Jim Roland
James Ivan Roland
Bats: Right , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 14, 1942 in Franklin, NC
High School: Needham R. Broughton (Raleigh, NC)
Signed by the Minnesota Twins as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1962
Final Game: September 16, 1972
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1962 19 MIN AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1963 20 MIN AL 4 1 .800 2.57 10 7 1 2 1 0 49.0 32 17 14 4 27 1 34 0 0 2 203 143 1.204 5.9 0.7 5.0 6.2 1.26
1964 21 MIN AL 2 6 .250 4.10 30 13 7 1 0 3 94.1 76 48 43 12 55 2 63 4 1 6 414 87 1.389 7.3 1.1 5.2 6.0 1.15
1966 23 MIN AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 6 0.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 4.5
1967 24 MIN AL 0 1 .000 3.03 25 0 11 0 0 2 35.2 33 12 12 3 17 5 16 0 0 3 157 114 1.402 8.3 0.8 4.3 4.0 0.94
1968 25 MIN AL 4 1 .800 3.50 28 4 12 1 0 0 61.2 55 33 24 3 24 2 36 2 1 7 262 89 1.281 8.0 0.4 3.5 5.3 1.50
1969 26 OAK AL 5 1 .833 2.19 39 3 8 2 0 1 86.1 59 24 21 2 46 6 48 6 0 4 359 157 1.216 6.2 0.2 4.8 5.0 1.04
1970 27 OAK AL 3 3 .500 2.70 28 2 6 0 0 2 43.1 28 14 13 2 23 1 26 0 0 4 181 131 1.177 5.8 0.4 4.8 5.4 1.13
1971 28 OAK AL 1 3 .250 3.18 31 0 7 0 0 1 45.1 34 18 16 4 19 3 30 5 1 3 190 106 1.169 6.8 0.8 3.8 6.0 1.58
1972 29 TOT AL 0 1 .000 5.28 23 0 11 0 0 0 30.2 39 19 18 4 18 2 17 2 0 0 148 56 1.859 11.4 1.2 5.3 5.0 0.94
1972 29 OAK AL 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 2.1 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 74 2.143 19.3 0.0 0.0 0.0
1972 29 NYY AL 0 1 .000 5.04 16 0 10 0 0 0 25.0 27 14 14 3 16 1 13 1 0 0 116 58 1.720 9.7 1.1 5.8 4.7 0.81
1972 29 TEX AL 0 0 8.10 5 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 7 3 3 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 20 37 2.700 18.9 2.7 5.4 10.8 2.00
10 Seasons 19 17 .528 3.22 216 29 64 6 1 9 450.1 357 185 161 34 229 22 272 19 3 29 1927 107 1.301 7.1 0.7 4.6 5.4 1.19
162 Game Avg. 5 5 .528 3.22 60 8 18 2 0 2 125 99 51 45 9 64 6 75 5 1 8 535 107 1.301 7.1 0.7 4.6 5.4 1.19
MIN (6 yrs) 10 9 .526 3.42 95 24 32 4 1 5 244.2 197 110 93 22 123 10 151 6 2 18 1049 102 1.308 7.2 0.8 4.5 5.6 1.23
OAK (4 yrs) 9 7 .563 2.59 100 5 21 2 0 4 177.1 126 58 51 8 88 10 104 11 1 11 742 133 1.207 6.4 0.4 4.5 5.3 1.18
TEX (1 yr) 0 0 8.10 5 0 1 0 0 0 3.1 7 3 3 1 2 1 4 1 0 0 20 37 2.700 18.9 2.7 5.4 10.8 2.00
NYY (1 yr) 0 1 .000 5.04 16 0 10 0 0 0 25.0 27 14 14 3 16 1 13 1 0 0 116 58 1.720 9.7 1.1 5.8 4.7 0.81

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1962 19 MIN AL 1 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 .167 1 0 0 0 0 0
1963 20 MIN AL 10 203 173 17 32 5 0 4 0 0 27 34 .185 .292 .283 .575 .204 49 5 0 1 2 1
1964 21 MIN AL 30 414 348 48 76 13 1 12 4 2 55 63 .218 .329 .365 .694 .232 127 6 4 4 3 2
