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 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
1947 26 STL NL 12 7 .632 3.22 37 21 9 4 1 1 162.0 151 67 58 9 63 57 1 0 0 681 129 1.321 8.4 0.5 3.5 3.2 0.90
1948 27 STL NL 8 6 .571 4.22 34 13 17 3 0 1 89.2 92 44 42 9 35 27 2 0 2 384 97 1.416 9.2 0.9 3.5 2.7 0.77
1949 28 STL NL 1 3 .250 5.14 17 4 4 0 0 0 42.0 48 27 24 3 23 18 2 0 0 196 81 1.690 10.3 0.6 4.9 3.9 0.78
1950 29 TOT NL 11 4 .733 2.49 22 16 4 11 5 0 134.0 84 44 37 9 44 58 0 0 4 512 166 0.955 5.6 0.6 3.0 3.9 1.32 MVP-23
1950 29 STL NL 0 1 .000 10.00 6 0 4 0 0 0 9.0 12 11 10 1 6 4 0 0 0 45 43 2.000 12.0 1.0 6.0 4.0 0.67
1950 29 NYG NL 11 3 .786 1.94 16 16 0 11 5 0 125.0 72 33 27 8 38 54 0 0 4 467 211 0.880 5.2 0.6 2.7 3.9 1.42
1951 30 NYG NL 17 9 .654 3.62 34 34 0 11 0 0 211.1 204 102 85 21 82 66 2 1 6 902 108 1.353 8.7 0.9 3.5 2.8 0.80
1952 31 NYG NL 14 7 .667 3.78 37 34 2 11 1 1 223.2 208 113 94 16 97 89 5 0 1 962 99 1.364 8.4 0.6 3.9 3.6 0.92 AS
1953 32 NYG NL 9 12 .429 4.53 36 32 2 6 0 0 196.2 206 111 99 22 84 77 3 0 10 871 95 1.475 9.4 1.0 3.8 3.5 0.92
1954 33 NYG NL 8 8 .500 4.15 29 18 3 3 2 1 130.0 137 71 60 10 66 45 2 0 2 580 98 1.562 9.5 0.7 4.6 3.1 0.68
1955 34 NYG NL 14 16 .467 3.73 39 33 3 11 1 0 226.2 225 107 94 27 66 7 86 3 0 3 952 109 1.284 8.9 1.1 2.6 3.4 1.30
1956 35 NYG NL 5 11 .313 3.97 30 19 4 2 0 1 129.1 124 74 57 17 44 4 66 3 0 0 553 95 1.299 8.6 1.2 3.1 4.6 1.50
1957 36 PHI NL 5 1 .833 3.65 36 4 13 1 0 3 74.0 79 35 30 6 18 4 46 2 0 4 313 104 1.311 9.6 0.7 2.2 5.6 2.56
1958 37 PHI NL 5 3 .625 4.17 39 1 11 0 0 0 73.1 88 45 34 6 27 6 33 0 0 2 335 95 1.568 10.8 0.7 3.3 4.1 1.22
1959 38 PHI NL 0 2 .000 5.73 6 0 1 0 0 0 11.0 15 7 7 2 6 1 1 0 0 0 53 72 1.909 12.3 1.6 4.9 0.8 0.17
13 Seasons 109 89 .551 3.81 396 229 73 63 10 8 1703.2 1661 847 721 157 655 22 669 25 1 34 7294 105 1.359 8.8 0.8 3.5 3.5 1.02
162 Game Avg. 12 10 .551 3.81 43 25 8 7 1 1 185 181 92 78 17 71 73 3 0 4 794 105 1.359 8.8 0.8 3.5 3.5 1.02
NYG (7 yrs) 78 66 .542 3.74 221 186 14 55 9 3 1242.2 1176 611 516 121 477 11 483 18 1 26 5287 107 1.330 8.5 0.9 3.5 3.5 1.01
STL (4 yrs) 21 17 .553 3.98 94 38 34 7 1 2 302.2 303 149 134 22 127 106 5 0 2 1306 104 1.421 9.0 0.7 3.8 3.2 0.83
PHI (3 yrs) 10 6 .625 4.04 81 5 25 1 0 3 158.1 182 87 71 14 51 11 80 2 0 6 701 96 1.472 10.3 0.8 2.9 4.5 1.57

