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Jim Dyck

James Robert Dyck

Positions: Leftfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: February 3, 1922 in Omaha, NE
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1951
Teams (by GP): Browns/Orioles/Redlegs/Indians 1951-1956

Final Game: July 22, 1956
Died: January 11, 1999 in Cheney, WA
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Standard Batting

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
1941	19	NYY-min	D	48	137	125	13	28	1	2	1	12	2		8	18	.224	.276	.288	.564		36		1	3			NRF · WL
1942	20	NYY-min	D	80	264	264		72	10	1	2						.273	.273	.341	.614		90						FDL · WISL
1946	24	NYY-min	C,B	120	455	455		159	31	13	13						.349	.349	.560	.910		255						JOP,QUI · WA,IIIL
1947	25	NYY-min	A,AAA	130	468	457	22	133	19	3	12	18	2		10	15	.291	.308	.425	.732		194	1	1	0			BNG,NWK,KCY · EL,IL,AA
1948	26	NYY-min	AAA	106	467	407	71	115	25	4	2	61	8		52	41	.283	.371	.378	.749		154		5	3			KCY · AA
1949	27	NYY-min	AAA,A	118	438	409	46	110	15	2	11	48	5		24	51	.269	.311	.396	.707		162	6	1	4			KCY,NWK,BNG · AA,IL,EL
1950	28	BAL-min	AA,AAA	114	371	366	2	117	19	4	11	1	0		5	0	.320	.329	.484	.812		177		0	0			SAN,BLT · TL,IL
1951	29	BAL-min	AA	161	587	587		167	30	3	27						.284	.284	.484	.768		284						SAN · TL
1951	29	SLB	AL	4	16	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.067	.125	.067	.192	-48	1	0	0	0			/5
1952	30	SLB	AL	122	458	402	60	108	22	3	15	64	0	4	50	68	.269	.354	.450	.804	120	181	4	3	3			5O7/89
1953	31	SLB	AL	112	381	334	38	71	15	1	9	27	3	2	38	40	.213	.299	.344	.643	72	115	15	3	6			O578/9
1954	32	-min	AAA	111	413	368	58	105	16	5	19	74	2		36	37	.285	.351	.511	.862		188		3	3	3		RMD · IL
1954	32	CLE	AL	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	447	1	0	0	0	0
1955	33	CLE-min	AAA	78	317	278	57	105	15	5	17	58	3		34	31	.378	.443	.651	1.094		181	5	1	1	3		INA · AA
1955	33	BAL	AL	61	228	197	32	55	13	1	2	22	1	0	28	21	.279	.372	.386	.757	112	76	7	1	2	0	1	75
1956	34	CIN-min	Opn,AA	33	109	94	8	18	3	1	2	11	0		13	19	.191	.287	.298	.585		28	1	0	1	1		SLE,NVL · PCL,SOUA
1956	34	TOT	MLB	29	49	34	8	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	13	10	.176	.404	.235	.640	78	8	1	0	2	0	0	/735
1956	34	BAL	AL	11	34	23	3	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	10	5	.217	.455	.304	.759	112	7	0	0	1	0	0	/7
1956	34	CIN	NL	18	15	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.091	.286	.091	.377	6	1	1	0	1	0	0	/35
1957	35	CIN-min	Opn	157	631	546	70	169	32	3	12	70	1		64	73	.310	.377	.445	.822		243	12	2	8	11		SLE · PCL
1958	36	BAL-CIN-min	AAA	141	549	484	56	134	28	3	16	93	3		54	55	.277	.355	.446	.801		216	13	6	2	3		VAN,SLE · PCL
1959	37	BAL-CIN-min	AAA	67	171	155	14	40	6	1	4	15	0	0	14	28	.258	.327	.387	.715		60		2	0	0		VAN,SLE · PCL
1960	38	BAL-min	AAA	100	293	265	32	79	12	4	12	50	1	0	28	27	.298	.365	.509	.875		135						VAN · PCL
1961	39	ATL-min	AAA	29	70	62	7	10	2	0	2	10	0	0	8	16	.161	.257	.290	.547		18						VAN · PCL
6 Seasons				330	1134	983	139	242	52	5	26	114	4	6	131	140	.246	.339	.389	.728	98	382	27	7	13	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	557	483	68	119	26	2	13	56	2	3	64	69	.246	.339	.389	.728	98	188	13	3	6

BAL (5 yrs)				310	1117	971	134	240	52	5	26	113	4	6	127	135	.247	.338	.391	.730	99	380	26	7	12	0	1
CIN (1 yr)				18	15	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.091	.286	.091	.377	6	1	1	0	1	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	447	1	0	0	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				312	1119	972	134	241	52	5	26	114	4	6	128	135	.248	.340	.392	.732	99	381	26	7	12	0	1
NL (1 yr)				18	15	11	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.091	.286	.091	.377	6	1	1	0	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1951	29	SLB	AL	16	-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	/5
1952	30	SLB	AL	458	9	-1	0	0	5	-2	13	24	2.5	19	1.9	0.6	$	5O7/89
1953	31	SLB	AL	381	-15	0	0	0	0	-2	11	-14	-1.5	-6	-0.6	-0.9	$	O578/9
1954	32	CLE	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
1955	33	BAL	AL	229	4	1	0	1	-2	-2	7	8	0.8	11	1.1	-0.3	$	75
1956	34	BAL	AL	34	1	1	0	0	-3	0	1	0	0.0	3	0.3	-0.3	$	/7
1956	34	CIN	NL	15	-1	-1	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/35
6 Seasons				1135	-4	0	1	1	-0	-6	32	15	1.5	24	2.4	-0.9	$

