Jim Gilliam

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: October 17, 1928 in Nashville, TN us

Died: October 8, 1978 in Inglewood, CA

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

High School: Pearl HS (Nashville, TN)

Debut: 1946 (10,008th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: April 14, 1953 (Age 24-179d)
vs. PIT 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1966 (Age 37-348d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1953 season)

Full Name: James William Gilliam

Nicknames: Junior

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

44.7

7599

2021

.266

1255

RBI

625

219

OBP

.360

SLG

.355

OPS

.716

OPS+

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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Summary of 65 Home Runs

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

9 leading off, 0 walk-off, 8 tying, 26 go ahead

1 Tm
LAD/BRO	65

Platoon
vs RHP	41
vs LHP	24

Home/Road
Away	38
Home	27

Outs
0	36
2	16
1	13

8 Opps
NYG/SFG	15
CIN	15
PIT	9
STL	8
MLN	7
CHC	5
PHI	4
NYM	2

47 Pitchers
Johnny Antonelli	5
Max Surkont	4
Warren Spahn	2
Robin Roberts	2
Harvey Haddix	2
Karl Drews	2
Dick Hall	2
Rubén Gómez	2
Bud Podbielan	2
Bob Buhl	2
Gerry Staley	2
Harry Perkowski	2
Denny Lemaster	2
Billy Loes	1
Bob Shaw	1
Curt Barclay	1
Al Worthington	1
Dick Ellsworth	1
Roy Face	1
Johnny Hetki	1
Jim Brewer	1
Joey Jay	1
Warren Hacker	1
Billy O'Dell	1
Bobby Shantz	1
Mark Freeman	1
Ken MacKenzie	1
Moe Drabowsky	1
Gene Conley	1
Ernie Broglio	1
Mario Picone	1
Paul Brown	1
Dick Kelley	1
Rudy Minarcin	1
Joe Nuxhall	1
Bill Henry	1
Art Fowler	1
Ron Kline	1
Mike McCormick	1
Roger Craig	1
Brooks Lawrence	1
Bob Duliba	1
Jake Thies	1
Tracy Stallard	1
Ray Sadecki	1
Jim O'Toole	1
Larry Jansen	1

13 Parks
Ebbets Fld (NYC)	13
LA Coliseum (LOS)	10
Polo Grounds (NYC)	10
Crosley Fld (CIN)	7
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	5
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
Dodger Stad (LOS)	4
3Com Park (SFO)	4
County Stad (MIL)	4
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1
Shea Stad (NYC)	1
Seals Stad (SFO)	1

Where Hit
9	37
7	24
78	2
8	1

2 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	63
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	44
1--	14
1-3	3
12-	2
--3	1
-2-	1

