Jim Hardin
James Warren Hardin
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 6, 1943 in Morris Chapel, TN
School: University of Memphis
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 23, 1967
Final Game: October 4, 1972
Died: March 9, 1991 in Key West, FL
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Standard Pitching

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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 1 435 139 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 9 974 118 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 4 577 100 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 3 597 103 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 65 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 71 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 64 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 Seasons 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 64 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

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
1972 28 ATL NL 26 356 324 47 93 15 1 11 2 2 24 25 .287 .337 .441 .778 .282 143 6 2 3 3 4
6 Seasons 164 3096 2827 302 691 115 12 70 20 32 202 408 .244 .299 .368 .667 .263 1040 55 23 29 15 23
162 Game Avg. 42 797 728 78 178 30 3 18 5 8 52 105 .244 .299 .368 .667 .263 268 14 6 7 4 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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% 61 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% 61 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% 52 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 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 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 1 1 1 0 3 33% 42 63 23 8 2 2 5 6.2 6.4 5.7
6 Seasons 158 100 37 30 33 4 15 54 46 .540 7 14 28 7 62 62% 55 91 23 73 22 35 38 4.2 4.3 6.4
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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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 0.882 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 1.018 3 4 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 1.115 9 5 3 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% 0.842 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 0.590 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 0.904 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 1.091 6 4 6 4 3 9 8 8 9 5 9 3 5.0
5 Seasons 129 64 18 6 2 7 4 3 57% 12 3 51 21 41% 1.015 21 15 27 12 10 41 27 36 37 16 41 7 5.1

Ratio Pitching*

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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 44% 1.2% 14.7% 6.2% 6.0% 31% 1.00 77% 68 10 15%
1968 24 BAL AL 974 46% 2.1% 16.4% 7.2% 5.9% 30% 0.96 73% 136 16 12%
1969 25 BAL AL 577 51% 3.1% 11.1% 7.5% 6.8% 31% 0.91 76% 103 9 9%
1970 26 BAL AL 597 46% 2.2% 13.1% 4.4% 6.0% 24% 0.81 79% 99 11 11%
1971 27 TOT AL 157 33% 1.9% 10.8% 7.6% 7.6% 26% 1.03 75% 29 3 10%
1971 27 BAL AL 31 23% 0.0% 9.7% 9.7% 3.2% 8% 2.25 71% 9 1 11%
1971 27 NYY AL 126 36% 2.4% 11.1% 7.1% 8.7% 31% 0.89 76% 20 2 10%
1972 28 ATL NL 356 46% 3.1% 7.0% 6.7% 7.6% 29% 0.94 82% 54 6 11%
6 Seasons 3096 46% 2.3% 13.2% 6.5% 6.4% 29% 0.93 76% 489 55 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 4 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 1 0 11 40
6 Seasons 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 8 1 53 40
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 1 435 139 1.009 6.9 0.4 2.2 5.2 2.37 139
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 124 1.042 6.9 0.6 2.5 5.7 2.31 124
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

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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 93 38 34 5 30 59 3 1.194 8.1 2.6 5.2 1.97 0.4 19
1968 24 13 11 .542 3.61 222.0 216 99 89 23 80 146 11 1.333 8.8 3.2 5.9 1.83 0.9 35
1969 25 7 7 .500 4.15 130.0 135 67 60 19 45 60 6 1.385 9.3 3.1 4.2 1.33 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 51 26 23 3 13 16 1 2.065 14.8 3.8 4.6 1.23 0.9 18
1972 28 4 5 .444 4.67 81.0 100 47 42 12 26 25 2 1.556 11.1 2.9 2.8 0.96 1.3 26
6 Seasons 39 37 .513 3.96 705.0 751 346 310 76 221 380 24 1.379 9.6 4.9 1.72 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

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1968 AL--.581--10th

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 11 (1166), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1246), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 19 (320), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  5. Bob Emslie (965)
  6. Marius Russo (964)
  7. Lou Fette (962)
  8. Bill Bevens (961)
  9. Bill Stafford (961)
  10. Mickey Hughes (960)
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  3. Steve Gromek (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Dick Bosman (980)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Ed Figueroa (979)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Cy Blanton (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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