Jim Small
James Arthur Patrick Small
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Weight: 180 lb.

Born: March 8, 1937 in Portland, OR
High School: Bellarmine Prep (San Jose, CA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 22, 1955
Final Game: September 27, 1958
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Standard Batting

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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
1955 18 DET AL 12 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1956 19 DET AL 58 99 91 13 29 4 2 0 10 0 0 6 10 .319 .361 .407 .767 102 37 1 0 2 0 0 8/97
1957 20 DET AL 36 44 42 7 9 2 0 0 0 0 2 2 11 .214 .250 .262 .512 39 11 1 0 0 0 0 /798
1958 21 KCA AL 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 0 0 0 0 0 /9
4 Seasons 108 153 141 22 38 6 2 0 10 0 2 10 22 .270 .318 .340 .658 75 48 2 0 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 230 212 33 57 9 3 0 15 0 3 15 33 .270 .318 .340 .658 75 72 3 0 3 0 0
DET (3 yrs) 106 148 137 22 38 6 2 0 10 0 2 9 22 .277 .322 .350 .672 79 48 2 0 2 0 0
KCA (1 yr) 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 -40 0 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1955 18 DET AL 5 4 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .264 .200 .343 .000 .393 .200 .736 -42 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
1956 19 DET AL 99 65 14 5.8 107 .358 .319 .269 .361 .351 .407 .410 .767 .760 102 .582 -0.0 0.0 .683 .154 .088
1957 20 DET AL 44 36 2 1.5 102 .290 .214 .266 .250 .339 .262 .402 .512 .741 39 .122 -3.7 -0.4 .306 .048 .048
1958 21 KCA AL 5 4 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .264 .200 .333 .000 .401 .200 .734 -40 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
4 Seasons 153 109 16 3.9 105 .319 .270 .268 .318 .347 .340 .407 .658 .753 75 .423 -5.3 -0.5 .523 .128 .071
162 Game Avg. 230 164 24 3.9 105 .319 .270 .268 .318 .347 .340 .407 .658 .753 75 .423 -5.3 -0.5 .523 .128 .071
DET (3 yrs) 148 105 16 4.1 105 .330 .277 .268 .322 .347 .350 .407 .672 .754 79 .439 -4.5 -0.4 .534 .124 .073
KCA (1 yr) 5 4 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .264 .200 .333 .000 .401 .200 .734 -40 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .250 .000

Ratio Batting*

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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
1955 18 DET AL 5 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 1.00 4.0 2.00 60%
1956 19 DET AL 99 0.0% 10.1% 6.1% 6.1% 21% 1.67 9.1 9.1 1.84 82%
1957 20 DET AL 44 0.0% 25.0% 4.6% 4.6% 22% 5.50 3.8 2.29 70%
1958 21 KCA AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.00 1.00 80%
4 Seasons 153 0.0% 14.4% 6.5% 5.2% 21% 2.20 6.4 14.1 1.90 78%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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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
1955 18 DET AL 0 0 200% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1956 19 DET AL 1 0 37% 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 46% 13 7 6 2 1 1 9 4 4
1957 20 DET AL 0 0 64% 25 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 3 17% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1958 21 KCA AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 1 0 46% 93 0 2 0% 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 9 6 41% 17 10 7 4 3 1 11 5 5
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1955 18 DET AL 5 100% 0 2 0 0 0 0.16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 19 DET AL 99 89% 29 14 7 0 0 0.48 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 21 1 5% 12 4 33% 72 10 14% 5 4 80% 4 3 75% 0
1957 20 DET AL 44 98% 9 14 3 0 0 1.50 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 1 10% 5 1 20% 30 0 0% 2 0 0% 5 2 40% 0
1958 21 KCA AL 5 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 153 92% 38 31 10 0 0 0.91 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 32 2 6% 17 5 29% 110 10 9% 7 4 57% 9 5 56% 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1955 18 12 5 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 19 70 104 95 15 29 4 2 0 10 0 0 7 11 .305 .353 .389 .742 96 37 1 0 2 0 0
1957 20 106 148 137 22 38 6 2 0 10 0 2 9 22 .277 .322 .350 .672 79 48 2 0 2 0 0
1958 21 108 153 141 22 38 6 2 0 10 0 2 10 22 .270 .318 .340 .658 75 48 2 0 2 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1955 18 13 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 12
1956 19 61 101 95 13 30 4 2 0 10 0 6 10 .316 .356 .400 .756 14 58
1957 20 38 45 43 7 8 2 0 0 0 0 2 12 .186 .222 .233 .455 2 36
1958 21 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 2
4 Seasons 114 156 146 20 38 6 2 0 10 0 10 23 .260 .308 .329 .636 16 108
162 Game Avg. 162 222 207 28 54 9 3 0 14 0 14 33 .260 .308 .329 .636 23 108

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1955 AL  born 1937-03-08 (6th)
1956 AL  born 1937-03-08 (7th)
1957 AL  born 1937-03-08 (10th)

                                         

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