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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 SEA AL 22 3B 69 69 593.1 168 48 113 7 12 .958 -6.9 -14.0 -7.9 -3.6 -4.3 1 2.44 2.33 .949 2.75 2.19
1984 SEA AL 22 DH 1
1985 SEA AL 23 3B 154 154 1343.0 434 82 335 17 24 .961 -2.6 -2.3 -1.6 -8.5 6.9 -1 2.79 2.71 .953 2.85 2.38
1986 SEA AL 24 3B 155 154 1360.2 433 110 308 15 31 .965 -2.1 -1.9 -4.1 -1.4 -2.7 2 2.76 2.70 .947 2.74 2.37 AS,MVP-21
1987 SEA AL 25 3B 148 146 1262.2 445 113 311 21 28 .953 6.1 5.8 6.1 4.0 2.0 0 3.02 2.86 .952 2.77 2.31
1987 SEA AL 25 SS 4 1 14.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.1 8.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.57 1.00 .975 4.56 4.03
1987 SEA AL 25 DH 1
1988 SEA AL 26 3B 146 145 1278.0 368 112 234 22 25 .940 -8.4 -7.9 -9.4 -5.5 -3.9 1 2.44 2.37 .955 2.71 2.36
1988 SEA AL 26 DH 4
1989 SEA AL 27 3B 90 86 732.2 225 54 154 17 13 .924 -8.0 -13.1 -8.0 -4.9 -3.1 0 2.56 2.31 .944 2.73 2.34
1989 SEA AL 27 1B 30 18 181.0 184 168 15 1 16 .995 -0.5 -3.3 -0.5 0.7 -1.2 0 9.10 6.10 .993 9.79 8.35
1989 SEA AL 27 DH 1
1990 ATL NL 28 3B 133 130 1094.0 357 101 231 25 19 .930 -20.0 -21.9 -19.0 -7.0 -12.0 -1 2.73 2.50 .948 2.73 2.31
1990 ATL NL 28 1B 17 7 76.0 89 77 11 1 10 .989 -1.0 -15.8 -1.0 0.5 -1.5 0 10.42 5.18 .992 9.59 7.88
1991 SDP NL 29 3B 16 16 139.0 39 13 23 3 0 .923 -4.5 -38.8 -4.5 -1.2 -3.3 0 2.33 2.25 .951 2.74 2.31
8 Seasons 3B 911 900 7803.1 2469 633 1709 127 152 .949 -46.4 -7.1 -48.4 -28.1 -20.4 2 2.70 2.57 .950 2.76 2.33
2 Seasons 1B 47 25 257.0 273 245 26 2 26 .993 -1.5 -7.0 -1.5 1.2 -2.7 0 9.49 5.77 .993 9.73 8.18
4 Seasons DH 7
1 Season SS 4 1 14.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 0.1 8.6 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.57 1.00 .975 4.56 4.03
8 Seasons TOT 962 926 8074.1 2746 878 1739 129 179 .953 -47.8 -7.1 -49.8 -26.8 -23.1 2 2.92 2.72 .907 2.98 2.63

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 SEA AL 22 70 69 70 69 0 0 0 0 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1985 SEA AL 23 155 154 155 154 0 0 0 0 154 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1986 SEA AL 24 155 154 155 155 0 0 0 0 155 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 SEA AL 25 152 147 152 149 0 0 0 0 148 4 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1988 SEA AL 26 150 149 150 146 0 0 0 0 146 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
1989 SEA AL 27 117 105 117 110 0 0 30 0 90 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 0
1990 ATL NL 28 140 137 140 140 0 0 17 0 133 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1991 SDP NL 29 20 16 20 16 0 0 0 0 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
8 Seasons 959 931 959 939 0 0 47 0 911 4 0 0 0 0 5 18 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1984 SEA AL 22 2706 58% 76% 24% 143 98% 0 47 33 6 8 108 82 24 0 1 8 1 6 1 4 12 9 2 12 0 0 0 1 100%
1985 SEA AL 23 6127 56% 76% 26% 411 96% 4 83 69 3 11 334 266 56 6 6 17 0 13 4 14 23 21 0 22 1 1 0 9 89%
1986 SEA AL 24 6248 54% 76% 29% 446 88% 2 113 85 7 21 306 235 64 2 13 15 0 12 3 12 31 30 1 31 0 0 0 14 57%
1987 SEA AL 25 5629 56% 77% 28% 435 90% 7 112 86 5 21 307 241 53 0 12 21 0 18 3 17 27 23 0 23 4 2 1 5 80%
1988 SEA AL 26 5702 55% 75% 30% 368 86% 4 111 78 17 16 232 188 36 4 3 22 0 11 11 18 25 19 3 23 2 1 1 10 50%
1989 SEA AL 27 3340 56% 76% 32% 232 83% 1 55 35 10 11 153 127 23 1 4 17 0 9 8 15 13 8 1 11 2 0 2 4 50%
1990 ATL NL 28 5088 59% 77% 31% 372 83% 4 102 72 14 16 231 184 39 0 10 25 0 18 7 24 19 11 2 14 4 2 1 20 65%
1991 SDP NL 29 640 55% 77% 34% 43 81% 2 14 11 0 3 22 19 2 1 1 3 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
8 Seasons 35480 56% 76% 29% 2450 89% 24 637 469 62 107 1693 1342 297 14 50 128 1 88 39 106 150 121 9 136 13 6 5 66 67%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 89% 71%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1989 SEA AL 27 765 47% 79% 33% 37 100% 0 168 10 158 0 13 16 13 2 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 16 0 1 1 13 2 3 1 2 1 100%
1990 ATL NL 28 326 48% 76% 36% 18 89% 0 77 3 73 0 2 11 8 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 10 0 1 0 9 1 1 1 0 0
2 Seasons 1091 47% 78% 34% 55 96% 0 245 13 231 0 15 27 21 4 1 1 2 0 1 1 1 26 0 2 1 22 3 4 2 2 1 100%
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 94% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- SS*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 63 463 163 363 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1987 SEA AL 25 60 83% 73% 20% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1 Season 60 83% 73% 20% 5 80% 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 77% 29% 90%

* 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.

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