BAL (5 yrs)				1118	-4	1	0	1	-0	-6	32	15	1.5	24	2.4	-0.9	$
CIN (1 yr)				15	-1	-1	1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$
CLE (1 yr)				2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1951	29	SLB	AL	16	14	0	0.0	105	.071	.067	.271	.125	.353	.067	.397	.192	.750	-48	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.143	.067	.000
1952	30	SLB	AL	458	305	62	5.5	99	.292	.269	.264	.354	.344	.450	.385	.804	.729	120	.625	10.7	1.1	.762	.296	.182	.0
1953	31	SLB	AL	381	286	34	3.2	104	.218	.213	.272	.299	.349	.344	.400	.643	.749	72	.351	-14.0	-1.4	.561	.249	.132	4.5
1954	32	CLE	AL	2	0	1		100	1.000	1.000	.268	1.000	.344	1.000	.391	2.000	.734	447		0.8	0.1		1.000	.000
1955	33	BAL	AL	228	151	29	5.1	96	.305	.279	.257	.372	.335	.386	.382	.757	.717	112	.553	4.6	0.4	.711	.254	.107	1.3
1956	34	TOT	MLB	49	31	4	3.4	102	.250	.176	.262	.404	.338	.235	.404	.640	.743	78	.362	0.0	-0.0	.724	.441	.059
1956	34	BAL	AL	34	19	4	5.6	99	.278	.217	.258	.455	.338	.304	.393	.759	.731	112	.572	1.5	0.1	.944	.522	.087
1956	34	CIN	NL	15	12	0	0.0	108	.167	.091	.271	.286	.339	.091	.428	.377	.767	6	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.364	.273	.000
6 Seasons				1134	787	130	4.4	100	.264	.246	.265	.339	.344	.389	.390	.728	.734	98	.507	-1.1	-0.1	.669	.274	.142	6.9
162 Game Avg.				557	386	64	4.4	100	.264	.246	.265	.339	.344	.389	.390	.728	.734	98	.507	-1.1	-0.1	.669	.274	.142	3

BAL (5 yrs)				1117	775	129	4.5	100	.264	.247	.265	.338	.344	.391	.390	.730	.734	99	.511	-0.4	-0.1	.671	.273	.144	6.9
CIN (1 yr)				15	12	0	0.0	108	.167	.091	.271	.286	.339	.091	.428	.377	.767	6	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.364	.273	.000
CLE (1 yr)				2	0	1		100	1.000	1.000	.268	1.000	.344	1.000	.391	2.000	.734	447		0.8	0.1		1.000	.000

AL (6 yrs)				1119	775	130	4.5	100	.265	.248	.265	.340	.344	.392	.390	.732	.734	99	.515	0.4	0.0	.674	.274	.144	6.9
NL (1 yr)				15	12	0	0.0	108	.167	.091	.271	.286	.339	.091	.428	.377	.767	6	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.364	.273	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	29	SLB	AL	16	0.0%	6.3%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	15.0				88%
1952	30	SLB	AL	458	3.3%	14.9%	10.9%	8.7%	37%	1.36	5.9	26.8	6.3	0.59	70%
1953	31	SLB	AL	381	2.4%	10.5%	10.0%	6.6%	35%	1.05	8.4	37.1	12.4	0.80	75%
1954	32	CLE	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00			1.0		50%
1955	33	BAL	AL	228	0.9%	9.2%	12.3%	7.0%	29%	0.75	9.4	98.5	9.0	0.68	76%
1956	34	TOT	MLB	49	0.0%	20.4%	26.5%	4.1%	33%	0.77	3.4			1.86	49%
1956	34	BAL	AL	34	0.0%	14.7%	29.4%	5.9%	40%	0.50	4.6			1.33	53%
1956	34	CIN	NL	15	0.0%	33.3%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	1.67	2.2			5.00	40%
6 Seasons				1134	2.3%	12.4%	11.6%	7.3%	34%	1.07	7.0	37.8	8.6	0.72	72%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.9%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.16	8.1	41.8	8.2	0.95	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	29	SLB	AL	-3.2	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1952	30	SLB	AL	10.7	1.1	345	0.4	6.8	-6.4	1.08	1.3	-1.0	11.0	1.1	0.95	11.7	2.36	7
1953	31	SLB	AL	-14.0	-1.4	341	-2.3	4.7	-7.0	1.09	-1.8	-0.3	-27.5	-2.8	0.97	-20.0	1.11	6
1954	32	CLE	AL	0.8	0.1	2	0.1	0.1	0.0	1.10	0.1	-0.0	1.0	0.1	0.72	1.2	1.10	1
1955	33	BAL	AL	4.6	0.4	232	0.1	4.5	-4.5	1.15	0.4	-0.4	4.2	0.4	1.01	3.9	1.32	8
1956	34	TOT	MLB	0.0	-0.0	50	0.2	0.8	-0.7	1.09	0.0	0.1	0.4	0.0	0.96	-0.1	1.33	9
1956	34	BAL	AL	1.5	0.1	35	0.2	0.7	-0.5	1.10	0.1	0.1	1.7	0.2	0.96	0.7	3.74	1
1956	34	CIN	NL	-1.5	-0.2	15	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.07	-0.0	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.98	-0.8	1.02	8
6 Seasons				-1.1	-0.1	970	-1.6	16.9	-18.5	1.10	0.1	-1.5	-11.0	-1.1	0.97	-3.3	1.51	31

