Jim Presley
James Arthur Presley
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 23, 1961 in Pensacola, FL
High School: Escambia (Pensacola, FL)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1984
Final Game: June 7, 1991
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Standard Batting

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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
1984 22 SEA AL 70 259 251 27 57 12 1 10 36 1 1 6 63 .227 .247 .402 .649 78 101 4 1 0 1 1 5/D
1985 23 SEA AL 155 625 570 71 157 33 1 28 84 2 2 44 100 .275 .324 .484 .808 118 276 29 1 1 9 9 *5
1986 24 SEA AL 155 660 616 83 163 33 4 27 107 0 4 32 172 .265 .303 .463 .766 105 285 18 4 3 5 3 *5 AS,MVP-21
1987 25 SEA AL 152 622 575 78 142 23 6 24 88 2 0 38 157 .247 .296 .433 .729 87 249 15 4 1 4 1 *5/6D
1988 26 SEA AL 150 592 544 50 125 26 0 14 62 3 5 36 114 .230 .280 .355 .635 74 193 14 4 3 5 1 *5/D
1989 27 SEA AL 117 417 390 42 92 20 1 12 41 0 0 21 107 .236 .275 .385 .660 82 150 12 1 3 2 2 53/D
1990 28 ATL NL 140 577 541 59 131 34 1 19 72 1 1 29 130 .242 .282 .414 .697 86 224 10 3 0 4 0 *53
1991 29 SDP NL 20 66 59 3 8 0 0 1 5 0 1 4 16 .136 .200 .186 .386 8 11 2 1 1 1 1 5
8 Seasons 959 3818 3546 413 875 181 14 135 495 9 14 210 859 .247 .290 .420 .710 91 1489 104 19 12 31 18
162 Game Avg. 162 645 599 70 148 31 2 23 84 2 2 35 145 .247 .290 .420 .710 91 252 18 3 2 5 3
SEA (6 yrs) 799 3175 2946 351 736 147 13 115 418 8 12 177 713 .250 .293 .426 .719 93 1254 92 15 11 26 17
ATL (1 yr) 140 577 541 59 131 34 1 19 72 1 1 29 130 .242 .282 .414 .697 86 224 10 3 0 4 0
SDP (1 yr) 20 66 59 3 8 0 0 1 5 0 1 4 16 .136 .200 .186 .386 8 11 2 1 1 1 1
AL (6 yrs) 799 3175 2946 351 736 147 13 115 418 8 12 177 713 .250 .293 .426 .719 93 1254 92 15 11 26 17
NL (2 yrs) 160 643 600 62 139 34 1 20 77 1 2 33 146 .232 .274 .392 .666 78 235 12 4 1 5 1

Advanced Batting

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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 22 SEA AL 259 200 24 3.2 95 .263 .227 .261 .247 .324 .402 .394 .649 .718 78 .350 -8.6 -0.9 .543 .199 .175 1.8
1985 23 SEA AL 625 454 80 4.7 99 .286 .275 .261 .324 .327 .484 .406 .808 .733 118 .512 13.7 1.3 .723 .286 .209 3.7
1986 24 SEA AL 660 483 80 4.4 100 .322 .265 .262 .303 .330 .463 .408 .766 .737 105 .475 2.0 0.2 .667 .244 .198 .0
1987 25 SEA AL 622 453 72 4.2 110 .296 .247 .271 .296 .340 .433 .435 .729 .775 87 .427 -14.1 -1.3 .654 .256 .186 3.7
1988 26 SEA AL 592 446 52 3.1 98 .264 .230 .264 .280 .330 .355 .397 .635 .727 74 .347 -20.2 -2.0 .527 .188 .125 4.9
1989 27 SEA AL 417 315 39 3.3 96 .293 .236 .264 .275 .330 .385 .389 .660 .718 82 .380 -10.9 -1.1 .555 .203 .149 .0
1990 28 ATL NL 577 425 62 3.9 102 .283 .242 .270 .282 .337 .414 .406 .697 .743 86 .446 -12.7 -1.3 .608 .226 .172 1.9
1991 29 SDP NL 66 56 2 1.0 96 .163 .136 .261 .200 .329 .186 .391 .386 .720 8 .063 -7.5 -0.8 .278 .102 .051 .0
8 Seasons 3818 2832 411 3.9 101 .286 .247 .265 .290 .332 .420 .407 .710 .738 91 .426 -58.2 -5.9 .614 .231 .173 16.9
162 Game Avg. 645 478 69 3.9 101 .286 .247 .265 .290 .332 .420 .407 .710 .738 91 .426 -58.2 -5.9 .614 .231 .173 3
SEA (6 yrs) 3175 2351 347 3.9 100 .290 .250 .264 .293 .331 .426 .407 .719 .738 93 .429 -38.0 -3.8 .623 .235 .176 15.0
ATL (1 yr) 577 425 62 3.9 102 .283 .242 .270 .282 .337 .414 .406 .697 .743 86 .446 -12.7 -1.3 .608 .226 .172 1.9
SDP (1 yr) 66 56 2 1.0 96 .163 .136 .261 .200 .329 .186 .391 .386 .720 8 .063 -7.5 -0.8 .278 .102 .051 .0
AL (6 yrs) 3175 2351 347 3.9 100 .290 .250 .264 .293 .331 .426 .407 .719 .738 93 .429 -38.0 -3.8 .623 .235 .176 15.0
NL (2 yrs) 643 481 64 3.6 101 .271 .232 .269 .274 .336 .392 .404 .666 .740 78 .408 -20.2 -2.1 .571 .213 .160 1.9

