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 Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
2003 21 KCR AL 4 5 .444 4.61 9 9 0 0 0 0 52.2 56 32 27 8 15 0 31 4 0 1 230 106 1.348 9.6 1.4 2.6 5.3 2.07
2004 22 KCR AL 9 8 .529 5.35 25 24 0 1 0 0 148.0 157 94 88 24 43 0 49 3 0 4 638 89 1.351 9.5 1.5 2.6 3.0 1.14
2005 23 KCR AL 1 1 .500 5.70 28 4 11 0 0 0 53.2 64 34 34 9 30 4 38 1 0 2 249 77 1.752 10.7 1.5 5.0 6.4 1.27
2006 24 KCR AL 4 6 .400 5.14 60 6 17 0 0 2 84.0 95 51 48 12 29 1 80 1 0 4 370 91 1.476 10.2 1.3 3.1 8.6 2.76
2007 25 KCR AL 4 1 .800 3.02 74 0 12 0 0 1 53.2 56 23 18 6 23 6 50 2 1 6 233 151 1.472 9.4 1.0 3.9 8.4 2.17
2008 26 KCR AL 0 2 .000 8.81 39 0 10 0 0 1 31.2 39 31 31 5 23 1 27 2 0 6 159 49 1.958 11.1 1.4 6.5 7.7 1.17
2009 27 CHW AL 0 0 7.50 12 0 3 0 0 0 12.0 14 10 10 3 7 1 10 2 0 2 59 62 1.750 10.5 2.3 5.3 7.5 1.43
7 Seasons 22 23 .489 5.29 247 43 53 1 0 4 435.2 481 275 256 67 170 13 285 15 1 25 1938 88 1.494 9.9 1.4 3.5 5.9 1.68
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .489 5.29 58 10 12 0 0 1 102 113 64 60 16 40 3 67 4 0 6 454 88 1.494 9.9 1.4 3.5 5.9 1.68
KCR (6 yrs) 22 23 .489 5.23 235 43 50 1 0 4 423.2 467 265 246 64 163 12 275 13 1 23 1879 89 1.487 9.9 1.4 3.5 5.8 1.69
CHW (1 yr) 0 0 7.50 12 0 3 0 0 0 12.0 14 10 10 3 7 1 10 2 0 2 59 62 1.750 10.5 2.3 5.3 7.5 1.43

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
2003 21 KCR AL 9 230 207 32 56 12 1 8 5 1 15 31 .271 .328 .454 .782 .281 94 2 4 1 3 0
2004 22 KCR AL 25 638 581 94 157 34 3 24 10 3 43 49 .270 .320 .463 .783 .258 269 10 3 4 7 0
2005 23 KCR AL 28 249 214 34 64 12 1 9 5 1 30 38 .299 .386 .491 .877 .327 105 6 1 3 1 4
2006 24 KCR AL 60 370 337 51 95 25 1 12 4 2 29 80 .282 .341 .469 .809 .339 158 8 1 3 0 1
2007 25 KCR AL 74 233 202 23 56 15 2 6 2 1 23 50 .277 .349 .460 .810 .331 93 6 2 1 5 6
2008 26 KCR AL 39 159 133 31 39 9 2 5 2 0 23 27 .293 .403 .504 .906 .333 67 0 2 0 1 1
2009 27 CHW AL 12 59 50 10 14 3 0 3 0 0 7 10 .280 .390 .520 .910 .297 26 0 2 0 0 1
7 Seasons 247 1938 1724 275 481 110 10 67 28 8 170 285 .279 .346 .471 .817 .298 812 32 15 12 17 13
162 Game Avg. 58 454 404 64 113 26 2 16 7 2 40 67 .279 .346 .471 .817 .298 190 8 4 3 4 3
MLB Averages .262 .333 .418 .751 .299

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
2003 21 KCR AL 9 9 4 5 0 0 1 4 5 .444 0 0 0 0 5 56% 48 69 10 2 0 0 6 3.8 3.4 5.9 92 1 4 4 0 108
2004 22 KCR AL 25 24 9 8 7 3 0 13 11 .542 3 2 1 0 10 42% 44 70 12 22 7 0 16 5.3 4.9 5.9 92 6 11 6 1 124
2005 23 KCR AL 28 4 0 1 3 0 0 2 2 .500 0 1 0 0 0 0% 45 50 39 19 2 0 2 6.5 8.0 4.3 70 3 1 0 0 86
2006 24 KCR AL 60 6 1 3 2 1 0 2 4 .333 0 1 0 0 0 0% 43 55 26 26 10 2 2 4.5 3.1 4.4 79 3 3 0 0 95
4 Seasons 122 43 14 17 12 4 1 21 22 .488 3 4 1 0 15 35% 45 70 10 69 19 2 26 5.0 4.7 5.5 88 13 19 10 1 124
MLB Averages .500 48% 49 98 -8 4.7 4.7 5.8 95

