Jim Gosger
James Charles Gosger
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 6, 1942 in Port Huron, MI
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 4, 1963
Final Game: September 22, 1974
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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
1963 20 BOS AL 19 19 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .063 .211 .063 .273 -20 1 0 0 0 0 0 /89
1965 22 BOS AL 81 359 324 45 83 15 4 9 35 3 1 29 61 .256 .318 .410 .729 101 133 7 2 1 3 1 89
1966 23 TOT AL 128 458 398 50 93 18 1 10 44 5 4 52 73 .234 .325 .359 .684 96 143 3 2 5 1 1 *87/9
1966 23 BOS AL 40 143 126 16 32 4 0 5 17 0 1 15 20 .254 .333 .405 .738 102 51 1 0 2 0 0 8/9
1966 23 KCA AL 88 315 272 34 61 14 1 5 27 5 3 37 53 .224 .321 .338 .659 93 92 2 2 3 1 1 78
1967 24 KCA AL 134 416 356 31 86 14 5 5 36 5 7 53 69 .242 .337 .351 .688 107 125 3 0 3 4 8 *798
1968 25 OAK AL 88 169 150 7 27 1 1 0 5 4 0 17 21 .180 .262 .200 .462 46 30 5 0 1 1 8 78/9
1969 26 TOT MLB 49 79 70 4 8 4 1 1 2 2 1 7 17 .114 .195 .243 .438 23 17 1 0 2 0 1 8/79
1969 26 SEP AL 39 63 55 4 6 2 1 1 1 2 1 6 11 .109 .197 .236 .433 23 13 1 0 2 0 0 8/97
1969 26 NYM NL 10 16 15 0 2 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .133 .188 .267 .454 25 4 0 0 0 0 1 /78
1970 27 MON NL 91 312 274 38 72 11 2 5 37 5 3 35 35 .263 .348 .372 .721 95 102 4 1 2 0 3 873/9
1971 28 MON NL 51 115 102 7 16 2 2 0 8 1 1 9 17 .157 .230 .216 .446 27 22 3 1 2 1 0 7/389
1973 30 NYM NL 38 102 92 9 22 2 0 0 10 0 1 9 16 .239 .304 .261 .565 60 24 1 0 0 1 2 78
1974 31 NYM NL 26 37 33 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .091 .167 .091 .258 -26 3 2 0 1 0 1 8/79
10 Seasons 705 2066 1815 197 411 67 16 30 177 25 18 217 316 .226 .309 .331 .640 83 600 29 6 17 11 25
162 Game Avg. 162 475 417 45 94 15 4 7 41 6 4 50 73 .226 .309 .331 .640 83 138 7 1 4 3 6
NYM (3 yrs) 74 155 140 12 27 4 0 0 11 0 1 13 24 .193 .260 .221 .481 36 31 3 0 1 1 4
OAK (3 yrs) 310 900 778 72 174 29 7 10 68 14 10 107 143 .224 .317 .317 .634 91 247 10 2 7 6 17
BOS (3 yrs) 140 521 466 64 116 19 4 14 52 3 2 47 86 .249 .319 .397 .716 97 185 8 2 3 3 1
MON (2 yrs) 142 427 376 45 88 13 4 5 45 6 4 44 52 .234 .317 .330 .647 77 124 7 2 4 1 3
SEP (1 yr) 39 63 55 4 6 2 1 1 1 2 1 6 11 .109 .197 .236 .433 23 13 1 0 2 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 489 1484 1299 140 296 50 12 25 121 19 13 160 240 .228 .313 .343 .655 90 445 19 4 12 9 18
NL (5 yrs) 216 582 516 57 115 17 4 5 56 6 5 57 76 .223 .302 .300 .602 66 155 10 2 5 2 7

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
1963 20 BOS AL 19 15 0 0.0 97 .091 .063 .259 .211 .325 .063 .399 .273 .725 -20 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .267 .188 .000
1965 22 BOS AL 359 253 43 4.6 97 .288 .256 .257 .318 .328 .410 .394 .729 .723 101 .557 0.0 0.0 .667 .250 .154 4.5
1966 23 TOT AL 458 318 50 4.2 91 .263 .234 .250 .325 .316 .359 .385 .684 .701 96 .537 -0.8 -0.1 .635 .259 .126 6.7
1966 23 BOS AL 143 98 18 5.0 98 .267 .254 .260 .333 .328 .405 .401 .738 .729 102 .606 0.4 0.0 .677 .262 .151 .0
