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Jim Nettles

James William Nettles

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: March 2, 1947 in San Diego, CA
High School: Crawford HS (San Diego, CA)
School: San Diego State University (San Diego, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 4th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1970
Teams (by GP): Twins/Tigers/Royals/Athletics 1970-1981

Final Game: September 13, 1981
Relatives: Brother of Graig Nettles
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Standard Fielding

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
1970 MIN AL 23 OF 11 4 2 44.0 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 1.64 0.73 .980 2.15 2.13
1970 MIN AL 23 LF 5 2 1 17.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 1 71 3.18 1.20 .978 1.80 1.80
1970 MIN AL 23 RF 5 1 0 18.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -73 0.00 0.00 2.00 1.96
1970 MIN AL 23 CF 1 1 1 9.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 1.00 1.00 .980 2.60 2.60
1971 MIN AL 24 OF 62 42 37 414.0 144 139 3 2 1 .986 5 15 3.09 2.29 .982 2.24 2.22
1971 MIN AL 24 CF 59 41 36 400.2 147 142 3 2 1 .986 6 17 3.26 2.46 .983 2.73 2.72
1971 MIN AL 24 RF 3 1 1 13.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -36 0.68 0.33 .980 2.02 2.03
1972 MIN AL 25 OF 78 58 52 571.2 164 156 5 3 1 .982 3 6 2.53 2.06 .983 2.22 2.21
1972 MIN AL 25 CF 58 49 44 458.1 143 136 4 3 1 .979 4 9 2.75 2.41 .987 2.65 2.64
1972 MIN AL 25 LF 12 8 7 76.1 15 15 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -5 1.77 1.25 .980 1.89 1.89
1972 MIN AL 25 RF 9 1 1 37.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -10 0.97 0.44 .980 2.12 2.11
1972 MIN AL 25 1B 1 0 0 1.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -240 9.00 1.00 .990 9.90 9.70
1974 DET AL 27 OF 41 39 32 351.1 81 80 1 0 0 1.000 -2 -6 2.07 1.98 .980 2.41 2.40
1974 DET AL 27 RF 30 29 26 261.2 58 58 0 0 0 1.000 -2 -9 1.99 1.93 .976 2.18 2.17
1974 DET AL 27 LF 8 7 3 55.0 14 13 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -2 2.29 1.75 .974 2.13 2.11
1974 DET AL 27 CF 4 3 3 34.2 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0 3 2.08 2.00 .986 2.93 2.92
1979 KCR AL 32 OF 8 6 5 56.0 19 19 0 0 0 1.000 1 24 3.05 2.38 .981 2.46 2.42
1979 KCR AL 32 LF 7 5 4 47.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 1 26 3.06 2.29 .980 2.22 2.20
1979 KCR AL 32 1B 1 0 0 1.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -240 18.00 2.00 .990 9.90 10.00
1979 KCR AL 32 RF 1 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 13 2.00 2.00 .980 2.20 2.20
1981 OAK AL 34 OF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 2.40 2.50
1981 OAK AL 34 RF 1 0 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -80 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.20
6 Seasons OF 201 149 128 1440.0 416 402 9 5 2 .988 7 6 2.57 2.04 .982 2.28 2.26
4 Seasons CF 122 94 84 902.2 299 287 7 5 2 .983 9 12 2.93 2.41 .985 2.70 2.69
6 Seasons RF 49 33 29 342.0 65 65 0 0 0 1.000 -4 -13 1.71 1.33 .976 2.16 2.13
4 Seasons LF 32 22 15 195.1 51 50 1 0 0 1.000 2 10 2.35 1.59 .978 2.03 2.00
2 Seasons 1B 2 0 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -240 13.50 1.50 .990 9.90 9.85
6 Seasons TOT 203 149 128 1442.0 419 405 9 5 2 .988 7 6 2.58 2.04 .982 2.29 2.33
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1970 MIN AL 23 LF 1 71 1 0 1 0
1970 MIN AL 23 RF -1 -73 -1 -1 0 0
1970 MIN AL 23 CF 0 13 0 0 0 0
1971 MIN AL 24 CF 6 17 5 4 0 1
1971 MIN AL 24 RF -0 -36 -0 -0 -0 0
1972 MIN AL 25 CF 4 9 4 2 1 0
1972 MIN AL 25 LF -0 -5 -0 0 -0 0
1972 MIN AL 25 RF -0 -10 -0 0 -0 0
1972 MIN AL 25 1B -0 -240 -0 0 -0
1974 DET AL 27 RF -2 -9 -1 -1 0 -1
1974 DET AL 27 LF -0 -2 -0 0 -0 0
1974 DET AL 27 CF 0 3 0 0 0 0
1979 KCR AL 32 LF 1 26 1 1 0 0
1979 KCR AL 32 1B -0 -240 -0 -0 0
1979 KCR AL 32 RF 0 13 0 0 0 0
1981 OAK AL 34 RF -0 -80 -0 -0 0
4 Seasons CF 9 12 8 6 2 1
6 Seasons RF -4 -13 -3 -3 -0 -1
4 Seasons LF 2 10 2 2 0 0
2 Seasons 1B -0 -240 -0 -0 -0
6 Seasons TOT 7 6 7 5 2 0

