Jamie Quirk

Positions: Catcher, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

6-4, 190lb (193cm, 86kg)

Born: October 22, 1954 in Whittier, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (18th) of the 1972 MLB June Amateur Draft from St. Paul HS (Santa Fe Springs, CA).

High School: St. Paul HS (Santa Fe Springs, CA)

School: Whittier College (Whittier, CA)

Debut: September 4, 1975 (Age 20-317d, 13,688th in major league history)
vs. CHW 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 4, 1992 (Age 37-348d)
vs. MIL 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Full Name: James Patrick Quirk

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1985 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.7

2266

544

.240

193

RBI

247

OBP

.298

SLG

.347

OPS

.645

OPS+

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Summary of 43 Home Runs

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

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 6 tying, 12 go ahead

5 Tms
KCR	30
OAK	7
MIL	3
STL	2
CLE	1

Platoon
vs RHP	43

Home/Road
Away	23
Home	20

Outs
0	21
2	12
1	10

14 Opps
OAK	7
MIN	6
TOR	5
CHW	4
BOS	3
TEX	3
CLE	3
MIL	3
CAL	2
SEA	2
DET	2
MON	1
BAL	1
HOU	1

37 Pitchers
Jim Clancy	3
Mike Smithson	2
José Rijo	2
Les Straker	2
Alex Fernandez	2
Jack Lazorko	1
Germán González	1
Ray Burris	1
Mike Torrez	1
Brad Arnsberg	1
Bryan Clutterbuck	1
Glenn Abbott	1
Jeff Robinson	1
Ed Correa	1
Jim Todd	1
Wayne Garland	1
Dave Stewart	1
Rod Nichols	1
John Farrell	1
Mike Scott	1
Ron Davis	1
Rick Wise	1
Richard Dotson	1
Dave Stieb	1
Dan Petry	1
Melido Perez	1
Wayne Simpson	1
Mark Knudson	1
Bert Blyleven	1
Diego Seguí	1
Chuck Crim	1
José Guzmán	1
Brian Kingman	1
Joey McLaughlin	1
Cecilio Guante	1
Rollie Fingers	1
Joaquín Andújar	1

14 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	14
RingCentral Col (OAK)	4
County Stad (MIL)	4
Exhibit Stad (TOR)	4
ClevelandStd (CLE)	3
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Angel Stad (ANA)	2
Tiger Stad (DET)	2
Arlington St (ARL)	2
Fenway Pk (BOS)	1
Astrodome (HOU)	1
ComiskeyPk 1 (CHI)	1
Stade Olymp. (MON)	1
Guaranteed (CHI)	1

Where Hit
9	36
89	2
8	1
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
Unk	28
2	5
1	4
6	2
7+	2
4	1
3	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	41
2·HR gms	1

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	27
1--	7
12-	3
--3	2
-2-	2
123	1
1-3	1

65 RBI
RISP	9
0 on	27
1 on	11
2 on	4
3 on	1
Any on	16

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

1-3	11
4-6	20
7-end	12

RelScore
+4..	6
+3	4
+2	1
+1	4
Tied	9
-1	7
-2	5
-3	2
-4..	5

Ahead	15
Tied	9
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

Count
Unk	28
0-0	4
1-0	4
3-2	3
0-2	1
2-1	1
0-1	1
2-2	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	29
DH	4
3B	4
RF	3
PH	2
1B	1

