Jim Converse

James Daniel Converse

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 17, 1971 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Casa Roble HS (Orangevale, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 16th round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 1993
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Royals 1993-1997
Agents: Larry O'Brien [*]
Final Game: May 15, 1997
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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
1990	18	SEA-min	A-	2	4	.333	3.92	12	12	0	0	0	0	66.2	50	31	29	1	32	0	75	2	9	2			1.230	6.8	0.1	4.3	10.1	2.34	BLH · NORW
1991	19	SEA-min	A+	6	15	.286	4.97	26	26	0	1	0	0	137.2	143	90	76	12	97	2	137	2	2	9	643		1.743	9.3	0.8	6.3	9.0	1.41	PNS · CARL
1992	20	SEA-min	AA	12	7	.632	2.66	27	26	0	2	0	0	159.0	134	61	47	9	82	1	157	5	1	8	677		1.358	7.6	0.5	4.6	8.9	1.91	JCK · SOUL
1993	21	SEA-min	AAA	7	8	.467	5.40	23	22	0	4	0	0	121.2	144	86	73	6	64	1	78	3	0	8	565		1.710	10.7	0.4	4.7	5.8	1.22	CGY · PCL
1993	21	SEA	AL	1	3	.250	5.31	4	4	0	0	0	0	20.1	23	12	12	0	14	2	10	0	0	0	93	84	1.820	10.2	0.0	6.2	4.4	0.71
1994	22	SEA-min	AAA	5	3	.625	5.11	14	14	0	0	0	0	74.0	105	48	42	7	21	0	53	1	0	2	334		1.703	12.8	0.9	2.6	6.4	2.52	CGY · PCL
1994	22	SEA	AL	0	5	.000	8.69	13	8	1	0	0	0	48.2	73	49	47	5	40	4	39	1	0	3	253	56	2.322	13.5	0.9	7.4	7.2	0.98
1995	23	SEA-KCR-min	AAA	5	7	.417	5.61	21	12	3	0	0	0	78.2	97	57	49	5	37	1	52	1	4	5	356		1.703	11.1	0.6	4.2	5.9	1.41	TAC,OMA · PCL,AA
1995	23	TOT	AL	1	3	.250	6.56	15	1	4	0	0	1	23.1	28	17	17	2	16	2	14	0	0	2	109	75	1.886	10.8	0.8	6.2	5.4	0.88
1995	23	SEA	AL	0	3	.000	7.36	6	1	3	0	0	1	11.0	16	9	9	2	8	0	9	0	0	0	55	67	2.182	13.1	1.6	6.5	7.4	1.13
1995	23	KCR	AL	1	0	1.000	5.84	9	0	1	0	0	0	12.1	12	8	8	0	8	2	5	0	0	2	54	84	1.622	8.8	0.0	5.8	3.6	0.63
1996		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1997	25	NYY-KCR-min	AAA,Rk	2	3	.400	4.61	19	7	6	0	0	1	41.0	45	22	21	4	21	1	34	1	0	1	182		1.610	9.9	0.9	4.6	7.5	1.62	CLB,OMA,YNK · IL,AA,GULF
1997	25	KCR	AL	0	0		3.60	3	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	4	2	2	2	5	0	3	0	0	0	23	138	1.800	7.2	3.6	9.0	5.4	0.60
1998	26	TEX-BAL-min	AAA,AA	2	8	.200	5.04	38	7	15	0	0	2	94.2	103	60	53	15	43	0	80	0	0	7	419		1.542	9.8	1.4	4.1	7.6	1.86	ROC,OKC,BOW · IL,PCL,EL
1999	27	MIL-min	AAA,AA	5	4	.556	5.04	46	4	19	0	0	5	84.0	90	51	47	10	41	0	65	1	0	4	375		1.560	9.6	1.1	4.4	7.0	1.59	LOU,HVL · IL,SOUL
4 Yrs				2	11	.154	7.21	35	13	6	0	0	1	97.1	128	80	78	9	75	8	66	1	0	5	478	67	2.086	11.8	0.8	6.9	6.1	0.88
162 Game Avg.				3	16	.154	7.21	50	18	9	0	0	1	138	181	113	111	13	106	11	94	1	0	7	677	67	2.086	11.8	0.8	6.9	6.1	0.88

