49 4 9 0 0 1 77.2 92 51 48 8 36 0 46 7 1 2 352 71 1.648 10.7 0.9 4.2 5.3 1.28 71
1961 28 2 3 .400 5.56 49 4 9 0 0 1 77.2 92 51 48 8 36 0 46 7 1 2 352 71 1.648 10.7 0.9 4.2 5.3 1.28 71
1962 29 3 4 .429 4.89 52 6 10 1 1 2 95.2 106 55 52 9 40 0 58 7 1 2 421 80 1.526 10.0 0.8 3.8 5.5 1.45 80
1963 30 3 4 .429 4.87 56 6 10 1 1 2 98.0 109 56 53 9 41 0 59 7 1 3 432 81 1.531 10.0 0.8 3.8 5.4 1.44 81

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1956 23 0 0 18.00 4.0 10 9 8 0 8 1 1 4.500 22.5 18.0 2.3 0.13 0.0 3
1957 24 2 1 .667 3.00 27.0 28 10 9 2 7 12 4 1.296 9.3 2.3 4.0 1.71 0.7 16
1958 25 1 3 .250 7.16 44.0 60 39 35 6 24 31 2 1.909 12.3 4.9 6.3 1.29 1.2 30
1962 29 1 0 1.000 2.12 17.0 14 4 4 1 4 11 0 1.059 7.4 2.1 5.8 2.75 0.5 3
1963 30 0 0 4.50 2.0 4 1 1 0 1 1 0 2.500 18.0 4.5 4.5 1.00 0.0 4
5 Yrs 4 4 .500 5.46 94.0 116 63 57 9 44 56 7 1.702 11.1 5.4 1.27 0.9 56

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