OrderPos
7th	13
8th	11
6th	9
9th	7
5th	1
4th	1
3rd	1

Leverage
High Lev	8
Medium Lev	16
Low Lev	19

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1975	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1975-09-20	KCR		OAK	Rollie Fingers	behind 3-16	b 9	0	---		1	8	PH	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1976	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
2	2	1	1	1976-07-20	KCR		BAL	Wayne Garland	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---		1	6	DH	0.097	76%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1977	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	1977-04-22	MIL	@	CAL	Wayne Simpson	behind 3-7	t 7	0	---		1	7	DH	0.045	10%		Home Run (Deep RF)
4	4	2	1	1977-06-26	MIL		SEA	Diego Seguí	behind 3-6	b 6	2	---		1	7	DH	0.083	20%		Home Run (Deep RF)
5	5	3	1	1977-08-17	MIL		BOS	Rick Wise	ahead 3-2	b 4	1	-2-		2	7	DH	0.147	85%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Bando Scores
1979	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
6	6	1	1	1979-09-28	KCR		OAK	Jim Todd	ahead 11-0	b 5	2	--3		2	4	2	0.000	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Porter Scores
1980	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
7	7	1	1	1980-05-02	KCR		BOS	Mike Torrez	behind 3-5	b 7	2	1--		2	6	5	0.348	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); J. Wathan Scores
8	8	2	1	1980-07-04	KCR		SEA	Glenn Abbott	behind 2-3	b 7	0	---		1	7	5	0.227	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
9	9	3	1	1980-08-08 (1)	KCR	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---		1	7	9	0.110	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
10	10	4	2	1980-08-08 (1)	KCR	@	TOR	Joey McLaughlin	ahead 7-0	t 7	0	1--		2	7	9	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Otis Scores
11	11	5	1	1980-08-17	KCR		TOR	Jim Clancy	behind 1-2	b 4	0	---		1	7	9	0.135	56%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1982	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
12	12	1	1	1982-10-01	KCR		OAK	Brian Kingman	tied 2-2	b 3	0	---		1	9	2	0.116	67%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1983	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1983-05-29	STL	@	HOU	Mike Scott	behind 1-3	t 5	0	12-		3	7	2	0.305	66%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Hendrick Scores; W. McGee Scores
14	14	2	1	1983-09-19 (2)	STL	@	MON	Ray Burris	tied 0-0	t 4	2	1-3		3	7	2	0.310	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); A. Van Slyke Scores; D. Green Scores
1984	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
15	15	1	1	1984-09-27	CLE		MIN	Ron Davis	tied 3-3	b 9	2	---		1	8	2	0.465	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run
1986	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
16	16	1	1	1986-04-30	KCR	@	DET	Dan Petry	behind 0-2	t 5	1	---		1	8	2	0.110	33%		Home Run (Deep RF)
17	17	2	1	1986-06-25	KCR		OAK	José Rijo	behind 1-3	b 2	2	---		1	9	2	0.100	40%		Home Run (Deep RF)
18	18	3	1	1986-08-30	KCR		MIL	Bryan Clutterbuck	ahead 6-0	b 4	2	--3		2	8	5	0.021	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. White Scores
19	19	4	1	1986-09-06	KCR	@	TEX	Ed Correa	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-		3	6	2	0.181	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); S. Balboni Scores; F. White Scores
20	20	5	1	1986-09-09	KCR		MIN	Mike Smithson	tied 1-1	b 4	0	1--		2	6	5	0.182	78%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. White Scores
21	21	6	1	1986-09-27 (2)	KCR		OAK	José Rijo	behind 1-2	b 1	2	1--		2	5	2	0.191	61%		Home Run (Deep RF); G. Brett Scores
22	22	7	1	1986-09-28	KCR		OAK	Dave Stewart	ahead 3-0	b 4	0	---		1	6	2	0.052	91%		Home Run (Deep RF)
23	23	8	1	1986-10-03	KCR	@	OAK	Joaquín Andújar	tied 1-1	t 4	1	-2-		2	6	2	0.199	72%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. White Scores
1987	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
24	24	1	1	1987-06-02	KCR	@	MIL	Chuck Crim	behind 0-2	t 3	1	---		1	9	2	0.094	37%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	2	1	1987-06-20	KCR	@	CAL	Jack Lazorko	ahead 4-1	t 5	0	---		1	9	2	0.061	89%		Home Run
26	26	3	1	1987-08-22	KCR	@	MIL	Mark Knudson	behind 3-4	t 6	2	123		4	8	2	0.442	83%		Home Run; G. Brett Scores; F. White Scores; S. Balboni Scores
27	27	4	1	1987-08-30	KCR	@	CHW	Richard Dotson	ahead 3-2	t 6	1	12-		3	7	2	0.211	90%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Tartabull Scores; F. White Scores
28	28	5	1	1987-09-25	KCR	@	MIN	Les Straker	behind 1-4	t 5	0	---		1	8	2	0.085	26%		Home Run (Deep CF)
1988	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
29	29	1	1	1988-04-17	KCR	@	DET	Jeff Robinson	behind 1-6	t 6	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	8	2	0.032	7%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF)
30	30	2	1	1988-05-03	KCR	@	BOS	Mike Smithson	ahead 7-3	t 8	1	---	8,(2-2) BBSFFFFX	1	8	2	0.020	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
31	31	3	1	1988-06-29	KCR		CHW	Melido Perez	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	9	2	0.146	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
32	32	4	1	1988-08-06	KCR	@	TOR	Dave Stieb	behind 0-1	t 3	0	---	3,(0-2) CFX	1	9	2	0.116	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
33	33	5	1	1988-08-07	KCR	@	TOR	Jim Clancy	tied 0-0	t 3	1	---	4,(2-1) BCBX	1	8	2	0.119	59%		Home Run (Deep RF)
34	34	6	1	1988-08-28	KCR		MIN	Germán González	ahead 11-3	b 7	2	---	2,(0-1) .SX	1	9	2	0.001	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
35	35	7	1	1988-09-01	KCR	@	MIN	Bert Blyleven	ahead 4-1	t 7	0	---	6,(3-2) CBSBBX	1	8	2	0.046	94%		Home Run (Deep RF)
36	36	8	1	1988-09-04	KCR	@	MIN	Les Straker	behind 1-2	t 5	0	---	7,(3-2) BBSFBFX	1	8	2	0.141	50%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1989	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1989-07-02	OAK	@	CLE	John Farrell	ahead 3-0	t 4	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	3	0.066	88%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep CF-RF)
1990	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
38	38	1	1	1990-07-06 (2)	OAK	@	CLE	Cecilio Guante	ahead 5-0	t 4	0	1--	1,(0-0) X	2	7	2	0.037	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. José Scores
39	39	2	1	1990-07-18 (2)	OAK		CLE	Rod Nichols	ahead 2-0	b 1	2	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	6	2	0.136	86%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. José Scores
40	40	3	1	1990-09-27	OAK	@	TEX	Brad Arnsberg	behind 4-8	t 9	1	1--	2,(1-0) .BX	2	3	PH	0.020	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); D. Lewis Scores
1991	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
41	41	1	1	1991-06-01	OAK	@	CHW	Alex Fernandez	behind 3-4	t 7	2	---	6,(3-2) FCBBBX	1	7	2	0.206	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Quirk Scores
1992	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	1992-04-10	OAK		CHW	Alex Fernandez	ahead 1-0	b 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	6	2	0.097	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line); J. Quirk Scores
43	43	2	1	1992-09-30	OAK		TEX	José Guzmán	behind 1-6	b 7	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	7	2	0.022	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Quirk Scores