Jim Devlin

James H. Devlin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 135 lb.

Born: April 16, 1866 in Troy, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1886
Teams (by GP): Browns/Quakers/Giants 1886-1889

Final Game: June 17, 1889
Died: December 14, 1900 in Troy, NY
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Troy, NY
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1886	20	SYR	N/A	2	4	.333	1.05	6	6		6	0		51.2	42	34	6		14	30			10			1.084	7.3		2.4	5.2	2.14	SYR · IL
1886	20	NYG	NL	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	3	5	4	0	4	2		0	1	16	22	3.500	13.5	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
1887	21	LYN,ALD	N/A	13	10	.565	1.91	25	21		19	0		188.2	253	153	40		48	82	18		21			1.595	12.1		2.3	3.9	1.71	LYN,ALD · NENL,CPAL
1887	21	PHI	NL	0	2	.000	6.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	20	19	12	0	10	6	3	0	1	88	72	1.667	10.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	0.60
1888	22	STL	AA	6	5	.545	3.19	11	11	0	10	0	0	90.1	82	54	32	3	20	45	8	0	9	380	100	1.129	8.2	0.3	2.0	4.5	2.25
1889	23	STJ,MNE	N/A	6	10	.375	2.49	20	18		13	0		141.0	172	104	39		41	80	5		5			1.511	11.0		2.6	5.1	1.95	STJ,MNE · WA
1889	23	STL	AA	5	3	.625	2.40	9	8	1	5	0	0	60.0	56	38	16	0	24	37	7		8	265	176	1.333	8.4	0.0	3.6	5.6	1.54
1891	25	ALB	A	26	14	.650	1.91	42	40		40	3		368.0	361	192	78		70	117	17		11			1.171	8.8		1.7	2.9	1.67	ALB · EASA
1892	26	BNG,PHD,ALB	N/A	22	21	.512	1.79	45	45		42	4		391.1	392	194	78		98	128	14		8			1.252	9.0		2.3	2.9	1.31	BNG,PHD,ALB · EL
1893	27	TRY	N/A	21	15	.583	2.81	40	35		31	2		307.1	327	195	96		108	58						1.415	9.6		3.2	1.7	0.54	TRY · EL
1894	28	PVL,TRY	N/A	0	0		0.00	8	0		0	0		2.2	8	8	0		2	0						3.750	27.0		6.8	0.0	0.00	PVL,TRY · PASL,EL
1895	29	ALN	B	0	1	.000	13.50	4	2		2			16.0	34	22	24		9	2	0		1			2.688	19.1		5.1	1.1	0.22	ALN · PASL
1897	31	LON	N/A	2	0	1.000		2				0		18.0	22	14			3	10						1.389	11.0		1.5	5.0	3.33	LON · CANL
4 Yrs				11	10	.524	3.38	23	21	2	17	0	1	170.1	161	116	64	3	58	90	18	0	19	749	109	1.286	8.5	0.2	3.1	4.8	1.55
162 Game Avg.				17	15	.524	3.38	36	32	3	26	0	2	263	249	179	99	5	90	139		0	29	1158	109	1.286	8.5	0.2	3.1	4.8	1.55

STL (2 yrs)				11	8	.579	2.87	20	19	1	15	0	0	150.1	138	92	48	3	44	82	15	0	17	645	125	1.211	8.3	0.2	2.6	4.9	1.86
NYG (1 yr)				0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.0	3	5	4	0	4	2		0	1	16	22	3.500	13.5	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50
PHI (1 yr)				0	2	.000	6.00	2	2	0	2	0	0	18.0	20	19	12	0	10	6	3	0	1	88	72	1.667	10.0	0.0	5.0	3.0	0.60

AA (2 yrs)				11	8	.579	2.87	20	19	1	15	0	0	150.1	138	92	48	3	44	82	15	0	17	645	125	1.211	8.3	0.2	2.6	4.9	1.86
NL (2 yrs)				0	2	.000	7.20	3	2	1	2	0	1	20.0	23	24	16	0	14	8	3	0	2	104	59	1.850	10.4	0.0	6.3	3.6	0.57

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
1886	20	NYG	NL	2.0	1	0	5	22.50	5.19	0.22	0.00	98.0	4.87	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-4	.236	.498	$
1887	21	PHI	NL	18.0	2	2	19	9.50	5.95	0.10	0.00	104.0	6.08	-6	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-5	.293	.497	$
1888	22	STL	AA	90.1	11	11	54	5.38	5.11	0.46	0.00	104.0	4.83	-5	-0.4		-0.1	-0.1	-0	.461	.497	$
1889	23	STL	AA	60.0	9	8	38	5.70	5.96	0.27	0.00	109.0	6.21	5	0.4	1.0	-0.0	0.6	8	.543	.502	$
4 Seasons				170.1	23	21	116	6.13	5.50	0.35	0.00	105.7	5.45	-10	-0.7	1.0	-0.2	0.0	-1	.469	.499	$

STL (2 yrs)				150.1	20	19	92	5.51	5.45	0.39	0.00	106.0	5.38	-0	-0.0	1.0	-0.2	0.5	7	.498	.500	$
NYG (1 yr)				2.0	1	0	5	22.50	5.19	0.22	0.00	98.0	4.87	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.2	-4	.236	.498	$
PHI (1 yr)				18.0	2	2	19	9.50	5.95	0.10	0.00	104.0	6.08	-6	-0.4		-0.0	-0.3	-5	.293	.497	$

Postseason Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Rslt	Opp	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1888	22	STL	AA	WS	L	NYG	1	0	1.000	2.57	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	2	0	2		5					1.000	6.4	0.0	2.6	6.4	2.50
1 WS							1	0	1.000	2.57	1	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	5	3	2	0	2		5					1.000	6.4	0.0	2.6	6.4	2.50

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1886	20	0	0		18.00	1	0	1	0	1	2.0	3	5	4	0	4	2		1	16	22	3.500	13.5	0.0	18.0	9.0	0.50	22
1887	21	0	2	.000	7.20	3	2	1	2	1	20.0	23	24	16	0	14	8	3	2	104	59	1.850	10.4	0.0	6.3	3.6	0.57	59
1888	22	6	7	.462	3.92	14	13	1	12	1	110.1	105	78	48	3	34	53	11	11	484	87	1.260	8.6	0.2	2.8	4.3	1.56	87
1889	23	11	10	.524	3.38	23	21	2	17	1	170.1	161	116	64	3	58	90	18	19	749	109	1.286	8.5	0.2	3.1	4.8	1.55	109

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1886	20	0	0		5.40	5.0	3	3	3	0	4	5	0	1.400	5.4	7.2	9.0	1.25	0.0	1
1887	21	1	1	.500	3.96	25.0	22	12	11	0	11	8	3	1.320	7.9	4.0	2.9	0.73	0.0	2
1888	22	9	3	.750	2.51	111.0	87	34	31	3	21	55	8	0.973	7.1	1.7	4.5	2.62	0.2	11
1889	23	7	1	.875	1.42	76.0	52	13	12	0	22	47	6	0.974	6.2	2.6	5.6	2.14	0.0	9
4 Yrs		17	5	.773	2.36	217.0	164	62	57	3	58	115	17	1.023	6.8		4.8	1.98	0.1	23

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Pitching - 3 (2136), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 3 (1555), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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