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Jim Holdsworth

James Holdsworth (Long Jim)

Positions: Centerfielder, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right

Born: July 14, 1850 in New York, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: May 14, 1872
Teams (by GP): Mutuals/Whites/HartfordsofBrooklyn/ForestCitys/Hoosiers/... 1872-1884

Final Game: June 9, 1884
Died: March 22, 1918 in New York, NY
Buried: Woodlawn Cemetery, Bronx, NY
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1872 21 TOT NA 25 122 121 20 36 6 0 0 11 3 2 1 2 .298 .303 .347 .650 104 42 2 0 *6
1872 21 CLE NA 22 111 110 19 33 5 0 0 11 3 2 1 2 .300 .306 .345 .652 103 38 2 0 *6
1872 21 ECK NA 3 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .364 .636 106 4 0 0 /6
1873 22 NYU NA 53 232 232 46 75 4 8 0 28 1 0 0 4 .323 .323 .409 .733 117 95 3 0 *6
1874 23 PHI NA 57 286 285 60 97 8 9 0 37 1 2 1 0 .340 .343 .432 .774 142 123 2 0 56/O43
1875 24 NYU NA 71 325 324 45 92 12 1 0 23 3 3 1 3 .284 .286 .327 .613 113 106 1 0 *O6
1876 25 NYU NL 52 242 241 23 64 3 2 0 19 1 2 .266 .269 .295 .563 90 71 0 *O/4
1877 26 HAR NL 55 262 260 26 66 5 2 0 20 2 8 .254 .260 .288 .548 80 75 0 *O
1882 31 TRO NL 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 /O
1884 33 IND AA 5 20 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 5 2 0 /O
8 Seasons 319 1492 1484 221 432 38 22 0 138 8 7 8 20 .291 .295 .346 .641 108 514 8 0
162 Game Avg. 162 758 754 112 219 19 11 0 70 4 .291 .295 .346 .641 108 261 0
NYU (2 yrs) 124 557 556 91 167 16 9 0 51 4 3 1 7 .300 .302 .362 .663 115 201 4 0
TRO (1 yr) 1 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 57 286 285 60 97 8 9 0 37 1 2 1 0 .340 .343 .432 .774 142 123 2 0
IND (1 yr) 5 20 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 5 2 0
NYU (1 yr) 52 242 241 23 64 3 2 0 19 1 2 .266 .269 .295 .563 90 71 0
CLE (1 yr) 22 111 110 19 33 5 0 0 11 3 2 1 2 .300 .306 .345 .652 103 38 2 0
ECK (1 yr) 3 11 11 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .273 .273 .364 .636 106 4 0 0
HAR (1 yr) 55 262 260 26 66 5 2 0 20 2 8 .254 .260 .288 .548 80 75 0
NA (4 yrs) 206 965 962 171 300 30 18 0 99 8 7 3 9 .312 .314 .380 .694 122 366 8 0
NL (3 yrs) 108 507 504 49 130 8 4 0 39 3 11 .258 .262 .290 .552 84 146 0
AA (1 yr) 5 20 18 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .200 .111 .311 5 2 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1872 21 CLE NA 111 -1 -1 0 0 -6 1 3 -4 -0.3 2 0.1 -0.4 $ *6
1872 21 ECK NA 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /6
1873 22 NYU NA 232 4 0 0 0 -4 3 7 10 0.8 14 1.1 -0.3 $ *6
1874 23 PHI NA 286 18 0 0 0 -17 2 7 10 0.5 27 2.2 -1.7 $ 56/O43
1875 24 NYU NA 325 -2 -2 0 0 -7 -1 9 -3 -0.2 4 0.3 -0.5 $ *O6
1876 25 NYU NL 242 -3 -1 0 0 -5 -2 7 -4 -0.4 1 0.1 -0.5 $ *O/4
1877 26 HAR NL 262 -4 -1 0 0 -2 -3 7 -3 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ *O
1882 31 TRO NL 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /O
1884 33 IND AA 20 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $ /O
8 Seasons 1492 9 -5 0 0 -40 0 40 4 -0.0 44 3.4 -3.4 $
NYU (2 yrs) 557 2 -2 0 0 -11 2 16 7 0.6 18 1.4 -0.8 $
TRO (1 yr) 3 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
PHI (1 yr) 286 18 0 0 0 -17 2 7 10 0.5 27 2.2 -1.7 $
IND (1 yr) 20 -2 0 0 0 1 0 0 -1 -0.1 -2 -0.2 0.1 $
NYU (1 yr) 242 -3 -1 0 0 -5 -2 7 -4 -0.4 1 0.1 -0.5 $
CLE (1 yr) 111 -1 -1 0 0 -6 1 3 -4 -0.3 2 0.1 -0.4 $
ECK (1 yr) 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $
HAR (1 yr) 262 -4 -1 0 0 -2 -3 7 -3 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG G Awards
1872 TOT NA 21 SS 25 177 65 72 40 10 .774 5.48 .774 4.80
1872 CLE NA 21 SS 22 153 58 59 36 10 .765 5.32 .774 4.80
1872 ECK NA 21 SS 3 24 7 13 4 0 .833 6.67 .774 4.80
1873 NYU NA 22 SS 53 291 78 146 67 10 .770 4.23 .779 5.06
1874 PHI NA 23 3B 31 144 58 42 44 5 .694 3.23 .759 4.37
1874 PHI NA 23 SS 21 130 26 59 45 5 .654 4.05 .786 4.69
1874 PHI NA 23 OF 6 6 3 0 3 0 .500 0.50 .802 2.02 0-3-3
1874 PHI NA 23 2B 2 4 1 2 1 0 .750 1.50 .805 5.50
1874 PHI NA 23 1B 1 15 10 0 5 1 .667 10.00 .932 10.50
1875 NYU NA 24 OF 45 127 87 12 28 2 .780 2.20 .818 1.88 0-43-2
1875 NYU NA 24 SS 26 142 33 74 35 5 .754 4.12 .816 4.63
1876 NYU NL 25 OF 49 132 109 10 13 1 .902 2.43 .847 2.11 0-49-0
1876 NYU NL 25 2B 3 16 10 4 2 1 .875 4.67 .864 5.70
1877 HAR NL 26 OF 55 108 79 11 18 1 .833 1.64 .831 1.88 0-55-0
1882 TRO NL 31 OF 1 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 2.00 .855 1.90 0-1-0
1884 IND AA 33 OF 5 14 12 1 1 1 .929 2.60 .847 1.64 0-5-0
6 Seasons OF 161 389 291 35 63 5 .838 2.02 .832 1.95 0-156-5
4 Seasons SS 125 740 202 351 187 30 .747 4.42 .786 4.86
1 Season 3B 31 144 58 42 44 5 .694 3.23 .759 4.37
2 Seasons 2B 5 20 11 6 3 1 .850 3.40 .852 5.62
1 Season 1B 1 15 10 0 5 1 .667 10.00 .932 10.50
8 Seasons TOT 323 1308 572 434 302 42 .769 3.11 .800 3.39 0-156-5
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Offensive WAR† s c a p y
1874 NA  2.2 (8th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1874 NA  .340 (7th)

