Jim Slaton
James Michael Slaton
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 19, 1950 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Antelope Valley (Lancaster, CA)
Drafted by the Seattle Pilots in the 15th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1971
Final Game: September 28, 1986
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Standard Fielding

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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
1971 MIL AL 21 P 26 23 147.2 26 12 12 2 1 .923 1.46 0.92 .958 1.98 0.77
1972 MIL AL 22 P 9 8 44.0 12 1 11 0 0 1.000 2.45 1.33 .950 1.86 0.76
1973 MIL AL 23 P 38 38 276.1 52 19 27 6 4 .885 1.50 1.21 .954 1.86 0.86
1974 MIL AL 24 P 40 35 250.0 53 16 36 1 3 .981 1.87 1.30 .945 1.81 0.83
1975 MIL AL 25 P 37 33 217.0 54 16 34 4 3 .926 2.07 1.35 .941 1.87 0.85
1976 MIL AL 26 P 38 38 292.2 64 18 43 3 2 .953 1.88 1.61 .950 1.87 0.85
1977 MIL AL 27 P 32 31 221.0 59 21 34 4 1 .932 2.24 1.72 .949 1.95 0.84 AS
1978 DET AL 28 P 35 34 233.2 43 9 32 2 6 .953 1.58 1.17 .953 1.90 0.85
1979 MIL AL 29 P 32 30 213.0 52 16 35 1 3 .981 2.15 1.59 .948 1.92 0.81
1980 MIL AL 30 P 3 3 16.1 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.65 1.00 .967 1.87 0.77
1981 MIL AL 31 P 24 21 117.1 28 14 14 0 3 1.000 2.15 1.17 .961 1.98 0.81
1982 MIL AL 32 P 39 7 117.2 22 6 16 0 0 1.000 1.68 0.56 .955 1.80 0.73
1983 MIL AL 33 P 46 0 112.1 20 4 16 0 1 1.000 1.60 0.43 .955 1.80 0.73
1984 CAL AL 34 P 32 22 163.0 34 9 25 0 3 1.000 1.88 1.06 .956 1.79 0.70
1985 CAL AL 35 P 29 24 148.1 29 6 22 1 4 .966 1.70 0.97 .952 1.86 0.70
1986 TOT AL 36 P 36 12 113.1 31 13 18 0 2 1.000 2.46 0.86 .955 1.83 0.68
1986 CAL AL 36 P 14 12 73.1 19 7 12 0 1 1.000 2.33 1.36 .953 1.83 0.68
1986 DET AL 36 P 22 0 40.0 12 6 6 0 1 1.000 2.70 0.55 .958 1.82 0.68
16 Seasons P 496 359 2683.2 582 180 378 24 36 .959 1.87 1.13 .951 1.87 0.79
16 Seasons TOT 496 359 2683.2 582 180 378 24 36 .959 1.87 1.13 .910 1.87 0.79
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1971 MIL AL 21 26 23 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 MIL AL 22 9 8 9 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 MIL AL 23 38 0 1 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 MIL AL 24 40 0 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1975 MIL AL 25 37 0 1 37 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 MIL AL 26 38 0 38 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 MIL AL 27 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 DET AL 28 35 0 35 35 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 MIL AL 29 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 MIL AL 30 3 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MIL AL 31 24 0 24 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 MIL AL 32 39 0 39 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 MIL AL 33 46 0 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 CAL AL 34 32 0 32 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 CAL AL 35 29 0 29 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 DET AL 36 22 0 1 22 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 CAL AL 36 14 0 14 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 496 31 38 496 496 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1971 MIL AL 21 649 79% 25% 16 88% 0 12 1 8 13 11 1 2 0 1 1 1 1 0 1 0 4 50%
1972 MIL AL 22 204 81% 30% 11 100% 0 1 0 1 11 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1973 MIL AL 23 1211 81% 23% 29 93% 1 17 3 12 24 19 2 6 2 3 1 2 3 1 3 0 2 50%
1974 MIL AL 24 1130 80% 22% 40 95% 1 17 3 12 36 24 5 1 0 1 0 1 3 2 3 0 12 92%
1975 MIL AL 25 1012 79% 22% 37 86% 1 15 1 12 35 26 4 4 0 3 1 3 3 2 2 1 5 100%
1976 MIL AL 26 1290 82% 26% 46 93% 0 18 2 13 43 32 5 3 0 1 2 0 2 1 1 1 12 92%
1977 MIL AL 27 977 80% 27% 34 88% 2 21 0 17 34 23 5 4 0 2 2 1 1 0 1 0 4 100%
1978 DET AL 28 1035 82% 26% 33 94% 0 9 1 8 32 23 5 2 0 1 1 1 6 4 5 1 5 100%
1979 MIL AL 29 925 85% 27% 39 97% 1 16 3 10 34 25 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 1 1 5 100%
1980 MIL AL 30 70 87% 36% 3 100% 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 MIL AL 31 525 81% 25% 15 93% 0 14 3 5 14 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 0
1982 MIL AL 32 513 80% 22% 15 100% 0 5 0 3 16 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 100%
1983 MIL AL 33 508 81% 21% 15 100% 0 3 0 3 16 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 3 100%
1984 CAL AL 34 736 83% 22% 26 100% 0 10 1 9 27 22 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 2 1 5 100%
1985 CAL AL 35 670 81% 24% 20 100% 1 7 1 5 19 13 4 1 0 0 1 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1986 DET AL 36 175 86% 29% 6 100% 0 6 0 6 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0
1986 CAL AL 36 334 81% 25% 12 100% 0 7 0 6 12 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
16 Seasons 11964 81% 25% 397 94% 7 178 19 130 375 278 42 24 2 12 10 9 32 16 24 7 65 92%
MLB Averages 78% 27% 91% 88%
PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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