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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 (Age 25)
Team: Tigers 1967-1971

Final Game: September 13, 1971 (Age 29)
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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 52 157 132 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 (v2.2): 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
1967 25 DET AL 44 98 -2 -0 -0 -2 1 -4 -0.5 3 -1 -0.2 .489 .497 0.1 -0.2 1 $7,500 2
1968 26 DET AL 64 146 -7 1 -0 -2 2 -7 -0.9 5 -2 -0.4 .486 .495 -0.1 -0.1 0 $11,000 2
1969 27 DET AL 72 214 -2 0 -0 -6 3 -5 -0.6 7 3 0.2 .493 .497 0.9 -0.4 9 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 .494 .499 0.3 -0.1 3 2
5 Seasons 261 678 -16 1 -3 -17 9 -26 -3.2 23 -3 -0.9 .488 .496 1.3 -1.1 14 $18,500

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

Standard Fielding

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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 PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1967 DET AL 25 C 24 22 12 178.1 151 139 8 4 1 .974 -2 -13 7.42 6.13 .989 7.22 7.23 1 7 13 5 28% 41% 0
1968 DET AL 26 C 42 35 26 307.1 238 223 14 1 1 .996 -2 -8 6.94 5.64 .990 6.97 6.94 3 9 14 2 13% 37% 0
1969 DET AL 27 C 51 49 44 430.0 359 337 18 4 4 .989 -6 -17 7.43 6.96 .987 6.65 6.65 2 22 40 12 23% 36% 0
1970 DET AL 28 C 38 37 31 325.0 280 266 8 6 2 .979 -5 -18 7.59 7.21 .988 6.65 6.62 4 17 19 7 27% 39% 0
1971 DET AL 29 C 25 13 12 137.2 108 99 7 2 2 .981 -2 -17 6.93 4.24 .988 6.37 6.34 3 6 12 5 29% 39% 0
5 Seasons C 180 156 125 1378.1 1136 1064 55 17 10 .985 -17 -15 7.31 6.22 .988 6.77 6.75 13 61 98 31 24% 38% 0
5 Seasons TOT 180 156 125 1378.1 1136 1064 55 17 10 .985 -17 -15 7.31 6.22 .988 6.77 6.75 13 61 98 31 24% 38% 0
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Stolen Bases Allowed as C s c a p y
1969 AL  40 (5th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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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/Other Sources
196725Detroit Tigers$7,500Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196826Detroit Tigers$11,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$18,500
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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