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Jim Scott

James Scott (Death Valley Jim)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 235 lb.

Born: April 23, 1888 in Deadwood, SD
School: Nebraska Wesleyan University (Lincoln, NE) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1909
Team: WhiteSox 1909-1917

Final Game: August 17, 1917
Died: April 7, 1957 in Jacumba, CA
Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA
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Standard Pitching

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 6 978 102 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 99 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 4 899 136 1.243 7.9 0.1 3.3 5.2 1.58
1912 24 CHW AL 2 2 .500 2.15 6 4 2 2 1 0 37.2 36 16 9 0 15 23 1 0 1 152 151 1.354 8.6 0.0 3.6 5.5 1.53
1913 25 CHW AL 20 21 .488 1.90 48 38 6 25 4 1 312.1 252 96 66 2 86 158 9 0 2 1225 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 95 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 146 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 5 657 101 1.258 8.4 0.2 2.9 3.9 1.34
1917 29 CHW AL 6 7 .462 1.87 24 17 4 6 2 1 125.0 126 37 26 0 42 37 6 0 0 511 143 1.344 9.1 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.88
9 Yrs 107 114 .484 2.30 317 226 63 123 26 9 1892.0 1624 686 483 21 609 945 53 3 32 7487 121 1.180 7.7 0.1 2.9 4.5 1.55
162 Game Avg. 13 14 .484 2.30 40 28 8 15 3 1 237 203 86 60 3 76 118 7 0 4 938 121 1.180 7.7 0.1 2.9 4.5 1.55

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1909 21 CHW AL 250.1 36 29 86 3.09 3.49 0.26 0.00 95.0 3.07 2 0.3 1.0 -0.3 2.2 20 .508 .502 $
1910 22 CHW AL 229.2 41 23 99 3.88 3.75 0.16 0.00 95.0 3.41 -10 -1.2 1.0 -0.2 0.6 8 .471 .493 $
1911 23 CHW AL 222.0 39 26 82 3.32 4.60 0.16 0.00 97.0 4.31 24 2.6 1.0 -0.2 4.4 49 .566 .516 $
1912 24 CHW AL 37.2 6 4 16 3.82 4.50 -0.05 0.00 96.0 4.36 2 0.3 1.0 -0.0 0.6 6 .545 .502 $
1913 25 CHW AL 312.1 48 38 96 2.77 4.03 0.21 0.00 100.0 3.82 39 4.8 1.0 -0.3 7.3 67 .599 .529 $ MVP-14
1914 26 CHW AL 253.1 43 33 109 3.87 3.73 0.15 0.00 98.0 3.51 -8 -0.9 1.0 -0.2 1.2 13 .479 .494 $
1915 27 CHW AL 296.1 48 35 98 2.98 3.87 0.09 0.00 101.0 3.82 29 3.5 1.0 -0.3 5.9 57 .572 .521 $
1916 28 CHW AL 165.1 32 21 63 3.43 3.65 0.20 0.00 97.0 3.35 -1 -0.1 1.0 -0.1 1.2 13 .496 .499 $
1917 29 CHW AL 125.0 24 17 37 2.66 3.57 -0.03 0.00 100.0 3.60 13 1.6 1.0 -0.1 2.7 24 .568 .510 $
9 Seasons 1892.0 317 226 686 3.26 3.87 0.16 0.00 97.9 3.64 91 10.8 1.0 -1.7 26.1 257 .534 .507 $

Cumulative Pitching

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 6 978 102 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 1875 101 1.156 7.1 0.1 3.4 5.1 1.51 101
1911 23 34 41 .453 2.37 116 78 30 47 9 1 702.0 571 267 185 8 260 398 24 0 18 2774 112 1.184 7.3 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.53 112
1912 24 36 43 .456 2.36 122 82 32 49 10 1 739.2 607 283 194 8 275 421 25 0 19 2926 114 1.192 7.4 0.1 3.3 5.1 1.53 114
1913 25 56 64 .467 2.22 170 120 38 74 14 2 1052.0 859 379 260 10 361 579 34 0 21 4151 124 1.160 7.3 0.1 3.1 5.0 1.60 124
1914 26 70 82 .461 2.34 213 153 44 86 16 3 1305.1 1087 488 340 15 436 717 39 0 23 5159 117 1.167 7.5 0.1 3.0 4.9 1.64 117
1915 27 94 93 .503 2.29 261 188 52 109 23 5 1601.2 1343 586 407 18 514 837 44 2 27 6319 122 1.159 7.5 0.1 2.9 4.7 1.63 122
1916 28 101 107 .486 2.33 293 209 59 117 24 8 1767.0 1498 649 457 21 567 908 47 3 32 6976 119 1.169 7.6 0.1 2.9 4.6 1.60 119
1917 29 107 114 .484 2.30 317 226 63 123 26 9 1892.0 1624 686 483 21 609 945 53 3 32 7487 121 1.180 7.7 0.1 2.9 4.5 1.55 121

Neutralized Pitching

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3.76 218.0 236 101 91 0 113 118 19 1.601 9.7 4.7 4.9 1.04 0.0 36
1910 22 12 10 .545 3.65 202.0 213 91 82 6 101 119 5 1.554 9.5 4.5 5.3 1.18 0.3 41
1911 23 17 7 .708 2.56 218.0 204 69 62 3 85 126 4 1.326 8.4 3.5 5.2 1.48 0.1 39
1912 24 2 1 .667 2.57 35.0 38 11 10 0 16 21 1 1.543 9.8 4.1 5.4 1.31 0.0 6
1913 25 24 9 .727 2.33 301.0 281 87 78 2 96 152 10 1.252 8.4 2.9 4.5 1.58 0.1 48
1914 26 12 13 .480 4.00 227.0 260 112 101 6 86 124 6 1.524 10.3 3.4 4.9 1.44 0.2 43
1915 27 22 9 .710 2.48 280.0 281 86 77 3 86 113 5 1.311 9.0 2.8 3.6 1.31 0.1 48
1916 28 8 8 .500 3.95 146.0 179 71 64 3 61 63 3 1.644 11.0 3.8 3.9 1.03 0.2 32
1917 29 8 4 .667 2.68 111.0 144 37 33 0 48 33 7 1.730 11.7 3.9 2.7 0.69 0.0 24
9 Yrs 118 72 .621 3.10 1738.0 1836 665 598 23 692 869 60 1.455 9.5 4.5 1.26 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 (972nd)

Wins Above Replacement† s c a p y
1913 AL  6.4 (10th)
1915 AL  5.4 (8th)

WAR for Pitchers† s c a p y
1911 AL  4.4 (10th)
1913 AL  7.3 (3rd)
1915 AL  5.9 (3rd)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1911 AL  2.39 (8th)
1913 AL  1.90 (3rd)
1915 AL  2.03 (4th)
Career  2.30 (19th)

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 (101st)

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  0.000 (1st)
1913 AL  0.058 (8th)
Career  0.100 (33rd)

Losses s c a p y
1910 AL  18 (3rd)
1913 AL  21 (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)
1913 AL  9 (10th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1909 AL  978 (10th)
1913 AL  1,225 (2nd)
1915 AL  1,160 (6th)

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

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1911 AL  136 (9th)
1913 AL  154 (4th)
1915 AL  147 (4th)
Career  121 (109th)

Adj. Pitching Runs s c a p y
1911 AL  22 (8th)
1913 AL  33 (4th)
1915 AL  29 (2nd)

Adj. Pitching Wins s c a p y
1911 AL  2.2 (8th)
1913 AL  3.7 (4th)
1915 AL  3.2 (2nd)

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

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (744), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 79 (310), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (385), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (365), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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