Jim Poole

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: April 28, 1966 in Rochester, NY us

Died: October 6, 2023 in Alpharetta, GA

Buried: Cremated

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 34th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA).

High School: La Salle College HS (Wyndmoor, PA)

School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: June 15, 1990 (Age 24-048d, 15,775th in major league history)
vs. SDP 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 1, 2000 (Age 34-034d)
vs. CIN 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: James Richard Poole

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

ERA

4.31

431

363.0

256

WHIP

1.466

Summary of 41 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 2 tying, 7 go ahead

7 Tms
SFG	13
CLE	10
BAL	9
DET	4
PHI	3
LAD	1
MON	1

Platoon
vs RHB	24
vs LHB	17

Home/Road
Away	30
Home	11

Outs
1	14
2	14
0	13

22 Opps
BOS	5
SDP	3
SEA	3
COL	2
CHC	2
ANA/CAL	2
NYY	2
BAL	2
DET	2
KCR	2
ATL	2
LAD	2
CHW	2
MIL	2
MIN	1
STL	1
TEX	1
CIN	1
MON	1
CLE	1
HOU	1
TOR	1

40 Batters
Mickey Tettleton	2
Trot Nixon	1
J.T. Snow	1
Vinny Castilla	1
Mo Vaughn	1
Harold Baines	1
Ray Lankford	1
Tino Martinez	1
Mike Stanley	1
Ken Caminiti	1
Joe Vitiello	1
Dan Wilson	1
Carlos Delgado	1
Neifi Pérez	1
Greg Vaughn	1
Nomar Garciaparra	1
Greg Pirkl	1
Wally Joyner	1
George Brett	1
Franklin Stubbs	1
Tripp Cromer	1
Bill Haselman	1
Kent Hrbek	1
Billy Ashley	1
Brian McRae	1
B.J. Surhoff	1
Chad Kreuter	1
Ryne Sandberg	1
Mike Macfarlane	1
Álvaro Espinoza	1
Jeromy Burnitz	1
Brian Jordan	1
Norberto Martin	1
Jeff Blauser	1
Darrin Fletcher	1
Rubén Rivera	1
Michael Tucker	1
Robin Ventura	1
Jay Buhner	1
Troy O'Leary	1

25 Parks
3Com Park (SFO)	3
Camden Yards (BAL)	3
Progressive (CLE)	3
Kingdome (SEA)	3
Turner Fld (ATL)	2
Dodger Stad (LOS)	2
County Stad (MIL)	2
Coors Fld (DEN)	2
Yankee Stad (NYC)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Comerica Pk (DET)	2
Memor. Stad (BAL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
Qualcomm St (SAN)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	1
KauffmanStad (KAN)	1
Busch Stad (STL)	1
Cinergy Fld (CIN)	1
Angel Stad (ANA)	1
Tiger Stad (DET)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1
Metrodome (MIN)	1

Where Hit
7	15
9	12
89	7
8	4
78	3

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
3	9
1	8
4	8
2	7
5	4
6	2
Unk	2
7+	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	35
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	21
1--	7
12-	4
123	3
-2-	3
1-3	2
--3	1

73 Runs
RISP	13
0 on	21
1 on	11
2 on	6
3 on	3
Any on	20

Inning
4	1
5	1
6	10
7	6
8	16
9	6
Extra	1

4-6	12
7-end	29

RelScore
+4..	10
+3	6
+2	3
+1	3
Tied	6
-1	3
-2	1
-3	2
-4..	7

Ahead	22
Tied	6
Behind	13

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-1	9
0-0	8
2-1	5
0-1	4
3-2	3
1-0	3
1-2	2
Unk	2
3-1	2
2-2	2
3-0	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	6
C	6
RF	6
LF	4
3B	4
2B	3
DH	3
SS	3
PH/DH	2
PH	2
CF	2