SEA (3 yrs)				1	11	.083	7.65	23	13	4	0	0	1	80.0	112	70	68	7	62	6	58	1	0	3	401	62	2.175	12.6	0.8	7.0	6.5	0.94
KCR (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	5.19	12	0	2	0	0	0	17.1	16	10	10	2	13	2	8	0	0	2	77	95	1.673	8.3	1.0	6.8	4.2	0.62

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
1993	21	SEA	AL	20.1	4	4	12	5.31	4.09	0.32	0.14	104.9	4.11	-3	-0.2		-0.0	-0.1	-0	.439	.499	$109,000
1994	22	SEA	AL	48.2	13	8	49	9.06	5.48	0.09	0.07	102.6	5.60	-19	-1.6	.6	0.0	-1.1	-14	.379	.490	$109,000
1995	23	SEA	AL	11.0	6	1	9	7.36	5.16	0.08	-0.17	100.7	4.94	-3	-0.3	1.1	-0.0	-0.2	-2	.455	.498	$115,000
1995	23	KCR	AL	12.1	9	0	8	5.84	5.27	0.32	-0.39	100.5	4.57	-2	-0.2	1.3	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.482	.499	$

1997	25	KCR	AL	5.0	3	0	2	3.60	5.23	0.30	-0.39	104.0	4.72	1	0.1	.3	-0.0	0.1	1	.520	.500	$
4 Seasons				97.1	35	13	80	7.40	5.11	0.18	-0.03	102.7	5.04	-25	-2.2	1.0	-0.1	-1.4	-15	.437	.497	$333,000

SEA (3 yrs)				80.0	23	13	70	7.88	5.08	0.15	0.05	102.9	5.13	-24	-2.1	.9	-0.0	-1.4	-16	.409	.496	$333,000
KCR (2 yrs)				17.1	12	0	10	5.19	5.26	0.32	-0.39	101.5	4.62	-1	-0.1	1.0	-0.1	0.0	1	.492	.500	$

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
1993	21	SEA	AL	4	93	78	12	23	7	0	0	2	2	14	10	.295	.398	.385	.782	.333	30	1	0	0	1	2	0
1994	22	SEA	AL	13	253	207	49	73	12	6	5	3	4	40	39	.353	.454	.541	.995	.410	112	3	1	2	3	4	1
1995	23	TOT	AL	15	109	91	17	28	5	0	2	1	0	16	14	.308	.411	.429	.840	.347	39	5	0	2	0	2	0
1995	23	KCR	AL	9	54	45	8	12	2	0	0	0	0	8	5	.267	.377	.311	.688	.300	14	3	0	1	0	2	0
1995	23	SEA	AL	6	55	46	9	16	3	0	2	1	0	8	9	.348	.444	.543	.988	.400	25	2	0	1	0	0	0

1997	25	KCR	AL	3	23	18	2	4	1	0	2	2	0	5	3	.222	.391	.611	1.002	.154	11	1	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				35	478	394	80	128	25	6	9	8	6	75	66	.325	.430	.487	.918	.368	192	10	1	4	4	8	1
162 Game Avg.				50	677	558	113	181	35	9	13	11	9	106	94	.325	.430	.487	.918	.368	272	14	1	6	6	11	1
MLB Averages																.268	.337	.418	.755	.299

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1993	21	SEA	AL	-1.3	-0.1	97	-0.1	1.7	-1.8	1.13	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.13	-1.0	0	0	0
1994	22	SEA	AL	-18.8	-1.6	264	-1.5	3.2	-4.7	.85	-1.4	-0.4	-17.7	-1.5	0.85	-17.0	1	0	4
1995	23	TOT	AL	-3.6	-0.3	112	-0.4	1.7	-2.1	.89	-0.2	-0.3	-0.6	-0.1	0.89	-1.8	6	4	4
1995	23	SEA	AL	-2.6	-0.2	56	-0.4	0.9	-1.4	1.00	-0.2	-0.2	-1.4	-0.1	1.00	-2.7	2	1	2
1995	23	KCR	AL	-1.0	-0.1	56	0.0	0.8	-0.8	.79	0.1	-0.0	0.7	0.1	0.79	0.9	4	3	2

