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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 (Age 24)
Teams (by GP): Senators/Redlegs 1949-1955

Final Game: May 3, 1955 (Age 29)
Died: July 17, 2005 in Raleigh, NC
Buried: Pearce Family Cemetery, Zebulon, NC
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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
1944	19	CHC-min	D	1	2	.333	2.62	3						24.0	26	13	7		9								1.458	9.8		3.4			ERW · APPY
1945	20	CHC-min	C	13	12	.520	3.71	35	27					221.0	186	140	91		120								1.385	7.6		4.9			LDS · CARL
1946	21	CHC-min	B	7	11	.389	5.05	21						130.0	137	88	73		67								1.569	9.5		4.6			SHL · TRIS
1947	22	CHC-min	B,A	9	15	.375	5.20	35						180.0	192	120	104		102								1.633	9.6		5.1			FAY,PTH,MAC · TRIS,PIED,SALL
1949	24	MIN-min	B	10	10	.500	2.38	28						178.0	138	62	47		74								1.191	7.0		3.7			CHR · TRIS
1949	24	WSH	AL	0	1	.000	8.44	2	1	0	0	0	0	5.1	9	10	5	1	5		1	0	0	0	30	54	2.625	15.2	1.7	8.4	1.7	0.20
1950	25	WSH	AL	2	1	.667	6.04	20	3	6	1	0	0	56.2	58	40	38	2	37		18	1	1	2	258	75	1.676	9.2	0.3	5.9	2.9	0.49

1951	26	MIN-min	AA	9	14	.391	5.70	40	27					199.0	232	154	126		114								1.739	10.5		5.2			CNG · SOUA
1952	27	MIN-min	AA	12	5	.706	2.98	27	18					154.0	144	63	51		50								1.260	8.4		2.9			CNG · SOUA
1953	28	MIN-min	AA	5	6	.455	2.94	16	13					104.0	100	41	34	6	31								1.260	8.7	0.5	2.7			CNG · SOUA
1953	28	WSH	AL	0	1	.000	7.71	4	1	0	0	0	0	9.1	15	10	8	3	6		0	0	0	1	43	52	2.250	14.5	2.9	5.8	0.0	0.00
1954	29	MIN-min	AA	17	7	.708	3.04	32	31					231.0	206	96	78	21	77								1.225	8.0	0.8	3.0			CNG · SOUA
1954	29	CIN	NL	1	0	1.000	0.00	2	1	0	1	0	0	11.0	7	1	0	0	5		3	1	0	0	43		1.091	5.7	0.0	4.1	2.5	0.60
1955	30	STL-min	AAA	12	5	.706	3.46	28	20		8	1		164.0	162	74	63	12	51	0	103	6	0	2			1.299	8.9	0.7	2.8	5.7	2.02	OMA · AA
1955	30	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	10.80	2	1	0	0	0	0	3.1	8	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	43	2.400	21.6	0.0	0.0	0.0
1956	31	STL-min	AAA	9	13	.409	3.78	34	29		8	1		176.0	175	90	74	14	61	2	117	2	1	2			1.341	8.9	0.7	3.1	6.0	1.92	OMA · AA
1957	32	TTO	AAA	15	8	.652	3.65	35	29		10	1		212.0	213	98	86	16	81		119	5	0	5			1.387	9.0	0.7	3.4	5.1	1.47	TTO · IL
1958	33	TTO	AAA	5	8	.385	5.35	30	15		2	0		111.0	112	71	66	16	56	11	43	4	0	4			1.514	9.1	1.3	4.5	3.5	0.77	TTO · IL
1959	34	CHW-min	A,AA	2	8	.200	3.99	32	10		3	0		97.0	103	56	43	4	33	8	46	3	0	5			1.402	9.6	0.4	3.1	4.3	1.39	CHS,NOR · SALL,SOUA
5 Yrs				3	4	.429	5.78	30	7	6	2	0	0	85.2	97	66	55	6	53	0	22	2	1	3	392	77	1.751	10.2	0.6	5.6	2.3	0.42
162 Game Avg.				6	7	.429	5.78	55	13	11	4	0	0	158	178	121	101	11	97		40	4	2	6	720	77	1.751	10.2	0.6	5.6	2.3	0.42

WSH (3 yrs)				2	3	.400	6.43	26	5	6	1	0	0	71.1	82	60	51	6	48		19	1	1	3	331	69	1.822	10.3	0.8	6.1	2.4	0.40
CIN (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	2.51	4	2	0	1	0	0	14.1	15	6	4	0	5	0	3	1	0	0	61	176	1.395	9.4	0.0	3.1	1.9	0.60