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
2004 22 KCR AL 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0.935 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 18.0 79
2005 23 KCR AL 28 24 11 1 0 0 0 0 4 4 18 6 33% 7 0.710 5 4 12 5 1 18 12 12 12 3 14 0 4.5 30
2006 24 KCR AL 60 54 17 3 3 4 2 2 50% 15 11 48 12 25% 8 0.868 22 9 21 22 8 24 26 28 16 20 19 14 3.2 18
2007 25 KCR AL 74 74 12 4 1 3 1 2 33% 20 16 61 19 31% 7 0.975 30 9 34 29 9 36 39 35 7 41 13 27 2.2 13
2008 26 KCR AL 39 39 10 0 2 2 1 1 50% 6 4 28 15 54% 8 0.411 7 5 25 11 3 25 19 20 4 19 7 7 2.4 16
2009 27 CHW AL 12 12 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 6 0.174 1 0 10 3 1 8 3 9 3 3 4 1 3.0 19
6 Seasons 238 204 53 8 6 9 4 5 44% 45 35 162 57 35% 0.818 65 28 102 71 22 111 100 104 43 86 58 49 2.9 18

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
2003 21 KCR AL 230 73% 3.5% 13.5% 6.5% 9.1% 38% 0.41 0.52 74% 18% 7.7% 15% 45 2 4%
2004 22 KCR AL 638 75% 3.8% 7.7% 6.7% 9.6% 39% 0.61 0.69 81% 19% 8.5% 15% 116 10 9%
2005 23 KCR AL 249 69% 3.6% 15.3% 12.1% 8.8% 34% 0.53 0.72 67% 21% 8.7% 11% 65 6 9%
2006 24 KCR AL 370 71% 3.2% 21.6% 7.8% 10.3% 40% 0.62 0.75 66% 24% 8.4% 9% 71 8 11%
2007 25 KCR AL 233 45% 2.6% 21.5% 9.9% 9.9% 41% 0.55 0.77 65% 22% 7.1% 16% 47 6 13%
2008 26 KCR AL 159 56% 3.1% 17.0% 14.5% 10.1% 41% 0.43 0.33 64% 20% 8.6% 22% 41 0 0%
2009 27 CHW AL 59 56% 5.1% 17.0% 11.9% 10.2% 43% 0.38 0.44 63% 23% 11.1% 7% 9 0 0%
7 Seasons 1938 67% 3.5% 14.7% 8.8% 9.7% 39% 0.55 0.65 72% 20% 8.4% 14% 394 32 8%
MLB Averages 55% 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13% 11%

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
2003 21 KCR AL 230 831 3.61 536 65% 26% 11% 29% 34% 74% 0% 48% 85% 60% 3% 8 3 20% 46 20 3 32% 5 5 0 0 0
2004 22 KCR AL 638 2283 3.58 1423 62% 25% 9% 28% 38% 75% 0% 47% 89% 56% 5% 29 17 18% 112 61 14 33% 5 12 0 0 0
2005 23 KCR AL 249 987 3.96 586 59% 26% 16% 27% 31% 74% 3% 44% 78% 50% 8% 21 10 19% 47 26 7 34% 4 7 0 0 0
2006 24 KCR AL 370 1457 3.94 913 63% 27% 15% 30% 28% 73% 1% 46% 79% 55% 5% 18 10 24% 88 44 3 19% 8 7 0 0 0
2007 25 KCR AL 233 937 4.02 571 61% 27% 17% 28% 28% 73% 5% 45% 77% 58% 6% 14 7 24% 56 28 4 20% 5 3 0 0 0
2008 26 KCR AL 159 636 4.00 364 57% 24% 18% 28% 29% 76% 1% 43% 76% 54% 9% 15 8 23% 36 17 0 19% 4 6 0 0 0
2009 27 CHW AL 59 232 3.93 135 58% 23% 21% 27% 30% 77% 4% 45% 73% 64% 7% 4 1 17% 10 5 1 20% 1 2 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1938 7363 3.80 4528 61% 26% 13% 28% 32% 74% 2% 46% 82% 56% 6% 109 56 20% 395 201 32 25% 32 42 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 58% 5% 22% 25%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
2003 21 KCR AL 230 56 5 1 8 0 6 7 1 3 5 15 8 2 53% 1 1 0 82 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
2004 22 KCR AL 638 157 12 2 24 0 6 17 7 10 14 28 19 0 68% 8 4 0 226 10 3 77% 9 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 15 0
2005 23 KCR AL 249 64 2 0 9 0 11 4 5 6 3 15 6 3 40% 3 2 0 108 5 1 83% 4 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 4 0
2006 24 KCR AL 370 95 12 1 12 0 9 6 6 8 4 13 5 5 38% 6 4 0 148 4 2 67% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
2007 25 KCR AL 233 56 8 0 6 0 7 4 2 3 3 19 12 0 63% 3 6 1 95 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 17 0
2008 26 KCR AL 159 39 2 0 5 2 9 4 1 2 3 13 7 1 54% 1 6 0 72 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
2009 27 CHW AL 59 14 0 0 3 1 4 2 1 3 0 3 3 0 100% 0 2 0 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Seasons 1938 481 41 4 67 3 52 44 23 35 32 106 60 11 57% 22 25 1 751 28 8 78% 24 5 4 2 0 1 6 1 58 0
MLB Averages 52% 72%

