Jim Pittsley
James Michael Pittsley
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 7" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: April 3, 1974 in DuBois, PA
High School: DuBois (DuBois, PA)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (17th pick) of the 1992 amateur draft.
Signed June 26, 1992. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 23, 1995
Final Game: July 18, 1999
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Standard Pitching

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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
1995 21 KCR AL 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 35 2.400 18.9 8.1 2.7 0.0 0.00
1997 23 KCR AL 5 8 .385 5.46 21 21 0 0 0 0 112.0 120 72 68 15 54 1 52 6 0 3 501 85 1.554 9.6 1.2 4.3 4.2 0.96
1998 24 KCR AL 1 1 .500 6.59 39 2 11 0 0 0 68.1 88 56 50 13 37 1 44 2 0 6 320 72 1.829 11.6 1.7 4.9 5.8 1.19
1999 25 TOT MLB 1 3 .250 6.00 20 5 5 0 0 0 42.0 53 34 28 5 25 0 20 2 0 4 200 80 1.857 11.4 1.1 5.4 4.3 0.80
1999 25 KCR AL 1 2 .333 6.94 5 5 0 0 0 0 23.1 33 22 18 2 15 0 7 1 0 2 115 72 2.057 12.7 0.8 5.8 2.7 0.47
1999 25 MIL NL 0 1 .000 4.82 15 0 5 0 0 0 18.2 20 12 10 3 10 0 13 1 0 2 85 94 1.607 9.6 1.4 4.8 6.3 1.30
4 Seasons 7 12 .368 6.02 81 29 16 0 0 0 225.2 268 167 151 36 117 2 116 10 0 13 1038 78 1.706 10.7 1.4 4.7 4.6 0.99
162 Game Avg. 4 7 .368 6.02 50 18 10 0 0 0 140 166 103 93 22 72 1 72 6 0 8 642 78 1.706 10.7 1.4 4.7 4.6 0.99
KCR (4 yrs) 7 11 .389 6.13 66 29 11 0 0 0 207.0 248 155 141 33 107 2 103 9 0 11 953 77 1.715 10.8 1.4 4.7 4.5 0.96
MIL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.82 15 0 5 0 0 0 18.2 20 12 10 3 10 0 13 1 0 2 85 94 1.607 9.6 1.4 4.8 6.3 1.30
AL (4 yrs) 7 11 .389 6.13 66 29 11 0 0 0 207.0 248 155 141 33 107 2 103 9 0 11 953 77 1.715 10.8 1.4 4.7 4.5 0.96
NL (1 yr) 0 1 .000 4.82 15 0 5 0 0 0 18.2 20 12 10 3 10 0 13 1 0 2 85 94 1.607 9.6 1.4 4.8 6.3 1.30

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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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
1995 21 KCR AL 1 17 16 5 7 1 0 3 0 0 1 0 .438 .471 1.063 1.533 .308 17 1 0 0 0 0
1997 23 KCR AL 21 501 433 72 120 14 5 15 11 4 54 52 .277 .361 .436 .797 .282 189 13 6 2 6 1
1998 24 KCR AL 39 320 273 56 88 19 3 13 6 2 37 44 .322 .401 .557 .957 .339 152 10 2 3 5 1
1999 25 KCR AL 5 115 98 22 33 6 0 2 1 2 15 7 .337 .426 .459 .885 .344 45 2 1 0 1 0
1999 25 MIL NL 15 85 73 12 20 3 0 3 2 0 10 13 .274 .365 .438 .803 .293 32 3 1 0 1 0
1999 25 TOT MLB 20 200 171 34 53 9 0 5 3 2 25 20 .310 .400 .450 .850 .324 77 5 2 0 2 0
4 Seasons 81 1038 893 167 268 43 8 36 20 8 117 116 .300 .382 .487 .870 .308 435 29 10 5 13 2
162 Game Avg. 50 642 552 103 166 27 5 22 12 5 72 72 .300 .382 .487 .870 .308 269 18 6 3 8 1
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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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 Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1995 21 KCR AL 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 25 25 25 1 0 0 1 6.0 4.5 3.3 66 1 0 0 0 66
1997 23 KCR AL 21 21 5 8 8 2 1 8 13 .381 1 4 0 0 5 24% 44 63 18 6 0 0 14 4.8 5.3 5.3 87 6 14 1 0 113
1998 24 KCR AL 39 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 0 0% 40 59 21 13 5 1 1 2.0 4.0 4.2 81 1 1 0 0 91
1999 25 TOT MLB 20 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 .200 1 1 0 0 0 0% 42 26 17 7 0 3 4.8 5.9 4.7 83 2 3 0 0 97
1999 25 KCR AL 5 5 1 2 2 1 0 1 4 .200 1 1 0 0 0 0% 34 42 26 7 3 0 3 4.8 5.9 4.7 83 2 3 0 0 97
4 Seasons 66 29 7 11 11 4 1 10 19 .345 2 6 0 0 5 17% 41 63 18 27 8 1 19 4.6 5.3 5.1 85 10 18 1 0 113
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1998 24 KCR AL 39 37 11 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 15 8 53% 7 0.344 1 3 32 6 0 31 9 28 23 5 23 1 4.9 29
1999 25 TOT MLB 20 15 5 0 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 13 4 31% 0.832 2 2 10 6 0 9 7 8 7 5 8 4 3.7 20
1999 25 MIL NL 15 15 5 0 1 1 0 1 0% 4 3 13 4 31% 9 0.559 2 2 10 6 0 9 7 8 7 5 8 4 3.7 20
2 Seasons 54 52 16 0 1 1 0 1 0% 6 4 28 12 43% 0.389 3 5 42 12 0 40 16 36 30 10 31 5 4.5 26

