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Jim Otten

James Edward Otten

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 1, 1951 in Lewistown, MT
School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 2nd round of the 1973 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 31, 1974
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/WhiteSox 1974-1981

Final Game: September 30, 1981
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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
1974 22 CHW AL 0 1 .000 5.51 5 1 2 0 0 0 16.1 22 11 10 0 12 2 11 1 0 3 81 70 2.082 12.1 0.0 6.6 6.1 0.92
1975 23 CHW AL 0 0 6.75 2 0 1 0 0 0 5.1 4 5 4 1 7 0 3 0 0 0 26 62 2.063 6.8 1.7 11.8 5.1 0.43
1976 24 CHW AL 0 0 4.50 2 0 1 0 0 0 6.0 9 6 3 0 2 0 3 0 0 0 29 86 1.833 13.5 0.0 3.0 4.5 1.50
1980 28 STL NL 0 5 .000 5.53 31 4 9 0 0 0 55.1 71 38 34 3 26 7 38 2 1 1 255 68 1.753 11.5 0.5 4.2 6.2 1.46
1981 29 STL NL 1 0 1.000 5.30 24 0 10 0 0 0 35.2 44 23 21 3 20 5 20 0 0 4 159 68 1.794 11.1 0.8 5.0 5.0 1.00
5 Yrs 1 6 .143 5.46 64 5 23 0 0 0 118.2 150 83 72 7 67 14 75 3 1 8 550 69 1.829 11.4 0.5 5.1 5.7 1.12
162 Game Avg. 1 6 .143 5.46 63 5 23 0 0 0 117 148 82 71 7 66 14 74 3 1 8 542 69 1.829 11.4 0.5 5.1 5.7 1.12
CHW (3 yrs) 0 1 .000 5.53 9 1 4 0 0 0 27.2 35 22 17 1 21 2 17 1 0 3 136 71 2.024 11.4 0.3 6.8 5.5 0.81
STL (2 yrs) 1 5 .167 5.44 55 4 19 0 0 0 91.0 115 61 55 6 46 12 58 2 1 5 414 68 1.769 11.4 0.6 4.5 5.7 1.26
AL (3 yrs) 0 1 .000 5.53 9 1 4 0 0 0 27.2 35 22 17 1 21 2 17 1 0 3 136 71 2.024 11.4 0.3 6.8 5.5 0.81
NL (2 yrs) 1 5 .167 5.44 55 4 19 0 0 0 91.0 115 61 55 6 46 12 58 2 1 5 414 68 1.769 11.4 0.6 4.5 5.7 1.26

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 Awards
1974 22 CHW AL 16.1 5 1 11 6.06 4.26 -0.26 -0.20 98.9 4.28 -3 -0.3 .3 0.1 -0.1 -2 .432 .498 $
1975 23 CHW AL 5.1 2 0 5 8.44 4.50 -0.21 -0.37 103.3 4.47 -2 -0.2 .7 0.0 -0.2 -2 .387 .499 $
1976 24 CHW AL 6.0 2 0 6 9.00 3.79 -0.35 -0.31 102.5 3.91 -3 -0.3 .1 0.1 -0.1 -3 .338 .498 $
1980 28 STL NL 55.1 31 4 38 6.18 3.92 0.15 -0.18 104.1 3.74 -15 -1.6 .6 0.1 -1.0 -10 .447 .490 $
1981 29 STL NL 35.2 24 0 23 5.80 3.90 0.28 -0.30 103.4 3.44 -10 -1.1 .7 0.1 -0.7 -7 .454 .493 $
5 Seasons 118.2 64 5 83 6.29 3.98 0.09 -0.23 103.0 3.77 -34 -3.6 .6 0.4 -2.1 -23 .443 .496 $
CHW (3 yrs) 27.2 9 1 22 7.16 4.21 -0.27 -0.26 100.6 4.24 -9 -0.9 .3 0.2 -0.4 -6 .401 .498 $
STL (2 yrs) 91.0 55 4 61 6.03 3.92 0.20 -0.22 103.8 3.62 -25 -2.7 .7 0.2 -1.7 -17 .450 .492 $

