Jim Fuller

James Hardy Fuller

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: November 28, 1950 in Bethesda, MD
High School: Point Lomas HS (San Diego, CA)
Drafted
by the Baltimore Orioles in the 2nd round of the 1970 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1973
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Astros 1973-1977

Final Game: September 25, 1977
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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
1973 22 BAL AL 9 27 26 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 17 .115 .148 .346 .494 36 9 0 0 0 0 0 /93D
1974 23 BAL AL 64 202 189 17 42 11 0 7 28 1 0 8 68 .222 .265 .392 .657 90 74 4 3 2 0 2 9/37D
1977 26 HOU NL 34 112 100 5 16 6 0 2 9 0 1 10 45 .160 .243 .280 .523 46 28 0 1 1 0 1 7/39
3 Yrs 107 341 315 24 61 17 0 11 41 1 1 19 130 .194 .249 .352 .601 71 111 4 4 3 0 3
162 Game Avg. 162 516 477 36 92 26 0 17 62 2 2 29 197 .194 .249 .352 .601 71 168 6 6 5 0 5
BAL (2 yrs) 73 229 215 19 45 11 0 9 32 1 0 9 85 .209 .251 .386 .637 83 83 4 3 2 0 2
HOU (1 yr) 34 112 100 5 16 6 0 2 9 0 1 10 45 .160 .243 .280 .523 46 28 0 1 1 0 1
AL (2 yrs) 73 229 215 19 45 11 0 9 32 1 0 9 85 .209 .251 .386 .637 83 83 4 3 2 0 2
NL (1 yr) 34 112 100 5 16 6 0 2 9 0 1 10 45 .160 .243 .280 .523 46 28 0 1 1 0 1

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 Awards
1973 22 BAL AL 9 27 -2 -0 0 2 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .479 .499 -0.3 0.1 -2 $ /93D
1974 23 BAL AL 64 202 -3 -0 -1 2 -3 -5 -0.5 6 1 0.1 .491 .496 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ 9/37D
1977 26 HOU NL 34 112 -4 -1 0 3 -1 -3 -0.4 3 -0 -0.1 .489 .498 -0.4 0.2 -3 $ 7/39
3 Seasons 107 341 -10 -1 -0 6 -5 -10 -1.1 11 0 -0.1 .489 .498 -0.8 0.2 -6 $
BAL (2 yrs) 73 229 -6 -1 -0 3 -4 -7 -0.7 7 0 0.0 .489 .498 -0.4 0.1 -3 $
HOU (1 yr) 34 112 -4 -1 0 3 -1 -3 -0.4 3 -0 -0.1 .489 .498 -0.4 0.2 -3 $

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
1973 22 BAL AL 27 23 1 1.2 93 .143 .115 .258 .148 .327 .346 .380 .494 .707 36 .083 -2.5 -0.3 .435 .269 .231 .0
1974 23 BAL AL 202 153 19 3.3 87 .307 .222 .255 .265 .319 .392 .366 .657 .685 90 .404 -3.2 -0.3 .570 .217 .169 1.8
1977 26 HOU NL 112 86 7 2.2 95 .264 .160 .258 .243 .325 .280 .394 .523 .718 46 .204 -7.3 -0.7 .447 .210 .120 .0
3 Yrs 341 262 27 2.8 90 .287 .194 .256 .249 .321 .352 .376 .601 .698 71 .310 -13.0 -1.3 .517 .219 .159 1.8
162 Game Avg. 516 397 41 2.8 90 .287 .194 .256 .249 .321 .352 .376 .601 .698 71 .310 -13.0 -1.3 .517 .219 .159 3
BAL (2 yrs) 229 176 20 3.1 88 .298 .209 .255 .251 .320 .386 .368 .637 .688 83 .363 -5.7 -0.6 .552 .223 .177 1.8
HOU (1 yr) 112 86 7 2.2 95 .264 .160 .258 .243 .325 .280 .394 .523 .718 46 .204 -7.3 -0.7 .447 .210 .120 .0
AL (2 yrs) 229 176 20 3.1 88 .298 .209 .255 .251 .320 .386 .368 .637 .688 83 .363 -5.7 -0.6 .552 .223 .177 1.8
NL (1 yr) 112 86 7 2.2 95 .264 .160 .258 .243 .325 .280 .394 .523 .718 46 .204 -7.3 -0.7 .447 .210 .120 .0

