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Charlie James

Charles Wesley James

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 22, 1937 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Webster Groves HS (Webster Groves, MO)
Schools: Washington University in Saint Louis (St. Louis, MO), University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1960
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Reds 1960-1965

Final Game: September 27, 1965
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Standard Batting

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
1960 22 STL NL 43 51 50 5 9 1 0 2 5 0 0 1 12 .180 .196 .320 .516 34 16 0 0 0 0 0 7/98
1961 23 STL NL 108 371 349 43 89 19 2 4 44 2 2 15 59 .255 .288 .355 .644 64 124 9 3 0 4 1 97/8
1962 24 STL NL 129 405 388 50 107 13 4 8 59 3 4 10 58 .276 .301 .392 .693 77 152 10 4 3 0 1 *97
1963 25 STL NL 116 365 347 34 93 14 2 10 45 2 1 10 64 .268 .291 .406 .697 91 141 12 2 4 2 0 79/8
1964 26 STL NL 88 246 233 24 52 9 1 5 17 0 0 11 58 .223 .261 .335 .596 61 78 6 1 1 0 1 79
1965 27 CIN NL 26 41 39 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .205 .225 .205 .430 19 8 3 0 1 0 0 /97
6 Yrs 510 1479 1406 158 358 56 9 29 172 7 7 48 260 .255 .283 .369 .652 71 519 40 10 9 6 3
162 Game Avg. 162 470 447 50 114 18 3 9 55 2 2 15 83 .255 .283 .369 .652 71 165 13 3 3 2 1
STL (5 yrs) 484 1438 1367 156 350 56 9 29 170 7 7 47 251 .256 .285 .374 .658 73 511 37 10 8 6 3
CIN (1 yr) 26 41 39 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .205 .225 .205 .430 19 8 3 0 1 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1960 22 STL NL 43 51 -4 0 0 -0 -1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .486 .496 -0.4 -0.2 -3 $ 7/98
1961 23 STL NL 108 371 -18 -0 -0 5 -5 -19 -2.0 12 -6 -0.8 .482 .488 -1.2 -0.0 -11 $ 97/8
1962 24 STL NL 129 405 -13 -3 -1 6 -6 -15 -1.6 14 -2 -0.2 .487 .490 -0.9 0.2 -8 $ *97
1963 25 STL NL 116 365 -4 -1 -1 6 -6 -5 -0.5 12 8 0.7 .495 .497 -0.1 0.2 1 $ 79/8
1964 26 STL NL 88 246 -12 -1 -0 -0 -3 -17 -1.9 8 -9 -1.1 .478 .488 -1.1 -0.3 -8 $ 79
1965 27 CIN NL 26 41 -4 -1 -0 0 -0 -6 -0.6 1 -4 -0.5 .476 .496 -0.5 0.0 -4 $ /97
6 Seasons 510 1479 -56 -5 -3 17 -20 -67 -7.2 50 -17 -2.3 .486 .492 -4.2 -0.1 -34 $
STL (5 yrs) 484 1438 -52 -4 -2 17 -20 -61 -6.6 49 -13 -1.8 .486 .492 -3.7 -0.1 -30 $
CIN (1 yr) 26 41 -4 -1 -0 0 -0 -6 -0.6 1 -4 -0.5 .476 .496 -0.5 0.0 -4 $

