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Jim Panther

James Edward Panther

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 1, 1945 in Burlington, IA
School: Southern Illinois University Carbondale (Carbondale, IL)
Drafted by the Kansas City Athletics in the 5th round of the 1967 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 5, 1971
Teams (by GP): Rangers/Braves/Athletics 1971-1973

Final Game: August 2, 1973
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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
1967	22	OAK-min	A,Rk	3	2	.600	2.09	16	2					43.0	25	11	10	2	19		36						1.023	5.2	0.4	4.0	7.5	1.89	LEE,PNS,ALT · FLOR,CARL,GULF
1968	23	OAK-min	A	8	4	.667	4.61	38	3					84.0	93	50	43	7	35								1.524	10.0	0.8	3.8			PNS · CARL
1969	24	OAK-min	AA	5	5	.500	3.65	21	0				6	37.0	37	17	15	1	9		15						1.243	9.0	0.2	2.2	3.6	1.67	BIR · SOUL
1970	25	OAK-min	AAA	1	1	.500	2.64	35	0		0	0	6	58.0	50	21	17	0	22	2	38	2	0	2			1.241	7.8	0.0	3.4	5.9	1.73	IWA · AA
1971	26	OAK-min	AAA	10	10	.500	3.63	30	21		6	1	3	171.0	171	82	69	14	59	7	114	3	0	5			1.345	9.0	0.7	3.1	6.0	1.93	IWA · AA
1971	26	OAK	AL	0	1	.000	11.12	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	10	9	7	1	5	2	4	0	0	1	33	32	2.647	15.9	1.6	7.9	6.4	0.80
1972	27	TEX	AL	5	9	.357	4.13	58	4	20	0	0	0	93.2	101	55	43	8	46	8	44	5	0	0	422	73	1.569	9.7	0.8	4.4	4.2	0.96
1973	28	ATL-min	AAA	1	3	.250	3.21	25	0		0	0	6	28.0	26	14	10	1	13	4	10	2	0	2			1.393	8.4	0.3	4.2	3.2	0.77	RMD · IL
1973	28	ATL	NL	2	3	.400	7.63	23	0	11	0	0	0	30.2	45	26	26	3	9	1	8	0	0	1	139	53	1.761	13.2	0.9	2.6	2.3	0.89
3 Yrs				7	13	.350	5.26	85	4	31	0	0	0	130.0	156	90	76	12	60	11	56	5	0	2	594	62	1.662	10.8	0.8	4.2	3.9	0.93
162 Game Avg.				5	10	.350	5.26	65	3	24	0	0	0	99	119	69	58	9	46	8	43	4	0	2	454	62	1.662	10.8	0.8	4.2	3.9	0.93

ATL (1 yr)				2	3	.400	7.63	23	0	11	0	0	0	30.2	45	26	26	3	9	1	8	0	0	1	139	53	1.761	13.2	0.9	2.6	2.3	0.89
OAK (1 yr)				0	1	.000	11.12	4	0	0	0	0	0	5.2	10	9	7	1	5	2	4	0	0	1	33	32	2.647	15.9	1.6	7.9	6.4	0.80
TEX (1 yr)				5	9	.357	4.13	58	4	20	0	0	0	93.2	101	55	43	8	46	8	44	5	0	0	422	73	1.569	9.7	0.8	4.4	4.2	0.96

AL (2 yrs)				5	10	.333	4.53	62	4	20	0	0	0	99.1	111	64	50	9	51	10	48	5	0	1	455	68	1.631	10.1	0.8	4.6	4.3	0.94
NL (1 yr)				2	3	.400	7.63	23	0	11	0	0	0	30.2	45	26	26	3	9	1	8	0	0	1	139	53	1.761	13.2	0.9	2.6	2.3	0.89

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
1971	26	OAK	AL	5.2	4	0	9	14.29	4.08	0.38	-0.18	92.9	3.28	-7	-0.7	.7	0.1	-0.5	-6	.331	.496	$
1972	27	TEX	AL	93.2	58	4	55	5.28	3.55	-0.19	-0.12	97.4	3.52	-18	-2.1	.7	0.2	-1.1	-11	.463	.487	$9,900
1973	28	ATL	NL	30.2	23	0	26	7.63	4.10	-0.03	-0.34	109.5	4.16	-12	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-1.0	-9	.446	.492	$
3 Seasons				130.0	85	4	90	6.23	3.70	-0.13	-0.17	100.0	3.66	-36	-4.1	.8	0.2	-2.6	-26	.452	.492	$9,900

ATL (1 yr)				30.2	23	0	26	7.63	4.10	-0.03	-0.34	109.5	4.16	-12	-1.3	1.0	-0.0	-1.0	-9	.446	.492	$
OAK (1 yr)				5.2	4	0	9	14.29	4.08	0.38	-0.18	92.9	3.28	-7	-0.7	.7	0.1	-0.5	-6	.331	.496	$
TEX (1 yr)				93.2	58	4	55	5.28	3.55	-0.19	-0.12	97.4	3.52	-18	-2.1	.7	0.2	-1.1	-11	.463	.487	$9,900