On-Base% s c a p y
1874 NA  .343 (9th)

Slugging % s c a p y
1874 NA  .432 (8th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
1874 NA  .774 (9th)

Hits s c a p y
1874 NA  97 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1874 NA  123 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1873 NA  8 (3rd)
1874 NA  9 (3rd)

Singles s c a p y
1874 NA  80 (6th)

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
1874 NA  142 (7th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1874 NA  41 (9th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
1874 NA  12 (9th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
1874 NA  1.3 (9th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1874 NA  98 (10th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
1874 NA  .656 (8th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1872 NA  2 (7th)
1873 NA  3 (6th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1876 NL  120.5 (6th)

Outs Made s c a p y
1877 NL  194 (7th)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1874 NA  98 (1st)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1872 NA  25 (5th)
1873 NA  53 (3rd)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1872 NA  65 (3rd)
1873 NA  78 (3rd)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1873 NA  146 (5th)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1872 NA  40 (4th)
1873 NA  67 (4th)
1874 NA  45 (4th)

Errors Committed as OF s c a p y
1875 NA  28 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1872 NA  5.48 (2nd)
1873 NA  4.23 (5th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1872 NA  .774 (4th)
1873 NA  .770 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1876 NL  .902 (4th)

Oldest s c a p y
1882 NL  born 1850-07-14 (10th)
1884 AA  born 1850-07-14 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 12 (1289), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2058), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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