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Jim Hardin

James Warren Hardin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 6, 1943 in Morris Chapel, TN
School: University of Memphis (Memphis, TN)
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1967
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Braves/Yankees 1967-1972

Final Game: October 4, 1972
Died: March 9, 1991 in Key West, FL
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1967 23 BAL AL 8 3 .727 2.27 19 14 2 5 2 0 111.0 85 30 28 5 27 0 64 3 0 1 435 140 1.009 6.9 0.4 2.2 5.2 2.37
1968 24 BAL AL 18 13 .581 2.51 35 35 0 16 2 0 244.0 188 79 68 20 70 5 160 10 1 9 974 117 1.057 6.9 0.7 2.6 5.9 2.29
1969 25 BAL AL 6 7 .462 3.60 30 20 4 3 1 1 137.2 128 62 55 18 43 7 64 6 0 4 577 99 1.242 8.4 1.2 2.8 4.2 1.49
1970 26 BAL AL 6 5 .545 3.53 36 19 4 3 2 1 145.1 150 60 57 13 26 3 78 1 0 3 597 104 1.211 9.3 0.8 1.6 4.8 3.00
1971 27 TOT AL 0 2 .000 5.03 18 3 4 0 0 0 34.0 47 24 19 3 12 4 17 1 0 2 157 67 1.735 12.4 0.8 3.2 4.5 1.42
1971 27 BAL AL 0 0 4.76 6 0 1 0 0 0 5.2 12 5 3 0 3 1 3 0 0 0 31 76 2.647 19.1 0.0 4.8 4.8 1.00
1971 27 NYY AL 0 2 .000 5.08 12 3 3 0 0 0 28.1 35 19 16 3 9 3 14 1 0 2 126 65 1.553 11.1 1.0 2.9 4.4 1.56
1972 28 ATL NL 5 2 .714 4.41 26 9 4 1 0 2 79.2 93 47 39 11 24 4 25 2 0 4 356 86 1.469 10.5 1.2 2.7 2.8 1.04
6 Yrs 43 32 .573 3.18 164 100 18 28 7 4 751.2 691 302 266 70 202 23 408 23 1 23 3096 105 1.188 8.3 0.8 2.4 4.9 2.02
162 Game Avg. 11 8 .573 3.18 42 26 5 7 2 1 194 178 78 69 18 52 6 105 6 0 6 797 105 1.188 8.3 0.8 2.4 4.9 2.02
BAL (5 yrs) 38 28 .576 2.95 126 88 11 27 7 2 643.2 563 236 211 56 169 16 369 20 1 17 2614 111 1.137 7.9 0.8 2.4 5.2 2.18
ATL (1 yr) 5 2 .714 4.41 26 9 4 1 0 2 79.2 93 47 39 11 24 4 25 2 0 4 356 86 1.469 10.5 1.2 2.7 2.8 1.04
NYY (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.08 12 3 3 0 0 0 28.1 35 19 16 3 9 3 14 1 0 2 126 65 1.553 11.1 1.0 2.9 4.4 1.56
AL (5 yrs) 38 30 .559 3.04 138 91 14 27 7 2 672.0 598 255 227 59 178 19 383 21 1 19 2740 108 1.155 8.0 0.8 2.4 5.1 2.15
NL (1 yr) 5 2 .714 4.41 26 9 4 1 0 2 79.2 93 47 39 11 24 4 25 2 0 4 356 86 1.469 10.5 1.2 2.7 2.8 1.04