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
2003 21 4 5 .444 4.61 9 9 0 0 0 0 52.2 56 32 27 8 15 0 31 4 0 1 230 106 1.348 9.6 1.4 2.6 5.3 2.07 106
2004 22 13 13 .500 5.16 34 33 0 1 0 0 200.2 213 126 115 32 58 0 80 7 0 5 868 93 1.350 9.6 1.4 2.6 3.6 1.38 93
2005 23 14 14 .500 5.27 62 37 11 1 0 0 254.1 277 160 149 41 88 4 118 8 0 7 1117 90 1.435 9.8 1.5 3.1 4.2 1.34 90
2006 24 18 20 .474 5.24 122 43 28 1 0 2 338.1 372 211 197 53 117 5 198 9 0 11 1487 90 1.445 9.9 1.4 3.1 5.3 1.69 90
2007 25 22 21 .512 4.94 196 43 40 1 0 3 392.0 428 234 215 59 140 11 248 11 1 17 1720 95 1.449 9.8 1.4 3.2 5.7 1.77 95
2008 26 22 23 .489 5.23 235 43 50 1 0 4 423.2 467 265 246 64 163 12 275 13 1 23 1879 89 1.487 9.9 1.4 3.5 5.8 1.69 89
2009 27 22 23 .489 5.29 247 43 53 1 0 4 435.2 481 275 256 67 170 13 285 15 1 25 1938 88 1.494 9.9 1.4 3.5 5.9 1.68 88

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
2003 21 2 3 .400 4.25 53.0 54 28 25 8 14 31 4 1.283 9.2 2.4 5.3 2.21 1.4 9
2004 22 6 10 .375 4.90 147.0 152 89 80 23 42 49 3 1.320 9.3 2.6 3.0 1.17 1.4 25
2005 23 2 3 .400 5.71 52.0 63 37 33 9 30 37 1 1.788 10.9 5.2 6.4 1.23 1.6 28
2006 24 4 5 .444 4.77 83.0 92 49 44 12 28 79 1 1.446 10.0 3.0 8.6 2.82 1.3 60
2007 25 3 2 .600 2.94 52.0 54 19 17 6 22 48 2 1.462 9.3 3.8 8.3 2.18 1.0 74
2008 26 1 2 .333 8.72 32.0 39 34 31 5 23 27 2 1.938 11.0 6.5 7.6 1.17 1.4 39
2009 27 0 1 .000 7.50 12.0 14 11 10 3 7 10 2 1.750 10.5 5.3 7.5 1.43 2.3 12
7 Seasons 18 26 .409 5.01 431.0 468 267 240 66 166 281 15 1.471 9.8 5.9 1.69 1.4 247

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2007 AL--74--5th

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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 1 (2515), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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  6. Bryan Hickerson (959)
  7. Mike Munoz (955)
  8. Lance Cormier (951)
  9. Chris Peters (951)
  10. R.A. Dickey (950)
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  6. Dan McGinn (952)
  7. Amaury Telemaco (951)
  8. Ed Wells (948)
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