91 RBI
RISP	7
0 on	44
1 on	16
2 on	5
Any on	21

Inning
1	12
2	2
3	8
4	6
5	12
6	3
7	9
8	9
9	4

1-3	22
4-6	21
7-end	22

RelScore
+4..	3
+3	2
+2	8
+1	9
Tied	22
-1	10
-2	5
-3	1
-4..	5

Ahead	22
Tied	22
Behind	21

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	38
3B	18
LF	7
RF	2

OrderPos
1st	43
2nd	19
7th	2
8th	1

Leverage
High Lev	13
Medium Lev	29
Low Lev	23

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1953	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1953-05-31 (2)	BRO		PIT	Johnny Hetki	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	---	1	1	4	0.082	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	1953-06-11	BRO		CIN	Bud Podbielan	behind 4-6	b 8	1	1-3	3	1	4	0.546	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Furillo Scores; B. Morgan Scores
3	3	3	1	1953-06-18	BRO	@	STL	Harvey Haddix	behind 0-6	t 5	1	12-	3	1	4	0.089	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); B. Morgan Scores; C. Furillo Scores/unER
4	4	4	1	1953-06-23	BRO	@	CIN	Bud Podbielan	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1	1	4	0.134	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
5	5	5	1	1953-07-17 (2)	BRO		STL	Gerry Staley	ahead 2-0	b 5	2	1--	2	1	4	0.128	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); C. Erskine Scores
6	6	6	1	1953-08-20	BRO		NYG	Rubén Gómez	ahead 5-0	b 4	0	---	1	1	4	0.023	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1954	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1954-04-14	BRO	@	NYG	Larry Jansen	ahead 4-0	t 4	0	---	1	1	4	0.044	92%		Home Run (Deep RF)
8	8	2	1	1954-04-15	BRO		PIT	Max Surkont	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	0.096	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep CF)
9	9	3	1	1954-04-29	BRO	@	CIN	Harry Perkowski	behind 2-3	t 5	1	---	1	1	4	0.139	47%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	4	2	1954-04-29	BRO	@	CIN	Harry Perkowski	ahead 4-3	t 6	2	1--	2	1	4	0.213	84%		Home Run (Deep LF); C. Erskine Scores
11	11	5	1	1954-06-11	BRO	@	CIN	Art Fowler	ahead 3-2	t 7	0	1--	2	1	4	0.164	89%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); B. Milliken Scores
12	12	6	1	1954-06-13 (2)	BRO	@	CIN	Mario Picone	ahead 3-0	t 3	0	---	1	1	4	0.064	86%		Home Run (Deep RF)
13	13	7	1	1954-06-24	BRO		CIN	Karl Drews	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	4	0.096	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	8	1	1954-06-27	BRO		STL	Harvey Haddix	ahead 4-3	b 7	0	---	1	1	4	0.098	88%		Home Run (Deep LF)
15	15	9	1	1954-07-05 (2)	BRO	@	PIT	Jake Thies	behind 0-2	t 3	2	---	1	1	4	0.098	34%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	10	1	1954-07-24	BRO	@	STL	Gerry Staley	tied 4-4	t 8	0	---	1	1	4	0.246	75%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	11	1	1954-08-08	BRO		CIN	Karl Drews	ahead 4-3	b 6	0	1-3	3	7	4	0.098	95%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Hodges Scores; C. Furillo Scores
18	18	12	1	1954-09-04	BRO	@	NYG	Rubén Gómez	behind 1-4	t 7	2	-2-	2	1	4	0.147	23%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Zimmer Scores
19	19	13	1	1954-09-05	BRO	@	NYG	Johnny Antonelli	ahead 2-1	t 5	2	---	1	1	4	0.124	72%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1955	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
20	20	1	1	1955-04-13	BRO		PIT	Max Surkont	tied 1-1	b 7	0	---	1	1	4	0.197	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
21	21	2	1	1955-05-13	BRO	@	MLN	Bob Buhl	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1	1	4	0.115	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
22	22	3	1	1955-05-29	BRO	@	NYG	Johnny Antonelli	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	0.097	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
23	23	4	1	1955-06-11	BRO		CHC	Warren Hacker	tied 0-0	b 3	0	---	1	1	4	0.112	67%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
24	24	5	1	1955-06-15	BRO	@	CIN	Rudy Minarcin	behind 0-5	t 9	0	1--	2	1	4	0.021	4%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF); D. Hoak Scores
25	25	6	1	1955-07-07	BRO	@	PIT	Ron Kline	ahead 1-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	9	0.096	70%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
26	26	7	1	1955-09-04	BRO		PIT	Max Surkont	behind 4-5	b 8	1	1--	2	1	7	0.531	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Hoak Scores
1956	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
27	27	1	1	1956-04-17	BRO		PHI	Robin Roberts	behind 3-7	b 4	2	---	1	1	7	0.063	18%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (LF-CF)
28	28	2	1	1956-04-20	BRO	@	PIT	Dick Hall	tied 0-0	t 3	2	1--	2	1	7	0.226	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); C. Neal Scores
29	29	3	1	1956-04-28	BRO		PIT	Dick Hall	behind 1-2	b 7	0	---	1	1	7	0.223	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	4	1	1956-06-28	BRO	@	NYG	Al Worthington	tied 1-1	t 5	0	---	1	1	4	0.147	65%		Home Run (Deep RF)
31	31	5	1	1956-09-01 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	Max Surkont	tied 0-0	t 6	0	---	1	1	4	0.169	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
