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Jim Golden

James Edward Golden

Position: Pitcher
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
Teams (by GP): Colt.45's/Dodgers 1960-1963

Final Game: April 23, 1963
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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…

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…

Standard Pitching

More Stats

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
1954	18	PHI-min	D	11	8	.579	3.73	23	21					169.0	152	92	70	8	92								1.444	8.1	0.4	4.9			MTT · MSOH
1955	19	PHI-min	D,C	10	13	.435	4.24	31	22					172.0	157	98	81	7	100								1.494	8.2	0.4	5.2			MTT,SLC · MSOH,PION
1956	20	PHI-min	C,A	4	9	.308	6.31	27	14					107.0	118	94	75	4	95								1.991	9.9	0.3	8.0			BAK,SDY · CALL,EL
1957	21	PHI-min	A	11	10	.524	4.39	30	26					170.0	144	98	83	7	97								1.418	7.6	0.4	5.1			SDY · EL
1958	22	PHI-min	AA	10	16	.385	3.95	51	24		8	0		205.0	222	117	90	14	90	3	141	3	0	6			1.522	9.7	0.6	4.0	6.2	1.57	TUL · TL
1959	23	LAD-min	AAA	7	8	.467	3.96	30	22		5	0		159.0	169	86	70	4	70	7	81	6	1	6			1.503	9.6	0.2	4.0	4.6	1.16	STP · AA
1960	24	LAD-min	AAA	20	9	.690	2.32	42	32					237.0	205	75	61	10	85								1.224	7.8	0.4	3.2			STP · AA
1960	24	LAD	NL	1	0	1.000	6.43	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	6	5	5	1	4	0	4	0	0	0	30	65	1.429	7.7	1.3	5.1	5.1	1.00
1961	25	LAD	NL	1	1	.500	5.79	28	0	13	0	0	0	42.0	52	30	27	7	20	2	18	0	0	1	199	75	1.714	11.1	1.5	4.3	3.9	0.90
1962	26	HOU	NL	7	11	.389	4.07	37	18	4	5	2	1	152.2	163	84	69	13	50	4	88	0	1	7	662	92	1.395	9.6	0.8	2.9	5.2	1.76
1963	27	HOU-min	AAA	9	11	.450	3.58	28	20					146.0	152	73	58	20	37		107						1.295	9.4	1.2	2.3	6.6	2.89	OKC · PCL
1963	27	HOU	NL	0	1	.000	5.68	3	1	1	0	0	0	6.1	12	4	4	0	2	0	5	0	1	1	30	60	2.211	17.1	0.0	2.8	7.1	2.50
1964	28	CHW-min	AAA	6	7	.462	3.16	29	14		1	0		114.0	104	46	40	13	45	3	77	1	0	4			1.307	8.2	1.0	3.6	6.1	1.71	INA · PCL
4 Seasons				9	13	.409	4.54	69	20	18	5	2	1	208.0	233	123	105	21	76	6	115	0	2	9	921	85	1.486	10.1	0.9	3.3	5.0	1.51
162 Game Avg.				7	10	.409	4.54	53	15	14	4	2	1	159	178	94	80	16	58	5	88	0	2	7	704	85	1.486	10.1	0.9	3.3	5.0	1.51

LAD (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	5.88	29	1	13	0	0	0	49.0	58	35	32	8	24	2	22	0	0	1	229	74	1.673	10.7	1.5	4.4	4.0	0.92
HOU (2 yrs)				7	12	.368	4.13	40	19	5	5	2	1	159.0	175	88	73	13	52	4	93	0	2	8	692	91	1.428	9.9	0.7	2.9	5.3	1.79

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
1960	24	LAD	NL	7.0	1	5	4	0	1.1	-1	-0.1	$
1961	25	LAD	NL	42.0	0	30	29	-1	.6	-1	-0.3	$
1962	26	HOU	NL	152.2	18	84	98	-10	1.0	14	1.3	$
1963	27	HOU	NL	6.1	1	4	4	0	.6	0	0.0	$
4 Seasons				208.0	20	123	135	-11	.9	12	0.9	$

