Jim Marshall
Rufus James Marshall
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 25, 1931 in Danville, IL
High School: Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Final Game: September 28, 1962
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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
1958 27 TOT MLB 111 305 272 29 63 6 3 10 30 4 2 30 43 .232 .308 .386 .694 92 105 4 1 0 2 1 39/7
1958 27 BAL AL 85 211 191 17 41 4 3 5 19 3 2 18 30 .215 .280 .346 .625 76 66 4 0 0 2 1 3/97
1958 27 CHC NL 26 94 81 12 22 2 0 5 11 1 0 12 13 .272 .372 .481 .854 127 39 0 1 0 0 0 39
1959 28 CHC NL 108 331 294 39 74 10 1 11 40 0 1 33 39 .252 .324 .405 .729 94 119 5 0 1 3 1 3/79
1960 29 SFG NL 75 136 118 19 28 2 2 2 13 0 1 17 24 .237 .331 .339 .670 89 40 4 0 0 1 1 3/7
1961 30 SFG NL 44 40 36 5 8 0 0 1 7 0 0 3 8 .222 .275 .306 .581 56 11 1 0 0 1 0 /379
1962 31 TOT NL 72 151 132 19 33 6 1 5 16 1 0 18 25 .250 .338 .424 .762 103 56 1 0 0 1 0 3/9
1962 31 NYM NL 17 35 32 6 11 1 0 3 4 0 0 3 6 .344 .400 .656 1.056 179 21 0 0 0 0 0 /39
1962 31 PIT NL 55 116 100 13 22 5 1 2 12 1 0 15 19 .220 .319 .350 .669 79 35 1 0 0 1 0 3
5 Seasons 410 963 852 111 206 24 7 29 106 5 4 101 139 .242 .320 .388 .709 93 331 15 1 1 8 3
162 Game Avg. 162 381 337 44 81 9 3 11 42 2 2 40 55 .242 .320 .388 .709 93 131 6 0 0 3 1
SFG (2 yrs) 119 176 154 24 36 2 2 3 20 0 1 20 32 .234 .318 .331 .649 81 51 5 0 0 2 1
CHC (2 yrs) 134 425 375 51 96 12 1 16 51 1 1 45 52 .256 .335 .421 .756 101 158 5 1 1 3 1
NYM (1 yr) 17 35 32 6 11 1 0 3 4 0 0 3 6 .344 .400 .656 1.056 179 21 0 0 0 0 0
PIT (1 yr) 55 116 100 13 22 5 1 2 12 1 0 15 19 .220 .319 .350 .669 79 35 1 0 0 1 0
BAL (1 yr) 85 211 191 17 41 4 3 5 19 3 2 18 30 .215 .280 .346 .625 76 66 4 0 0 2 1
NL (5 yrs) 325 752 661 94 165 20 4 24 87 2 2 83 109 .250 .332 .401 .732 97 265 11 1 1 6 2
AL (1 yr) 85 211 191 17 41 4 3 5 19 3 2 18 30 .215 .280 .346 .625 76 66 4 0 0 2 1

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
1958 27 TOT MLB 305 217 34 4.2 96 .240 .232 .258 .308 .326 .386 .396 .694 .722 92 .477 -3.4 -0.4 .642 .272 .154 5.7
1958 27 BAL AL 211 158 18 3.0 93 .228 .215 .255 .280 .322 .346 .387 .625 .709 76 .347 -6.6 -0.7 .545 .230 .131 3.8
1958 27 CHC NL 94 59 16 7.3 104 .270 .272 .267 .372 .335 .481 .417 .854 .752 127 .693 3.2 0.3 .898 .370 .210 1.7
1959 28 CHC NL 331 230 39 4.5 104 .255 .252 .269 .324 .335 .405 .416 .729 .751 94 .491 -2.4 -0.2 .668 .262 .153 .0
1960 29 SFG NL 136 96 13 3.6 95 .280 .237 .257 .331 .322 .339 .395 .670 .717 89 .418 -1.5 -0.2 .589 .237 .102 .0
1961 30 SFG NL 40 30 3 2.7 103 .250 .222 .266 .275 .332 .306 .415 .581 .747 56 .265 -2.2 -0.2 .483 .167 .083 .0
1962 31 TOT NL 151 101 21 5.6 104 .272 .250 .271 .338 .338 .424 .411 .762 .749 103 .590 0.7 -0.0 .750 .318 .174 1.7
