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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 (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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Fine Details  · Last Updated Dec 23, 2011, 7:51AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #1. Walter Johnson… #2. Cy Young… #3. Greg Maddux… #4. Christy Mathewson… #5. Pete Alexander… #6. Tom Seaver… #7. Randy Johnson… 

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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 1 230 107 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 78 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 92 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 6 233 152 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 50 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 64 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 89 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 89 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 90 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 64 1.750 10.5 2.3 5.3 7.5 1.43

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
2003 21 KCR AL 52.2 9 32 35 -1 .9 3 0.3 $
2004 22 KCR AL 148.0 24 94 109 -7 .9 15 1.4 $304,000
2005 23 KCR AL 53.2 4 34 38 -4 .7 4 0.1 $
2006 24 KCR AL 84.0 6 51 60 -1 .9 9 0.3 $345,500
2007 25 KCR AL 53.2 0 23 37 0 1.0 14 0.9 $712,500
2008 26 KCR AL 31.2 0 31 20 0 .4 -11 -0.9 $1,312,500
2009 27 CHW AL 12.0 0 10 8 0 .2 -2 -0.2 $
7 Seasons 435.2 43 275 307 -13 .8 32 1.9 $2,674,500
KCR (6 yrs) 423.2 43 265 299 -13 .8 34 2.1 $2,674,500
CHW (1 yr) 12.0 0 10 8 0 .2 -2 -0.2 $

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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 Seasons 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: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
2004 22 KCR AL 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $304,000 1
1 Season 2 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $304,000

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rdrs Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG SB CS CS% PO Awards
2003 KCR AL 21 P 9 9 0 52.2 7 3 4 0 0 1.000 -2 -8 1.20 0.78 .957 1.73 1.71 5 1 17% 0
2004 KCR AL 22 P 25 24 1 148.0 21 8 10 3 0 .857 -3 -4 1.09 0.72 .948 1.66 1.65 10 3 23% 1
2005 KCR AL 23 P 28 4 0 53.2 8 2 4 2 1 .750 -1 -4 1.01 0.21 .954 1.69 1.68 5 1 17% 0
2006 KCR AL 24 P 60 6 0 84.0 14 4 10 0 1 1.000 -3 -7 1.50 0.23 .958 1.56 1.54 4 2 33% 0
2007 KCR AL 25 P 74 0 0 53.2 12 2 9 1 2 .917 2 7 1.84 0.15 .955 1.59 1.59 2 1 33% 0
2008 KCR AL 26 P 39 0 0 31.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 0 0 0.57 0.05 .950 1.59 1.59 2 0 0% 0
2009 CHW AL 27 P 12 0 0 12.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.50 1.51 0 0 0
7 Seasons P 247 43 1 435.2 64 19 39 6 4 .906 -7 -3 1.20 0.23 .953 1.64 1.59 28 8 22% 1
7 Seasons TOT 247 43 1 435.2 64 19 39 6 4 .906 -7 -19 1.20 0.23 .953 1.64 1.59 28 8 22% 1
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

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

Def. Games as P 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 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
200422Kansas City Royals$304,0004/7/04 AP
200624Kansas City Royals$345,500
200725Kansas City Royals$712,500
200826Kansas City Royals$1,312,500
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,674,500
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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