OrderPos
4th	11
5th	10
3rd	4
7th	4
2nd	4
8th	3
1st	2
6th	2
9th	1

Leverage
High Lev	6
Medium Lev	9
Low Lev	26

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1990-09-26	Franklin Stubbs	HOU		LAD	ahead 3-0	b 5	2	12-		3	5	7	9%	98%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Biggio Scores; G. Davis Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1991-08-30	Kent Hrbek	MIN		BAL	behind 2-10	b 7	2	-2-	3,(1-1) .SBX	2	4	3	1%	1%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); K. Puckett Scores; K. Hrbek Scores
3	3	2	1	1991-09-07	George Brett	KCR	@	BAL	ahead 6-3	t 6	1	---	5,(2-2) SCBBX	1	3	DH	6%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball); G. Brett Scores
4	4	3	1	1991-10-04	Mickey Tettleton	DET	@	BAL	tied 2-2	t 14	2	1--	3,(1-1) SBX	2	5	2	49%	92%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Phillips Scores; M. Tettleton Scores
1993	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
5	5	1	1	1993-06-14	Greg Vaughn	MIL		BAL	behind 3-6	b 7	2	---	3,(1-1) BSX	1	4	7	7%	16%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
6	6	2	1	1993-08-12	Chad Kreuter	DET		BAL	tied 8-8	b 6	2	123	2,(0-1) ..CX	4	8	PH	34%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); T. Fryman Scores/unER; C. Fielder Scores/unER; T. Phillips Scores/unER; C. Kreuter Scores/Team unER
1994	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1994-04-30	Jay Buhner	SEA		BAL	behind 1-6	b 8	2	1--	5,(3-1) .BFBBX	2	4	9	4%	5%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); T. Lovullo Scores
8	8	2	2	1994-04-30	Greg Pirkl	SEA		BAL	behind 3-6	b 8	2	---	3,(1-1) .BSX	1	5	PH/DH	6%	11%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
9	9	3	1	1994-06-04	Norberto Martin	CHW	@	BAL	ahead 2-1	t 9	1	123	1,(0-0) X	4	1	4	11%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); L. Johnson Scores; T. Raines Scores; O. Guillén Scores
10	10	4	1	1994-06-28	Álvaro Espinoza	CLE		BAL	ahead 7-3	b 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	5	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
1995	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
11	11	1	1	1995-04-28	Mickey Tettleton	TEX		CLE	tied 9-9	b 8	2	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	DH	30%	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
12	12	2	1	1995-05-12	Harold Baines	BAL		CLE	behind 1-3	b 8	2	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	5	DH	11%	22%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
13	13	3	1	1995-05-18	Mike Macfarlane	BOS		CLE	tied 3-3	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	2	27%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
14	14	4	1	1995-07-17	J.T. Snow	CAL	@	CLE	ahead 4-1	t 7	1	12-	4,(1-2) BFCX	3	5	3	8%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Edmonds Scores; T. Salmon Scores
15	15	5	1	1995-07-27	Dan Wilson	SEA		CLE	ahead 10-5	b 7	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	8	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
16	16	6	1	1995-08-10 (1)	Mike Stanley	NYY		CLE	ahead 7-5	b 8	0	1--	4,(2-1) CBB1X	2	7	2	4%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to CF-RF); D. Strawberry Scores
17	17	7	1	1995-09-23	Joe Vitiello	KCR		CLE	behind 2-7	b 9	2	---	4,(1-2) .SCBX	1	7	PH/DH	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1996	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
18	18	1	1	1996-04-24	Tino Martinez	NYY		CLE	ahead 7-2	b 4	2	1-3		3	5	3	5%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Williams Scores; P. O'Neill Scores
19	19	2	1	1996-06-19	Bill Haselman	BOS	@	CLE	behind 1-11	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	7	2	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	3	1	1996-06-27	Robin Ventura	CHW		CLE	ahead 14-5	b 6	0	---	1,(0-0) ....X	1	6	5	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); R. Ventura Scores
