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Jim Lewis

James Martin Lewis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: October 12, 1955 in Miami, FL
School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1979
Teams (by GP): Twins/Mariners/Yankees 1979-1985

Final Game: August 12, 1985
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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
1979 23 SEA AL 0 0 15.43 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 10 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 33 4.714 38.6 3.9 3.9 0.0 0.00
1982 26 NYY AL 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 7 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 9 12 9.000 40.5 0.0 40.5 0.0 0.00
1983 27 MIN AL 0 0 6.50 6 0 0 0 0 0 18.0 24 13 13 5 7 0 8 1 0 0 82 67 1.722 12.0 2.5 3.5 4.0 1.14
1985 29 SEA AL 0 1 .000 7.71 2 1 0 0 0 0 4.2 8 4 4 1 1 0 1 2 0 0 23 59 1.929 15.4 1.9 1.9 1.9 1.00
4 Yrs 0 1 .000 8.77 11 1 1 0 0 0 25.2 45 31 25 7 12 0 9 3 1 1 131 51 2.221 15.8 2.5 4.2 3.2 0.75
162 Game Avg. 0 6 .000 8.77 62 6 6 0 0 0 146 255 176 142 40 68 0 51 17 6 6 742 51 2.221 15.8 2.5 4.2 3.2 0.75
SEA (2 yrs) 0 1 .000 10.29 4 1 1 0 0 0 7.0 18 11 8 2 2 0 1 2 0 0 40 46 2.857 23.1 2.6 2.6 1.3 0.50
MIN (1 yr) 0 0 6.50 6 0 0 0 0 0 18.0 24 13 13 5 7 0 8 1 0 0 82 67 1.722 12.0 2.5 3.5 4.0 1.14
NYY (1 yr) 0 0 54.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.2 3 7 4 0 3 0 0 0 1 1 9 12 9.000 40.5 0.0 40.5 0.0 0.00

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
1979 23 SEA AL 2.1 2 0 7 27.00 4.92 -0.08 -0.40 101.6 4.68 -6 -0.5 .1 0.2 -0.2 -6 .273 .497 $
1982 26 NYY AL 0.2 1 0 7 94.50 4.95 -1.24 -0.39 94.0 5.45 -7 -0.4 .2 0.2 -0.2 -7 .122 .498 $
1983 27 MIN AL 18.0 6 0 13 6.50 4.63 0.09 -0.37 106.4 4.44 -4 -0.4 .8 0.0 -0.2 -2 .432 .497 $
1985 29 SEA AL 4.2 2 1 4 7.71 4.64 -0.21 0.05 102.0 5.00 -1 -0.1 .0 0.0 -0.1 -1 .432 .499 $
4 Seasons 25.2 11 1 31 10.87 4.67 -0.02 -0.30 104.8 4.59 -18 -1.4 .5 0.4 -0.7 -15 .375 .498 $
SEA (2 yrs) 7.0 4 1 11 14.14 4.74 -0.17 -0.10 101.9 4.89 -7 -0.6 .1 0.2 -0.3 -6 .353 .498 $
MIN (1 yr) 18.0 6 0 13 6.50 4.63 0.09 -0.37 106.4 4.44 -4 -0.4 .8 0.0 -0.2 -2 .432 .497 $
NYY (1 yr) 0.2 1 0 7 94.50 4.95 -1.24 -0.39 94.0 5.45 -7 -0.4 .2 0.2 -0.2 -7 .122 .498 $

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
1979 23 SEA AL 2 17 16 7 10 1 0 1 0 1 1 0 .625 .647 .875 1.522 .600 14 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 26 NYY AL 1 9 6 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 .500 .667 .500 1.167 .500 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 27 MIN AL 6 82 74 13 24 6 1 5 0 2 7 8 .324 .390 .635 1.025 .311 47 0 1 0 0 0 1
1985 29 SEA AL 2 23 19 4 8 2 0 1 0 0 1 1 .421 .500 .684 1.184 .412 13 2 2 1 0 0 0
4 Yrs 11 131 115 31 45 9 1 7 0 3 12 9 .391 .462 .670 1.131 .384 77 2 3 1 0 0 3
162 Game Avg. 62 742 652 176 255 51 6 40 0 17 68 51 .391 .462 .670 1.131 .384 436 11 17 6 0 0 17
MLB Averages .261 .325 .388 .712 .284

