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Jim Dickson

James Edward Dickson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: April 20, 1938 in Portland, OR
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1963
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Colt.45's/Reds 1963-1966

Final Game: July 24, 1966
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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
1958	20	PIT-min	C	8	6	.571	4.14	29	20					161.0	141	100	74	7	104								1.522	7.9	0.4	5.8			DOU · AZMX
1959	21	PIT-min	C,A	9	7	.563	3.46	34	12					138.0	138	77	53	10	80								1.580	9.0	0.7	5.2			GFK,CBS · NORL,SALL
1960	22	PIT-min	C,A	5	8	.385	4.93	29	12					126.0	138	99	69	7	76								1.698	9.9	0.5	5.4			GFK,SAV · NORL,SALL
1961	23	PIT-min	B	10	4	.714	3.02	36	12					137.0	130	56	46	7	73								1.482	8.5	0.5	4.8			BUR · IIIL
1962	24	HOU-min	AAA	5	10	.333	4.61	33	14		2	0		121.0	118	73	62	12	58	5	80	2	0	4			1.455	8.8	0.9	4.3	6.0	1.38	OKC · AA
1963	25	HOU-min	AAA	4	0	1.000	2.25	28	0					52.0	45	13	13	4	11		47						1.077	7.8	0.7	1.9	8.1	4.27	OKC · PCL
1963	25	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	6.14	13	0	7	0	0	2	14.2	22	13	10	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	69	53	1.636	13.5	0.0	1.2	3.7	3.00
1964	26	CIN-min	AAA	9	3	.750	4.00	45	0		0	0		90.0	85	43	40	11	32	8	84	1	0	5			1.300	8.5	1.1	3.2	8.4	2.63	SDG · PCL
1964	26	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	7.20	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	8	4	4	0	5	1	6	0	0	0	25	54	2.600	14.4	0.0	9.0	10.8	1.20
1965	27	KCA	AL	3	2	.600	3.47	68	0	20	0	0	0	85.2	68	40	33	6	47	7	54	2	2	7	368	101	1.342	7.1	0.6	4.9	5.7	1.15
1966	28	OAK-min	AA,AAA	5	3	.625	2.45	17	8		1	0		66.0	46	23	18	2	28	0	64	0	0	1			1.121	6.3	0.3	3.8	8.7	2.29	MOB,VAN · SOUL,PCL
1966	28	KCA	AL	1	0	1.000	5.35	24	1	11	0	0	1	37.0	37	28	22	4	23	2	20	0	1	1	168	64	1.622	9.0	1.0	5.6	4.9	0.87
1967	29	OAK-min	AAA	4	2	.667	3.94	36	5		1	1		89.0	90	43	39	3	23	1	64	1	0	0			1.270	9.1	0.3	2.3	6.5	2.78	VAN · PCL
1968	30	OAK-min	AAA	7	10	.412	4.01	30	20		3	1		148.0	144	76	66	13	52	4	90	3	1	3			1.324	8.8	0.8	3.2	5.5	1.73	VAN · PCL
1969	31	SFG-OAK-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	8.51	20	0		0	0	1	37.0	60	41	35	3	13	2	20	2	0	5			1.973	14.6	0.7	3.2	4.9	1.54	PHX,IWA · PCL,AA
1970	32	HOU-min	AAA	5	4	.556	4.97	39	1		0	0	3	58.0	70	38	32	6	21	3	48	1	0	2			1.569	10.9	0.9	3.3	7.4	2.29	OKC · AA
4 Yrs				5	3	.625	4.36	109	1	41	0	0	3	142.1	135	85	69	10	77	10	86	2	3	9	630	80	1.489	8.5	0.6	4.9	5.4	1.12
162 Game Avg.				3	2	.625	4.36	67	1	25	0	0	2	88	83	53	43	6	48	6	53	1	2	6	389	80	1.489	8.5	0.6	4.9	5.4	1.12

