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Jim Delsing
James Henry Delsing

Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 13, 1925 in Rudolph, WI
High School: Rudolph (Rudoph, WI) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1948
Final Game: September 30, 1960
Died: May 4, 2006 in Chesterfield, MO
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Jim Delsing
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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
1948	22	CHW	AL	20	70	63	5	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	12	.190	.261	.190	.451	23	12	2	1	1			O
1949	23	NYY	AL	9	21	20	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.350	.381	.550	.931	145	11	0	0	0			/O
1950	24	TOT	AL	81	242	219	27	59	5	2	0	17	1	4	22	23	.269	.336	.311	.647	64	68	4	0	1			O
1950	24	NYY	AL	12	12	10	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	136	4	0	0	0
1950	24	SLB	AL	69	230	209	25	55	5	2	0	15	1	4	20	23	.263	.328	.306	.634	60	64	4	0	1			O
1951	25	SLB	AL	131	512	449	59	112	20	2	8	45	2	9	56	39	.249	.338	.356	.694	86	160	16	4	3			*O
1952	26	TOT	AL	126	459	411	48	107	15	7	4	49	4	3	36	37	.260	.329	.360	.689	90	148	11	6	6			*O
1952	26	SLB	AL	93	332	298	34	76	13	6	1	34	3	3	25	29	.255	.323	.349	.672	85	104	10	5	4			O
1952	26	DET	AL	33	127	113	14	31	2	1	3	15	1	0	11	8	.274	.344	.389	.733	103	44	1	1	2			O
1953	27	DET	AL	138	552	479	77	138	26	6	11	62	1	3	66	39	.288	.380	.436	.816	121	209	8	5	2			*O
1954	28	DET	AL	122	426	371	39	92	24	2	6	38	4	4	49	38	.248	.336	.372	.708	96	138	6	1	3	2		*79/8
1955	29	DET	AL	114	409	356	49	85	15	2	10	60	2	0	48	40	.239	.328	.376	.704	91	134	6	1	0	4	2	7
1956	30	TOT	AL	65	68	53	11	5	3	0	0	2	1	0	13	16	.094	.284	.151	.435	18	8	0	1	1	0	0	79/8
1956	30	DET	AL	10	16	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	.000	.250	.000	.250	-29	0	0	1	0	0	0	/7
1956	30	CHW	AL	55	52	41	11	5	3	0	0	2	1	0	10	13	.122	.294	.195	.489	31	8	0	0	1	0	0	79/8

1960	34	KCA	AL	16	43	40	2	10	3	0	0	5	0	0	3	5	.250	.302	.325	.627	70	13	0	0	0	0	0	/79
10 Seasons				822	2802	2461	322	627	112	21	40	286	15	23	299	251	.255	.339	.366	.705	90	901	53	19	17	6	2
162 Game Avg.				162	552	485	63	124	22	4	8	56	3	5	59	49	.255	.339	.366	.705	90	178	10	4	3

DET (5 yrs)				417	1530	1331	179	346	67	11	30	175	8	7	177	128	.260	.349	.394	.744	103	525	21	9	7	6	2
SLB (3 yrs)				293	1074	956	118	243	38	10	9	94	6	16	101	91	.254	.331	.343	.674	79	328	30	9	8
NYY (2 yrs)				21	33	30	7	11	1	0	1	5	0	0	3	2	.367	.424	.500	.924	142	15	0	0	0
CHW (2 yrs)				75	122	104	16	17	3	0	0	7	1	0	15	25	.163	.275	.192	.467	26	20	2	1	2	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				16	43	40	2	10	3	0	0	5	0	0	3	5	.250	.302	.325	.627	70	13	0	0	0	0	0