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1970 MIN AL 23 13 4 13 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 5 11 0 1 2
1971 MIN AL 24 70 42 70 62 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 59 3 62 0 8 4
1972 MIN AL 25 102 58 102 80 0 0 1 0 0 0 12 58 9 79 0 23 5
1974 DET AL 27 43 39 43 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 4 30 42 0 2 1
1979 KCR AL 32 11 6 11 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0 1 8 0 3 0
1981 OAK AL 34 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0
6 Seasons 240 149 240 204 0 0 2 0 0 0 32 122 49 203 0 37 12
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 MIN AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 62% 76% 34% 1 100%
1971 MIN AL 24 2 0 2 0 0 3 0 1 1 1 22 13 1 21 4 0 5 1 0 9 2 1 14 11 0 71 31 43.7% 38 2 2.8% 1 1704 65% 78% 28% 240 60%
1972 MIN AL 25 3 0 3 0 0 4 0 1 2 1 24 12 1 6 1 1 2 1 0 5 1 0 11 7 1 48 22 45.8% 23 3 6.3% 1 1873 57% 80% 26% 237 59%
1974 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 143 59% 72% 28% 15 53%
4 Seasons 5 0 5 0 0 7 0 2 3 2 48 26 2 30 6 1 7 2 0 14 3 1 26 18 1 125 55 44.0% 65 5 4.0% 2 3749 61% 79% 27% 493 59%
MLB Averages 44.6% 2.4% 62% 81% 27% 57%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 MIN AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 79 66% 86% 24% 6 0%
1971 MIN AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 52 56% 60% 19% 2 50%
1972 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 147 65% 78% 27% 11 36%
1974 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 8 0 7 1 0 2 2 0 5 1 0 10 6 0 42 18 42.9% 24 0 0.0% 0 1148 68% 80% 27% 111 52%
1979 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 38 79% 74% 18% 4 50%
1981 OAK AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 45% 91% 45% 0
6 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25 12 0 11 1 0 2 2 0 5 1 0 10 6 0 53 22 41.5% 31 0 0.0% 0 1475 67% 79% 26% 134 49%
MLB Averages 41.8% 3.1% 62% 81% 27% 52%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1970 MIN AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 77 69% 73% 32% 10 60%
1972 MIN AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 0 330 55% 81% 28% 35 43%
1974 DET AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 9 7 0 6 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 18 9 50.0% 8 1 5.6% 0 247 74% 81% 23% 30 47%
1979 KCR AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 11 6 54.5% 5 0 0.0% 0 193 60% 85% 29% 29 55%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 17 13 0 10 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 0 5 3 0 36 20 55.6% 15 1 2.8% 0 847 63% 81% 27% 104 49%
MLB Averages 59.3% 2.8% 62% 81% 27% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1972 MIN AL 25 4 25% 50% 25% 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 KCR AL 32 9 56% 78% 22% 0 0 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 13 46% 69% 23% 0 0 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 62% 81% 28% 94% 88%

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Errors Committed as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1972 AL  3 (5th)

                                         

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