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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 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
1970 23 CHW AL 1 5 .167 4.84 13 6 3 0 0 0 44.2 45 28 24 7 16 1 20 1 0 1 190 79 1.366 9.1 1.4 3.2 4.0 1.25
1971 24 CHW AL 1 1 .500 4.50 15 4 6 0 0 0 30.0 30 18 15 0 16 0 11 2 0 0 131 81 1.533 9.0 0.0 4.8 3.3 0.69
1973 26 NYY AL 0 1 .000 4.28 8 0 8 0 0 0 27.1 38 17 13 2 9 1 9 0 0 0 124 87 1.720 12.5 0.7 3.0 3.0 1.00
3 Yrs 2 7 .222 4.59 36 10 17 0 0 0 102.0 113 63 52 9 41 2 40 3 0 1 445 82 1.510 10.0 0.8 3.6 3.5 0.98
162 Game Avg. 3 10 .222 4.59 53 15 25 0 0 0 151 167 93 77 13 61 3 59 4 0 1 658 82 1.510 10.0 0.8 3.6 3.5 0.98
CHW (2 yrs) 2 6 .250 4.70 28 10 9 0 0 0 74.2 75 46 39 7 32 1 31 3 0 1 321 80 1.433 9.0 0.8 3.9 3.7 0.97
NYY (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.28 8 0 8 0 0 0 27.1 38 17 13 2 9 1 9 0 0 0 124 87 1.720 12.5 0.7 3.0 3.0 1.00

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
1970 23 CHW AL 44.2 13 6 28 5.64 4.06 -0.42 0.01 103.4 4.64 -5 -0.5 .5 -0.0 -0.1 -0 .462 .497 $
1971 24 CHW AL 30.0 15 4 18 5.40 3.86 -0.33 -0.07 106.3 4.38 -3 -0.4 .2 0.1 -0.1 -1 .475 .498 $8,000
1973 26 NYY AL 27.1 8 0 17 5.60 4.12 0.10 -0.34 102.2 3.76 -6 -0.6 .6 0.0 -0.3 -3 .427 .496 $
3 Seasons 102.0 36 10 63 5.56 4.02 -0.25 -0.11 103.9 4.33 -14 -1.5 .4 0.1 -0.5 -4 .460 .497 $8,000
CHW (2 yrs) 74.2 28 10 46 5.54 3.98 -0.38 -0.02 104.6 4.54 -8 -0.9 .3 0.0 -0.2 -1 .469 .497 $8,000
NYY (1 yr) 27.1 8 0 17 5.60 4.12 0.10 -0.34 102.2 3.76 -6 -0.6 .6 0.0 -0.3 -3 .427 .496 $

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
1970 23 CHW AL 13 190 171 28 45 6 1 7 0 0 16 20 .263 .328 .433 .761 .262 74 5 1 1 1 1 0
1971 24 CHW AL 15 131 113 18 30 10 2 0 1 2 16 11 .265 .366 .389 .756 .294 44 3 2 0 0 0 0
1973 26 NYY AL 8 124 111 17 38 5 1 2 1 0 9 9 .342 .382 .459 .842 .350 51 5 0 1 3 1 2
3 Yrs 36 445 395 63 113 21 4 9 2 2 41 40 .286 .354 .428 .782 .297 169 13 3 2 4 2 2
162 Game Avg. 53 658 584 93 167 31 6 13 3 3 61 59 .286 .354 .428 .782 .297 250 19 4 3 6 3 3
MLB Averages .251 .320 .371 .691 .278

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1970 23 CHW AL -5.3 -0.5 192 -1.0 2.2 -3.2 .76 -0.4 -1.0 -5.4 -0.5 0.76 -5.1 1 0 6
1971 24 CHW AL -3.2 -0.3 136 -0.2 1.2 -1.3 .51 -0.1 -0.2 -2.3 -0.2 0.50 -2.1 0 0 9
1973 26 NYY AL -2.8 -0.3 125 -0.5 0.5 -1.0 .31 -0.5 -1.2 -7.0 -0.7 0.31 -4.5 0 3 5
3 Yrs -11.4 -1.2 453 -1.7 3.9 -5.6 .56 -1.0 -2.0 -14.7 -1.5 0.56 -11.7 1 3 20

