Jim Essian
James Sarkis Essian Jr.
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 2, 1951 in Detroit, MI
High School: Troy (Troy, IL)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1973
Final Game: September 30, 1984
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Standard Batting

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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
1973 22 PHI NL 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1974 23 PHI NL 17 22 20 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .100 .182 .100 .282 -21 2 1 0 0 0 0 2/35
1975 24 PHI NL 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 449 1 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1976 25 CHW AL 78 229 199 20 49 7 0 0 21 2 1 23 28 .246 .326 .281 .607 79 56 6 1 5 1 0 2/35
1977 26 CHW AL 114 381 322 50 88 18 2 10 44 1 4 52 35 .273 .374 .435 .809 121 140 9 1 4 2 1 *2/5
1978 27 OAK AL 126 340 278 21 62 9 1 3 26 2 1 44 22 .223 .326 .295 .621 81 82 12 0 15 3 1 *2/34D
1979 28 OAK AL 98 352 313 34 76 16 0 8 40 0 1 25 29 .243 .295 .371 .666 84 116 12 2 3 9 1 25/37D
1980 29 OAK AL 87 321 285 19 66 11 0 5 29 1 3 30 18 .232 .302 .323 .625 77 92 14 0 3 3 0 2D/3
1981 30 CHW AL 27 57 52 6 16 3 0 0 5 0 1 4 5 .308 .357 .365 .723 111 19 2 0 1 0 0 2/5
1982 31 SEA AL 48 165 153 14 42 8 0 3 20 2 0 11 7 .275 .327 .386 .713 93 59 3 1 0 0 0 2
1983 32 CLE AL 48 112 93 11 19 4 0 2 11 0 1 16 8 .204 .315 .312 .627 71 29 1 0 1 2 0 2/5
1984 33 OAK AL 63 162 136 17 32 9 0 2 10 1 1 23 17 .235 .348 .346 .693 99 47 3 1 1 1 0 2/5D
12 Seasons 710 2146 1855 194 453 85 3 33 207 9 13 231 171 .244 .327 .347 .673 90 643 63 6 33 21 3
162 Game Avg. 162 490 423 44 103 19 1 8 47 2 3 53 39 .244 .327 .347 .673 90 147 14 1 8 5 1
OAK (4 yrs) 374 1175 1012 91 236 45 1 18 105 4 6 122 86 .233 .313 .333 .646 84 337 41 3 22 16 2
PHI (3 yrs) 21 27 24 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 3 1 0 0 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 219 667 573 76 153 28 2 10 70 3 6 79 68 .267 .356 .375 .731 106 215 17 2 10 3 1
CLE (1 yr) 48 112 93 11 19 4 0 2 11 0 1 16 8 .204 .315 .312 .627 71 29 1 0 1 2 0
SEA (1 yr) 48 165 153 14 42 8 0 3 20 2 0 11 7 .275 .327 .386 .713 93 59 3 1 0 0 0
AL (9 yrs) 689 2119 1831 192 450 85 3 33 206 9 13 228 169 .246 .328 .350 .677 91 640 62 6 33 21 3
NL (3 yrs) 21 27 24 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 3 1 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1973 22 PHI NL 3 3 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .265 .000 .334 .000 .394 .000 .728 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1974 23 PHI NL 22 19 0 0.0 98 .105 .100 .267 .182 .340 .100 .386 .282 .725 -21 .000 -3.4 -0.3 .211 .100 .000
1975 24 PHI NL 2 0 1 99 1.000 1.000 .270 1.000 .342 1.000 .390 2.000 .732 449 0.8 0.1 1.000 .000
1976 25 CHW AL 229 163 19 3.2 87 .285 .246 .257 .326 .322 .281 .363 .607 .684 79 .394 -4.5 -0.5 .516 .156 .035 .0
1977 26 CHW AL 381 253 53 5.6 100 .280 .273 .266 .374 .330 .435 .405 .809 .735 121 .587 11.1 1.1 .769 .314 .161 1.8
1978 27 OAK AL 340 247 28 3.0 89 .230 .223 .254 .326 .318 .295 .374 .621 .692 81 .343 -4.6 -0.5 .555 .234 .072 2.4
1979 28 OAK AL 352 262 33 3.4 97 .239 .243 .262 .295 .326 .371 .397 .666 .723 84 .350 -5.9 -0.6 .568 .204 .128 .0
1980 29 OAK AL 321 242 25 2.8 93 .230 .232 .261 .302 .322 .323 .387 .625 .708 77 .285 -7.7 -0.8 .508 .189 .091 1.7
1981 30 CHW AL 57 40 6 4.0 87 .340 .308 .254 .357 .318 .365 .369 .723 .687 111 .493 0.8 0.1 .564 .115 .058
1982 31 SEA AL 165 114 20 4.7 101 .273 .275 .268 .327 .332 .386 .408 .713 .739 93 .512 -1.6 -0.2 .640 .196 .111 2.4
1983 32 CLE AL 112 79 10 3.4 101 .200 .204 .270 .315 .333 .312 .408 .627 .740 71 .369 -3.2 -0.3 .579 .269 .108 .0