32	32	6	1	1956-09-02 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	Johnny Antonelli	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	1	1	9	0.256	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1957	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	1957-07-01	BRO	@	NYG	Johnny Antonelli	tied 0-0	t 1	0	---	1	1	4	0.101	60%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Deep LF)
34	34	2	1	1957-09-08	BRO	@	NYG	Curt Barclay	tied 0-0	t 2	2	1--	2	1	4	0.203	68%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Drysdale Scores
1958	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
35	35	1	1	1958-05-10	LAD	@	SFG	Johnny Antonelli	behind 0-1	t 4	0	---	1	1	7	0.129	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
36	36	2	1	1958-07-13 (2)	LAD		CIN	Joe Nuxhall	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.098	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1959	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1959-06-17 (1)	LAD		MLN	Warren Spahn	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.096	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
38	38	2	1	1959-06-23	LAD		PHI	Gene Conley	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.096	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
39	39	3	1	1959-09-17	LAD		CIN	Brooks Lawrence	ahead 3-1	b 8	0	---	1	1	5	0.034	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1960	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
40	40	1	1	1960-05-02	LAD		CIN	Jim O'Toole	behind 1-2	b 5	2	---	1	1	5	0.161	51%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	2	1	1960-06-01	LAD		STL	Ray Sadecki	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.099	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
42	42	3	1	1960-06-02	LAD		CHC	Mark Freeman	behind 6-10	b 9	0	1--	2	1	5	0.051	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); G. Hodges Scores/unER
43	43	4	1	1960-06-09	LAD		MLN	Ken MacKenzie	behind 4-6	b 7	0	---	1	1	5	0.145	36%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
44	44	5	1	1960-06-14	LAD		PHI	Robin Roberts	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	1	1	5	0.102	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1961	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1961-05-20	LAD	@	SFG	Mike McCormick	ahead 3-0	t 5	1	---	1	2	4	0.063	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
46	46	2	1	1961-05-21	LAD	@	SFG	Billy Loes	behind 1-2	t 5	1	1--	2	2	4	0.259	62%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Wills Scores
47	47	3	1	1961-06-24	LAD	@	CIN	Bill Henry	tied 7-7	t 9	2	1--	2	2	5	0.485	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Wills Scores
48	48	4	1	1961-08-05	LAD		CHC	Jim Brewer	ahead 2-0	b 3	0	---	1	2	4	0.074	83%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1962	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
49	49	1	1	1962-04-11	LAD		CIN	Moe Drabowsky	tied 0-0	b 3	0	--3	2	2	4	0.112	77%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Wills Scores
50	50	2	1	1962-06-01 (1)	LAD	@	PHI	Paul Brown	tied 1-1	t 3	2	---	1	2	5	0.122	58%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
51	51	3	1	1962-07-23	LAD	@	STL	Bob Duliba	ahead 8-2	t 5	1	---	1	2	5	0.019	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52	52	4	1	1962-08-25	LAD	@	NYM	Roger Craig	ahead 4-2	t 7	2	---	1	2	4	0.089	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
1963	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
53	53	1	1	1963-05-08	LAD	@	STL	Bobby Shantz	ahead 6-5	t 8	1	12-	3	2	4	0.175	97%		Home Run (LF-CF); L. Walls Scores/unER; M. Wills Scores
54	54	2	1	1963-05-30	LAD	@	MLN	Warren Spahn	behind 1-6	t 8	0	---	1	2	5	0.014	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	3	1	1963-06-23	LAD	@	STL	Ernie Broglio	behind 1-2	t 5	1	1-3	3	2	4	0.298	75%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Tracewski Scores; M. Wills Scores
56	56	4	1	1963-06-29	LAD		MLN	Denny Lemaster	behind 3-5	b 8	0	---	1	2	4	0.131	26%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
57	57	5	1	1963-09-05	LAD		CHC	Bob Buhl	ahead 2-0	b 4	2	---	1	2	4	0.081	88%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to LF (Line Drive)
58	58	6	1	1963-09-06	LAD	@	SFG	Billy O'Dell	ahead 3-1	t 7	1	---	1	1	4	0.078	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1964	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
59	59	1	1	1964-05-14 (1)	LAD	@	CHC	Dick Ellsworth	behind 2-4	t 8	0	1--	2	2	5	0.308	50%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Wills Scores
60	60	2	1	1964-09-06	LAD	@	NYM	Tracy Stallard	ahead 2-1	t 7	2	1--	2	2	5	0.211	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Wills Scores
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
61	61	1	1	1965-06-06 (1)	LAD	@	MLN	Dick Kelley	tied 0-0	t 3	2	---	1	2	7	0.129	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	2	1	1965-06-06 (2)	LAD	@	MLN	Denny Lemaster	tied 0-0	t 1	1	---	1	2	7	0.108	59%		Home Run (Deep LF)
63	63	3	1	1965-06-29	LAD	@	SFG	Bob Shaw	tied 0-0	t 1	0	1--	2	2	5	0.162	70%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Wills Scores
64	64	4	1	1965-07-27	LAD		CIN	Joey Jay	behind 0-1	b 1	1	---	1	2	5	0.118	52%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	1966-08-01	LAD	@	PIT	Roy Face	ahead 3-1	t 9	1	1--	2	8	5	0.053	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Lefebvre Scores

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