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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1965 WSA AL 23 C 13 12 12 109.1 78 68 8 2 0 .974 1 11 6.26 5.85 .988 6.96 6.94 1 2 4 4 50% 34% 0
1966 WSA AL 24 C 10 8 6 69.0 48 45 2 1 0 .979 -1 -17 6.13 4.70 .988 6.86 6.85 1 5 6 3 33% 38% 0
1967 WSA AL 25 C 6 5 4 44.0 31 28 2 1 0 .968 -1 -27 6.14 5.00 .989 7.22 7.23 0 1 6 1 14% 41% 0
1968 WSA AL 26 C 53 47 42 436.1 315 268 42 5 2 .984 1 3 6.39 5.85 .990 6.97 6.94 6 15 31 22 42% 37% 0
1969 WSA AL 27 C 63 56 39 489.0 364 316 44 4 8 .989 8 20 6.63 5.71 .987 6.65 6.65 2 22 31 31 50% 36% 3
1970 WSA AL 28 C 62 52 35 444.1 298 267 23 8 4 .973 3 8 5.87 4.68 .988 6.65 6.62 5 16 16 20 56% 39% 2
1970 WSA AL 28 LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1970 WSA AL 28 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1971 WSA AL 29 C 14 13 11 115.1 68 60 7 1 2 .985 1 10 5.23 4.79 .988 6.37 6.34 1 2 4 4 50% 39% 1
7 Seasons C 221 193 149 1707.1 1202 1052 128 22 16 .982 12 8 6.22 5.34 .988 6.76 6.73 16 63 98 85 46% 37% 6
1 Season OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.10
1 Season LF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
7 Seasons TOT 222 193 149 1708.1 1202 1052 128 22 16 .982 12 8 6.22 5.32 .988 6.75 6.71 16 63 98 85 46% 37% 6
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1965 WSA AL 23 C 1 11 1
1966 WSA AL 24 C -1 -17 -1
1967 WSA AL 25 C -1 -27 -1
1968 WSA AL 26 C 1 3 1
1969 WSA AL 27 C 8 20 8
1970 WSA AL 28 C 3 8 3
1970 WSA AL 28 LF 0 0 0 0 0
1971 WSA AL 29 C 1 10 1
7 Seasons C 12 8 12
1 Season LF 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons TOT 12 8 0 0 0 12

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1965 WSA AL 23 13 12 13 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 WSA AL 24 10 8 10 10 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 WSA AL 25 6 5 6 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1968 WSA AL 26 59 47 59 53 0 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1969 WSA AL 27 63 56 63 63 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 WSA AL 28 69 52 69 61 0 61 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 10 0
1971 WSA AL 29 14 13 14 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 234 193 234 220 0 220 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 19 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1965 WSA AL 23 464 3.70 3.95 9 100% 0 0 68 6 0 0 62 8 2 0 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 WSA AL 24 279 2.48 2.74 2 100% 0 0 44 2 0 1 41 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 WSA AL 25 180 2.86 3.27 2 100% 0 0 28 1 0 0 27 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1968 WSA AL 26 1826 3.03 3.42 32 97% 0 0 269 18 0 11 240 36 9 0 0 2 5 2 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 8 100%
1969 WSA AL 27 2117 3.50 4.07 33 100% 0 0 317 21 1 6 288 45 8 1 0 2 4 1 1 2 0 8 0 0 1 3 100%
1970 WSA AL 28 1967 4.46 4.94 28 86% 0 0 264 20 1 4 239 25 2 0 1 1 8 0 2 6 1 4 0 0 0 3 67%
1971 WSA AL 29 481 3.75 4.06 2 100% 0 0 61 1 2 1 57 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 100%
7 Seasons 7314 3.60 4.05 108 95% 0 0 1051 69 4 23 954 125 24 1 2 6 22 3 3 16 1 17 0 1 2 16 94%
MLB Averages 3.49 3.96 95% 90%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1965 WSA AL 23 1 2 188 4 4 4 50% 3 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 4 1.89 1.32
1966 WSA AL 24 1 5 84 6 3 2 33% 5 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 18 3 1.05 0.88
1967 WSA AL 25 0 1 50 6 1 1 14% 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 1.36 1.67
1968 WSA AL 26 6 15 655 31 22 22 42% 25 21 4 1 2 0 0 0 70 27 1.48 1.41
1969 WSA AL 27 2 22 825 31 31 28 50% 29 30 2 1 0 0 3 0 74 39 1.53 1.27
1970 WSA AL 28 5 16 753 16 20 18 56% 14 20 2 0 0 0 2 0 56 25 1.07 0.90
1971 WSA AL 29 1 2 159 4 4 4 50% 4 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 5 1.15 1.41
7 Seasons 16 63 2714 98 85 79 46% 84 82 12 2 2 1 6 0 247 104 1.40 1.22
MLB Averages 37% 1.29 1.23

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 WSA AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 50% 0% 0
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 75% 50% 0% 0
MLB Averages 58.6% 2.9% 64% 79% 26% 47%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as C s c a p y
1970 AL  8 (4th)

Caught Stealing as C s c a p y
1969 AL  31 (3rd)

Caught Stealing %† s c a p y
1969 AL  50.0 (1st)
1970 AL  55.6 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as C s c a p y
1969 AL  8 (1st)
Career  12 (93rd)

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