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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All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1951	18	SFG-min	D,B	5	1	.833	3.00	9						66.0	54	36	22	1	33								1.318	7.4	0.1	4.5			OSH,KNX · WISL,TRIS
1952	19	SFG-min	B,AA	14	11	.560	3.34	43	29					221.0	197	105	82		114								1.407	8.0		4.6			KNX,NVL · TRIS,SOUA
1953	20	SFG-min	AA	19	13	.594	3.64	41	31					230.0	241	114	93	14	89								1.435	9.4	0.5	3.5			NVL · SOUA
1954	21	SFG-min	AAA	10	13	.435	4.39	37	27		7	0		197.0	199	110	96	25	86		114	6	0	5			1.447	9.1	1.1	3.9	5.2	1.33	MNE · AA
1955	22	SFG-min	AAA	12	9	.571	4.57	45	30		7	0		199.0	204	115	101	21	102	3	156	11	0	5			1.538	9.2	0.9	4.6	7.1	1.53	MNE · AA
1956	23	SFG-min	AAA	10	10	.500	3.66	37	26		2	1		167.0	174	85	68	8	74	9	114	5	0	6			1.485	9.4	0.4	4.0	6.1	1.54	MNE · AA
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	SFG-min	AAA	3	2	.600	4.80	10	6		1	0		45.0	56	28	24	2	18	0	26	2	0	1			1.644	11.2	0.4	3.6	5.2	1.44	MNE · AA
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	140	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	71	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	ATL-min	AAA	16	4	.800	2.56	32	17		9	3		162.0	127	55	46	11	73	6	126	4	0	5			1.235	7.1	0.6	4.1	7.0	1.73	TTO · IL
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-min	AAA	9	14	.391	3.11	32	25					171.0	163	73	59	12	47		102						1.228	8.6	0.6	2.5	5.4	2.17	TAC · PCL
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
1964	31	SFG-min	AAA	4	8	.333	3.92	43	12		2	0		108.0	107	63	47	6	27	2	59	3	0	4			1.241	8.9	0.5	2.2	4.9	2.19	TAC · PCL
5 Seasons				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)			NL	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)			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

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	GS	R	Rrep	Rdef	aLI	RAR	WAR	Salary
1956	23	NYG	NL	4.1	0	7	3	0	.0	-4	-0.2	$
1957	24	NYG	NL	28.1	0	10	18	0	.7	8	0.5	$
1958	25	SFG	NL	8.0	0	6	4	0	.9	-2	-0.2	$
1958	25	CLE	AL	9.1	2	13	4	0	.5	-9	-0.8	$
1958	25	WSH	AL	27.2	2	15	16	-1	.3	1	0.0	$

1962	29	MLN	NL	18.0	2	4	10	0	1.2	6	0.7	$
1963	30	SFG	NL	2.1	0	1	1	0	.4	0	0.0	$
5 Seasons				98.0	6	56	56	-1	.6	0	-0.0	$

SFG (4 yrs)				43.0	0	24	26	0	.7	2	0.1	$
WSH (1 yr)				27.2	2	15	16	-1	.3	1	0.0	$
MLN (1 yr)				18.0	2	4	10	0	1.2	6	0.7	$
CLE (1 yr)				9.1	2	13	4	0	.5	-9	-0.8	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
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 Seasons				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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1957	24	NYG	NL	6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	1
1958	25	SFG	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1958	25	CLE	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/1
1958	25	WSH	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	1

1962	29	MLN	NL	7	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/1
1963	30	SFG	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/1
4 Seasons				21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$

SFG (3 yrs)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
WSH (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
MLN (1 yr)				7	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1956	NYG	NL	23	P	3	0	0	4.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	2.08	0.33	.970	2.08	2.03	2	0	0%
1957	NYG	NL	24	P	16	0	0	28.1	5	3	2	0	0	1.000	1.59	0.31	.962	2.06	2.08	0	2	100%
1958	TOT	MLB	25	P	30	4	0	45.0	10	2	7	1	1	.900	1.80	0.30	.960	1.96	1.94	3	1	25%
1958	TOT	AL	25	P	21	4	0	37.0	6	2	3	1	1	.833	1.22	0.24	.963	1.95	1.93	3	0	0%
1958	SFG	NL	25	P	9	0	0	8.0	4	0	4	0	0	1.000	4.50	0.44	.955	2.02	1.96	0	1	100%
1958	CLE	AL	25	P	6	2	0	9.1	0	0	0	0	0		0.00	0.00		1.93	1.93	0	0
1958	WSH	AL	25	P	15	2	0	27.2	6	2	3	1	1	.833	1.63	0.33	.963	1.95	1.93	3	0	0%
1962	MLN	NL	29	P	3	2	1	18.0	2	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.00	0.67	.950	2.05	2.03	0	3	100%
1963	SFG	NL	30	P	4	0	0	2.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	3.86	0.25	.950	1.93	2.05	0	0
	5 Seasons			P	56	6	1	98.0	19	8	10	1	1	.947	1.65	0.32	.959	2.01	2.00	5	6	55%
	5 Seasons			TOT	56	6	1	98.0	19	8	10	1	1	.947	1.65	0.32	.959	2.01	2.00	5	6	55%

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Transactions

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent.
June 7, 1958: Selected off waivers by the Cleveland Indians from the San Francisco Giants.
July 12, 1958: Selected off waivers by the Washington Senators from the Cleveland Indians.
April 11, 1961: Released by the Minnesota Twins.
Before 1962 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Braves.
April 11, 1963: Selected off waivers by the San Francisco Giants from the Milwaukee Braves.

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