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Jim Deshaies
James Joseph Deshaies
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 23, 1960 in Massena, NY
Schools: LeMoyne College
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 21st round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1984
Final Game: July 30, 1995
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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
1984 24 NYY AL 0 1 .000 11.57 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 14 9 9 1 7 0 5 0 0 0 40 33 3.000 18.0 1.3 9.0 6.4 0.71
1985 25 HOU NL 0 0 0.00 2 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 10 0.333 3.0 0.0 0.0 6.0
1986 26 HOU NL 12 5 .706 3.25 26 26 0 1 1 0 144.0 124 58 52 16 59 2 128 2 7 0 599 110 1.271 7.8 1.0 3.7 8.0 2.17 RoY-7
1987 27 HOU NL 11 6 .647 4.62 26 25 0 1 0 0 152.0 149 81 78 22 57 7 104 0 5 4 648 85 1.355 8.8 1.3 3.4 6.2 1.82
1988 28 HOU NL 11 14 .440 3.00 31 31 0 3 2 0 207.0 164 77 69 20 72 5 127 2 6 1 847 111 1.140 7.1 0.9 3.1 5.5 1.76
1989 29 HOU NL 15 10 .600 2.91 34 34 0 6 3 0 225.2 180 80 73 15 79 8 153 4 1 8 928 117 1.148 7.2 0.6 3.2 6.1 1.94
1990 30 HOU NL 7 12 .368 3.78 34 34 0 2 0 0 209.1 186 93 88 21 84 9 119 8 3 3 881 98 1.290 8.0 0.9 3.6 5.1 1.42
1991 31 HOU NL 5 12 .294 4.98 28 28 0 1 0 0 161.0 156 90 89 19 72 5 98 1 5 0 686 70 1.416 8.7 1.1 4.0 5.5 1.36
1992 32 SDP NL 4 7 .364 3.28 15 15 0 0 0 0 96.0 92 40 35 6 33 2 46 1 2 1 395 109 1.302 8.6 0.6 3.1 4.3 1.39
1993 33 TOT 13 15 .464 4.39 32 31 1 1 0 0 184.1 183 94 90 26 57 1 85 7 4 1 770 98 1.302 8.9 1.3 2.8 4.2 1.49
1993 33 MIN AL 11 13 .458 4.41 27 27 0 1 0 0 167.1 159 85 82 24 51 1 80 6 4 0 693 98 1.255 8.6 1.3 2.7 4.3 1.57
1993 33 SFG NL 2 2 .500 4.24 5 4 1 0 0 0 17.0 24 9 8 2 6 0 5 1 0 1 77 92 1.765 12.7 1.1 3.2 2.6 0.83
1994 34 MIN AL 6 12 .333 7.39 25 25 0 0 0 0 130.1 170 109 107 30 54 0 78 2 2 1 596 66 1.719 11.7 2.1 3.7 5.4 1.44
1995 35 PHI NL 0 1 .000 20.25 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 15 12 12 3 1 0 6 0 0 0 32 21 3.000 25.3 5.1 1.7 10.1 6.00
12 Seasons 84 95 .469 4.14 257 253 1 15 6 0 1525.0 1434 743 702 179 575 39 951 27 35 19 6432 91 1.317 8.5 1.1 3.4 5.6 1.65
162 Game Avg. 11 13 .469 4.14 34 34 0 2 1 0 203 191 99 94 24 77 5 127 4 5 3 858 91 1.317 8.5 1.1 3.4 5.6 1.65
HOU (7 yrs) 61 59 .508 3.67 181 178 0 14 6 0 1102.0 960 479 449 113 423 36 731 17 27 16 4599 97 1.255 7.8 0.9 3.5 6.0 1.73
MIN (2 yrs) 17 25 .405 5.71 52 52 0 1 0 0 297.2 329 194 189 54 105 1 158 8 6 1 1289 80 1.458 9.9 1.6 3.2 4.8 1.50
SFG (1 yr) 2 2 .500 4.24 5 4 1 0 0 0 17.0 24 9 8 2 6 0 5 1 0 1 77 92 1.765 12.7 1.1 3.2 2.6 0.83
PHI (1 yr) 0 1 .000 20.25 2 2 0 0 0 0 5.1 15 12 12 3 1 0 6 0 0 0 32 21 3.000 25.3 5.1 1.7 10.1 6.00
SDP (1 yr) 4 7 .364 3.28 15 15 0 0 0 0 96.0 92 40 35 6 33 2 46 1 2 1 395 109 1.302 8.6 0.6 3.1 4.3 1.39
NYY (1 yr) 0 1 .000 11.57 2 2 0 0 0 0 7.0 14 9 9 1 7 0 5 0 0 0 40 33 3.000 18.0 1.3 9.0 6.4 0.71
NL (10 yrs) 67 69 .493 3.72 203 199 1 14 6 0 1220.1 1091 540 504 124 463 38 788 19 29 18 5103 96 1.273 8.0 0.9 3.4 5.8 1.70
AL (3 yrs) 17 26 .395 5.85 54 54 0 1 0 0 304.2 343 203 198 55 112 1 163 8 6 1 1329 78 1.493 10.1 1.6 3.3 4.8 1.46
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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 Awards
1985 25 HOU NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1986 26 HOU NL 26 53 43 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 31 .047 .163 .047 .210 -38 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 RoY-7
1987 27 HOU NL 26 64 53 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 29 .094 .200 .094 .294 -17 5 1 0 4 0 0 1
1988 28 HOU NL 31 71 63 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 38 .048 .077 .048 .125 -63 3 1 0 6 0 0 1
1989 29 HOU NL 35 85 75 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 26 .120 .132 .120 .252 -26 9 0 0 9 0 0 1
1990 30 HOU NL 34 72 63 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 33 .063 .092 .063 .156 -56 4 0 0 7 0 0 1
1991 31 HOU NL 28 53 41 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 .098 .178 .098 .275 -18 4 1 0 8 0 0 1
1992 32 SDP NL 15 35 29 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .207 .233 .207 .440 26 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
1993 33 TOT 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1993 33 SFG NL 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1995 35 PHI NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 204 440 373 13 33 0 0 0 12 0 1 23 183 .088 .141 .088 .230 -33 33 3 0 44 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 349 296 10 26 0 0 0 10 0 1 18 145 .088 .141 .088 .230 -33 26 2 0 35 0 0
HOU (7 yrs) 182 398 338 10 27 0 0 0 12 0 1 22 173 .080 .136 .080 .216 -37 27 3 0 38 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 15 35 29 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .207 .233 .207 .440 26 6 0 0 5 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 204 440 373 13 33 0 0 0 12 0 1 23 186 .088 .141 .088 .230 -33 33 3 0 44 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 NYY AL 24 P 2 2 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.29 0.50 1.000 1.80 0.70
1985 HOU NL 25 P 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1986 HOU NL 26 P 26 26 144.0 24 9 13 2 0 .917 0.0 0.0 1.38 0.85 .958 1.94 0.66 RoY-7
1987 HOU NL 27 P 26 25 152.0 28 5 22 1 0 .964 0.0 0.0 1.60 1.04 .954 1.91 0.62
1988 HOU NL 28 P 31 31 207.0 34 7 25 2 1 .941 0.0 0.0 1.39 1.03 .956 1.96 0.69
1989 HOU NL 29 P 34 34 225.2 42 8 31 3 2 .929 0.0 0.0 1.56 1.15 .948 1.87 0.63
1990 HOU NL 30 P 34 34 209.1 37 3 32 2 1 .946 0.0 0.0 1.50 1.03 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 HOU NL 31 P 28 28 161.0 25 4 18 3 1 .880 0.0 0.0 1.23 0.79 .960 1.86 0.59
1992 SDP NL 32 P 15 15 96.0 24 2 22 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.25 1.60 .950 1.94 0.60
1993 TOT 33 P 32 31 184.1 29 4 25 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.42 0.91 .952 1.80 0.56
1993 MIN AL 33 P 27 27 167.1 26 4 22 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.40 0.96 .950 1.79 0.56
1993 SFG NL 33 P 5 4 17.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.59 0.60 .967 1.85 0.54
1994 MIN AL 34 P 25 25 130.1 20 3 16 1 1 .950 0.0 0.0 1.31 0.76 .955 1.72 0.52
1995 PHI NL 35 P 2 2 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.86 0.50
12 Seasons P 257 253 1525.0 264 45 205 14 7 .947 0.0 0.0 1.48 0.97 .954 1.86 0.61
12 Seasons TOT 257 253 1525.0 264 45 205 14 7 .947 0.0 0.0 1.48 0.97 .901 1.86 0.61

