Jeff James

Jeffrey Lynn James (Jesse)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 29, 1941 in Indianapolis, IN
High School: Washington HS (Indianapolis, IN)
School: Indiana State University (Terre Haute, IN)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1968
Team: Phillies 1968-1969

Final Game: October 1, 1969
Died: May 7, 2006 in Indianapolis, IN
Cremated
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Standard Pitching

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
1961	19	PHI-min	D	5	12	.294	3.63	23	14					109.0	91	67	44	5	84								1.606	7.5	0.4	6.9			ELM · NYPL
1962	20	PHI-min	D	8	9	.471	4.99	26	20		7	2		139.0	128	83	77	3	87	3	118	6	0	18			1.547	8.3	0.2	5.6	7.6	1.36	MIA · FLOR
1963	21	PHI-min	A	16	6	.727	3.77	27	24					179.0	161	92	75	12	98								1.447	8.1	0.6	4.9			MGV · PION
1964	22	PHI-min	AA	7	10	.412	4.00	22	20					126.0	130	69	56	9	90		101						1.746	9.3	0.6	6.4	7.2	1.12	CNG · SOUL
1965	23	PHI-min	AA	7	9	.438	3.93	31	23					151.0	141	82	66	10	96		138						1.570	8.4	0.6	5.7	8.2	1.44	CNG · SOUL
1966	24	PHI-min	AA,AAA	6	14	.300	4.53	28	25		0	0		155.0	161	94	78	16	84	0	130	0	0	0			1.581	9.3	0.9	4.9	7.5	1.55	MAC,SDG · SOUL,PCL
1967	25	PHI-min	AAA	13	5	.722	2.77	27	23		8	3		159.0	132	57	49	9	65	0	150	4	0	10			1.239	7.5	0.5	3.7	8.5	2.31	SDG · PCL
1968	26	PHI	NL	4	4	.500	4.28	29	13	5	1	1	0	115.2	112	61	55	8	46	2	83	4	1	3	495	71	1.366	8.7	0.6	3.6	6.5	1.80
1969	27	PHI-min	AAA	13	10	.565	3.15	30	28		12	3	0	203.0	186	87	71	15	70	3	155	5	3	3			1.261	8.2	0.7	3.1	6.9	2.21	EUG · PCL
1969	27	PHI	NL	2	2	.500	5.40	6	5	1	1	0	0	31.2	36	20	19	5	14	1	21	0	0	3	142	67	1.579	10.2	1.4	4.0	6.0	1.50
1970	28	PHI-min	AAA	6	14	.300	5.94	34	26		4	2	2	156.0	182	121	103	8	79	5	99	13	0	13			1.673	10.5	0.5	4.6	5.7	1.25	EUG · PCL
1971	29	PHI-SDP-min	AAA	6	10	.375	4.63	36	18		4	0	3	140.0	181	89	72	17	52	6	91	4	0	10			1.664	11.6	1.1	3.3	5.8	1.75	EUG,HAW · PCL
2 Yrs				6	6	.500	4.52	35	18	6	2	1	0	147.1	148	81	74	13	60	3	104	4	1	6	637	70	1.412	9.0	0.8	3.7	6.4	1.73
162 Game Avg.				8	8	.500	4.52	45	23	8	3	1	0	189	190	104	95	17	77	4	133	5	1	8	817	70	1.412	9.0	0.8	3.7	6.4	1.73

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1968	26	PHI	NL	115.2	29	13	61	4.75	3.45	-0.36	-0.01	101.4	3.86	-13	-1.6	.4	0.1	-0.5	-1	.446	.490	$
1969	27	PHI	NL	31.2	6	5	20	5.68	4.15	-0.44	0.06	98.6	4.57	-4	-0.4	.6	-0.0	-0.2	-1	.427	.497	$
2 Seasons				147.1	35	18	81	4.95	3.60	-0.38	0.00	100.8	4.01	-17	-2.0	.4	0.0	-0.7	-2	.443	.494	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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	ROE
1968	26	PHI	NL	29	495	438	61	112	22	3	8	9	4	46	83	.256	.330	.374	.704	.297	164	11	4	4	3	2	6
1969	27	PHI	NL	6	142	125	20	36	6	0	5	4	0	14	21	.288	.357	.456	.813	.310	57	3	0	2	1	1	1
2 Yrs				35	637	563	81	148	28	3	13	13	4	60	104	.263	.336	.393	.729	.300	221	14	4	6	4	3	7
162 Game Avg.				45	817	722	104	190	36	4	17	17	5	77	133	.263	.336	.393	.729	.300	284	18	5	8	5	4	9
MLB Averages																.243	.310	.356	.666	.273

