Jim Dorsey

James Edward Dorsey

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 2, 1955 in Chicago, IL
High School: Cleveland HS (Reseda, CA)
Drafted by the California Angels in the 2nd round of the 1975 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1980
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Angels 1980-1985

Final Game: July 7, 1985
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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
1975	19	ANA-min	A	15	3	.833	2.12	25	24		7	4	0	161.0	114	49	38	6	56	0	161	2	0	4			1.056	6.4	0.3	3.1	9.0	2.88	QDS · MIDW
1976	20	ANA-min	AA	9	9	.500	4.50	26	26		5	0	0	164.0	188	104	82	14	77	2	101	3	0	9			1.616	10.3	0.8	4.2	5.5	1.31	ELP · TL
1977	21	ANA-min	AA	10	9	.526	5.00	25	25		1	0	0	144.0	167	105	80	17	70	2	73	4	2	6			1.646	10.4	1.1	4.4	4.6	1.04	ELP · TL
1978	22	ANA-min	AAA,AA	16	9	.640	4.10	28	28		8	0	0	191.0	180	99	87	12	110	4	139	6	1	3			1.518	8.5	0.6	5.2	6.5	1.26	SLC,ELP · PCL,TL
1979	23	ANA-min	AAA	10	12	.455	5.52	28	28		6	2	0	168.0	176	113	103	14	100	2	92	2	2	9			1.643	9.4	0.8	5.4	4.9	0.92	SLC · PCL
1980	24	ANA-min	AAA	14	7	.667	4.01	27	27		8	2	0	173.0	177	89	77	7	93	2	109	4	0	6			1.561	9.2	0.4	4.8	5.7	1.17	SLC · PCL
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	44	2.106	14.4	1.1	4.6	4.6	1.00

1981	25	BOS-min	AAA	4	10	.286	3.35	27	21	4	4	1	2	137.0	116	59	51	12	70	6	97	1	2	2			1.358	7.6	0.8	4.6	6.4	1.39	PAW · IL
1982	26	BOS-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.36	22	13	2	2	0	0	97.0	115	52	47	10	50	2	81	2	0	4			1.701	10.7	0.9	4.6	7.5	1.62	PAW · IL
1983	27	BOS-min	AAA	5	7	.417	4.01	29	1	24	0	0	8	67.1	59	33	30	9	40	3	63	1	0	6			1.470	7.9	1.2	5.3	8.4	1.58	PAW · IL
1984	28	BOS-min	AAA	6	4	.600	2.91	41	0	29	0	0	13	105.1	87	41	34	8	49	5	83	2	0	7			1.291	7.4	0.7	4.2	7.1	1.69	PAW · IL
1984	28	BOS	AL	0	0		10.13	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	6	3	3	0	2	0	4	0	0	1	15	47	3.000	20.3	0.0	6.8	13.5	2.00
1985	29	BOS-min	AAA	8	8	.500	4.31	32	18	7	3	1	1	146.1	136	73	70	16	53	2	110	6	3	7			1.292	8.4	1.0	3.3	6.8	2.08	PAW · IL
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	23	4.125	20.3	3.4	16.9	3.4	0.20
3 Yrs				1	3	.250	11.79	8	5	0	0	0	0	23.2	43	31	31	4	20	1	14	1	0	1	130	36	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	36	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	27	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	44	2.106	14.4	1.1	4.6	4.6	1.00

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
1980	24	CAL	AL	15.2	4	4	16	9.19	4.84	-0.45	0.16	97.7	5.33	-7	-0.6		-0.0	-0.5	-5	.348	.496	$

1984	28	BOS	AL	2.2	2	0	3	10.13	4.43	-0.16	-0.35	97.7	4.14	-2	-0.2	.2	0.1	-0.1	-1	.414	.499	$
1985	29	BOS	AL	5.1	2	1	12	20.25	4.78	-0.06	-0.00	102.1	4.94	-9	-0.6	.3	0.1	-0.5	-9	.190	.496	$
3 Seasons				23.2	8	5	31	11.79	4.78	-0.33	0.06	98.7	5.11	-18	-1.4	.2	0.1	-1.1	-15	.325	.497	$

