Jim Marshall

Rufus James Marshall

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
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
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Giants/Orioles/Pirates/Mets 1958-1962

Final Game: September 28, 1962
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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
1950	19	-min	C,AAA	92	346	345	2	114	19	17	15	0	0		1	1	.330	.332	.614	.947		212		0	0			ABQ,OLD · WTNM,PCL
1951	20	-min	B,AAA	152	592	569	27	141	20	10	20	30	1		21	38	.248	.275	.424	.698		241		0	2			WEN,OLD · WINT,PCL
1952	21	SFG-min	AA	154	571	571		169	38	4	24						.296	.296	.503	.799		287						NVL · SOUA
1953	22	-min	Opn	151	612	556	73	152	27	8	24	99	6		50	51	.273	.336	.480	.816		267	8	2	4			OLD · PCL
1954	23	-min	Opn	166	708	603	90	172	19	5	31	123	15		85	82	.285	.376	.488	.864		294	14	6	9	5		OLD · PCL
1955	24	-min	Opn	169	693	593	91	142	22	0	30	86	7		93	78	.239	.342	.428	.770		254	12	1	2	4		OLD · PCL
1956	25	CHW-min	AA	147	527	527		139	20	13	28						.264	.264	.510	.774		269						MEM · SOUA
1957	26	BAL-min	Opn	168	728	661	98	188	37	6	30	102	17		57	94	.284	.341	.495	.836		327	15	2	4	4		VAN · PCL
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	126	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	88	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	92	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	92	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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1958	27	BAL	AL	210	-7	0	0	0	-3	-3	6	-7	-0.8	-4	-0.5	-0.3	$	3/97
1958	27	CHC	NL	94	3	0	0	0	-3	-1	3	1	0.2	5	0.5	-0.3	$	39
1959	28	CHC	NL	331	-3	-1	0	0	-2	-4	12	2	0.1	4	0.4	-0.3	$	3/79
1960	29	SFG	NL	136	-1	0	1	0	0	-2	5	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	3/7
1961	30	SFG	NL	40	-2	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/379
1962	31	NYM	NL	35	3	0	0	0	-0	0	1	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$	/39
1962	31	PIT	NL	116	-3	1	1	0	-3	-1	4	-1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$	3
5 Seasons				962	-10	0	2	1	-10	-11	32	2	0.1	14	1.3	-1.2	$

SFG (2 yrs)				176	-3	0	1	1	0	-2	6	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$
CHC (2 yrs)				425	0	-1	0	0	-4	-5	15	3	0.3	9	0.9	-0.6	$
NYM (1 yr)				35	3	0	0	0	-0	0	1	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$
PIT (1 yr)				116	-3	1	1	0	-3	-1	4	-1	-0.1	2	0.2	-0.3	$
BAL (1 yr)				210	-7	0	0	0	-3	-3	6	-7	-0.8	-4	-0.5	-0.3	$