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
1970 23 CHW AL 13 6 1 4 1 0 0 1 5 .167 1 1 0 0 2 33% 43.8 56 23 5 3 1 4 3.4 4.4 5.6
1971 24 CHW AL 15 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .750 0 1 0 0 1 25% 45.5 56 32 4 3 2 2 4.0 1.5 3.2
2 Yrs 28 10 2 5 3 0 0 4 6 .400 1 2 0 0 3 30% 44 56 23 9 6 3 6 3.6 3.6 4.6
MLB Averages .500 56% 53 109 -3 4.0 4.0 6.6

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
1970 23 CHW AL 13 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .760 1 0 6 0 1 6 0 7 5 0 5 1 4.9
1971 24 CHW AL 15 11 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 7 .508 0 0 9 0 0 11 2 9 6 1 6 2 4.7
1973 26 NYY AL 8 8 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 9 6 67% 6 .305 0 3 5 0 1 7 5 3 7 1 7 0 10.3
3 Yrs 36 26 17 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 13 6 46% .559 1 3 20 0 2 24 7 19 18 2 18 3 6.5

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%
1970 23 CHW AL 190 17% 3.7% 10.5% 8.4% 7.4% 31% 1.02 76% 35 5 14%
1971 24 CHW AL 131 23% 0.0% 8.4% 12.2% 9.2% 40% 1.62 78% 21 3 14%
1973 26 NYY AL 124 29% 1.6% 7.3% 7.3% 6.5% 21% 1.37 83% 23 5 22%
3 Yrs 445 22% 2.0% 9.0% 9.2% 7.6% 30% 1.26 79% 79 13 16%
MLB Averages 46% 2.1% 14.5% 8.8% 6.0% 27% 1.11 73% 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
1970 23 CHW AL 190 45 7 0 1 6 1 6 1 7 5 1 71% 0 1 1 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
1971 24 CHW AL 131 30 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 11 5 3 45% 0 0 1 49 1 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0
1973 26 NYY AL 124 38 2 0 11 2 0 0 2 13 7 0 54% 2 0 0 43 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
3 Yrs 445 113 9 0 15 8 1 6 3 31 17 4 55% 2 1 2 153 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 10 0
MLB Averages 49% 63%

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+
1970 23 1 5 .167 4.84 13 6 3 0 0 0 44.2 45 28 24 7 16 1 20 1 0 1 190 79 1.366 9.1 1.4 3.2 4.0 1.25 79
1971 24 2 6 .250 4.70 28 10 9 0 0 0 74.2 75 46 39 7 32 1 31 3 0 1 321 80 1.433 9.0 0.8 3.9 3.7 0.97 80
1972 25 2 6 .250 4.70 28 10 9 0 0 0 74.2 75 46 39 7 32 1 31 3 0 1 321 80 1.433 9.0 0.8 3.9 3.7 0.97 80
1973 26 2 7 .222 4.59 36 10 17 0 0 0 102.0 113 63 52 9 41 2 40 3 0 1 445 82 1.510 10.0 0.8 3.6 3.5 0.98 82

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
1970 23 1 3 .250 5.36 42.0 46 28 25 7 16 19 1 1.476 9.9 3.4 4.1 1.19 1.5 13
1971 24 1 2 .333 5.33 27.0 32 18 16 0 17 10 2 1.815 10.7 5.7 3.3 0.59 0.0 15
1973 26 1 1 .500 5.63 24.0 41 17 15 2 10 8 0 2.125 15.4 3.8 3.0 0.80 0.8 8
3 Yrs 3 6 .333 5.42 93.0 119 63 56 9 43 37 3 1.742 11.5 3.6 0.86 0.9 36

* 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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