BOS (2 yrs)				8.0	4	1	15	16.88	4.66	-0.09	-0.12	100.6	4.67	-11	-0.8	.2	0.1	-0.6	-10	.302	.498	$
CAL (1 yr)				15.2	4	4	16	9.19	4.84	-0.45	0.16	97.7	5.33	-7	-0.6		-0.0	-0.5	-5	.348	.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
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	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	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	0
3 Yrs				8	130	108	31	43	8	1	4	3	0	20	14	.398	.492	.602	1.094	.429	65	2	1	0	1	1	0
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	0
MLB Averages																.260	.324	.386	.710	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1980	24	CAL	AL	-8.4	-0.8	79	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	.78	-0.6	-0.2	-9.1	-0.8	0.78	-6.7	0	0	0

1984	28	BOS	AL	-1.4	-0.1	18	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.19	-0.1	0.1	-2.5	-0.2	0.19	-2.3	0	0	2
1985	29	BOS	AL	-8.4	-0.7	40	-0.3	0.5	-0.8	.80	-0.7	0.2	-6.3	-0.5	0.80	-7.4	0	0	1
3 Yrs				-18.1	-1.6	137	-0.9	1.5	-2.4	.71	-1.4	0.0	-17.9	-1.6	0.71	-16.4	0	0	3

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
1980	24	CAL	AL	4	4	1	2	1	1	0	2	2	.500	0	1	0	0	0	0%	33.8	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%	18.0	18	18	5	4	0	1	3.0	2.3	3.7
2 Yrs				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													.500						51%	51	98	-12					4.3	4.3	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	IPmult	Out/GR
1984	28	BOS	AL	2	2	1	1	100%	4	.185	2	2	1	1	1	1	4.0
1985	29	BOS	AL	2	1	0	0		5	.796	1	1	0	1	1	1	5.0
2 Yrs				4	3	1	1	100%		.620	3	3	1	2	2	2	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	24	CAL	AL	78	45%	2.6%	10.3%	10.3%	10.3%	32%	0.81	76%	21	2	10%

1984	28	BOS	AL	15	20%	0.0%	26.7%	13.3%	6.7%	17%	2.00	60%	6	0	0%
1985	29	BOS	AL	37	43%	5.4%	5.4%	27.0%	10.8%	33%	0.63	62%	10	0	0%
3 Yrs				130	42%	3.1%	10.8%	15.4%	10.0%	30%	0.80	70%	37	2	5%
MLB Averages					42%	2.0%	13.3%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

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
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	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				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	2	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1980	24	1	2	.333	9.19	4	4	15.2	25	16	16	2	8	0	8	1	0	78	44	2.106	14.4	1.1	4.6	4.6	1.00	44
1981	25	1	2	.333	9.19	4	4	15.2	25	16	16	2	8	0	8	1	0	78	44	2.106	14.4	1.1	4.6	4.6	1.00	44
1982	26	1	2	.333	9.19	4	4	15.2	25	16	16	2	8	0	8	1	0	78	44	2.106	14.4	1.1	4.6	4.6	1.00	44
1983	27	1	2	.333	9.19	4	4	15.2	25	16	16	2	8	0	8	1	0	78	44	2.106	14.4	1.1	4.6	4.6	1.00	44
1984	28	1	2	.333	9.33	6	4	18.1	31	19	19	2	10	0	12	1	1	93	44	2.236	15.2	1.0	4.9	5.9	1.20	44
1985	29	1	3	.250	11.79	8	5	23.2	43	31	31	4	20	1	14	1	1	130	36	2.662	16.4	1.5	7.6	5.3	0.70	36

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
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		13.50	2.0	6	3	3	0	2	4	0	4.000	27.0	9.0	18.0	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 Yrs		0	1	.000	13.71	21.0	44	35	32	4	20	13	1	3.048	18.9		5.6	0.65	1.7	8

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