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1967 23 BAL AL 111.0 19 14 30 2.43 3.69 0.26 0.04 99.0 3.44 14 1.8 1.4 -0.0 2.6 21 .595 .511 $
1968 24 BAL AL 244.0 35 35 79 2.91 3.35 0.48 0.05 98.6 2.88 2 0.2 -0.1 1.9 17 .506 .501 $
1969 25 BAL AL 137.2 30 20 62 4.05 3.95 0.75 0.04 98.1 3.17 -12 -1.3 1.3 -0.1 -0.4 -2 .455 .492 $
1970 26 BAL AL 145.1 36 19 60 3.72 4.06 0.39 0.03 98.5 3.64 -0 -0.0 1.6 -0.1 1.2 14 .500 .500 $
1971 27 BAL AL 5.2 6 0 5 7.94 4.05 0.48 -0.17 95.5 3.24 -3 -0.3 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .446 .498 $27,000
1971 27 NYY AL 28.1 12 3 19 6.04 3.80 -0.00 -0.07 92.7 3.46 -8 -0.9 .5 0.1 -0.5 -5 .427 .495 $
1972 28 ATL NL 80.0 26 9 47 5.29 3.95 -0.28 -0.02 107.1 4.51 -8 -0.9 1.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0 .466 .495 $22,000
6 Seasons 752.0 164 100 302 3.61 3.73 0.38 0.03 99.2 3.36 -16 -1.4 1.2 -0.4 4.2 42 .491 .499 $49,000
BAL (5 yrs) 643.2 126 88 236 3.30 3.70 0.48 0.04 98.5 3.21 0 0.4 1.3 -0.4 5.1 47 .503 .500 $27,000
ATL (1 yr) 80.0 26 9 47 5.29 3.95 -0.28 -0.02 107.1 4.51 -8 -0.9 1.3 -0.1 -0.4 -0 .466 .495 $22,000
NYY (1 yr) 28.1 12 3 19 6.04 3.80 -0.00 -0.07 92.7 3.46 -8 -0.9 .5 0.1 -0.5 -5 .427 .495 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1967 23 BAL AL 19 435 402 30 85 20 1 5 2 4 27 64 .211 .266 .303 .570 .240 122 10 3 3 0 0 4
1968 24 BAL AL 35 974 886 79 188 31 6 20 8 11 70 160 .212 .277 .328 .605 .237 291 16 10 5 3 5 9
1969 25 BAL AL 30 577 517 62 128 20 1 18 3 7 43 64 .248 .311 .395 .705 .251 204 9 6 7 4 7 5
1970 26 BAL AL 36 597 561 60 150 20 3 13 3 7 26 78 .267 .299 .383 .682 .289 215 11 1 5 4 3 7
1971 27 BAL AL 6 31 25 5 12 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 .480 .536 .520 1.056 .545 13 1 0 3 0 1 0
1971 27 NYY AL 12 126 112 19 35 8 0 3 2 1 9 14 .313 .366 .464 .830 .333 52 2 1 3 1 3 1
1971 27 TOT AL 18 157 137 24 47 9 0 3 2 1 12 17 .343 .397 .474 .872 .373 65 3 1 6 1 4 1
1972 28 ATL NL 26 316 324 47 93 15 1 11 2 2 24 25 .287 .337 .441 .778 .282 143 6 2 3 3 4 5
6 Yrs 164 3056 2827 302 691 115 12 70 20 32 202 408 .244 .299 .368 .667 .263 1040 55 23 29 15 23 31
162 Game Avg. 42 787 728 78 178 30 3 18 5 8 52 105 .244 .299 .368 .667 .263 268 14 6 7 4 6 8
MLB Averages .246 .314 .363 .676 .275

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1967 23 BAL AL 12.3 1.4 445 1.5 6.9 -5.4 .84 1.5 0.3 16.3 1.9 0.84 16.1 1 0 4
1968 24 BAL AL 11.8 1.4 1005 2.8 17.5 -14.7 1.00 1.2 1.6 14.5 1.7 1.00 9.2 0 0 0
1969 25 BAL AL 0.1 0.0 592 -1.3 9.7 -11.0 1.01 -0.6 -0.7 -3.6 -0.4 1.01 -3.8 3 3 3
1970 26 BAL AL 3.9 0.4 610 0.4 11.8 -11.4 1.11 1.0 -0.6 4.9 0.5 1.11 10.4 9 3 4
1971 27 TOT AL -7.9 -0.8 163 -1.4 1.5 -2.9 .81 -0.9 -0.8 -13.6 -1.4 0.81 -7.6 2 2 11
1971 27 BAL AL -1.5 -0.2 31 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 .47 -0.5 -0.1 -5.9 -0.6 0.47 -4.2 1 2 3
1971 27 NYY AL -6.4 -0.7 132 -1.1 1.3 -2.4 .90 -0.5 -0.8 -7.7 -0.8 0.90 -3.4 1 0 8
1972 28 ATL NL -6.0 -0.6 326 0.0 5.8 -5.8 1.08 -0.8 0.8 -10.0 -1.0 1.07 -8.4 5 4 7
6 Yrs 14.4 1.8 3141 2.1 53.3 -51.2 1.00 1.5 0.7 8.5 1.4 1.00 15.8 20 12 29