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevMd	LevLo
1968	26	PHI	NL	-15.1	-1.7	513	-1.1	6.5	-7.6	.80	-1.0	-0.4	-17.7	-1.9	0.80	-13.1	1	14
1969	27	PHI	NL	-5.7	-0.6	150	-0.4	2.7	-3.2	1.15	-0.5	0.1	-4.9	-0.5	1.15	-6.5	0	1
2 Yrs				-20.7	-2.2	663	-1.5	9.3	-10.8	.88	-1.5	-0.3	-22.6	-2.4	0.88	-19.6	1	15

Starting Pitching*

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
1968	26	PHI	NL	29	13	4	4	5	1	3	6	7	.462	1	3	1	1	10	77%	54.8	81	28	22	7	3	7	3.3	3.3	6.3
1969	27	PHI	NL	6	5	2	2	1	0	1	2	3	.400	0	1	1	0	3	60%	45.2	62	24	3	1	3	2	4.4	3.6	6.1
2 Yrs				35	18	6	6	6	1	4	8	10	.444	1	4	2	1	13	72%	52	81	24	25	8	6	9	3.6	3.4	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						59%	55	104	4					3.8	3.7	6.5

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevMd	LevLo	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1968	26	PHI	NL	29	16	5	6	2	33%	5	.798	1	14	16	4	12	11	1	11	1	6.4
1969	27	PHI	NL	6	1	1	0	0		9	1.155	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
2 Yrs				35	17	6	6	2	33%		.878	1	15	17	4	13	11	1	11	1	6.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1968	26	PHI	NL	495	64%	1.6%	16.8%	9.3%	6.7%	30%	1.21	71%	93	11	12%
1969	27	PHI	NL	142	62%	3.5%	14.8%	9.9%	7.8%	31%	1.64	70%	27	3	11%
2 Yrs				637	64%	2.0%	16.3%	9.4%	6.9%	30%	1.30	71%	120	14	12%
MLB Averages					48%	1.9%	15.7%	8.5%	5.8%	26%	1.11	73%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					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
1968	26	PHI	NL	495	112			8	0	6	5	3	3	5	25	10	4	40%	6	3	0	189	9	4	69%	8	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	8	0
1969	27	PHI	NL	142	36			5	0	3	3	2	4	1	11	6	3	55%	1	3	1	52	4	0	100%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
2 Yrs				637	148			13	0	9	8	5	7	6	36	16	7	44%	7	6	1	241	13	4	76%	12	4	1	0	0	0	2	1	16	0
MLB Averages																		48%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

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+
1968	26	4	4	.500	4.28	29	13	5	1	1	0	115.2	112	61	55	8	46	2	83	4	1	3	495	71	1.366	8.7	0.6	3.6	6.5	1.80	71
1969	27	6	6	.500	4.52	35	18	6	2	1	0	147.1	148	81	74	13	60	3	104	4	1	6	637	70	1.412	9.0	0.8	3.7	6.4	1.73	70

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

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
1968	26	3	8	.273	6.12	103.0	126	78	70	9	52	74	4	1.728	11.0	4.5	6.5	1.42	0.8	29
1969	27	1	2	.333	6.30	30.0	38	23	21	5	15	20	0	1.767	11.4	4.5	6.0	1.33	1.5	6
2 Yrs		4	10	.286	6.16	133.0	164	101	91	14	67	94	4	1.737	11.1		6.4	1.40	0.9	35

* 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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