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Jimmy Outlaw

James Paulus Outlaw

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 20, 1913 in Orme, TN
School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1937
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Bees/Reds 1937-1949

Final Game: May 8, 1949
Died: April 9, 2006 in Jackson, AL
Buried: Trinity Memorial Gardens, Jackson, AL
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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	Pos	Awards
1934	21	CIN-min	D,C	105	401	401		120	26	12	13						.299	.299	.521	.820		209					JEA,BEC · PASA,MATL
1935	22	DEC	B	113	447	447		157	27	17	6						.351	.351	.528	.879		236					DEC · IIIL
1936	23	CIN-min	A1	155	643	643		212	46	9	7						.330	.330	.462	.792		297					NVL · SOUA
1937	24	CIN-min	AA	65	238	238		73	12	4	2						.307	.307	.416	.723		99					SYR · IL
1937	24	CIN	NL	49	170	165	18	45	7	3	0	11	2		3	31	.273	.290	.352	.641	77	58	1	1	1	5
1938	25	CIN-min	AA	114	416	416		141	25	9	2						.339	.339	.457	.796		190					SYR · IL
1938	25	CIN	NL	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0
1939	26	BSN	NL	65	144	133	15	35	2	0	0	5	1		10	14	.263	.315	.278	.593	66	37	0	0	1	O87/95

1940	27	DET-min	AA	145	531	531		164	32	9	14						.309	.309	.482	.791		256					BFL · IL
1941	28	DET-min	AA	146	578	511	71	135	26	8	2	47	8		57	40	.264	.339	.358	.697		183		1	9		BFL · IL
1942	29	DET-min	AA	136	542	486	56	128	16	2	5	43	9	3	47	37	.263	.332	.335	.667		163	6	3	6		BFL · IL
1943	30	DET-min	AA	136	556	498	76	138	35	1	4	40	15	9	43	33	.277	.339	.376	.715		187		4	11		BFL · IL
1943	30	DET	AL	20	74	67	8	18	1	0	1	6	0	0	8	4	.269	.347	.328	.675	92	22	1	0	1	O/978
1944	31	DET	AL	139	584	535	69	146	20	6	3	57	7	8	41	40	.273	.327	.350	.677	89	187	13	2	6	*O79/8
1945	32	DET	AL	132	494	446	56	121	16	5	0	34	6	7	45	33	.271	.338	.330	.668	89	147	5	0	3	*O758/9
1946	33	DET	AL	92	337	299	36	78	14	2	2	31	5	4	29	24	.261	.328	.341	.669	82	102	10	1	8	O578/9
1947	34	DET	AL	70	151	127	20	29	7	1	0	15	3	1	21	14	.228	.338	.299	.637	75	38	2	0	3	O79/58
1948	35	DET	AL	74	231	198	33	56	12	0	0	25	0	1	31	15	.283	.383	.343	.726	91	68	8	1	1	5O7/9
1949	36	SAC	AAA	39	40	38	11	4	0	1	0	0	0		2	7	.105	.150	.158	.308		6		0	0		SAC · PCL
1949	36	DET	AL	5	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	32	1	1	0	0
1950	37	MBE	B	56	177	177		45	11	2	1						.254	.254	.356	.610		63					MBE · FLIN
10 Yrs				650	2189	1974	257	529	79	17	6	184	24	21	188	176	.268	.333	.334	.668	85	660	41	5	24
162 Game Avg.				162	546	492	64	132	20	4	1	46	6		47	44	.268	.333	.334	.668	85	164	10	1	6

DET (7 yrs)				532	1875	1676	223	449	70	14	6	168	21	21	175	131	.268	.339	.337	.676	87	565	40	4	22
CIN (2 yrs)				53	170	165	19	45	7	3	0	11	2		3	31	.273	.290	.352	.641	77	58	1	1	1
BSN (1 yr)				65	144	133	15	35	2	0	0	5	1		10	14	.263	.315	.278	.593	66	37	0	0	1

