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Jim Rooker

James Phillip Rooker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: September 23, 1942 in Lakeview, OR
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1968 (Age 25)
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Royals/Tigers 1968-1980

Final Game: May 2, 1980 (Age 37)
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 19, 2013 3:17PM
All-Time Rank (among pitchers): #558. Pete Harnisch… #559. Bryn Smith… #560. Gene Conley… #561. JIM ROOKER… #562. Ben Sanders… #563. Mark Baldwin… #564. Shane Reynolds… 

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
1968 25 DET AL 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 18 86 1.071 7.7 0.0 1.9 7.7 4.00
1969 26 KCR AL 4 16 .200 3.75 28 22 2 8 1 0 158.1 136 80 66 13 73 3 108 1 1 5 679 98 1.320 7.7 0.7 4.1 6.1 1.48
1970 27 KCR AL 10 15 .400 3.54 38 29 5 6 3 1 203.2 190 99 80 11 102 4 117 1 1 3 879 105 1.434 8.4 0.5 4.5 5.2 1.15
1971 28 KCR AL 2 7 .222 5.33 20 7 3 1 1 0 54.0 59 35 32 2 24 1 31 1 0 4 240 64 1.537 9.8 0.3 4.0 5.2 1.29
1972 29 KCR AL 5 6 .455 4.38 18 10 3 4 2 0 72.0 78 37 35 3 24 0 44 1 0 3 310 69 1.417 9.8 0.4 3.0 5.5 1.83
1973 30 PIT NL 10 6 .625 2.85 41 18 9 6 3 5 170.1 143 59 54 12 52 10 122 2 0 4 694 124 1.145 7.6 0.6 2.7 6.4 2.35
1974 31 PIT NL 15 11 .577 2.78 33 33 0 15 1 0 262.2 228 93 81 11 83 6 139 4 0 9 1068 124 1.184 7.8 0.4 2.8 4.8 1.67
1975 32 PIT NL 13 11 .542 2.97 28 28 0 7 1 0 196.2 177 80 65 16 76 13 102 3 1 5 839 119 1.286 8.1 0.7 3.5 4.7 1.34
1976 33 PIT NL 15 8 .652 3.35 30 29 1 10 1 1 198.2 201 83 74 12 72 5 92 2 1 7 851 104 1.374 9.1 0.5 3.3 4.2 1.28
1977 34 PIT NL 14 9 .609 3.08 30 30 0 7 2 0 204.1 196 87 70 24 64 4 89 0 2 8 854 128 1.272 8.6 1.1 2.8 3.9 1.39
1978 35 PIT NL 9 11 .450 4.24 28 28 0 1 0 0 163.1 160 94 77 13 81 4 76 3 0 1 717 88 1.476 8.8 0.7 4.5 4.2 0.94
1979 36 PIT NL 4 7 .364 4.60 19 17 0 1 0 0 103.2 106 58 53 11 39 5 44 0 0 6 444 85 1.399 9.2 1.0 3.4 3.8 1.13
1980 37 PIT NL 2 2 .500 3.50 4 4 0 0 0 0 18.0 16 7 7 0 12 0 8 0 0 0 75 108 1.556 8.0 0.0 6.0 4.0 0.67
13 Yrs 103 109 .486 3.46 319 255 23 66 15 7 1810.1 1694 814 696 128 703 55 976 18 6 55 7668 104 1.324 8.4 0.6 3.5 4.9 1.39
162 Game Avg. 12 13 .486 3.46 38 30 3 8 2 1 214 201 96 82 15 83 7 116 2 1 7 908 104 1.324 8.4 0.6 3.5 4.9 1.39
PIT (8 yrs) 82 65 .558 3.29 213 187 10 47 8 6 1317.2 1227 561 481 99 479 47 672 14 4 40 5542 111 1.295 8.4 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.40
KCR (4 yrs) 21 44 .323 3.93 104 68 13 19 7 1 488.0 463 251 213 29 223 8 300 4 2 15 2108 91 1.406 8.5 0.5 4.1 5.5 1.35
DET (1 yr) 0 0 3.86 2 0 0 0 0 0 4.2 4 2 2 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 18 86 1.071 7.7 0.0 1.9 7.7 4.00
NL (8 yrs) 82 65 .558 3.29 213 187 10 47 8 6 1317.2 1227 561 481 99 479 47 672 14 4 40 5542 111 1.295 8.4 0.7 3.3 4.6 1.40
AL (5 yrs) 21 44 .323 3.93 106 68 13 19 7 1 492.2 467 253 215 29 224 8 304 4 2 15 2126 91 1.403 8.5 0.5 4.1 5.6 1.36

