Jim Hearn
James Tolbert Hearn
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 205 lb.

Born: April 11, 1921 in Atlanta, GA
School: Georgia Institute of Technology
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1947
Final Game: May 15, 1959
Died: June 10, 1998 in Boca Grande, FL
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1947 STL NL 26 P 37 32 6 25 1 2 .969 0.84 .966 0.91
1948 STL NL 27 P 34 9 1 8 0 0 1.000 0.26 .967 0.91
1949 STL NL 28 P 17 13 4 8 1 0 .923 0.71 .954 0.91
1950 TOT NL 29 P 22 33 9 23 1 2 .970 1.45 .961 0.97 MVP-23
1950 STL NL 29 P 6 3 0 2 1 0 .667 0.33 .967 0.97
1950 NYG NL 29 P 16 30 9 21 0 2 1.000 1.88 .960 0.97
1951 NYG NL 30 P 34 79 16 61 2 7 .975 2.26 .962 0.96
1952 NYG NL 31 P 37 71 14 57 0 6 1.000 1.92 .951 0.98 AS
1953 NYG NL 32 P 36 56 9 44 3 2 .946 1.47 .957 0.87
1954 NYG NL 33 P 29 18 130.0 39 8 29 2 3 .949 2.56 1.28 .962 2.07 0.87
1955 NYG NL 34 P 39 33 226.1 72 19 48 5 6 .931 2.66 1.72 .951 2.04 0.83
1956 NYG NL 35 P 30 19 129.2 32 7 22 3 2 .906 2.01 0.97 .969 2.05 0.83
1957 PHI NL 36 P 36 4 74.0 28 9 16 3 1 .893 3.04 0.69 .964 2.06 0.82
1958 PHI NL 37 P 39 1 73.1 14 3 10 1 2 .929 1.60 0.33 .957 1.96 0.77
1959 PHI NL 38 P 6 0 11.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 4.09 0.83 .960 1.96 0.82
13 Seasons P 396 75 644.1 483 106 355 22 33 .954 6.44 1.16 .959 2.04 0.88
13 Seasons TOT 396 75 644.1 483 106 355 22 33 .954 6.44 1.16 .913 2.04 0.88

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1947 STL NL 26 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 STL NL 27 36 36 36 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 STL NL 28 17 17 17 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 NYG NL 29 16 16 16 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 STL NL 29 6 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 NYG NL 30 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 NYG NL 31 37 37 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 NYG NL 32 37 37 37 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 NYG NL 33 29 18 29 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 NYG NL 34 41 33 41 41 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
1956 NYG NL 35 32 19 32 32 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1957 PHI NL 36 36 4 36 36 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 PHI NL 37 39 1 39 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 PHI NL 38 6 0 6 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 Seasons 403 75 403 403 396 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1954 NYG NL 33 557 80% 29% 31 87% 1 8 0 6 29 18 6 2 0 1 1 0 4 4 4 0 4 75%
1955 NYG NL 34 749 84% 33% 43 88% 1 15 2 11 37 29 4 4 0 2 2 2 5 3 4 1 5 60%
1956 NYG NL 35 421 80% 34% 18 78% 0 5 0 5 14 11 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7 71%
1957 PHI NL 36 327 80% 30% 19 95% 0 8 0 5 16 15 1 3 0 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 50%
1958 PHI NL 37 344 83% 31% 12 83% 0 3 0 3 10 6 3 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 2 0 2 100%
1959 PHI NL 38 55 87% 25% 3 100% 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons 2453 82% 31% 126 87% 2 40 2 31 109 82 16 11 0 5 6 3 13 11 12 1 21 71%
MLB Averages 79% 26% 89% 81%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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