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	17-40 / in Starts: 11-19
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	11 games
Most Games w/o HR	14 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 3 bases loaded PA and 1 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 120 PAs	17
Actual Runners on Base	59 (32-19-8)
Avg. MLBer w/ 120 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	79 (41-25-12)

Most Driven In
J Mack	3
Self	3
C Gillenwater	2
P Masi	2
S Shemo	1
W Wietelmann	1
J Medwick	0
V Shupe	0

Most Driven In By
Self	3
D Culler	2
B Nieman	1
P Masi	1
E Joost	1

1945 Batting Game Log

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1945 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	339	4 (3)	Apr 19 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,13-5	CG	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	9	.91	-0.072	1.66	-0.08%	0.92	P
2	340	7 (2)	Apr 22 (2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.400	.500	.900	9						P
3	341	8	Apr 24	BSN		BRO	W,8-6	GS-9	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.375	.429	.804	9	1.10	0.018	2.51	0.02%	0.05	P
4	342	10 (1)	Apr 29 (1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-5	GS-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.222	.300	.333	.633	9						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
5	343	13 (2)	May 5 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-15	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.250	.273	.523	9	1.13	-0.060	3.68	-0.12%	-0.76	P
6	344	17 (3)	May 9	BSN		PIT	L,5-9	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.308	.273	.580	9	.49	0.015	1.02	0.02%	0.13	P
7	345	18	May 12	BSN		CHC	L,12-13	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.357	.273	.630	9	2.63	0.097	4.91	0.11%	0.26	PH
8	346	20 (1)	May 15	BSN		STL	L,7-8	5-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.400	.273	.673	9	4.38	0.146	7.20	0.14%	1.00	PH
9	347	21	May 16 (1)	BSN		STL	W,5-4	GS-8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.389	.231	.620	9	1.18	0.032	1.45	0.02%	-0.09	P
10	348	23 (1)	May 17	BSN		STL	L,4-7	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.154	.421	.231	.652	9	.32	0.010	.53	0.01%	0.13	PH
11	349	24	May 20 (1)	BSN		CIN	L,8-10	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.421	.231	.652	9						P
12	350	28 (3)	May 25	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		2	0	0			0	0	0	.125	.391	.188	.579	9						P
13	351	33 (4)	May 30 (2)	BSN	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.357	.190	.548	9						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
14	352	37 (3)	Jun 3 (2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	GS-9	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.174	.367	.261	.628	9	.77	0.044	.77	0.03%	0.57	P
15	353	40 (2)	Jun 7 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.192	.382	.269	.652	9						P
16	354	44 (3)	Jun 10 (2)	BSN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.207	.378	.379	.758	9	.54	0.087	1.23	0.12%	0.60	P
17	355	47 (2)	Jun 13 (2)	BSN		PHI	L,4-5	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.207	.395	.379	.774	9						PH
18	356	48	Jun 14	BSN		PHI	L,8-13	0-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.385	.367	.751	9						PH
19	357	49	Jun 15	BSN		BRO	L,8-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	1	0	0	.188	.366	.344	.710	9	1.40	-0.104	3.30	-0.15%	-0.76	P
20	358	50	Jun 16	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	7-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.357	.333	.690	9	.36	-0.010	.74	-0.01%	-0.32	P
21	359	51	Jun 17 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,6-9	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.182	.372	.333	.705	9	1.07	0.038	2.30	0.05%	1.00	PH
22	360	53 (1)	Jun 19	BSN	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.189	.362	.405	.767	9	.45	0.022	1.08	0.03%	1.42	P
23	361	55 (1)	Jun 22	BSN	@	BRO	L,7-8	6-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.184	.354	.395	.749	9	1.72	-0.048	5.30	-0.09%	-0.50	PH
24	362	57 (1)	Jun 24 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-9	GS-8	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.195	.365	.415	.780	9	1.66	-0.065	3.80	-0.09%	-0.09	P
25	363	61 (3)	Jun 28	BSN		CIN	W,7-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.222	.375	.489	.864	9	1.95	0.084	2.20	0.06%	1.41	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
26	364	65 (3)	Jul 1 (2)	BSN		STL	W,8-7	GS-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.373	.468	.841	9	.64	-0.005	1.03	-0.01%	-0.21	P
27	365	67 (1)	Jul 4 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,3-5	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.213	.383	.468	.851	8	3.23	0.070	5.35	0.07%	0.33	PH
