Skip James
Philip Robert James
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: October 21, 1949 in Elmhurst, IL
School: University of Kansas
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1977
Final Game: September 23, 1978
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Standard Batting

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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
1977 27 SFG NL 10 17 15 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .267 .353 .333 .686 87 5 1 0 0 0 0 /3
1978 28 SFG NL 41 26 21 5 2 1 0 0 3 1 0 4 5 .095 .240 .143 .383 12 3 2 0 1 0 0 3
2 Seasons 51 43 36 8 6 2 0 0 6 1 0 6 8 .167 .286 .222 .508 44 8 3 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 137 114 25 19 6 0 0 19 3 0 19 25 .167 .286 .222 .508 44 25 10 0 3 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1977 27 SFG NL 17 12 2 4.5 102 .333 .267 .268 .353 .336 .333 .408 .686 .744 87 .487 -0.2 0.0 .583 .200 .067
1978 28 SFG NL 26 22 1 1.2 91 .125 .095 .257 .240 .325 .143 .378 .383 .703 12 .095 -2.4 -0.2 .381 .286 .048 .0
2 Seasons 43 34 3 2.4 96 .214 .167 .262 .286 .329 .222 .391 .508 .720 44 .247 -2.5 -0.2 .455 .250 .056 .0
162 Game Avg. 137 108 10 2.4 96 .214 .167 .262 .286 .329 .222 .391 .508 .720 44 .247 -2.5 -0.2 .455 .250 .056

Ratio Batting*

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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
1977 27 SFG NL 17 0.0% 17.7% 11.8% 5.9% 25% 1.50 5.0 5.0 1.25 71%
1978 28 SFG NL 26 0.0% 19.2% 15.4% 3.9% 50% 1.25 4.2 7.0 2.00 62%
2 Seasons 43 0.0% 18.6% 14.0% 4.7% 33% 1.33 4.5 6.0 1.67 65%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1977 27 SFG NL 0 0 50% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 28 SFG NL 1 0 83% 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 43% 3 3 0 1 0 1 3 1 2
2 Seasons 1 0 67% 31 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 38% 4 4 0 1 0 1 3 1 2
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1977 27 SFG NL 17 59% 4 1 0 0 0 0.42 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 17 4 24% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1978 28 SFG NL 26 77% 2 10 1 0 0 2.27 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 2 33% 2 1 50% 26 3 12% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
2 Seasons 43 70% 6 11 1 0 0 2.10 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 8 3 38% 5 2 40% 43 7 16% 4 1 25% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1977 27 10 17 15 3 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 2 3 .267 .353 .333 .686 87 5 1 0 0 0 0
1978 28 51 43 36 8 6 2 0 0 6 1 0 6 8 .167 .286 .222 .508 44 8 3 0 1 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1977 27 10 17 15 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 2 3 .267 .353 .333 .686 2 10
1978 28 41 25 21 6 2 1 0 0 4 1 4 5 .095 .240 .143 .383 1 41
2 Seasons 51 42 36 10 6 2 0 0 8 1 6 8 .167 .286 .222 .508 3 51
162 Game Avg. 162 133 114 32 19 6 0 0 25 3 19 25 .167 .286 .222 .508 10 51

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