Jim Essian

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: January 2, 1951 in Detroit, MI us

High School: Troy HS (Troy, IL)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 15, 1973 (Age 22-256d, 13,450th in major league history)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 33-272d)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Agents: Jim Andary

Full Name: James Sarkis Essian

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.9

1855

453

.244

194

RBI

207

OBP

.327

SLG

.347

OPS

.673

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	32-46 / in Starts: 27-37
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	9 games
Most Games w/o HR	68 games
Most Games w/o RBI	23 games
Grand Slams	0 in 7 bases loaded PA and 5 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 229 PAs	21
Actual Runners on Base	154 (78-51-25)
Avg. MLBer w/ 229 PAs	22
Avg. Runners on Base	141 (70-47-24)

Most Driven In
B Dent	5
B Stein	3
J Spencer	2
L Johnson	2
C Lemon	2
K Bell	1
P Kelly	1
J Brohamer	1

Most Driven In By
R Garr	5
J Orta	3
L Johnson	2
P Kelly	1
B Dent	1
B Stein	1
K Bell	1
W Nordhagen	1

1976 Batting Game Log

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1976 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	22	3 (2)	Apr 14	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-6	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					9						C
2	23	10 (6)	Apr 28	CHW		MIL	L,1-4	GS-8	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.77	-0.008	1.14	-0.01%	-0.10	C
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
3	24	14 (3)	May 4	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	9	.57	-0.028	.64	-0.02%	-0.51	C
4	25	16 (1)	May 7	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	6						C
5	26	25 (8)	May 17	CHW		CAL	L,5-10	8-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	7	.15	0.011	.11	0.01%	0.94	C
6	27	30 (4)	May 22	CHW		OAK	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.273	.200	.473	9	1.38	-0.137	1.34	-0.08%	-1.30	C
7	28	31	May 23 (1)	CHW		OAK	W,3-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	6	.11	-0.003	.13	0.00%	-0.09	C
8	29	34 (2)	May 25	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.250	.182	.432	6						C
9	30	36 (1)	May 27	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-5	GS-9	4	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.357	.438	.357	.795	9	1.40	0.219	2.18	0.20%	1.42	C
10	31	39 (2)	May 30	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	10-GF(12)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.333	.745	6	2.20	-0.053	3.12	-0.05%	-0.20	C
11	32	40	May 31	CHW		TEX	W,9-4	CG	5	3	0	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.389	.500	.444	.944	8	.46	0.115	.84	0.12%	1.28	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
12	33	41	Jun 1	CHW		TEX	L,5-6	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.500	.450	.950	8	.79	0.046	1.60	0.06%	0.56	C
13	34	42	Jun 2	CHW		TEX	W,1-0	GS-11	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.375	.464	.458	.923	9	1.78	0.103	3.27	0.12%	0.09	C
14	35	43	Jun 4	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.419	.407	.827	9	.64	-0.050	.95	-0.04%	-0.99	C
15	36	45 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.412	.400	.812	9	.88	0.009	1.23	0.01%	0.24	C
16	37	49 (3)	Jun 10	CHW	@	MIL	W,12-5	CG	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.368	.353	.721	9	.09	-0.011	.12	-0.01%	-0.85	C
17	38	51 (1)	Jun 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.297	.366	.351	.717	9	.97	-0.054	1.33	-0.04%	-0.49	C
18	39	56 (4)	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.282	.349	.333	.682	9	1.06	-0.052	.72	-0.02%	-0.43	C
19	40	59 (2)	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.333	.681	9	.22	0.007	.11	0.00%	0.06	C
20	41	61 (1)	Jun 22	CHW	@	KCR	W,14-8	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.261	.333	.304	.638	9	.20	0.020	.18	0.01%	-0.04	C
21	42	63 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.327	.320	.647	9	1.21	-0.008	1.08	-0.01%	0.90	C
22	43	66 (2)	Jun 25 (2)	CHW	@	TEX	W,14-9	CG	5	3	1	2	0	0	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.283	.367	.340	.706	9	.94	0.083	1.01	0.05%	2.00	C
23	44	67	Jun 26	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG(10)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.339	.714	9	1.97	0.000	2.24	0.00%	0.20	C
24	45	69 (1)	Jun 29	CHW		CAL	L,1-4	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.276	.358	.328	.686	9	2.56	-0.168	2.00	-0.08%	-0.77	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
25	46	72 (2)	Jul 2	CHW		TEX	W,1-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.357	.328	.685	9	.96	-0.035	.56	-0.01%	-0.39	C
26	47	74 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,7-6	GS-8	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.366	.328	.694	9	1.29	0.091	.72	0.03%	0.39	C 1B
27	48	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		TEX	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.366	.328	.694	5						1B
28	49	78 (2)	Jul 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG(10)	5	5	1	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.303	.382	.348	.730	6	2.19	0.354	.52	0.05%	1.54	C
29	50	79	Jul 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.363	.329	.691	6	.94	-0.096	.24	-0.01%	-1.08	C
30	51	80	Jul 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.270	.345	.311	.656	9	1.47	-0.138	.36	-0.02%	-0.72	C
31	52	81	Jul 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	5	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.348	.299	.647	9	.87	0.028	.14	0.00%	0.12	C
32	53	82	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.253	.341	.291	.632	9	.48	-0.023	.10	0.00%	-0.23	C
33	54	86 (3)	Jul 18	CHW		MIL	W,13-3	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.333	.277	.610	9	.19	0.019	.03	0.00%	-0.95	C
34	55	87	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.333	.279	.612	9	.89	-0.012	.16	0.00%	-0.19	C
35	56	90 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.324	.270	.593	9	.58	-0.044	.08	0.00%	-0.69	C
36	57	91	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		DET	W,9-3	CG	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.330	.264	.594	9	.54	0.056	.15	0.01%	0.47	C
