Jim Fridley

James Riley Fridley (Big Jim)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 6, 1924 in Phillippi, WV
School: West Virginia University (Morgantown, WV)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Indians/Redlegs 1952-1958

Final Game: September 27, 1958
Died: February 28, 2003 in Port Charlotte, FL
Cremated
About biographical information

View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

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
1948	23	CLE-min	C	120	407	407		107	24	6	6						.263	.263	.396	.658		161							BUR · CENA
1949	24	CLE-min	B	135	513	513		154	34	12	14						.300	.300	.495	.795		254							SPB · TRIS
1950	25	CLE-min	A	128	474	474		152	31	12	15						.321	.321	.532	.852		252							DAY · CENL
1951	26	CLE-min	AA	149	525	525		157	35	11	8						.299	.299	.453	.752		238							DAL · TL
1952	27	CLE-min	AAA	29	117	102	19	24	5	1	1	14	2		15	12	.235	.333	.333	.667		34	4	0	0				INA · AA
1952	27	CLE	AL	62	193	175	23	44	2	0	4	16	3	3	14	40	.251	.311	.331	.642	84	58	3	1	3			O79

1953	28	BAL-min	AA	155	666	580	89	170	31	6	26	96	2	0	83	92	.293	.383	.502	.885		291		2	1				SAN · TL
1954	29	RMD	AAA	11	47	41	9	15	1	1	1	10	0		4	6	.366	.435	.512	.947		21		1	1	0			RMD · IL
1954	29	BAL	AL	85	265	240	25	59	8	5	4	36	0	1	21	41	.246	.311	.371	.681	93	89	13	2	2	1		7/9

1955	30	NYY-min	AAA	106	392	344	67	96	14	1	18	69	3		41	60	.279	.360	.483	.842		166	12	4	0	3			DEN · AA
1956	31	NYY-min	AAA	143	618	543	105	158	29	5	24	105	0		62	97	.291	.365	.495	.860		269	15	5	1	7			DEN · AA
1957	32	LAD-NYY-min	Opn,AAA	115	390	358	46	101	13	2	17	60	0		24	64	.282	.330	.472	.802		169	10	3	2	3	0		LOS,DEN · PCL,AA
1958	33	CIN-min	AA	142	515	515		179	32	7	20						.348	.348	.553	.901		285							NVL · SOUA
1958	33	CIN	NL	5	9	9	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.444	.667	67	4	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1959	34	HSN	AAA	142	540	485	58	137	28	4	26	80	0		48	82	.282	.349	.518	.866		251		3	1	3	7		HSN · AA
1960	35	DET-CHC-min	AA,AAA	144	621	548	89	160	25	3	26	87	0	1	66	92	.292	.368	.491	.859		269		2	2	3			VCT,HSN · TL,AA
1961	36	BAL-min	AA	112	413	389	54	115	23	2	8	55	0	0	21	60	.296	.333	.427	.760		166		1	2	0			MOB,LRK,VCT · SOUA,TL
3 Yrs				152	467	424	50	105	12	5	8	53	3	4	35	83	.248	.309	.356	.665	89	151	16	3	5	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	498	452	53	112	13	5	9	56	3	4	37	88	.248	.309	.356	.665	89	161	17	3	5

CIN (1 yr)				5	9	9	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.444	.667	67	4	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				62	193	175	23	44	2	0	4	16	3	3	14	40	.251	.311	.331	.642	84	58	3	1	3
BAL (1 yr)				85	265	240	25	59	8	5	4	36	0	1	21	41	.246	.311	.371	.681	93	89	13	2	2	1

AL (2 yrs)				147	458	415	48	103	10	5	8	52	3	4	35	81	.248	.311	.354	.665	90	147	16	3	5	1
NL (1 yr)				5	9	9	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.222	.222	.444	.667	67	4	0	0	0	0	0

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
1952	27	CLE	AL	62	193	-4	0	-0	-1	-3	-8	-0.8	5	-2	-0.3	.486	.495	-0.2	-0.4	-1	$	O79

1954	29	BAL	AL	85	265	-2	-1	-2	-3	-3	-11	-1.2	7	-4	-0.5	.485	.492	-0.2	-0.6	-1	$	7/9

1958	33	CIN	NL	5	9	-0	-0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/7
3 Seasons				152	467	-7	-1	-3	-4	-6	-20	-2.2	13	-7	-0.9	.486	.496	-0.4	-1.1	-3	$

CIN (1 yr)				5	9	-0	-0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.481	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$
CLE (1 yr)				62	193	-4	0	-0	-1	-3	-8	-0.8	5	-2	-0.3	.486	.495	-0.2	-0.4	-1	$
BAL (1 yr)				85	265	-2	-1	-2	-3	-3	-11	-1.2	7	-4	-0.5	.485	.492	-0.2	-0.6	-1	$

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
1952	27	CLE	AL	193	140	17	3.3	90	.305	.251	.252	.311	.330	.331	.368	.642	.698	84	.394	-4.0	-0.4	.533	.160	.080	3.4

1954	29	BAL	AL	265	198	27	3.7	92	.281	.246	.256	.311	.330	.371	.374	.681	.704	93	.431	-2.9	-0.3	.569	.208	.125	.0

1958	33	CIN	NL	9	7	1	3.8	111	.286	.222	.277	.222	.346	.444	.432	.667	.778	67	.412	-0.4	-0.0	.571	.222	.222
3 Yrs				467	345	45	3.5	92	.290	.248	.255	.309	.330	.356	.373	.665	.703	89	.416	-7.3	-0.8	.555	.189	.108	4.4
162 Game Avg.				498	368	48	3.5	92	.290	.248	.255	.309	.330	.356	.373	.665	.703	89	.416	-7.3	-0.8	.555	.189	.108	5