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1979 23 SEA AL -3.7 -0.3 18 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .15 -0.3 -0.4 -4.4 -0.4 0.15 -4.2 0 0 1
1982 26 NYY AL -4.9 -0.4 11 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .07 -0.2 -0.1 -4.8 -0.4 0.07 -2.9 0 0 1
1983 27 MIN AL -3.5 -0.3 84 -0.2 0.6 -0.7 .44 -0.4 0.0 -4.2 -0.4 0.44 -4.8 1 2 3
1985 29 SEA AL -1.4 -0.1 23 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 1.46 -0.2 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 1.46 -2.2 0 0 1
4 Yrs -13.4 -1.2 136 -0.6 1.1 -1.7 .55 -1.1 0.0 -15.0 -1.3 0.55 -14.1 1 2 6

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
1985 29 SEA AL 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28.0 28 28 1 0 1 0 3.0 6.0 3.7
1 Yr 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 28 28 28 1 0 1 0 3.0 6.0 3.7
MLB Averages .500 51% 50 99 -12 4.3 4.3 6.3

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
1979 23 SEA AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .152 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 2 1 0 1 0 3.5
1982 26 NYY AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 .070 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 2.0
1983 27 MIN AL 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 3 38% 3 .442 1 2 3 0 0 6 4 2 5 1 6 1 9.0
1985 29 SEA AL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1.459 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 3.0
4 Yrs 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 3 33% .557 1 2 6 0 0 10 5 5 6 2 8 1 6.6

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%
1979 23 SEA AL 17 76% 5.9% 0.0% 5.9% 11.8% 20% 4.00 88% 4 0 0%
1982 26 NYY AL 9 67% 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 67% 5 0 0%
1983 27 MIN AL 82 59% 6.1% 9.8% 8.5% 14.6% 50% 1.10 74% 10 0 0%
1985 29 SEA AL 23 52% 4.4% 4.4% 4.4% 13.0% 38% 1.60 74% 10 2 20%
4 Yrs 131 60% 5.3% 6.9% 9.2% 13.0% 38% 1.30 76% 29 2 7%
MLB Averages 43% 2.0% 13.2% 8.4% 6.6% 28% 1.09 75% 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
1979 23 SEA AL 17 10 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 1 0 0 8 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 26 NYY AL 9 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 3 0 50% 1 1 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1983 27 MIN AL 82 24 5 0 2 2 3 1 4 4 3 1 75% 1 0 0 31 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 29 SEA AL 23 8 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 2 0 50% 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 131 45 7 0 7 4 3 2 5 16 9 1 56% 3 1 0 54 0 3 0% 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
MLB Averages 54% 67%

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+
1979 23 0 0 15.43 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 10 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 33 4.714 38.6 3.9 3.9 0.0 0.00 33
1980 24 0 0 15.43 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 10 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 33 4.714 38.6 3.9 3.9 0.0 0.00 33
1981 25 0 0 15.43 2 0 1 0 0 0 2.1 10 7 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 33 4.714 38.6 3.9 3.9 0.0 0.00 33
1982 26 0 0 24.00 3 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 13 14 8 1 4 0 0 0 1 1 26 22 5.667 39.0 3.0 12.0 0.0 0.00 22
1983 27 0 0 9.00 9 0 1 0 0 0 21.0 37 27 21 6 11 0 8 1 1 1 108 50 2.286 15.9 2.6 4.7 3.4 0.73 50
1984 28 0 0 9.00 9 0 1 0 0 0 21.0 37 27 21 6 11 0 8 1 1 1 108 50 2.286 15.9 2.6 4.7 3.4 0.73 50
1985 29 0 1 .000 8.77 11 1 1 0 0 0 25.2 45 31 25 7 12 0 9 3 1 1 131 51 2.221 15.8 2.5 4.2 3.2 0.75 51

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
1979 23 0 0 18.00 2.0 10 4 4 1 1 0 0 5.500 45.0 4.5 0.0 0.00 4.5 2
1982 26 0 0 45.00 1.0 3 6 5 0 3 0 0 6.000 27.0 27.0 0.0 0.00 0.0 1
1983 27 0 1 .000 6.88 17.0 24 14 13 5 7 7 1 1.824 12.7 3.7 3.7 1.00 2.6 6
1985 29 0 0 9.00 4.0 8 4 4 1 1 1 2 2.250 18.0 2.3 2.3 1.00 2.3 2
4 Yrs 0 1 .000 9.75 24.0 45 28 26 7 12 8 3 2.375 16.9 3.0 0.67 2.6 11

* 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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