1966 23 MIN AL 1 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 MIN AL 25 157 135 12 33 7 1 3 3 0 17 16 .244 .325 .378 .702 .254 51 1 0 3 2 5
1968 25 MIN AL 28 262 231 33 55 8 2 3 0 3 24 36 .238 .314 .329 .643 .269 76 7 2 4 1 2
1969 26 OAK AL 39 359 299 24 59 7 0 2 1 2 46 48 .197 .314 .241 .555 .227 72 12 6 6 2 6
1970 27 OAK AL 28 181 155 14 28 2 1 2 0 0 23 26 .181 .285 .245 .530 .203 38 2 0 2 1 1
1971 28 OAK AL 31 190 159 18 34 4 0 4 0 2 19 30 .214 .310 .314 .625 .233 50 4 5 3 4 3
1972 29 TOT AL 23 148 122 19 39 7 0 4 2 1 18 17 .320 .415 .475 .891 .347 58 5 2 6 0 2
1972 29 NYY AL 16 116 94 14 27 2 0 3 1 1 16 13 .287 .396 .404 .801 .308 38 5 1 5 0 1
1972 29 OAK AL 2 12 11 2 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .455 .455 .636 1.091 .455 7 0 0 1 0 0
1972 29 TEX AL 5 20 17 3 7 3 0 1 1 0 2 4 .412 .500 .765 1.265 .500 13 0 1 0 0 1
10 Seasons 216 1927 1635 185 357 53 5 34 10 10 229 272 .218 .319 .319 .638 .240 522 42 19 29 15 22
162 Game Avg. 60 535 454 51 99 15 1 9 3 3 64 75 .218 .319 .319 .638 .240 145 12 5 8 4 6
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1963 20 MIN AL 10 7 3 1 3 0 0 5 2 .714 0 1 2 1 4 57% 58 79 40 5 2 1 3 5.4 4.9 6.3
1964 21 MIN AL 30 13 2 6 5 0 4 4 9 .308 1 1 1 0 6 46% 50 82 18 16 3 3 2 3.4 3.2 5.5
1968 25 MIN AL 28 4 2 1 1 1 0 2 2 .500 0 0 1 0 1 25% 54 75 23 6 3 1 3 4.1 5.0 4.8
1969 26 OAK AL 39 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 1.000 0 0 2 0 3 100% 74 78 70 22 3 0 2 6.2 6.1 8.6
1970 27 OAK AL 28 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 2 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0% 32 34 29 17 3 1 1 4.5 7.5 2.3
5 Seasons 135 29 10 10 9 1 4 14 15 .483 1 2 6 1 14 48% 54 82 18 66 14 6 11 4.3 4.4 5.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1962 19 MIN AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0.253 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1963 20 MIN AL 10 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 0 0% 4 1.019 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 1 2 1 2 0 4.7
1964 21 MIN AL 30 17 7 0 0 2 3 0 150% 2 0 17 11 65% 6 1.101 3 4 10 3 1 13 8 9 6 6 7 5 3.9
1966 23 MIN AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.143 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 6.0
1967 24 MIN AL 25 25 11 0 1 3 2 1 67% 4 0 20 9 45% 8 0.755 7 5 13 4 3 18 10 15 11 8 11 5 4.3
1968 25 MIN AL 28 24 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 0 0% 6 0.704 2 6 16 0 3 21 5 19 17 1 18 4 5.3
1969 26 OAK AL 39 36 8 2 1 1 1 0 100% 4 2 20 5 25% 4 0.881 6 14 15 6 4 26 13 23 20 9 21 12 5.1
1970 27 OAK AL 28 26 6 3 1 2 2 0 100% 3 0 20 7 35% 6 1.109 8 8 10 4 5 17 11 15 12 7 12 5 4.5
1971 28 OAK AL 31 31 7 1 3 1 1 0 100% 1 0 22 9 41% 6 0.561 6 6 19 2 4 25 12 19 16 9 16 1 4.4
