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

Born: April 23, 1888 in Deadwood, SD
Schools: 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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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

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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
1909 21 CHW AL 36 96 85 7 9 2 0 0 5 0 9 .106 .191 .129 .321 3 11 0 2 1
1910 22 CHW AL 41 79 74 6 15 3 1 0 6 0 3 .203 .234 .270 .504 61 20 0 2 1
1911 23 CHW AL 39 81 71 5 11 2 0 0 4 0 4 .155 .211 .183 .394 11 13 1 5 1
1912 24 CHW AL 6 12 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1913 25 CHW AL 48 109 97 3 7 1 0 1 8 2 3 24 .072 .109 .113 .222 -35 11 1 8 1 MVP-14
1914 26 CHW AL 43 91 86 3 14 3 0 0 2 0 2 3 19 .163 .191 .198 .389 17 17 0 2 1
1915 27 CHW AL 48 109 95 3 12 0 0 0 6 1 8 26 .126 .194 .126 .320 -5 12 0 6 1
1916 28 CHW AL 32 56 52 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 13 .115 .115 .115 .231 -31 6 0 4 1
1917 29 CHW AL 24 46 42 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 9 .119 .196 .119 .315 -5 5 0 0 1
9 Seasons 317 679 614 30 79 11 1 1 34 3 2 34 91 .129 .177 .155 .332 -0 95 2 29
162 Game Avg. 162 347 314 15 40 6 1 1 17 2 17 .129 .177 .155 .332 -0 49 1 15

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1909 CHW AL 21 P 36 80 6 70 4 2 .950 2.11 .941 2.25
1910 CHW AL 22 P 41 98 11 84 3 4 .969 2.32 .941 2.35
1911 CHW AL 23 P 39 58 7 43 8 3 .862 1.28 .943 1.89
1912 CHW AL 24 P 6 12 0 11 1 0 .917 1.83 .942 1.95
1913 CHW AL 25 P 48 107 7 91 9 2 .916 2.04 .938 1.83 MVP-14
1914 CHW AL 26 P 43 100 6 87 7 1 .930 2.16 .936 1.74
1915 CHW AL 27 P 48 114 6 103 5 2 .956 2.27 .936 1.80
1916 CHW AL 28 P 32 50 4 45 1 3 .980 1.53 .942 1.69
1917 CHW AL 29 P 24 46 7 37 2 1 .957 1.83 .946 1.83
9 Seasons P 317 665 54 571 40 18 .940 1.97 .940 1.92
9 Seasons TOT 317 665 54 571 40 18 .940 1.97 .879 1.92

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--57th

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 (734), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 79 (310), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (375), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (355), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

Before 1909 Season: Purchased by the Chicago White Sox from Wichita (Western Association) for $2,000.

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