KCA (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	4.04	92	1	31	0	0	1	122.2	105	68	55	10	70	9	74	2	3	8	536	86	1.427	7.7	0.7	5.1	5.4	1.06
CIN (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	7.20	4	0	3	0	0	0	5.0	8	4	4	0	5	1	6	0	0	0	25	54	2.600	14.4	0.0	9.0	10.8	1.20
HOU (1 yr)				0	1	.000	6.14	13	0	7	0	0	2	14.2	22	13	10	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	69	53	1.636	13.5	0.0	1.2	3.7	3.00

AL (2 yrs)				4	2	.667	4.04	92	1	31	0	0	1	122.2	105	68	55	10	70	9	74	2	3	8	536	86	1.427	7.7	0.7	5.1	5.4	1.06
NL (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	6.41	17	0	10	0	0	2	19.2	30	17	14	0	7	1	12	0	0	1	94	53	1.881	13.7	0.0	3.2	5.5	1.71

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
1963	25	HOU	NL	14.2	13	0	13	7.98	3.73	-0.55	-0.16	98.8	4.07	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.444	.496	$
1964	26	CIN	NL	5.0	4	0	4	7.20	4.16	0.12	-0.17	99.3	3.84	-2	-0.2	.7	0.0	-0.1	-1	.448	.499	$
1965	27	KCA	AL	85.2	68	0	40	4.20	4.00	-0.21	-0.16	101.5	4.11	-0	-0.1	.8	-0.2	0.4	6	.499	.500	$7,500
1966	28	KCA	AL	37.0	24	1	28	6.81	4.04	0.14	-0.14	98.0	3.68	-12	-1.4	.6	0.2	-0.8	-10	.444	.492	$
4 Seasons				142.1	109	1	85	5.37	3.99	-0.14	-0.15	100.2	3.99	-21	-2.3	.7	0.0	-1.1	-10	.479	.496	$7,500

KCA (2 yrs)				122.2	92	1	68	4.99	4.02	-0.10	-0.15	100.4	3.98	-13	-1.4	.7	0.0	-0.4	-4	.485	.496	$7,500
CIN (1 yr)				5.0	4	0	4	7.20	4.16	0.12	-0.17	99.3	3.84	-2	-0.2	.7	0.0	-0.1	-1	.448	.499	$
HOU (1 yr)				14.2	13	0	13	7.98	3.73	-0.55	-0.16	98.8	4.07	-6	-0.7	1.0	-0.0	-0.6	-5	.444	.496	$

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
1963	25	HOU	NL	13	69	64	13	22	2	0	0	2	0	2	6	.344	.353	.375	.728	.367	24	1	0	1	2	0	2
1964	26	CIN	NL	4	25	18	4	8	3	1	0	0	1	5	6	.444	.542	.722	1.264	.615	13	1	0	1	1	1	0
1965	27	KCA	AL	68	368	309	40	68	11	5	6	9	1	47	54	.220	.324	.346	.670	.246	107	5	2	7	3	7	2
1966	28	KCA	AL	24	168	140	28	37	6	2	4	8	3	23	20	.264	.366	.421	.787	.282	59	2	0	4	1	2	2
4 Yrs				109	630	531	85	135	22	8	10	19	5	77	86	.254	.347	.382	.729	.283	203	9	2	13	7	10	6
162 Game Avg.				67	389	328	53	83	14	5	6	12	3	48	53	.254	.347	.382	.729	.283	125	6	1	8	4	6	4
MLB Averages																.248	.311	.374	.685	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1963	25	HOU	NL	-5.5	-0.6	72	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	.48	-0.4	-0.8	-8.3	-0.9	0.48	-5.2	4	1	8
1964	26	CIN	NL	-1.6	-0.2	26	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.76	-0.3	-0.3	-2.4	-0.2	0.76	-3.2	0	2	2
1965	27	KCA	AL	-0.6	-0.1	394	-0.6	3.9	-4.5	.62	0.2	-1.2	-7.5	-0.8	0.62	-1.4	11	15	39
1966	28	KCA	AL	-9.3	-1.0	181	-0.8	1.1	-1.8	.41	-0.6	-1.3	-11.3	-1.2	0.41	-7.5	2	4	16
4 Yrs				-16.9	-1.8	673	-2.4	5.6	-8.0	.55	-1.1	-3.2	-29.5	-3.1	0.55	-17.2	17	22	65