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1960 22 STL NL 51 41 3 2.0 106 .194 .180 .272 .196 .339 .320 .418 .516 .757 34 .189 -5.0 -0.5 .415 .160 .140 .0
1961 23 STL NL 371 275 34 3.3 113 .293 .255 .281 .288 .348 .355 .437 .644 .785 64 .347 -18.9 -1.9 .524 .143 .100 2.7
1962 24 STL NL 405 298 42 3.8 112 .307 .276 .283 .301 .352 .392 .429 .693 .780 77 .414 -15.1 -1.5 .559 .139 .116 4.4
1963 25 STL NL 365 273 37 3.6 97 .302 .268 .265 .291 .328 .406 .396 .697 .725 91 .469 -5.3 -0.6 .577 .170 .138 3.3
1964 26 STL NL 246 188 19 2.7 101 .276 .223 .274 .261 .332 .335 .406 .596 .738 61 .320 -13.1 -1.4 .481 .159 .112 .0
1965 27 CIN NL 41 35 1 0.8 99 .267 .205 .266 .225 .331 .205 .402 .430 .733 19 .044 -4.4 -0.5 .265 .026 .000
6 Yrs 1479 1110 136 3.3 106 .293 .255 .275 .283 .341 .369 .418 .652 .759 71 .377 -61.8 -6.3 .527 .149 .115 11.3
162 Game Avg. 470 353 43 3.3 106 .293 .255 .275 .283 .341 .369 .418 .652 .759 71 .377 -61.8 -6.3 .527 .149 .115 4
STL (5 yrs) 1438 1075 135 3.4 106 .294 .256 .276 .285 .341 .374 .418 .658 .760 73 .387 -57.3 -5.8 .535 .152 .118 11.3
CIN (1 yr) 41 35 1 0.8 99 .267 .205 .266 .225 .331 .205 .402 .430 .733 19 .044 -4.4 -0.5 .265 .026 .000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1964 26 STL NL WS NYY W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1960 22 STL NL 51 3.9% 23.5% 2.0% 5.9% 33% 12.00 4.2 25.0 10.0 0.30 71%
1961 23 STL NL 371 1.1% 15.9% 4.0% 6.7% 28% 3.93 5.9 87.3 7.9 0.87 78%
1962 24 STL NL 405 2.0% 14.3% 2.5% 6.2% 23% 5.80 6.7 48.5 6.6 0.94 80%
1963 25 STL NL 365 2.7% 17.5% 2.7% 7.1% 28% 6.40 5.4 34.7 7.7 0.95 75%
1964 26 STL NL 246 2.0% 23.6% 4.5% 6.1% 29% 5.27 4.0 46.6 13.7 0.84 69%
1965 27 CIN NL 41 0.0% 22.0% 2.4% 0.0% 0% 9.00 4.3 19.5 1.36 73%
6 Yrs 1479 2.0% 17.6% 3.3% 6.4% 26% 5.42 5.4 48.5 8.2 0.89 76%
MLB Averages 2.3% 14.7% 8.4% 6.4% 29% 1.75 6.1 38.8 8.7 1.07 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1960 22 STL NL -5.0 -0.5 51 0.1 1.0 -1.0 .98 -0.5 0.5 -4.1 -0.4 0.91 -4.4 1.94 9
1961 23 STL NL -19.3 -1.9 375 -0.9 6.6 -7.4 1.04 -1.4 0.5 -19.2 -1.8 0.98 -17.4 1.54 19
1962 24 STL NL -15.1 -1.5 420 -0.2 8.5 -8.7 1.10 -1.1 1.0 -5.6 -0.5 1.00 -11.1 1.76 12
1963 25 STL NL -5.3 -0.6 371 -0.6 6.9 -7.4 1.10 -0.1 -0.4 -3.6 -0.4 1.01 -1.8 1.65 18
1964 26 STL NL -13.1 -1.4 247 -1.6 3.8 -5.4 1.12 -1.1 -0.3 -17.5 -1.8 0.96 -11.3 1.74 31
1965 27 CIN NL -4.4 -0.5 41 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .95 -0.3 -0.2 -3.4 -0.3 0.91 -4.4 1.10 18
6 Yrs -62.1 -6.3 1505 -3.7 27.1 -30.8 1.08 -4.5 1.1 -53.4 -5.2 0.98 -50.6 1.60 107

