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Jim Slaton

James Michael Slaton

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 19, 1950 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Antelope Valley HS (Lancaster, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 15th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1971
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Angels/Tigers 1971-1986

Final Game: September 28, 1986
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All-Star

Standard Batting

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
1971 21 MIL AL 26 54 46 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18 .109 .180 .109 .289 -16 5 0 0 4 0 0 1
1972 22 MIL AL 9 14 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .091 .091 .091 .182 -45 1 0 0 3 0 0 /1
1973 23 MIL AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1974 24 MIL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1975 25 MIL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1976 26 MIL AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1977 27 MIL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1978 28 DET AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 29 MIL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 30 MIL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1981 31 MIL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 32 MIL AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1983 33 MIL AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1984 34 CAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1985 35 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 36 TOT AL 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 36 CAL AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1986 36 DET AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
16 Yrs 496 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 22 19 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 2 0 0 2 0 0
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
MIL (12 yrs) 364 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
CAL (3 yrs) 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DET (2 yrs) 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 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
1971 21 MIL AL 26 54 -7 -0 0 0 6 -1 -0.2 2 0 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 0.0 0 $ 1
1972 22 MIL AL 9 14 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ /1
1973 23 MIL AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $ 1
1974 24 MIL AL 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1975 25 MIL AL 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1976 26 MIL AL 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1977 27 MIL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $45,000 1 AS
1978 28 DET AL 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1979 29 MIL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $247,000 1
1980 30 MIL AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $247,000 /1
1981 31 MIL AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $247,000 1
1982 32 MIL AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $247,000 1
1983 33 MIL AL 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $247,000 1
1984 34 CAL AL 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1985 35 CAL AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $437,500 1
1986 36 CAL AL 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $400,000 1
1986 36 DET AL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $60,000 1
16 Seasons 496 68 -10 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.3 2 0 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 0.4 0 $2,177,500
Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
MIL (12 yrs) 364 68 -10 0 0 0 7 -2 -0.3 2 0 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 0.3 0 $1,280,000
CAL (3 yrs) 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $837,500
DET (2 yrs) 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $60,000

Advanced Batting

Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1971 21 MIL AL 54 45 1 0.6 91 .179 .109 .253 .180 .324 .109 .375 .289 .700 -16 .030 -7.1 -0.8 .220 .087 .000
1972 22 MIL AL 14 13 0 0.0 81 .167 .091 .243 .091 .311 .091 .351 .182 .663 -45 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
16 Yrs 68 58 1 0.5 89 .176 .105 .251 .164 .322 .105 .370 .269 .693 -21 .019 -9.0 -1.0 .196 .070 .000
162 Game Avg. 22 19 0 0.5 89 .176 .105 .251 .164 .322 .105 .370 .269 .693 -21 .019 -9.0 -1.0 .196 .070 .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
1981 31 MIL AL ALDS NYY L 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 32 MIL AL ALCS CAL W 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 32 MIL AL WS STL L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (3 Series) 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALDS 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 ALCS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1977 MIL AL 27 DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1971 21 MIL AL 54 0.0% 33.3% 7.4% 0.0% 0% 4.50 2.6 1.73 52%
1972 22 MIL AL 14 0.0% 35.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 1.67 43%
16 Yrs 68 0.0% 33.8% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 5.75 2.5 1.71 50%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.5% 8.5% 6.4% 28% 1.58 6.6 44.8 8.7 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 21 MIL AL -7.1 -0.8 54 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 .89 -0.7 -0.1 -8.4 -0.9 1.00 -7.7 0
1972 22 MIL AL -2.0 -0.2 14 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.05 -0.2 0.1 -2.6 -0.3 1.03 -2.3 0
1973 23 MIL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1974 24 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1975 25 MIL AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1976 26 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1977 27 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1978 28 DET AL 0.0 0.0
1979 29 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1980 30 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1981 31 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1982 32 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1983 33 MIL AL 0.0 0.0
1984 34 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1985 35 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1986 36 TOT AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1986 36 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1986 36 DET AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
16 Yrs -9.0 -1.0 68 -1.0 0.3 -1.3 .93 -1.0 -0.1 -11.0 -1.2 1.01 -9.9 0
BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1971 21 MIL AL 0 0 33% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 25% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1972 22 MIL AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Yrs 0 0 40% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 40% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1

Situational Hitting*

Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1971 21 MIL AL 54 48% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 11 0 0% 12 3 25% 38 1 3% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
1972 22 MIL AL 14 43% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 11 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
16 Yrs 68 47% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 15 0 0% 16 4 25% 49 1 2% 1 0 0% 3 1 33% 0
MLB Averages 56% 79% 11% 34% 14% 50% 54%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1971 21 26 54 46 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 18 .109 .180 .109 .289 -16 5 0 0 4 0 0
1972 22 35 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1973 23 73 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1974 24 113 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1975 25 150 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1976 26 188 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1977 27 220 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1978 28 255 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1979 29 287 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1980 30 290 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1981 31 314 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1982 32 353 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1983 33 399 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1984 34 431 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1985 35 460 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0
1986 36 496 68 57 4 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -21 6 0 0 7 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1971 21 26 54 46 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 18 .109 .180 .109 .289 1 26
1972 22 9 14 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
2 Yrs 35 68 57 3 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 23 .088 .148 .088 .235 1 35
162 Game Avg. 162 315 264 14 23 0 0 0 0 0 19 106 .088 .148 .088 .235 5 35

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1977

Youngest s c a p y
1971 AL  born 1950-06-19 (10th)

                           

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