1972 29 TOT AL 23 23 11 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 17 7 41% 0.781 3 3 17 1 2 20 9 14 10 10 12 2 4.0
1972 29 OAK AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 6 0.138 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 1 1 1 1 0 3.5
1972 29 NYY AL 16 16 10 0 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 10 4 40% 8 0.922 3 3 10 1 2 13 5 11 8 5 9 1 4.7
1972 29 TEX AL 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 6 0.349 0 0 5 0 0 5 3 2 1 4 2 1 2.0
10 Seasons 216 187 64 9 7 10 9 2 90% 16 3 128 48 38% 0.886 37 47 102 21 23 143 70 117 96 51 101 34 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1962 19 MIN AL 7 57% 0.0% 14.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.25 86% 1 0 0%
1963 20 MIN AL 203 65% 2.0% 16.8% 13.3% 4.4% 28% 0.64 67% 48 5 10%
1964 21 MIN AL 414 68% 2.9% 15.2% 13.3% 6.3% 34% 0.70 67% 88 6 7%
1966 23 MIN AL 6 33% 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.50 83% 0 0
1967 24 MIN AL 157 65% 1.9% 10.2% 10.8% 7.0% 33% 0.89 75% 24 1 4%
1968 25 MIN AL 262 76% 1.2% 13.7% 9.2% 5.0% 24% 1.07 74% 46 7 15%
1969 26 OAK AL 359 62% 0.6% 13.4% 12.8% 2.5% 15% 1.08 70% 74 12 16%
1970 27 OAK AL 181 66% 1.1% 14.4% 12.7% 2.8% 18% 1.19 71% 40 2 5%
1971 28 OAK AL 190 68% 2.1% 15.8% 10.0% 4.2% 24% 0.84 68% 33 4 12%
1972 29 TOT AL 148 67% 2.7% 11.5% 12.2% 7.4% 28% 1.11 68% 39 5 13%
1972 29 OAK AL 12 83% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 16.7% 40% 0.40 92% 3 0 0%
1972 29 NYY AL 116 69% 2.6% 11.2% 13.8% 4.3% 19% 1.35 67% 33 5 15%
1972 29 TEX AL 20 45% 5.0% 20.0% 10.0% 20.0% 57% 0.50 60% 3 0 0%
10 Seasons 1927 67% 1.8% 14.1% 11.9% 4.8% 26% 0.91 70% 393 42 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1962 19 MIN AL 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 20 MIN AL 203 32 4 0 6 3 1 1 3 8 6 1 75% 2 2 1 82 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1964 21 MIN AL 414 76 12 1 8 8 4 7 5 15 12 1 80% 5 6 1 180 4 2 67% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0
1966 23 MIN AL 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1967 24 MIN AL 157 33 3 0 10 1 2 3 0 12 8 2 67% 3 3 2 56 3 0 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0
1968 25 MIN AL 262 55 3 0 7 1 2 2 1 11 3 3 27% 6 7 0 97 0 3 0% 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 10 0
1969 26 OAK AL 359 59 2 0 5 1 1 1 1 20 9 4 45% 2 4 5 141 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1970 27 OAK AL 181 28 2 0 13 1 1 0 2 13 7 1 54% 4 4 0 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
1971 28 OAK AL 190 34 4 0 9 3 1 3 1 11 6 0 55% 2 3 0 71 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 11 0