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1951 30 NYG NL WS L NYY 1 0 1.000 1.04 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 5 1 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 38 1.500 5.2 0.0 8.3 1.0 0.13
1 WS 1 0 1.000 1.04 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 5 1 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 38 1.500 5.2 0.0 8.3 1.0 0.13

All-Star Pitching

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Year Tm Lg Age GS W L W-L% ERA GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1952 NYG NL 31

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
1954 33 NYG NL 29 577 501 71 137 13 6 10 5 1 66 45 .273 .358 .383 .742 .283 192 17 2 5 3
1955 34 NYG NL 39 952 866 107 225 22 2 27 6 3 66 86 .260 .312 .383 .695 .260 332 20 3 9 8 7
1956 35 NYG NL 30 554 488 74 124 8 1 17 2 3 44 66 .254 .317 .379 .696 .262 185 10 3 15 4 4
1957 36 PHI NL 36 314 289 35 79 16 2 6 6 1 18 46 .273 .319 .405 .724 .307 117 6 2 4 1 4
1958 37 PHI NL 39 335 301 45 88 12 6 6 3 2 27 33 .292 .348 .432 .780 .311 130 4 0 5 2 6
1959 38 PHI NL 6 53 45 7 15 4 0 2 1 0 6 1 .333 .412 .556 .967 .310 25 1 0 2 0 1
6 Seasons 179 2785 2490 339 668 75 17 68 23 10 227 277 .268 .330 .394 .724 .277 981 58 10 40 18 22
162 Game Avg. 48 746 667 91 179 20 5 18 6 3 61 74 .268 .330 .394 .724 .277 263 16 3 11 5
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
1954 33 NYG NL 29 18 7 7 4 1 1 8 10 .444 1 2 3 2 9 50% 48 78 23 30 14 6 7 5.5 5.8 6.0
1955 34 NYG NL 39 33 12 15 6 1 6 15 18 .455 1 4 11 1 20 61% 52 85 21 23 9 17 6 4.4 3.8 6.6
1956 35 NYG NL 30 19 5 10 4 1 1 7 12 .368 0 3 2 0 7 37% 47 80 22 12 1 5 6 3.3 2.4 5.3
1957 36 PHI NL 36 4 1 1 2 0 0 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 1 25% 44 53 33 10 2 0 4 6.8 9.0 5.3
1958 37 PHI NL 39 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 0 0 0 1 100% 55 55 55 19 6 1 0 4.5 5.1 7.7
5 Seasons 173 75 26 33 16 3 8 33 42 .440 2 9 17 3 38 51% 49 85 21 94 32 29 23 4.5 4.3 6.1
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
1954 33 NYG NL 29 11 3 1 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 13 2 15% 3 1.022 2 8 0 3 1 6 7 3 7 3 7 0 6.2
1955 34 NYG NL 39 6 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.033 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 3 1 3 3.8
1956 35 NYG NL 30 11 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 5 1 20% 1.039 0 3 4 0 0 7 3 4 9 2 5 2 7.9
1957 36 PHI NL 36 32 13 4 0 3 3 0 100% 4 1 27 7 26% 8 0.817 3 10 18 6 0 26 18 14 14 13 15 3 4.9
1958 37 PHI NL 39 38 11 4 3 1 0 1 0% 1 0 38 22 58% 8 0.981 10 7 20 3 4 31 21 17 20 11 20 6 5.2
1959 38 PHI NL 6 6 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 8 0.809 2 2 1 0 2 4 3 3 4 1 4 2 5.5
6 Seasons 179 104 35 11 8 5 5 1 100% 6 1 91 38 42% 0.991 19 30 43 12 9 74 52 43 56 33 52 16 5.4