AL (7 yrs)				532	1875	1676	223	449	70	14	6	168	21	21	175	131	.268	.339	.337	.676	87	565	40	4	22
NL (3 yrs)				118	314	298	34	80	9	3	0	16	3		13	45	.268	.301	.319	.620	72	95	1	1	2

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	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1937	24	CIN	NL	49	170	-6	-0	0	1	1	-4	-0.5	5	1	0.0	.491	.497	-0.1	0.2	-0	$	5
1938	25	CIN	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
1939	26	BSN	NL	65	144	-6	-0	0	0	-1	-7	-0.7	4	-2	-0.3	.489	.496	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$	O87/95

1943	30	DET	AL	20	74	-0	0	0	0	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.0	.495	.499	0.0	-0.1	1	$	O/978
1944	31	DET	AL	139	584	-7	-1	0	-3	-6	-18	-2.0	12	-6	-0.8	.486	.488	-0.4	-1.0	-3	$	*O79/8
1945	32	DET	AL	132	494	-6	-1	0	-2	-4	-13	-1.6	10	-3	-0.5	.488	.491	-0.3	-0.8	-1	$	*O758/9
1946	33	DET	AL	92	337	-7	-0	0	-1	-2	-10	-1.1	9	-1	-0.2	.488	.493	-0.1	-0.3	0	$	O578/9
1947	34	DET	AL	70	151	-4	0	0	-4	-2	-9	-1.0	4	-5	-0.6	.486	.494	-0.2	-0.6	-1	$	O79/58
1948	35	DET	AL	74	231	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1	-5	-0.5	6	1	0.1	.494	.497	0.2	-0.2	2	$	5O7/9
1949	36	DET	AL	5	4	-0	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.488	.500	0.0	0.0	-1	$
10 Seasons				650	2189	-36	-3	-1	-10	-15	-66	-7.5	51	-15	-2.3	.489	.495	-1.2	-2.9	-5	$

DET (7 yrs)				532	1875	-25	-3	-1	-11	-15	-56	-6.4	42	-13	-2.0	.488	.495	-0.8	-2.9	-2	$
CIN (2 yrs)				53	170	-6	-0	0	1	1	-4	-0.5	5	1	0.0	.492	.499	-0.1	0.2	-0	$
BSN (1 yr)				65	144	-6	-0	0	0	-1	-7	-0.7	4	-2	-0.3	.489	.496	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$

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
1937	24	CIN	NL	170	122	17	3.7	97	.336	.273	.274	.290	.335	.352	.388	.641	.723	77	.413	-5.7	-0.6	.529	.109	.079	.0

1939	26	BSN	NL	144	99	12	3.2	96	.294	.263	.270	.315	.335	.278	.386	.593	.721	66	.347	-5.9	-0.6	.490	.098	.015	.0

1943	30	DET	AL	74	51	8	4.3	92	.274	.269	.264	.347	.340	.328	.364	.675	.704	92	.554	-0.6	-0.1	.600	.179	.060	.0
1944	31	DET	AL	584	416	59	3.8	95	.291	.273	.274	.327	.341	.350	.374	.677	.715	89	.477	-8.4	-0.9	.559	.151	.077	4.2
1945	32	DET	AL	494	340	49	3.9	94	.293	.271	.270	.338	.343	.330	.366	.668	.709	89	.500	-6.4	-0.7	.567	.157	.058	.0
1946	33	DET	AL	337	243	33	3.6	101	.278	.261	.272	.328	.347	.341	.391	.669	.738	82	.438	-7.4	-0.8	.566	.181	.080	2.9
1947	34	DET	AL	151	104	13	3.3	100	.257	.228	.267	.338	.348	.299	.384	.637	.732	75	.398	-3.6	-0.4	.604	.252	.071	.0
1948	35	DET	AL	231	152	26	4.6	108	.306	.283	.277	.383	.362	.343	.400	.726	.762	91	.495	-0.8	-0.1	.656	.212	.061
1949	36	DET	AL	4	4	0	0.0	107	.333	.250	.271	.250	.363	.250	.394	.500	.756	32	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.250	.000	.000
10 Yrs				2189	1531	217	3.8	98	.292	.268	.272	.333	.344	.334	.380	.668	.724	85	.460	-39.3	-4.1	.568	.163	.066	9.6
162 Game Avg.				546	382	54	3.8	98	.292	.268	.272	.333	.344	.334	.380	.668	.724	85	.460	-39.3	-4.1	.568	.163	.066	2

