Jim Dorsey
James Edward Dorsey
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 2, 1955 in Oak Park, IL
High School: Grover Cleveland (Reseda, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1980
Final Game: July 7, 1985
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Standard Pitching

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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
1980 24 CAL AL 1 2 .333 9.19 4 4 0 0 0 0 15.2 25 16 16 2 8 0 8 1 0 0 78 43 2.106 14.4 1.1 4.6 4.6 1.00
1984 28 BOS AL 0 0 10.12 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.2 6 3 3 0 2 0 4 0 0 1 15 41 3.000 20.3 0.0 6.8 13.5 2.00
1985 29 BOS AL 0 1 .000 20.25 2 1 0 0 0 0 5.1 12 12 12 2 10 1 2 0 0 0 37 21 4.125 20.3 3.4 16.9 3.4 0.20
3 Seasons 1 3 .250 11.79 8 5 0 0 0 0 23.2 43 31 31 4 20 1 14 1 0 1 130 34 2.662 16.4 1.5 7.6 5.3 0.70
162 Game Avg. 5 16 .250 11.79 42 26 0 0 0 0 124 225 162 162 21 105 5 73 5 0 5 680 34 2.662 16.4 1.5 7.6 5.3 0.70
BOS (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 16.88 4 1 0 0 0 0 8.0 18 15 15 2 12 1 6 0 0 1 52 25 3.750 20.3 2.3 13.5 6.8 0.50
CAL (1 yr) 1 2 .333 9.19 4 4 0 0 0 0 15.2 25 16 16 2 8 0 8 1 0 0 78 43 2.106 14.4 1.1 4.6 4.6 1.00

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1980 24 CAL AL 4 78 68 16 25 5 1 2 0 0 8 8 .368 .436 .559 .995 .390 38 2 1 0 1 0
1984 28 BOS AL 2 15 13 3 6 1 0 0 1 0 2 4 .462 .533 .538 1.072 .667 7 0 0 0 0 0
1985 29 BOS AL 2 37 27 12 12 2 0 2 2 0 10 2 .444 .595 .741 1.335 .435 20 0 0 0 0 1
3 Seasons 8 130 108 31 43 8 1 4 3 0 20 14 .398 .492 .602 1.094 .429 65 2 1 0 1 1
162 Game Avg. 42 680 565 162 225 42 5 21 16 0 105 73 .398 .492 .602 1.094 .429 340 10 5 0 5 5
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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
1980 24 CAL AL 4 4 1 2 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 34 43 23 4 0 0 2 4.3 5.1 3.9
1985 29 BOS AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 18 18 18 5 4 0 1 3.0 2.3 3.7
2 Seasons 6 5 1 3 1 1 0 2 3 .400 0 1 0 0 0 0% 31 43 18 9 4 0 3 4.0 4.5 3.9
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1984 28 BOS AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 4 0.202 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 4.0
1985 29 BOS AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0.798 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 5.0
2 Seasons 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0.626 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 2 0 4.3

Ratio Pitching*

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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%
1980 24 CAL AL 78 55% 2.6% 10.3% 10.3% 10.3% 32% 0.81 76% 21 2 10%
1984 28 BOS AL 15 80% 0.0% 26.7% 13.3% 6.7% 17% 2.00 60% 6 0 0%
1985 29 BOS AL 37 57% 5.4% 5.4% 27.0% 10.8% 33% 0.63 62% 10 0 0%
3 Seasons 130 58% 3.1% 10.8% 15.4% 10.0% 30% 0.80 70% 37 2 5%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1980 24 CAL AL 78 25 2 0 6 0 2 0 2 5 1 0 20% 0 0 0 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0
1984 28 BOS AL 15 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 50% 0 1 0 9 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0
1985 29 BOS AL 37 12 2 0 2 0 2 0 2 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 19 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
3 Seasons 130 43 4 0 8 0 4 0 4 11 4 0 36% 0 1 0 60 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 3 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1980 24 1 2 .333 9.19 4 4 0 0 0 0 15.2 25 16 16 2 8 0 8 1 0 0 78 43 2.106 14.4 1.1 4.6 4.6 1.00 43
1981 25 1 2 .333 9.19 4 4 0 0 0 0 15.2 25 16 16 2 8 0 8 1 0 0 78 43 2.106 14.4 1.1 4.6 4.6 1.00 43
1982 26 1 2 .333 9.19 4 4 0 0 0 0 15.2 25 16 16 2 8 0 8 1 0 0 78 43 2.106 14.4 1.1 4.6 4.6 1.00 43
1983 27 1 2 .333 9.19 4 4 0 0 0 0 15.2 25 16 16 2 8 0 8 1 0 0 78 43 2.106 14.4 1.1 4.6 4.6 1.00 43
1984 28 1 2 .333 9.33 6 4 0 0 0 0 18.1 31 19 19 2 10 0 12 1 0 1 93 42 2.236 15.2 1.0 4.9 5.9 1.20 42
1985 29 1 3 .250 11.79 8 5 0 0 0 0 23.2 43 31 31 4 20 1 14 1 0 1 130 34 2.662 16.4 1.5 7.6 5.3 0.70 34

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
1980 24 0 1 .000 10.93 14.0 26 19 17 2 8 7 1 2.429 16.7 5.1 4.5 0.88 1.3 4
1984 28 0 0 9.00 3.0 5 3 3 0 2 4 0 2.333 15.0 6.0 12.0 2.00 0.0 2
1985 29 0 0 21.60 5.0 12 13 12 2 10 2 0 4.400 21.6 18.0 3.6 0.20 3.6 2
3 Seasons 0 1 .000 13.09 22.0 43 35 32 4 20 13 1 2.864 17.6 5.3 0.65 1.6 8

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