Jim French

Richard James French

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 13, 1941 in Warren, OH
School: Ohio University (Athens, OH)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1965
Team: Senators 1965-1971

Final Game: May 14, 1971
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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
1963	21	TEX-min	A	73	259	259		74	19	2	8						.286	.286	.467	.753		121							WRA · MIDW
1964	22	TEX-min	A	135	477	477		129	15	3	10						.270	.270	.377	.648		180							RKM · CARL
1965	23	TEX-min	AA,AAA	127	516	421	61	105	18	2	8	63	6	5	95	44	.249	.388	.359	.746		151		0	0	0			YOR,HAW · EL,PCL
1965	23	WSA	AL	13	46	37	4	11	0	0	1	7	1	0	9	5	.297	.435	.378	.813	136	14	1	0	0	0	1	2
1966	24	TEX-DET-min	AAA	25	78	67	10	17	3	0	3	5	1	1	11	11	.254	.359	.433	.792		29		0	0	0			HAW,SYR · PCL,IL
1966	24	WSA	AL	10	28	24	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	1	4	5	.208	.321	.250	.571	68	6	0	0	0	0	0	2
1967	25	TEX-min	AAA	103	369	316	34	74	12	1	8	27	1	2	48	43	.234	.333	.354	.688		112		0	3	2			HAW · PCL
1967	25	WSA	AL	6	19	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	4	.063	.211	.063	.273	-14	1	0	0	0	0	1	/2
1968	26	TEX-min	AAA	60	217	175	26	46	10	0	11	32	4	1	36	31	.263	.398	.509	.907		89		4	1	1			BFL · IL
1968	26	WSA	AL	59	191	165	9	32	5	0	1	10	1	2	19	19	.194	.277	.242	.519	62	40	1	1	3	3	0	2
1969	27	WSA	AL	63	202	158	14	29	6	3	2	13	1	0	41	15	.184	.348	.297	.646	88	47	0	0	1	2	6	2
1970	28	WSA	AL	69	206	166	20	35	3	1	1	13	0	1	38	23	.211	.358	.259	.617	77	43	5	0	2	0	2	2/7
1971	29	ATL-TEX-min	AAA	59	199	156	23	32	7	1	6	22	1	0	40	25	.205	.365	.378	.744		59		0	2	1			RMD,DEN · IL,AA
1971	29	WSA	AL	14	49	41	6	6	2	0	0	4	0	2	7	7	.146	.271	.195	.466	39	8	3	0	1	0	0	2
7 Yrs				234	741	607	53	119	17	4	5	51	3	6	121	78	.196	.328	.262	.590	75	159	10	1	7	5	10
162 Game Avg.				162	513	420	37	82	12	3	3	35	2	4	84	54	.196	.328	.262	.590	75	110	7	1	5	3	7

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
1965	23	WSA	AL	13	46	4	-0	0	1	1	5	0.6	1	7	0.7	.546	.504	0.6	0.2	6	$	2
1966	24	WSA	AL	10	28	-1	-0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.479	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	2
1967	25	WSA	AL	6	19	-3	0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.4	0	-2	-0.3	.441	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/2
1968	26	WSA	AL	59	191	-8	-1	2	1	3	-4	-0.5	5	2	0.0	.492	.497	0.0	0.4	1	$	2
1969	27	WSA	AL	63	202	-3	0	1	8	3	9	1.0	6	15	1.6	.517	.506	0.7	1.2	7	$	2
1970	28	WSA	AL	69	206	-4	-0	0	3	3	2	0.1	7	8	0.8	.503	.501	0.5	0.6	5	$	2/7
1971	29	WSA	AL	14	49	-2	-1	0	1	1	-1	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.489	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$	2
7 Seasons				234	741	-16	-4	4	12	11	7	0.5	22	29	2.7	.503	.501	1.5	2.5	17	$