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%
1947 26 STL NL
1948 27 STL NL
1949 28 STL NL
1950 29 TOT NL
1950 29 STL NL
1950 29 NYG NL
1951 30 NYG NL
1952 31 NYG NL
1953 32 NYG NL
1954 33 NYG NL 579 37% 1.7% 7.8% 11.4% 5.0% 21% 1.13 78% 115 17 15%
1955 34 NYG NL 952 44% 2.8% 9.0% 6.9% 5.4% 23% 1.34 80% 144 20 14%
1956 35 NYG NL 557 38% 3.1% 11.9% 7.9% 4.7% 21% 1.70 74% 97 10 10%
1957 36 PHI NL 314 44% 1.9% 14.7% 5.7% 7.6% 30% 1.23 76% 62 6 10%
1958 37 PHI NL 335 41% 1.8% 9.9% 8.1% 7.2% 27% 1.13 79% 76 4 5%
1959 38 PHI NL 53 40% 3.8% 1.9% 11.3% 11.3% 40% 1.13 79% 8 1 13%
13 Seasons 2790 41% 5.6% 24.0% 23.5% 5.8% 10% 1.29 78% 502 58 12%
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
1947 26 STL NL 151 9 0
1948 27 STL NL 92 9 2
1949 28 STL NL 48 3 0
1950 29 TOT NL 84 9 4
1950 29 STL NL 12 1 0
1950 29 NYG NL 72 8 4
1951 30 NYG NL 204 21 6
1952 31 NYG NL 208 16 1
1953 32 NYG NL 206 22 10
1954 33 NYG NL 543 137 10 0 19 6 4 6 4 25 10 3 40% 7 2 2 214 5 1 83% 4 1 1 0 0 0 4 0 9 36
1955 34 NYG NL 735 225 27 0 11 13 7 10 10 29 17 5 59% 12 3 0 275 6 3 67% 5 3 1 0 0 0 3 0 10 217
1956 35 NYG NL 413 124 17 2 9 8 4 6 6 25 14 1 56% 13 0 2 165 2 3 40% 1 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 144
1957 36 PHI NL 314 79 6 0 9 5 1 3 3 17 14 0 82% 9 4 1 128 6 1 86% 5 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 11 0
1958 37 PHI NL 335 88 6 0 12 4 2 4 2 31 21 3 68% 7 2 1 143 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1959 38 PHI NL 53 15 2 1 1 2 0 1 1 3 3 0 100% 0 0 1 19 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
13 Seasons 2393 1661 157 3 61 38 18 30 26 130 79 12 61% 48 34 7 944 23 10 70% 19 10 2 0 2 0 9 0 43 397
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+
1947 26 12 7 .632 3.22 37 21 9 4 1 1 162.0 151 67 58 9 63 57 1 0 0 681 129 1.321 8.4 0.5 3.5 3.2 0.90 129
1948 27 20 13 .606 3.58 71 34 26 7 1 2 251.2 243 111 100 18 98 84 3 0 2 1065 115 1.355 8.7 0.6 3.5 3.0 0.86 115
1949 28 21 16 .568 3.80 88 38 30 7 1 2 293.2 291 138 124 21 121 102 5 0 2 1261 109 1.403 8.9 0.6 3.7 3.1 0.84 109
1950 29 32 20 .615 3.39 110 54 34 18 6 2 427.2 375 182 161 30 165 160 5 0 6 1773 122 1.263 7.9 0.6 3.5 3.4 0.97 122
1951 30 49 29 .628 3.46 144 88 34 29 6 2 639.0 579 284 246 51 247 226 7 1 12 2675 117 1.293 8.2 0.7 3.5 3.2 0.92 117
1952 31 63 36 .636 3.55 181 122 36 40 7 3 862.2 787 397 340 67 344 315 12 1 13 3637 112 1.311 8.2 0.7 3.6 3.3 0.92 112
1953 32 72 48 .600 3.73 217 154 38 46 7 3 1059.1 993 508 439 89 428 392 15 1 23 4508 108 1.341 8.4 0.8 3.6 3.3 0.92 108
1954 33 80 56 .588 3.78 246 172 41 49 9 4 1189.1 1130 579 499 99 494 437 17 1 25 5088 107 1.365 8.6 0.7 3.7 3.3 0.88 107
1955 34 94 72 .566 3.77 285 205 44 60 10 4 1416.0 1355 686 593 126 560 7 523 20 1 28 6040 107 1.352 8.6 0.8 3.6 3.3 0.93 107
1956 35 99 83 .544 3.79 315 224 48 62 10 5 1545.1 1479 760 650 143 604 11 589 23 1 28 6593 106 1.348 8.6 0.8 3.5 3.4 0.98 106
1957 36 104 84 .553 3.78 351 228 61 63 10 8 1619.1 1558 795 680 149 622 15 635 25 1 32 6906 106 1.346 8.7 0.8 3.5 3.5 1.02 106
1958 37 109 87 .556 3.80 390 229 72 63 10 8 1692.2 1646 840 714 155 649 21 668 25 1 34 7241 106 1.356 8.8 0.8 3.5 3.6 1.03 106
1959 38 109 89 .551 3.81 396 229 73 63 10 8 1703.2 1661 847 721 157 655 22 669 25 1 34 7294 105 1.359 8.8 0.8 3.5 3.5 1.02 105

