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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Team Record in Appearances: 13-24 / in Starts: 13-20

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 29, Entered with runners on base: 1

1942 Pitching Game Log

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1942 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	134	2	Apr 15	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	8	2	2	2	1	1	0	2.00	3.96	35						62						33	0	1			0
2	135	6	Apr 19	BSN		NYG	L,2-5	GS-1	L(1-1)	3	0.2	4	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.66	4.14	7	1	4	2	0	1	31			0	0	0	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.298	3.35	-0.55%	-3.13	1t start tie	1t -23 2 out d3
3	136	9	Apr 22	BSN		BRO	L,0-4	CG(12)	L(1-2)	2	12.0	6	4	4	4	3	0	0	3.74	3.27	47	17	18	1	0	5	73			1	0	0	42	0	0	1	1	0	1	1.65	0.383	4.35	0.61%	1.05	1t start tie	12t 3 out d4
4	137	13	Apr 26(1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	W(2-2)	3	9.0	5	2	0	6	3	0	1	2.64	3.41	40	16	11	1	0	3	70			1	0	0	32	1	0	1	0	0	2	1.78	0.405	3.23	0.44%	1.95	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
5	138	17	Apr 30	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	W(3-2)	3	9.0	5	2	2	3	2	1	0	2.50	3.56	35	23	2	0	0	5	68			0	1	0	31	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.481	3.33	0.64%	1.75	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
6	139	22	May 4	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	L(3-3)	3	8.1	6	2	1	3	3	0	0	2.25	3.36	33						65						29	0	0			0
7	140	24	May 9	BSN		PHI	W,6-2	CG	W(4-3)	4	9.0	6	2	2	2	0	1	0	2.21	3.49	34	14	12	1	1	6	65			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.65	0.198	1.50	0.27%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
8	141	29	May 13	BSN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	5	5	3	3	0	1	0	2.32	3.63	37	16	13	0	7	5	58			2	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	3	1.07	-0.126	3.05	-0.22%	-1.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
9	142	32	May 17	BSN		CIN	L,3-9	CG	L(5-4)	3	9.0	16	9	9	5	1	3	0	3.12	4.14	48	11	15	2	0	16	15			1	0	0	42	2	0	0	1	0	1	.73	-0.486	1.92	-0.76%	-5.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out d6
10	143	35	May 22	BSN	@	PHI	W,10-7	GS-		4	6.0	12	6	6	3	0	1	0	3.56	4.26	32						21						29					0
11	144	37	May 24(1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-3	9-GF(11)	L(5-5)	1	2.1	3	1	1	2	0	0	0	3.56	4.27	13	6	2	0	0	3		0	0	0	0	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	1	2.95	-0.146	8.36	-0.25%	-1.23	9b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
12	145	41	May 27	BSN		BRO	L,1-4	CG	L(5-6)	2	9.0	7	4	4	5	2	1	0	3.61	4.31	37	14	9	0	0	7	54			2	0	0	31	0	1	0	2	0	0	1.49	-0.091	6.56	-0.24%	-0.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out d3
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
13	146	48	Jun 2	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG(8)	L(5-7)	5	8.0	7	4	4	7	3	0	1	3.68	4.31	39	21	1	1	0	6	48			1	0	0	29	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.09	-0.125	2.30	-0.16%	-0.25	1b start a 1	8b 3 out d3
14	147	53	Jun 6	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG(8)	L(5-8)	3	8.0	11	8	8	4	4	3	0	4.07	4.54	36	10	7	0	0	11	28			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.56	-0.308	.69	-0.23%	-4.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d6
15	148	58	Jun 10	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG(8)	L(5-9)	3	8.0	9	3	2	5	6	0	1	3.95	4.43	37	11	5	1	1	9	55			1	1	0	30	1	1	1	1	0	0	.95	0.088	.43	0.02%	0.58	1b start tie	8b 3 out d3
16	149	61	Jun 14(1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,6-8	GS-1		3	1.0	4	3	3	0	0	0	0	4.14	4.41	7	1	2	0	0	4	33			0	0	0	7	2	0	0	0	0	0	.91	-0.263	.24	-0.04%	-2.58	1b start tie	1b 3 out d3
17	150	65	Jun 17(2)	BSN		CIN	L,3-4	CG(11)	L(5-10)	2	11.0	9	4	4	2	2	0	0	4.07	4.22	42	10	19	2	0	9	63			0	0	0	40	2	0	0	2	0	0	1.50	0.000	.16	0.00%	0.63	1t start tie	11t 3 out d2
18	151	69	Jun 24(1)	BSN		STL	W,6-2	CG	W(6-10)	6	9.0	11	2	2	1	2	1	0	3.93	4.17	35	18	4	1	0	10	58			0	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	0	.91	0.313	.03	0.01%	1.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
19	152	74	Jun 28(1)	BSN		CHC	W,3-0	SHO	W(7-10)	3	9.0	3	0	0	2	2	0	1	3.69	4.07	32						81						29	0	0			0
