Jim French
Richard James French
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7" , Weight: 182 lb.

Born: August 13, 1941 in Warren, OH
School: Ohio University
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1965
Final Game: May 14, 1971
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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
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 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 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 WSA AL 59 191 165 9 32 5 0 1 10 1 2 19 19 .194 .277 .242 .519 61 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 WSA AL 14 49 41 6 6 2 0 0 4 0 2 7 7 .146 .271 .195 .466 38 8 3 0 1 0 0 2
7 Seasons 234 741 607 53 119 17 4 5 51 3 6 121 78 .196 .328 .262 .590 74 159 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 74 110 7 1 5 3 7

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
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 .665 -14 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .267 .188 .000
1968 26 WSA AL 191 142 13 2.5 77 .209 .194 .235 .277 .303 .242 .347 .519 .651 61 .343 -7.0 -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 -0.3 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 87 .176 .146 .248 .271 .319 .195 .368 .466 .687 38 .114 -3.0 -0.3 .325 .171 .049
7 Seasons 741 516 61 3.2 87 .216 .196 .245 .328 .317 .262 .369 .590 .687 74 .395 -14.1 -1.5 .552 .260 .066 3.8
162 Game Avg. 513 357 42 3.2 87 .216 .196 .245 .328 .317 .262 .369 .590 .687 74 .395 -14.1 -1.5 .552 .260 .066 3

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
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 Seasons 741 0.7% 10.5% 16.3% 3.5% 22% 0.64 7.8 121.4 11.9 1.32 71%
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
1965 23 WSA AL 3 0 16% 35 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 25% 5 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
1966 24 WSA AL 0 0 0% 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 25 WSA AL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 26 WSA AL 1 0 16% 79 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 31% 8 5 3 3 3 0 5 3 2
1969 27 WSA AL 2 0 18% 74 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 5 47% 11 5 5 3 1 1 3 1 2
1970 28 WSA AL 1 0 26% 92 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 37% 12 8 3 1 1 0 6 1 4
1971 29 WSA AL 2 0 46% 18 0 2 0% 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 29% 4 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
7 Seasons 9 0 20% 312 3 6 33% 3 5 0 0 0 1 3 1 9 14 36% 40 25 13 9 6 2 18 8 9
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
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% 5 3 60% 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% 3 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 1.83 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 40 1 3% 25 7 28% 113 9 8% 14 6 43% 12 3 25% 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% 6 2 33% 0
1970 28 WSA AL 206 84% 35 7 1 0 0 1.69 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 3 2 67% 57 5 9% 16 6 38% 143 12 8% 8 5 63% 9 4 44% 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% 3 0 0% 0
7 Seasons 741 89% 119 15 2 0 0 1.77 5 0 20 5 0 2 3 0 9 7 78% 161 10 6% 71 26 37% 465 48 10% 42 23 55% 39 12 31% 0
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
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 69 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 74 159 10 1 7 5 10

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
1965 23 13 50 39 5 13 0 0 1 8 1 11 5 .333 .480 .410 .890 8 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 59 202 174 12 41 6 0 1 14 1 24 19 .236 .327 .287 .614 17 59
1969 27 63 218 165 16 36 7 4 2 15 1 51 15 .218 .399 .345 .745 23 63
1970 28 69 214 171 22 40 3 1 1 14 0 43 23 .234 .388 .281 .669 19 69
1971 29 14 48 41 7 6 2 0 0 5 0 7 7 .146 .271 .195 .466 2 14
7 Seasons 234 779 630 62 141 19 5 5 59 3 143 78 .224 .366 .294 .660 71 234
162 Game Avg. 162 539 436 43 98 13 3 3 41 2 99 54 .224 .366 .294 .660 49 234

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3544), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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