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1967 23 BAL AL 19 14 8 3 3 0 1 10 4 .714 0 3 5 2 10 71% 60.5 84 36 5 1 5 5 4.6 4.5 7.1
1968 24 BAL AL 35 35 18 13 4 1 7 19 16 .543 1 1 16 2 27 77% 60.6 91 28 10 2 13 8 3.3 3.8 7.0
1969 25 BAL AL 30 20 5 6 9 1 4 10 10 .500 2 4 3 1 11 55% 51.5 88 30 23 7 5 11 4.6 4.7 5.9
1970 26 BAL AL 36 19 3 5 11 0 2 9 10 .474 3 4 3 2 10 53% 53.2 84 27 26 10 10 6 4.1 3.8 6.2
1971 27 TOT AL 18 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 50 39 6 1 0 3 4.7 4.1 4.1
1971 27 NYY AL 12 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 2 .333 0 1 0 0 1 33% 44.3 50 39 1 0 0 3 4.7 4.1 4.1
1972 28 ATL NL 26 9 3 2 4 2 1 5 4 .556 2 1 1 0 3 33% 41.8 63 23 8 2 2 5 6.2 6.4 5.7
6 Yrs 158 100 37 30 33 4 15 54 46 .540 8 14 28 7 62 62% 55 91 23 73 22 35 38 4.2 4.3 6.4
MLB Averages .500 57% 54 112 -3 3.9 3.8 6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1967 23 BAL AL 19 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 6 .838 1 0 4 0 1 4 1 4 4 0 4 1 6.6
1969 25 BAL AL 30 10 4 1 1 2 1 1 50% 2 0 10 6 60% 8 1.012 3 3 3 2 2 6 5 5 7 2 7 1 5.9
1970 26 BAL AL 36 17 4 3 0 2 1 1 50% 6 3 19 10 53% 6 1.109 9 3 4 6 3 8 10 7 8 5 11 1 4.9
1971 27 TOT AL 18 15 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% .811 2 2 11 0 1 14 3 12 9 4 10 1 4.3
1971 27 BAL AL 6 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 6 .467 1 2 3 0 0 6 3 3 2 3 3 0 2.8
1971 27 NYY AL 12 9 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .896 1 0 8 0 1 8 0 9 7 1 7 1 5.3
1972 28 ATL NL 26 17 4 2 0 3 2 1 67% 4 0 11 1 9% 8 1.075 5 4 7 4 3 9 8 8 9 5 9 3 5.0
5 Yrs 129 64 18 6 2 7 4 3 57% 12 3 51 21 41% .998 20 12 29 12 10 41 27 36 37 16 41 7 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1967 23 BAL AL 435 56% 1.2% 14.7% 6.2% 6.0% 31% 1.00 77% 68 10 15%
1968 24 BAL AL 974 54% 2.1% 16.4% 7.2% 5.9% 30% 0.96 73% 136 16 12%
1969 25 BAL AL 577 49% 3.1% 11.1% 7.5% 6.8% 31% 0.91 76% 103 9 9%
1970 26 BAL AL 597 54% 2.2% 13.1% 4.4% 6.0% 24% 0.81 79% 99 11 11%
1971 27 TOT AL 157 67% 1.9% 10.8% 7.6% 7.6% 26% 1.03 75% 29 3 10%
1971 27 BAL AL 31 77% 0.0% 9.7% 9.7% 3.2% 8% 2.25 71% 9 1 11%
1971 27 NYY AL 126 64% 2.4% 11.1% 7.1% 8.7% 31% 0.89 76% 20 2 10%
1972 28 ATL NL 356 54% 3.5% 7.9% 7.6% 8.5% 29% 0.94 92% 54 6 11%
6 Yrs 3096 54% 2.3% 13.4% 6.6% 6.5% 29% 0.93 77% 489 55 11%
MLB Averages 47% 2.0% 15.2% 8.6% 5.9% 27% 1.11 73% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1967 23 BAL AL 435 85 5 0 4 4 1 1 4 12 7 2 58% 4 1 1 152 2 4 33% 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1968 24 BAL AL 974 188 20 0 10 11 9 9 11 39 14 11 36% 9 9 2 310 8 11 42% 8 10 0 0 0 1 3 0 17 0
1969 25 BAL AL 577 128 18 0 17 11 7 9 9 29 12 1 41% 5 4 1 183 3 7 30% 1 7 2 0 0 0 1 0 12 0
1970 26 BAL AL 597 150 13 0 14 7 6 7 6 32 15 4 47% 7 3 0 191 3 7 30% 3 7 0 0 0 0 1 1 8 0
1971 27 TOT AL 157 47 3 0 7 0 3 2 1 12 7 1 58% 1 2 0 64 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1971 27 BAL AL 31 12 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 67% 0 0 0 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1971 27 NYY AL 126 35 3 0 4 0 3 2 1 9 5 0 56% 1 2 0 46 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 0
1972 28 ATL NL 316 93 11 0 10 5 4 4 5 13 9 0 69% 5 4 1 120 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 40
6 Yrs 3056 691 70 0 62 38 30 32 36 137 64 19 47% 31 23 5 1020 20 32 38% 17 31 3 0 0 1 6 1 53 40
MLB Averages 49% 62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1967 23 8 3 .727 2.27 19 14 2 5 2 0 111.0 85 30 28 5 27 0 64 3 0 1 435 140 1.009 6.9 0.4 2.2 5.2 2.37 140
1968 24 26 16 .619 2.43 54 49 2 21 4 0 355.0 273 109 96 25 97 5 224 13 1 10 1409 123 1.042 6.9 0.6 2.5 5.7 2.31 123
1969 25 32 23 .582 2.76 84 69 6 24 5 1 492.2 401 171 151 43 140 12 288 19 1 14 1986 115 1.098 7.3 0.8 2.6 5.3 2.06 115
1970 26 38 28 .576 2.93 120 88 10 27 7 2 638.0 551 231 208 56 166 15 366 20 1 17 2583 112 1.124 7.8 0.8 2.3 5.2 2.20 112
1971 27 38 30 .559 3.04 138 91 14 27 7 2 672.0 598 255 227 59 178 19 383 21 1 19 2740 108 1.155 8.0 0.8 2.4 5.1 2.15 108
1972 28 43 32 .573 3.18 164 100 18 28 7 4 751.2 691 302 266 70 202 23 408 23 1 23 3096 105 1.188 8.3 0.8 2.4 4.9 2.02 105