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	153	80	Jul 5(1)	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	W(8-10)	6	9.0	8	5	5	4	1	1	0	3.77	4.11	37	11	13	1	0	8	48			0	0	0	32	3	0	0	1	0	0	1.43	-0.053	.01	0.00%	-1.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
21	154	83	Jul 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG(8)	L(8-11)	4	8.0	6	3	2	2	1	0	0	3.69	4.03	33	18	7	1	2	5	59			0	1	0	31	1	0	1	0	0	1	1.67	-0.163	.00	0.00%	0.33	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
22	155	86	Jul 12(2)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-9		L(8-12)	1	2.2	4	4	1	1	1	1	0	3.69	4.08	14												13					0
23	156	88	Jul 15(1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG(8)	L(8-13)	2	8.0	12	6	3	3	5	0	0	3.67	3.98	40	10	10	0	0	12	42			2	0	0	37	0	1	0	1	0	1	.77	-0.244	.00	0.00%	-2.53	1b start tie	8b 3 out d4
24	157	92	Jul 19(1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-8	GS-		3	8.0	9	6	5	2	0	0	0	3.76	3.93	35						40						33					0
25	158	96	Jul 24	BSN		STL	L,0-8	GS-9	L(8-14)	4	8.0	15	8	8	3	1	0	0	3.98	3.89	40	18	6	1	4	12	18			1	1	0	35	3	0	1	0	0	0	.71	-0.085	.00	0.00%	-5.24	1t start tie	9t -2- 0 out d8
26	159	102	Jul 29(2)	BSN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	W(9-14)	4	9.0	8	5	4	3	4	0	0	3.98	3.81	36	19	3	1	0	7	54			2	0	0	32	0	1	0	1	0	0	1.52	-0.161	.00	0.00%	-1.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
27	160	107	Aug 4	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-4	CG(8)	L(9-15)	5	8.0	5	4	3	3	0	0	1	3.96	3.81	34	25	0	0	0	5	55			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	1	0	2	.69	-0.125	.00	0.00%	-0.73	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
28	161	111	Aug 11	BSN		NYG	L,4-6	CG	L(9-16)	6	9.0	11	6	6	2	1	0	0	4.04	3.75	40	9	17	0	0	11	40			0	0	0	37	1	0	0	0	0	0	.82	-0.438	.00	0.00%	-2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
29	162	116	Aug 15	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	L(9-17)	3	8.2	8	5	4	1	1	2	0	4.05	3.81	33	10	13	3	0	8	50			1	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.50	-0.792	.00	0.00%	-1.11	1b start a 1	9b --- 2 out d1
30	163	119	Aug 18	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-10	1-7		2	6.2	7	5	3	3	3	1	1	4.05	3.84	30	8	8	0	0	7		2	2	0	1	0	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	.30	-0.108	.00	0.00%	-3.04	1b -23 1 out d2	7b 3 out d7
31	164	121	Aug 22(1)	BSN		PHI	W,2-1	CG(10)	W(10-17)	3	10.0	7	1	1	0	2	0	0	3.92	3.75	34	12	15	3	5	5	76			0	0	0	32	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	0.590	.00	0.00%	3.21	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
32	165	126	Aug 27	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG(8)	L(10-18)	4	8.0	7	5	4	2	1	2	0	3.93	3.82	31	23	1	0	0	4	49			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	0	0	0	.55	-0.104	.00	0.00%	-1.42	1b start tie	8b 3 out d5
33	166	130	Aug 30(2)	BSN	@	STL	L,2-3	8-GF(11)	L(10-19)	2	3.1	4	1	1	3	4	0	0	3.92	3.80	17	7	0	0	0	3		0	0	2	0	0	13	1	0	2	0	0	0	2.87	-0.004	.00	0.00%	0.22	8b --- 0 out tie	11b end d 1
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
34	167	136	Sep 7(2)	BSN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	W(11-19)	7	9.0	8	3	3	2	2	0	1	3.89	3.76	37	16	8	0	0	8	59			2	0	0	34	0	0	0	1	0	1	1.32	0.287	.00	0.00%	0.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
35	168	139	Sep 12(1)	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	W(12-19)	4	9.0	9	1	1	1	4	0	0	3.79	3.68	37	19	4	0	1	9	68			0	0	0	36	1	0	0	0	0	0	.97	0.247	.00	0.00%	2.79	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
36	169	144	Sep 16	BSN		STL	L,2-6	CG	L(12-20)	3	9.0	9	6	6	1	2	1	0	3.86	3.67	37	19	6	0	0	9	46			0	0	0	35	2	0	0	0	0	0	.53	-0.197	.00	0.00%	-2.21	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
37	170	147	Sep 24	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG(8)	L(12-21)	7	8.0	9	5	4	0	4	0	0	3.88	3.60	32	10	9	0	0	9	50			2	0	0	32	2	0	0	0	0	0	.83	-0.360	.00	0.00%	-1.46	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
							13-24		W-L:12-21	3.5	287.2	283	145	124	96	71	21	7	3.88	3.60	1223	1.73		3%	3%	222	52	2	100%	21	5	0	1099	31	6	9	18	0	13	1.14	-1.685	1.18	-0.46%	-23.85

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