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Jim Price

Jimmie William Price (Smokey)

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: October 13, 1941 in Harrisburg, PA
High School: Hershey HS (Hershey, PA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1967
Team: Tigers 1967-1971

Final Game: September 13, 1971
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Standard Batting

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
1960	18	PIT-min	D-	61	207	207		59	9	3	0						.285	.285	.357	.643		74							KPT · APPY
1961	19	PIT-min	C	77	237	237		68	8	0	6						.287	.287	.397	.684		94							GFK · NORL
1962	20	PIT-min	C	104	416	368	44	104	25	1	13	79	5		31	35	.283	.345	.462	.807		170		8	2	7	4		GFK · NORL
1963	21	PIT-min	A	136	485	485		151	28	5	19						.311	.311	.507	.819		246							KIN · CARL
1964	22	PIT-min	AAA	76	220	207	17	52	5	1	5	26	0	0	10	19	.251	.292	.357	.650		74		2	1	0			CLB · IL
1965	23	PIT-min	AAA	91	279	251	23	64	8	1	7	33	0	0	27	23	.255	.327	.378	.706		95		0	1	0			CLB · IL
1966	24	PIT-min	AAA	116	416	378	34	93	13	0	9	49	1	0	29	42	.246	.301	.352	.653		133		2	4	3			CLB · IL
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	157	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	63	54	4	13	2	0	1	7	0	0	6	3	.241	.323	.333	.656	83	18	3	1	0	1	1	2
5 Yrs				261	678	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	421	374	36	80	14	0	11	44	0	0	38	43	.214	.287	.341	.627	77	127	14	1	2	4	2

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
1967	25	DET	AL	44	98	-2	-0	-0	-2	1	-4	-0.5	3	-1	-0.2	.489	.497	0.0	-0.2	1	$7,500	2
1968	26	DET	AL	64	146	-7	1	-0	-2	2	-7	-0.9	4	-3	-0.5	.486	.495	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$11,000	2
1969	27	DET	AL	72	214	-2	0	-0	-6	3	-5	-0.6	6	1	0.0	.493	.497	0.8	-0.4	7	$	2
1970	28	DET	AL	52	157	-5	0	-1	-5	2	-9	-1.0	5	-4	-0.5	.481	.494	0.1	-0.3	1	$	2
1971	29	DET	AL	29	63	0	-0	-1	-2	1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.493	.499	0.2	-0.1	2	$	2
5 Seasons				261	678	-17	1	-3	-17	9	-26	-3.2	20	-6	-1.2	.488	.496	0.9	-1.1	11	$18,500

Advanced Batting

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	.247	.292	.316	.304	.370	.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	-2.3	-0.2	.649	.276	.182	.0
1970	28	DET	AL	157	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	63	45	6	3.6	96	.235	.241	.260	.323	.334	.333	.387	.656	.720	83	.447	-1.1	-0.1	.568	.204	.093	.0
5 Yrs				678	506	58	3.1	93	.213	.214	.254	.287	.327	.341	.381	.627	.709	77	.384	-18.8	-2.0	.542	.229	.126	.0
162 Game Avg.				421	314	36	3.1	93	.213	.214	.254	.287	.327	.341	.381	.627	.709	77	.384	-18.8	-2.0	.542	.229	.126