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1958	TOT	MLB	27	1B	67	57	45	475.2	523	496	26	1	48	.998	-3	-8	9.88	7.79	.991	9.59	9.50
1958	TOT	MLB	27	OF	19	10	4	102.0	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-28	0.79	0.47	.981	2.26	2.25
1958	TOT	MLB	27	RF	16	10	4	97.0	13	12	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-31	1.21	0.81	.978	2.01	1.99
1958	BAL	AL	27	1B	52	44	35	369.2	401	382	19	0	37	1.000	-3	-9	9.76	7.71	.991	9.60	9.50
1958	BAL	AL	27	OF	8	0	0	19.0	3	3	0	0	0	1.000	0	6	1.42	0.38	.983	2.27	2.25
1958	BAL	AL	27	RF	5	0	0	14.0	4	4	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	2.57	0.80	.980	1.99	1.96
1958	BAL	AL	27	LF	3	0	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	24	1.80	0.33	.980	2.16	2.07
1958	CHC	NL	27	1B	15	13	10	106.0	122	114	7	1	11	.992	-0	-6	10.27	8.07	.990	9.54	9.49
1958	CHC	NL	27	OF	11	10	4	83.0	6	5	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-36	0.65	0.55	.980	2.26	2.25
1958	CHC	NL	27	RF	11	10	4	83.0	9	8	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-36	0.98	0.82	.978	2.02	2.01
1959	CHC	NL	28	1B	72	59	49	547.1	611	558	51	2	52	.997	-1	-2	10.01	8.46	.988	9.58	9.48
1959	CHC	NL	28	OF	8	7	3	61.1	8	7	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-16	1.17	1.00	.978	2.22	2.19
1959	CHC	NL	28	LF	7	5	2	44.1	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-14	1.02	0.71	.972	2.03	2.01
1959	CHC	NL	28	RF	2	2	1	17.0	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-21	1.59	1.50	.977	1.96	1.95
1960	SFG	NL	29	1B	28	17	16	169.2	185	170	9	6	13	.968	0	1	9.50	6.39	.990	9.57	9.55
1960	SFG	NL	29	LF	6	4	2	43.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0	8	1.47	1.17	.974	1.99	1.97
1960	SFG	NL	29	OF	6	4	2	43.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	0	8	1.47	1.17	.979	2.20	2.20
1961	SFG	NL	30	1B	4	0	0	9.0	9	8	1	0	1	1.000	0	0	9.00	2.25	.990	9.80	9.72
1961	SFG	NL	30	OF	2	1	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.80	0.50	.980	2.16	2.15
1961	SFG	NL	30	LF	1	1	0	2.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	0	60	4.50	1.00	.970	1.80	1.90
1961	SFG	NL	30	RF	1	0	0	3.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-40	0.00	0.00		1.80	1.90
1962	TOT	NL	31	1B	31	24	22	232.1	249	229	20	0	27	1.000	-2	-12	9.65	8.03	.990	9.79	9.70
1962	NYM	NL	31	1B	5	4	4	41.0	51	47	4	0	6	1.000	1	18	11.20	10.20	.990	9.79	9.70
1962	NYM	NL	31	OF	1	1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-93	0.00	0.00		2.10	2.00
1962	NYM	NL	31	RF	1	1	1	9.0	0	0	0	0	0		-1	-93	0.00	0.00		1.90	1.90
1962	PIT	NL	31	1B	26	20	18	191.1	198	182	16	0	21	1.000	-3	-18	9.31	7.62	.990	9.79	9.70
	5 Seasons			1B	202	157	132	1434.0	1577	1461	107	9	141	.994	-6	-5	9.84	7.76	.989	9.62	9.53
	5 Seasons			OF	36	23	10	220.1	25	23	2	0	0	1.000	-4	-20	1.02	0.69	.979	2.23	2.22
	4 Seasons			RF	20	13	6	126.0	16	14	2	0	0	1.000	-4	-34	1.14	0.80	.978	1.99	1.98
	4 Seasons			LF	17	10	4	94.1	14	14	0	0	0	1.000	0	0	1.34	0.82	.974	2.01	2.00
	5 Seasons			TOT	238	180	142	1654.1	1602	1484	109	9	141	.994	-10	-7	8.67	6.69	.989	8.63	8.43
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Pre-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1950 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1950 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Transactions

Before 1950 Season: Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent.
December 3, 1957: Traded by the Chicago White Sox with Larry Doby, Jack Harshman and Russ Heman to the Baltimore Orioles for Tito Francona, Billy Goodman and Ray Moore.
August 23, 1958: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the Baltimore Orioles.
November 21, 1959: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Dave Hillman to the Boston Red Sox for Dick Gernert.
March 16, 1960: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Sammy White to the Cleveland Indians for Russ Nixon. Sammy White refused to report to his new team on March 25, 1960. Trade was voided and players returned on March 25, 1960.
March 29, 1960: Traded by the Boston Red Sox to the San Francisco Giants for Al Worthington.
October 13, 1961: Purchased by the New York Mets from the San Francisco Giants.
May 7, 1962: Traded by the New York Mets to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Vinegar Bend Mizell.
October 12, 1962: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.

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