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
1974 22 CHW AL 5 80 67 11 22 4 1 0 1 2 12 11 .328 .438 .418 .855 .393 28 1 1 0 0 2 0
1975 23 CHW AL 2 26 17 5 4 1 0 1 0 0 7 3 .235 .440 .471 .911 .214 8 1 0 1 1 0 0
1976 24 CHW AL 2 29 27 6 9 0 1 0 1 0 2 3 .333 .379 .407 .787 .375 11 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 28 STL NL 31 255 220 38 71 11 2 3 12 4 26 38 .323 .393 .432 .825 .372 95 7 2 3 4 7 3
1981 29 STL NL 24 160 138 23 44 10 2 3 4 3 20 20 .319 .403 .486 .888 .353 67 5 0 1 1 5 2
5 Yrs 64 550 469 83 150 26 6 7 18 9 67 75 .320 .404 .446 .849 .364 209 14 3 5 6 14 6
162 Game Avg. 63 542 462 82 148 26 6 7 18 9 66 74 .320 .404 .446 .849 .364 206 14 3 5 6 14 6
MLB Averages .260 .325 .381 .706 .283

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1974 22 CHW AL -2.7 -0.3 86 -0.1 0.6 -0.6 .39 -0.2 0.1 -4.2 -0.4 0.39 -4.0 0 0 2
1975 23 CHW AL -1.7 -0.2 26 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .34 -0.2 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.34 -1.7 0 1 0
1976 24 CHW AL -1.6 -0.2 30 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .05 -0.3 -0.2 -3.4 -0.3 0.05 -1.8 0 0 2
1980 28 STL NL -10.7 -1.1 276 -1.1 2.5 -3.6 .68 -1.2 -0.4 -8.1 -0.8 0.68 -9.7 3 5 19
1981 29 STL NL -6.4 -0.7 171 -0.4 1.1 -1.5 .45 -0.6 -0.2 -10.3 -1.1 0.45 -8.4 5 2 17
5 Yrs -23.0 -2.4 589 -1.7 4.2 -6.0 .53 -2.6 -0.6 -27.1 -2.7 0.53 -25.6 8 8 40

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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1974 22 CHW AL 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 38.0 38 38 6 1 0 1 2.0 1.5 5.3
1980 28 STL NL 31 4 0 3 1 0 1 0 4 .000 1 0 0 0 2 50% 40.8 59 25 15 10 0 2 2.8 2.3 4.1
2 Yrs 36 5 0 4 1 0 1 0 5 .000 1 0 0 0 2 40% 40 59 25 21 11 0 3 2.6 2.0 4.3
MLB Averages .500 53% 51 106 -13 4.2 4.2 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1974 22 CHW AL 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 2 33% 1 .393 0 0 2 0 0 4 3 1 1 0 2 0 8.3
1975 23 CHW AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 .338 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 8.0
1976 24 CHW AL 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 25% 5 .049 0 0 2 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 2 0 9.0
1980 28 STL NL 31 27 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 12 5 42% 9 .683 3 5 19 2 4 21 8 19 15 8 15 6 4.3
1981 29 STL NL 24 24 10 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 29 14 48% 8 .449 5 2 17 4 2 18 14 10 13 4 13 5 4.5
5 Yrs 64 59 23 1 2 0 0 0 2 2 53 24 45% .523 8 8 40 6 6 47 28 31 32 12 33 11 4.9

