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.

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1977 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	4 (3)	Apr 12	CHW		BOS	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
2	5	Apr 13	CHW		BOS	W,7-3	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
3	6	Apr 15	CHW		TOR	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
4	7	Apr 16	CHW		TOR	W,3-2	CG	36	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
5	8	Apr 17	CHW		TOR	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
6	9	Apr 19	CHW	@	CAL	L,2-11	CG	42	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
7	10	Apr 20	CHW	@	CAL	W,3-2	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	11	Apr 22	CHW	@	OAK	W,8-2	CG	36	9.0	12	1	0	13	0	C
9	12	Apr 23	CHW	@	OAK	L,2-3	GS	27	7.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
10	13	Apr 24 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	W,12-5	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
11	14	Apr 24 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	L,4-11	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
12	15	Apr 26	CHW	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	57	14.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
13	16	Apr 27	CHW	@	DET	L,9-10	GS	37	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
14	17	Apr 29	CHW		TEX	L,1-2	CG	37	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
15	19 (1)	May 1	CHW		TEX	W,12-4	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	20	May 2	CHW	@	KCR	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
17	21	May 3	CHW	@	KCR	W,8-4	CG	39	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	22	May 4	CHW	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
19	23	May 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	24	May 6	CHW	@	CLE	W,7-5	CG	39	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	C
21	25	May 7	CHW	@	CLE	W,5-2	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
22	26	May 8	CHW	@	CLE	W,8-3	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
23	27	May 9	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-3	CG	35	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
24	28	May 10	CHW	@	TEX	L,2-3	CG	34	8.2	6	3	0	9	0	C
25	29	May 11	CHW	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS	30	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	30	May 13	CHW		CLE	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
27	32 (1)	May 15	CHW		CLE	L,3-4	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
28	33	May 18	CHW		KCR	W,7-4	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
29	34	May 19	CHW		KCR	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
30	35	May 20	CHW		DET	L,4-7	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
31	36	May 21	CHW		DET	L,2-3	GF	7	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
32	38 (1)	May 25	CHW	@	MIL	L,4-7	CG	42	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
33	40 (1)	May 27	CHW	@	NYY	L,6-8	GS	35	7.0	4	2	1	7	0	C
34	41	May 28	CHW	@	NYY	W,9-4	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
35	43 (1)	May 30 (1)	CHW		MIL	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
36	44	May 30 (2)	CHW		MIL	W,8-3	GF	13	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	PR C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
37	45	Jun 1	CHW		BAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
38	46	Jun 2	CHW		BAL	W,7-4	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
39	47	Jun 3	CHW		NYY	W,9-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
40	48	Jun 4	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
41	49	Jun 5	CHW		NYY	L,6-8	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
42	50	Jun 6	CHW	@	MIN	W,9-5	CG	48	12.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
43	51	Jun 7	CHW	@	MIN	L,5-6	GS	31	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
44	52	Jun 8	CHW	@	TEX	L,1-6	CG	37	8.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
45	53	Jun 9	CHW	@	TEX	W,4-3	GS	49	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
46	55 (1)	Jun 11	CHW	@	BAL	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
47	56	Jun 12	CHW	@	BAL	W,6-4	GF	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
48	57	Jun 13	CHW	@	BOS	L,4-5	CG	41	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
49	58	Jun 14	CHW	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	34	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
50	59	Jun 16	CHW	@	BOS	W,7-3	CG	40	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
51	60	Jun 18	CHW		OAK	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
52	61	Jun 19 (1)	CHW		OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
53	63 (1)	Jun 20	CHW		OAK	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
54	64	Jun 21	CHW		CAL	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
55	65	Jun 22	CHW		CAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
56	67 (1)	Jun 24	CHW	@	MIN	L,6-7	CG	40	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
