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Jim Pankovits

James Franklin Pankovits

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 6, 1955 in Pennington Gap, VA
High School: Douglas Freeman HS (Richmond, VA)
School: University of South Carolina (Columbia, SC)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 4th round of the 1976 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 27, 1984
Teams (by GP): Astros/RedSox 1984-1990

Final Game: September 19, 1990
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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
1976	20	HOU-min	Rk	70	316	275	50	68	9	2	5	31	3	4	34	49	.247	.330	.349	.679		96		2	1	4			CVN · APPY
1977	21	HOU-min	A	91	356	326	27	74	9	3	2	20	12	3	24	58	.227	.279	.291	.571		95		0	5	1			COC · FLOR
1978	22	HOU-min	AA,AAA	140	579	516	67	123	19	7	10	43	8	4	48	100	.238	.311	.360	.671		186		7	6	2			CBS,CHL · SOUL,IL
1979	23	HOU-min	AA,AAA	114	455	405	60	101	13	4	10	48	3	3	34	52	.249	.306	.375	.681		152		2	7	7			CBS,CHL · SOUL,IL
1980	24	HOU-min	AAA	64	242	213	36	53	8	4	2	26	7	2	21	32	.249	.315	.352	.667		75		1	4	3			TUC · PCL
1981	25	HOU-min	AAA	122	514	450	83	127	34	9	7	64	18	9	53	67	.282	.355	.444	.799		200		1	4	6	1		TUC · PCL
1982	26	SDP-min	AAA	139	575	494	84	132	25	7	15	77	22	10	67	72	.267	.359	.437	.796		216		5	6	3	3		HAW · PCL
1983	27	HOU-min	AAA	126	517	450	77	129	25	6	11	62	32	3	55	66	.287	.367	.442	.809		199		4	5	3	5		TUC · PCL
1984	28	HOU-min	AAA	49	224	187	41	62	12	3	7	39	11	4	31	25	.332	.430	.540	.971		101		3	1	2	1		TUC · PCL
1984	28	HOU	NL	53	85	81	6	23	7	0	1	14	2	1	2	20	.284	.298	.407	.705	104	33	1	0	1	1	0	4/67
1985	29	HOU	NL	75	191	172	24	42	3	0	4	14	1	0	17	29	.244	.316	.331	.647	84	57	3	1	1	0	1	497/56
1986	30	HOU	NL	70	124	113	12	32	6	1	1	7	1	1	11	25	.283	.347	.381	.727	104	43	4	0	0	0	1	4/72
1987	31	HOU-min	AAA	34	120	101	17	33	7	2	4	25	5	3	16	12	.327	.425	.554	.979		56		2	0	1	0		TUC · PCL
1987	31	HOU	NL	50	67	61	7	14	2	0	1	8	2	0	6	13	.230	.299	.311	.610	65	19	2	0	0	0	1	/475
1988	32	HOU	NL	68	153	140	13	31	7	1	2	12	2	1	8	28	.221	.272	.329	.600	75	46	1	2	2	1	0	45/3

1989	33	LAD-PIT-min	AAA	112	423	378	44	89	12	4	6	45	15	9	34	64	.235	.299	.336	.635		127		3	2	6	1		ABQ,BFL · PCL,AA
1990	34	BOS-min	AAA	122	536	468	64	108	26	3	9	52	12	8	49	87	.231	.307	.357	.664		167		4	11	4	0		PAW · IL
1990	34	BOS	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1991	35	BOS-min	AAA	65	239	215	29	57	14	0	5	30	1	2	15	39	.265	.314	.400	.714		86	8	2	3	4	1		PAW · IL
6 Yrs				318	620	567	62	142	25	2	9	55	8	3	44	115	.250	.307	.349	.656	87	198	11	3	4	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	316	289	32	72	13	1	5	28	4	2	22	59	.250	.307	.349	.656	87	101	6	2	2	1	2