Advanced Batting

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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	PwrSpd
1948	22	CHW	AL	70	54	3	1.5	103	.235	.190	.269	.261	.354	.190	.389	.451	.743	23	.111	-7.0	-0.7	.340	.079	.000
1949	23	NYY	AL	21	13	4	8.2	107	.353	.350	.271	.381	.363	.550	.393	.931	.756	145	.743	1.1	0.1	.923	.250	.200	.0
1950	24	TOT	AL	242	169	22	3.4	117	.301	.269	.283	.336	.371	.311	.424	.647	.795	64	.340	-12.2	-1.1	.518	.128	.041	.0
1950	24	NYY	AL	12	6	2	8.8	111	.400	.400	.275	.500	.361	.400	.412	.900	.773	136	.742	0.8	0.1	1.000	.200	.000
1950	24	SLB	AL	230	163	20	3.2	117	.296	.263	.283	.328	.371	.306	.424	.634	.796	60	.316	-13.0	-1.2	.500	.124	.043	.0
1951	25	SLB	AL	512	365	51	3.8	105	.259	.249	.271	.338	.353	.356	.397	.694	.750	86	.416	-8.9	-0.9	.588	.216	.107	3.2
1952	26	TOT	AL	459	324	47	3.9	98	.278	.260	.263	.329	.343	.360	.384	.689	.727	90	.474	-6.6	-0.7	.601	.190	.100	4.0
1952	26	SLB	AL	332	239	32	3.6	99	.280	.255	.264	.323	.344	.349	.385	.672	.729	85	.437	-6.7	-0.7	.570	.178	.094	1.5
1952	26	DET	AL	127	85	15	4.8	97	.275	.274	.261	.344	.341	.389	.381	.733	.723	103	.562	0.2	0.0	.687	.221	.115	1.5
1953	27	DET	AL	552	354	77	5.8	102	.296	.288	.268	.380	.344	.436	.395	.816	.740	121	.621	15.7	1.6	.790	.282	.148	1.8
1954	28	DET	AL	426	294	46	4.2	97	.261	.248	.263	.336	.338	.372	.385	.708	.723	96	.494	-1.0	-0.1	.651	.256	.124	4.8
1955	29	DET	AL	409	281	47	4.5	101	.242	.239	.264	.328	.343	.376	.393	.704	.736	91	.490	-4.1	-0.4	.668	.278	.138	3.3
1956	30	TOT	AL	68	49	3	1.6	107	.135	.094	.269	.284	.351	.151	.410	.435	.760	18	.122	-6.0	-0.6	.479	.321	.057	.0
1956	30	DET	AL	16	12	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.268	.250	.351	.000	.410	.250	.760	-29	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.333	.250	.000
1956	30	CHW	AL	52	37	3	2.2	107	.179	.122	.269	.294	.351	.195	.410	.489	.760	31	.189	-3.8	-0.4	.528	.341	.073	.0

1960	34	KCA	AL	43	30	4	3.6	101	.286	.250	.263	.302	.337	.325	.403	.627	.740	70	.399	-1.6	-0.2	.533	.150	.075
10 Seasons				2802	1933	304	4.2	102	.270	.255	.268	.339	.347	.366	.395	.705	.742	90	.475	-30.8	-3.0	.634	.230	.111	21.8
162 Game Avg.				552	381	60	4.2	102	.270	.255	.268	.339	.347	.366	.395	.705	.742	90	.475	-30.8	-3.0	.634	.230	.111	4

DET (5 yrs)				1530	1026	185	4.8	100	.268	.260	.265	.349	.342	.394	.391	.744	.733	103	.542	8.5	0.9	.703	.268	.134	12.6
SLB (3 yrs)				1074	767	103	3.6	105	.273	.254	.271	.331	.354	.343	.399	.674	.753	79	.400	-28.6	-2.8	.564	.184	.089	7.2
NYY (2 yrs)				33	19	6	8.4	108	.370	.367	.272	.424	.362	.500	.400	.924	.762	142	.741	1.8	0.2	.947	.233	.133	.0
CHW (2 yrs)				122	91	6	1.8	105	.215	.163	.269	.275	.353	.192	.397	.467	.750	26	.142	-10.8	-1.1	.416	.183	.029	.0
KCA (1 yr)				43	30	4	3.6	101	.286	.250	.263	.302	.337	.325	.403	.627	.740	70	.399	-1.6	-0.2	.533	.150	.075

