Jimmy Gobble
Billy James Gobble
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 19, 1981 in Bristol, TN
High School: Bristol (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
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2003 KCR AL 21 P 9 9 52.2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 1.20 0.78 .957 1.73 0.49
2004 KCR AL 22 P 25 24 148.0 21 8 10 3 0 .857 1.09 0.72 .952 1.66 0.45
2005 KCR AL 23 P 28 4 53.2 8 2 4 2 1 .750 1.01 0.21 .962 1.69 0.46
2006 KCR AL 24 P 60 6 84.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 1.50 0.23 .957 1.56 0.41
2007 KCR AL 25 P 74 0 53.2 12 2 9 1 2 .917 1.84 0.15 .958 1.59 0.42
2008 KCR AL 26 P 39 0 31.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0.57 0.05 .950 1.59 0.42
2009 CHW AL 27 P 12 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.50 0.40
7 Seasons P 247 43 435.2 64 19 39 6 4 .906 1.20 0.23 .956 1.64 0.43
7 Seasons TOT 247 43 435.2 64 19 39 6 4 .906 1.20 0.23 .862 1.64 0.43

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
2003 KCR AL 21 9 0 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2004 KCR AL 22 25 1 1 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2005 KCR AL 23 28 0 1 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 KCR AL 24 60 0 4 60 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2007 KCR AL 25 74 0 4 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2008 KCR AL 26 39 0 2 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2009 CHW AL 27 12 0 1 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 247 1 13 247 247 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
2003 KCR AL 21 236 79% 21% 5 100% 0 3 1 2 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
2004 KCR AL 22 658 86% 31% 12 83% 0 8 1 5 10 9 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 75%
2005 KCR AL 23 257 73% 24% 5 80% 0 2 0 0 4 3 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 2 100%
2006 KCR AL 24 378 71% 26% 12 83% 1 4 1 2 10 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
2007 KCR AL 25 246 70% 23% 10 90% 1 2 0 1 9 8 1 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 2 0 0
2008 KCR AL 26 166 69% 19% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
2009 CHW AL 27 60 68% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 2001 77% 25% 46 87% 2 19 3 10 39 30 4 6 0 0 6 1 4 1 3 1 12 92%
MLB Averages 74% 31% 87% 81%

* 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.

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