1972 29 TOT AL 148 39 4 0 6 3 1 1 3 3 2 0 67% 3 0 0 81 2 1 67% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1972 29 OAK AL 12 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 29 NYY AL 116 27 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 3 2 0 67% 2 0 0 64 1 1 50% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
1972 29 TEX AL 20 7 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Seasons 1927 357 34 1 64 21 13 18 16 93 53 12 57% 27 29 9 773 10 10 50% 10 7 0 1 0 2 1 0 74 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1962 19 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 7 0.500 4.5 0.0 0.0 4.5
1963 20 4 1 .800 2.47 11 7 1 2 1 0 51.0 33 17 14 4 27 1 35 0 0 2 210 149 1.176 5.8 0.7 4.8 6.2 1.30 149
1964 21 6 7 .462 3.53 41 20 8 3 1 3 145.1 109 65 57 16 82 3 98 4 1 8 624 103 1.314 6.8 1.0 5.1 6.1 1.20 103
1965 22 6 7 .462 3.53 41 20 8 3 1 3 145.1 109 65 57 16 82 3 98 4 1 8 624 103 1.314 6.8 1.0 5.1 6.1 1.20 103
1966 23 6 7 .462 3.48 42 20 9 3 1 3 147.1 109 65 57 16 82 3 99 4 1 8 630 104 1.296 6.7 1.0 5.0 6.0 1.21 104
1967 24 6 8 .429 3.39 67 20 20 3 1 5 183.0 142 77 69 19 99 8 115 4 1 11 787 106 1.317 7.0 0.9 4.9 5.7 1.16 106
1968 25 10 9 .526 3.42 95 24 32 4 1 5 244.2 197 110 93 22 123 10 151 6 2 18 1049 102 1.308 7.2 0.8 4.5 5.6 1.23 102
1969 26 15 10 .600 3.10 134 27 40 6 1 6 331.0 256 134 114 24 169 16 199 12 2 22 1408 112 1.284 7.0 0.7 4.6 5.4 1.18 112
1970 27 18 13 .581 3.05 162 29 46 6 1 8 374.1 284 148 127 26 192 17 225 12 2 26 1589 114 1.272 6.8 0.6 4.6 5.4 1.17 114
1971 28 19 16 .543 3.07 193 29 53 6 1 9 419.2 318 166 143 30 211 20 255 17 3 29 1779 113 1.261 6.8 0.6 4.5 5.5 1.21 113
1972 29 19 17 .528 3.22 216 29 64 6 1 9 450.1 357 185 161 34 229 22 272 19 3 29 1927 107 1.301 7.1 0.7 4.6 5.4 1.19 107

Neutralized Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1962 19 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 1
1963 20 3 2 .600 3.06 47.0 34 18 16 4 29 33 0 1.340 6.5 5.6 6.3 1.14 0.8 10
1964 21 4 5 .444 4.70 90.0 80 52 47 13 58 60 4 1.533 8.0 5.8 6.0 1.03 1.3 30
1966 23 0 0 0.00 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000 0.0 0.0 4.5 0.0 1
1967 24 2 1 .667 3.34 35.0 35 14 13 3 18 16 0 1.514 9.0 4.6 4.1 0.89 0.8 25
1968 25 3 3 .500 4.58 57.0 61 32 29 3 27 33 2 1.544 9.6 4.3 5.2 1.22 0.5 28
1969 26 6 3 .667 2.56 81.0 62 26 23 2 48 45 6 1.358 6.9 5.3 5.0 0.94 0.2 39
1970 27 2 2 .500 3.21 42.0 30 17 15 2 25 25 0 1.310 6.4 5.4 5.4 1.00 0.4 28
1971 28 2 2 .500 3.77 43.0 37 20 18 4 21 28 5 1.349 7.7 4.4 5.9 1.33 0.8 31
1972 29 1 2 .333 8.04 28.0 48 28 25 5 22 16 2 2.500 15.4 7.1 5.1 0.73 1.6 23
10 Seasons 23 20 .535 3.92 427.0 387 207 186 36 248 258 19 1.487 8.2 5.4 1.04 0.8 216

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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1962 AL  born 1942-12-14 (9th)

                                         

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