57	68	Jun 25	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-1	CG	36	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	69	Jun 26	CHW	@	MIN	L,12-19	CG	52	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
59	70	Jun 27	CHW		SEA	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	71	Jun 28	CHW		SEA	W,10-4	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
61	72	Jun 29	CHW		SEA	L,1-3	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
62	73	Jul 1	CHW		MIN	W,5-2	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
63	74	Jul 2	CHW		MIN	W,13-8	CG	45	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
64	76 (1)	Jul 3 (2)	CHW		MIN	W,10-8	CG	48	9.0	12	0	0	12	0	C
65	77	Jul 4	CHW	@	SEA	W,6-2	CG	33	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	C
66	78	Jul 5	CHW	@	SEA	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
67	80 (1)	Jul 8	CHW	@	DET	W,10-7	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	81	Jul 9	CHW	@	DET	W,5-2	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
69	83 (1)	Jul 11	CHW		KCR	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
70	84	Jul 12	CHW		KCR	L,3-8	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
71	85	Jul 13 (1)	CHW		TOR	W,6-3	CG	41	9.0	7	0	1	8	0	C
72	86	Jul 13 (2)	CHW		TOR	L,3-5	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
73	87	Jul 14	CHW		TOR	W,2-1	CG	30	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	89 (1)	Jul 16	CHW		BOS	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
75	92 (2)	Jul 23	CHW	@	TOR	W,10-3	CG	39	9.0	6	0	0	6	1	C
76	93	Jul 24	CHW	@	BOS	W,9-6	CG	40	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
77	94	Jul 25	CHW	@	BOS	W,8-7	GS	28	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
78	97 (2)	Jul 29	CHW		KCR	W,11-8	GS	34	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
79	99 (1)	Jul 31 (1)	CHW		KCR	W,5-4	GS	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
80	102 (2)	Aug 2	CHW		TEX	L,8-9	CG	42	9.0	10	1	0	11	1	C
81	103	Aug 3	CHW		TEX	L,10-12	GS	38	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
82	104	Aug 4	CHW		TEX	W,5-4	CG	42	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
83	105	Aug 5	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-12	GS	38	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
84	106	Aug 6	CHW	@	KCR	L,3-6	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
85	107	Aug 7	CHW	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG	33	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
86	108	Aug 8	CHW		SEA	W,5-4	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
87	109	Aug 9	CHW		SEA	W,13-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
88	111 (1)	Aug 11	CHW		CLE	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	112	Aug 12	CHW	@	TEX	L,7-10	CG	40	8.0	6	2	1	9	0	C
90	113	Aug 13	CHW	@	TEX	W,6-5	CG	39	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
91	114	Aug 14	CHW	@	TEX	L,9-12	CG	46	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
92	115	Aug 15	CHW	@	NYY	L,2-6	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
93	119 (3)	Aug 21 (1)	CHW	@	MIL	L,1-7	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
94	123 (3)	Aug 24	CHW	@	BAL	L,5-10	CG	42	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
95	126 (2)	Aug 27	CHW		MIL	W,7-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
96	127	Aug 28	CHW		MIL	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
97	130 (2)	Sep 2	CHW		BAL	L,5-6	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
98	132 (1)	Sep 4	CHW		BAL	L,5-7	GS	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
99	133	Sep 5 (1)	CHW	@	OAK	L,7-8	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
100	134	Sep 5 (2)	CHW	@	OAK	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	3	0	9	1	C
101	135	Sep 6	CHW	@	OAK	W,7-2	CG	42	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
102	136	Sep 7	CHW	@	OAK	W,5-1	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
103	137	Sep 8 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	L,0-2	CG	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
104	139 (1)	Sep 9	CHW	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	39	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
105	141 (1)	Sep 11 (1)	CHW	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
106	143 (1)	Sep 12	CHW		MIN	W,7-3	CG	43	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
107	144	Sep 13	CHW		MIN	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
108	145	Sep 14	CHW		MIN	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
109	148 (2)	Sep 17	CHW		CAL	L,3-4	CG	41	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
110	152 (3)	Sep 20	CHW		OAK	W,8-2	CG	37	9.0	9	3	0	12	0	C
111	155 (2)	Sep 23	CHW	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
112	158 (2)	Sep 27	CHW	@	MIN	W,8-6	CG	41	9.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
113	161 (2)	Oct 1 (2)	CHW		SEA	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							113gm		927.1	593	62	9	664	8