1997	25	KCR	AL	0.8	0.1	24	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.20	-0.2	-0.2	-0.5	-0.0	0.20	-1.8	0	0	3
4 Yrs				-22.9	-2.0	497	-2.1	6.7	-8.8	.88	-1.9	-0.5	-20.1	-1.8	0.88	-21.6	7	4	11

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
1993	21	SEA	AL	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	1	3	.250	0	0	0	0	2	50%	43.8	63	25	1	0	0	3	2.6	2.0	5.1	88	2	1	1	0	119
1994	22	SEA	AL	13	8	0	5	3	0	0	1	7	.125	0	1	0	0	1	13%	33.2	57	24	15	6	0	3	2.9	3.4	4.8	95	1	3	3	1	121
1995	23	TOT	AL	15	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%		42	42	8	5	0	0	2.0	2.3	4.0	86	0	1	0	0	86
1995	23	SEA	AL	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	42.0	42	42	3	2	0	0	2.0	2.3	4.0	86	0	1	0	0	86
3 Yrs				23	13	1	9	3	0	1	2	11	.154	0	1	0	0	3	23%	37	63	24	19	8	0	6	2.7	2.9	4.8	92	3	5	4	1	121
MLB Averages													.500						48%	49	99	-11					4.9	4.8	6.0	96

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR	Pit/GR
1994	22	SEA	AL	13	5	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	8	2	25%	7	.846	1	0	4	0	0	5	3	2	5	0	5	0	6.0	40
1995	23	TOT	AL	15	14	4	1	2	1	1	0	100%	3	1	9	2	22%		.895	6	4	4	5	3	6	7	7	8	4	9	1	4.1	24
1995	23	SEA	AL	6	5	3	0	2	1	1	0	100%	2	1	1	1	100%	5	1.000	2	1	2	3	1	1	1	4	2	3	2	0	4.2	25
1995	23	KCR	AL	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	8	1	13%	7	.788	4	3	2	2	2	5	6	3	6	1	7	1	4.1	24

1997	25	KCR	AL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	4	.204	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	2	1	1	1	0	5.0	32
3 Yrs				31	22	6	1	2	1	1	0	100%	3	1	18	5	28%		.822	7	4	11	6	3	13	11	11	14	5	15	1	4.7	29

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%
1993	21	SEA	AL	93	41%	0.0%	10.8%	15.1%	7.5%	30%	1.09	1.72	74%	26%	0.0%	3%	16	1	6%
1994	22	SEA	AL	253	44%	2.0%	15.4%	15.8%	9.1%	32%	1.04	1.36	66%	21%	6.7%	11%	65	3	5%
1995	23	TOT	AL	109	59%	1.8%	12.8%	14.7%	6.4%	25%	1.27	2.73	69%	27%	6.5%	6%	25	5	20%
1995	23	SEA	AL	55	47%	3.6%	16.4%	14.6%	9.1%	31%	0.64	1.40	64%	34%	9.1%	0%	13	2	15%
1995	23	KCR	AL	54	70%	0.0%	9.3%	14.8%	3.7%	17%	2.55	5.40	74%	20%	0.0%	18%	12	3	25%