CIN (1 yr)				9	7	1	3.8	111	.286	.222	.277	.222	.346	.444	.432	.667	.778	67	.412	-0.4	-0.0	.571	.222	.222
CLE (1 yr)				193	140	17	3.3	90	.305	.251	.252	.311	.330	.331	.368	.642	.698	84	.394	-4.0	-0.4	.533	.160	.080	3.4
BAL (1 yr)				265	198	27	3.7	92	.281	.246	.256	.311	.330	.371	.374	.681	.704	93	.431	-2.9	-0.3	.569	.208	.125	.0

AL (2 yrs)				458	338	44	3.5	91	.291	.248	.254	.311	.330	.354	.371	.665	.701	90	.416	-6.9	-0.7	.554	.188	.106	4.4
NL (1 yr)				9	7	1	3.8	111	.286	.222	.277	.222	.346	.444	.432	.667	.778	67	.412	-0.4	-0.0	.571	.222	.222

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	27	CLE	AL	193	2.1%	20.7%	7.3%	3.1%	14%	2.86	4.4	43.8	10.9	0.86	68%

1954	29	BAL	AL	265	1.5%	15.5%	7.9%	6.4%	29%	1.95	5.9	60.0	6.7	0.73	74%

1958	33	CIN	NL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	22.2%	100%		4.5		9.0	0.67	78%
3 Yrs				467	1.7%	17.8%	7.5%	5.4%	24%	2.37	5.1	53.0	8.0	0.77	72%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.6%	9.1%	6.5%	29%	1.27	7.6	40.2	8.3	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	27	CLE	AL	-4.2	-0.4	200	-1.0	2.8	-3.8	1.05	-0.1	-0.8	-1.2	-0.1	0.99	1.5	1.23	6

1954	29	BAL	AL	-2.9	-0.3	270	0.3	5.2	-4.9	1.09	-0.4	0.7	-1.4	-0.2	1.01	-4.1	1.75	18

1958	33	CIN	NL	-0.4	-0.0	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.11	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.80	-0.1	1.33	4
3 Yrs				-7.5	-0.8	479	-0.8	8.2	-8.9	1.07	-0.6	-0.1	-2.6	-0.3	1.00	-2.8	1.58	28

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	27	CLE	AL	7	0	35%	78	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	11	7	3	3	0	3	4	1	3

1954	29	BAL	AL	3	0	27%	93	0	1	0%	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	44%	23	14	7	4	2	2	9	2	7

1958	33	CIN	NL	0	0	100%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
3 Yrs				10	0	31%	174	3	4	43%	3	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	46%	34	21	10	7	2	5	15	4	11

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
1952	27	CLE	AL	193	50%	44			6	1	0	2	1.23	4	0	4	2	2	2	2	0	4	3	75%	34	3	9%	16	6	38%	128	15	12%	8	4	50%	8	7	88%	0

1954	29	BAL	AL	265	44%	59			18	6	0	3	1.75	4	0	10	2	2	1	3	0	2	2	100%	56	13	23%	26	7	27%	192	32	17%	18	10	56%	11	5	45%	0

1958	33	CIN	NL	9	78%	2			4	1	0	1	1.33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				467	47%	105			28	8	0	6	1.58	8	0	14	4	4	3	5	0	6	5	83%	91	16	18%	42	13	31%	321	48	15%	26	14	54%	19	12	63%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			81%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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
1952	27	62	193	175	23	44	2	0	4	16	3	3	14	40	.251	.311	.331	.642	84	58	3	1	3
1953	28	62	193	175	23	44	2	0	4	16	3	3	14	40	.251	.311	.331	.642	84	58	3	1	3
1954	29	147	458	415	48	103	10	5	8	52	3	4	35	81	.248	.311	.354	.665	90	147	16	3	5	1
1955	30	147	458	415	48	103	10	5	8	52	3	4	35	81	.248	.311	.354	.665	90	147	16	3	5	1
1956	31	147	458	415	48	103	10	5	8	52	3	4	35	81	.248	.311	.354	.665	90	147	16	3	5	1
1957	32	147	458	415	48	103	10	5	8	52	3	4	35	81	.248	.311	.354	.665	90	147	16	3	5	1
1958	33	152	467	424	50	105	12	5	8	53	3	4	35	83	.248	.309	.356	.665	89	151	16	3	5	1	0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: / / / or

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
1952	27	65	206	186	27	49	2	0	4	19	3	16	42	.263	.325	.339	.664	21	62

1954	29	89	285	256	30	67	9	6	5	43	0	24	43	.262	.329	.402	.731	32	85

1958	33	5	9	9	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	0	2	.222	.222	.444	.667	1	5
3 Yrs		159	500	451	59	118	13	6	9	63	3	40	87	.262	.325	.377	.702	54	152
162 Game Avg.		162	509	460	60	120	13	6	9	64	3	41	89	.262	.325	.377	.702	55	152

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

Error? Compare Search SABR's Baseball Index Other Links@google.com Baseball Library Baseball-Almanac.com Retrosheet The Baseball Cube The Baseball Page WhatIfSports: Jim Fridley

Viewed 4,446 times through May 30, 2012.
Name and misspellings: Big James james Jim jimmie jimmy Riley Fridley

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.