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Jimmy Gobble

Billy James Gobble

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 19, 1981 in Bristol, TN
High School: Bristol HS (Bristol, VA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (43rd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft.
Signed June 21, 1999. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 2003
Teams (by GP): Royals/WhiteSox 2003-2009
Agents: SFX, previously: Bob Garber [*]
Final Game: July 5, 2009
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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
2003 21 KCR AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2004 22 KCR AL 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2005 23 KCR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2006 24 KCR AL 60 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
2007 25 KCR AL 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2008 26 KCR AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2009 27 CHW AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
7 Yrs 247 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
KCR (6 yrs) 235 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
2003 21 KCR AL 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
2004 22 KCR AL 25 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $304,000 1
2005 23 KCR AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
2006 24 KCR AL 60 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $345,500 1
2007 25 KCR AL 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $712,500 1
2008 26 KCR AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,312,500 1
2009 27 CHW AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
7 Seasons 247 3 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 -0 $2,674,500
KCR (6 yrs) 235 3 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.2 -0 $2,674,500
CHW (1 yr) 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
2004 22 KCR AL 2 2 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .436 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
2006 24 KCR AL 1 1 0 0.0 .000 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs 3 3 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .436 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
162 Game Avg. 2 2 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .272 .000 .340 .000 .436 .000 .776 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

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
2004 22 KCR AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50% 0%
2006 24 KCR AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0%
7 Yrs 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 33% 0%
MLB Averages 2.7% 17.0% 8.5% 8.0% 34% 1.99 5.2 32.5 7.6 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.8% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2003 21 KCR AL 0.0 0.0
2004 22 KCR AL -0.6 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.00 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 0.80 -0.6 0
2005 23 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2006 24 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 -.04 -0.0 -0.0 0.4 0.0 1.10 0.4 0
2007 25 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2008 26 KCR AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
2009 27 CHW AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
7 Yrs -0.6 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .65 -0.1 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.90 -0.3 0

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
2004 22 KCR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 KCR AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
2004 22 KCR AL 2 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 KCR AL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 54% 67% 11% 33% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2004 22 KCR AL 2 8 4.00 6 75% 67% 0% 17% 17% 33% 0% 25% 100% 0% 0% 0 0 50% 1 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
2006 24 KCR AL 1 1 1.00 1 100% 0% 0% 0% 100% 100% 100% 100% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs 3 9 3.00 7 78% 57% 0% 14% 29% 43% 0% 33% 100% 33% 0% 0 0 33% 1 0 0% 0 0 100% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.77 63% 27% 14% 27% 31% 73% 2% 46% 80% 28% 5% 15% 9% 26%

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
2004 22 34 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 23 62 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 122 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2007 25 196 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2008 26 235 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
2009 27 247 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0

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
2004 22 25 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 25
2006 24 60 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 60
2 Yrs 85 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 85
162 Game Avg. 162 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 85

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
2003 AL  born 1981-07-19 (9th)

                                         

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