Jim Scott
James Scott (Death Valley Jim)
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 235 lb.

Born: April 23, 1888 in Deadwood, SD
School: Nebraska Wesleyan University (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1909
Final Game: August 17, 1917
Died: April 7, 1957 in Jacumba, CA
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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
1909 21 CHW AL 12 12 .500 2.30 36 29 6 20 4 0 250.1 194 86 64 0 93 135 16 0 6 976 102 1.146 7.0 0.0 3.3 4.9 1.45
1910 22 CHW AL 8 18 .308 2.43 41 23 17 14 2 1 229.2 182 99 62 5 86 135 4 0 8 897 98 1.167 7.1 0.2 3.4 5.3 1.57
1911 23 CHW AL 14 11 .560 2.39 39 26 7 13 3 0 222.0 195 82 59 3 81 128 4 0 4 899 135 1.243 7.9 0.1 3.3 5.2 1.58
1912 24 CHW AL 2 2 .500 2.15 6 4 1 2 1 0 37.2 36 16 9 0 15 23 1 0 1 152 150 1.354 8.6 0.0 3.6 5.5 1.53
1913 25 CHW AL 20 20 .500 1.90 48 38 6 25 4 1 312.1 252 96 66 2 86 158 9 0 3 1203 154 1.082 7.3 0.1 2.5 4.6 1.84 MVP-14
1914 26 CHW AL 14 18 .438 2.84 43 33 6 12 2 1 253.1 228 109 80 5 75 138 5 0 2 1008 94 1.196 8.1 0.2 2.7 4.9 1.84
1915 27 CHW AL 24 11 .686 2.03 48 35 8 23 7 2 296.1 256 98 67 3 78 120 5 2 4 1160 147 1.127 7.8 0.1 2.4 3.6 1.54
1916 28 CHW AL 7 14 .333 2.72 32 21 7 8 1 3 165.1 155 63 50 3 53 71 3 1 5 657 102 1.258 8.4 0.2 2.9 3.9 1.34
1917 29 CHW AL 6 7 .462 1.87 24 17 5 6 2 1 125.0 126 37 26 0 42 37 6 0 0 516 142 1.344 9.1 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.88
9 Seasons 107 113 .486 2.30 317 226 63 123 26 9 1892.0 1624 686 483 21 609 945 53 3 33 7468 121 1.180 7.7 0.1 2.9 4.5 1.55
162 Game Avg. 13 14 .486 2.30 40 28 8 15 3 1 237 203 86 60 3 76 118 7 0 4 935 121 1.180 7.7 0.1 2.9 4.5 1.55

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+
1909 21 12 12 .500 2.30 36 29 6 20 4 0 250.1 194 86 64 0 93 135 16 0 6 976 102 1.146 7.0 0.0 3.3 4.9 1.45 102
1910 22 20 30 .400 2.36 77 52 23 34 6 1 480.0 376 185 126 5 179 270 20 0 14 1873 100 1.156 7.1 0.1 3.4 5.1 1.51 100
1911 23 34 41 .453 2.37 116 78 30 47 9 1 702.0 571 267 185 8 260 398 24 0 18 2772 111 1.184 7.3 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.53 111
1912 24 36 43 .456 2.36 122 82 31 49 10 1 739.2 607 283 194 8 275 421 25 0 19 2924 113 1.192 7.4 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.53 113
1913 25 56 63 .471 2.22 170 120 37 74 14 2 1052.0 859 379 260 10 361 579 34 0 22 4127 124 1.160 7.3 0.1 3.1 5.0 1.60 124
1914 26 70 81 .464 2.34 213 153 43 86 16 3 1305.1 1087 488 340 15 436 717 39 0 24 5135 117 1.167 7.5 0.1 3.0 4.9 1.64 117
1915 27 94 92 .505 2.29 261 188 51 109 23 5 1601.2 1343 586 407 18 514 837 44 2 28 6295 122 1.159 7.5 0.1 2.9 4.7 1.63 122
1916 28 101 106 .488 2.33 293 209 58 117 24 8 1767.0 1498 649 457 21 567 908 47 3 33 6952 120 1.169 7.6 0.1 2.9 4.6 1.60 120
1917 29 107 113 .486 2.30 317 226 63 123 26 9 1892.0 1624 686 483 21 609 945 53 3 33 7468 121 1.180 7.7 0.1 2.9 4.5 1.55 121

