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Chuck James

Charles Hamilton James

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 9, 1981 in Atlanta, GA
High School: Mableton Christian Academy (Mableton, GA)
School: Chattahoochee Valley Community College (Phenix City, AL)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 20th round of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed July 29, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 2005
Teams (by GP): Braves/Twins 2005-2011
2012 Contract Status: Pre-Arb Eligible (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 2.132 [*],
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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
2005 23 ATL NL 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 427 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2006 24 ATL NL 25 40 35 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .029 .056 .029 .084 -77 1 1 0 4 0 0 1
2007 25 ATL NL 35 63 53 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 16 .113 .145 .132 .278 -27 7 1 0 8 0 0 1
2008 26 ATL NL 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
2011 29 MIN AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
5 Yrs 77 112 97 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 34 .082 .110 .093 .203 -46 9 2 0 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 236 204 11 17 2 0 0 6 0 0 6 72 .082 .110 .093 .203 -46 19 4 0 25 0 0
ATL (4 yrs) 69 112 97 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 34 .082 .110 .093 .203 -46 9 2 0 12 0 0
MIN (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 69 112 97 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 34 .082 .110 .093 .203 -46 9 2 0 12 0 0
AL (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
2005 23 ATL NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .530 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
2006 24 ATL NL 25 40 -10 0 0 0 6 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .487 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $327,000 1
2007 25 ATL NL 35 63 -10 -0 0 0 9 -2 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $397,500 1
2008 26 ATL NL 7 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .485 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $427,500 /1
2011 29 MIN AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
5 Seasons 77 112 -22 -0 0 0 17 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .493 .499 -0.5 0.0 -2 $1,152,000
ATL (4 yrs) 69 112 -22 -0 0 0 17 -5 -0.5 3 -2 -0.5 .492 .499 -0.5 0.0 -2 $1,152,000
MIN (1 yr) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
2005 23 ATL NL 1 0 1 109 1.000 1.000 .270 1.000 .340 1.000 .430 2.000 .770 427 .000 0.5 0.0 .000 .000
2006 24 ATL NL 40 39 0 0.0 113 .048 .029 .272 .056 .343 .029 .442 .084 .785 -77 .000 -9.5 -0.9 .057 .029 .000
2007 25 ATL NL 63 56 1 0.5 109 .162 .113 .270 .145 .340 .132 .432 .278 .772 -27 .013 -10.1 -1.0 .188 .057 .019
2008 26 ATL NL 8 8 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .265 .000 .336 .000 .423 .000 .759 -100 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
5 Yrs 112 103 2 0.5 110 .127 .082 .271 .110 .341 .093 .435 .203 .775 -46 .015 -21.5 -2.1 .132 .041 .010
162 Game Avg. 236 217 4 0.5 110 .127 .082 .271 .110 .341 .093 .435 .203 .775 -46 .015 -21.5 -2.1 .132 .041 .010

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
2005 23 ATL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.0 100% 0%
2006 24 ATL NL 40 0.0% 35.0% 2.5% 0.0% 0% 14.00 2.5 2.17 2.25 53% 12% 0.0% 17%
2007 25 ATL NL 63 0.0% 25.4% 3.2% 1.6% 17% 8.00 3.3 26.5 2.18 4.57 59% 4% 0.0% 18%
2008 26 ATL NL 8 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 0.25 50% 25% 0.0% 0%
5 Yrs 112 0.0% 30.4% 2.7% 0.9% 13% 11.33 2.9 32.3 2.00 2.68 56% 8% 0.0% 16%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.6% 8.5% 7.9% 34% 2.07 5.1 33.8 7.8 0.80 1.07 70% 19% 7.6% 12%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2005 23 ATL NL 0.5 0.0 1 0.1 0.1 0.0 2.03 0.1 -0.0 0.9 0.1 1.57 0.6 0
2006 24 ATL NL -9.5 -0.9 41 -0.8 0.1 -1.0 .94 -0.8 -0.1 -11.8 -1.1 1.11 -9.8 0
2007 25 ATL NL -10.1 -1.0 64 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 .84 -0.9 -0.1 -8.9 -0.9 0.88 -11.3 0.77 3
2008 26 ATL NL -2.3 -0.2 8 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 .92 -0.2 -0.0 -2.8 -0.3 0.91 -2.7 0
2011 29 MIN AL 0.0 0.0
5 Yrs -21.5 -2.1 114 -1.8 0.5 -2.4 .89 -2.0 -0.1 -22.6 -2.2 0.97 -23.2 0.77 3

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
2005 23 ATL NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 ATL NL 1 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
2007 25 ATL NL 1 0 38% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 25% 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
2008 26 ATL NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 2 0 46% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 17% 3 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1

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
2005 23 ATL NL 1 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 ATL NL 40 83% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 50% 9 1 11% 11 2 18% 41 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
2007 25 ATL NL 63 49% 6 1 0 3 0 0 0 0.77 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 11 1 9% 13 3 23% 35 2 6% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
2008 26 ATL NL 8 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 112 62% 8 2 1 3 0 0 0 0.77 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 19 12 63% 22 2 9% 26 5 19% 83 3 4% 5 0 0% 4 3 75% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2005 23 ATL NL 1 2 2.00 2 100% 0% 50% 0% 50% 100% 100% 50% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 ATL NL 40 144 3.60 105 73% 38% 24% 14% 24% 62% 0% 45% 62% 35% 0% 0 0 5% 2 0 5% 2 1 14% 0 0 0
2007 25 ATL NL 63 209 3.32 149 71% 27% 17% 26% 30% 73% 0% 52% 76% 48% 2% 1 0 11% 7 5 3% 2 0 31% 0 0 0
2008 26 ATL NL 8 28 3.50 21 75% 38% 19% 24% 19% 62% 0% 46% 69% 25% 13% 1 0 13% 1 0 13% 1 0 25% 0 0 0
4 Yrs 112 383 3.42 277 72% 32% 20% 21% 27% 68% 0% 49% 70% 42% 2% 2 0 9% 10 5 4% 5 1 24% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.79 63% 28% 15% 27% 31% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2005 23 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 427 1 0 0 0 0 0
2006 24 27 41 36 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 14 .056 .081 .056 .137 -64 2 1 0 4 0 0
2007 25 62 104 89 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 30 .090 .120 .101 .221 -42 9 2 0 12 0 0
2008 26 69 112 97 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 34 .082 .110 .093 .203 -46 9 2 0 12 0 0
2009 27 69 112 97 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 34 .082 .110 .093 .203 -46 9 2 0 12 0 0
2010 28 69 112 97 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 34 .082 .110 .093 .203 -46 9 2 0 12 0 0
2011 29 77 112 97 5 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 34 .082 .110 .093 .203 -46 9 2 0 12 0 0

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
2005 23 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 2
2006 24 25 40 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 14 .000 .028 .000 .028 0 25
2007 25 35 63 53 3 6 1 0 0 2 0 2 16 .113 .145 .132 .278 1 35
2008 26 7 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
4 Yrs 69 112 97 3 7 1 0 0 3 0 3 34 .072 .100 .082 .182 2 69
162 Game Avg. 162 263 228 7 16 2 0 0 7 0 7 80 .072 .100 .082 .182 5 69

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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