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Jim McNamara

James Patrick McNamara

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: June 10, 1965 in Nashua, NH
School: North Carolina State University (Raleigh, NC)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 5th round of the 1986 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1992
Team: Giants 1992-1993

Final Game: July 28, 1993
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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
1986	21	SFG-min	A-	46	158	158		39	1	2	8						.247	.247	.430	.677		68							EVR · NORW
1987	22	SFG-min	A	110	413	385	43	95	22	1	5	53	4	2	19	52	.247	.277	.348	.625		134		0	2	7	1		CLI · MIDW
1988	23	SFG-min	A	93	362	315	27	59	9	0	1	41	3	4	43	76	.187	.287	.225	.513		71	18	2	0	2	1		SJO · CALL
1989	24	SFG-min	A,AAA	95	320	289	14	67	13	0	1	22	4	4	27	50	.232	.297	.287	.584		83		0	3	1	2		SJO,SLS,PHX · CALL,PCL
1990	25	SFG-min	A+,AA,AAA	87	288	257	24	60	9	2	1	36	0	5	28	43	.233	.310	.296	.606		76		1	1	1	0		SJO,SHV,PHX · CALL,TL,PCL
1991	26	SFG-min	AA,AAA	56	192	162	16	39	9	2	2	22	2	1	27	23	.241	.347	.358	.705		58	3	0	2	1	3		SHV,PHX · TL,PCL
1992	27	SFG-min	AAA	23	81	67	5	14	3	0	0	3	0	0	14	13	.209	.346	.254	.599		17	5	0	0	0	3		PHX · PCL
1992	27	SFG	NL	30	82	74	6	16	1	0	1	9	0	0	6	25	.216	.275	.270	.545	59	20	1	0	2	0	2	2
1993	28	SFG-min	AAA	50	173	158	10	31	5	0	1	23	1	0	12	29	.196	.250	.247	.497		39	8	0	1	2	1		PHX · PCL
1993	28	SFG	NL	4	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286	-22	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1994	29	TEX-NYY-min	AAA	69	217	207	11	42	5	0	1	15	0	1	7	42	.203	.236	.242	.478		50	5	2	1	0	0		OKC,CLB · AA,IL
2 Yrs				34	89	81	6	17	1	0	1	10	0	0	6	26	.210	.264	.259	.524	52	21	1	0	2	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	424	386	29	81	5	0	5	48	0	0	29	124	.210	.264	.259	.524	52	100	5	0	10	0	10

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1992	27	SFG	NL	30	82	-4	-0	1	-3	-0.3	2	-0	-0.1	.490	.498	-0.1	0.2	-0	$	2
1993	28	SFG	NL	4	7	-1	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.468	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
2 Seasons				34	89	-5	-0	1	-4	-0.4	2	-1	-0.2	.487	.499	-0.2	0.2	-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
1992	27	SFG	NL	82	61	6	2.7	88	.313	.216	.253	.275	.318	.270	.373	.545	.691	59	.309	-4.0	-0.4	.441	.135	.054	.0
1993	28	SFG	NL	7	6	0	0.0	100	.167	.143	.266	.143	.331	.143	.406	.286	.736	-22	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
2 Yrs				89	67	6	2.4	89	.296	.210	.254	.264	.319	.259	.376	.524	.695	52	.270	-5.2	-0.6	.415	.123	.049	.0
162 Game Avg.				424	319	29	2.4	89	.296	.210	.254	.264	.319	.259	.376	.524	.695	52	.270	-5.2	-0.6	.415	.123	.049

Ratio Batting*

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
1992	27	SFG	NL	82	1.2%	30.5%	7.3%	2.4%	13%	4.17	3.0	74.0	8.2	0.71	1.33	59%	31%	4.3%	18%
1993	28	SFG	NL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.0		7.0	0.67	0.50	86%	0%	0.0%	0%
2 Yrs				89	1.1%	29.2%	6.7%	2.3%	12%	4.33	3.1	81.0	8.1	0.71	1.16	61%	28%	3.8%	16%
MLB Averages					2.1%	14.9%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.73	6.0	42.1	8.3	0.80	1.05	73%	21%	6.1%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1992	27	SFG	NL	-3.9	-0.4	82	0.3	1.3	-1.0	.89	-0.3	0.7	2.5	0.3	0.98	-0.3	0.03	1
1993	28	SFG	NL	-1.2	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.82	-0.1	-0.2	-1.3	-0.1	1.05	-1.4	0.01	1
2 Yrs				-5.2	-0.5	89	0.1	1.3	-1.2	.88	-0.4	0.5	1.3	0.1	0.99	-1.7	0.02	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1992	27	SFG	NL	1	24%	26	1	50%	1	1	0	0	3	1	2
1993	28	SFG	NL	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				1	23%	28	1	40%	1	1	1	1	3	1	2

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
1992	27	SFG	NL	82	91%	16	8	1	1	0	0	0	0.03	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	67%	16	1	6%	3	1	33%	56	8	14%	4	1	25%	2	2	100%	0
1993	28	SFG	NL	7	71%	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.01	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				89	90%	17	8	1	2	0	0	0	0.02	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	2	50%	17	1	6%	4	1	25%	61	9	15%	5	2	40%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			72%			10%			36%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1992	27	SFG	NL	82	293	3.57	194	66%	21%	26%	26%	26%	79%	6%	52%	67%	32%	6%	5	0	15%	12	6	5%	4	1	16%	0	0	0
1993	28	SFG	NL	7	17	2.43	14	82%	29%	21%	7%	43%	71%	0%	59%	70%	57%	0%	0	0	14%	1	1	0%	0	0	100%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				89	310	3.48	208	67%	22%	26%	25%	27%	78%	6%	53%	67%	34%	6%	5	0	15%	13	7	4%	4	1	19%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.65		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

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
1992	27	30	82	74	6	16	1	0	1	9	0	0	6	25	.216	.275	.270	.545	59	20	1	0	2	0	2
1993	28	34	89	81	6	17	1	0	1	10	0	0	6	26	.210	.264	.259	.524	52	21	1	0	2	0	2

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1992	27	30	85	76	8	18	1	1	11	7	25	.237	.301	.289	.591	7	30
1993	28	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
2 Yrs		34	92	83	8	18	1	1	11	7	26	.217	.278	.265	.543	7	34
162 Game Avg.		162	438	395	38	86	5	5	52	33	124	.217	.278	.265	.543	33	34

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