Lefty James

William L. James

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 1, 1889 in Glen Roy, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1912
Team: Naps 1912-1914

Final Game: July 3, 1914
Died: May 3, 1933 in Glen Roy, OH
Buried: Ridgewood Cemetery, Wellston, OH
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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	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1911	21	TOL	A	8	12	.400		36						237.0	233	109			78							1.312	8.8		3.0			TOL · AA
1912	22	TOL	AA	17	13	.567		33						260.1	210	91			93							1.164	7.3		3.2			TOL · AA
1912	22	CLE	AL	0	1	.000	7.50	3	1	1	0	0	1	6.0	8	9	5	0	4	2	2	0	0	29	49	2.000	12.0	0.0	6.0	3.0	0.50
1913	23	TOL	AA	14	15	.483		30						227.0	187	80			83							1.189	7.4		3.3			TOL · AA
1913	23	CLE	AL	2	3	.400	3.00	11	4	4	3	0	0	39.0	42	27	13	0	9	18	3	0	0	165	102	1.308	9.7	0.0	2.1	4.2	2.00
1914	24	CLV	AA	9	6	.600	2.35	19						134.0	105	44	35		65							1.269	7.1		4.4			CLV · AA
1914	24	CLE	AL	0	3	.000	3.20	17	6	5	1	0	0	50.2	44	23	18	0	32	16	2	0	1	209	91	1.500	7.8	0.0	5.7	2.8	0.50
1915	25	CLV	AA	19	13	.594	3.29	46						270.2	273	145	99		148							1.555	9.1		4.9			CLV · AA
1916	26	LOU	AA	8	7	.533		33						136.0	136				62							1.456	9.0		4.1			LOU · AA
1917	27	SAN	B	0	2	.000		3						7.0	10				10							2.857	12.9		12.9			SAN · TL
1919	29	POR	AA	0	4	.000	4.12	5	2					24.0	28	13	11		7							1.458	10.5		2.6			POR · PCL
1921	31	NOR,BMT	A	12	15	.444	4.01	35						202.0	222	107	90		66							1.426	9.9		2.9			NOR,BMT · SOUA,TL
1922	32	ATA	A	8	15	.348	3.82	31						219.0	236	110	93		52							1.315	9.7		2.1			ATA · SOUA
1923	33	CNG,MOB	A	11	9	.550	3.43	43						194.0	229	99	74		51							1.443	10.6		2.4			CNG,MOB · SOUA
3 Yrs				2	7	.222	3.39	31	11	10	4	0	1	95.2	94	59	36	0	45	36	7	0	1	403	89	1.453	8.8	0.0	4.2	3.4	0.80
162 Game Avg.				3	11	.222	3.39	50	18	16	6	0	2	155	152	96	58	0	73	58	11	0	2	652	89	1.453	8.8	0.0	4.2	3.4	0.80

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	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1912	22	CLE	AL	6.0	3	1	9	13.50	4.45	-0.02	103.0	4.61	-6	-0.5	1.0	-0.0	-0.5	-5	.328	.497	$
1913	23	CLE	AL	39.0	11	4	27	6.23	3.91	0.12	103.0	3.90	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.7	-6	.407	.494	$
1914	24	CLE	AL	50.2	17	6	23	4.09	3.68	-0.24	105.0	4.12	1	0.1	1.0	-0.0	0.5	5	.505	.501	$
3 Seasons				95.2	31	11	59	5.55	3.82	-0.08	104.1	4.06	-15	-1.5	1.0	-0.1	-0.7	-7	.453	.497	$

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1912	22	0	1	.000	7.50	3	1	1	0	1	6.0	8	9	5	4	2	2	0	29	49	2.000	12.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	49
1913	23	2	4	.333	3.60	14	5	5	3	1	45.0	50	36	18	13	20	5	0	194	87	1.400	10.0	2.6	4.0	1.54	87
1914	24	2	7	.222	3.39	31	11	10	4	1	95.2	94	59	36	45	36	7	1	403	89	1.453	8.8	4.2	3.4	0.80	89

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	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Gact
1912	22	0	0		9.00	5.0	9	6	5	4	2	2	2.600	16.2	7.2	3.6	0.50	3
1913	23	2	2	.500	3.55	38.0	46	17	15	10	18	3	1.474	10.9	2.4	4.3	1.80	11
1914	24	2	2	.500	4.71	42.0	49	24	22	36	13	2	2.024	10.5	7.7	2.8	0.36	17
3 Yrs		4	4	.500	4.45	85.0	104	47	42	50	33	7	1.812	11.0		3.5	0.66	31

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