1966 23 KCA AL 315 220 32 3.9 87 .260 .224 .245 .321 .311 .338 .378 .659 .689 93 .501 -1.3 -0.1 .616 .257 .114 5.0
1967 24 KCA AL 416 287 44 4.1 82 .283 .242 .240 .337 .308 .351 .360 .688 .668 107 .546 4.8 0.5 .629 .253 .110 5.0
1968 25 OAK AL 169 130 8 1.6 75 .208 .180 .231 .262 .300 .200 .342 .462 .642 46 .201 -9.3 -1.1 .398 .160 .020 .0
1969 26 TOT MLB 79 66 4 1.6 93 .135 .114 .253 .195 .328 .243 .380 .438 .709 23 .150 -7.4 -0.8 .391 .243 .129 1.3
1969 26 SEP AL 63 53 3 1.5 92 .116 .109 .251 .197 .327 .236 .379 .433 .706 23 .135 -5.9 -0.6 .392 .255 .127 1.3
1969 26 NYM NL 16 13 1 2.1 96 .222 .133 .262 .188 .332 .267 .388 .454 .720 25 .216 -1.5 -0.2 .385 .200 .133
1970 27 MON NL 312 211 37 4.7 103 .286 .263 .266 .348 .338 .372 .406 .721 .744 95 .507 -1.6 -0.2 .670 .245 .109 5.0
1971 28 MON NL 115 93 5 1.4 92 .186 .157 .260 .230 .326 .216 .380 .446 .706 27 .131 -10.0 -1.1 .356 .147 .059 .0
1973 30 NYM NL 102 73 7 2.6 95 .286 .239 .260 .304 .329 .261 .387 .565 .716 60 .284 -4.8 -0.5 .444 .109 .022
1974 31 NYM NL 37 33 0 0.0 94 .097 .091 .261 .167 .333 .091 .378 .258 .711 -26 .000 -5.6 -0.6 .188 .091 .000
10 Seasons 2066 1479 198 3.6 91 .257 .226 .252 .309 .321 .331 .381 .640 .702 83 .451 -37.4 -4.0 .572 .228 .104 27.3
162 Game Avg. 475 340 45 3.6 91 .257 .226 .252 .309 .321 .331 .381 .640 .702 83 .451 -37.4 -4.0 .572 .228 .104 6
NYM (3 yrs) 155 119 8 1.8 95 .231 .193 .261 .260 .330 .221 .385 .481 .715 36 .173 -11.9 -1.2 .368 .114 .029
OAK (3 yrs) 900 637 84 3.6 82 .260 .224 .240 .317 .308 .317 .363 .634 .670 91 .475 -5.8 -0.7 .577 .237 .094 11.7
BOS (3 yrs) 521 366 61 4.5 97 .276 .249 .258 .319 .328 .397 .396 .716 .725 97 .552 -2.1 -0.2 .653 .251 .148 4.9
MON (2 yrs) 427 304 42 3.7 100 .259 .234 .264 .317 .335 .330 .399 .647 .734 77 .414 -11.6 -1.2 .575 .218 .096 5.5
SEP (1 yr) 63 53 3 1.5 92 .116 .109 .251 .197 .327 .236 .379 .433 .706 23 .135 -5.9 -0.6 .392 .255 .127 1.3
AL (6 yrs) 1484 1056 148 3.8 88 .260 .228 .247 .313 .316 .343 .375 .655 .691 90 .490 -13.9 -1.5 .594 .242 .115 21.6
NL (5 yrs) 582 423 50 3.2 98 .252 .223 .263 .302 .334 .300 .395 .602 .729 66 .353 -23.5 -2.5 .517 .190 .078 5.5

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
1963 20 BOS AL 19 0.0% 26.3% 15.8% 0.0% 0% 1.67 3.2 1.50 58%
1965 22 BOS AL 359 2.5% 17.0% 8.1% 7.8% 34% 2.10 5.3 36.0 9.3 0.81 72%
1966 23 TOT AL 458 2.2% 15.9% 11.4% 6.3% 31% 1.40 5.5 39.8 9.0 1.03 69%
1966 23 BOS AL 143 3.5% 14.0% 10.5% 6.3% 28% 1.33 6.3 25.2 7.4 0.80 71%
1966 23 KCA AL 315 1.6% 16.8% 11.8% 6.4% 33% 1.43 5.1 54.4 10.1 1.16 68%
1967 24 KCA AL 416 1.2% 16.6% 12.7% 5.8% 28% 1.30 5.2 71.2 9.9 0.79 69%
1968 25 OAK AL 169 0.0% 12.4% 10.1% 1.2% 7% 1.24 7.1 30.0 1.14 77%
1969 26 TOT MLB 79 1.3% 21.5% 8.9% 7.6% 75% 2.43 4.1 70.0 35.0 0.71 66%
1969 26 SEP AL 63 1.6% 17.5% 9.5% 6.4% 67% 1.83 5.0 55.0 55.0 0.78 68%
1969 26 NYM NL 16 0.0% 37.5% 6.3% 12.5% 100% 6.00 2.5 15.0 0.40 56%
1970 27 MON NL 312 1.6% 11.2% 11.2% 5.8% 25% 1.00 7.8 54.8 7.4 0.81 75%
1971 28 MON NL 115 0.0% 14.8% 7.8% 3.5% 25% 1.89 6.0 12.8 1.68 75%