Ratio Batting*

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
1973 22 BAL AL 27 7.4% 63.0% 3.7% 7.4% 67% 17.00 1.5 13.0 6.5 1.00 26%
1974 23 BAL AL 202 3.5% 33.7% 4.0% 8.9% 43% 8.50 2.8 27.0 6.8 0.79 56%
1977 26 HOU NL 112 1.8% 40.2% 8.9% 7.1% 50% 4.50 2.2 50.0 11.1 0.59 47%
3 Yrs 341 3.2% 38.1% 5.6% 8.2% 46% 6.84 2.4 28.6 7.7 0.74 51%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.2% 8.7% 6.2% 27% 1.52 6.7 46.9 8.7 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1973 22 BAL AL -2.5 -0.3 27 -0.3 0.3 -0.6 .96 -0.3 -0.0 -2.7 -0.3 0.97 -3.1 2.60 3
1974 23 BAL AL -3.2 -0.3 204 -0.4 3.3 -3.8 1.01 -0.5 0.1 2.8 0.3 0.99 -1.6 2.08 6
1977 26 HOU NL -7.3 -0.7 115 -0.5 1.6 -2.2 1.03 -0.4 -0.1 -7.4 -0.8 1.01 -5.5 1.28 5
3 Yrs -13.0 -1.3 346 -1.3 5.3 -6.5 1.01 -1.3 0.0 -7.3 -0.8 0.99 -10.2 1.91 14

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1973 22 BAL AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1974 23 BAL AL 2 0 22% 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 42% 11 8 3 3 1 2 5 2 3
1977 26 HOU NL 5 0 12% 28 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 7 0 18% 82 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 6 35% 14 11 3 3 1 2 6 3 3

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
1973 22 BAL AL 27 22% 3 3 1 0 0 2.60 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 1 50% 17 2 12% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1974 23 BAL AL 202 67% 42 6 2 0 0 2.08 7 0 3 4 3 1 6 0 3 2 67% 40 4 10% 15 2 13% 138 23 17% 11 6 55% 6 2 33% 0
1977 26 HOU NL 112 38% 16 5 0 0 0 1.28 2 0 6 1 1 0 2 0 1 1 100% 22 0 0% 12 1 8% 81 7 9% 8 1 13% 4 0 0% 0
3 Yrs 341 54% 61 14 3 0 0 1.91 11 0 9 7 4 3 8 0 4 3 75% 65 4 6% 29 4 14% 236 32 14% 21 8 38% 10 2 20% 0
MLB Averages 55% 77% 11% 33% 14% 49% 53%

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
1973 22 9 27 26 2 3 0 0 2 4 0 0 1 17 .115 .148 .346 .494 36 9 0 0 0 0 0
1974 23 73 229 215 19 45 11 0 9 32 1 0 9 85 .209 .251 .386 .637 83 83 4 3 2 0 2
1975 24 73 229 215 19 45 11 0 9 32 1 0 9 85 .209 .251 .386 .637 83 83 4 3 2 0 2
1976 25 73 229 215 19 45 11 0 9 32 1 0 9 85 .209 .251 .386 .637 83 83 4 3 2 0 2
1977 26 107 341 315 24 61 17 0 11 41 1 1 19 130 .194 .249 .352 .601 71 111 4 4 3 0 3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies 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
1973 22 9 27 26 2 3 0 0 2 3 0 1 17 .115 .148 .346 .494 1 9
1974 23 64 207 193 20 46 12 0 8 33 1 9 68 .238 .283 .425 .708 22 64
1977 26 34 114 101 5 17 6 0 2 10 0 11 45 .168 .257 .287 .544 7 34
3 Yrs 107 348 320 27 66 18 0 12 46 1 21 130 .206 .264 .375 .639 30 107
162 Game Avg. 162 527 484 41 100 27 0 18 70 2 32 197 .206 .264 .375 .639 45 107

* 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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