Neutralized Pitching

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
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
1909 21 13 11 .542 3.65 222.0 227 100 90 0 109 120 19 1.514 9.2 4.4 4.9 1.10 0.0 36
1910 22 12 10 .545 3.58 206.0 206 91 82 6 97 121 5 1.471 9.0 4.2 5.3 1.25 0.3 41
1911 23 17 7 .708 2.50 220.0 199 68 61 3 83 127 4 1.282 8.1 3.4 5.2 1.53 0.1 39
1912 24 2 1 .667 2.57 35.0 37 11 10 0 15 21 1 1.486 9.5 3.9 5.4 1.40 0.0 6
1913 25 24 8 .750 2.36 297.0 272 87 78 2 93 150 10 1.229 8.2 2.8 4.5 1.61 0.1 48
1914 26 13 12 .520 3.95 230.0 254 112 101 6 84 125 6 1.470 9.9 3.3 4.9 1.49 0.2 43
1915 27 22 9 .710 2.44 284.0 273 86 77 3 83 115 5 1.254 8.7 2.6 3.6 1.39 0.1 48
1916 28 8 8 .500 3.87 149.0 173 71 64 3 59 64 3 1.557 10.4 3.6 3.9 1.08 0.2 32
1917 29 8 4 .667 2.61 114.0 140 37 33 0 47 34 7 1.640 11.1 3.7 2.7 0.72 0.0 24
9 Seasons 119 70 .630 3.05 1757.0 1781 663 596 23 670 877 60 1.395 9.1 4.5 1.31 0.1 317

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1913-AL-14-8%
0.08 Career Shares (949th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1911 AL--2.392--8th
1913 AL--1.902--3rd
1915 AL--2.035--4th
Career--2.298--18th

Wins s c a p y
1913 AL--20--5th
1915 AL--24--2nd

Win-Loss % s c a p y
1915 AL--.686--5th

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1913 AL--1.082--3rd
1915 AL--1.127--10th
Career--1.180--97th

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1909 AL--6.975--8th
1911 AL--7.905--5th
1913 AL--7.262--7th
Career--7.725--58th

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1915 AL--2.369--9th

Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y
1909 AL--4.854--10th
1910 AL--5.290--7th
1911 AL--5.189--9th
1913 AL--4.553--10th
1914 AL--4.903--9th

Games Played s c a p y
1909 AL--36--8th
1910 AL--41--4th
1911 AL--39--8th
1913 AL--48--2nd
1915 AL--48--3rd

Saves s c a p y
1910 AL--1--9th
1916 AL--3--8th

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1909 AL--250.3--10th
1913 AL--312.3--3rd
1915 AL--296.3--6th

Strikeouts s c a p y
1909 AL--135--7th
1910 AL--135--8th
1913 AL--158--4th
1914 AL--138--8th

Games Started s c a p y
1909 AL--29--10th
1913 AL--38--1st
1914 AL--33--8th
1915 AL--35--3rd

Complete Games s c a p y
1913 AL--25--3rd
1915 AL--23--4th

Shutouts s c a p y
1909 AL--4--9th
1911 AL--3--7th
1913 AL--4--5th
1915 AL--7--1st
Career--26--161st

Home Runs s c a p y
1910 AL--5--6th
1914 AL--5--3rd

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1909 AL--93--3rd
1910 AL--86--5th
1911 AL--81--5th
1913 AL--86--10th

Hits s c a p y
1913 AL--252--7th
1914 AL--228--9th
1915 AL--256--6th

Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y
1913 AL--1.837--7th
1914 AL--1.840--9th

Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y
1909 AL--0.00--1st
1913 AL--.058--8th
Career--.100--32nd

Losses s c a p y
1910 AL--18--3rd
1913 AL--20--1st
1914 AL--18--2nd
1916 AL--14--10th

Earned Runs s c a p y
1914 AL--80--7th

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1910 AL--8--7th

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1909 AL--16--3rd

Batters Faced s c a p y
1909 AL--976--10th
1913 AL--1203--3rd
1915 AL--1160--6th

Games Finished s c a p y
1910 AL--17--1st

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1911 AL--135--9th
1913 AL--154--4th
1915 AL--147--4th
Career--121--102nd

Youngest s c a p y
1909 AL--born 1888-04-23--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (718), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 79 (304), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (380), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  5. Barney Pelty (915)
  6. Joe Horlen (912)
  7. Ray Fisher (910)
  8. Jeff Tesreau (908)
  9. Ed Willett (907)
  10. George McQuillan (905)
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  1. Jack Stivetts (985)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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  3. Willie Mitchell (953)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Guy Morton (969)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Andy Coakley (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  6. Eppa Rixey (947) * 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  7. Wilbur Cooper (950)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  8. Claude Hendrix (944)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  9. Bill Doak (948)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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