LAD (2 yrs)				49.0	1	35	33	-1	.7	-2	-0.4	$
HOU (2 yrs)				159.0	19	88	102	-10	1.0	14	1.3	$

Standard Batting

More Stats

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
1954	18	PHI-min	D	35	84	84		20	2	0	1						.238	.238	.298	.536		25						MTT · MSOH
1955	19	PHI-min	D,C	35	63	63		11	1	0	0						.175	.175	.190	.365		12						MTT,SLC · MSOH,PION
1956	20	PHI-min	C,A	41	68	68		18	3	0	3						.265	.265	.441	.706		30						BAK,SDY · CALL,EL
1957	21	PHI-min	A	31	63	63		13	0	0	0						.206	.206	.206	.413		13						SDY · EL
1958	22	PHI-min	AA	64	98	91	7	23	1	0	1	9	0	0	2	6	.253	.266	.297	.563		27		0	4	1		TUL · TL
1959	23	LAD-min	AAA	35	59	51	7	14	1	0	0	5	0		0	10	.275	.269	.294	.563		15		0	7	1	0	STP · AA
1960	24	LAD-min	AAA	46	93	88	9	16	1	1	1	6	1		5	16	.182	.226	.250	.476		22						STP · AA
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-min	AAA	35	56	56	4	14	3	0	1	6	0	0	0	6	.250	.250	.357	.607		20						OKC · PCL
1963	27	HOU	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	28	CHW-min	AAA	29	33	33	2	8	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	7	.242	.242	.273	.515		9		0	0	0		INA · PCL
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

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
1960	24	LAD	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$9,000	/1
1961	25	LAD	NL	3	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$10,000	1
1962	26	HOU	NL	59	-3	1	-1	0	0	5	2	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$	1
3 Seasons				65	-4	1	-1	0	0	5	2	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$19,000

LAD (2 yrs)				6	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$19,000
HOU (1 yr)				59	-3	1	-1	0	0	5	2	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$

Standard Fielding

More Stats

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	SB	CS	CS%
1960	LAD	NL	24	P	1	1	0	7.0	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.29	1.00	.960	2.06	2.10	0	0
1961	LAD	NL	25	P	28	0	0	42.0	9	1	8	0	0	1.000	1.93	0.32	.959	2.19	2.15	1	1	50%
1962	HOU	NL	26	P	37	18	5	152.2	41	10	29	2	1	.951	2.30	1.05	.948	2.07	2.05	9	5	36%
1963	HOU	NL	27	P	3	1	0	6.1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.42	0.33	.950	1.99	2.07	2	1	33%
	4 Seasons			P	69	20	5	208.0	52	11	39	2	1	.962	2.16	0.72	.950	2.09	2.09	12	7	37%
	4 Seasons			TOT	69	20	5	208.0	52	11	39	2	1	.962	2.16	0.72	.950	2.09	2.09	12	7	37%

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Shutouts s c a p y 1962 NL 2 (10th)	Fielding % as P s c a p y 1961 NL 1.000 (1st)

Shutouts s c a p y
1962 NL 2 (10th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1961 NL 1.000 (1st)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray Ink

Pitching - 1 (2585), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

Before 1954 Season: Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent.
December 23, 1958: Traded by the Philadelphia Phillies with Rip Repulski and Gene Snyder to the Los Angeles Dodgers for Sparky Anderson.
October 10, 1961: Drafted by the Houston Colt .45's from the Los Angeles Dodgers as the 37th pick in the 1961 expansion draft.
December 10, 1963: Traded by the Houston Colt .45's with Danny Murphy and cash to the Chicago White Sox for Nellie Fox.

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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
1960	24	Los Angeles Dodgers	$9,000	2/1/61 TSN
1961	25	Los Angeles Dodgers	$10,000	2/1/61 TSN

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$19,000

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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