Ratio Batting*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	22	CHW	AL	70	0.0%	17.1%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	2.40	5.3		12.6		73%
1949	23	NYY	AL	21	4.8%	9.5%	4.8%	9.5%	29%	2.00	10.0	20.0	6.7		81%
1950	24	TOT	AL	242	0.0%	9.5%	9.1%	2.9%	12%	1.05	9.5		12.9		81%
1950	24	NYY	AL	12	0.0%	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	0.00			5.0		83%
1950	24	SLB	AL	230	0.0%	10.0%	8.7%	3.0%	13%	1.15	9.1		13.9		81%
1951	25	SLB	AL	512	1.6%	7.6%	10.9%	5.9%	27%	0.70	11.5	56.1	10.0		79%
1952	26	TOT	AL	459	0.9%	8.1%	7.8%	5.7%	24%	1.03	11.1	102.8	8.4		81%
1952	26	SLB	AL	332	0.3%	8.7%	7.5%	6.0%	26%	1.16	10.3	298.0	8.8		81%
1952	26	DET	AL	127	2.4%	6.3%	8.7%	4.7%	19%	0.73	14.1	37.7	7.5		80%
1953	27	DET	AL	552	2.0%	7.1%	12.0%	7.8%	31%	0.59	12.3	43.5	7.7		78%
1954	28	DET	AL	426	1.4%	8.9%	11.5%	7.5%	35%	0.78	9.8	61.8	9.8	1.08	77%
1955	29	DET	AL	409	2.4%	9.8%	11.7%	6.6%	32%	0.83	8.9	35.6	5.9	0.77	76%
1956	30	TOT	AL	68	0.0%	23.5%	19.1%	4.4%	60%	1.23	3.3		26.5	0.88	54%
1956	30	DET	AL	16	0.0%	18.8%	18.8%	0.0%		1.00	4.0			1.25	56%
1956	30	CHW	AL	52	0.0%	25.0%	19.2%	5.8%	60%	1.30	3.2		20.5	0.77	54%

1960	34	KCA	AL	43	0.0%	11.6%	7.0%	7.0%	30%	1.67	8.0		8.0	1.18	81%
10 Seasons				2802	1.4%	9.0%	10.7%	6.2%	28%	0.84	9.8	61.5	8.6	0.92	78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	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
1954	28	DET	AL	8	0	24%	171	4	4	50%	4	5	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	46%	30	21	9	2	0	2	12	3	9
1955	29	DET	AL	6	0	32%	136	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	9	67%	19	10	9	4	1	3	16	2	14
1956	30	TOT	AL	1	0	58%	47	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	50%	5	3	2	3	1	2	4	2	2
1956	30	DET	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	30	CHW	AL	1	0	73%	43	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	4	55%	4	2	2	3	1	2	4	2	2

1960	34	KCA	AL	1	0	15%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	11%	5	5	0	1	1	0	3	2	1
10 Seasons				16	0	31%	373	15	23	39%	6	5	1	1	0	0	2	0	14	22	51%	59	39	20	10	3	7	35	9	26
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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						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
1954	28	DET	AL	426	91%	92			13	5	1	3	1.32	6	0	5	6	0	3	3	0	3	3	100%	94	6	6%	35	15	43%	257	34	13%	12	6	50%	22	10	45%	0
1955	29	DET	AL	409	91%	85			14	3	0	3	1.54	10	0	20	10	0	8	2	0	0	0		95	6	6%	28	9	32%	307	53	17%	28	16	57%	13	5	38%	0
1956	30	TOT	AL	68	88%	5			20	2	0	2	1.33	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	0	0%	9	3	33%	48	2	4%	6	2	33%	3	0	0%	0
1956	30	DET	AL	16	75%	0			4	0	0	0	0.94	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1956	30	CHW	AL	52	92%	5			16	2	0	2	1.42	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	0	0%	9	3	33%	40	2	5%	6	2	33%	2	0	0%	0