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1960 22 STL NL 1 0 38% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 75% 3 0 3 1 1 0 0 0 0
1961 23 STL NL 5 0 38% 123 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 49% 25 11 12 5 4 1 13 4 8
1962 24 STL NL 5 0 37% 155 3 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 1 1 0 12 13 42% 27 16 7 7 3 4 19 6 11
1963 25 STL NL 5 0 25% 126 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 31% 16 9 6 9 6 3 10 7 2
1964 26 STL NL 2 0 32% 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 4 35% 9 7 2 4 4 0 7 2 5
1965 27 CIN NL 0 0 22% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0
6 Yrs 18 0 33% 496 7 7 50% 7 6 0 1 0 1 2 0 29 23 41% 81 44 30 26 18 8 51 20 26

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1960 22 STL NL 51 63% 9 9 1 0 1 1.94 2 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 6 0 0% 33 3 9% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1961 23 STL NL 371 47% 89 19 3 0 1 1.54 4 0 9 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 75 9 12% 41 10 24% 265 43 16% 31 14 45% 11 6 55% 0
1962 24 STL NL 405 46% 107 12 4 1 2 1.76 8 1 12 5 3 6 2 0 4 3 75% 89 10 11% 39 7 18% 285 53 19% 26 14 54% 16 8 50% 0
1963 25 STL NL 365 53% 93 18 10 2 3 1.65 10 0 9 2 8 7 3 0 5 4 80% 81 12 15% 43 9 21% 259 38 15% 26 11 42% 14 9 64% 0
1964 26 STL NL 246 41% 52 31 9 0 3 1.74 5 0 5 2 3 3 2 0 1 1 100% 44 6 14% 29 4 14% 155 12 8% 19 4 21% 10 4 40% 0
1965 27 CIN NL 41 83% 8 18 4 0 1 1.10 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 11 3 27% 7 1 14% 26 3 12% 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 0
6 Yrs 1479 49% 358 107 31 3 11 1.60 29 1 38 10 19 20 9 0 11 9 82% 309 40 13% 165 31 19% 1023 152 15% 107 45 42% 55 28 51% 0
MLB Averages 52% 76% 10% 30% 14% 49% 53%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1960 22 43 51 50 5 9 1 0 2 5 0 0 1 12 .180 .196 .320 .516 34 16 0 0 0 0 0
1961 23 151 422 399 48 98 20 2 6 49 2 2 16 71 .246 .277 .351 .628 61 140 9 3 0 4 1
1962 24 280 827 787 98 205 33 6 14 108 5 6 26 129 .260 .289 .371 .660 69 292 19 7 3 4 2
1963 25 396 1192 1134 132 298 47 8 24 153 7 7 36 193 .263 .289 .382 .671 75 433 31 9 7 6 2
1964 26 484 1438 1367 156 350 56 9 29 170 7 7 47 251 .256 .285 .374 .658 73 511 37 10 8 6 3
1965 27 510 1479 1406 158 358 56 9 29 172 7 7 48 260 .255 .283 .369 .652 71 519 40 10 9 6 3

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1960 22 45 53 52 5 9 1 0 2 5 0 1 13 .173 .189 .308 .496 3 43
1961 23 113 382 360 41 88 19 2 4 42 2 15 62 .244 .277 .342 .619 33 108
1962 24 129 397 381 45 100 12 4 7 53 3 9 58 .262 .287 .370 .657 40 129
1963 25 116 368 350 36 96 14 2 10 48 2 10 64 .274 .297 .411 .708 43 116
1964 26 88 246 233 24 52 9 1 5 17 0 11 58 .223 .261 .335 .596 20 88
1965 27 26 41 39 2 8 0 0 0 2 0 1 9 .205 .225 .205 .430 2 26
6 Yrs 517 1487 1415 153 353 55 9 28 167 7 47 264 .249 .277 .360 .638 141 510
162 Game Avg. 162 466 443 48 111 17 3 9 52 2 15 83 .249 .277 .360 .638 44 510

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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