Jim Fairey
James Burke Fairey
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 22, 1944 in Orangeburg, SC
School: Erskine College
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1968
Final Game: September 26, 1973
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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
1968 23 LAD NL 99 166 156 17 31 3 3 1 10 1 1 9 32 .199 .241 .276 .517 61 43 2 0 0 1 0 79/8
1969 24 MON NL 20 51 49 6 14 1 0 1 6 0 2 1 7 .286 .300 .367 .667 87 18 2 0 1 0 0 8
1970 25 MON NL 92 231 211 35 51 9 3 3 25 1 3 14 38 .242 .293 .355 .648 74 75 5 2 2 2 4 78/9
1971 26 MON NL 92 220 200 19 49 8 1 1 19 3 3 12 23 .245 .285 .310 .595 69 62 2 0 6 2 5 7/89
1972 27 MON NL 86 153 141 9 33 7 0 1 15 1 3 10 21 .234 .285 .305 .590 67 43 1 0 2 0 2 79/8
1973 28 LAD NL 10 10 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .222 .300 .222 .522 49 2 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 399 831 766 86 180 28 7 7 75 6 12 47 122 .235 .279 .317 .597 70 243 12 2 11 5 11
162 Game Avg. 162 337 311 35 73 11 3 3 30 2 5 19 50 .235 .279 .317 .597 70 99 5 1 4 2 4
MON (4 yrs) 290 655 601 69 147 25 4 6 65 5 11 37 89 .245 .289 .329 .618 72 198 10 2 11 4 11
LAD (2 yrs) 109 176 165 17 33 3 3 1 10 1 1 10 33 .200 .244 .273 .517 60 45 2 0 0 1 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
1968 23 LAD NL 166 129 10 2.1 75 .242 .199 .243 .241 .300 .276 .342 .517 .642 61 .274 -7.7 -0.9 .406 .135 .077 1.0
1969 24 MON NL 51 40 4 2.7 94 .317 .286 .259 .300 .330 .367 .384 .667 .714 87 .308 -1.2 -0.1 .436 .061 .082 .0
1970 25 MON NL 231 172 21 3.3 103 .279 .242 .266 .293 .338 .355 .406 .648 .744 74 .346 -8.3 -0.8 .530 .171 .114 1.5
1971 26 MON NL 220 164 18 3.0 92 .270 .245 .260 .285 .326 .310 .380 .595 .706 69 .357 -8.3 -0.9 .474 .125 .065 1.5
1972 27 MON NL 153 114 12 2.8 92 .269 .234 .258 .285 .326 .305 .381 .590 .707 67 .343 -6.2 -0.7 .455 .128 .071 1.0
1973 28 LAD NL 10 7 1 3.9 94 .250 .222 .259 .300 .328 .222 .385 .522 .713 49 .452 -0.6 -0.1 .429 .111 .000
6 Seasons 831 626 66 2.8 92 .269 .235 .258 .279 .324 .317 .380 .597 .704 70 .334 -32.2 -3.5 .469 .136 .082 6.5
162 Game Avg. 337 254 27 2.8 92 .269 .235 .258 .279 .324 .317 .380 .597 .704 70 .334 -32.2 -3.5 .469 .136 .082 3
MON (4 yrs) 655 490 55 3.0 96 .276 .245 .261 .289 .331 .329 .390 .618 .720 72 .346 -23.9 -2.5 .486 .136 .085 5.5
LAD (2 yrs) 176 136 11 2.2 76 .242 .200 .244 .244 .301 .273 .345 .517 .646 60 .285 -8.3 -1.0 .407 .133 .073 1.0

