Jim McAnany

James McAnany

Position: Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 196 lb.

Born: September 4, 1936 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Loyola HS (Los Angeles, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1958
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Cubs 1958-1962

Final Game: August 25, 1962
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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
1955	18	CHW-min	B	55	177	177		46	7	2	2						.260	.260	.356	.616		63							WLO · IIIL
1956	19	CHW-min	B,A	79	263	263		66	10	4	7						.251	.251	.399	.650		105							WLO,CSP · IIIL,WL
1957	20	CHW-min	B	118	432	432		131	20	4	17						.303	.303	.486	.789		210							DAV · IIIL
1958	21	CHW-min	A,AAA	141	502	497	9	190	31	2	28	8	2		2	13	.382	.384	.622	1.006		309		0	2	1	0		CSP,INA · WL,AA
1958	21	CHW	AL	5	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1959	22	CHW-min	AAA	75	290	248	42	78	11	7	5	41	1		34	34	.315	.395	.476	.871		118		1	4	3	2		INA · AA
1959	22	CHW	AL	67	231	210	22	58	9	3	0	27	2	1	19	26	.276	.339	.348	.687	90	73	2	1	1	0	4	9/78
1960	23	CHW-min	AAA	92	370	338	42	77	12	4	7	44	7	3	32	51	.228	.295	.349	.644		118							SDG · PCL
1960	23	CHW	AL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	24	CHC-min	AAA	80	240	223	29	71	10	2	8	39	0		17	33	.318	.367	.489	.855		109							HSN · AA
1961	24	CHC	NL	11	11	10	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.300	.364	.400	.764	103	4	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1962	25	CHC	NL	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	26	BOS-min	AAA	5	8	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393		1							SLE · PCL
5 Yrs				93	264	241	23	61	10	3	0	27	2	1	21	38	.253	.316	.320	.635	76	77	2	1	1	0	4
162 Game Avg.				162	460	420	40	106	17	5	0	47	3	2	37	66	.253	.316	.320	.635	76	134	3	2	2	0	7

CHW (3 yrs)				75	246	225	22	58	9	3	0	27	2	1	19	33	.258	.318	.324	.643	78	73	2	1	1	0	4
CHC (2 yrs)				18	18	16	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.188	.278	.250	.528	42	4	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				75	246	225	22	58	9	3	0	27	2	1	19	33	.258	.318	.324	.643	78	73	2	1	1	0	4
NL (2 yrs)				18	18	16	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	.188	.278	.250	.528	42	4	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
1958	21	CHW	AL	5	13	-3	0	0	1	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.448	.498	-0.4	0.1	-3	$	/9
1959	22	CHW	AL	67	231	-2	-1	0	4	-3	-2	-0.2	6	5	0.4	.497	.499	0.0	0.0	1	$	9/78
1960	23	CHW	AL	3	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
1961	24	CHC	NL	11	11	0	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/9
1962	25	CHC	NL	7	7	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
5 Seasons				93	264	-7	-1	1	5	-3	-5	-0.7	7	2	0.1	.494	.499	-0.5	0.1	-3	$

CHW (3 yrs)				75	246	-6	-1	0	5	-3	-4	-0.5	7	3	0.2	.494	.499	-0.4	0.1	-2	$
CHC (2 yrs)				18	18	-1	-0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

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	21	CHW	AL	13	13	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.260	.000	.329	.000	.396	.000	.725	-100	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.000	.000	.000
1959	22	CHW	AL	231	156	26	4.5	98	.315	.276	.259	.339	.330	.348	.396	.687	.726	90	.508	-2.7	-0.3	.606	.167	.071	.0
1960	23	CHW	AL	2	2	0	0.0	101		.000	.264	.000	.337	.000	.403	.000	.740	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1961	24	CHC	NL	11	7	2	7.6	106	.429	.300	.270	.364	.337	.400	.421	.764	.757	103	.711	0.1	0.0	.714	.200	.100
1962	25	CHC	NL	7	6	0	0.0	107	.000	.000	.275	.143	.343	.000	.417	.143	.760	-58	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.167	.000
5 Yrs				264	184	28	4.1	98	.300	.253	.260	.316	.331	.320	.398	.635	.729	76	.466	-8.1	-0.8	.546	.158	.066	.0
162 Game Avg.				460	321	49	4.1	98	.300	.253	.260	.316	.331	.320	.398	.635	.729	76	.466	-8.1	-0.8	.546	.158	.066

CHW (3 yrs)				246	171	26	4.1	98	.302	.258	.259	.318	.330	.324	.396	.643	.727	78	.467	-6.8	-0.7	.553	.156	.067	.0
CHC (2 yrs)				18	13	2	4.1	106	.273	.188	.272	.278	.339	.250	.419	.528	.758	42	.447	-1.3	-0.1	.462	.188	.063

AL (3 yrs)				246	171	26	4.1	98	.302	.258	.259	.318	.330	.324	.396	.643	.727	78	.467	-6.8	-0.7	.553	.156	.067	.0
NL (2 yrs)				18	13	2	4.1	106	.273	.188	.272	.278	.339	.250	.419	.528	.758	42	.447	-1.3	-0.1	.462	.188	.063

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1959	22	CHW	AL	WS	LAD	L	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	21	CHW	AL	13	0.0%	38.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.6			1.67	62%
1959	22	CHW	AL	231	0.0%	11.3%	8.2%	5.2%	21%	1.37	8.1		7.8	0.84	80%
1960	23	CHW	AL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1961	24	CHC	NL	11	0.0%	27.3%	9.1%	9.1%	33%	3.00	3.3			1.00	64%
1962	25	CHC	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%		2.00	3.0			3.00	57%
5 Yrs				264	0.0%	14.4%	8.0%	4.9%	21%	1.81	6.3		8.9	0.91	77%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.6%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.54	6.6	37.2	8.3	1.04	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1958	21	CHW	AL	-3.6	-0.4	13	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.33	-0.3	-0.0	-3.9	-0.4	1.07	-3.5	0.59	1
1959	22	CHW	AL	-2.7	-0.3	236	-0.3	4.0	-4.3	1.03	-0.1	-0.2	7.3	0.7	0.96	0.3		0
1960	23	CHW	AL	-0.6	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.43	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.90	-0.4	0.64	2
1961	24	CHC	NL	0.1	0.0	11	-0.1	0.3	-0.3	1.76	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	1.03	-0.3	1.76	10
1962	25	CHC	NL	-1.4	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.60	-0.1	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.13	-1.5	1.60	6
5 Yrs				-8.1	-0.8	270	-1.0	4.3	-5.3	1.08	-0.7	-0.3	0.9	0.1	0.97	-5.4	1.53	19

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1958	21	CHW	AL	0		3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	22	CHW	AL	5	28%	116	2	1	67%	2	1	4	4	61%	8	4	4	1	1	14	2	9
1960	23	CHW	AL	0		2	0	0		0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	24	CHC	NL	0	25%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	25	CHC	NL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				5	28%	124	2	1	67%	2	1	4	5	54%	11	7	4	1	1	14	2	9

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
1958	21	CHW	AL	13	0%	0			1	0	0	0	0.59	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1959	22	CHW	AL	231	31%	58			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	39	2	5%	20	5	25%	142	29	20%	11	5	45%	4	2	50%	0
1960	23	CHW	AL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.64	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1961	24	CHC	NL	11	82%	3			10	3	0	0	1.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	10	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
1962	25	CHC	NL	7	43%	0			6	0	0	0	1.60	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				264	32%	61			19	3	0	0	1.53	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	48	2	4%	24	5	21%	169	29	17%	11	5	45%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1958	21	5	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
1959	22	72	244	223	22	58	9	3	27	2	1	19	31	.260	.321	.327	.648	80	73	2	1	1	4
1960	23	75	246	225	22	58	9	3	27	2	1	19	33	.258	.318	.324	.643	78	73	2	1	1	4
1961	24	86	257	235	23	61	10	3	27	2	1	20	36	.260	.320	.328	.648	79	77	2	1	1	4
1962	25	93	264	241	23	61	10	3	27	2	1	21	38	.253	.316	.320	.635	76	77	2	1	1	4

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	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1958	21	5	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1959	22	70	242	220	23	61	9	3	29	2	20	27	.277	.340	.345	.686	26	67
1960	23	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1961	24	11	11	10	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	3	.300	.364	.400	.764	1	11
1962	25	7	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	7
5 Yrs		96	276	252	24	64	10	3	29	2	22	39	.254	.316	.317	.634	27	93
162 Game Avg.		162	466	425	41	108	17	5	49	3	37	66	.254	.316	.317	.634	46	93

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