Jim Pyburn

James Edward Pyburn

Positions: Centerfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: November 1, 1932 in Fairfield, AL
High School: Ensley HS (Birmingham, AL)
School: Auburn University (Auburn, AL)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1955
Team: Orioles 1955-1957

Final Game: June 16, 1957
Died: May 21, 2011 in Jasper, AL
Buried: Elmwood Cemetery, Birmingham, AL
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Standard Fielding

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	PO
1955	BAL	AL	22	3B	33	19	16	212.2	62	26	36	0	1	1.000	-1	-4	2.62	1.88	.950	3.17	3.14
1955	BAL	AL	22	OF	1	0	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-24	1.80	1.00	.980	2.34	2.40
1955	BAL	AL	22	RF	1	0	0	5.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-24	1.80	1.00	.980	1.98	2.00
1956	BAL	AL	23	OF	77	38	31	393.2	122	114	5	3	3	.975	-6	-17	2.72	1.55	.979	2.34	2.32
1956	BAL	AL	23	CF	64	34	27	338.2	109	102	4	3	3	.972	-6	-21	2.82	1.66	.984	2.79	2.77
1956	BAL	AL	23	LF	11	4	4	48.2	12	11	1	0	0	1.000	1	17	2.22	1.09	.977	2.11	2.09
1956	BAL	AL	23	RF	3	0	0	6.1	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-0	-76	1.42	0.33	.970	2.13	2.07
1957	BAL	AL	24	OF	28	11	6	124.0	44	41	3	0	0	1.000	7	65	3.19	1.57	.980	2.24	2.25
1957	BAL	AL	24	CF	13	7	4	73.0	28	27	1	0	0	1.000	4	61	3.45	2.15	.983	2.71	2.72
1957	BAL	AL	24	RF	9	4	2	39.0	12	10	2	0	0	1.000	2	65	2.77	1.33	.976	1.94	1.93
1957	BAL	AL	24	LF	7	0	0	12.0	5	5	0	0	0	1.000	1	90	3.75	0.71	.980	2.10	2.10
1957	BAL	AL	24	C	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		6.30	5.90	0	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			OF	106	49	37	522.2	167	156	8	3	3	.982	1	2	2.82	1.55	.979	2.32	2.30
	2 Seasons			CF	77	41	31	411.2	137	129	5	3	3	.978	-2	-7	2.93	1.74	.984	2.78	2.76
	1 Season			3B	33	19	16	212.2	62	26	36	0	1	1.000	-1	-4	2.62	1.88	.950	3.17	3.14
	2 Seasons			LF	18	4	4	60.2	17	16	1	0	0	1.000	2	32	2.52	0.94	.978	2.11	2.09
	3 Seasons			RF	13	4	2	50.1	14	12	2	0	0	1.000	2	38	2.50	1.08	.976	1.97	1.97
	1 Season			C	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0.00	0.00		6.30	5.90	0	0	0	0	0
	3 Seasons			TOT	140	68	53	736.1	229	182	44	3	4	.987	0	0	2.76	1.61	.971	2.57	2.52	0	0	0	0	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.

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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
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Sabermetric Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	Rtot	Rtot/yr	Rtz	Rtzhm	Rtzrd	Rdp	Rof	Rctch
1955	BAL	AL	22	3B	-1	-4	0	2	-2	-1
1955	BAL	AL	22	RF	-0	-24	-0	-0	0		0
1956	BAL	AL	23	CF	-6	-21	-2	-2	0		-4
1956	BAL	AL	23	LF	1	17	1	1	0		0
1956	BAL	AL	23	RF	-0	-76	-0	-1	0		0
1957	BAL	AL	24	CF	4	61	3	1	2		1
1957	BAL	AL	24	RF	2	65	1	1	-0		1
1957	BAL	AL	24	LF	1	90	1	1	0		0
1957	BAL	AL	24	C	0	0						0
	2 Seasons			CF	-2	-7	1	-1	2		-3
	1 Season			3B	-1	-4	0	2	-2	-1
	2 Seasons			LF	2	32	2	1	0		0
	3 Seasons			RF	2	38	1	1	0		1
	1 Season			C	0	0						0
	3 Seasons			TOT	0	0	3	2	1	-1	-2	0

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	C	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1955	BAL	AL	22	39	19	39	34	0	33	0	0	1	1	10	3
1956	BAL	AL	23	84	38	84	77	0	0	11	64	3	77	8	16
1957	BAL	AL	24	35	11	35	29	1	0	7	13	9	28	6	4
	3 Seasons			158	68	158	140	1	33	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 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

				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	23	12	0	13	0	0	3	2	0	7	1	1	16	6	0	62	21	33.9%	40	1	1.6%	3	1501	58%	81%	29%	195	52%
1957	BAL	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	2	0	3	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	0	10	5	50.0%	5	0	0.0%	1	289	67%	77%	29%	42	67%
	2 Seasons			3	0	3	0	1	5	0	2	0	1	26	14	0	16	0	0	4	3	0	8	1	1	18	8	0	72	26	36.1%	45	1	1.4%	4	1790	59%	80%	29%	237	55%
	MLB Averages																														45.2%			2.5%			64%	80%	30%		58%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

											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	918	63%	82%	23%	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			918	63%	82%	23%	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				64%	80%	26%		89%																								63%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

				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	4	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	4	50.0%	3	1	12.5%	0	210	64%	74%	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	48	65%	92%	40%	6	83%
	2 Seasons			0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	4	2	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	0	11	6	54.5%	4	1	9.1%	0	258	64%	77%	29%	29	59%
	MLB Averages																														58.3%			2.6%			64%	80%	30%		48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

				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	20	65%	95%	20%	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	31	42%	87%	23%	3	33%
1957	BAL	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	3	1	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	7	3	42.9%	2	2	28.6%	0	164	62%	79%	32%	17	71%
	3 Seasons			0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	1	4	2	1	2	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	8	4	50.0%	2	2	25.0%	0	215	60%	82%	30%	21	67%
	MLB Averages																														42.9%			3.2%			64%	80%	30%		54%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

					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%																							89%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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	1.17

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y 1957 AL 4 (5th)	Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y 1957 AL 2 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as CF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 AL 4 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1957 AL 2 (5th)

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