Jim Golden
James Edward Golden
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: March 20, 1936 in Eldon, MO
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1960
Final Game: April 23, 1963
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Standard Batting

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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
1960 24 LAD NL 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 160 2 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1961 25 LAD NL 28 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 26 HOU NL 43 59 54 7 12 2 2 0 8 0 0 1 6 .222 .250 .333 .583 60 18 1 1 3 0 0 1
1963 27 HOU NL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
4 Seasons 75 65 60 8 13 3 2 0 8 0 0 1 8 .217 .242 .333 .575 57 20 1 1 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 140 130 17 28 6 4 0 17 0 0 2 17 .217 .242 .333 .575 57 43 2 2 6 0 0
LAD (2 yrs) 29 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 27 2 0 0 0 0 0
HOU (2 yrs) 46 59 54 7 12 2 2 0 8 0 0 1 6 .222 .250 .333 .583 60 18 1 1 3 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1960 24 LAD NL 3 2 1 13.5 104 .500 .333 .270 .333 .337 .667 .414 1.000 .751 160 .887 0.3 0.0 1.000 .333 .333
1961 25 LAD NL 3 3 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .279 .000 .347 .000 .435 .000 .782 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1962 26 HOU NL 59 46 4 2.3 97 .250 .222 .261 .250 .328 .333 .397 .583 .724 60 .226 -3.2 -0.3 .465 .130 .111
4 Seasons 65 51 5 2.6 98 .250 .217 .263 .242 .329 .333 .400 .575 .728 57 .266 -3.8 -0.4 .458 .133 .117
162 Game Avg. 140 110 11 2.6 98 .250 .217 .263 .242 .329 .333 .400 .575 .728 57 .266 -3.8 -0.4 .458 .133 .117
LAD (2 yrs) 6 5 1 5.4 108 .250 .167 .275 .167 .342 .333 .425 .500 .766 27 .578 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .167 .167
HOU (2 yrs) 59 46 4 2.3 97 .250 .222 .261 .250 .328 .333 .397 .583 .724 60 .226 -3.2 -0.3 .465 .130 .111

Ratio Batting*

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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
1960 24 LAD NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 33.3% 100% 3.0 67%
1961 25 LAD NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 0.00 67%
1962 26 HOU NL 59 0.0% 10.2% 1.7% 6.8% 33% 6.00 9.0 6.8 1.67 81%
4 Seasons 65 0.0% 12.3% 1.5% 7.7% 39% 8.00 7.5 7.5 1.53 80%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1960 24 LAD NL 0 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 LAD NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 26 HOU NL 0 0 50% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 33% 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 0 0 53% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 33% 6 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1960 24 LAD NL 3 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1961 25 LAD NL 3 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
1962 26 HOU NL 59 68% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 13 1 8% 15 4 27% 42 8 19% 3 2 67% 4 2 50% 0
4 Seasons 65 66% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 13 1 8% 16 4 25% 44 8 18% 4 2 50% 4 2 50% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1960 24 1 3 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .667 1.000 160 2 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 29 6 6 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 27 2 0 0 0 0 0
1962 26 72 65 60 8 13 3 2 0 8 0 0 1 8 .217 .242 .333 .575 57 20 1 1 3 0 0
1963 27 75 65 60 8 13 3 2 0 8 0 0 1 8 .217 .242 .333 .575 57 20 1 1 3 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1960 24 1 3 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 1 1
1961 25 29 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 28
1962 26 43 57 55 8 13 2 2 0 9 0 1 6 .236 .263 .345 .609 5 43
3 Seasons 73 63 61 10 13 2 2 0 9 0 1 8 .213 .238 .311 .550 6 72
162 Game Avg. 162 140 135 22 29 4 4 0 20 0 2 18 .213 .238 .311 .550 13 72

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