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1989 NL--15--10th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1986 NL--.706--5th
1987 NL--.647--3rd

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1988 NL--7.130--8th
1989 NL--7.179--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1989 NL--34--4th
1990 NL--34--4th
1994 AL--25--1st

Shutouts s c a p y
1989 NL--3--6th

Home Runs s c a p y
1988 NL--20--7th
1990 NL--21--5th
1991 NL--19--7th
1994 AL--30--1st

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1990 NL--84--4th

Hits s c a p y
1994 AL--170--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1989 NL--.598--10th

Losses s c a p y
1988 NL--14--6th
1994 AL--12--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1991 NL--89--8th
1994 AL--107--1st

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1990 NL--8--2nd

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (822), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 18 (1132), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 6 (1138), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 7 (1071), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 6, 1978: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 13th round of the 1978 amateur draft, but did not sign.

June 7, 1982: Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 21st round of the 1982 amateur draft.

September 15, 1985: Traded by the New York Yankees with players to be named later to the Houston Astros for players to be named later and Joe Niekro. The New York Yankees sent Neder Horta (minors) (September 24, 1985) and Dody Rather (minors) (January 11, 1986) to the Houston Astros to complete the trade.

October 28, 1991: Granted Free Agency.

January 27, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Oakland Athletics.

March 23, 1992: Released by the Oakland Athletics.

April 28, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Diego Padres.

October 27, 1992: Granted Free Agency.

December 9, 1992: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

August 28, 1993: Traded by the Minnesota Twins to the San Francisco Giants for Andres Duncan (minors) and Aaron Fultz. The San Francisco Giants sent Greg Brummett (September 1, 1993) to the Minnesota Twins to complete the trade.

October 25, 1993: Granted Free Agency.

January 13, 1994: Signed as a Free Agent with the Minnesota Twins.

October 24, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

February 26, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 31, 1995: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1986Houston Astros$65,000
1987Houston Astros$110,000
1988Houston Astros$205,000
1989Houston Astros$470,000
1990Houston Astros$1,050,000
1991Houston Astros$2,100,000
1993Minnesota Twins$700,000
1994Minnesota Twins$575,000
Career (may be incomplete)$5,275,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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