News: s-r blog:Subscribe to the Play Index!

 

Photo of Johnny James


Johnny James

John Phillip James

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 23, 1933 in Bonners Ferry, ID
High School: Hollywood HS (Hollywood, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1958
Teams (by GP): Angels/Yankees 1958-1961

Final Game: October 1, 1961
    About biographical information

27
53
22
View team uniforms at Dressed to the Nines a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit / Report an error

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
1958 24 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 12 2.000 6.0 0.0 12.0 3.0 0.25
1960 26 NYY AL 5 1 .833 4.36 28 0 11 0 0 2 43.1 38 22 21 3 26 2 29 3 0 1 189 83 1.477 7.9 0.6 5.4 6.0 1.12
1961 27 TOT AL 0 2 .000 5.20 37 3 10 0 0 0 72.2 67 44 42 12 54 1 43 2 0 5 334 86 1.665 8.3 1.5 6.7 5.3 0.80
1961 27 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 13.5
1961 27 LAA AL 0 2 .000 5.30 36 3 10 0 0 0 71.1 66 44 42 12 54 1 41 2 0 5 330 85 1.682 8.3 1.5 6.8 5.2 0.76
3 Yrs 5 3 .625 4.76 66 3 22 0 0 2 119.0 107 66 63 15 84 3 73 5 0 6 535 88 1.605 8.1 1.1 6.4 5.5 0.87
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .625 4.76 65 3 22 0 0 2 117 105 65 62 15 83 3 72 5 0 6 527 88 1.605 8.1 1.1 6.4 5.5 0.87
NYY (3 yrs) 5 1 .833 3.97 30 0 12 0 0 2 47.2 41 22 21 3 30 2 32 3 0 1 205 93 1.490 7.7 0.6 5.7 6.0 1.07
LAA (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.30 36 3 10 0 0 0 71.1 66 44 42 12 54 1 41 2 0 5 330 85 1.682 8.3 1.5 6.8 5.2 0.76

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 Awards
1958 24 NYY AL 3.0 1 0 0 0.00 3.64 0.28 0.00 88.0 2.96 1 0.1 .0 -0.1 0.1 1 .617 .501 $
1960 26 NYY AL 43.1 28 0 22 4.57 4.39 0.47 -0.18 94.9 3.55 -5 -0.5 1.6 -0.2 -0.4 -1 .483 .497 $
1961 27 NYY AL 1.1 1 0 0 0.00 5.12 0.20 -0.22 104.0 4.89 1 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.1 1 .580 .500 $
1961 27 LAA AL 71.1 36 3 44 5.55 4.60 0.08 -0.16 110.4 4.82 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.1 -0.1 1 .485 .497 $
3 Seasons 119.0 66 3 66 4.99 4.50 0.22 -0.16 104.1 4.31 -8 -0.8 1.2 -0.4 -0.3 2 .487 .499 $
NYY (3 yrs) 47.2 30 0 22 4.15 4.36 0.45 -0.17 94.7 3.55 -3 -0.3 1.5 -0.3 -0.2 1 .490 .499 $
LAA (1 yr) 71.1 36 3 44 5.55 4.60 0.08 -0.16 110.4 4.82 -5 -0.5 .9 -0.1 -0.1 1 .485 .497 $

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
1958 24 NYY AL 1 12 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 .250 .500 .375 .875 .286 3 1 0 0 0 0 0
1960 26 NYY AL 28 189 153 22 38 9 0 3 2 3 26 29 .248 .360 .366 .726 .280 56 5 3 3 4 2 2
1961 27 LAA AL 36 309 269 44 66 9 1 12 6 1 54 41 .245 .374 .420 .794 .249 113 8 2 5 1 1 5
1961 27 NYY AL 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 27 TOT AL 37 313 273 44 67 9 1 12 6 2 54 43 .245 .373 .418 .790 .251 114 8 2 5 1 1 5
3 Yrs 66 514 434 66 107 19 1 15 8 5 84 73 .247 .371 .399 .770 .262 173 14 5 8 5 3 7
162 Game Avg. 65 507 428 65 105 19 1 15 8 5 83 72 .247 .371 .399 .770 .262 170 14 5 8 5 3 7
MLB Averages .257 .325 .393 .719 .277

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1958 24 NYY AL 1.4 0.2 12 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .03 0.0 0.1 1.3 0.2 0.03 -0.2 0 0 1
1960 26 NYY AL -3.1 -0.3 196 0.5 3.4 -2.9 .95 -0.1 0.6 0.5 0.1 0.95 -2.8 7 5 15
1961 27 TOT AL -3.2 -0.3 349 -0.6 3.8 -4.4 .73 -0.5 -0.4 -4.5 -0.4 0.71 -8.6 6 8 19
1961 27 NYY AL 0.8 0.1 5 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .58 0.1 0.0 1.0 0.1 0.58 0.9 0 1 0
1961 27 LAA AL -4.0 -0.4 344 -0.7 3.7 -4.4 .73 -0.6 -0.4 -5.6 -0.5 0.71 -9.5 6 7 19
3 Yrs -4.9 -0.5 557 -0.1 7.2 -7.3 .79 -0.6 0.4 -2.7 -0.2 0.78 -11.6 13 13 35

