Jim Fanning
William James Fanning
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 14, 1927 in Chicago, IL
High School: Moneta (Moneta, IA)
School: Buena Vista University
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1954
Final Game: September 29, 1957
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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
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 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 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
4 Seasons 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

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
1954 26 CHC NL 39 35 1 0.8 110 .226 .184 .275 .205 .347 .184 .426 .389 .772 2 .034 -5.6 -0.6 .229 .026 .000
1955 27 CHC NL 11 11 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .265 .091 .336 .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 .744 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 .744 16 .102 -10.6 -1.1 .303 .067 .022
4 Seasons 149 127 5 1.1 104 .209 .170 .269 .209 .335 .184 .418 .394 .753 7 .062 -19.1 -2.0 .262 .057 .014
162 Game Avg. 377 321 13 1.1 104 .209 .170 .269 .209 .335 .184 .418 .394 .753 7 .062 -19.1 -2.0 .262 .057 .014

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
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 1.24 76%
4 Seasons 149 0.0% 17.5% 4.0% 1.3% 8% 4.33 5.4 28.2 1.08 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
1954 26 CHC NL 1 0 25% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1955 27 CHC NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 29 CHC NL 3 0 14% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 25% 5 5 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
4 Seasons 4 0 16% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 30% 6 6 0 3 1 2 1 0 1
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
1954 26 CHC NL 30 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 3 0 0% 9
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
1957 29 CHC NL 79 34% 16 10 1 0 0 1.29 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 13 3 23% 3 2 67% 44 2 5% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 16
4 Seasons 120 29% 24 10 1 0 0 1.29 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 24 9 38% 6 2 33% 71 3 4% 2 1 50% 5 1 20% 25
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
1954 26 11 39 38 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 7 .184 .205 .184 .389 2 7 4 0 0 0
1955 27 16 50 48 2 7 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .146 .180 .146 .326 -13 7 5 0 0 0 0
1956 28 17 54 52 2 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 9 .154 .185 .154 .339 -10 8 6 0 0 0 0
1957 29 64 149 141 5 24 2 0 0 5 0 0 6 26 .170 .209 .184 .394 7 26 9 1 1 0 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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1954 26 12 40 39 1 6 0 0 0 1 0 1 7 .154 .175 .154 .329 1 11
1955 27 5 12 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 5
1956 28 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1957 29 49 98 93 3 17 2 0 0 5 0 4 18 .183 .224 .204 .429 4 47
4 Seasons 67 154 147 4 23 2 0 0 6 0 6 27 .156 .195 .170 .365 5 64
162 Game Avg. 162 372 355 10 56 5 0 0 15 0 15 65 .156 .195 .170 .365 12 64

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