Jeff James
Jeffrey Lynn James (Jesse)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 29, 1941 in Indianapolis, IN
High School: Washington (Indianapolis, IN)
School: Indiana State University
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 13, 1968
Final Game: October 1, 1969
Died: May 7, 2006 in Indianapolis, IN
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Standard Pitching

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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
1968 26 PHI NL 4 4 .500 4.27 29 13 5 1 1 0 116.0 112 61 55 8 46 2 83 4 1 3 495 71 1.362 8.7 0.6 3.6 6.4 1.80
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 66 1.579 10.2 1.4 4.0 6.0 1.50
2 Seasons 6 6 .500 4.51 35 18 6 2 1 0 147.2 148 81 74 13 60 3 104 4 1 6 637 69 1.409 9.0 0.8 3.7 6.3 1.73
162 Game Avg. 8 8 .500 4.51 45 23 8 3 1 0 190 190 104 95 17 77 4 133 5 1 8 817 69 1.409 9.0 0.8 3.7 6.3 1.73

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
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
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
2 Seasons 35 637 563 81 148 28 3 13 13 4 60 104 .263 .336 .393 .729 .300 221 14 4 6 4 3
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
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1968 26 PHI NL 29 13 4 4 5 1 3 6 7 .462 1 3 1 1 10 77% 55 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 62 24 3 1 3 2 4.4 3.6 6.1
2 Seasons 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

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1968 26 PHI NL 29 16 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 5 0.841 0 4 12 0 0 16 4 12 11 1 11 1 6.4
1969 27 PHI NL 6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1.154 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
2 Seasons 35 17 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 0.911 0 5 12 0 0 17 4 13 11 1 11 1 6.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1968 26 PHI NL 495 36% 1.6% 16.8% 9.3% 6.7% 30% 1.21 71% 93 11 12%
1969 27 PHI NL 142 38% 3.5% 14.8% 9.9% 7.8% 31% 1.64 70% 27 3 11%
2 Seasons 637 36% 2.0% 16.3% 9.4% 6.9% 30% 1.30 71% 120 14 12%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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 3 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 Seasons 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 3 1 16 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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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 4.27 29 13 5 1 1 0 116.0 112 61 55 8 46 2 83 4 1 3 495 71 1.362 8.7 0.6 3.6 6.4 1.80 71
1969 27 6 6 .500 4.51 35 18 6 2 1 0 147.2 148 81 74 13 60 3 104 4 1 6 637 69 1.409 9.0 0.8 3.7 6.3 1.73 69

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 6.06 104.0 125 78 70 9 51 74 4 1.692 10.8 4.4 6.4 1.45 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 Seasons 4 10 .286 6.11 134.0 163 101 91 14 66 94 4 1.709 10.9 6.3 1.42 0.9 35

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