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	PwrSpd
1965	23	WSA	AL	46	27	7	7.0	90	.323	.297	.248	.435	.318	.378	.381	.813	.699	136	.732	2.4	0.2	.889	.351	.081	1.0
1966	24	WSA	AL	28	20	2	2.7	89	.263	.208	.247	.321	.314	.250	.381	.571	.695	68	.337	-0.8	-0.1	.450	.167	.042
1967	25	WSA	AL	19	15	0	0.0	81	.083	.063	.239	.211	.307	.063	.358	.273	.666	-14	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.267	.188	.000
1968	26	WSA	AL	191	142	13	2.5	77	.209	.194	.234	.277	.302	.242	.346	.519	.648	62	.343	-6.8	-0.8	.434	.158	.048	1.0
1969	27	WSA	AL	202	132	20	4.1	90	.189	.184	.247	.348	.323	.297	.373	.646	.696	88	.486	-0.4	-0.0	.690	.380	.114	1.3
1970	28	WSA	AL	206	139	17	3.3	93	.239	.211	.252	.358	.325	.259	.385	.617	.710	77	.380	-3.1	-0.3	.584	.271	.048	.0
1971	29	WSA	AL	49	41	2	1.3	86	.176	.146	.247	.271	.318	.195	.366	.466	.684	39	.114	-3.0	-0.3	.325	.171	.049
7 Yrs				741	516	61	3.2	87	.216	.196	.245	.328	.317	.262	.369	.590	.686	75	.396	-13.9	-1.5	.552	.260	.066	3.8
162 Game Avg.				513	357	42	3.2	87	.216	.196	.245	.328	.317	.262	.369	.590	.686	75	.396	-13.9	-1.5	.552	.260	.066	3

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1965	23	WSA	AL	46	2.2%	10.9%	19.6%	2.2%	9%	0.56	7.4	37.0	5.3	2.17	67%
1966	24	WSA	AL	28	0.0%	17.9%	14.3%	3.6%	20%	1.25	4.8		8.0	1.33	68%
1967	25	WSA	AL	19	0.0%	21.1%	15.8%	0.0%	0%	1.33	4.0		16.0	1.20	63%
1968	26	WSA	AL	191	0.5%	10.0%	10.0%	3.1%	19%	1.00	8.7	165.0	16.5	1.43	77%
1969	27	WSA	AL	202	1.0%	7.4%	20.3%	5.5%	38%	0.37	10.5	79.0	12.2	0.95	71%
1970	28	WSA	AL	206	0.5%	11.2%	18.5%	2.4%	14%	0.61	7.2	166.0	12.8	1.42	69%
1971	29	WSA	AL	49	0.0%	14.3%	14.3%	4.1%	33%	1.00	5.9		10.3	1.91	69%
7 Yrs				741	0.7%	10.5%	16.3%	3.5%	22%	0.64	7.8	121.4	11.9	1.32	71%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.3%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.83	5.8	43.4	9.2	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1965	23	WSA	AL	2.4	0.2	47	0.5	0.9	-0.4	.85	0.5	-0.0	7.0	0.7	0.96	5.9		0
1966	24	WSA	AL	-0.8	-0.1	29	-0.0	0.4	-0.5	1.06	-0.1	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.88	-1.1		0
1967	25	WSA	AL	-2.2	-0.2	19	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.97	-0.3	0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.82	-2.1		0
1968	26	WSA	AL	-7.0	-0.8	196	-0.7	2.9	-3.6	1.13	-0.4	-0.2	-7.8	-0.9	0.98	-5.7	1.48	8
1969	27	WSA	AL	-0.4	-0.0	206	0.5	3.8	-3.3	1.11	0.3	0.2	0.4	0.0	0.97	0.9		0
1970	28	WSA	AL	-3.1	-0.3	208	0.5	3.7	-3.2	1.09	-0.2	0.7	0.0	0.0	1.02	-2.2	1.58	7
1971	29	WSA	AL	-3.0	-0.3	51	-0.8	0.6	-1.4	1.19	-0.4	-0.3	-5.4	-0.6	1.02	-3.4		0
7 Yrs				-14.1	-1.6	756	-0.3	12.4	-12.7	1.09	-0.6	0.3	-8.5	-1.1	0.98	-7.6	1.53	15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1965	23	WSA	AL	3	16%	35	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	25%	5	4	1	0	0	0	3	2	1
1966	24	WSA	AL	0	0%	8	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	25	WSA	AL	0	0%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	26	WSA	AL	1	16%	79	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	2	4	31%	8	5	3	3	3	0	5	3	2
1969	27	WSA	AL	2	18%	74	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0	2	5	47%	11	5	5	3	1	1	3	1	2
1970	28	WSA	AL	1	26%	92	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	4	3	37%	12	8	3	1	1	0	6	1	4
1971	29	WSA	AL	2	46%	18	0	2	0%	0	1	1	1	1	0	1	29%	4	3	1	2	1	1	1	1	0
7 Yrs				9	20%	312	3	6	33%	3	5	1	3	1	9	14	36%	40	25	13	9	6	2	18	8	9