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1968 25 DET AL 4.2 2 0 2 3.86 3.28 0.36 -0.14 102.0 2.83 -0 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .470 .500 $8,000
1969 26 KCR AL 158.1 28 22 80 4.55 4.26 -0.09 0.05 103.1 4.54 1 0.1 1.2 -0.1 1.5 13 .502 .500 $15,000
1970 27 KCR AL 203.2 38 29 99 4.37 4.17 0.01 0.04 99.4 4.18 -3 -0.3 1.2 -0.1 1.5 13 .492 .498
1971 28 KCR AL 54.0 20 7 35 5.83 3.92 0.01 -0.03 100.2 3.88 -12 -1.3 1.0 -0.1 -0.8 -7 .436 .492
1972 29 KCR AL 72.0 18 10 37 4.63 3.37 -0.11 0.00 99.0 3.45 -9 -1.1 .8 -0.0 -0.4 -4 .441 .493
1973 30 PIT NL 170.1 41 18 59 3.12 4.07 -0.10 0.01 96.2 4.03 17 1.9 1.1 -0.1 3.3 31 .547 .512
1974 31 PIT NL 262.2 33 33 93 3.19 4.04 -0.07 0.13 94.4 4.01 22 2.6 -0.1 4.8 45 .578 .516
1975 32 PIT NL 196.2 28 28 80 3.66 3.99 0.22 0.13 99.2 3.86 3 0.3 -0.1 1.9 20 .511 .502
1976 33 PIT NL 198.2 30 29 83 3.76 3.97 0.08 0.12 101.5 4.07 5 0.6 4.9 -0.1 2.2 23 .519 .503
1977 34 PIT NL 204.1 30 30 87 3.83 4.38 0.30 0.16 100.4 4.26 8 0.9 -0.1 2.5 27 .530 .506
1978 35 PIT NL 163.1 28 28 94 5.18 4.09 -0.21 0.13 103.9 4.60 -12 -1.3 -0.1 0.0 2 .453 .492
1979 36 PIT NL 103.2 19 17 58 5.04 4.14 0.04 0.13 105.8 4.47 -8 -0.8 1.3 -0.0 0.1 2 .458 .495
1980 37 PIT NL 18.0 4 4 7 3.50 4.06 0.16 0.14 109.7 4.43 2 0.2 -0.0 0.4 3 .553 .501
13 Seasons 1810.1 319 255 814 4.05 4.08 0.02 0.09 99.9 4.15 14 1.7 1.1 -1.0 17.0 169 .505 .501 $23,000
PIT (8 yrs) 1317.2 213 187 561 3.83 4.09 0.04 0.12 99.6 4.15 37 4.4 1.2 -0.7 15.3 154 .521 .503
KCR (4 yrs) 488.0 104 68 251 4.63 4.06 -0.04 0.03 100.6 4.15 -23 -2.6 1.0 -0.3 1.7 15 .475 .496 $15,000
DET (1 yr) 4.2 2 0 2 3.86 3.28 0.36 -0.14 102.0 2.83 -0 -0.1 .2 0.0 0.0 -0 .470 .500 $8,000

Postseason Pitching

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1974 31 PIT NL NLCS L LAD 0 0 2.57 1 1 0 0 0 0 7.0 6 2 2 1 5 2 4 0 0 0 32 1.571 7.7 1.3 6.4 5.1 0.80
1975 32 PIT NL NLCS L CIN 0 1 .000 9.00 1 1 0 0 0 0 4.0 7 4 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 19 1.750 15.8 2.3 0.0 9.0
1979 36 PIT NL WS W BAL 0 0 1.04 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 5 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 33 0.923 5.2 0.0 3.1 4.2 1.33
3 Yrs (3 Series) 0 1 .000 3.20 4 3 0 0 0 0 19.2 18 7 7 2 8 2 12 0 0 0 84 1.322 8.2 0.9 3.7 5.5 1.50
2 NLCS 0 1 .000 4.91 2 2 0 0 0 0 11.0 13 6 6 2 5 2 8 0 0 0 51 1.636 10.6 1.6 4.1 6.5 1.60
1 WS 0 0 1.04 2 1 0 0 0 0 8.2 5 1 1 0 3 0 4 0 0 0 33 0.923 5.2 0.0 3.1 4.2 1.33