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
1968 23 LAD NL 166 0.6% 19.3% 5.4% 4.2% 23% 3.56 4.9 156.0 15.6 0.90 75%
1969 24 MON NL 51 2.0% 13.7% 2.0% 3.9% 14% 7.00 7.0 49.0 8.2 1.07 80%
1970 25 MON NL 231 1.3% 16.5% 6.1% 6.5% 29% 2.71 5.6 70.3 8.4 1.17 74%
1971 26 MON NL 220 0.5% 10.5% 5.5% 4.6% 20% 1.92 8.7 200.0 10.5 1.33 81%
1972 27 MON NL 153 0.7% 13.7% 6.5% 5.2% 24% 2.10 6.7 141.0 9.4 1.20 78%
1973 28 LAD NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 9.0 0.20 80%
6 Seasons 831 0.8% 14.7% 5.7% 5.1% 23% 2.60 6.3 109.4 10.2 1.13 77%
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
1968 23 LAD NL 2 0 41% 69 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 50% 9 4 5 1 0 1 4 3 1
1969 24 MON NL 1 0 36% 22 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 40% 1 0 1 3 1 1 1 1 0
1970 25 MON NL 8 0 50% 72 1 3 25% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 72% 9 3 5 4 1 3 16 3 13
1971 26 MON NL 5 0 30% 79 3 3 50% 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 6 39% 12 8 4 3 1 2 8 4 3
1972 27 MON NL 3 0 19% 46 1 3 25% 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 38% 5 3 2 0 0 0 3 1 1
1973 28 LAD NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 19 0 36% 291 6 12 33% 6 8 0 2 0 2 1 0 11 18 53% 36 18 17 11 3 7 32 12 18
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
1968 23 LAD NL 163 93% 31 36 8 1 2 1.57 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0% 23 2 9% 9 2 22% 92 9 10% 9 5 56% 8 5 63% 3
1969 24 MON NL 51 100% 14 11 2 0 0 1.37 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 11 2 18% 6 1 17% 29 5 17% 5 2 40% 3 2 67% 0
1970 25 MON NL 231 97% 51 37 14 1 7 1.44 3 0 8 3 0 2 1 0 2 2 100% 46 5 11% 19 5 26% 163 23 14% 16 7 44% 11 2 18% 0
1971 26 MON NL 220 99% 49 36 11 0 3 1.18 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 7 6 86% 42 2 5% 22 14 64% 151 21 14% 11 6 55% 19 7 37% 0
1972 27 MON NL 153 97% 33 55 10 0 5 1.45 1 0 7 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 33 1 3% 15 3 20% 103 15 15% 7 4 57% 8 2 25% 0
1973 28 LAD NL 10 90% 2 9 2 0 0 1.33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
6 Seasons 828 97% 180 184 47 2 17 1.41 7 0 28 7 0 5 2 0 14 11 79% 156 12 8% 71 25 35% 541 73 13% 48 24 50% 51 18 35% 3
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
1968 23 99 166 156 17 31 3 3 1 10 1 1 9 32 .199 .241 .276 .517 61 43 2 0 0 1 0
1969 24 119 217 205 23 45 4 3 2 16 1 3 10 39 .220 .255 .298 .552 67 61 4 0 1 1 0
1970 25 211 448 416 58 96 13 6 5 41 2 6 24 77 .231 .274 .327 .601 71 136 9 2 3 3 4
1971 26 303 668 616 77 145 21 7 6 60 5 9 36 100 .235 .278 .321 .599 70 198 11 2 9 5 9
1972 27 389 821 757 86 178 28 7 7 75 6 12 46 121 .235 .279 .318 .597 70 241 12 2 11 5 11
1973 28 399 831 766 86 180 28 7 7 75 6 12 47 122 .235 .279 .317 .597 70 243 12 2 11 5 11

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1968 23 98 171 160 23 36 3 3 1 13 1 10 32 .225 .269 .300 .569 14 99
1969 24 20 48 47 6 12 1 0 1 6 0 1 7 .255 .271 .340 .611 4 20
1970 25 92 226 209 34 49 9 3 3 24 1 13 38 .234 .283 .349 .632 20 92
1971 26 92 218 203 21 52 8 1 1 21 3 13 23 .256 .298 .320 .618 20 92
1972 27 90 160 149 10 36 8 0 1 17 1 11 22 .242 .294 .315 .609 14 86
1973 28 10 12 10 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .300 .417 .300 .717 1 10
6 Seasons 402 835 778 94 188 29 7 7 81 6 50 123 .242 .287 .324 .611 73 399
162 Game Avg. 162 336 314 38 76 12 3 3 33 2 20 50 .242 .287 .324 .611 29 399

* 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.

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