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+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1976 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 14	CHW	@	MIN	L,2-6	GF	6	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	10 (6)	Apr 28	CHW		MIL	L,1-4	GS	29	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	14 (3)	May 4	CHW	@	BAL	W,3-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
4	16 (1)	May 7	CHW	@	DET	L,0-5	GF	3	1.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
5	25 (8)	May 17	CHW		CAL	L,5-10	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
6	30 (4)	May 22	CHW		OAK	W,7-2	CG	32	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	31	May 23 (1)	CHW		OAK	W,3-1	GF	12	3.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
8	34 (2)	May 25	CHW	@	CAL	W,7-1	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
9	36 (1)	May 27	CHW	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
10	39 (2)	May 30	CHW	@	OAK	W,4-3	GF	11	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
11	40	May 31	CHW		TEX	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	41	Jun 1	CHW		TEX	L,5-6	GS	28	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
13	42	Jun 2	CHW		TEX	W,1-0	CG	36	11.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
14	43	Jun 4	CHW		CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	45 (1)	Jun 6 (1)	CHW		CLE	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
16	49 (3)	Jun 10	CHW	@	MIL	W,12-5	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	51 (1)	Jun 12	CHW	@	CLE	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
18	56 (4)	Jun 17	CHW		NYY	L,4-5	GS	30	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
19	59 (2)	Jun 20	CHW		NYY	L,3-6	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
20	61 (1)	Jun 22	CHW	@	KCR	W,14-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	63 (1)	Jun 23 (2)	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
22	66 (2)	Jun 25 (2)	CHW	@	TEX	W,14-9	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
23	67	Jun 26	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-1	CG	33	9.1	1	1	0	2	0	C
24	69 (1)	Jun 29	CHW		CAL	L,1-4	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
25	72 (2)	Jul 2	CHW		TEX	W,1-0	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	74 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	CHW		TEX	W,7-6	GS	38	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	C 1B
27	75	Jul 4 (2)	CHW		TEX	L,2-3	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	1B
28	78 (2)	Jul 7	CHW	@	BOS	W,6-3	CG	39	10.0	8	1	1	10	1	C
29	79	Jul 8	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	80	Jul 9	CHW	@	NYY	L,1-2	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
31	81	Jul 10	CHW	@	NYY	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	C
32	82	Jul 11	CHW	@	NYY	L,0-5	GS	32	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
33	86 (3)	Jul 18	CHW		MIL	W,13-3	CG	36	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
34	87	Jul 19	CHW		NYY	L,2-3	GS	29	8.0	4	1	0	5	1	C
35	90 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	CHW		DET	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
36	91	Jul 22 (1)	CHW		DET	W,9-3	CG	35	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	94 (2)	Jul 24	CHW		MIN	L,2-17	CG	56	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
38	95	Jul 25 (1)	CHW		MIN	L,8-13	GS	30	6.0	3	1	1	5	0	C
39	97 (1)	Jul 26	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-3	GF	22	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
40	98	Jul 27	CHW	@	OAK	L,0-1	CG	33	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
41	99	Jul 28	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	6	1	1	8	1	C
42	100	Jul 30	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
43	101	Jul 31	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	43	10.2	5	0	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
44	102	Aug 1	CHW	@	CAL	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
45	103	Aug 3	CHW		OAK	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
46	104	Aug 4	CHW		OAK	L,0-5	GS	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C 3B
47	105	Aug 6 (1)	CHW		KCR	L,2-9	CG	42	9.0	7	2	0	9	1	C
48	106	Aug 6 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
49	107	Aug 7	CHW		KCR	W,5-3	CG	32	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
50	108	Aug 8 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
51	109	Aug 8 (2)	CHW		KCR	L,1-7	GS	31	7.0	5	1	1	7	1	C
52	112 (2)	Aug 13	CHW	@	BAL	W,5-2	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	113	Aug 14 (1)	CHW	@	BAL	L,6-8	GS	34	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
54	114	Aug 14 (2)	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-6	GF	8	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
55	117 (2)	Aug 17 (1)	CHW		BOS	W,2-1	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
56	118	Aug 17 (2)	CHW		BOS	L,7-11	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
57	121 (2)	Aug 20	CHW		BAL	L,4-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
58	122	Aug 21	CHW		BAL	W,11-10	CG	61	12.0	7	3	0	10	0	C
59	123	Aug 22 (1)	CHW		BAL	L,2-6	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	124	Aug 22 (2)	CHW		BAL	W,7-3	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
61	125	Aug 23	CHW	@	DET	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	133 (7)	Sep 3	CHW	@	MIN	L,1-11	GF	11	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
63	138 (4)	Sep 8	CHW	@	OAK	W,6-5	GF	6	2.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
64	139	Sep 9	CHW	@	OAK	L,1-2	GS	21	5.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	140	Sep 10	CHW		CAL	L,2-3	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
66	143 (2)	Sep 12 (2)	CHW		CAL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	C
67	145 (1)	Sep 13 (2)	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
68	146	Sep 14	CHW		KCR	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	3	1	2	6	0	C
69	150 (3)	Sep 18	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	151	Sep 19	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
71	152	Sep 21	CHW		MIN	L,6-13	CG	48	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
72	153	Sep 22	CHW		MIN	L,3-6	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
73	154	Sep 23	CHW		MIN	L,0-3	GS	27	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	155	Sep 24	CHW		OAK	W,4-2	GS	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
75	156	Sep 25	CHW		OAK	L,4-7	GS	32	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
76	157	Sep 29	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-3	GS	28	7.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
77	159 (1)	Oct 1	CHW	@	TEX	L,8-11	GF	8	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
78	161 (1)	Oct 3	CHW	@	TEX	L,0-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							80gm		573.0	320	53	10	383	10