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
1947 26 11 7 .611 3.18 164.0 154 64 58 9 64 58 1 1.329 8.5 3.5 3.2 0.91 0.5 37
1948 27 4 5 .444 4.20 90.0 94 47 42 9 36 27 2 1.444 9.4 3.6 2.7 0.75 0.9 34
1949 28 2 2 .500 5.02 43.0 49 27 24 3 23 18 2 1.674 10.3 4.8 3.8 0.78 0.6 17
1950 29 10 4 .714 2.47 135.0 86 41 37 9 45 58 0 0.970 5.7 3.0 3.9 1.29 0.6 22
1951 30 12 11 .522 3.74 212.0 213 98 88 22 86 66 2 1.410 9.0 3.7 2.8 0.77 0.9 34
1952 31 11 13 .458 4.18 224.0 224 116 104 17 104 89 5 1.464 9.0 4.2 3.6 0.86 0.7 37
1953 32 10 12 .455 4.21 203.0 208 106 95 22 85 79 3 1.443 9.2 3.8 3.5 0.93 1.0 36
1954 33 7 7 .500 4.13 133.0 142 68 61 10 68 46 2 1.579 9.6 4.6 3.1 0.68 0.7 29
1955 34 13 12 .520 3.72 232.0 234 107 96 28 69 88 3 1.306 9.1 2.7 3.4 1.28 1.1 39
1956 35 6 8 .429 4.26 131.0 135 69 62 19 48 67 3 1.397 9.3 3.3 4.6 1.40 1.3 30
1957 36 4 4 .500 3.89 74.0 83 36 32 6 19 46 2 1.378 10.1 2.3 5.6 2.42 0.7 36
1958 37 4 4 .500 4.26 76.0 94 40 36 6 29 34 0 1.618 11.1 3.4 4.0 1.17 0.7 39
1959 38 0 1 .000 5.73 11.0 15 8 7 2 6 1 0 1.909 12.3 4.9 0.8 0.17 1.6 6
13 Seasons 94 90 .511 3.86 1728.0 1731 827 742 162 682 677 25 1.396 9.0 3.5 0.99 0.8 396

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1952

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1950-NL-23-3%
0.03 Career Shares (1221st)

Wins s c a p y
1951 NL--17--9th
1952 NL--14--9th
1955 NL--14--5th

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1947 NL--.632--9th
1951 NL--.654--6th
1952 NL--.667--7th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL--8.389--8th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1955 NL--2.621--6th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1952 NL--223.7--10th
1955 NL--226.7--9th

Games Started s c a p y
1951 NL--34--6th
1952 NL--34--3rd
1953 NL--32--5th
1955 NL--33--4th

Complete Games s c a p y
1955 NL--11--10th

Shutouts s c a p y
1950 NL--5--1st

Home Runs s c a p y
1951 NL--21--8th
1955 NL--27--5th

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1952 NL--97--3rd
1953 NL--84--6th

Hits s c a p y
1952 NL--208--10th
1955 NL--225--5th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1947 NL--.500--7th

Losses s c a p y
1955 NL--16--2nd

Earned Runs s c a p y
1952 NL--94--8th
1953 NL--99--6th
1955 NL--94--9th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1951 NL--6--10th
1953 NL--10--2nd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1952 NL--962--9th
1955 NL--952--8th

Games Finished s c a p y
1948 NL--17--7th

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1947 NL--129--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 1 (608), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 25 (653), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 14 (752), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 9 (908), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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