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 SEA AL 24 DNP

Ratio Batting*

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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 22 SEA AL 259 3.9% 24.3% 2.3% 8.9% 40% 10.50 4.0 25.1 7.0 0.57 69%
1985 23 SEA AL 625 4.5% 16.0% 7.0% 9.9% 40% 2.27 5.7 20.4 6.8 1.30 72%
1986 24 SEA AL 660 4.1% 26.1% 4.9% 9.7% 39% 5.38 3.6 22.8 5.8 0.98 64%
1987 25 SEA AL 622 3.9% 25.2% 6.1% 8.5% 37% 4.13 3.7 24.0 6.5 1.30 64%
1988 26 SEA AL 592 2.4% 19.3% 6.1% 6.8% 32% 3.17 4.8 38.9 8.8 0.71 0.86 71% 20% 10.6% 47%
1989 27 SEA AL 417 2.9% 25.7% 5.0% 7.9% 36% 5.10 3.6 32.5 9.5 0.72 0.99 65% 21% 8.7% 17%
1990 28 ATL NL 577 3.3% 22.5% 5.0% 9.4% 41% 4.48 4.2 28.5 7.5 0.67 0.98 69% 21% 9.9% 22%
1991 29 SDP NL 66 1.5% 24.2% 6.1% 1.5% 13% 4.00 3.7 59.0 11.8 1.10 1.29 65% 9% 5.6% 14%
8 Seasons 3818 3.5% 22.5% 5.5% 8.6% 38% 4.09 4.1 26.3 7.2 0.71 1.02 68% 20% 9.6% 30%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1984 22 SEA AL 6 0 32% 82 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 3 21% 11 9 2 4 2 1 4 1 1
1985 23 SEA AL 3 0 25% 211 2 2 50% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 13 34% 30 24 5 8 4 3 23 9 13
1986 24 SEA AL 8 0 33% 202 0 4 0% 0 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 16 48% 18 12 6 13 5 7 11 4 7
1987 25 SEA AL 3 0 34% 171 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 51% 26 17 7 6 3 3 17 1 15
1988 26 SEA AL 8 0 24% 175 3 5 38% 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 15 42% 14 11 2 9 6 3 15 2 11
1989 27 SEA AL 7 0 29% 121 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 32% 19 17 2 1 1 0 11 3 8
1990 28 ATL NL 8 0 28% 164 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 6 4 23% 25 21 3 7 3 2 15 8 6
1991 29 SDP NL 0 0 17% 12 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Seasons 43 0 29% 1138 9 14 39% 9 14 0 0 0 0 4 0 37 65 37% 144 112 27 49 25 19 96 28 61
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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 22 SEA AL 259 33% 57 0 0 0 0 10 1 4 6 4 5 5 0 0 0 39 4 10% 20 4 20% 146 28 19% 14 7 50% 19 12 63% 0
1985 23 SEA AL 625 28% 157 1 0 0 0 2.91 28 0 20 20 8 12 16 0 1 1 100% 132 29 22% 72 27 38% 404 57 14% 37 17 46% 39 16 41% 0
1986 24 SEA AL 660 26% 163 0 0 0 0 27 2 19 21 6 16 11 0 4 3 75% 148 18 12% 61 14 23% 441 81 18% 37 19 51% 37 16 43% 0
1987 25 SEA AL 622 33% 142 0 0 0 0 1.63 24 0 14 19 5 11 13 0 3 1 33% 122 15 12% 68 15 22% 424 64 15% 34 12 35% 34 11 32% 0
1988 26 SEA AL 592 30% 125 10 0 0 0 0 0 14 0 9 12 2 7 7 0 4 3 75% 108 14 13% 62 18 29% 360 53 15% 31 19 61% 42 13 31% 0
1989 27 SEA AL 417 29% 92 7 0 6 1 1 2 2.33 12 0 10 8 4 7 5 0 3 3 100% 80 12 15% 37 13 35% 268 33 12% 24 9 38% 24 13 54% 0
1990 28 ATL NL 577 35% 131 4 0 1 0 0 0 2.28 19 0 14 13 6 10 9 0 0 0 96 10 10% 49 14 29% 355 53 15% 32 14 44% 42 14 33% 0
1991 29 SDP NL 66 38% 8 5 0 4 1 0 0 0.95 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 11 2 18% 7 5 71% 45 4 9% 5 3 60% 7 1 14% 0
8 Seasons 3818 30% 875 26 0 12 2 1 2 1.91 135 3 92 99 36 68 67 0 16 12 75% 736 104 14% 376 110 29% 2443 373 15% 214 100 47% 244 96 39% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 26 SEA AL 589 2015 3.42 1307 65% 20% 22% 25% 33% 80% 0% 52% 73% 40% 2% 11 3 10% 61 41 4% 21 12 26% 3 0 0
1989 27 SEA AL 400 1447 3.62 925 64% 21% 25% 24% 30% 79% 2% 51% 68% 33% 5% 19 4 11% 44 23 6% 25 18 27% 17 0 1
1990 28 ATL NL 460 1592 3.46 1066 67% 15% 28% 25% 32% 84% 0% 56% 66% 42% 2% 10 2 11% 52 38 4% 17 13 20% 117 0 2
1991 29 SDP NL 66 244 3.70 161 66% 14% 29% 29% 28% 86% 5% 57% 66% 42% 5% 3 0 12% 8 3 5% 3 2 31% 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1515 5298 3.50 3459 65% 19% 25% 25% 32% 81% 1% 53% 69% 39% 3% 43 9 11% 165 105 4% 66 45 25% 137 0 3
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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 22 70 259 251 27 57 12 1 10 36 1 1 6 63 .227 .247 .402 .649 78 101 4 1 0 1 1
1985 23 225 884 821 98 214 45 2 38 120 3 3 50 163 .261 .301 .459 .760 107 377 33 2 1 10 10
1986 24 380 1544 1437 181 377 78 6 65 227 3 7 82 335 .262 .302 .461 .763 106 662 51 6 4 15 13
1987 25 532 2166 2012 259 519 101 12 89 315 5 7 120 492 .258 .300 .453 .753 100 911 66 10 5 19 14
1988 26 682 2758 2556 309 644 127 12 103 377 8 12 156 606 .252 .296 .432 .728 95 1104 80 14 8 24 15
1989 27 799 3175 2946 351 736 147 13 115 418 8 12 177 713 .250 .293 .426 .719 93 1254 92 15 11 26 17
1990 28 939 3752 3487 410 867 181 14 134 490 9 13 206 843 .249 .292 .424 .715 92 1478 102 18 11 30 17
1991 29 959 3818 3546 413 875 181 14 135 495 9 14 210 859 .247 .290 .420 .710 91 1489 104 19 12 31 18