DET (7 yrs)				1875	1310	188	3.9	98	.288	.268	.272	.339	.346	.337	.378	.676	.724	87	.473	-27.7	-2.9	.578	.174	.069	9.3
BSN (1 yr)				144	99	12	3.2	96	.294	.263	.270	.315	.335	.278	.386	.593	.721	66	.347	-5.9	-0.6	.490	.098	.015	.0
CIN (2 yrs)				170	122	17	3.7	97	.336	.273	.274	.290	.335	.352	.388	.641	.723	77	.413	-5.7	-0.6	.529	.109	.079	.0

AL (7 yrs)				1875	1310	188	3.9	98	.288	.268	.272	.339	.346	.337	.378	.676	.724	87	.473	-27.7	-2.9	.578	.174	.069	9.3
NL (3 yrs)				314	221	29	3.5	97	.316	.268	.272	.301	.335	.319	.387	.620	.722	72	.384	-11.6	-1.2	.511	.104	.050	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1945	32	DET	AL	WS	CHC	W	7	31	28	1	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	.179	.233	.179	.412	5	0	0	1	0	1
1 WS							7	31	28	1	5	0	0	0	3	1	0	2	1	.179	.233	.179	.412	5	0	0	1	0	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1937	24	CIN	NL	170	0.0%	18.2%	1.8%	5.9%	22%	10.33	5.3		15.0		79%

1939	26	BSN	NL	144	0.0%	9.7%	6.9%	1.4%	6%	1.40	9.5		26.6		83%

1943	30	DET	AL	74	1.4%	5.4%	10.8%	2.7%	11%	0.50	16.8	67.0	11.2		84%
1944	31	DET	AL	584	0.5%	6.9%	7.0%	5.0%	20%	0.98	13.4	178.3	9.4		84%
1945	32	DET	AL	494	0.0%	6.7%	9.1%	4.3%	17%	0.73	13.5		13.1		84%
1946	33	DET	AL	337	0.6%	7.1%	8.6%	5.3%	23%	0.83	12.5	149.5	9.6		81%
1947	34	DET	AL	151	0.0%	9.3%	13.9%	5.3%	28%	0.67	9.1		8.5		75%
1948	35	DET	AL	231	0.0%	6.5%	13.4%	5.2%	21%	0.48	13.2		7.9	1.36	79%
1949	36	DET	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0				75%
10 Yrs				2189	0.3%	8.0%	8.6%	4.7%	19%	0.94	11.2	329.0	10.7	1.45	82%
MLB Averages					1.4%	9.2%	9.1%	6.2%	27%	1.00	9.7	63.8	8.3	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1937	24	CIN	NL	-5.7	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1938	25	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1939	26	BSN	NL	-5.9	-0.6	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1943	30	DET	AL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	31	DET	AL	-8.4	-0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	32	DET	AL	-6.4	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	33	DET	AL	-7.4	-0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	34	DET	AL	-3.6	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	35	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	97	0.5	2.5	-2.0	1.26	0.0	0.4	1.9	0.2	1.02	0.5	3.57	8
1949	36	DET	AL	-0.4	-0.0	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.89	0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.29	-0.1	1.89	2
10 Yrs				-39.3	-4.1	99	0.5	2.6	-2.1	1.27	0.1	0.3	1.4	0.1	1.03	0.4	3.23	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1948	35	DET	AL	1	38%	40	0	1	0%	2	11%	6	4	1	1	1	2	2
1949	36	DET	AL	0	100%	2	0	0		0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				1	35%	42	24	21	57%	2	11%	6	4	1	1	1	2	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
1948	35	DET	AL	231	45%	56			8	4	0	2	3.57	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		20	8	40%	6	2	33%	69	12	17%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
1949	36	DET	AL	4	100%	1			2	1	0	0	1.89	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
10 Yrs				235	46%	529			10	5	0	2	3.23	6	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	24		21	41	195%	6	2	33%	71	12	17%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			863%			85%			34%			15%			51%			56%