Standard Batting

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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
1968 25 DET AL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1969 26 KCR AL 34 59 57 7 16 3 0 4 8 0 0 1 19 .281 .305 .544 .849 134 31 2 1 0 0 0 1
1970 27 KCR AL 41 76 70 12 14 4 0 1 13 0 0 2 35 .200 .230 .300 .530 46 21 3 1 2 1 0 1/7
1971 28 KCR AL 21 13 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 -49 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1972 29 KCR AL 18 22 20 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .100 .095 .100 .195 -41 2 1 0 0 1 0 1
1973 30 PIT NL 42 57 49 5 12 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 24 .245 .288 .245 .533 51 12 0 1 5 0 0 1
1974 31 PIT NL 33 106 95 8 29 5 2 0 8 0 0 5 31 .305 .337 .400 .737 110 38 1 0 5 1 0 1
1975 32 PIT NL 28 75 63 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 20 .095 .136 .095 .232 -34 6 1 0 9 0 0 1
1976 33 PIT NL 33 81 74 9 16 2 1 1 6 0 0 1 31 .216 .224 .311 .534 51 23 1 0 5 1 0 1
1977 34 PIT NL 30 75 70 4 13 1 0 0 5 1 0 4 27 .186 .230 .200 .430 16 14 2 0 1 0 0 1
1978 35 PIT NL 32 58 56 2 9 2 1 0 5 2 0 0 17 .161 .158 .232 .390 6 13 2 0 1 1 0 1
1979 36 PIT NL 19 36 33 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 13 .121 .147 .121 .268 -27 4 1 0 2 0 0 1
1980 37 PIT NL 4 8 7 1 1 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .571 .714 89 4 0 0 1 0 0 /1
13 Yrs 337 668 606 54 122 17 4 7 56 3 0 21 229 .201 .230 .277 .507 41 168 14 3 32 5 0
162 Game Avg. 162 321 291 26 59 8 2 3 27 1 0 10 110 .201 .230 .277 .507 41 81 7 1 15 2 0
PIT (8 yrs) 221 496 447 34 90 10 4 2 33 3 0 16 165 .201 .229 .255 .484 35 114 8 1 29 3 0
KCR (4 yrs) 114 170 157 20 32 7 0 5 23 0 0 5 63 .204 .235 .344 .579 61 54 6 2 3 2 0
DET (1 yr) 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (8 yrs) 221 496 447 34 90 10 4 2 33 3 0 16 165 .201 .229 .255 .484 35 114 8 1 29 3 0
AL (5 yrs) 116 172 159 20 32 7 0 5 23 0 0 5 64 .201 .232 .340 .572 59 54 6 2 3 2 0

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
1968 25 DET AL 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .485 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $8,000 /1
1969 26 KCR AL 34 59 2 -0 -0 0 7 8 0.9 2 10 0.9 .527 .506 0.9 -0.0 10 $15,000 1
1970 27 KCR AL 41 76 -5 0 -0 -0 9 4 0.4 3 6 0.4 .510 .503 0.4 -0.0 7 1/7
1971 28 KCR AL 21 13 -2 -0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 1
1972 29 KCR AL 18 22 -4 -0 -0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 1
1973 30 PIT NL 42 57 -2 0 0 0 7 5 0.5 2 7 0.5 .512 .503 0.5 0.0 7 1
1974 31 PIT NL 33 106 0 0 1 0 11 12 1.3 3 15 1.3 .539 .508 1.2 0.0 15 1
1975 32 PIT NL 28 75 -10 -0 0 0 8 -2 -0.2 2 1 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 1
1976 33 PIT NL 33 81 -6 1 -0 0 9 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .514 .503 0.4 0.0 7 1
1977 34 PIT NL 30 75 -9 -0 -0 0 9 -0 -0.0 2 2 -0.0 .500 .500 -0.0 0.0 2 1
1978 35 PIT NL 32 58 -7 -0 0 0 7 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 1
1979 36 PIT NL 19 36 -5 -0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 1
1980 37 PIT NL 4 8 -0 -0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .525 .501 0.1 0.0 1 /1
13 Seasons 337 668 -48 0 -0 -0 76 28 2.9 22 50 2.9 .509 .501 2.8 0.0 50 $23,000
PIT (8 yrs) 221 496 -39 0 1 0 56 18 1.9 16 34 1.9 .509 .501 1.8 0.1 34
KCR (4 yrs) 114 170 -9 0 -1 -0 20 10 1.0 6 16 1.0 .509 .502 1.1 -0.1 16 $15,000
DET (1 yr) 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .485 .500 -0.0 0.0 -0 $8,000