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 22 70 261 253 30 59 12 1 10 40 1 6 63 .233 .253 .407 .660 26 70
1985 23 155 614 562 74 149 31 1 27 87 2 42 100 .265 .313 .468 .781 83 155
1986 24 155 652 612 85 159 32 4 26 110 0 31 172 .260 .298 .453 .750 82 155
1987 25 152 611 567 72 134 22 6 23 81 2 36 157 .236 .285 .418 .703 66 152
1988 26 150 590 545 52 126 26 0 14 65 3 36 114 .231 .281 .356 .637 54 150
1989 27 117 414 390 45 92 20 1 12 44 0 21 107 .236 .275 .385 .660 41 117
1990 28 140 576 540 59 130 34 1 19 72 1 29 130 .241 .281 .413 .694 62 140
1991 29 20 65 59 3 8 0 0 1 5 0 4 16 .136 .200 .186 .386 2 20
8 Seasons 959 3783 3528 420 857 177 14 132 504 9 205 859 .243 .286 .413 .699 416 959
162 Game Avg. 162 639 596 71 145 30 2 22 85 2 35 145 .243 .286 .413 .699 70 959

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1986

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1986-AL-21-1%
0.01 Career Shares (1456th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1986 AL--285--10th

Doubles s c a p y
1990 NL--34--8th

Runs Batted In s c a p y
1986 AL--107--8th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1986 AL--172--4th
1987 AL--157--5th
1990 NL--130--3rd

Extra Base Hits s c a p y
1986 AL--64--7th

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1985 AL--9--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1985 AL--29--3rd
1986 AL--18--10th

Outs Made s c a p y
1986 AL--483--7th

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1540), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1361), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2348), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  2. Cory Snyder (946)
  3. Mike Pagliarulo (943)
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  5. Gene Freese (940)
  6. Kelly Gruber (937)
  7. Max Alvis (936)
  8. Jim Morrison (931)
  9. Dave Hollins (928)
  10. Ed Sprague (928)
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  1. Edwin Encarnacion (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Aramis Ramirez (963)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Aramis Ramirez (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Willie Jones (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Gary Gaetti (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Gary Gaetti (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Tim Wallach (952)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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