Jim Fanning

William James Fanning

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 14, 1927 in Chicago, IL
High School: Moneta HS (Moneta, IA)
School: Buena Vista University (Storm Lake, IA)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1954
Team: Cubs 1954-1957

Final Game: September 29, 1957
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Standard Batting

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
1950	22	CHC-min	B,A,C	58	135	135		38	3	1	3						.281	.281	.385	.667		52							RKH,DMO,SPG · TRIS,WL,WA
1951	23	CHC-min	AA,A	80	244	244		67	14	0	5						.275	.275	.393	.668		96							NVL,DMO · SOUA,WL
1952	24	CHC-min	B,A,AAA	49	137	137		27	7	0	1						.197	.197	.270	.467		37							GBO,DMO,SPF · CARL,WL,IL
1953	25	CHC-min	B	120	456	456		124	26	5	16						.272	.272	.456	.728		208							CDR · IIIL
1954	26	CHC-min	AA	93	352	322	85	98	16	2	7	48	1	3	20	30	.304	.345	.432	.777		139		1	7	2			BMT · TL
1954	26	CHC	NL	11	39	38	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.184	.205	.184	.389	2	7	4	0	0	0		2
1955	27	CHC-min	Opn	88	249	234	13	53	4	1	4	27	2		7	27	.226	.251	.303	.554		71	10	1	6	1			LOS · PCL
1955	27	CHC	NL	5	11	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.091	.000	.091	-73	0	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1956	28	CHC-min	AA,Opn	107	371	338	42	96	15	1	7	40	0	2	27	19	.284	.336	.396	.732		134	1	1	2	3			TUL,LOS · TL,PCL
1956	28	CHC	NL	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	36	1	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1957	29	CHC	NL	47	95	89	3	16	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	17	.180	.223	.202	.426	16	18	3	1	1	0	1	2
1958	30	PHI-CHC-min	AA,AAA	84	253	233	15	54	8	0	3	26	0	0	12	24	.232	.270	.305	.575		71	1	1	5	2			TUL,FTW,POR · TL,PCL
1959	31	CHC-min	AAA	41	104	96	5	21	4	0	0	5	1		4	8	.219	.245	.260	.506		25		0	2	2	0		FTW,DAL · AA
1960	32	OAK-min	AAA	14	27	27	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222		3							DFW · AA
1961	33	ATL-min	C	25	76	76		18	3	0	1						.237	.237	.316	.553		24							EAU · NORL
4 Yrs				64	149	141	5	24	2	0	0	5	0	0	6	26	.170	.209	.184	.394	7	26	9	1	1	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	377	357	13	61	5	0	0	13	0	0	15	66	.170	.209	.184	.394	7	66	23	3	3	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1954	26	CHC	NL	11	39	-5	0	-1	-1	0	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.5	.440	.496	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	2
1955	27	CHC	NL	5	11	-2	-0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.444	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2
1956	28	CHC	NL	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1957	29	CHC	NL	47	95	-8	-1	-1	2	1	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.4	.485	.496	-0.6	0.3	-5	$	2
4 Seasons				64	149	-15	-1	-2	1	2	-15	-1.7	5	-10	-1.1	.475	.497	-1.2	0.3	-11	$

Advanced Batting

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
1954	26	CHC	NL	39	35	1	0.8	110	.226	.184	.275	.205	.347	.184	.426	.389	.773	2	.034	-5.6	-0.6	.229	.026	.000
1955	27	CHC	NL	11	11	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.266	.091	.337	.000	.420	.091	.757	-73	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.091	.100	.000
1956	28	CHC	NL	4	4	0	0.0	102	.250	.250	.263	.250	.330	.250	.415	.500	.745	36	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.250	.000	.000
1957	29	CHC	NL	95	77	4	1.4	102	.222	.180	.267	.223	.331	.202	.414	.426	.745	16	.102	-10.6	-1.1	.303	.067	.022
4 Yrs				149	127	5	1.1	104	.209	.170	.269	.209	.335	.184	.418	.394	.753	7	.062	-19.2	-1.9	.262	.057	.014
162 Game Avg.				377	321	13	1.1	104	.209	.170	.269	.209	.335	.184	.418	.394	.753	7	.062	-19.2	-1.9	.262	.057	.014

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	26	CHC	NL	39	0.0%	18.0%	2.6%	0.0%	0%	7.00	5.4		38.0	0.62	79%
1955	27	CHC	NL	11	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	0.0%		2.00	5.0			2.00	73%
1956	28	CHC	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1957	29	CHC	NL	95	0.0%	17.9%	4.2%	2.1%	13%	4.25	5.2		22.3	1.12	76%
4 Yrs				149	0.0%	17.5%	4.0%	1.3%	8%	4.33	5.4		28.2	1.02	77%
MLB Averages					2.3%	11.7%	9.2%	6.6%	29%	1.26	7.6	38.8	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	26	CHC	NL	-5.6	-0.6	30	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	1.38	-0.4	-0.0	-3.7	-0.4	0.98	-4.5		0
1955	27	CHC	NL	-2.6	-0.3	11	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.98	-0.2	-0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.94	-2.7		0
1956	28	CHC	NL	-0.4	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1957	29	CHC	NL	-10.6	-1.1	92	-0.7	0.8	-1.6	.96	-0.9	0.1	-9.2	-0.9	0.90	-9.4	1.21	11
4 Yrs				-19.2	-1.9	133	-1.6	1.2	-2.8	1.05	-1.5	0.0	-15.6	-1.6	0.92	-16.6	1.21	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1954	26	CHC	NL	1	25%	8	0	0	0	50%	1	1	1	0	1	0	0
1955	27	CHC	NL	0	0%	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	28	CHC	NL		0%	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	29	CHC	NL	4	14%	23	1	1	1	22%	6	5	2	1	1	1	1
4 Yrs				5	16%	35	1	1	1	27%	7	6	3	1	2	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1954	26	CHC	NL	39	17%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	9	4	44%	2	0	0%	20	1	5%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	27	CHC	NL	11	27%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	28	CHC	NL	4		1				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1957	29	CHC	NL	95	32%	16			11	1	0	0	1.21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	3	23%	3	2	67%	52	4	8%	2	1	50%	3	3	100%	0
4 Yrs				149	28%	24			11	1	0	0	1.21	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	24	9	38%	6	2	33%	79	5	6%	2	1	50%	3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			80%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1954	26	11	39	38	2	7	0	1	1	7	.184	.205	.184	.389	2	7	4	0	0
1955	27	16	50	48	2	7	0	1	2	9	.146	.180	.146	.326	-13	7	5	0	0	0
1956	28	17	54	52	2	8	0	1	2	9	.154	.185	.154	.339	-10	8	6	0	0	0
1957	29	64	149	141	5	24	2	5	6	26	.170	.209	.184	.394	7	26	9	1	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	26	12	40	39	1	6	0	1	1	7	.154	.175	.154	.329	1	11
1955	27	5	12	11	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	5
1956	28	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1957	29	49	99	93	3	17	2	4	4	18	.183	.224	.204	.429	4	47
4 Yrs		67	155	147	4	23	2	5	6	27	.156	.195	.170	.365	5	64
162 Game Avg.		162	375	355	10	56	5	12	15	65	.156	.195	.170	.365	12	64

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