1973 30 NYM NL 102 0.0% 15.7% 8.8% 2.0% 9% 1.78 5.8 9.2 1.04 75%
1974 31 NYM NL 37 0.0% 5.4% 8.1% 0.0% 0% 0.67 16.5 1.21 84%
10 Seasons 2066 1.5% 15.3% 10.5% 5.5% 28% 1.46 5.7 60.5 10.3 0.94 72%
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
1963 20 BOS AL 0 0 75% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 4 4 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1965 22 BOS AL 6 0 34% 147 3 1 75% 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 12 39% 18 13 5 4 2 2 17 9 8
1966 23 TOT AL 5 0 29% 183 5 4 56% 5 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 9 51% 27 16 11 6 3 3 14 3 10
1966 23 BOS AL 3 0 26% 57 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 27% 6 5 1 3 2 1 2 1 1
1966 23 KCA AL 2 0 31% 126 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 4 58% 21 11 10 3 1 2 12 2 9
1967 24 KCA AL 4 0 19% 148 5 7 42% 5 7 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 8 44% 15 11 4 5 2 3 7 2 5
1968 25 OAK AL 2 0 16% 52 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 2 40% 8 5 3 2 2 0 5 1 3
1969 26 TOT MLB 1 0 21% 25 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 60% 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1969 26 SEP AL 1 0 27% 17 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 60% 4 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1969 26 NYM NL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1970 27 MON NL 4 0 32% 120 5 3 63% 5 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 12 65% 14 6 8 3 1 2 9 2 7
1971 28 MON NL 1 0 27% 33 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0 1
1973 30 NYM NL 1 0 29% 38 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 42% 9 7 2 2 0 2 1 0 1
1974 31 NYM NL 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
10 Seasons 24 0 28% 772 25 18 58% 25 18 0 0 0 0 7 0 14 51 45% 105 69 36 24 12 12 56 18 36
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
1963 20 BOS AL 19 100% 1 6 1 0 0 0.95 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1965 22 BOS AL 359 74% 83 0 0 0 0 9 0 8 7 2 4 5 1 1 1 100% 51 7 14% 19 8 42% 187 26 14% 7 5 71% 16 7 44% 0
1966 23 TOT AL 457 85% 93 23 6 0 2 1.33 10 0 10 9 1 2 8 0 6 5 83% 68 3 4% 43 11 26% 236 35 15% 18 8 44% 34 12 35% 1
1966 23 BOS AL 142 94% 32 9 1 0 1 1.52 5 0 2 5 0 2 3 0 3 2 67% 21 1 5% 9 2 22% 77 13 17% 5 3 60% 8 4 50% 0
1966 23 KCA AL 315 81% 61 14 5 0 1 1.20 5 0 8 4 1 0 5 0 3 3 100% 47 2 4% 34 9 26% 159 22 14% 13 5 38% 26 8 31% 1
1967 24 KCA AL 416 89% 86 27 7 0 6 1.61 5 0 5 5 0 2 3 0 3 3 100% 71 3 4% 34 10 29% 257 31 12% 25 11 44% 29 6 21% 0
1968 25 OAK AL 169 78% 27 18 3 0 1 2.35 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 23 5 22% 16 5 31% 91 5 5% 9 2 22% 8 1 13% 0
1969 26 TOT MLB 79 94% 8 16 1 0 0 1.90 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 14 1 7% 8 3 38% 50 1 2% 1 0 0% 5 1 20% 0
1969 26 SEP AL 63 92% 6 12 1 0 0 1.76 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 11 1 9% 5 3 60% 35 0 0% 0 0 4 1 25% 0
