Jim McKee

James Marion McKee

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: February 1, 1947 in Columbus, OH
School: Otterbein College (Westerville, OH)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 4th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1972
Team: Pirates 1972-1973

Final Game: September 29, 1973
Died: September 14, 2002 in Pickaway County, OH
Cremated
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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
1969	22	PIT-min	A	0	6	.000	7.88	11	10				0	40.0	40	45	35	1	62		34						2.550	9.0	0.2	14.0	7.6	0.55	SAL · CARL
1970	23	PIT-min	A	8	15	.348	3.59	26	26					173.0	155	93	69	9	88								1.405	8.1	0.5	4.6			SAL · CARL
1971	24	PIT-min	AA	10	13	.435	3.85	25	25		8	2	0	152.0	120	76	65	12	89	6	172	7	0	11			1.375	7.1	0.7	5.3	10.2	1.93	WBY · EL
1972	25	PIT-min	AAA	9	9	.500	2.63	26	26		11	1	0	185.0	151	69	54	13	70	6	159	1	2	7			1.195	7.3	0.6	3.4	7.7	2.27	CHL · IL
1972	25	PIT	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18		0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.00
1973	26	PIT-min	AAA	7	5	.583	3.55	15	15		7	2	0	104.0	98	48	41	4	44	7	72	2	0	1			1.365	8.5	0.3	3.8	6.2	1.64	CHL · IL
1973	26	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	5.67	15	1	2	0	0	0	27.0	31	21	17	2	17	0	13	1	1	2	130	63	1.778	10.3	0.7	5.7	4.3	0.76
1974	27	PIT-min	AAA	10	12	.455	3.61	23	23		5	0	0	147.0	133	71	59	20	55	1	84	0	0	4			1.279	8.1	1.2	3.4	5.1	1.53	CHL · IL
2 Yrs				1	1	.500	4.78	17	1	3	0	0	0	32.0	33	21	17	2	18	0	17	1	1	2	148	75	1.594	9.3	0.6	5.1	4.8	0.94
162 Game Avg.				4	4	.500	4.78	64	4	11	0	0	0	121	125	79	64	8	68	0	64	4	4	8	559	75	1.594	9.3	0.6	5.1	4.8	0.94

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
1972	25	PIT	NL	5.0	2	0	0	0.00	3.41	0.09	-0.15	95.6	3.04	2	0.2	1.3	0.0	0.3	2	.601	.501	$
1973	26	PIT	NL	27.0	15	1	21	7.00	4.02	-0.13	-0.30	95.8	3.69	-10	-1.0	.5	0.2	-0.6	-7	.431	.494	$
2 Seasons				32.0	17	1	21	5.91	3.92	-0.09	-0.27	95.7	3.58	-8	-0.8	.6	0.2	-0.3	-5	.451	.497	$

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
1972	25	PIT	NL	2	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.125	.176	.125	.301	.167	2	1	0	1	0	0	1
1973	26	PIT	NL	15	130	107	21	31	3	1	2	4	1	17	13	.290	.392	.393	.785	.315	42	1	1	4	0	0	2
2 Yrs				17	148	123	21	33	3	1	2	4	1	18	17	.268	.366	.358	.724	.298	44	2	1	5	0	0	3
162 Game Avg.				64	559	465	79	125	11	4	8	15	4	68	64	.268	.366	.358	.724	.298	166	8	4	19	0	0	11
MLB Averages																.251	.318	.367	.685	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1972	25	PIT	NL	2.1	0.2	18	0.4	0.6	-0.2	1.74	0.2	0.0	3.1	0.4	1.74	2.1	1	0	1
1973	26	PIT	NL	-7.3	-0.7	138	-0.3	0.9	-1.2	.48	-0.8	0.1	-7.4	-0.8	0.48	-7.9	1	1	12
2 Yrs				-5.2	-0.5	156	0.1	1.5	-1.5	.63	-0.5	0.6	-4.3	-0.4	0.63	-5.8	2	1	13

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
1973	26	PIT	NL	15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	53.0	53	53	9	4	0	1	14.6	4.5	2.0
1 Yr				15	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	53	53	53	9	4	0	1	14.6	4.5	2.0
MLB Averages													.500						56%	53	101	-3					4.0	3.9	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1972	25	PIT	NL	2	2	1	1	0	2	0	0%	3	1.742	1	0	1	0	1	1	1	1	2	0	2	0	7.5
1973	26	PIT	NL	15	14	2	0	1	6	2	33%	3	.482	1	1	12	1	2	11	4	10	11	1	11	2	5.4
2 Yrs				17	16	3	1	1	8	2	25%		.635	2	1	13	1	3	12	5	11	13	1	13	2	5.6

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1972	25	PIT	NL	18	72%	0.0%	22.2%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	0.57	67%	6	1	17%
1973	26	PIT	NL	130	58%	1.5%	10.0%	13.1%	4.6%	19%	1.31	71%	24	1	4%
2 Yrs				148	60%	1.4%	11.5%	12.2%	4.1%	18%	1.17	70%	30	2	7%
MLB Averages					45%	2.0%	14.3%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.11	74%			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
1972	25	PIT	NL	18	2			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0%	1	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	26	PIT	NL	130	31			2	0	5	1	1	0	2	9	3	0	33%	2	2	0	55	4	1	80%	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
2 Yrs				148	33			2	0	8	1	1	0	2	11	3	2	27%	3	2	0	61	4	1	80%	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	0
MLB Averages																		49%							62%

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+
1972	25	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	0	1	0	0	0	5.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	4	0	0	0	18		0.600	3.6	0.0	1.8	7.2	4.00
1973	26	1	1	.500	4.78	17	1	3	0	0	0	32.0	33	21	17	2	18	0	17	1	1	2	148	75	1.594	9.3	0.6	5.1	4.8	0.94	75

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
1972	25	0	0		0.00	6.0	0	0	0	0	1	5	0	0.167	0.0	1.5	7.5	5.00	0.0	2
1973	26	1	1	.500	6.58	26.0	33	21	19	2	18	13	1	1.962	11.4	6.2	4.5	0.72	0.7	15
2 Yrs		1	1	.500	5.34	32.0	33	21	19	2	19	18	1	1.625	9.3		5.1	0.95	0.6	17

* 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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