1962 31 NYM NL 35 21 9 11.5 103 .348 .344 .270 .400 .337 .656 .410 1.056 .747 179 .844 3.4 0.3 1.143 .406 .313 .0
1962 31 PIT NL 116 80 12 4.0 104 .250 .220 .271 .319 .338 .350 .412 .669 .750 79 .441 -2.7 -0.3 .646 .290 .130 1.3
5 Seasons 963 674 110 4.4 100 .256 .242 .264 .320 .331 .388 .406 .709 .737 93 .486 -8.8 -1.0 .653 .266 .147 8.5
162 Game Avg. 381 266 43 4.4 100 .256 .242 .264 .320 .331 .388 .406 .709 .737 93 .486 -8.8 -1.0 .653 .266 .147 3
SFG (2 yrs) 176 126 16 3.4 97 .273 .234 .259 .318 .325 .331 .399 .649 .724 81 .383 -3.8 -0.4 .565 .221 .097 .0
CHC (2 yrs) 425 289 55 5.1 104 .258 .256 .268 .335 .335 .421 .416 .756 .751 101 .543 0.8 0.1 .716 .285 .165 1.9
NYM (1 yr) 35 21 9 11.5 103 .348 .344 .270 .400 .337 .656 .410 1.056 .747 179 .844 3.4 0.3 1.143 .406 .313 .0
PIT (1 yr) 116 80 12 4.0 104 .250 .220 .271 .319 .338 .350 .412 .669 .750 79 .442 -2.7 -0.3 .646 .290 .130 1.3
BAL (1 yr) 211 158 18 3.0 93 .228 .215 .255 .280 .322 .346 .387 .625 .709 76 .348 -6.6 -0.7 .545 .230 .131 3.8
NL (5 yrs) 752 516 92 4.8 102 .264 .250 .267 .332 .333 .401 .411 .732 .744 97 .520 -2.3 -0.3 .686 .277 .151 3.7
AL (1 yr) 211 158 18 3.0 93 .228 .215 .255 .280 .322 .346 .387 .625 .709 76 .348 -6.6 -0.7 .545 .230 .131 3.8

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
1958 27 TOT MLB 305 3.3% 14.1% 9.8% 6.2% 30% 1.43 6.3 27.2 9.1 0.62 72%
1958 27 BAL AL 211 2.4% 14.2% 8.5% 5.7% 29% 1.67 6.4 38.2 10.1 0.69 75%
1958 27 CHC NL 94 5.3% 13.8% 12.8% 7.5% 32% 1.08 6.2 16.2 7.4 0.43 67%
1959 28 CHC NL 331 3.3% 11.8% 10.0% 6.7% 30% 1.18 7.5 26.7 7.4 0.58 75%
1960 29 SFG NL 136 1.5% 17.7% 12.5% 4.4% 21% 1.41 4.9 59.0 9.1 0.79 68%
1961 30 SFG NL 40 2.5% 20.0% 7.5% 2.5% 13% 2.67 4.5 36.0 5.1 1.33 70%
1962 31 TOT NL 151 3.3% 16.6% 11.9% 8.0% 36% 1.39 5.3 26.4 8.3 0.60 68%
1962 31 NYM NL 35 8.6% 17.1% 8.6% 11.4% 36% 2.00 5.3 10.7 8.0 0.50 66%
1962 31 PIT NL 116 1.7% 16.4% 12.9% 6.9% 36% 1.27 5.3 50.0 8.3 0.64 69%
5 Seasons 963 3.0% 14.4% 10.5% 6.2% 29% 1.38 6.1 29.4 8.0 0.64 72%
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
1958 27 TOT MLB 4 0 23% 91 4 2 67% 4 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 6 54% 16 9 7 2 0 2 8 1 5
1958 27 BAL AL 2 0 22% 53 3 2 60% 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 6 60% 9 4 5 1 0 1 5 1 3
1958 27 CHC NL 2 0 23% 38 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 46% 7 5 2 1 0 1 3 0 2
1959 28 CHC NL 4 0 29% 105 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 6 46% 14 7 7 6 3 2 6 2 3
1960 29 SFG NL 2 0 40% 59 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 37% 13 9 4 3 2 1 3 1 2
1961 30 SFG NL 1 0 40% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 25% 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 1
1962 31 TOT NL 3 0 30% 55 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 42% 11 7 4 2 2 0 6 2 4