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1974 22 CHW AL 80 64% 0.0% 13.8% 15.0% 6.3% 23% 1.33 70% 15 1 7%
1975 23 CHW AL 26 46% 3.9% 11.5% 26.9% 7.7% 50% 0.63 54% 9 1 11%
1976 24 CHW AL 29 66% 0.0% 10.3% 6.9% 3.5% 11% 0.67 83% 8 0 0%
1980 28 STL NL 255 66% 1.2% 14.9% 10.2% 6.3% 23% 1.24 72% 40 7 18%
1981 29 STL NL 160 72% 1.9% 12.5% 12.5% 9.4% 34% 1.28 73% 41 5 12%
5 Yrs 550 67% 1.3% 13.6% 12.2% 7.1% 26% 1.18 71% 113 14 12%
MLB Averages 45% 1.9% 12.8% 8.5% 6.3% 27% 1.09 75% 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
1974 22 CHW AL 80 22 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 0 3 0 39 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0
1975 23 CHW AL 26 4 1 0 3 0 1 1 0 7 2 0 29% 0 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1976 24 CHW AL 29 9 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 100% 1 0 0 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 28 STL NL 255 71 3 0 7 2 1 1 2 27 13 3 48% 3 1 3 93 12 4 75% 12 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1981 29 STL NL 160 44 3 0 10 2 1 2 1 19 7 2 37% 2 4 0 68 4 3 57% 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
5 Yrs 550 150 7 0 23 4 3 4 3 57 26 5 46% 6 8 3 226 18 9 67% 18 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 0
MLB Averages 52% 65%

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+
1974 22 0 1 .000 5.51 5 1 2 0 0 0 16.1 22 11 10 0 12 2 11 1 0 3 81 70 2.082 12.1 0.0 6.6 6.1 0.92 70
1975 23 0 1 .000 5.82 7 1 3 0 0 0 21.2 26 16 14 1 19 2 14 1 0 3 107 68 2.077 10.8 0.4 7.9 5.8 0.74 68
1976 24 0 1 .000 5.53 9 1 4 0 0 0 27.2 35 22 17 1 21 2 17 1 0 3 136 71 2.024 11.4 0.3 6.8 5.5 0.81 71
1977 25 0 1 .000 5.53 9 1 4 0 0 0 27.2 35 22 17 1 21 2 17 1 0 3 136 71 2.024 11.4 0.3 6.8 5.5 0.81 71
1978 26 0 1 .000 5.53 9 1 4 0 0 0 27.2 35 22 17 1 21 2 17 1 0 3 136 71 2.024 11.4 0.3 6.8 5.5 0.81 71
1979 27 0 1 .000 5.53 9 1 4 0 0 0 27.2 35 22 17 1 21 2 17 1 0 3 136 71 2.024 11.4 0.3 6.8 5.5 0.81 71
1980 28 0 6 .000 5.53 40 5 13 0 0 0 83.0 106 60 51 4 47 9 55 3 1 4 391 69 1.843 11.5 0.4 5.1 6.0 1.17 69
1981 29 1 6 .143 5.46 64 5 23 0 0 0 118.2 150 83 72 7 67 14 75 3 1 8 550 69 1.829 11.4 0.5 5.1 5.7 1.12 69

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1974 22 0 1 .000 6.60 15.0 23 12 11 0 13 10 1 2.400 13.8 7.8 6.0 0.77 0.0 5
1975 23 0 0 7.20 5.0 4 4 4 1 7 3 0 2.200 7.2 12.6 5.4 0.43 1.8 2
1976 24 0 0 6.00 6.0 10 4 4 0 2 3 0 2.000 15.0 3.0 4.5 1.50 0.0 2
1980 28 1 4 .200 6.35 51.0 73 40 36 3 27 35 2 1.961 12.9 4.8 6.2 1.30 0.5 31
1981 29 1 4 .200 6.85 46.0 70 39 35 5 32 26 0 2.217 13.7 6.3 5.1 0.81 1.0 24
5 Yrs 2 9 .182 6.59 123.0 180 99 90 9 81 77 3 2.122 13.2 5.6 0.95 0.7 64

* 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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