HOU (5 yrs)				316	620	567	62	142	25	2	9	55	8	3	44	115	.250	.307	.349	.656	87	198	11	3	4	2	3
BOS (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				316	620	567	62	142	25	2	9	55	8	3	44	115	.250	.307	.349	.656	87	198	11	3	4	2	3
AL (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1984	28	HOU	NL	53	85	0	-0	0	-0	0	0	0.0	3	3	0.3	.500	.500	0.4	0.0	3	$	4/67
1985	29	HOU	NL	75	191	-4	0	-0	1	-1	-4	-0.4	6	2	0.2	.494	.497	0.1	0.0	2	$	497/56
1986	30	HOU	NL	70	124	0	0	-0	-0	0	0	0.1	4	4	0.4	.501	.500	0.5	0.0	5	$85,000	4/72
1987	31	HOU	NL	50	67	-4	1	-0	1	0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.496	.499	-0.1	0.2	-1	$100,000	/475
1988	32	HOU	NL	68	153	-5	0	1	-2	1	-6	-0.6	5	-1	-0.2	.490	.496	0.1	-0.1	1	$150,000	45/3

1990	34	BOS	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/4
6 Seasons				318	620	-12	2	0	-1	1	-10	-1.1	19	9	0.7	.496	.499	1.0	0.1	10	$335,000

HOU (5 yrs)				316	620	-12	2	0	-1	1	-10	-1.1	19	9	0.7	.496	.499	1.0	0.1	10	$335,000
BOS (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1984	28	HOU	NL	85	62	10	4.3	87	.361	.284	.254	.298	.317	.407	.369	.705	.687	104	.517	0.4	0.0	.600	.160	.123	1.3
1985	29	HOU	NL	191	134	19	3.8	92	.273	.244	.256	.316	.324	.331	.382	.647	.706	84	.457	-3.8	-0.4	.571	.192	.087	1.6
1986	30	HOU	NL	124	86	14	4.4	95	.356	.283	.258	.347	.328	.381	.389	.727	.716	104	.508	0.6	0.1	.628	.195	.097	1.0
1987	31	HOU	NL	67	49	6	3.3	102	.277	.230	.264	.299	.333	.311	.412	.610	.745	65	.338	-3.0	-0.3	.551	.213	.082	1.3
1988	32	HOU	NL	153	114	13	3.1	86	.261	.221	.252	.272	.315	.329	.370	.600	.684	75	.384	-4.6	-0.5	.514	.171	.107	2.0
6 Yrs				620	445	62	3.8	92	.299	.250	.256	.307	.322	.349	.382	.656	.704	87	.446	-10.4	-1.1	.569	.185	.099	8.5
162 Game Avg.				316	227	32	3.8	92	.299	.250	.256	.307	.322	.349	.382	.656	.704	87	.446	-10.4	-1.1	.569	.185	.099	4

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
1986	30	HOU	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1984	28	HOU	NL	85	1.2%	23.5%	2.4%	9.4%	35%	10.00	4.1	81.0	5.8		0.54	72%
1985	29	HOU	NL	191	2.1%	15.2%	8.9%	3.7%	17%	1.71	5.9	43.0	12.3		1.12	73%
1986	30	HOU	NL	124	0.8%	20.2%	8.9%	6.5%	25%	2.27	4.5	113.0	16.1		1.40	70%
1987	31	HOU	NL	67	1.5%	19.4%	9.0%	4.5%	21%	2.17	4.7	61.0	7.6		0.68	70%
1988	32	HOU	NL	153	1.3%	18.3%	5.2%	6.5%	32%	3.50	5.0	70.0	11.7	0.63	0.89	73%	22%	4.8%	38%
6 Yrs				620	1.5%	18.6%	7.1%	5.8%	25%	2.61	4.9	63.0	10.3	0.63	0.95	72%	22%	4.8%	38%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.7%	8.6%	6.8%	30%	1.72	6.1	40.6	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1984	28	HOU	NL	0.4	0.0	88	0.5	2.2	-1.7	1.28	0.0	0.3	4.7	0.5	0.99	1.1	1.25	40
1985	29	HOU	NL	-3.8	-0.4	195	-0.9	2.3	-3.2	.95	-0.6	-0.3	-6.4	-0.7	0.97	-5.4	1.50	24
1986	30	HOU	NL	0.6	0.1	129	-0.2	2.0	-2.1	.97	-0.0	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	0.97	-1.2	1.34	38
1987	31	HOU	NL	-3.0	-0.3	71	-0.6	1.3	-1.8	1.42	-0.2	-0.2	-3.0	-0.3	1.04	-3.6	1.67	32
1988	32	HOU	NL	-4.6	-0.5	156	-0.6	2.5	-3.1	1.08	-0.5	-0.1	-4.0	-0.4	0.96	-4.1	1.33	27