1962 31 NYM NL 0 0 27% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 25% 2 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
1962 31 PIT NL 3 0 31% 41 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 47% 9 6 3 1 1 0 5 1 4
5 Seasons 14 0 29% 327 5 4 56% 5 3 0 0 0 1 3 0 13 21 45% 56 34 22 14 8 5 24 6 15
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
1958 27 TOT MLB 295 91% 63 36 6 1 1 1.50 10 0 5 10 0 9 1 0 1 0 0% 65 4 6% 28 4 14% 173 22 13% 15 7 47% 13 4 31% 9
1958 27 BAL AL 210 94% 41 35 6 1 1 1.50 5 0 5 5 0 5 0 0 1 0 0% 47 4 9% 21 3 14% 129 14 11% 14 6 43% 8 1 13% 0
1958 27 CHC NL 85 84% 22 1 0 0 0 1.51 5 0 0 5 0 4 1 0 0 0 18 0 0% 7 1 14% 44 8 18% 1 1 100% 5 3 60% 9
1959 28 CHC NL 321 88% 74 32 8 1 6 1.95 11 0 4 11 0 4 7 0 2 1 50% 73 5 7% 33 6 18% 197 30 15% 21 8 38% 28 9 32% 10
1960 29 SFG NL 136 79% 28 38 8 0 2 1.60 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0% 33 4 12% 14 5 36% 89 11 12% 10 8 80% 7 3 43% 0
1961 30 SFG NL 40 90% 8 32 7 1 7 1.82 1 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 13 1 8% 11 7 64% 45 6 13% 6 5 83% 4 3 75% 0
1962 31 TOT NL 144 92% 33 28 5 0 4 1.79 5 0 4 5 0 3 2 0 0 0 23 1 4% 12 3 25% 96 13 14% 10 6 60% 8 4 50% 7
1962 31 NYM NL 35 94% 11 9 2 0 1 1.20 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 19 1 5% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
1962 31 PIT NL 109 91% 22 19 3 0 3 2.07 2 0 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 21 1 5% 10 3 30% 77 12 16% 8 5 63% 7 4 57% 7
5 Seasons 936 88% 206 166 34 3 20 1.72 29 0 20 28 1 18 11 0 4 1 25% 207 15 7% 98 25 26% 600 82 14% 62 34 55% 60 23 38% 26
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
1958 27 111 305 272 29 63 6 3 10 30 4 2 30 43 .232 .308 .386 .694 92 105 4 1 0 2 1
1959 28 219 636 566 68 137 16 4 21 70 4 3 63 82 .242 .317 .396 .712 93 224 9 1 1 5 2
1960 29 294 772 684 87 165 18 6 23 83 4 4 80 106 .241 .319 .386 .705 92 264 13 1 1 6 3
1961 30 338 812 720 92 173 18 6 24 90 4 4 83 114 .240 .317 .382 .699 91 275 14 1 1 7 3
1962 31 410 963 852 111 206 24 7 29 106 5 4 101 139 .242 .320 .388 .709 93 331 15 1 1 8 3

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1958 27 116 330 292 34 73 7 3 12 35 5 35 45 .250 .330 .418 .748 40 111
1959 28 113 347 309 41 79 11 1 12 42 0 35 41 .256 .329 .414 .743 42 108
1960 29 78 143 124 21 30 2 2 2 14 0 18 25 .242 .336 .339 .674 15 75
1961 30 46 41 37 5 8 0 0 1 7 0 3 8 .216 .268 .297 .566 3 44
1962 31 72 154 134 19 35 6 1 5 16 1 19 25 .261 .351 .433 .783 21 72
5 Seasons 425 1015 896 120 225 26 7 32 114 6 110 144 .251 .331 .403 .734 121 410
162 Game Avg. 162 387 342 46 86 10 3 12 43 2 42 55 .251 .331 .403 .734 46 410

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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