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
1966	28	KCA	AL	24	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.0	35	35	6	3	0	1	4.0	9.0	3.7
1 Yr				24	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35	35	35	6	3	0	1	4.0	9.0	3.7
MLB Averages													.500						54%	53	116	0					4.0	3.9	6.3

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
1963	25	HOU	NL	13	13	7	0	1	2	2	0	100%	2	0	10	2	20%	7	.479	4	1	8	2	2	9	5	8	6	4	6	2	3.4
1964	26	CIN	NL	4	4	3	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0		8	.765	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	4	2	1	2	0	3.8
1965	27	KCA	AL	68	68	20	3	2	0	0	0		3	2	48	20	42%	7	.622	11	15	39	6	5	57	25	43	30	21	31	15	3.8
1966	28	KCA	AL	24	23	11	1	0	2	1	1	50%	3	1	17	8	47%	6	.409	2	4	16	3	0	20	9	14	12	3	12	6	4.3
4 Yrs				109	108	41	5	3	4	3	1	75%	9	3	75	30	40%		.555	17	22	65	12	7	89	39	69	50	29	51	23	3.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1963	25	HOU	NL	69	58%	0.0%	8.7%	2.9%	2.9%	9%	1.24	87%	16	1	6%
1964	26	CIN	NL	25	68%	0.0%	24.0%	20.0%	16.0%	50%	2.50	52%	9	1	11%
1965	27	KCA	AL	368	61%	1.6%	14.7%	12.8%	6.0%	32%	0.76	68%	66	5	8%
1966	28	KCA	AL	168	61%	2.4%	11.9%	13.7%	7.1%	32%	0.67	70%	43	2	5%
4 Yrs				630	61%	1.6%	13.7%	12.2%	6.4%	30%	0.80	70%	134	9	7%
MLB Averages					47%	2.2%	15.6%	7.9%	6.3%	28%	1.09	73%			10%

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
1963	25	HOU	NL	69	22			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	6	6	1	100%	2	1	0	32	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
1964	26	CIN	NL	25	8			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	75%	0	0	0	11	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1965	27	KCA	AL	368	68			6	0	22	2	4	2	4	25	11	5	44%	2	7	3	130	9	1	90%	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	20	0
1966	28	KCA	AL	168	37			4	1	10	3	1	0	4	20	12	2	60%	2	1	4	65	8	3	73%	5	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	11	0
4 Yrs				630	135			10	1	37	5	5	2	8	55	32	8	58%	6	9	7	238	19	5	79%	14	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	36	0
MLB Averages																		50%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	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	ERA+
1963	25	0	1	.000	6.14	13	0	7	2	14.2	22	13	10	0	2	0	6	0	0	1	69	53	1.636	13.5	0.0	1.2	3.7	3.00	53
1964	26	1	1	.500	6.41	17	0	10	2	19.2	30	17	14	0	7	1	12	0	0	1	94	53	1.881	13.7	0.0	3.2	5.5	1.71	53
1965	27	4	3	.571	4.02	85	0	30	2	105.1	98	57	47	6	54	8	66	2	2	8	462	87	1.443	8.4	0.5	4.6	5.6	1.22	87
1966	28	5	3	.625	4.36	109	1	41	3	142.1	135	85	69	10	77	10	86	2	3	9	630	80	1.489	8.5	0.6	4.9	5.4	1.12	80

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
1963	25	0	1	.000	8.36	14.0	25	14	13	0	2	6	0	1.929	16.1	1.3	3.9	3.00	0.0	13
1964	26	0	0		15.00	3.0	9	6	5	0	6	4	0	5.000	27.0	18.0	12.0	0.67	0.0	4
1965	27	4	5	.444	4.11	81.0	72	41	37	6	50	51	2	1.506	8.0	5.6	5.7	1.02	0.7	68
1966	28	1	2	.333	6.43	35.0	39	28	25	4	24	19	0	1.800	10.0	6.2	4.9	0.79	1.0	24
4 Yrs		5	8	.385	5.41	133.0	145	89	80	10	82	80	2	1.707	9.8		5.4	0.98	0.7	109

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Similarity Scores

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