Jim Foor

James Emerson Foor

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 13, 1949 in St. Louis, MO
High School: McCluer HS (Florissant, MO)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 1st round (15th pick) of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1971
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Pirates 1971-1973

Final Game: September 27, 1973
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1967	18	DET-min	A	3	6	.333	2.59	13	10					66.0	51	25	19	3	46		58						1.470	7.0	0.4	6.3	7.9	1.26	LAK · FLOR
1968	19	DET-min	AA	4	1	.800	1.91	17	2					33.0	23	10	7	0	19		33						1.273	6.3	0.0	5.2	9.0	1.74	MTG · SOUL
1969	20	DET-min	AA	2	4	.333	3.72	13	12				0	75.0	79	41	31	8	46		68						1.667	9.5	1.0	5.5	8.2	1.48	MTG · SOUL
1970	21	DET-min	AA,A	11	6	.647	1.93	25	20				1	163.0	111	47	35	6	60		7						1.049	6.1	0.3	3.3	0.4	0.12	MTG,LAK · SOUL,FLOR
1971	22	DET-min	AAA	7	10	.412	3.88	39	22		7	2	2	153.0	145	85	66	10	70	2	119	13	0	11			1.405	8.5	0.6	4.1	7.0	1.70	TOL · IL
1971	22	DET	AL	0	0		18.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	4	0	2	0	0	0	9	29	6.000	18.0	0.0	36.0	18.0	0.50
1972	23	DET-min	AAA	9	8	.529	2.94	22	22		7	3	0	147.0	141	60	48	8	50	5	141	3	1	7			1.299	8.6	0.5	3.1	8.6	2.82	TOL · IL
1972	23	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	14.73	7	0	1	0	0	0	3.2	6	6	6	1	6	1	2	0	0	1	23	24	3.273	14.7	2.5	14.7	4.9	0.33
1973	24	PIT-min	AAA	4	4	.500	3.58	40	6		4	2	7	83.0	65	40	33	3	47	6	69	4	0	3			1.349	7.0	0.3	5.1	7.5	1.47	CHL · IL
1973	24	PIT	NL	0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	8		2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00
1974	25	KCR-min	AAA	11	4	.733	4.01	50	0		0	0	7	74.0	75	38	33	9	45	10	63	5	0	7			1.622	9.1	1.1	5.5	7.7	1.40	OMA · AA
1975	26	STL-min	AAA	4	2	.667	2.91	31	0		0	0	3	34.0	33	11	11	0	14	1	21	0	0	0			1.382	8.7	0.0	3.7	5.6	1.50	TUL · AA
1976	27	OAK-min	AAA	1	2	.333	4.06	26	0		0	0	3	51.0	59	27	23	5	20	2	25	1	1	0			1.549	10.4	0.9	3.5	4.4	1.25	TUC · PCL
3 Yrs				1	0	1.000	12.00	13	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	10	8	8	1	11	2	5	0	0	1	40	34	3.500	15.0	1.5	16.5	7.5	0.45
162 Game Avg.				5	0	1.000	12.00	68	0	10	0	0	0	31	52	42	42	5	58	10	26	0	0	5	209	34	3.500	15.0	1.5	16.5	7.5	0.45

DET (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	15.43	10	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	8	8	8	1	10	1	4	0	0	1	32	25	3.857	15.4	1.9	19.3	7.7	0.40
PIT (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	8		2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00

AL (2 yrs)				1	0	1.000	15.43	10	0	2	0	0	0	4.2	8	8	8	1	10	1	4	0	0	1	32	25	3.857	15.4	1.9	19.3	7.7	0.40
NL (1 yr)				0	0		0.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.1	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	8		2.250	13.5	0.0	6.8	6.8	1.00

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1971	22	DET	AL	1.0	3	0	2	18.00	7.53	-0.04	-0.32	93.3	6.77	-1	-0.1	2.5	-0.1	-0.2	-1	.454	.499	$
1972	23	DET	AL	3.2	7	0	6	14.73	4.35	0.06	-0.19	104.8	4.30	-4	-0.5	.9	0.0	-0.4	-4	.429	.497	$9,300
1973	24	PIT	NL	1.1	3	0	0	0.00	4.85	-0.16	-0.40	97.5	4.50	1	0.1	1.4	0.0	0.1	1	.525	.500	$
3 Seasons				6.0	13	0	8	12.00	4.99	-0.01	-0.26	101.3	4.76	-5	-0.6	1.3	-0.1	-0.5	-4	.457	.499	$9,300