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
1965	23	WSA	AL	46	89%	11			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		9	1	11%	4	3	75%	27	7	26%	2	2	100%	2	2	100%	0
1966	24	WSA	AL	28	96%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	1	50%	13	3	23%	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	0
1967	25	WSA	AL	19	95%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	9	1	11%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1968	26	WSA	AL	191	87%	32			8	1	0	0	1.48	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	100%	40	1	3%	25	7	28%	113	9	8%	14	6	43%	3	1	33%	0
1969	27	WSA	AL	202	92%	29			0	0	0	0		2	0	8	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	33	0	0%	10	5	50%	124	12	10%	10	5	50%	3	1	33%	0
1970	28	WSA	AL	206	84%	35			7	1	0	0	1.58	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	2	67%	57	5	9%	16	6	38%	143	12	8%	8	5	63%	8	5	63%	0
1971	29	WSA	AL	49	96%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	18	3	17%	12	3	25%	36	4	11%	5	2	40%	4	3	75%	0
7 Yrs				741	89%	119			15	2	0	0	1.53	5	0	20	5	0	2	3	0	9	7	78%	161	10	6%	71	26	37%	465	48	10%	42	23	55%	22	12	55%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

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
1965	23	13	46	37	4	11	0	0	1	7	1	0	9	5	.297	.435	.378	.813	136	14	1	0	0	0	1
1966	24	23	74	61	4	16	1	0	1	10	1	1	13	10	.262	.392	.328	.720	110	20	1	0	0	0	1
1967	25	29	93	77	4	17	1	0	1	11	1	1	16	14	.221	.355	.273	.628	85	21	1	0	0	0	2
1968	26	88	284	242	13	49	6	0	2	21	2	3	35	33	.202	.302	.252	.555	70	61	2	1	3	3	2
1969	27	151	486	400	27	78	12	3	4	34	3	3	76	48	.195	.322	.270	.592	77	108	2	1	4	5	8
1970	28	220	692	566	47	113	15	4	5	47	3	4	114	71	.200	.332	.267	.599	77	151	7	1	6	5	10
1971	29	234	741	607	53	119	17	4	5	51	3	6	121	78	.196	.328	.262	.590	75	159	10	1	7	5	10

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1965	23	13	48	38	5	12	0	0	1	8	1	10	5	.316	.458	.395	.853	7	13
1966	24	10	28	24	0	5	1	0	0	3	0	4	5	.208	.321	.250	.571	2	10
1967	25	6	19	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	.000	.158	.000	.158	0	6
1968	26	59	201	171	12	38	6	0	1	14	1	23	19	.222	.313	.275	.588	15	59
1969	27	63	209	161	16	32	7	3	2	15	1	45	15	.199	.370	.317	.687	19	63
1970	28	69	210	168	22	37	3	1	1	14	0	40	23	.220	.370	.268	.638	17	69
1971	29	14	51	42	8	7	2	0	0	6	0	8	7	.167	.300	.214	.514	3	14
7 Yrs		234	766	620	63	131	19	4	5	60	3	133	78	.211	.349	.279	.628	63	234
162 Game Avg.		162	530	429	44	91	13	3	3	42	2	92	54	.211	.349	.279	.628	44	234

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