Jim Gott
James William Gott
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: August 3, 1959 in Hollywood, CA
High School: San Marino (San Marino, CA)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1982
Final Game: August 3, 1995
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1982 TOR AL 22 P 30 23 136.0 25 6 18 1 2 .960 1.59 0.80 .956 1.80 0.73
1983 TOR AL 23 P 34 30 176.2 30 9 20 1 2 .967 1.48 0.85 .957 1.80 0.73
1984 TOR AL 24 P 35 12 109.2 16 6 9 1 0 .938 1.23 0.43 .956 1.79 0.70
1985 SFG NL 25 P 26 26 148.1 37 9 28 0 0 1.000 2.24 1.42 .951 1.92 0.68
1986 SFG NL 26 P 9 2 13.0 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.38 0.22 .950 1.94 0.66
1987 TOT NL 27 P 55 3 87.0 16 5 10 1 0 .938 1.55 0.27 .956 1.91 0.62
1987 SFG NL 27 P 30 3 56.0 11 2 8 1 0 .909 1.61 0.33 .955 1.91 0.62
1987 PIT NL 27 P 25 0 31.0 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.45 0.20 .960 1.92 0.62
1988 PIT NL 28 P 67 0 77.1 12 4 8 0 0 1.000 1.40 0.18 .950 1.96 0.69
1989 PIT NL 29 P 1 0 0.2 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.35 0.60
1990 LAD NL 30 P 50 0 62.0 11 6 5 0 0 1.000 1.60 0.22 .955 1.80 0.58
1991 LAD NL 31 P 55 0 76.0 19 10 9 0 1 1.000 2.25 0.35 .953 1.86 0.59
1992 LAD NL 32 P 68 0 88.0 26 11 15 0 0 1.000 2.66 0.38 .950 1.94 0.60
1993 LAD NL 33 P 62 0 77.2 16 8 8 0 1 1.000 1.85 0.26 .950 1.84 0.54
1994 LAD NL 34 P 37 0 36.1 11 3 6 2 1 .818 2.23 0.24 .964 1.86 0.54
1995 PIT NL 35 P 25 0 31.1 10 2 7 1 0 .900 2.59 0.36 .960 1.84 0.51
14 Seasons P 554 96 1120.0 231 79 145 7 7 .970 1.80 0.40 .954 1.86 0.62
14 Seasons TOT 554 96 1120.0 231 79 145 7 7 .970 1.80 0.40 .924 1.86 0.62

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1982 TOR AL 22 30 0 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 TOR AL 23 34 0 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 TOR AL 24 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 SFG NL 25 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 SFG NL 26 9 2 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1987 SFG NL 27 30 3 30 30 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1987 PIT NL 27 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 PIT NL 28 67 0 67 67 67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 PIT NL 29 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 LAD NL 30 50 0 50 50 50 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 LAD NL 31 55 0 55 55 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 LAD NL 32 68 0 68 68 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 LAD NL 33 62 0 62 62 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 LAD NL 34 37 0 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 PIT NL 35 25 0 25 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 554 31 455 554 554 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1982 TOR AL 22 625 76% 28% 19 100% 1 5 1 3 18 15 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 100%
1983 TOR AL 23 801 76% 27% 23 83% 0 8 1 6 19 16 1 1 0 1 0 1 2 1 1 1 0
1984 TOR AL 24 474 74% 25% 13 92% 0 7 0 6 12 11 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 80%
1985 SFG NL 25 651 80% 28% 29 100% 1 8 0 7 28 22 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 100%
1986 SFG NL 26 69 68% 28% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1987 SFG NL 27 268 64% 28% 10 90% 0 2 0 2 9 9 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 PIT NL 27 135 74% 37% 2 100% 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 PIT NL 28 328 70% 29% 13 85% 0 5 1 3 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1989 PIT NL 29 4 50% 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 LAD NL 30 279 72% 29% 6 83% 0 6 0 6 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1991 LAD NL 31 342 69% 30% 9 100% 0 10 0 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 100%
1992 LAD NL 32 391 70% 35% 16 100% 0 11 1 9 15 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1993 LAD NL 33 327 74% 32% 7 100% 0 8 0 7 8 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1994 LAD NL 34 181 71% 31% 6 100% 0 3 0 3 6 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 4 100%
1995 PIT NL 35 156 79% 41% 9 78% 0 2 0 2 7 6 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
14 Seasons 5031 74% 29% 164 93% 2 78 4 66 149 130 5 7 0 3 4 3 7 4 4 3 26 96%
MLB Averages 77% 29% 91% 87%

* 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.

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