37	58	94 (2)	Jul 24	CHW		MIN	L,2-17	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.221	.318	.253	.571	9	.30	-0.032	.05	0.00%	-1.28	C
38	59	95	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,8-13	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	.216	.313	.247	.560	9	1.10	-0.102	.16	-0.01%	-1.58	C
39	60	97 (1)	Jul 26	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-3	3-GF	3	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.330	.263	.593	8	.95	0.125	.13	0.01%	0.71	C
40	61	98	Jul 27	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.228	.325	.257	.582	9	1.60	-0.122	.13	-0.01%	-0.82	C
41	62	99	Jul 28	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.219	.314	.248	.562	9	.83	-0.039	.05	0.00%	-0.36	C
42	63	100	Jul 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.306	.241	.547	9	.84	-0.062	.06	0.00%	-0.52	C
43	64	101	Jul 31	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG(11)	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.295	.230	.525	9	1.53	-0.185	.07	-0.01%	-0.98	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
44	65	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.198	.293	.224	.517	9	.52	0.014	.03	0.00%	0.08	C
45	66	103	Aug 3	CHW		OAK	L,3-7	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.294	.227	.521	9	.80	0.009	.06	0.00%	-0.04	C
46	67	104	Aug 4	CHW		OAK	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.302	.238	.540	9	.67	-0.011	.02	0.00%	0.15	C 3B
47	68	105	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		KCR	L,2-9	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.303	.240	.543	9	.72	-0.022	.01	0.00%	-0.24	C
48	69	106	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.211	.297	.234	.531	9	.50	0.004	.01	0.00%	-0.11	C
49	70	107	Aug 7	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.291	.229	.520	9	1.02	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-0.75	C
50	71	108	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,5-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.207	.289	.230	.519	9	.51	-0.009	.01	0.00%	0.46	C
51	72	109	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,1-7	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.204	.286	.226	.512	9	.71	-0.053	.01	0.00%	-0.94	C
52	73	112 (2)	Aug 13	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.291	.236	.527	9	.82	0.082	.00	0.00%	1.00	C
53	74	113	Aug 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,6-8	GS-8	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.298	.245	.543	9	.77	-0.019	.00	0.00%	0.70	C
54	75	114	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	7-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.298	.245	.543	1						C
55	76	117 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.298	.245	.543	5						C
56	77	118	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,7-11	CG	5	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.301	.252	.553	9	.35	0.019	.00	0.00%	0.50	C
57	78	121 (2)	Aug 20	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.218	.301	.252	.553	5						C
58	79	122	Aug 21	CHW		BAL	W,11-10	CG(12)	6	5	1	2	1	0	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.308	.263	.571	9	2.70	0.173	.00	0.00%	0.61	C
59	80	123	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.227	.314	.266	.581	9	1.75	0.194	.00	0.00%	1.16	C
60	81	124	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.307	.259	.567	9	.75	-0.083	.00	0.00%	-1.86	C
61	82	125	Aug 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.308	.261	.569	9	1.12	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.07	C
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
62	83	133 (7)	Sep 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-11	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.306	.259	.565	6	.02	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.22	C
63	84	138 (4)	Sep 8	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-5	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.306	.259	.565	9						C
64	85	139	Sep 9	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.308	.262	.570	9	1.30	0.013	.00	0.00%	0.15	C
65	86	140	Sep 10	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.223	.309	.259	.568	9	1.77	-0.044	.00	0.00%	-0.31	C
66	87	143 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,5-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.313	.260	.573	9	.59	0.014	.00	0.00%	0.44	C
67	88	145 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.318	.267	.585	9	.98	0.088	.00	0.00%	0.52	C
68	89	146	Sep 14	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.234	.318	.269	.587	9	1.47	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-0.45	C
69	90	150 (3)	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.318	.270	.588	9	.92	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.05	C
70	91	151	Sep 19	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS-9	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.322	.280	.602	9	1.30	0.150	.00	0.00%	1.11	C
71	92	152	Sep 21	CHW		MIN	L,6-13	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.325	.281	.606	9	.05	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.47	C
72	93	153	Sep 22	CHW		MIN	L,3-6	GS-9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.246	.330	.283	.614	9	.64	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.34	C
73	94	154	Sep 23	CHW		MIN	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.327	.280	.608	9	1.49	-0.077	.00	0.00%	-0.55	C
74	95	155	Sep 24	CHW		OAK	W,4-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.324	.277	.602	9	1.01	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-0.48	C
75	96	156	Sep 25	CHW		OAK	L,4-7	GS-8	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.247	.329	.284	.612	9	1.88	0.189	.00	0.00%	1.77	C
76	97	157	Sep 29	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.326	.281	.606	9	1.46	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
77	98	159 (1)	Oct 1	CHW	@	TEX	L,8-11	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.245	.326	.281	.606	9						C
78	99	161 (1)	Oct 3	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.246	.326	.281	.607	9	1.20	-0.120	.00	0.00%	-1.08	C
							32-46		229	199	20	49	7	0	0	21	23	0	28	1	5	1	6	6	2	1	.246	.326	.281	.607		1.00	0.036	.42	0.25%	-2.76

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