21	21	4	1	1996-07-22	Ryne Sandberg	CHC	@	SFG	behind 1-2	t 8	0	---	3,(1-1) .CBX	1	2	4	25%	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
22	22	5	1	1996-09-25	Billy Ashley	LAD		SFG	behind 4-5	b 7	2	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	2	PH	25%	52%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1997	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
23	23	1	1	1997-04-29	Ray Lankford	STL		SFG	behind 3-7	b 8	0	1--	3,(1-1) ..CBX	2	3	8	9%	16%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); R. Gant Scores
24	24	2	1	1997-05-15	Darrin Fletcher	MON		SFG	ahead 3-2	b 6	0	--3	3,(1-1) .CBX	2	7	2	8%	91%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); V. Guerrero Scores/unER
25	25	3	1	1997-06-01	Jeff Blauser	ATL		SFG	tied 3-3	b 8	1	---	6,(3-2) CBBFBX	1	5	6	29%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
26	26	4	1	1997-06-23	Wally Joyner	SDP	@	SFG	ahead 7-6	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) .X	1	5	3	12%	78%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); W. Joyner Scores
27	27	5	1	1997-07-10	Tripp Cromer	LAD		SFG	ahead 6-0	b 8	1	12-	6,(3-2) C*BBBFX	3	8	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF); T. Zeile Scores/unER; G. Gagne Scores; T. Cromer Scores
28	28	6	1	1997-08-07	Brian McRae	CHC		SFG	ahead 5-2	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	2	8	2%	99%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
1998	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1998-05-19	Jeromy Burnitz	MIL		SFG	tied 6-6	b 9	1	1-3	2,(0-1) CX	3	4	9	18%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); F. Viña Scores; M. Loretta Scores
30	30	2	1	1998-06-12	Rubén Rivera	SDP		SFG	ahead 7-3	b 8	1	12-	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	9	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); K. Caminiti Scores; W. Joyner Scores
31	31	3	1	1998-06-19	Ken Caminiti	SDP	@	SFG	ahead 8-5	t 9	2	---	4,(3-0) BBBX	1	4	5	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
32	32	4	1	1998-07-10	Neifi Pérez	COL		SFG	ahead 7-2	b 6	0	---	5,(3-1) BBBSX	1	1	6	2%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
33	33	5	2	1998-07-10	Vinny Castilla	COL		SFG	ahead 9-2	b 6	1	-2-	3,(1-1) CBX	2	5	5	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Bichette Scores
1999	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
34	34	1	1	1999-06-04	B.J. Surhoff	BAL		PHI	behind 3-9	b 9	0	1--	5,(2-2) BCSBX	2	3	7	1%	2%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); M. Bordick Scores
35	35	2	1	1999-06-12	Carlos Delgado	TOR	@	PHI	behind 1-7	t 9	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	4	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball)
36	36	3	1	1999-07-31	Brian Jordan	ATL		PHI	ahead 6-4	b 7	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	4	9	7%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); C. Jones Scores
2000	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	2000-04-19	Trot Nixon	BOS	@	DET	ahead 4-0	t 6	0	123	4,(2-1) BBSX	4	2	9	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Varitek Scores; M. Alexander Scores; J. Offerman Scores
38	38	2	2	2000-04-19	Nomar Garciaparra	BOS	@	DET	ahead 8-0	t 6	1	---	2,(0-1) FX	1	4	6	0%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	3	1	2000-04-26	Mo Vaughn	ANA		DET	ahead 4-1	b 8	0	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	3	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Kennedy Scores
40	40	4	1	2000-05-02	Troy O'Leary	BOS		DET	behind 4-5	b 6	0	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	5	7	21%	73%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); N. Garciaparra Scores
41	41	5	1	2000-05-30	Michael Tucker	CIN		MON	ahead 3-1	b 8	2	---	9,(3-2) BBFBCFFFX	1	4	9	4%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)