1997	25	KCR	AL	23	61%	8.7%	13.0%	21.7%	13.0%	75%	0.88	2.00	57%	20%	28.6%	13%	2	1	50%
4 Yrs				478	48%	1.9%	13.8%	15.7%	8.4%	31%	1.09	1.73	68%	23%	6.2%	8%	108	10	9%
MLB Averages					44%	2.6%	16.2%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.9%	16%			10%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1st%	30%	30c	30s	02%	02c	02s	02h	L/SO	3pK	4pW	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	21	SEA	AL	93	350	3.76	194	55%	28%	10%	26%	36%	72%	3%	40%	86%	55%	6%	6	2	11%	10	2	0	20%	1	2	0	0	0
1994	22	SEA	AL	256	959	3.75	539	56%	28%	14%	26%	32%	72%	3%	40%	81%	56%	6%	15	5	16%	40	18	2	31%	7	6	-3	0	0
1995	23	TOT	AL	104	378	3.63	223	59%	22%	15%	29%	33%	78%	3%	46%	80%	58%	3%	3	1	16%	17	10	1	21%	2	1	5	0	0
1995	23	SEA	AL	55	212	3.85	122	58%	27%	15%	27%	31%	73%	0%	42%	80%	53%	2%	1	1	15%	8	5	0	33%	1	0	0	0	0
1995	23	KCR	AL	49	166	3.39	101	61%	17%	16%	32%	36%	83%	8%	51%	81%	63%	4%	2	0	18%	9	5	1	0%	1	1	5	0	0

1997	25	KCR	AL	23	95	4.13	49	52%	31%	16%	22%	31%	69%	0%	36%	76%	52%	13%	3	1	17%	4	0	0	33%	0	2	0	0	0
4 Yrs				476	1782	3.74	1005	56%	27%	14%	26%	33%	73%	3%	41%	81%	56%	6%	27	9	15%	71	30	3	27%	10	11	2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.69		61%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	56%	6%			19%				28%

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
1993	21	SEA	AL	93	23	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	7	4	1	57%	0	0	0	32	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1994	22	SEA	AL	253	73	4	0	5	1	18	2	3	1	4	29	15	5	52%	1	3	1	102	3	4	43%	2	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
1995	23	TOT	AL	109	28	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	4	2	2	50%	0	2	0	57	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1995	23	SEA	AL	55	16	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	1	1	2	0	2	0%	0	0	0	30	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	23	KCR	AL	54	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	100%	0	2	0	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0

1997	25	KCR	AL	23	4	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	9	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				478	128	5	0	9	1	25	3	6	4	5	40	21	8	53%	1	5	1	200	8	6	57%	6	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
MLB Averages																		54%							69%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1993	21	1	3	.250	5.31	4	4	0	0	20.1	23	12	12	0	14	2	10	0	0	93	84	1.820	10.2	0.0	6.2	4.4	0.71	84
1994	22	1	8	.111	7.70	17	12	1	0	69.0	96	61	59	5	54	6	49	1	3	346	62	2.174	12.5	0.7	7.0	6.4	0.91	62
1995	23	2	11	.154	7.41	32	13	5	1	92.1	124	78	76	7	70	8	63	1	5	455	65	2.101	12.1	0.7	6.8	6.1	0.90	65
1996	24	2	11	.154	7.41	32	13	5	1	92.1	124	78	76	7	70	8	63	1	5	455	65	2.101	12.1	0.7	6.8	6.1	0.90	65
1997	25	2	11	.154	7.21	35	13	6	1	97.1	128	80	78	9	75	8	66	1	5	478	67	2.086	11.8	0.8	6.9	6.1	0.88	67

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
1993	21	1	1	.500	5.68	19.0	23	13	12	0	14	9	0	1.947	10.9	6.6	4.3	0.64	0.0	4
1994	22	1	6	.143	7.70	69.0	98	66	59	7	54	55	1	2.203	12.8	7.0	7.2	1.02	0.9	13
1995	23	1	1	.500	6.48	25.0	30	20	18	2	17	15	0	1.880	10.8	6.1	5.4	0.88	0.7	15

1997	25	0	0		3.60	5.0	4	2	2	2	5	3	0	1.800	7.2	9.0	5.4	0.60	3.6	3
4 Yrs		3	8	.273	6.94	118.0	155	101	91	11	90	82	1	2.076	11.8		6.3	0.91	0.8	35

* 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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Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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