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
1971	26	OAK	AL	4	33	26	9	10	2	0	1	1	0	5	4	.385	.484	.577	1.061	.429	15	0	0	2	0	2	1
1972	27	TEX	AL	58	423	366	55	101	20	3	8	4	5	46	44	.276	.364	.413	.776	.295	151	6	5	5	1	8	6
1973	28	ATL	NL	23	139	124	26	45	7	2	3	0	1	9	8	.363	.391	.524	.915	.356	65	5	0	1	5	1	1
3 Yrs				85	595	516	90	156	29	5	12	5	6	60	56	.302	.376	.448	.824	.317	231	11	5	8	6	11	8
162 Game Avg.				65	455	394	69	119	22	4	9	4	5	46	43	.302	.376	.448	.824	.317	176	8	4	6	5	8	6
MLB Averages																.250	.318	.366	.684	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1971	26	OAK	AL	-5.4	-0.5	35	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	.60	-0.4	-0.3	-5.0	-0.5	0.60	-6.2	0	2	2
1972	27	TEX	AL	-14.6	-1.6	437	-2.2	5.8	-7.9	.92	-1.6	-0.7	-18.2	-2.0	0.92	-19.2	8	9	34
1973	28	ATL	NL	-10.0	-1.0	141	-0.6	1.5	-2.2	.79	-0.2	-0.5	-12.4	-1.2	0.79	-9.2	4	4	14
3 Yrs				-30.0	-3.2	613	-3.2	7.5	-10.7	.87	-2.3	-1.4	-35.5	-3.8	0.87	-34.6	12	15	50

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
1972	27	TEX	AL	58	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	40.0	52	29	26	12	3	1	1.3	0.7	3.6
1 Yr				58	4	0	4	0	0	0	0	4	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	40	52	29	26	12	3	1	1.3	0.7	3.6
MLB Averages													.500						57%	54	109	-3					3.9	3.9	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1971	26	OAK	AL	4	4	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	5	1	20%	2	.600	0	2	2	0	1	3	3	1	2	2	2	0	4.3
1972	27	TEX	AL	58	54	20	5	5	1	1	0%	2	1	38	13	34%	8	.922	8	9	34	5	4	45	23	31	26	14	30	12	4.4
1973	28	ATL	NL	23	23	11	2	3	2	2	0%	4	2	16	11	69%	8	.789	4	4	14	5	1	17	8	15	12	5	13	5	4.0
3 Yrs				85	81	31	7	9	3	3	0%	6	3	59	25	42%		.873	12	15	50	10	6	65	34	47	40	21	45	17	4.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1971	26	OAK	AL	33	70%	3.0%	12.1%	15.2%	9.1%	30%	0.86	64%	3	0	0%
1972	27	TEX	AL	423	61%	1.9%	10.4%	10.9%	7.3%	31%	1.04	74%	87	6	7%
1973	28	ATL	NL	139	60%	2.2%	5.8%	6.5%	8.6%	27%	1.13	85%	36	5	14%
3 Yrs				595	61%	2.0%	9.4%	10.1%	7.7%	30%	1.05	76%	126	11	9%
MLB Averages					45%	2.0%	14.3%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.11	74%			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
1971	26	OAK	AL	33	10			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	1	0	20	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1972	27	TEX	AL	423	101			8	1	12	3	5	4	4	22	12	1	55%	6	0	0	178	4	5	44%	4	4	0	0	0	1	2	0	1	0
1973	28	ATL	NL	139	45			3	0	4	0	3	3	0	10	8	0	80%	1	1	0	62	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	7	0
3 Yrs				595	156			12	1	16	4	8	8	4	33	21	1	64%	8	2	0	260	5	6	45%	5	4	0	0	0	2	2	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1971	26	0	1	.000	11.12	4	0	0	5.2	10	9	7	1	5	2	4	0	1	33	32	2.647	15.9	1.6	7.9	6.4	0.80	32
1972	27	5	10	.333	4.53	62	4	20	99.1	111	64	50	9	51	10	48	5	1	455	68	1.631	10.1	0.8	4.6	4.3	0.94	68
1973	28	7	13	.350	5.26	85	4	31	130.0	156	90	76	12	60	11	56	5	2	594	62	1.662	10.8	0.8	4.2	3.9	0.93	62

Neutralized Pitching

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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
1971	26	0	0		14.40	5.0	11	9	8	1	6	4	0	3.400	19.8	10.8	7.2	0.67	1.8	4
1972	27	3	6	.333	6.17	86.0	121	66	59	10	55	41	6	2.047	12.7	5.8	4.3	0.75	1.0	58
1973	28	1	2	.333	8.36	28.0	45	29	26	3	9	7	0	1.929	14.5	2.9	2.3	0.78	1.0	23
3 Yrs		4	8	.333	7.03	119.0	177	104	93	14	70	52	6	2.076	13.4		3.9	0.74	1.1	85

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Played s c a p y 1972 AL 58 (10th)

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1972 AL 58 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Pitching - 1 (2619), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Similarity Scores

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