Jim Price
Jimmie William Price (Smokey)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 13, 1941 in Harrisburg, PA
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1967
Final Game: September 13, 1971
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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
1967 25 DET AL 44 98 92 9 24 4 0 0 8 0 0 4 10 .261 .292 .304 .596 75 28 4 0 2 0 1 2
1968 26 DET AL 64 146 132 12 23 4 0 3 13 0 0 13 14 .174 .253 .273 .526 58 36 6 1 0 0 1 2
1969 27 DET AL 72 214 192 21 45 8 0 9 28 0 0 18 20 .234 .294 .417 .711 93 80 4 0 0 4 1 2
1970 28 DET AL 52 156 132 12 24 4 0 5 15 0 0 21 23 .182 .290 .326 .616 69 43 6 0 1 2 0 2
1971 29 DET AL 29 62 54 4 13 2 0 1 7 0 0 6 3 .241 .323 .333 .656 83 18 3 1 0 1 1 2
5 Seasons 261 676 602 58 129 22 0 18 71 0 0 62 70 .214 .287 .341 .627 77 205 23 2 3 7 4
162 Game Avg. 162 420 374 36 80 14 0 11 44 0 0 38 43 .214 .287 .341 .627 77 127 14 1 2 4 2

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
1967 25 DET AL 98 74 7 2.6 87 .293 .261 .246 .292 .316 .304 .369 .596 .686 75 .333 -3.1 -0.3 .444 .087 .043
1968 26 DET AL 146 115 8 1.9 82 .174 .174 .241 .253 .311 .273 .357 .526 .668 58 .240 -6.9 -0.8 .435 .197 .098 .0
1969 27 DET AL 214 155 24 4.2 99 .216 .234 .260 .294 .338 .417 .392 .711 .730 93 .496 -2.2 -0.2 .649 .276 .182 .0
1970 28 DET AL 156 117 13 3.0 98 .179 .182 .259 .290 .333 .326 .395 .616 .729 69 .340 -5.4 -0.6 .561 .303 .144 .0
1971 29 DET AL 62 45 6 3.6 96 .235 .241 .260 .323 .334 .333 .387 .656 .720 83 .447 -1.0 -0.1 .568 .204 .093 .0
5 Seasons 676 506 58 3.1 93 .213 .214 .254 .287 .327 .341 .381 .627 .709 77 .384 -18.7 -2.0 .542 .229 .126 .0
162 Game Avg. 420 314 36 3.1 93 .213 .214 .254 .287 .327 .341 .381 .627 .709 77 .384 -18.7 -2.0 .542 .229 .126

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1968 26 DET AL WS STL W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1967 25 DET AL 98 0.0% 10.2% 4.1% 4.1% 17% 2.50 9.2 11.5 0.91 84%
1968 26 DET AL 146 2.1% 9.6% 8.9% 4.8% 30% 1.08 9.4 44.0 10.2 0.73 79%
1969 27 DET AL 214 4.2% 9.4% 8.4% 7.9% 38% 1.11 9.6 21.3 6.9 0.55 78%
1970 28 DET AL 156 3.2% 14.7% 13.5% 5.8% 38% 1.10 5.7 26.4 8.8 0.63 68%
1971 29 DET AL 62 1.6% 4.8% 9.7% 4.8% 23% 0.50 18.0 54.0 7.7 0.54 82%
5 Seasons 676 2.7% 10.4% 9.2% 5.9% 31% 1.13 8.6 33.4 8.5 0.65 77%
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
1967 25 DET AL 2 0 32% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25% 5 4 1 0 0 0 3 2 1
1968 26 DET AL 0 0 27% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 44% 3 2 1 0 0 0 6 3 3
1969 27 DET AL 3 0 22% 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 70% 4 3 1 2 0 2 4 0 4
1970 28 DET AL 2 1 18% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 44% 7 3 3 1 1 0 1 0 1
1971 29 DET AL 3 1 16% 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
5 Seasons 10 2 23% 208 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 13 44% 21 14 6 3 1 2 15 6 9
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
1967 25 DET AL 98 59% 24 20 5 0 1 1.71 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 31 4 13% 13 4 31% 84 11 13% 7 5 71% 5 1 20% 0
1968 26 DET AL 146 53% 23 23 5 1 5 2.62 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 0 1 0 0% 35 6 17% 14 3 21% 94 10 11% 3 2 67% 6 2 33% 0
1969 27 DET AL 214 53% 45 21 2 1 1 2.69 9 0 5 2 7 8 1 0 0 0 41 4 10% 20 8 40% 137 22 16% 12 8 67% 7 3 43% 0
1970 28 DET AL 157 45% 24 12 1 0 1 2.19 5 1 6 2 3 2 3 0 1 1 100% 35 6 17% 12 4 33% 116 10 9% 8 2 25% 6 1 17% 0
1971 29 DET AL 63 30% 13 2 0 0 0 0.81 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 18 3 17% 8 1 13% 45 6 13% 4 3 75% 2 0 0% 0
5 Seasons 678 50% 129 78 13 2 8 2.29 18 1 18 6 12 11 7 0 4 3 75% 160 23 14% 67 20 30% 476 59 12% 34 20 59% 26 7 27% 0
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
1967 25 44 98 92 9 24 4 0 0 8 0 0 4 10 .261 .292 .304 .596 75 28 4 0 2 0 1
1968 26 108 244 224 21 47 8 0 3 21 0 0 17 24 .210 .269 .286 .554 65 64 10 1 2 0 2
1969 27 180 458 416 42 92 16 0 12 49 0 0 35 44 .221 .281 .346 .627 79 144 14 1 2 4 3
1970 28 232 614 548 54 116 20 0 17 64 0 0 56 67 .212 .283 .341 .624 76 187 20 1 3 6 3
1971 29 261 676 602 58 129 22 0 18 71 0 0 62 70 .214 .287 .341 .627 77 205 23 2 3 7 4

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1967 25 44 96 92 10 24 4 0 0 9 0 4 10 .261 .292 .304 .596 8 44
1968 26 64 151 135 16 26 5 0 3 17 0 15 14 .193 .278 .296 .574 11 64
1969 27 72 215 193 22 46 8 0 9 29 0 18 20 .238 .298 .420 .717 25 72
1970 28 52 155 132 12 24 4 0 5 16 0 21 23 .182 .290 .326 .616 13 52
1971 29 29 62 54 4 13 2 0 1 8 0 6 3 .241 .323 .333 .656 6 29
5 Seasons 261 679 606 64 133 23 0 18 79 0 64 70 .219 .293 .347 .640 63 261
162 Game Avg. 162 421 376 40 83 14 0 11 49 0 40 43 .219 .293 .347 .640 39 261

* 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.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 2 (3529), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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