1990	34	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-10.4	-1.1	639	-1.7	10.3	-12.0	1.08	-1.3	-0.3	-11.6	-1.2	0.98	-13.2	1.41	161

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1984	28	HOU	NL	1	21%	31	2	1	67%	2	0	1	0	1	0	43%	4	3	1	1	0	1	2	1	1
1985	29	HOU	NL	1	36%	72	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	4	4	44%	12	7	4	2	0	2	4	2	2
1986	30	HOU	NL	1	26%	51	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	4	43%	6	4	2	2	2	0	6	2	4
1987	31	HOU	NL	0	32%	26	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	6	50%	2	1	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
1988	32	HOU	NL	0	28%	43	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	4	30%	5	4	1	0	0	0	5	2	2
6 Yrs				3	29%	223	8	3	73%	8	2	1	1	5	18	42%	29	19	9	7	3	4	17	7	9

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
1984	28	HOU	NL	85	60%	23			40	9	1	5	1.25	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	14	1	7%	7	5	71%	53	14	26%	5	4	80%	3	3	100%	0
1985	29	HOU	NL	191	64%	42			24	5	0	1	1.50	4	1	3	1	3	2	2	0	2	1	50%	31	3	10%	18	7	39%	112	10	9%	2	1	50%	9	7	78%	0
1986	30	HOU	NL	124	54%	32			38	11	1	2	1.34	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		25	4	16%	10	3	30%	80	7	9%	5	2	40%	5	3	60%	0
1987	31	HOU	NL	67	79%	14			32	7	0	3	1.67	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		17	2	12%	6	1	17%	50	7	14%	4	3	75%	4	1	25%	0
1988	32	HOU	NL	153	53%	31	2	0	27	2	0	0	1.33	2	0	5	0	2	0	2	0	3	2	67%	31	1	3%	14	4	29%	98	10	10%	4	1	25%	9	2	22%	0
6 Yrs				620	60%	142	2	0	161	34	2	11	1.41	9	1	17	2	7	2	7	0	6	4	67%	118	11	9%	55	20	36%	393	48	12%	20	11	55%	30	16	53%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			75%			11%			35%			15%			52%			56%

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
1988	32	HOU	NL	153	526	3.44	334	63%	23%	17%	25%	34%	77%	0%	49%	77%	27%	4%	6	1	16%	24	18	6%	9	5	21%	0	0	0
1 Yr				153	526	3.44	334	63%	23%	17%	25%	34%	77%	0%	49%	77%	27%	4%	6	1	16%	24	18	6%	9	5	21%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

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
1984	28	53	85	81	6	23	7	0	1	14	2	1	2	20	.284	.298	.407	.705	104	33	1	0	1	1	0
1985	29	128	276	253	30	65	10	0	5	28	3	1	19	49	.257	.310	.356	.666	90	90	4	1	2	1	1
1986	30	198	400	366	42	97	16	1	6	35	4	2	30	74	.265	.322	.363	.685	95	133	8	1	2	1	2
1987	31	248	467	427	49	111	18	1	7	43	6	2	36	87	.260	.318	.356	.674	90	152	10	1	2	1	3
1988	32	316	620	567	62	142	25	2	9	55	8	3	44	115	.250	.307	.349	.656	87	198	11	3	4	2	3
1989	33	316	620	567	62	142	25	2	9	55	8	3	44	115	.250	.307	.349	.656	87	198	11	3	4	2	3
1990	34	318	620	567	62	142	25	2	9	55	8	3	44	115	.250	.307	.349	.656	87	198	11	3	4	2	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1984	28	53	88	84	7	26	8	0	1	17	2	2	20	.310	.322	.440	.762	12	53
1985	29	75	195	175	27	45	3	0	4	16	1	18	29	.257	.330	.343	.673	20	75
1986	30	70	125	114	13	33	6	1	1	8	1	11	25	.289	.352	.386	.738	16	70
1987	31	50	67	61	7	14	2	0	1	8	2	6	13	.230	.299	.311	.610	6	50
1988	32	68	157	143	15	34	8	1	2	14	2	9	28	.238	.290	.350	.640	14	68
5 Yrs		316	632	577	69	152	27	2	9	63	8	46	115	.263	.320	.364	.684	68	316
162 Game Avg.		162	324	296	35	78	14	1	5	32	4	24	59	.263	.320	.364	.684	35	316

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