Jim Eppard

James Gerhard Eppard

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Leftfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 27, 1960 in South Bend, IN
School: University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley, CA)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 13th round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1987
Teams (by GP): Angels/BlueJays 1987-1990

Final Game: October 1, 1990
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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	Awards
1982	22	OAK-min	A-	64	295	242	58	91	13	2	1	41	6	3	50	15	.376	.481	.459	.940		111		1	0	2	1		MED · NORW
1983	23	OAK-min	A	134	539	488	68	138	18	4	4	45	14	4	42	40	.283	.338	.361	.699		176		0	7	2	6		MOD · CALL
1984	24	OAK-min	AA	118	499	417	58	130	14	6	0	51	7	7	71	40	.312	.411	.374	.785		156		2	5	4	2		ALC · EL
1985	25	OAK-min	A	141	618	531	97	183	23	4	3	88	14	6	69	49	.345	.414	.420	.834		223		2	5	11	6		MOD · CALL
1986	26	OAK-min	AAA	95	362	321	39	88	15	1	0	34	2	3	32	31	.274	.336	.327	.663		105		0	5	4	0		TAC · PCL
1987	27	ANA-min	AAA	132	530	446	68	152	33	3	3	94	1	5	74	30	.341	.431	.448	.879		200		2	1	7	9		EDM · PCL
1987	27	CAL	AL	8	11	9	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.455	.333	.788	117	3	1	0	0	0	0	/9
1988	28	ANA-min	AAA	41	157	141	18	37	6	1	0	16	0	1	16	9	.262	.338	.319	.657		45		0	0	0	0		EDM · PCL
1988	28	CAL	AL	56	126	113	7	32	3	1	0	14	0	0	11	15	.283	.347	.327	.674	93	37	4	0	2	0	0	7D/3
1989	29	ANA-min	AAA	90	344	292	40	80	16	1	2	34	5	5	45	37	.274	.368	.356	.725		104		1	2	4	2		EDM · PCL
1989	29	CAL	AL	12	13	12	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.250	.308	.250	.558	61	3	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1990	30	TOR-min	AAA	133	520	461	72	143	18	3	4	48	5	7	47	49	.310	.374	.388	.762		179		2	6	4	1		SYR · IL
1990	30	TOR	AL	6	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	50	1	0	1	0	0	0
1991	31	SLS	A+	89	380	313	55	106	27	2	3	43	12	4	62	24	.339	.453	.466	.919		146	12	4	0	1	14		SLS · CALL
1992	32	WSN-min	AAA	97	315	258	38	69	15	2	3	27	5	2	46	22	.267	.375	.376	.751		97	5	2	3	6	1		INA · AA
4 Yrs				82	156	139	9	39	3	1	0	16	0	0	14	21	.281	.351	.317	.667	91	44	5	1	2	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	308	275	18	77	6	2	0	32	0	0	28	41	.281	.351	.317	.667	91	87	10	2	4	0	0

CAL (3 yrs)				76	150	134	9	38	3	1	0	16	0	0	14	19	.284	.351	.321	.672	92	43	5	0	2	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				6	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	50	1	0	1	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1987	27	CAL	AL	8	11	0	-0	-0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/9
1988	28	CAL	AL	56	126	-1	0	0	-2	-2	-4	-0.4	4	-0	0.0	.492	.497	0.1	-0.3	1	$62,500	7D/3
1989	29	CAL	AL	12	13	0	-1	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.493	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/3
1990	30	TOR	AL	6	6	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
4 Seasons				82	156	-0	-1	-0	-3	-2	-6	-0.6	5	-1	0.0	.492	.499	0.1	-0.4	1	$62,500

CAL (3 yrs)				76	150	-0	-1	-0	-3	-2	-6	-0.6	5	-1	0.0	.492	.499	0.1	-0.4	1	$62,500
TOR (1 yr)				6	6	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-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
1987	27	CAL	AL	11	7	1	3.8	103	.333	.333	.262	.455	.329	.333	.420	.788	.749	117	.381	0.4	0.0	.714	.222	.000
1988	28	CAL	AL	126	87	13	4.0	92	.327	.283	.256	.347	.320	.327	.385	.674	.706	93	.456	-0.9	-0.1	.565	.142	.044
1989	29	CAL	AL	13	9	1	3.0	92	.375	.250	.258	.308	.323	.250	.380	.558	.703	61	.334	-0.6	-0.1	.444	.083	.000
1990	30	TOR	AL	6	4	0	0.0	99	.333	.200	.266	.333	.335	.200	.398	.533	.733	50	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
4 Yrs				156	107	15	3.8	93	.331	.281	.257	.351	.322	.317	.388	.667	.709	91	.423	-1.5	-0.1	.562	.137	.036
162 Game Avg.				308	211	30	3.8	93	.331	.281	.257	.351	.322	.317	.388	.667	.709	91	.423	-1.5	-0.1	.562	.137	.036