AL (3 yrs)				2	3	.400	6.43	26	5	6	1	0	0	71.1	82	60	51	6	48		19	1	1	3	331	69	1.822	10.3	0.8	6.1	2.4	0.40
NL (2 yrs)				1	1	.500	2.51	4	2	0	1	0	0	14.1	15	6	4	0	5	0	3	1	0	0	61	176	1.395	9.4	0.0	3.1	1.9	0.60

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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%
1949	24	WSH	AL	5.1	2	1	10	16.88	4.80	-0.41	0.00	97.6	5.09	-7	-0.5	.0	0.0	-0.4	-7	.241	.497
1950	25	WSH	AL	56.2	20	3	40	6.35	4.68	-0.16	0.00	98.8	4.78	-10	-0.9	.7	0.1	-0.4	-5	.454	.494

1953	28	WSH	AL	9.1	4	1	10	9.64	4.27	0.35	0.00	95.1	3.73	-6	-0.6	.2	0.1	-0.4	-5	.359	.497
1954	29	CIN	NL	11.0	2	1	1	0.82	4.69	-0.06	0.00	88.2	4.19	4	0.5	.2	-0.0	0.6	5	.742	.503
1955	30	CIN	NL	3.1	2	1	5	13.50	4.92	0.41	0.00	104.7	4.73	-3	-0.3	.3	0.0	-0.2	-3	.357	.498
5 Seasons				85.2	30	7	66	6.93	4.65	-0.08	0.00	97.2	4.60	-22	-1.8	.5	0.2	-0.9	-14	.439	.498

WSH (3 yrs)				71.1	26	5	60	7.57	4.64	-0.11	0.00	98.2	4.66	-23	-2.0	.6	0.2	-1.2	-16	.423	.496
CIN (2 yrs)				14.1	4	2	6	3.77	4.74	0.05	0.00	92.0	4.31	1	0.2	.2	-0.0	0.3	2	.550	.501

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
1949	24	WSH	AL	2	30	24	10	9	1	0	1	0	0	5	1	.375	.483	.542	1.024	.364	13	1	0	1	0		2
1950	25	WSH	AL	20	251	215	40	58	10	1	2	3	1	37	18	.270	.379	.353	.733	.287	76	6	1	5	0		3

1953	28	WSH	AL	4	43	37	10	15	2	0	3	0	0	6	0	.405	.488	.703	1.191	.353	26	4	0	0	0		1
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	43	36	1	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	.194	.310	.194	.504	.212	7	3	1	1	0		1
1955	30	CIN	NL	2	18	17	5	8	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.471	.444	.706	1.150	.444	12	0	0	0	1	0	1
5 Yrs				30	385	329	66	97	13	3	6	3	1	53	22	.295	.395	.407	.802	.301	134	14	2	7	1	0	8
162 Game Avg.				55	708	605	121	178	24	6	11	6	2	97	40	.295	.395	.407	.802	.301	246	26	4	13	2		15
MLB Averages																.261	.336	.381	.718	.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
1949	24	WSH	AL	-4.2	-0.4	31	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	.60	-0.5	0.2	-6.6	-0.6	0.60	-4.8	0	0	1
1950	25	WSH	AL	-8.6	-0.8	260	-0.5	2.5	-3.0	.61	-0.2	-0.7	-4.5	-0.4	0.61	-1.8	2	2	11

1953	28	WSH	AL	-4.4	-0.4	45	-0.3	0.3	-0.7	.54	-0.6	-0.0	-4.7	-0.4	0.53	-5.8	0	0	3
1954	29	CIN	NL	4.7	0.5	43	0.6	1.3	-0.7	1.53	0.3	0.1	4.4	0.5	1.53	3.0	0	0	1
1955	30	CIN	NL	-2.4	-0.2	18	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.79	-0.3	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.79	-2.4	0	0	1
5 Yrs				-14.8	-1.3	397	-0.7	4.5	-5.2	.71	-1.2	0.2	-14.3	-1.2	0.71	-11.8	2	2	17

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
1949	24	WSH	AL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	27.0	27	27	1	1	0	1	1.0	0.0	4.3
1950	25	WSH	AL	20	3	1	0	2	0	0	3	0	1.000	0	2	1	0	2	67%	49.7	60	41	7	5	2	1	7.1	6.6	5.7