1969 26 NYM NL 16 100% 2 4 0 0 0 2.30 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 15 1 7% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1970 27 MON NL 312 90% 72 10 1 0 1 1.26 5 0 6 5 0 4 1 0 3 2 67% 65 4 6% 29 12 41% 209 32 15% 21 11 52% 17 7 41% 0
1971 28 MON NL 111 98% 16 23 3 0 2 1.88 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 28 3 11% 11 5 45% 71 7 10% 4 3 75% 4 2 50% 4
1973 30 NYM NL 102 92% 22 4 0 0 1 1.18 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 1 5% 8 4 50% 76 11 14% 7 4 57% 7 3 43% 0
1974 31 NYM NL 37 86% 3 2 0 0 0 2.98 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 2 20% 5 1 20% 30 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
10 Seasons 2061 86% 411 129 22 0 13 1.70 30 0 41 27 3 13 17 1 19 17 89% 354 29 8% 174 59 34% 1218 148 12% 93 44 47% 122 40 33% 5
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
1963 20 19 19 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .063 .211 .063 .273 -20 1 0 0 0 0 0
1964 21 19 19 16 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .063 .211 .063 .273 -20 1 0 0 0 0 0
1965 22 100 378 340 48 84 15 4 9 35 3 1 32 66 .247 .313 .394 .707 95 134 7 2 1 3 1
1966 23 228 836 738 98 177 33 5 19 79 8 5 84 139 .240 .319 .375 .695 96 277 10 4 6 4 2
1967 24 362 1252 1094 129 263 47 10 24 115 13 12 137 208 .240 .325 .367 .692 99 402 13 4 9 8 10
1968 25 450 1421 1244 136 290 48 11 24 120 17 12 154 229 .233 .318 .347 .665 93 432 18 4 10 9 18
1969 26 499 1500 1314 140 298 52 12 25 122 19 13 161 246 .227 .311 .342 .653 90 449 19 4 12 9 19
1970 27 590 1812 1588 178 370 63 14 30 159 24 16 196 281 .233 .318 .347 .665 90 551 23 5 14 9 22
1971 28 641 1927 1690 185 386 65 16 30 167 25 17 205 298 .228 .312 .339 .651 87 573 26 6 16 10 22
1972 29 641 1927 1690 185 386 65 16 30 167 25 17 205 298 .228 .312 .339 .651 87 573 26 6 16 10 22
1973 30 679 2029 1782 194 408 67 16 30 177 25 18 214 314 .229 .312 .335 .647 85 597 27 6 16 11 24
1974 31 705 2066 1815 197 411 67 16 30 177 25 18 217 316 .226 .309 .331 .640 83 600 29 6 17 11 25

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1963 20 19 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .000 .158 .000 .158 0 19
1965 22 81 362 327 47 86 16 4 9 37 3 30 61 .263 .326 .419 .745 45 81
1966 23 129 474 412 57 105 20 1 11 50 6 59 73 .255 .350 .388 .739 56 128
1967 24 134 437 371 38 101 16 6 6 45 6 62 69 .272 .373 .396 .769 55 134
1968 25 88 178 156 9 33 1 1 0 7 5 21 21 .212 .303 .231 .534 11 88
1969 26 49 79 71 5 9 4 1 1 2 2 8 17 .127 .215 .254 .469 4 49
1970 27 91 313 276 38 74 11 2 5 37 5 36 35 .268 .355 .377 .731 37 91
1971 28 51 116 104 8 18 2 2 0 9 1 10 17 .173 .250 .231 .481 6 51
1973 30 38 103 93 10 23 2 0 0 11 0 9 16 .247 .311 .269 .579 8 38
1974 31 26 36 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 .000 .083 .000 .083 0 26
10 Seasons 706 2117 1859 212 449 72 17 32 198 28 241 316 .242 .329 .350 .679 222 705
162 Game Avg. 162 486 427 49 103 17 4 7 45 6 55 73 .242 .329 .350 .679 51 705

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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