CAL (3 yrs)				150	103	15	3.9	93	.330	.284	.256	.351	.321	.321	.387	.672	.709	92	.440	-1.1	-0.1	.564	.142	.037
TOR (1 yr)				6	4	0	0.0	99	.333	.200	.266	.333	.335	.200	.398	.533	.733	50	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1987	27	CAL	AL	11	0.0%	0.0%	18.2%	0.0%	0%	0.00						82%
1988	28	CAL	AL	126	0.0%	11.9%	8.7%	3.2%	13%	1.36	7.5		8.1	1.18	1.81	78%	22%	0.0%	24%
1989	29	CAL	AL	13	0.0%	30.8%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	4.00	3.0		6.0	0.33	0.00	62%	38%	0.0%	0%
1990	30	TOR	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5			2.00	1.00	50%	33%	0.0%	0%
4 Yrs				156	0.0%	13.5%	9.0%	2.6%	10%	1.50	6.6		8.7	1.10	1.77	76%	23%	0.0%	21%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.0%	8.5%	6.8%	30%	1.75	6.0	40.8	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1987	27	CAL	AL	0.4	0.0	11	0.2	0.3	-0.1	1.32	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.0	0.83	-0.5	1.71	5
1988	28	CAL	AL	-0.9	-0.1	127	-0.1	2.6	-2.7	1.27	-0.3	0.2	-1.5	-0.2	1.05	-2.3	2.21	26
1989	29	CAL	AL	-0.6	-0.1	13	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	1.73	0.0	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	1.18	0.1	2.03	9
1990	30	TOR	AL	-0.3	-0.0	6	0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.28	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.15	-0.3	1.28	5
4 Yrs				-1.5	-0.1	157	-0.1	3.3	-3.3	1.31	-0.3	0.3	-2.1	-0.2	1.05	-3.0	2.01	45

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1987	27	CAL	AL	0	40%	3	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1988	28	CAL	AL	1	16%	45	1	3	30%	6	4	2	2	2	2	1	1
1989	29	CAL	AL	1	0%	5	1	0	0%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	30	TOR	AL	0	0%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				2	17%	56	2	3	31%	8	5	2	2	2	3	1	2

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
1987	27	CAL	AL	11	100%	3			5	3	0	0	1.71	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	0	0		6	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1988	28	CAL	AL	126	95%	32	1	0	26	8	0	3	2.21	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	33	4	12%	18	8	44%	108	14	13%	10	4	40%	7	6	86%	0
1989	29	CAL	AL	13	100%	3	0	0	9	2	0	1	2.03	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	1	0	0%	14	2	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1990	30	TOR	AL	6	100%	1	0	0	5	1	0	0	1.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				156	96%	39	1	0	45	14	0	4	2.01	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	42	5	12%	20	8	40%	133	16	12%	13	5	38%	8	6	75%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			72%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	28	CAL	AL	126	457	3.63	282	62%	28%	10%	27%	35%	72%	0%	44%	87%	28%	4%	5	0	14%	18	9	10%	12	6	27%	0	0	0
1989	29	CAL	AL	12	42	3.50	32	76%	31%	6%	38%	25%	69%	0%	52%	91%	50%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	8%	1	0	67%	1	0	0
1990	30	TOR	AL	5	17	3.40	13	76%	31%	15%	38%	15%	69%	0%	53%	78%	40%	0%	0	0	20%	1	0	20%	1	1	0%	1	0	0
3 Yrs				143	516	3.61	327	63%	28%	9%	28%	34%	72%	0%	45%	87%	30%	3%	5	0	13%	19	9	10%	14	7	30%	2	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1987	27	8	11	9	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.455	.333	.788	117	3	1	0	0
1988	28	64	137	122	9	35	3	1	14	13	15	.287	.356	.328	.683	95	40	5	0	2
1989	29	76	150	134	9	38	3	1	16	14	19	.284	.351	.321	.672	92	43	5	0	2
1990	30	82	156	139	9	39	3	1	16	14	21	.281	.351	.317	.667	91	44	5	1	2

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1987	27	8	9	8	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.333	.250	.583	1	8
1988	28	56	129	115	8	34	3	1	15	12	15	.296	.362	.339	.701	14	56
1989	29	12	13	12	0	3	0	0	2	1	4	.250	.308	.250	.558	1	12
1990	30	6	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	6
4 Yrs		82	157	140	9	39	3	1	17	14	21	.279	.348	.314	.663	16	82
162 Game Avg.		162	310	277	18	77	6	2	34	28	41	.279	.348	.314	.663	32	82

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