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1995 21 KCR AL 17 47% 17.7% 0.0% 5.9% 23.5% 57% 0.78 2.33 76% 19% 33.3% 0% 3 1 33%
1997 23 KCR AL 501 50% 3.0% 10.4% 10.8% 6.8% 28% 0.74 0.99 74% 21% 8.4% 19% 109 13 12%
1998 24 KCR AL 320 39% 4.1% 13.8% 11.6% 10.9% 40% 0.75 1.15 69% 24% 11.0% 11% 66 10 15%
1999 25 TOT MLB 200 50% 2.5% 10.0% 12.5% 7.0% 26% 0.86 1.02 74% 24% 6.9% 11% 48 5 10%
1999 25 KCR AL 115 57% 1.7% 6.1% 13.0% 7.0% 24% 0.86 1.03 78% 25% 4.8% 14% 29 2 7%
1999 25 MIL NL 85 39% 3.5% 15.3% 11.8% 7.1% 30% 0.88 1.00 68% 21% 10.0% 6% 19 3 16%
4 Seasons 1038 46% 3.5% 11.2% 11.3% 8.4% 33% 0.76 1.05 73% 22% 9.5% 14% 226 29 13%
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Pitching*

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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 1st% 30% 30c 30s 02% 02c 02s 02h L/SO 3pK 4pW PAu Pitu Stru
1995 21 KCR AL 17 66 3.88 44 67% 34% 7% 23% 36% 66% 0% 44% 90% 59% 6% 1 1 6% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 23 KCR AL 501 1834 3.66 1054 57% 29% 9% 25% 37% 71% 1% 41% 87% 53% 7% 34 17 15% 74 24 6 38% 6 16 0 0 0
1998 24 KCR AL 320 1210 3.78 743 61% 27% 13% 28% 32% 73% 1% 45% 83% 57% 5% 17 9 22% 71 35 5 39% 7 8 0 0 0
1999 25 TOT MLB 200 711 3.56 419 59% 28% 11% 25% 37% 72% 0% 43% 85% 55% 5% 9 3 20% 40 16 1 25% 4 6 0 0 0
1999 25 KCR AL 115 415 3.61 246 59% 27% 9% 27% 37% 73% 0% 43% 88% 56% 2% 2 0 24% 28 12 1 29% 2 2 0 0 0
1999 25 MIL NL 85 296 3.48 173 58% 29% 13% 23% 35% 71% 0% 42% 81% 54% 8% 7 3 14% 12 4 0 23% 2 4 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1038 3821 3.68 2260 59% 28% 10% 26% 35% 72% 0% 42% 85% 55% 6% 61 30 18% 186 75 12 36% 17 30 0 0 0
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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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
1995 21 KCR AL 17 7 0 0 3 0 0 2 1 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 23 KCR AL 501 120 16 1 15 0 6 7 8 10 5 30 21 3 70% 5 3 1 206 11 4 73% 11 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 11 0
1998 24 KCR AL 320 88 12 2 13 0 10 12 1 10 3 28 18 1 64% 2 6 1 125 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 2 0 14 0
1999 25 TOT MLB 200 53 3 0 5 0 10 2 3 3 2 16 11 1 69% 4 4 1 81 3 2 60% 3 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 7 0
1999 25 KCR AL 115 33 1 0 2 0 3 1 1 1 1 10 7 1 70% 2 2 0 50 1 2 33% 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 4 0
1999 25 MIL NL 85 20 2 0 3 0 7 1 2 2 1 6 4 0 67% 2 2 1 31 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
4 Seasons 1038 268 31 3 36 0 26 23 13 23 13 74 50 5 68% 11 13 3 416 20 8 71% 19 6 1 2 0 0 3 1 32 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age 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 ERA+
1995 21 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 35 2.400 18.9 8.1 2.7 0.0 0.00 35
1996 22 0 0 13.50 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.1 7 5 5 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 17 35 2.400 18.9 8.1 2.7 0.0 0.00 35
1997 23 5 8 .385 5.70 22 22 0 0 0 0 115.1 127 77 73 18 55 1 52 6 0 3 518 82 1.578 9.9 1.4 4.3 4.1 0.95 82
1998 24 6 9 .400 6.03 61 24 11 0 0 0 183.2 215 133 123 31 92 2 96 8 0 9 838 78 1.672 10.5 1.5 4.5 4.7 1.04 78
1999 25 7 12 .368 6.02 81 29 16 0 0 0 225.2 268 167 151 36 117 2 116 10 0 13 1038 78 1.706 10.7 1.4 4.7 4.6 0.99 78

Neutralized Pitching

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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 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
1995 21 0 0 15.00 3.0 8 6 5 3 1 0 0 3.000 24.0 3.0 0.0 0.00 9.0 1
1997 23 4 8 .333 5.33 108.0 117 71 64 15 53 50 6 1.574 9.8 4.4 4.2 0.94 1.3 21
1998 24 2 5 .286 6.27 66.0 85 51 46 13 36 43 2 1.833 11.6 4.9 5.9 1.19 1.8 39
1999 25 1 3 .250 5.27 41.0 50 27 24 5 24 20 2 1.805 11.0 5.3 4.4 0.83 1.1 20
4 Seasons 7 16 .304 5.74 218.0 260 155 139 36 114 113 10 1.716 10.7 4.7 0.99 1.5 81

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1995 AL--born 1974-04-03--4th

                                         

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