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

Born: August 3, 1959 in Hollywood, 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 Pitching

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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
1982 22 TOR AL 5 10 .333 4.43 30 23 4 1 1 0 136.0 134 76 67 15 66 0 82 3 0 8 600 101 1.471 8.9 1.0 4.4 5.4 1.24
1983 23 TOR AL 9 14 .391 4.74 34 30 2 6 1 0 176.2 195 103 93 15 68 5 121 5 0 2 776 91 1.489 9.9 0.8 3.5 6.2 1.78
1984 24 TOR AL 7 6 .538 4.02 35 12 11 1 1 2 109.2 93 54 49 7 49 3 73 3 0 1 464 102 1.295 7.6 0.6 4.0 6.0 1.49
1985 25 SFG NL 7 10 .412 3.88 26 26 0 2 0 0 148.1 144 73 64 10 51 3 78 1 2 3 629 89 1.315 8.7 0.6 3.1 4.7 1.53
1986 26 SFG NL 0 0 7.62 9 2 3 0 0 1 13.0 16 12 11 0 13 2 9 0 1 1 66 46 2.231 11.1 0.0 9.0 6.2 0.69
1987 27 TOT NL 1 2 .333 3.41 55 3 30 0 0 13 87.0 81 43 33 4 40 7 90 2 0 5 382 116 1.391 8.4 0.4 4.1 9.3 2.25
1987 27 SFG NL 1 0 1.000 4.50 30 3 8 0 0 0 56.0 53 32 28 4 32 5 63 2 0 3 253 86 1.518 8.5 0.6 5.1 10.1 1.97
1987 27 PIT NL 0 2 .000 1.45 25 0 22 0 0 13 31.0 28 11 5 0 8 2 27 0 0 2 129 281 1.161 8.1 0.0 2.3 7.8 3.38
1988 28 PIT NL 6 6 .500 3.49 67 0 59 0 0 34 77.1 68 30 30 9 22 5 76 2 6 1 314 97 1.164 7.9 1.0 2.6 8.8 3.45
1989 29 PIT NL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 3.000 13.5 0.0 13.5 13.5 1.00
1990 30 LAD NL 3 5 .375 2.90 50 0 24 0 0 3 62.0 59 27 20 5 34 7 44 0 0 4 270 127 1.500 8.6 0.7 4.9 6.4 1.29
1991 31 LAD NL 4 3 .571 2.96 55 0 26 0 0 2 76.0 63 28 25 5 32 7 73 1 3 6 322 121 1.250 7.5 0.6 3.8 8.6 2.28
1992 32 LAD NL 3 3 .500 2.45 68 0 28 0 0 6 88.0 72 27 24 4 41 13 75 1 3 9 369 142 1.284 7.4 0.4 4.2 7.7 1.83
1993 33 LAD NL 4 8 .333 2.32 62 0 45 0 0 25 77.2 71 23 20 6 17 5 67 1 0 5 313 166 1.133 8.2 0.7 2.0 7.8 3.94
1994 34 LAD NL 5 3 .625 5.94 37 0 17 0 0 2 36.1 46 24 24 3 20 4 29 3 0 4 172 67 1.817 11.4 0.7 5.0 7.2 1.45
1995 35 PIT NL 2 4 .333 6.03 25 0 12 0 0 3 31.1 38 26 21 2 12 2 19 1 0 3 147 71 1.596 10.9 0.6 3.4 5.5 1.58
14 Seasons 56 74 .431 3.87 554 96 261 10 3 91 1120.0 1081 546 481 85 466 63 837 23 15 52 4828 101 1.381 8.7 0.7 3.7 6.7 1.80
162 Game Avg. 6 8 .431 3.87 58 10 27 1 0 10 117 113 57 50 9 49 7 88 2 2 5 505 101 1.381 8.7 0.7 3.7 6.7 1.80
LAD (5 yrs) 19 22 .463 2.99 272 0 140 0 0 38 340.0 311 129 113 23 144 36 288 6 6 28 1446 123 1.338 8.2 0.6 3.8 7.6 2.00
PIT (4 yrs) 8 12 .400 3.59 118 0 93 0 0 50 140.1 135 67 56 11 43 9 123 3 6 6 594 104 1.268 8.7 0.7 2.8 7.9 2.86
SFG (3 yrs) 8 10 .444 4.27 65 31 11 2 0 1 217.1 213 117 103 14 96 10 150 3 3 7 948 84 1.422 8.8 0.6 4.0 6.2 1.56
TOR (3 yrs) 21 30 .412 4.45 99 65 17 8 3 2 422.1 422 233 209 37 183 8 276 11 0 11 1840 97 1.433 9.0 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.51
NL (11 yrs) 35 44 .443 3.51 455 31 244 2 0 89 697.2 659 313 272 48 283 55 561 12 15 41 2988 104 1.350 8.5 0.6 3.7 7.2 1.98
AL (3 yrs) 21 30 .412 4.45 99 65 17 8 3 2 422.1 422 233 209 37 183 8 276 11 0 11 1840 97 1.433 9.0 0.8 3.9 5.9 1.51

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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
1985 25 SFG NL 26 56 51 6 10 2 0 3 3 0 1 1 30 .196 .212 .412 .623 75 21 0 0 4 0 0 1
1986 26 SFG NL 9 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -23 0 0 1 0 0 0 /1
1987 27 TOT NL 55 11 11 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 4 .091 .091 .364 .455 15 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 27 SFG NL 30 10 10 2 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 3 .100 .100 .400 .500 27 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 27 PIT NL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1988 28 PIT NL 67 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 29 PIT NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1990 30 LAD NL 50 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 31 LAD NL 55 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 186 1 0 0 1 0 0 1
1992 32 LAD NL 68 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 186 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 33 LAD NL 62 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 34 LAD NL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1995 35 PIT NL 25 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
14 Seasons 455 80 73 8 13 2 0 4 5 0 1 1 41 .178 .200 .370 .570 58 27 0 1 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 28 26 3 5 1 0 1 2 0 0 0 15 .178 .200 .370 .570 58 10 0 0 2 0 0
LAD (5 yrs) 272 7 6 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 89 2 0 0 1 0 0
PIT (4 yrs) 118 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SFG (3 yrs) 65 70 64 8 11 2 0 4 5 0 1 1 34 .172 .197 .391 .588 63 25 0 1 4 0 0

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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 on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1983 AL--6.164--5th
Career--6.726--113th

Games Played s c a p y
1988 NL--67--7th
Career--554--247th

Saves s c a p y
1988 NL--34--2nd
1993 NL--25--9th
Career--91--137th

Losses s c a p y
1983 AL--14--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1982 AL--8--10th
1992 NL--9--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1988 NL--59--2nd
1993 NL--45--10th
Career--261--149th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 7 (1725), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 9 (975), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1497), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

June 7, 1977: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

December 7, 1981: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 rule 5 draft.

January 26, 1985: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Augie Schmidt (minors) and Jack McKnight (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for Gary Lavelle.

December 19, 1986: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

April 7, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

August 3, 1987: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the San Francisco Giants.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 7, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 6, 1995: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985San Francisco Giants$170,000
1986San Francisco Giants$375,000
1987San Francisco Giants$317,000
1988Pittsburgh Pirates$500,000
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$600,000
1990Los Angeles Dodgers$300,000
1991Los Angeles Dodgers$1,725,000
1992Los Angeles Dodgers$2,125,000
1993Los Angeles Dodgers$1,800,000
1994Los Angeles Dodgers$1,800,000
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$900,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,612,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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