Jim Tobin

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 27, 1912 in Oakland, CA us

Died: May 19, 1969 in Oakland, CA

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, CA

High School: Roosevelt HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 30, 1937 (Age 24-124d, 8,251st in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1945 (Age 32-270d)
vs. SLB 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: James Anthony Tobin

Nicknames: Abba Dabba

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Relatives: Brother of Jackie Tobin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.9

105

112

ERA

3.44

287

227

1900.0

498

WHIP

1.308

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	16-30 / in Starts: 15-16
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	27 games
Most Games w/o RBI	20 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 3 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 113 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	58 (24-23-11) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 113 PAs	11
Avg. Runners on Base	72 (37-23-11)

Most Driven In
P Masi	4
Self	2
C Ryan	1
C Ross	1
J McCarthy	1
E Joost	1
W Wietelmann	0
T Cuccinello	0

Most Driven In By
Self	2
T Holmes	2
P Masi	2
E Joost	1
C Workman	1

1943 Batting Game Log

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1943 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	231	1	Apr 24	BSN		NYG	L,3-4	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	3.26	-0.079	8.76	-0.13%	-0.21	P
2	232	3 (1)	Apr 27	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-11	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	.70	-0.051	1.79	-0.08%	-0.56	P
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	233	8 (4)	May 4	BSN		NYG	W,5-3	CG	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.286	.571	9	1.32	0.287	3.64	0.47%	2.45	P
4	234	9	May 5 (1)	BSN		NYG	L,1-5	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	9	1.36	0.030	3.81	0.05%	0.21	PH
5	235	10	May 5 (2)	BSN		NYG	L,3-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	2	3.85	-0.093	10.40	-0.15%	-0.76	PH
6	236	11	May 7	BSN		BRO	L,7-9	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.222	.222	.444	9						P
7	237	14 (2)	May 9 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.333	.583	9	.87	0.015	2.29	0.02%	0.11	P
8	238	19 (4)	May 16 (2)	BSN		CIN	W,6-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.267	.333	.600	9	.33	0.024	.91	0.04%	-0.19	P
9	239	26 (6)	May 27	BSN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.222	.278	.500	9	.85	-0.065	3.11	-0.14%	-0.46	P
10	240	30 (3)	May 31 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.227	.409	9	.45	-0.047	.97	-0.06%	-1.15	P
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
11	241	34 (3)	Jun 3	BSN	@	CIN	L,4-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.182	.182	.227	.409	9						P
12	242	35	Jun 5	BSN	@	CIN	W,7-5	GS-5	3	3	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.280	.360	.640	9	1.35	0.154	2.12	0.15%	0.99	P
13	243	40 (4)	Jun 13 (2)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	GS-8	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.296	.321	.370	.692	9	1.70	0.093	3.41	0.11%	0.33	P
14	244	44 (3)	Jun 16	BSN	@	PHI	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.310	.355	.379	.734	9						P
15	245	50 (5)	Jun 20 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,0-7	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.290	.333	.355	.688	9						P
16	246	56 (5)	Jun 26	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-1	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.343	.378	.486	.864	9	.97	0.225	1.15	0.16%	2.03	P
17	247	60 (3)	Jun 30 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,4-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.324	.359	.459	.818	9						P
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
18	248	65 (4)	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,13-0	CG	4	4	3	3	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.366	.395	.585	.981	9	.19	0.149	.11	0.05%	2.44	P
19	249	70 (4)	Jul 10	BSN		STL	L,0-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.357	.386	.571	.958	9	.32	-0.008	.18	0.00%	-0.14	P
20	250	80 (9)	Jul 23	BSN	@	CHC	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.356	.383	.556	.939	9	.55	-0.025	.05	0.00%	-0.05	P
21	251	82 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	BSN	@	STL	L,1-5	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.348	.375	.543	.918	9						PH
22	252	83	Jul 25 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-7	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.362	.388	.553	.941	9						PH
23	253	85 (1)	Jul 27	BSN	@	CIN	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.353	.377	.529	.907	9	1.92	0.118	.01	0.00%	-0.29	P
24	254	86	Jul 29	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	1	0	0	.345	.368	.509	.878	6	1.34	-0.117	.01	0.00%	-1.14	1B
25	255	89 (2)	Jul 31	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-5	0-0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.357	.379	.518	.897	4						PH
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
26	256	90	Aug 1 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	W,6-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.355	.483	.838	9	1.48	-0.153	.01	0.00%	-0.87	P
27	257	94 (3)	Aug 6	BSN	@	BRO	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.333	.453	.786	9	1.38	-0.135	.00	0.00%	-0.85	P
28	258	97 (2)	Aug 11 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,0-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.313	.343	.448	.791	9	1.52	-0.021	.01	0.00%	-0.23	P
29	259	102 (4)	Aug 15 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,5-1	CG	3	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.329	.356	.457	.813	9	1.37	0.209	.00	0.00%	1.24	P
30	260	104 (1)	Aug 16	BSN		PIT	L,1-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.324	.351	.451	.802	9	3.64	-0.103	.02	0.00%	-0.56	PH
31	261	106 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	BSN		PIT	L,3-4	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.319	.347	.444	.791	9						PH
32	262	107	Aug 18 (1)	BSN		CIN	W,4-3	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.320	.346	.440	.786	9	.33	0.002	.00	0.00%	0.01	P
33	263	112 (4)	Aug 22 (1)	BSN		STL	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.321	.346	.436	.782	9	1.17	-0.038	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
34	264	114 (1)	Aug 23	BSN		STL	L,5-14	3-3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.329	.354	.443	.797	9	.35	0.016	.00	0.00%	0.37	PH
35	265	115	Aug 24	BSN		STL	L,0-1	10-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.338	.361	.450	.811	2	2.38	0.092	.00	0.00%	0.24	PH
36	266	118 (2)	Aug 29 (1)	BSN		NYG	W,4-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.325	.349	.434	.783	9						P
Sept		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
37	267	122 (3)	Sep 5 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.348	.424	.772	9	.89	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.26	P
38	268	126 (3)	Sep 8	BSN	@	BRO	L,0-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.318	.356	.424	.779	8	.67	0.035	.00	0.00%	0.37	PH
39	269	128 (1)	Sep 11	BSN	@	NYG	L,3-4	CG(13)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.311	.354	.411	.765	9	1.47	0.097	.00	0.00%	0.51	P
40	270	130 (1)	Sep 12 (2)	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.308	.351	.407	.757	9	.05	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
41	271	131	Sep 13	BSN		BRO	L,3-10	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.347	.402	.749	9	.43	-0.011	.00	0.00%	-0.09	PH
42	272	133 (1)	Sep 16 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,2-9	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.301	.343	.398	.741	9	1.61	-0.035	.00	0.00%	-0.33	P
43	273	137 (3)	Sep 19 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.299	.340	.402	.742	9	1.61	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.24	P
44	274	140 (2)	Sep 23	BSN	@	PIT	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.340	.400	.740	9	.97	-0.014	.00	0.00%	-0.19	P
45	275	143 (2)	Sep 26 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.291	.330	.388	.719	9	1.02	-0.074	.00	0.00%	-0.43	P
46	276	148 (4)	Sep 29	BSN	@	STL	L,2-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.280	.319	.374	.692	9	1.67	-0.181	.00	0.00%	-1.42	P
							16-30		113	107	8	30	4	0	2	12	6	1	16	0	0		2	3	0	0	.280	.319	.374	.692		1.18	0.182	.85	0.49%	0.52

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