1984 33 OAK AL 162 110 18 4.4 91 .254 .235 .255 .348 .317 .346 .385 .693 .702 99 .487 1.4 0.1 .657 .279 .110 1.3
12 Seasons 2146 1532 213 3.7 94 .251 .244 .261 .327 .325 .347 .389 .673 .714 90 .416 -17.6 -1.9 .593 .225 .102 14.1
162 Game Avg. 490 350 49 3.7 94 .251 .244 .261 .327 .325 .347 .389 .673 .714 90 .416 -17.6 -1.9 .593 .225 .102 3
OAK (4 yrs) 1175 861 104 3.2 93 .236 .233 .259 .313 .321 .333 .386 .646 .708 84 .350 -16.9 -1.8 .559 .218 .100 6.5
PHI (3 yrs) 27 22 1 1.2 98 .136 .125 .267 .222 .339 .125 .387 .347 .726 -2 .093 -3.4 -0.3 .273 .125 .000
CHW (3 yrs) 667 456 78 4.6 94 .287 .267 .262 .356 .326 .375 .387 .731 .713 106 .524 7.5 0.7 .661 .241 .108 4.6
CLE (1 yr) 112 79 10 3.4 101 .200 .204 .270 .315 .333 .312 .408 .627 .740 71 .369 -3.2 -0.3 .579 .269 .108 .0
SEA (1 yr) 165 114 20 4.7 101 .273 .275 .268 .327 .332 .386 .408 .713 .739 93 .512 -1.6 -0.2 .640 .196 .111 2.4
AL (9 yrs) 2119 1510 212 3.8 94 .253 .246 .261 .328 .324 .350 .389 .677 .714 91 .420 -14.2 -1.6 .598 .226 .104 14.1
NL (3 yrs) 27 22 1 1.2 98 .136 .125 .267 .222 .339 .125 .387 .347 .726 -2 .093 -3.4 -0.3 .273 .125 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
1973 22 PHI NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1974 23 PHI NL 22 0.0% 4.6% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 0.50 20.0 1.43 86%
1975 24 PHI NL 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 1.0 50%
1976 25 CHW AL 229 0.0% 12.2% 10.0% 3.1% 14% 1.22 7.1 9.5 0.97 75%
1977 26 CHW AL 381 2.6% 9.2% 13.7% 7.9% 34% 0.67 9.2 32.2 7.3 0.90 73%
1978 27 OAK AL 340 0.9% 6.5% 12.9% 3.8% 21% 0.50 12.6 92.7 10.7 1.52 75%
1979 28 OAK AL 352 2.3% 8.2% 7.1% 6.8% 32% 1.16 10.8 39.1 7.8 1.08 81%
1980 29 OAK AL 321 1.6% 5.6% 9.4% 5.0% 24% 0.60 15.8 57.0 9.8 0.81 83%
1981 30 CHW AL 57 0.0% 8.8% 7.0% 5.3% 19% 1.25 10.4 10.4 1.00 82%
1982 31 SEA AL 165 1.8% 4.2% 6.7% 6.7% 26% 0.64 21.9 51.0 7.7 1.26 87%
1983 32 CLE AL 112 1.8% 7.1% 14.3% 5.4% 32% 0.50 11.6 46.5 8.5 0.51 76%
1984 33 OAK AL 162 1.2% 10.5% 14.2% 6.8% 34% 0.74 8.0 68.0 13.6 0.69 73%
12 Seasons 2146 1.5% 8.0% 10.8% 5.6% 27% 0.74 10.9 56.2 9.0 0.99 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1973 22 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 23 PHI NL 1 0 25% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 24 PHI NL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1976 25 CHW AL 6 0 27% 105 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 26% 18 17 1 0 0 0 9 3 6
1977 26 CHW AL 4 0 31% 133 1 4 20% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 16 49% 28 14 13 5 4 1 12 3 8
1978 27 OAK AL 5 0 18% 117 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 37% 19 11 8 3 2 0 5 2 2
1979 28 OAK AL 8 0 27% 127 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 7 39% 19 14 5 5 3 1 17 7 10
1980 29 OAK AL 2 0 15% 99 1 3 25% 1 1 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 4 50% 13 7 6 2 2 0 7 2 5
1981 30 CHW AL 0 0 30% 35 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 38% 6 4 2 1 0 1 1 1 0
1982 31 SEA AL 3 0 22% 74 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 44% 11 7 4 3 1 2 4 2 2
1983 32 CLE AL 0 0 27% 31 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 60% 5 2 3 0 0 0 5 2 3
1984 33 OAK AL 6 0 28% 70 1 1 50% 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 35% 9 6 3 2 2 0 6 2 3
12 Seasons 35 0 25% 805 9 13 41% 8 11 1 1 0 1 6 0 30 44 42% 129 82 46 22 15 5 66 24 39
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1973 22 PHI NL 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0.49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1974 23 PHI NL 22 36% 2 1 0 0 0 1.61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 5 1 20% 10 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1975 24 PHI NL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 1 33% 0 0 0 0 0
