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Bob James
Robert Harvey James
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 230 lb.

Born: August 15, 1958 in Glendale, CA
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1978
Final Game: October 2, 1987
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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
1978 19 MON NL 0 1 .000 9.00 4 1 2 0 0 0 4.0 4 4 4 1 4 0 3 0 0 1 19 39 2.000 9.0 2.3 9.0 6.8 0.75
1979 20 MON NL 0 0 13.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 2 3 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 11 27 2.500 9.0 0.0 13.5 4.5 0.33
1982 23 TOT 0 2 .000 5.34 19 1 7 0 0 0 28.2 32 19 17 4 16 1 31 0 1 6 131 73 1.674 10.0 1.3 5.0 9.7 1.94
1982 23 MON NL 0 0 6.00 7 0 1 0 0 0 9.0 10 6 6 0 8 1 11 0 1 2 44 61 2.000 10.0 0.0 8.0 11.0 1.38
1982 23 DET AL 0 2 .000 5.03 12 1 6 0 0 0 19.2 22 13 11 4 8 0 20 0 0 4 87 80 1.525 10.1 1.8 3.7 9.2 2.50
1983 24 TOT 1 0 1.000 3.50 31 0 19 0 0 7 54.0 42 22 21 5 26 2 60 3 1 2 227 104 1.259 7.0 0.8 4.3 10.0 2.31
1983 24 DET AL 0 0 11.25 4 0 3 0 0 0 4.0 5 5 5 2 3 0 4 0 0 0 19 35 2.000 11.3 4.5 6.8 9.0 1.33
1983 24 MON NL 1 0 1.000 2.88 27 0 16 0 0 7 50.0 37 17 16 3 23 2 56 3 1 2 208 125 1.200 6.7 0.5 4.1 10.1 2.43
1984 25 MON NL 6 6 .500 3.66 62 0 33 0 0 10 96.0 92 47 39 6 45 7 91 4 2 4 430 94 1.427 8.6 0.6 4.2 8.5 2.02
1985 26 CHW AL 8 7 .533 2.13 69 0 60 0 0 32 110.0 90 31 26 5 23 4 88 2 2 3 436 203 1.027 7.4 0.4 1.9 7.2 3.83
1986 27 CHW AL 5 4 .556 5.25 49 0 40 0 0 14 58.1 61 36 34 8 23 3 32 4 1 5 263 83 1.440 9.4 1.2 3.5 4.9 1.39
1987 28 CHW AL 4 6 .400 4.67 43 0 32 0 0 10 54.0 54 32 28 10 17 6 34 4 0 3 238 99 1.315 9.0 1.7 2.8 5.7 2.00
8 Seasons 24 26 .480 3.80 279 2 194 0 0 73 407.0 377 194 172 39 157 24 340 17 7 24 1755 106 1.312 8.3 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.17
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .480 3.80 68 0 47 0 0 18 98 91 47 42 9 38 6 82 4 2 6 425 106 1.312 8.3 0.9 3.5 7.5 2.17
MON (5 yrs) 7 7 .500 3.80 102 1 53 0 0 17 161.0 145 77 68 10 83 11 162 7 4 9 712 92 1.416 8.1 0.6 4.6 9.1 1.95
CHW (3 yrs) 17 17 .500 3.56 161 0 132 0 0 56 222.1 205 99 88 23 63 13 154 10 3 11 937 123 1.205 8.3 0.9 2.6 6.2 2.44
DET (2 yrs) 0 2 .000 6.08 16 1 9 0 0 0 23.2 27 18 16 6 11 0 24 0 0 4 106 66 1.606 10.3 2.3 4.2 9.1 2.18
AL (5 yrs) 17 19 .472 3.80 177 1 141 0 0 56 246.0 232 117 104 29 74 13 178 10 3 15 1043 115 1.244 8.5 1.1 2.7 6.5 2.41
NL (5 yrs) 7 7 .500 3.80 102 1 53 0 0 17 161.0 145 77 68 10 83 11 162 7 4 9 712 92 1.416 8.1 0.6 4.6 9.1 1.95
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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
1978 19 MON NL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1979 20 MON NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1982 23 TOT 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 23 MON NL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1983 24 TOT 27 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .286 .286 .286 .571 60 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 24 MON NL 27 7 7 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .286 .286 .286 .571 60 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 25 MON NL 62 14 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 11 .143 .143 .143 .286 -18 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 26 CHW AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 27 CHW AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1987 28 CHW AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Seasons 111 21 21 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 11 .190 .190 .190 .381 9 4 0 0 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 31 31 0 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 16 .190 .190 .190 .381 9 6 0 0 0 0 0
MON (5 yrs) 102 21 21 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .190 .190 .190 .381 9 4 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (3 yrs) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (5 yrs) 102 21 21 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 15 .190 .190 .190 .381 9 4 0 0 0 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1978 MON NL 19 P 4 1 4.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 2.25 0.25 .900 1.80 0.72
1979 MON NL 20 P 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.65
1982 TOT 23 P 19 1 28.2 8 1 4 3 0 .625 0.0 0.0 1.57 0.26 .962 1.85 0.72
1982 MON NL 23 P 7 0 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.00 0.14 .900 2.00 0.70
1982 DET AL 23 P 12 1 19.2 7 0 4 3 0 .571 0.0 0.0 1.83 0.33 .971 1.78 0.73
1983 TOT 24 P 31 0 54.0 18 4 12 2 1 .889 0.0 0.0 2.67 0.52 .956 1.92 0.69
1983 DET AL 24 P 4 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.72
1983 MON NL 24 P 27 0 50.0 18 4 12 2 1 .889 0.0 0.0 2.88 0.59 .956 1.93 0.68
1984 MON NL 25 P 62 0 96.0 16 5 7 4 0 .750 0.0 0.0 1.12 0.19 .962 1.88 0.67
1985 CHW AL 26 P 69 0 110.0 21 12 8 1 0 .952 0.0 0.0 1.64 0.29 .952 1.86 0.70
1986 CHW AL 27 P 49 0 58.1 9 3 6 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 1.39 0.18 .956 1.84 0.68
1987 CHW AL 28 P 43 0 54.0 15 3 9 3 1 .800 0.0 0.0 2.00 0.28 .960 1.83 0.67
8 Seasons P 279 2 407.0 88 28 47 13 2 .852 0.0 0.0 1.66 0.27 .957 1.86 0.68
8 Seasons TOT 279 2 407.0 88 28 47 13 2 .852 0.0 0.0 1.66 0.27 .809 1.86 0.68

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
1985 AL--69--6th

Saves s c a p y
1985 AL--32--2nd
Career--73--175th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1984 NL--4--10th

Games Finished s c a p y
1985 AL--60--3rd
1986 AL--40--10th
Career--194--235th

Youngest s c a p y
1978 NL--born 1958-08-15--1st
1979 NL--born 1958-08-15--5th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkPitching - 4 (2064), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 5 (1232), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

June 8, 1976: Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 1st round (9th pick) of the 1976 amateur draft.

June 10, 1982: Sent to the Detroit Tigers by the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.

May 4, 1983: Returned by the Detroit Tigers to the Montreal Expos as part of a conditional deal.

December 7, 1984: Traded by the Montreal Expos to the Chicago White Sox for Vance Law.

December 21, 1987: Released by the Chicago White Sox.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete and may not include some earned bonuses
1985Chicago White Sox$265,000
1986Chicago White Sox$555,000
1987Chicago White Sox$470,000
Career (may be incomplete)$1,290,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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