28	366	68	Jul 4 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,6-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.208	.377	.458	.835	9	1.22	-0.035	1.69	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
29	367	69	Jul 5	BSN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0			0	0	0	.200	.375	.440	.815	9						P
30	368	74 (4)	Jul 8 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,13-1	CG	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.185	.362	.407	.770	9	.86	0.010	.82	0.01%	-0.49	P
31	369	75	Jul 12 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.175	.347	.386	.733	9						P
32	370	81 (5)	Jul 16	BSN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.333	.367	.700	9						P
33	371	83 (1)	Jul 19 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,3-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.164	.329	.361	.690	9	2.99	0.010	1.89	0.00%	-0.04	PH
34	372	87 (3)	Jul 22 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.325	.354	.679	9	1.24	-0.066	.74	-0.02%	-0.72	P
35	373	91 (3)	Jul 27	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-3	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.169	.333	.354	.687	9	3.86	0.110	.66	0.01%	0.39	PH
36	374	92	Jul 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-2	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.162	.321	.338	.660	9	.98	-0.077	.10	-0.01%	-0.62	P
37	375	93	Jul 29 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-5	4-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.159	.318	.333	.651	9	.45	-0.011	.03	0.00%	-0.10	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
38	376	97 (3)	Aug 1	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-9	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.157	.314	.329	.643	9	.06	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.16	PH
39	377	98	Aug 3 (1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.151	.303	.315	.618	9	.66	-0.051	.01	0.00%	-0.65	P
40	378	103 (4)	Aug 8 (1)	BSN		CHC	L,2-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.149	.300	.311	.611	9	2.07	-0.050	.01	0.00%	-0.29	PH
41	379	104	Aug 8 (2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-3	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.143	.290	.299	.589	9						P
				Player went from Boston Braves to Detroit Tigers
42	380	102	Aug 12 (1)	DET		NYY	W,9-6	0-GF(11)	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.152	.295	.342	.637	9						P
43	381	106 (3)	Aug 15	DET		WSH	L,0-8	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.150	.292	.338	.629	9	.96	-0.023	10.06	-0.14%	-0.28	P
44	382	111 (4)	Aug 19 (2)	DET		PHA	L,3-8	GS-11	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.143	.280	.321	.601	9	.89	-0.113	6.75	-0.52%	-1.28	P
45	383	114 (2)	Aug 21 (1)	DET		PHA	L,6-7	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.141	.277	.318	.595	4						P
46	384	115	Aug 21 (2)	DET		PHA	W,7-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.140	.275	.314	.588	9	3.33	-0.077	25.15	-0.35%	-0.28	PH
47	385	117 (1)	Aug 23	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			1	0	0	.135	.267	.303	.570	9						P
48	386	119 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.133	.264	.300	.564	8	1.11	-0.030	8.64	-0.14%	-0.20	PH
49	387	120	Aug 26 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.132	.262	.297	.558	9	.75	0.038	5.92	0.18%	0.36	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
50	388	124 (3)	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,5-4	0-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.130	.259	.293	.553	9						P
51	389	125	Sep 2	DET		CLE	L,2-3	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.129	.257	.290	.547	9	2.51	-0.061	22.55	-0.33%	-0.15	P
52	390	127 (1)	Sep 3 (2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5	0-GF	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.134	.257	.320	.576	9						P
53	391	129 (1)	Sep 5 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-7	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.134	.257	.320	.576	9						P
54	392	131 (1)	Sep 6 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-14	GS-4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.134	.263	.320	.583	9	1.04	0.044	11.99	0.30%	0.37	P
55	393	136 (4)	Sep 9 (2)	DET	@	BOS	T,3-3	GS-0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.133	.261	.316	.577	9						P
56	394	141 (4)	Sep 12 (2)	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.131	.259	.313	.572	3	2.18	-0.058	18.98	-0.30%	-0.20	PH
57	395	142	Sep 13	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	.137	.261	.314	.574	9	1.09	-0.012	11.24	-0.07%	-0.16	P
58	396	152 (9)	Sep 23	DET		SLB	L,0-5	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.137	.261	.314	.574	9						P
							17-40		120	102	11	14	3	0	5	17	16	0	27	1	1		1	4	0	0	.137	.261	.314	.574		1.22	-0.155	3.56	-1.26%	0.37

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