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1961 27 TOT AL 37 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 33% 46 34 19 5 2 1 4.2 5.0 3.1
1961 27 LAA AL 36 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 33% 41.7 46 34 19 5 2 1 4.2 5.0 3.1
1 Yr 36 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 33% 42 46 34 19 5 2 1 4.2 5.0 3.1
MLB Averages .500 51% 51 111 4 4.4 4.3 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

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
1958 24 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .026 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1960 26 NYY AL 28 28 11 5 1 4 2 2 50% 6 2 26 7 27% 9 .954 7 5 15 7 2 19 12 16 17 4 17 6 4.6
1961 27 TOT AL 37 34 10 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 31 8 26% .731 6 8 19 5 3 26 15 19 23 8 24 7 5.6
1961 27 NYY AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 .578 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1961 27 LAA AL 36 33 10 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 29 8 28% 8 .733 6 7 19 5 3 25 14 19 22 8 23 7 5.6
3 Yrs 66 63 22 5 2 4 2 2 50% 10 6 57 15 26% .797 13 13 35 12 5 46 27 36 41 12 42 13 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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%
1958 24 NYY AL 12 50% 0.0% 8.3% 33.3% 8.3% 50% 1.00 58% 5 1 20%
1960 26 NYY AL 189 66% 1.6% 15.3% 13.8% 6.4% 32% 1.23 66% 48 5 10%
1961 27 TOT AL 335 67% 3.8% 13.7% 17.3% 7.0% 33% 1.13 70% 75 8 11%
1961 27 NYY AL 4 100% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 50% 0 0
1961 27 LAA AL 331 67% 3.9% 13.3% 17.5% 7.1% 33% 1.14 70% 75 8 11%
3 Yrs 536 66% 2.9% 14.2% 16.3% 6.8% 33% 1.16 68% 128 14 11%
MLB Averages 51% 2.4% 13.4% 8.8% 6.7% 29% 1.02 74% 11%

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
1958 24 NYY AL 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 26 NYY AL 189 38 3 1 16 1 2 1 2 14 6 3 43% 2 1 1 90 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
1961 27 TOT AL 313 67 12 2 18 9 3 8 4 20 11 2 55% 5 5 1 132 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 22
1961 27 NYY AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 27 LAA AL 309 66 12 2 18 9 3 8 4 20 11 2 55% 5 5 1 131 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 22
3 Yrs 514 107 15 3 34 10 5 9 6 35 17 5 49% 7 6 2 229 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 22
MLB Averages 52% 60%

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+
1958 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 12 2.000 6.0 0.0 12.0 3.0 0.25
1959 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 12 2.000 6.0 0.0 12.0 3.0 0.25
1960 26 5 1 .833 4.08 29 0 12 0 0 2 46.1 40 22 21 3 30 2 30 3 0 1 201 90 1.511 7.8 0.6 5.8 5.8 1.00 90
1961 27 5 3 .625 4.76 66 3 22 0 0 2 119.0 107 66 63 15 84 3 73 5 0 6 535 88 1.605 8.1 1.1 6.4 5.5 0.87 88

Neutralized Pitching

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 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
1958 24 0 0 0.00 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 3.000 9.0 18.0 4.5 0.25 0.0 1
1960 26 2 2 .500 4.93 42.0 41 26 23 3 28 28 3 1.643 8.8 6.0 6.0 1.00 0.6 28
1961 27 3 5 .375 4.56 73.0 63 41 37 11 51 43 2 1.562 7.8 6.3 5.3 0.84 1.4 37
3 Yrs 5 7 .417 4.62 117.0 106 67 60 14 83 72 5 1.615 8.2 5.5 0.87 1.1 66

* 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.

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
Similar Pitchers 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Compare Stats to Similars
  1. Darrell Sutherland (993)
  2. Gary Neibauer (990)
  3. By Speece (989)
  4. Jim Henry (988)
  5. George Lyons (988)
  6. Mike Buddie (988)
  7. Jay Aldrich (988)
  8. Foster Edwards (988)
  9. Rocky Childress (987)
  10. Eddie Bonine (987)
Most Similar by Ages 
 View Similar Player Links in Pop-up
 Hold mouse over #'s to see names
  1. Marvin Freeman (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Other Resources & Links

Error?     Compare     Search SABR's Baseball Index     Other Links@google.com     Baseball Library     Baseball-Almanac.com     Retrosheet     The Baseball Cube     The Baseball Page     WhatIfSports: Johnny James    

Viewed 5,710 times through May 31, 2012.
Name and misspellings: John Phillip jonny jonnie johny Johnny johnnie johney john johhny jimmy jimmie jim James

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

The play-by-play information both shown and used to create certain data sets was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet.