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Doc McJames

James McCutchen McJames
born James Mc Cutchen James

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Unknown, Throws: Right

Born: August 27, 1874 in Williamsburg County, SC
School: University of South Carolina (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1895
Teams (by GP): Senators/Superbas/Orioles 1895-1901

Final Game: July 13, 1901
Died: September 23, 1901 in Charleston, SC
Buried: St. David Cemetery, Cheraw, SC
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Fine Details  · Last Updated Feb 10, 2012, 12:14AM
All-Time Rank (among Pitchers): #858. Edwin Jackson… #859. Dan Schatzeder… #860. Chris Young… #861. DOC MCJAMES… #862. Marv Grissom… #863. George Haddock… #864. Bob Walk… 

Standard Pitching

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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
1895 20 WHS NL 1 1 .500 1.59 2 2 0 2 0 0 17.0 17 11 3 0 16 9 0 0 1 82 309 1.941 9.0 0.0 8.5 4.8 0.56
1896 21 WHS NL 12 20 .375 4.27 37 33 3 29 0 1 280.1 310 208 133 2 135 103 6 0 24 1256 103 1.587 10.0 0.1 4.3 3.3 0.76
1897 22 WHS NL 15 23 .395 3.61 44 39 5 33 3 2 323.2 361 212 130 7 137 156 21 0 21 1448 120 1.539 10.0 0.2 3.8 4.3 1.14
1898 23 BLN NL 27 15 .643 2.36 45 42 3 40 2 0 374.0 327 148 98 5 113 178 12 0 13 1525 151 1.176 7.9 0.1 2.7 4.3 1.58
1899 24 BRO NL 19 15 .559 3.50 37 34 3 27 1 1 275.1 295 166 107 4 122 105 10 1 16 1210 112 1.515 9.6 0.1 4.0 3.4 0.86
1901 26 BRO NL 5 6 .455 4.75 13 12 1 6 0 0 91.0 104 71 48 1 40 42 7 0 4 412 71 1.582 10.3 0.1 4.0 4.2 1.05
6 Seasons 79 80 .497 3.43 178 162 15 137 6 4 1361.1 1414 816 519 19 563 593 56 1 79 5933 117 1.452 9.3 0.1 3.7 3.9 1.05
162 Game Avg. 16 16 .497 3.43 36 32 3 27 1 1 272 283 163 104 4 113 119 11 0 16 1187 117 1.452 9.3 0.1 3.7 3.9 1.05
WHS (3 yrs) 28 44 .389 3.86 83 74 8 64 3 3 621.0 688 431 266 9 288 268 27 0 46 2786 114 1.572 10.0 0.1 4.2 3.9 0.93
BRO (2 yrs) 24 21 .533 3.81 50 46 4 33 1 1 366.1 399 237 155 5 162 147 17 1 20 1622 100 1.531 9.8 0.1 4.0 3.6 0.91
BLN (1 yr) 27 15 .643 2.36 45 42 3 40 2 0 374.0 327 148 98 5 113 178 12 0 13 1525 151 1.176 7.9 0.1 2.7 4.3 1.58

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg IP GS R Rrep Rdef aLI RAR WAR Salary Awards
1895 20 WHS NL 17.0 2 11 14 -1 1.0 3 0.3 $
1896 21 WHS NL 280.1 33 208 216 -6 1.0 8 1.4 $
1897 22 WHS NL 323.2 39 212 245 -2 1.0 33 3.0 $
1898 23 BLN NL 374.0 42 148 238 10 1.0 90 7.4 $
1899 24 BRO NL 275.1 34 166 186 5 1.0 20 1.6 $
1901 26 BRO NL 91.0 12 71 54 0 1.0 -17 -1.7 $
6 Seasons 1361.1 162 816 953 6 1.0 137 12.0 $
WHS (3 yrs) 621.0 74 431 475 -9 1.0 44 4.7 $
BRO (2 yrs) 366.1 46 237 240 5 1.0 3 -0.1 $
BLN (1 yr) 374.0 42 148 238 10 1.0 90 7.4 $

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
1895 20 WHS NL 2 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .143 .143 .143 .286 -26 1 0 0 /1
1896 21 WHS NL 37 117 111 8 18 1 0 0 5 1 3 19 .162 .184 .171 .355 -6 19 0 3 1
1897 22 WHS NL 44 129 124 12 21 1 2 0 13 1 5 19 .169 .202 .210 .411 9 26 0 0 1
1898 23 BLN NL 45 155 149 12 27 7 1 0 14 2 5 20 .181 .208 .242 .449 27 36 0 1 1
1899 24 BRO NL 37 114 112 8 19 4 1 0 6 1 2 22 .170 .184 .223 .407 10 25 0 0 1
1901 26 BRO NL 13 36 34 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .029 .083 .029 .113 -67 1 0 0 1
6 Seasons 178 558 537 42 87 13 4 0 39 5 17 92 .162 .188 .201 .389 6 108 0 4
162 Game Avg. 162 508 489 38 79 12 4 0 35 5 15 84 .162 .188 .201 .389 6 98 0 4
WHS (3 yrs) 83 253 242 21 40 2 2 0 19 2 8 38 .165 .192 .190 .382 1 46 0 3
BRO (2 yrs) 50 150 146 9 20 4 1 0 6 1 4 34 .137 .160 .178 .338 -7 26 0 0
BLN (1 yr) 45 155 149 12 27 7 1 0 14 2 5 20 .181 .208 .242 .449 27 36 0 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 Awards
1895 20 WHS NL 7 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
1896 21 WHS NL 117 -20 0 0 0 0 5 4 -11 -0.8 -11 -1.0 0.2 $ 1
1897 22 WHS NL 129 -18 0 0 0 0 3 4 -11 -0.8 -11 -1.0 0.2 $ 1
1898 23 BLN NL 155 -16 0 0 0 0 3 5 -8 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $2,100 1
1899 24 BRO NL 114 -15 0 0 0 0 4 4 -7 -0.6 -7 -0.7 0.1 $ 1
1901 26 BRO NL 36 -7 0 0 0 0 1 1 -5 -0.5 -5 -0.5 0.0 $3,000 1
6 Seasons 558 -77 0 0 0 0 16 18 -43 -3.6 -43 -4.1 0.5 $5,100
WHS (3 yrs) 253 -39 0 0 0 0 8 8 -23 -1.7 -23 -2.1 0.4 $
BRO (2 yrs) 150 -22 0 0 0 0 5 5 -12 -1.1 -12 -1.2 0.1 $3,000
BLN (1 yr) 155 -16 0 0 0 0 3 5 -8 -0.8 -8 -0.8 0.0 $2,100

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1895 WHS NL 20 P 2 17.0 4 0 4 0 0 1.000 2.12 2.00 .918 2.54 2.40
1896 WHS NL 21 P 37 280.1 84 9 66 9 2 .893 2.41 2.03 .916 2.72 2.62
1897 WHS NL 22 P 44 323.2 86 7 72 7 1 .919 2.20 1.80 .920 2.54 2.44
1898 BLN NL 23 P 45 374.0 89 12 70 7 1 .921 1.97 1.82 .918 2.65 2.55
1899 BRO NL 24 P 37 275.1 91 6 78 7 3 .923 2.75 2.27 .910 2.68 2.56
1901 BRO NL 26 P 13 91.0 24 2 17 5 0 .792 1.88 1.46 .934 2.75 2.72
6 Seasons P 178 1361.1 378 36 307 35 7 .907 2.27 1.93 .917 2.65 2.55
6 Seasons TOT 178 1361.1 378 36 307 35 7 .907 2.27 1.93 .917 2.65 2.55
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • 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.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • 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.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1950 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1898 NL  6.6 (9th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1898 NL  7.4 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1897 NL  3.61 (10th)
1898 NL  2.36 (4th)

Wins s c a p y
1898 NL  27 (3rd)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1898 NL  1.176 (5th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1898 NL  7.869 (5th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1896 NL  3.307 (3rd)
1897 NL  4.338 (2nd)
1898 NL  4.283 (3rd)
1899 NL  3.432 (4th)

Games Played s c a p y
1897 NL  44 (5th)
1898 NL  45 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1896 NL  1 (4th)
1897 NL  2 (3rd)
1899 NL  1 (7th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1897 NL  323.7 (8th)
1898 NL  374.0 (4th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1896 NL  103 (7th)
1897 NL  156 (1st)
1898 NL  178 (2nd)
1899 NL  105 (8th)

Games Started s c a p y
1897 NL  39 (6th)
1898 NL  42 (3rd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1898 NL  40 (3rd)

Shutouts s c a p y
1897 NL  3 (1st)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1896 NL  135 (7th)
1897 NL  137 (5th)
1898 NL  113 (8th)
1899 NL  122 (3rd)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1898 NL  1.575 (3rd)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1896 NL  0.064 (4th)
Career  0.126 (65th)

Losses s c a p y
1896 NL  20 (9th)
1897 NL  23 (3rd)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1896 NL  24 (2nd)
1897 NL  21 (2nd)
1898 NL  13 (4th)
1899 NL  16 (3rd)
Career  79 (189th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1897 NL  21 (7th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1897 NL  1,448 (7th)
1898 NL  1,525 (5th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1898 NL  151 (4th)
Career  117 (176th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1898 NL  48 (3rd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1898 NL  4.8 (3rd)

Def. Games as P s c a p y
1897 NL  44 (5th)
1898 NL  45 (4th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 5 (422), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 52 (488), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 19 (638), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 4 (1535), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  2. Ewell Blackwell (955)
  3. Ed Figueroa (955)
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  5. Ed Doheny (947)
  6. Ed Seward (946)
  7. Jack Harper (946)
  8. Bill Voiselle (945)
  9. Wiley Piatt (944)
  10. Danny Cox (942)
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  1. Bob Friend (981)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Cinders O'Brien (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Bullet Joe Bush (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Kid Gleason (973)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Bill Dinneen (965)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  4. Dan Casey (986)
  5. Phil Douglas (984)
  6. Fritz Peterson (981)
  7. Eric Show (981)
  8. Steve Blass (980)
  9. Tiny Bonham (979)
  10. Fred Toney (978)
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Harry Staley (986)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Dan Casey (992)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
189823Baltimore Orioles$2,1001/14/1899 Sporting Life
190126Brooklyn Superbas$3,0005/20/01 Dayton Herald, per 1995 BRJ 24
Career to date (may be incomplete)$5,100
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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