Jim Magnuson

James Robert Magnuson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 18, 1946 in Marinette, WI
School: University of Wisconsin at Oshkosh (Oshkosh, WI)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 28, 1970
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Yankees 1970-1973

Final Game: May 27, 1973
Died: May 30, 1991 in Green Bay, WI
Buried: Forest Home Cemetery, Marinette, WI
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Standard Batting

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
1966	19	CHW-min	A	13	24	24		4	0	0	0						.167	.167	.167	.333		4							APP · MIDW
1967	20	CHW-min	A	17	35	31	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	15	.097	.200	.097	.297		3							LBG · CARL
1968	21	CHW-min	AA	12	19	19	1	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	.158	.158	.263	.421		5							EVN · SOUL
1969	22	CHW-min	AA	26	71	71	6	15	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	27	.211	.211	.225	.437		16							CBS · SOUL
1970	23	CHW-min	AA	13	31	31		1	0	0	0						.032	.032	.032	.065		1							MOB · SOUL
1970	23	CHW	AL	13	12	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1971	24	CHW-min	AAA	3	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.500	.750		2		0	0	0			TUC · PCL
1971	24	CHW	AL	15	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1972	25	NYY-min	AAA	36	57	54	4	8	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	24	.148	.164	.148	.312		8		0	2	0			SYR · IL
1973	26	NYY-min	AAA	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1973	26	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
3 Yrs				36	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	72	68	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	5	0	0

CHW (2 yrs)				28	16	15	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1970	23	CHW	AL	13	12	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1971	24	CHW	AL	15	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$8,000	1

1973	26	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
3 Seasons				36	16	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.496	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$8,000

CHW (2 yrs)				28	16	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.495	.500	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$8,000
NYY (1 yr)				8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1970	23	CHW	AL	12	12	98	.000	.000	.259	.000	.334	.000	.395	.000	.729	-100	.000	-3.0	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
1971	24	CHW	AL	4	4	95	.000	.000	.258	.000	.331	.000	.384	.000	.714	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				16	16	97	.000	.000	.259	.000	.333	.000	.392	.000	.725	-100	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.000	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				72	72	97	.000	.000	.259	.000	.333	.000	.392	.000	.725	-100	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1970	23	CHW	AL	12	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			3.7			1.00	67%
1971	24	CHW	AL	4	0.0%	75.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.3				25%
3 Yrs				16	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5			1.25	56%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.4%	8.7%	6.0%	27%	1.65	6.2	43.6	9.0	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1970	23	CHW	AL	-3.0	-0.3	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.67	-0.2	0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.80	-2.3	0
1971	24	CHW	AL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.65	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.38	-1.0	0

1973	26	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
3 Yrs				-4.1	-0.4	16	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.92	-0.3	0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.94	-3.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	SBO	XBT%	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1970	23	CHW	AL	1	2	100%	1	1
1971	24	CHW	AL	0	2		0	0
3 Yrs				1	4	100%	1	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1970	23	CHW	AL	12	17%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	24	CHW	AL	4	75%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				16	31%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			31%			14%			47%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	SH
1970	23	13	12	11	1	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1
1971	24	28	16	15	1	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1
1972	25	28	16	15	1	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1
1973	26	36	16	15	1	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	1

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	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1970	23	13	12	11	1	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	13
1971	24	15	4	4	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	15
2 Yrs		28	16	15	1	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	28
162 Game Avg.		162	93	87	6	35	.000	.000	.000	.000	28

* 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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