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
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	157	3.2%	14.7%	13.4%	5.7%	38%	1.10	5.7	26.4	8.8	0.63	68%
1971	29	DET	AL	63	1.6%	4.8%	9.5%	4.8%	23%	0.50	18.0	54.0	7.7	0.54	81%
5 Yrs				678	2.7%	10.3%	9.1%	5.9%	31%	1.13	8.6	33.4	8.5	0.65	77%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.2%	8.5%	5.9%	27%	1.78	5.9	44.6	9.3	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1967	25	DET	AL	-3.1	-0.3	99	-0.4	1.8	-2.1	1.16	-0.3	-0.0	-3.9	-0.4	1.08	-3.6	1.62	20
1968	26	DET	AL	-6.9	-0.8	148	-0.2	2.7	-2.9	1.10	-0.5	0.3	-7.4	-0.8	0.99	-4.8	2.55	23
1969	27	DET	AL	-2.3	-0.2	218	-0.3	4.1	-4.5	1.03	0.3	-0.6	2.4	0.2	0.95	5.4	2.64	21
1970	28	DET	AL	-5.4	-0.6	159	-0.9	2.6	-3.6	1.23	-0.2	-0.6	-5.5	-0.6	1.05	-0.8	2.17	12
1971	29	DET	AL	-1.1	-0.1	65	0.0	1.2	-1.1	1.04	-0.0	0.1	2.1	0.2	1.08	0.6	0.78	2
5 Yrs				-18.8	-2.0	689	-1.8	12.4	-14.2	1.11	-0.7	-1.0	-12.3	-1.4	1.01	-3.1	2.23	78

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1967	25	DET	AL	2	0	32%	33	1	2	25%	5	4	1	0	0	0	3	2	1
1968	26	DET	AL	0	0	27%	33	1	3	44%	3	2	1	0	0	0	6	3	3
1969	27	DET	AL	3	0	22%	63	1	4	70%	4	3	1	2	0	2	4	0	4
1970	28	DET	AL	2	1	18%	52	4	2	44%	7	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	1
1971	29	DET	AL	3	1	16%	27	2	2	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
5 Yrs				10	2	23%	208	9	13	44%	21	14	6	3	1	2	15	6	9

Situational Hitting*

						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	1.62	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	31	4	13%	13	4	31%	84	11	13%	7	5	71%	3	1	33%	0
1968	26	DET	AL	146	53%	23			23	5	1	5	2.55	3	0	2	1	2	1	2	0	1	0	0%	35	6	17%	14	3	21%	94	10	11%	3	2	67%	5	3	60%	0
1969	27	DET	AL	214	53%	45			21	2	1	1	2.64	9	0	5	2	7	8	1	0	0	0		41	4	10%	20	8	40%	137	22	16%	12	8	67%	9	5	56%	0
1970	28	DET	AL	157	45%	24			12	1	0	1	2.17	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	0.78	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		18	3	17%	8	1	13%	45	6	13%	4	3	75%	4	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				678	50%	129			78	13	2	8	2.23	18	1	18	6	12	11	7	0	4	3	75%	160	23	14%	67	20	30%	476	59	12%	34	20	59%	27	10	37%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1967	25	44	98	92	9	24	4	0	8	4	10	.261	.292	.304	.596	75	28	4	0	2	0	1
1968	26	108	244	224	21	47	8	3	21	17	24	.210	.269	.286	.554	65	64	10	1	2	0	2
1969	27	180	458	416	42	92	16	12	49	35	44	.221	.281	.346	.627	79	144	14	1	2	4	3
1970	28	232	615	548	54	116	20	17	64	56	67	.212	.283	.341	.624	76	187	20	1	3	6	3
1971	29	261	678	602	58	129	22	18	71	62	70	.214	.287	.341	.627	77	205	23	2	3	7	4

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1967	25	44	99	93	10	25	4	0	9	4	10	.269	.299	.312	.611	9	44
1968	26	64	151	135	15	26	5	3	16	15	14	.193	.278	.296	.574	11	64
1969	27	72	215	193	22	46	8	9	29	18	20	.238	.298	.420	.717	25	72
1970	28	52	156	132	12	24	4	5	15	21	23	.182	.290	.326	.616	13	52
1971	29	29	62	54	4	13	2	1	7	6	3	.241	.323	.333	.656	6	29
5 Yrs		261	683	607	63	134	23	18	76	64	70	.221	.294	.348	.642	64	261
162 Game Avg.		162	424	377	39	83	14	11	47	40	43	.221	.294	.348	.642	40	261

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