Jim Pyburn
James Edward Pyburn
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 1, 1932 in Fairfield, AL
School: Auburn University
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1955
Final Game: June 16, 1957
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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 Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1955 BAL AL 22 3B 33 19 212.2 62 26 36 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -3.9 0.3 -1.7 2.0 -1 2.62 1.88 .947 3.17 2.73
1955 BAL AL 22 OF 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 2.34 2.10
1955 BAL AL 22 RF 1 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.80 1.00 1.000 1.98 1.70
1956 BAL AL 23 OF 77 38 393.2 122 114 5 3 3 .975 -5.7 -17.4 -1.7 0.7 -2.4 -4 2.72 1.55 .979 2.34 2.04
1956 BAL AL 23 CF 64 34 338.2 109 102 4 3 3 .972 -6.0 -21.3 -2.0 0.5 -2.5 -4 2.82 1.66 .984 2.79 2.50
1956 BAL AL 23 LF 11 4 48.2 12 11 1 0 0 1.000 0.7 17.3 0.7 0.0 0.7 0 2.22 1.09 .975 2.11 1.69
1956 BAL AL 23 RF 3 0 6.1 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -75.8 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 0 1.42 0.33 1.000 2.13 1.80
1957 BAL AL 24 OF 28 11 124.0 44 41 3 0 0 1.000 6.7 64.8 4.7 1.7 3.0 2 3.19 1.57 .980 2.24 1.97
1957 BAL AL 24 CF 13 7 73.0 28 27 1 0 0 1.000 3.7 60.8 2.7 1.6 1.1 1 3.45 2.15 .982 2.72 2.40
1957 BAL AL 24 RF 9 4 39.0 12 10 2 0 0 1.000 2.1 64.6 1.1 -0.1 1.2 1 2.77 1.33 .975 1.94 1.68
1957 BAL AL 24 LF 7 0 12.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.9 90.0 0.9 0.2 0.7 0 3.75 0.71 .980 2.10 1.70
1957 BAL AL 24 C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.10 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons OF 106 49 522.2 167 156 8 3 3 .982 0.9 2.1 2.9 2.4 0.5 -2 2.82 1.55 .979 2.32 2.02
2 Seasons CF 77 41 411.2 137 129 5 3 3 .978 -2.3 -6.7 0.7 2.1 -1.4 -3 2.93 1.74 .984 2.78 2.48
1 Season 3B 33 19 212.2 62 26 36 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -3.9 0.3 -1.7 2.0 -1 2.62 1.88 .947 3.17 2.73
2 Seasons LF 18 4 60.2 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 1.6 31.6 1.6 0.2 1.4 0 2.52 0.94 .976 2.11 1.69
3 Seasons RF 13 4 50.1 14 12 2 0 0 1.000 1.6 38.1 0.6 0.1 0.5 1 2.50 1.08 .979 1.97 1.71
1 Season C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0.00 0.00 6.30 5.10 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons TOT 140 68 736.1 229 182 44 3 4 .987 0.2 0.3 3.2 0.7 2.5 -2 -1 0 2.76 1.61 .957 2.57 2.21 0 0 0 0

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
1955 BAL AL 22 39 19 39 39 0 0 0 0 33 0 0 0 1 1 10 3
1956 BAL AL 23 84 38 84 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 64 3 77 8 16
1957 BAL AL 24 35 11 35 35 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 13 9 28 6 4
3 Seasons 158 68 158 158 0 1 0 0 33 0 18 77 13 106 24 23
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 -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 BAL AL 23 3 0 3 0 1 4 0 1 0 1 15 10 0 13 0 0 3 2 0 7 1 1 13 5 0 51 18 35.3% 32 1 2.0% 3 1542 56% 79% 28% 195 52%
1957 BAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 7 3 42.9% 4 0 0.0% 1 295 66% 75% 28% 42 67%
2 Seasons 3 0 3 0 1 5 0 2 0 1 16 11 0 16 0 0 4 3 0 8 1 1 14 6 0 58 21 36.2% 36 1 1.7% 4 1837 58% 78% 28% 237 55%
MLB Averages 43.6% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 58%

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%
1955 BAL AL 22 941 62% 80% 22% 63 90% 1 24 20 1 3 36 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 40%
1 Season 941 62% 80% 22% 63 90% 1 24 20 1 3 36 30 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 40%
MLB Averages 63% 79% 26% 89% 63%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1956 BAL AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 4 66.7% 2 0 0.0% 1 211 64% 73% 26% 23 52%
1957 BAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 3 2 66.7% 1 0 0.0% 0 49 63% 90% 39% 6 83%
2 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 9 6 66.7% 3 0 0.0% 1 260 64% 77% 28% 29 59%
MLB Averages 56.6% 2.3% 63% 79% 30% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1955 BAL AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 62% 90% 19% 1 100%
1956 BAL AL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 33 39% 82% 21% 3 33%
1957 BAL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 2 1 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 6 3 50.0% 2 1 16.7% 1 165 62% 79% 32% 17 71%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 3 2 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 7 4 57.1% 2 1 14.3% 1 219 58% 80% 29% 21 67%
MLB Averages 43.6% 3.2% 63% 79% 30% 53%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1957 BAL AL 24 5 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 5 0.00 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.96 4.46 96% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1957 BAL AL 24 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Season 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 44% 1.17 1.16

* 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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