DET (2 yrs)				4.2	10	0	8	15.43	5.04	0.04	-0.22	102.3	4.83	-5	-0.6	1.3	-0.1	-0.6	-5	.437	.498	$9,300
PIT (1 yr)				1.1	3	0	0	0.00	4.85	-0.16	-0.40	97.5	4.50	1	0.1	1.4	0.0	0.1	1	.525	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1971	22	DET	AL	3	9	5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	2	.400	.667	.400	1.067	.667	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	23	DET	AL	7	23	17	6	6	0	1	1	0	0	6	2	.353	.522	.647	1.169	.357	11	0	0	0	0	1	0
1973	24	PIT	NL	3	8	7	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.429	.804	.333	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
3 Yrs				13	40	29	8	10	1	1	1	0	0	11	5	.345	.525	.552	1.077	.391	16	0	0	0	0	2	1
162 Game Avg.				68	209	152	42	52	5	5	5	0	0	58	26	.345	.525	.552	1.077	.391	84	0	0	0	0	10	5
MLB Averages																.250	.318	.366	.684	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1971	22	DET	AL	-1.2	-0.1	9	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	.83	-0.2	-0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.83	-1.8	2	0	0
1972	23	DET	AL	-4.1	-0.4	24	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.46	-0.3	-0.3	-5.1	-0.5	0.46	-3.7	1	2	3
1973	24	PIT	NL	0.7	0.1	8	0.1	0.1	-0.0	1.08	-0.0	0.1	0.6	0.1	1.08	-0.2	1	0	2
3 Yrs				-4.6	-0.5	41	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.66	-0.5	-0.2	-7.7	-0.8	0.66	-5.7	4	2	5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	<3o	Out/GR
1971	22	DET	AL	3	3	1	0	0	4	1	25%	8	.833	2	0	0	0	2	1	2	1	2	1.0
1972	23	DET	AL	7	7	1	1	1	5	1	20%	7	.458	1	2	3	1	0	6	3	4	4	1.6
1973	24	PIT	NL	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0%	3	1.083	1	0	2	0	1	2	2	1	2	1.3
3 Yrs				13	13	2	1	1	11	2	18%		.667	4	2	5	1	3	9	7	6	8	1.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1971	22	DET	AL	9	22%	0.0%	22.2%	44.4%	0.0%	0%	0.00	33%	5	0	0%
1972	23	DET	AL	23	52%	4.4%	8.7%	26.1%	8.7%	33%	1.25	61%	6	0	0%
1973	24	PIT	NL	8	38%	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	12.5%	50%	2.00	75%	1	0	0%
3 Yrs				40	43%	2.5%	12.5%	27.5%	7.5%	30%	1.17	58%	12	0	0%
MLB Averages					45%	2.0%	14.3%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.11	74%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1971	22	DET	AL	9	2			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1	50%	0	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	23	DET	AL	23	6			1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0%	0	1	0	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1973	24	PIT	NL	8	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				40	10			1	0	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	33%	1	1	0	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1971	22	0		18.00	3	1	1.0	2	2	2	0	4	0	2	0	9	29	6.000	18.0	0.0	36.0	18.0	0.50	29
1972	23	1	1.000	15.43	10	2	4.2	8	8	8	1	10	1	4	1	32	25	3.857	15.4	1.9	19.3	7.7	0.40	25
1973	24	1	1.000	12.00	13	2	6.0	10	8	8	1	11	2	5	1	40	34	3.500	15.0	1.5	16.5	7.5	0.45	34

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1971	22	18.00	1.0	2	2	2	0	4	2	6.000	18.0	36.0	18.0	0.50	0.0	3
1972	23	24.00	3.0	7	9	8	1	7	2	4.667	21.0	21.0	6.0	0.29	3.0	7
1973	24	0.00	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	1	1.500	9.0	4.5	4.5	1.00	0.0	3
3 Yrs		15.00	6.0	11	11	10	1	12	5	3.833	16.5		7.5	0.42	1.5	13

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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