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
1937	24	49	170	165	18	45	7	3	0	11	2		3	31	.273	.290	.352	.641	77	58	1	1	1
1938	25	53	170	165	19	45	7	3	0	11	2		3	31	.273	.290	.352	.641	77	58	1	1	1
1939	26	118	314	298	34	80	9	3	0	16	3		13	45	.268	.301	.319	.620	72	95	1	1	2
1940	27	118	314	298	34	80	9	3	0	16	3		13	45	.268	.301	.319	.620	72	95	1	1	2
1941	28	118	314	298	34	80	9	3	0	16	3		13	45	.268	.301	.319	.620	72	95	1	1	2
1942	29	118	314	298	34	80	9	3	0	16	3		13	45	.268	.301	.319	.620	72	95	1	1	2
1943	30	138	388	365	42	98	10	3	1	22	3	0	21	49	.268	.310	.321	.631	76	117	2	1	3
1944	31	277	972	900	111	244	30	9	4	79	10	8	62	89	.271	.320	.338	.658	84	304	15	3	9
1945	32	409	1466	1346	167	365	46	14	4	113	16	15	107	122	.271	.326	.335	.661	85	451	20	3	12
1946	33	501	1803	1645	203	443	60	16	6	144	21	19	136	146	.269	.327	.336	.663	85	553	30	4	20
1947	34	571	1954	1772	223	472	67	17	6	159	24	20	157	160	.266	.327	.334	.661	84	591	32	4	23
1948	35	645	2185	1970	256	528	79	17	6	184	24	21	188	175	.268	.333	.335	.668	85	659	40	5	24
1949	36	650	2189	1974	257	529	79	17	6	184	24	21	188	176	.268	.333	.334	.668	85	660	41	5	24

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1937	24	52	179	174	19	48	7	3	0	12	2	3	33	.276	.292	.351	.643	18	49

1939	26	68	154	142	18	39	2	0	0	6	1	11	15	.275	.327	.289	.616	14	65

1943	30	21	80	71	9	19	1	0	1	7	0	8	4	.268	.342	.324	.666	8	20
1944	31	145	615	563	75	156	21	6	3	62	7	44	42	.277	.332	.352	.683	66	139
1945	32	140	529	477	63	133	18	5	0	38	7	49	35	.279	.346	.338	.684	56	132
1946	33	96	354	314	38	83	15	2	2	33	5	31	25	.264	.332	.344	.676	36	92
1947	34	73	157	132	21	30	7	1	0	16	3	22	15	.227	.338	.295	.633	14	70
1948	35	77	234	202	31	54	12	0	0	23	0	30	16	.267	.365	.327	.692	24	74
1949	36	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
9 Yrs		677	2306	2079	274	562	83	17	6	197	25	198	186	.270	.335	.335	.670	236	646
162 Game Avg.		162	552	497	66	134	20	4	1	47	6	47	45	.270	.335	.335	.670	56	646

* 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

Caught Stealing s c a p y 1944 AL 8 (8th) 1945 AL 7 (9th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1944 AL 8 (8th)
1945 AL 7 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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