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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 (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,in Inglewood, 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 6 978 102 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 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 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 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 4 6 2 1 125.0 126 37 26 0 42 37 6 0 0 511 142 1.344 9.1 0.0 3.0 2.7 0.88
9 Seasons 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

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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 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 0 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 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 48 106 7 90 9 2 .915 2.02 .940 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 317 664 54 570 40 18 .940 1.97 .940 1.92
9 Seasons TOT 317 664 54 570 40 18 .940 1.97 .880 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 (957th)

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 (96th)

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 (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  1225 (2nd)
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 (101st)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 2 (714), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 79 (301), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 35 (380), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsPitching - 18 (358), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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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  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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  2. Denny McLain (988)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Burt Hooton (989)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - 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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