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1967 23 7 4 .636 2.97 103.0 94 38 34 6 30 59 3 1.204 8.2 2.6 5.2 1.97 0.5 19
1968 24 13 11 .542 3.67 221.0 217 100 90 23 81 145 12 1.348 8.8 3.3 5.9 1.79 0.9 35
1969 25 7 7 .500 4.19 131.0 134 68 61 19 45 61 6 1.366 9.2 3.1 4.2 1.36 1.3 30
1970 26 7 8 .467 4.04 138.0 156 69 62 14 27 74 1 1.326 10.2 1.8 4.8 2.74 0.9 36
1971 27 1 2 .333 6.68 31.0 52 26 23 3 13 15 1 2.097 15.1 3.8 4.4 1.15 0.9 18
1972 28 4 5 .444 4.61 82.0 99 47 42 12 26 26 2 1.524 10.9 2.9 2.9 1.00 1.3 26
6 Yrs 39 37 .513 3.98 706.0 752 348 312 77 222 380 25 1.380 9.6 4.8 1.71 1.0 164

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins s c a p y
1968 AL  18 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1968 AL  1.057 (9th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1968 AL  6.934 (9th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1968 AL  244.0 (9th)

Games Started s c a p y
1968 AL  35 (7th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1968 AL  16 (5th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL  2 (10th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1968 AL  20 (9th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1968 AL  9 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1968 AL  10 (6th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1968 AL  974 (9th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1967 AL  16.33 (9th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1968 AL  2.8 (8th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1967 AL  1.9 (6th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 13 (1324), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1306), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (334), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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