1960	34	KCA	AL	43	81%	10			6	1	0	0	0.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	3	0	0%	21	5	24%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
10 Seasons				946	90%	627			53	11	1	8	1.32	40	0	28	16	0	11	5	0	4	17	425%	210	53	25%	75	27	36%	633	94	15%	48	25	52%	41	16	39%	0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1948	22	20	70	63	5	12	0	0	0	5	0	0	5	12	.190	.261	.190	.451	23	12	2	1	1
1949	23	29	91	83	10	19	1	0	1	8	0	0	6	14	.229	.289	.277	.566	52	23	2	1	1
1950	24	110	333	302	37	78	6	2	1	25	1	4	28	37	.258	.323	.301	.625	61	91	6	1	2
1951	25	241	845	751	96	190	26	4	9	70	3	13	84	76	.253	.332	.334	.666	75	251	22	5	5
1952	26	367	1304	1162	144	297	41	11	13	119	7	16	120	113	.256	.331	.343	.674	80	399	33	11	11
1953	27	505	1856	1641	221	435	67	17	24	181	8	19	186	152	.265	.346	.371	.716	92	608	41	16	13
1954	28	627	2282	2012	260	527	91	19	30	219	12	23	235	190	.262	.344	.371	.715	93	746	47	17	16	2
1955	29	741	2691	2368	309	612	106	21	40	279	14	23	283	230	.258	.341	.372	.713	93	880	53	18	16	6	2
1956	30	806	2759	2421	320	617	109	21	40	281	15	23	296	246	.255	.340	.367	.707	91	888	53	19	17	6	2
1957	31	806	2759	2421	320	617	109	21	40	281	15	23	296	246	.255	.340	.367	.707	91	888	53	19	17	6	2
1958	32	806	2759	2421	320	617	109	21	40	281	15	23	296	246	.255	.340	.367	.707	91	888	53	19	17	6	2
1959	33	806	2759	2421	320	617	109	21	40	281	15	23	296	246	.255	.340	.367	.707	91	888	53	19	17	6	2
1960	34	822	2802	2461	322	627	112	21	40	286	15	23	299	251	.255	.339	.366	.705	90	901	53	19	17	6	2

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
1948	22	21	72	66	5	13	0	0	0	5	0	5	13	.197	.264	.197	.461	3	20
1949	23	9	22	21	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	1	2	.333	.364	.524	.887	4	9
1950	24	85	243	222	24	55	5	2	0	15	1	21	24	.248	.313	.288	.601	20	81
1951	25	138	522	464	58	109	19	2	8	44	2	54	41	.235	.320	.336	.656	49	131
1952	26	132	476	432	52	114	16	7	4	53	4	38	39	.264	.332	.361	.693	51	126
1953	27	144	572	499	80	143	27	6	11	65	1	68	41	.287	.378	.431	.808	80	138
1954	28	128	447	391	44	99	26	2	6	43	4	53	40	.253	.342	.376	.718	51	122
1955	29	119	432	375	52	92	16	2	11	63	2	52	42	.245	.336	.387	.722	49	114
1956	30	68	73	56	10	6	4	0	0	2	1	16	17	.107	.315	.179	.494	3	65

1960	34	17	46	43	2	11	3	0	0	5	0	3	5	.256	.304	.326	.630	4	16
10 Seasons		861	2905	2569	332	649	117	21	41	298	15	311	264	.253	.337	.362	.699	314	822
162 Game Avg.		162	547	483	62	122	22	4	8	56	3	59	50	.253	.337	.362	.699	59	822

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1952 AL--6--7th
1953 AL--5--10th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1951 AL--16--6th

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1951 AL--9--4th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards Batting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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 (like '#1972', '#1970-1980-sum', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum') 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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