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Jim Presley

James Arthur Presley

Positions: Third Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 23, 1961 in Pensacola, FL
High School: Escambia HS (Pensacola, FL)
Drafted by the Seattle Mariners in the 4th round of the 1979 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 24, 1984
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Braves/Padres 1984-1991

Final Game: June 7, 1991
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Fine Details  · Last updated Dec 13, 2012 4:17PM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1733. Roger Cedeno… #1734. Bob Allen… #1735. Jack Cust… #1736. JIM PRESLEY… #1737. John Mabry… #1738. Kazuo Matsui… #1739. John Flaherty… 

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 Yrs 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

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 Awards
1984 22 SEA AL 70 259 -6 -1 0 -7 0 -13 -1.3 8 -5 -0.6 .481 .492 0.2 -0.6 2 $ 5/D
1985 23 SEA AL 155 625 7 -3 -5 -3 1 -2 0.1 19 18 1.8 .499 .499 2.1 -0.0 20 $71,600 *5
1986 24 SEA AL 155 660 2 -2 -2 -2 1 -3 -0.1 20 17 1.7 .498 .498 2.0 0.0 19 $192,500 *5 AS,MVP-21
1987 25 SEA AL 152 622 -16 -1 -2 6 1 -11 -0.9 19 8 0.8 .493 .493 0.2 0.8 2 $235,000 *5/6D
1988 26 SEA AL 150 592 -18 -1 -0 -8 1 -28 -2.7 18 -9 -1.0 .481 .482 -0.1 -0.7 -1 $535,000 *5/D
1989 27 SEA AL 117 417 -8 -0 -2 -8 -1 -20 -2.0 13 -7 -0.8 .481 .487 0.1 -0.9 1 $595,000 53/D
1990 28 ATL NL 140 577 -9 -4 -1 -21 -0 -35 -3.6 16 -19 -2.0 .473 .477 0.0 -2.1 2 $640,000 *53
1991 29 SDP NL 20 66 -8 -1 0 -4 0 -13 -1.5 2 -11 -1.3 .428 .491 -0.8 -0.5 -7 $500,000 5
8 Seasons 959 3818 -55 -12 -11 -48 3 -124 -11.9 115 -9 -1.4 .486 .490 3.7 -3.9 39 $2,769,100
SEA (6 yrs) 799 3175 -38 -8 -11 -22 3 -76 -6.8 97 21 1.9 .490 .492 4.5 -1.4 43 $1,629,100
ATL (1 yr) 140 577 -9 -4 -1 -21 -0 -35 -3.6 16 -19 -2.0 .473 .477 0.0 -2.1 2 $640,000
SDP (1 yr) 20 66 -8 -1 0 -4 0 -13 -1.5 2 -11 -1.3 .428 .491 -0.8 -0.5 -7 $500,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 SEA AL 22 3B 69 69 58 593.1 168 48 113 7 12 .958 -7 -14 2.44 2.33 .950 2.75 2.73
1984 SEA AL 22 DH 1 0
1985 SEA AL 23 3B 154 154 148 1343.0 434 82 335 17 24 .961 -3 -2 2.79 2.71 .953 2.85 2.82
1986 SEA AL 24 3B 155 154 151 1360.2 433 110 308 15 31 .965 -2 -2 2.76 2.70 .948 2.74 2.71 AS,MVP-21
1987 SEA AL 25 3B 148 146 134 1262.2 445 113 311 21 28 .953 6 6 3.02 2.86 .952 2.77 2.74
1987 SEA AL 25 SS 4 1 0 14.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 0 9 2.57 1.00 .970 4.56 4.55
1987 SEA AL 25 DH 1 0
1988 SEA AL 26 3B 146 145 140 1278.0 368 112 234 22 25 .940 -8 -8 2.44 2.37 .954 2.71 2.69
1988 SEA AL 26 DH 4 4
1989 SEA AL 27 3B 90 86 70 732.2 225 54 154 17 13 .924 -8 -13 2.56 2.31 .943 2.73 2.70
1989 SEA AL 27 1B 30 18 15 181.0 184 168 15 1 16 .995 -0 -3 9.10 6.10 .993 9.79 9.69
1989 SEA AL 27 DH 1 1
1990 ATL NL 28 3B 133 130 100 1094.0 357 101 231 25 19 .930 -20 -22 2.73 2.50 .947 2.73 2.71
1990 ATL NL 28 1B 17 7 5 76.0 89 77 11 1 10 .989 -1 -16 10.42 5.18 .992 9.59 9.53
1991 SDP NL 29 3B 16 16 11 139.0 39 13 23 3 0 .923 -4 -39 2.33 2.25 .950 2.74 2.73
8 Seasons 3B 911 900 812 7803.1 2469 633 1709 127 152 .949 -46 -7 2.70 2.57 .950 2.76 2.73
2 Seasons 1B 47 25 20 257.0 273 245 26 2 26 .993 -2 -7 9.49 5.77 .993 9.73 9.63
1 Season SS 4 1 0 14.0 4 0 4 0 1 1.000 0 9 2.57 1.00 .970 4.56 4.55
8 Seasons TOT 962 926 832 8074.1 2746 878 1739 129 179 .953 -48 -7 2.92 2.72 .954 2.98 3.08
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

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 (1521st)

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)

Errors Committed† s c a p y
1988 AL  22 (5th)
1990 NL  26 (2nd)

Def. Games as 3B s c a p y
1985 AL  154 (4th)
1986 AL  155 (3rd)
1987 AL  148 (2nd)

Putouts as 3B s c a p y
1986 AL  110 (5th)
1987 AL  113 (3rd)
1988 AL  112 (4th)
1990 NL  101 (5th)

Assists as 3B s c a p y
1985 AL  335 (2nd)
1986 AL  308 (2nd)
1987 AL  311 (1st)

Errors Committed as 3B s c a p y
1987 AL  21 (3rd)
1988 AL  22 (3rd)
1989 AL  17 (5th)
1990 NL  25 (1st)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1987 AL  6 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 3B† s c a p y
1987 AL  3.02 (2nd)
Career  2.70 (66th)

Range Factor/Game as 3B s c a p y
1986 AL  2.70 (5th)
1987 AL  2.86 (2nd)
1990 NL  2.50 (5th)

Fielding % as 3B s c a p y
1986 AL  .965 (5th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 6 (1699), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1427), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 6 (2076), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Third Base (830th), -1.4 career WAR/0.6 7yr-peak WAR/-0.4 JAWS
Average HOF 3B (out of 12) = 64.9 career WAR/41.8 7yr-peak WAR/53.4 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  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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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198523Seattle Mariners$71,6003/3/86 TSN
198624Seattle Mariners$192,5001986 USA Today survey
198725Seattle Mariners$235,000Proofing corrections
198826Seattle Mariners$535,000*
198927Seattle Mariners$595,0001989 USA Today survey
199028Atlanta Braves$640,000*
199129San Diego Padres$500,000USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$2,769,100
Disputed Salaries
*1988 - $582,500 - 12/13/88 NYT -
*1990 - $720,000 - 11/21/90 NYT -
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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