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	30	SLB	AL	3	31%	108	0	4	0%	0	3	2	7	1	56%	13	8	5	6	3	2	17	4	13
1953	31	SLB	AL	5	28%	121	3	2	60%	3	3	0	3	4	35%	21	15	5	2	2	0	14	6	8
1954	32	CLE	AL	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	33	BAL	AL	2	37%	101	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	3	50%	24	15	9	2	1	1	10	2	8
1956	34	TOT	MLB	1	42%	24	0	0		0	0	0	3	2	31%	7	6	1	3	0	2	3	1	1
1956	34	BAL	AL	0	20%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	50%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1956	34	CIN	NL	1	125%	15	0	0		0	0	0	3	0	22%	4	4	0	3	0	2	2	1	0
6 Seasons				11	32%	358	4	6	40%	4	6	3	13	10	45%	66	45	20	13	6	5	44	13	30

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1952	30	SLB	AL	334	41%	108			7	3	0	3	2.36	15	0	11	3	10	7	6	1	2	3	150%	73	4	5%	33	8	24%	213	39	18%	16	5	31%	12	9	75%	124
1953	31	SLB	AL	333	41%	71			6	0	0	0	1.11	9	0	7	3	3	4	2	0	11	6	55%	70	15	21%	41	13	32%	208	16	8%	17	7	41%	20	8	40%	48
1954	32	CLE	AL	2	100%	1			1	1	0	1	1.10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	33	BAL	AL	229	54%	55			8	3	0	2	1.32	2	1	4	0	2	2	0	0	2	2	100%	66	7	11%	21	5	24%	168	21	13%	12	7	58%	8	4	50%	0
1956	34	TOT	MLB	49	61%	6			9	0	0	0	1.33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	14	1	7%	8	3	38%	30	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	3	60%	0
1956	34	BAL	AL	34	68%	5			1	0	0	0	3.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	5	1	20%	21	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1956	34	CIN	NL	15	47%	1			8	0	0	0	1.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	3	2	67%	9	0	0%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
6 Seasons				947	46%	242			31	7	0	6	1.51	26	1	22	6	15	13	8	1	17	13	76%	223	27	12%	103	29	28%	620	77	12%	46	19	41%	45	24	53%	172
MLB Averages					50%																			87%			11%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	29	4	16	15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.067	.125	.067	.192	-48	1	0	0	0
1952	30	126	474	417	61	109	22	3	15	64	0	4	51	69	.261	.346	.436	.783	114	182	4	3	3
1953	31	238	855	751	99	180	37	4	24	91	3	6	89	109	.240	.325	.395	.721	95	297	19	6	9
1954	32	240	857	752	99	181	37	4	24	92	3	6	90	109	.241	.327	.396	.723	95	298	19	6	9	0
1955	33	301	1085	949	131	236	50	5	26	114	4	6	118	130	.249	.336	.394	.730	99	374	26	7	11	0	1
1956	34	330	1134	983	139	242	52	5	26	114	4	6	131	140	.246	.339	.389	.728	98	382	27	7	13	0	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	29	4	17	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.059	.000	.059	0	4
1952	30	128	478	422	64	115	23	3	16	69	0	53	71	.273	.358	.455	.813	68	122
1953	31	117	390	348	39	73	15	1	9	28	3	39	42	.210	.295	.336	.631	34	112
1954	32	2	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	2
1955	33	64	240	208	36	60	14	1	2	25	1	31	22	.288	.383	.394	.778	31	61
1956	34	30	51	36	10	7	2	0	0	0	0	15	10	.194	.431	.250	.681	4	29
6 Seasons		345	1178	1031	149	256	54	5	27	123	4	140	146	.248	.342	.389	.731	138	330
162 Game Avg.		162	553	484	70	120	25	2	13	58	2	66	69	.248	.342	.389	.731	65	330

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1952 AL 0.6 (6th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1953 AL 15 (9th)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1952 AL 0.6 (6th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1953 AL 15 (9th)

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Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

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