Jim Pearce

James Madison Pearce

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: June 9, 1925 in Zebulon, NC
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1949
Teams (by GP): Senators/Redlegs 1949-1955

Final Game: May 3, 1955
Died: July 17, 2005 in Raleigh, NC
Buried: Pearce Family Cemetery, Zebulon, NC
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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
1944	19	CHC-min	D																										ERW · APPY
1945	20	CHC-min	C	36	83	83		15	2	0	0						.181	.181	.205	.386		17							LDS · CARL
1946	21	CHC-min	B	21	50	50		5	1	0	0						.100	.100	.120	.220		6							SHL · TRIS
1947	22	CHC-min	B,A	34	65	65		4	0	0	1						.062	.062	.108	.169		7							FAY,PTH,MAC · TRIS,PIED,SALL
1949	24	MIN-min	B	28	64	64		9	0	0	0						.141	.141	.141	.281		9							CHR · TRIS
1949	24	WSH	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1950	25	WSH	AL	20	13	13	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.154	.154	.154	.308	-19	2	0	0	0			1

1951	26	MIN-min	AA	40	63	63		8	0	0	0						.127	.127	.127	.254		8							CNG · SOUA
1952	27	MIN-min	AA	27	56	56		4	0	0	0						.071	.071	.071	.143		4							CNG · SOUA
1953	28	MIN-min	AA	16	34	34		3	0	0	0						.088	.088	.088	.176		3							CNG · SOUA
1953	28	WSH	AL	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1954	29	MIN-min	AA	32	84	84		17	1	0	0						.202	.202	.214	.417		18							CNG · SOUA
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0		/1
1955	30	STL-min	AAA	28	63	58	5	7	0	0	0	1	0		2	23	.121	.150	.121	.271		7	1	0	3	0			OMA · AA
1955	30	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	31	STL-min	AAA	34	62	54	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		4	29	.074	.138	.074	.212		4	1	0	4	0			OMA · AA
1957	32	TTO	AAA	35	81	69	2	9	0	0	0	2	0		1	25	.130	.167	.130	.297		9		2	9	0			TTO · IL
1958	33	TTO	AAA	30	42	40	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		1	16	.125	.146	.125	.271		5		0	1	0	0		TTO · IL
1959	34	CHW-min	A,AA	32	34	30	1	5	0	0	0	1	0		2	14	.167	.219	.133	.352		4		0	2	0	0		CHS,NOR · SALL,SOUA
5 Yrs				30	20	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.105	.105	.105	.211	-45	2	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	108	103	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	43	.105	.105	.105	.211	-45	11	0	0	5

WSH (3 yrs)				26	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	2	0	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				26	16	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	2	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	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
1949	24	WSH	AL	2	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.480	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1950	25	WSH	AL	20	13	-2	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1

1953	28	WSH	AL	4	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.463	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1955	30	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
5 Seasons				30	20	-5	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.493	.500	-0.2	0.0	-1	$

WSH (3 yrs)				26	16	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
CIN (2 yrs)				4	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

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
1949	24	WSH	AL	2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.267	.000	.358	.000	.388	.000	.746	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1950	25	WSH	AL	13	11	0	0.0	109	.250	.154	.272	.154	.358	.154	.408	.308	.766	-19	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.182	.000	.000

1953	28	WSH	AL	1	1	0	0.0	100		.000	.266	.000	.342	.000	.392	.000	.734	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1954	29	CIN	NL	4	4	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.277	.000	.348	.000	.428	.000	.776	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				20	18	0	0.0	108	.182	.105	.272	.105	.356	.105	.408	.211	.764	-45	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.118	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				108	97	0	0.0	108	.182	.105	.272	.105	.356	.105	.408	.211	.764	-45	.000	-4.1	-0.4	.118	.000	.000

WSH (3 yrs)				16	14	0	0.0	108	.222	.125	.271	.125	.357	.125	.404	.250	.762	-34	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.143	.000	.000
CIN (2 yrs)				4	4	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.277	.000	.348	.000	.428	.000	.776	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AL (3 yrs)				16	14	0	0.0	108	.222	.125	.271	.125	.357	.125	.404	.250	.762	-34	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.143	.000	.000
NL (2 yrs)				4	4	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.277	.000	.348	.000	.428	.000	.776	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1949	24	WSH	AL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%
1950	25	WSH	AL	13	0.0%	38.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.6			1.00	62%

1953	28	WSH	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1954	29	CIN	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.50	50%
5 Yrs				20	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.4			0.67	55%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.4%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.07	8.5	43.5	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1949	24	WSH	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.74	-0.1	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.68	-0.6	0
1950	25	WSH	AL	-2.4	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.66	-0.2	-0.0	-3.3	-0.3	0.82	-3.4	0

1953	28	WSH	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.77	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3	0
1954	29	CIN	NL	-0.9	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.67	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.85	-1.0	0
1955	30	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
5 Yrs				-4.1	-0.4	19	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.68	-0.4	-0.0	-4.7	-0.5	0.80	-5.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	24	WSH	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	25	WSH	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953	28	WSH	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	29	CIN	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1949	24	WSH	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	25	WSH	AL	13	58%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	4	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1953	28	WSH	AL	1	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
1954	29	CIN	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				20	47%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	5	0	0%	8	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			90%			12%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1949	24	2	2	2	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1950	25	22	15	15	2	6	.133	.133	.133	.267	-30	2	0
1951	26	22	15	15	2	6	.133	.133	.133	.267	-30	2	0
1952	27	22	15	15	2	6	.133	.133	.133	.267	-30	2	0
1953	28	26	16	16	2	7	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	2	0
1954	29	28	20	19	2	8	.105	.105	.105	.211	-45	2	1	0
1955	30	30	20	19	2	8	.105	.105	.105	.211	-45	2	1	0	0

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
1949	24	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1950	25	21	14	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20

1953	28	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1954	29	2	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
4 Yrs		29	21	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	28
162 Game Avg.		162	117	112	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	45	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	28

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