1976 25 CHW AL 229 36% 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 8 5 63% 50 6 12% 22 6 27% 154 21 14% 12 9 75% 16 5 31% 0
1977 26 CHW AL 381 33% 88 0 0 0 0 10 0 13 7 3 6 4 0 7 4 57% 85 9 11% 44 11 25% 242 35 14% 32 13 41% 25 5 20% 0
1978 27 OAK AL 340 44% 62 4 0 0 0 1.76 3 0 9 2 1 1 2 0 15 15 100% 63 12 19% 39 23 59% 223 25 11% 16 9 56% 20 9 45% 0
1979 28 OAK AL 352 40% 76 8 2 0 1 1.69 8 1 9 4 4 6 2 1 3 3 100% 63 12 19% 37 19 51% 223 36 16% 21 13 62% 15 5 33% 0
1980 29 OAK AL 321 55% 66 8 1 0 0 1.98 5 0 11 1 4 4 1 0 4 3 75% 63 14 22% 25 11 44% 201 24 12% 18 6 33% 16 5 31% 0
1981 30 CHW AL 57 25% 16 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 2 20% 5 1 20% 35 5 14% 1 1 100% 3 2 67% 0
1982 31 SEA AL 165 43% 42 1 1 0 0 0.90 3 0 5 0 3 2 1 0 0 0 26 3 12% 13 3 23% 88 19 22% 10 6 60% 12 2 17% 0
1983 32 CLE AL 112 53% 19 1 0 0 0 1.26 2 0 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 1 33% 16 1 6% 8 3 38% 65 9 14% 6 4 67% 7 1 14% 0
1984 33 OAK AL 162 40% 32 4 0 0 0 0.99 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 100% 23 3 13% 9 3 33% 87 11 13% 5 2 40% 9 3 33% 0
12 Seasons 2146 41% 453 31 4 0 1 1.45 33 1 60 16 17 22 11 1 44 33 75% 405 63 16% 209 81 39% 1333 186 14% 123 63 51% 125 37 30% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1973 22 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 23 19 25 23 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 .087 .160 .087 .247 -30 2 1 0 0 0 0
1975 24 21 27 24 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 -2 3 1 0 0 0 0
1976 25 99 256 223 22 52 7 0 0 22 2 1 26 30 .233 .315 .265 .579 70 59 7 1 5 1 0
1977 26 213 637 545 72 140 25 2 10 66 3 5 78 65 .257 .350 .365 .715 101 199 16 2 9 3 1
1978 27 339 977 823 93 202 34 3 13 92 5 6 122 87 .245 .342 .341 .684 94 281 28 2 24 6 2
1979 28 437 1329 1136 127 278 50 3 21 132 5 7 147 116 .245 .329 .349 .679 92 397 40 4 27 15 3
1980 29 524 1650 1421 146 344 61 3 26 161 6 10 177 134 .242 .324 .344 .668 89 489 54 4 30 18 3
1981 30 551 1707 1473 152 360 64 3 26 166 6 11 181 139 .244 .325 .345 .670 90 508 56 4 31 18 3
1982 31 599 1872 1626 166 402 72 3 29 186 8 11 192 146 .247 .325 .349 .674 90 567 59 5 31 18 3
1983 32 647 1984 1719 177 421 76 3 31 197 8 12 208 154 .245 .325 .347 .672 89 596 60 5 32 20 3
1984 33 710 2146 1855 194 453 85 3 33 207 9 13 231 171 .244 .327 .347 .673 90 643 63 6 33 21 3

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
1973 22 2 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1974 23 17 22 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .091 .000 .091 0 17
1975 24 2 2 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 2
1976 25 78 234 206 23 55 8 0 0 24 2 26 28 .267 .350 .306 .656 22 78
1977 26 114 382 325 52 91 19 2 10 46 1 54 35 .280 .382 .443 .825 55 114
1978 27 126 340 287 25 71 10 1 3 31 2 50 22 .247 .356 .321 .676 34 126
1979 28 99 351 315 36 77 16 0 8 43 0 25 29 .244 .296 .371 .668 35 98
1980 29 87 319 286 22 67 11 0 5 33 1 30 18 .234 .304 .325 .629 29 87
1981 30 41 86 80 10 25 5 0 0 9 0 6 8 .313 .360 .375 .735 11 27
1982 31 48 166 154 14 43 8 0 3 20 2 11 7 .279 .331 .390 .721 20 48
1983 32 48 113 94 11 20 4 0 2 11 0 17 8 .213 .327 .319 .647 10 48
1984 33 63 168 140 19 36 10 0 2 11 1 26 17 .257 .375 .371 .746 20 63
12 Seasons 725 2186 1911 213 486 91 3 33 229 9 248 174 .254 .339 .357 .695 237 710
162 Game Avg. 162 488 427 48 109 20 1 7 51 2 55 39 .254 .339 .357 .695 53 710

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1978 AL--15--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1979 AL--9--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (3165), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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