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
1974 31 PIT NL NLCS LAD L 1 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
1975 32 PIT NL NLCS CIN L 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 36 PIT NL WS BAL W 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs (3 Series) 4 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 2 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 1 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 SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1968 DET AL 25 P 2 0 0 4.2 2 0 2 0 0 1.000 3.86 1.00 .955 1.93 1.90 3 0 0% 37% 0
1969 KCR AL 26 P 28 22 8 158.1 31 3 24 4 0 .871 1.53 0.96 .951 1.88 1.88 10 3 23% 36% 2
1970 KCR AL 27 P 38 29 6 203.2 40 6 32 2 4 .950 1.68 1.00 .951 1.86 1.85 5 9 64% 40% 0
1970 KCR AL 27 LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1970 KCR AL 27 OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
1971 KCR AL 28 P 20 7 1 54.0 7 1 5 1 1 .857 1.00 0.30 .959 1.98 1.97 3 2 40% 39% 0
1972 KCR AL 29 P 18 10 4 72.0 19 3 16 0 1 1.000 2.38 1.06 .950 1.86 1.85 5 2 29% 39% 1
1973 PIT NL 30 P 41 18 6 170.1 37 6 29 2 3 .946 1.85 0.85 .950 1.88 1.88 4 1 20% 36% 1
1974 PIT NL 31 P 33 33 15 262.2 60 14 45 1 3 .983 2.02 1.79 .944 1.88 1.88 18 16 47% 33% 4
1975 PIT NL 32 P 28 28 7 196.2 46 10 32 4 1 .913 1.92 1.50 .946 1.86 1.86 10 5 33% 32% 0
1976 PIT NL 33 P 30 29 10 198.2 39 8 29 2 1 .949 1.68 1.23 .950 1.88 1.87 13 8 38% 33% 2
1977 PIT NL 34 P 30 30 7 204.1 35 6 27 2 2 .943 1.45 1.10 .950 1.85 1.85 14 10 42% 35% 1
1978 PIT NL 35 P 28 28 1 163.1 38 14 24 0 5 1.000 2.09 1.36 .951 1.91 1.89 12 10 45% 32% 4
1979 PIT NL 36 P 19 17 1 103.2 23 8 13 2 1 .913 1.82 1.11 .951 1.80 1.80 6 5 45% 34% 1
1980 PIT NL 37 P 4 4 0 18.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.50 1.25 .952 1.90 1.90 1 0 0% 31% 1
13 Seasons P 319 255 66 1810.1 382 80 282 20 22 .948 1.80 1.13 .949 1.87 1.87 104 71 41% 34% 17
1 Season LF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1 Season OF 1 0 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -60 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.10
13 Seasons TOT 320 255 66 1812.1 382 80 282 20 22 .948 -0 -0 1.80 1.13 .949 1.87 1.87 104 71 41% 34% 17
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

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1974 NL  6.0 (10th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1974 NL  4.8 (10th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1974 NL  2.78 (8th)
1975 NL  2.97 (8th)
1977 NL  3.08 (9th)

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1973 NL  .625 (7th)
1976 NL  .652 (7th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1973 NL  1.145 (5th)
1974 NL  1.184 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL  7.556 (9th)

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1973 NL  6.446 (10th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1974 NL  262.7 (9th)

Complete Games s c a p y
1974 NL  15 (4th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1970 AL  3 (6th)
1973 NL  3 (7th)
1977 NL  2 (9th)

Home Runs s c a p y
1977 NL  24 (9th)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1970 AL  102 (3rd)
1978 NL  81 (9th)

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1973 NL  2.346 (8th)

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1970 AL  0.486 (1st)
1974 NL  0.377 (4th)

Losses s c a p y
1969 AL  16 (2nd)
1970 AL  15 (6th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1977 NL  8 (10th)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1974 NL  124 (9th)
1975 NL  119 (10th)
1977 NL  128 (7th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1974 NL  21 (8th)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1974 NL  2.2 (8th)

Base-Out Runs Saved (RE24)† s c a p y
1973 NL  22.97 (9th)
1974 NL  27.06 (7th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1974 NL  2.6 (8th)

Sit. Wins Saved (WPA/LI)† s c a p y
1973 NL  2.3 (7th)
1974 NL  3.2 (5th)

Base-Out Wins Saved (REW)† s c a p y
1973 NL  2.5 (8th)
1974 NL  3.1 (7th)

Errors Committed as P s c a p y
1975 NL  4 (5th)

Fielding % as P s c a p y
1978 NL  1.000 (1st)

                                         

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkPitching - 28 (849), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 10 (976), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 8 (1038), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Starting Pitcher (465th), 19.9 career WAR/21.0 7yr-peak WAR/20.4 JAWS
Average HOF P (out of 57) = 72.6 career WAR/50.0 7yr-peak WAR/61.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Johnny Schmitz (940)
  6. Denny Lemaster (940)
  7. Jim Tobin (937)
  8. Al Smith (936)
  9. Randy Jones (936)
  10. Sam Jones (935)
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  2. Jumbo Elliott (977)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Jumbo Elliott (978)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Jakie May (958)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Jim Deshaies (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Tom Candiotti (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  10. Tom Candiotti (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  11. Fred Norman (956)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  12. Thornton Lee (947)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  7. Ed Willett (981)
  8. Russ Ortiz (980)
  9. Dave Roberts (979)
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  4. Thornton Lee (984)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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
196825Detroit Tigers$8,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
196926Kansas City Royals$15,000Noll/Fort/Hylan database
Career to date (may be incomplete)$23,000
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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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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