1953	28	WSH	AL	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	17.0	17	17	1	1	0	1	4.0	0.0	4.3
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1.000	0	0	1	0	1	100%	76.0	76	76	0	0	0	1	3.0	3.0	9.0
1955	30	CIN	NL	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	31.0	31	31	2	1	0	1	5.0	0.0	2.3
5 Yrs				30	7	2	3	2	0	0	4	3	.571	0	2	2	0	3	43%	43	76	17	11	8	2	5	4.9	3.6	5.3
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	118	-9					4.6	4.5	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1949	24	WSH	AL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		8	.603	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
1950	25	WSH	AL	20	17	6	1	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	10	1	10%	6	.614	2	2	11	2	0	14	4	12	13	2	12	1	7.0

1953	28	WSH	AL	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	.536	0	0	3	0	0	3	0	3	2	0	2	0	5.0
1954	29	CIN	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		6	1.535	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	6.0
1955	30	CIN	NL	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		3	.793	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	3.0
5 Yrs				30	23	6	1	1	1	0	1	0%	1	0	10	1	10%		.716	2	2	17	2	0	20	4	18	16	2	15	1	6.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1949	24	WSH	AL	30	63%	3.3%	3.3%	16.7%	6.7%	22%	1.00	73%	8	1	13%
1950	25	WSH	AL	258	63%	0.8%	7.2%	14.7%	5.2%	22%	1.10	78%	59	6	10%

1953	28	WSH	AL	43	72%	7.0%	0.0%	14.0%	11.6%	33%	0.92	79%	9	4	44%
1954	29	CIN	NL	43	51%	0.0%	7.0%	11.6%	0.0%	0%	1.14	77%	13	3	23%
1955	30	CIN	NL	18	67%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	25%	2.00	100%	4	0	0%
5 Yrs				392	63%	1.6%	5.7%	13.8%	5.7%	23%	1.10	78%	93	14	15%
MLB Averages					50%	2.3%	11.9%	11.1%	6.8%	26%	0.95	87%			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
1949	24	WSH	AL	30	9			1	0	0	1	0	1	0	4	3	0	75%	2	0	0	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
1950	25	WSH	AL	251	58			2	0	9	0	2	0	2	15	11	1	73%	3	2	2	107	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	7

1953	28	WSH	AL	43	15			3	0	0	2	1	3	0	2	2	0	100%	1	1	0	20	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
1954	29	CIN	NL	43	7			0	0	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0%	1	0	0	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	30	CIN	NL	18	8			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	0	75%	1	0	0	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
5 Yrs				385	97			6	0	12	3	3	4	2	27	19	2	70%	8	3	2	162	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	7
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	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+
1949	24	0	1	.000	8.44	2	1	0	0	5.1	9	10	5	1	5		1	0	0	0	30	54	2.625	15.2	1.7	8.4	1.7	0.20	54
1950	25	2	2	.500	6.24	22	4	6	1	62.0	67	50	43	3	42		19	1	1	2	288	72	1.758	9.7	0.4	6.1	2.8	0.45	72
1951	26	2	2	.500	6.24	22	4	6	1	62.0	67	50	43	3	42		19	1	1	2	288	72	1.758	9.7	0.4	6.1	2.8	0.45	72
1952	27	2	2	.500	6.24	22	4	6	1	62.0	67	50	43	3	42		19	1	1	2	288	72	1.758	9.7	0.4	6.1	2.8	0.45	72
1953	28	2	3	.400	6.43	26	5	6	1	71.1	82	60	51	6	48		19	1	1	3	331	69	1.822	10.3	0.8	6.1	2.4	0.40	69
1954	29	3	3	.500	5.57	28	6	6	2	82.1	89	61	51	6	53		22	2	1	3	374	80	1.725	9.7	0.7	5.8	2.4	0.42	80
1955	30	3	4	.429	5.78	30	7	6	2	85.2	97	66	55	6	53	0	22	2	1	3	392	77	1.751	10.2	0.6	5.6	2.3	0.42	77

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
1949	24	0	0		7.50	6.0	9	6	5	1	5	1	0	2.333	13.5	7.5	1.5	0.20	1.5	2
1950	25	2	4	.333	5.49	59.0	57	40	36	2	36	19	1	1.576	8.7	5.5	2.9	0.53	0.3	20

1953	28	0	0		9.00	8.0	16	9	8	3	6	0	0	2.750	18.0	6.8	0.0	0.00	3.4	4
1954	29	1	0	1.000	0.00	11.0	6	0	0	0	4	3	1	0.909	4.9	3.3	2.5	0.75	0.0	2
1955	30	0	0		6.00	6.0	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0	2
5 Yrs		3	4	.429	5.30	90.0	88	59	53	6	51	23	2	1.544	8.8		2.3	0.45	0.6	30

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