Jim Tatum
James Ray Tatum
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 9, 1967 in Grossmont, CA
High School: Santana (Santee, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 3rd round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1992
Final Game: June 11, 1998
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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
1992 24 MIL AL 5 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1993 25 COL NL 92 106 98 7 20 5 0 1 12 0 0 5 27 .204 .245 .286 .531 33 28 0 1 0 2 0 3/579
1995 27 COL NL 34 35 34 4 8 1 1 0 4 0 0 1 7 .235 .257 .324 .581 37 11 1 0 0 0 0 /72
1996 28 TOT MLB 7 11 11 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .091 .091 .091 .182 -53 1 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1996 28 BOS AL 2 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -36 1 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1996 28 SDP NL 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /5
1998 30 NYM NL 35 57 50 4 9 1 2 2 13 0 0 3 19 .180 .211 .400 .611 57 20 0 0 0 4 0 /3275D
5 Seasons 173 218 201 16 39 7 3 3 29 0 0 10 58 .194 .229 .303 .533 34 61 1 1 0 6 0
162 Game Avg. 162 204 188 15 37 7 3 3 27 0 0 9 54 .194 .229 .303 .533 34 57 1 1 0 6 0
COL (2 yrs) 126 141 132 11 28 6 1 1 16 0 0 6 34 .212 .248 .295 .544 34 39 1 1 0 2 0
NYM (1 yr) 35 57 50 4 9 1 2 2 13 0 0 3 19 .180 .211 .400 .611 57 20 0 0 0 4 0
BOS (1 yr) 2 8 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .125 .125 .125 .250 -36 1 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 5 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
MIL (1 yr) 5 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 166 201 185 15 37 7 3 3 29 0 0 9 54 .200 .234 .319 .553 38 59 1 1 0 6 0
AL (2 yrs) 7 17 16 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .125 .176 .125 .301 -18 2 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
1992 24 MIL AL 9 7 0 0.0 93 .167 .125 .258 .222 .327 .125 .383 .347 .710 1 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .125 .000
1993 25 COL NL 106 80 8 2.7 117 .264 .204 .290 .245 .358 .286 .442 .531 .800 33 .268 -10.0 -1.0 .436 .133 .082 .0
1995 27 COL NL 35 27 3 3.0 130 .296 .235 .302 .257 .376 .324 .470 .581 .846 37 .292 -3.6 -0.4 .444 .118 .088
1996 28 TOT MLB 11 10 0 0.0 113 .125 .091 .274 .091 .346 .091 .438 .182 .784 -53 .000 -2.6 -0.2 .100 .000 .000
1996 28 BOS AL 8 7 0 0.0 117 .167 .125 .278 .125 .352 .125 .447 .250 .799 -36 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
1996 28 SDP NL 3 3 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .264 .000 .332 .000 .413 .000 .745 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1998 30 NYM NL 57 45 5 3.0 107 .212 .180 .268 .211 .338 .400 .422 .611 .761 57 .290 -3.4 -0.3 .561 .280 .220 .0
5 Seasons 218 169 16 2.5 115 .247 .194 .284 .229 .354 .303 .439 .533 .793 34 .241 -20.6 -2.0 .442 .159 .109 .0
162 Game Avg. 204 158 15 2.5 115 .247 .194 .284 .229 .354 .303 .439 .533 .793 34 .241 -20.6 -2.0 .442 .159 .109
COL (2 yrs) 141 107 11 2.8 120 .273 .212 .293 .248 .362 .295 .449 .544 .811 34 .274 -13.6 -1.3 .438 .129 .083 .0
NYM (1 yr) 57 45 5 3.0 107 .212 .180 .268 .211 .338 .400 .422 .611 .761 57 .290 -3.4 -0.3 .561 .280 .220 .0
BOS (1 yr) 8 7 0 0.0 117 .167 .125 .278 .125 .352 .125 .447 .250 .799 -36 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .143 .000 .000
SDP (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .264 .000 .332 .000 .413 .000 .745 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
MIL (1 yr) 9 7 0 0.0 93 .167 .125 .258 .222 .327 .125 .383 .347 .710 1 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .125 .000
NL (4 yrs) 201 155 16 2.8 116 .254 .200 .286 .234 .355 .319 .442 .553 .796 38 .272 -17.8 -1.8 .463 .168 .119 .0
AL (2 yrs) 17 14 0 0.0 105 .167 .125 .268 .176 .339 .125 .415 .301 .754 -18 .000 -2.8 -0.3 .214 .063 .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
1992 24 MIL AL 9 0.0% 22.2% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 4.0 1.00 1.50 67% 17% 0.0% 0%
1993 25 COL NL 106 0.9% 25.5% 4.7% 5.7% 30% 5.40 3.6 98.0 8.2 0.55 0.42 68% 23% 2.6% 17%
1995 27 COL NL 35 0.0% 20.0% 2.9% 5.7% 25% 7.00 4.9 8.5 0.59 0.64 77% 19% 0.0% 18%
1996 28 TOT MLB 11 0.0% 27.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.7 0.40 0.17 73% 13% 0.0% 60%
1996 28 BOS AL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 0.25 0.00 75% 17% 0.0% 50%
1996 28 SDP NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 1.00 1.00 67% 0% 100%
1998 30 NYM NL 57 3.5% 33.3% 5.3% 8.8% 56% 6.33 2.6 25.0 3.8 0.25 0.10 58% 17% 8.0% 11%
5 Seasons 218 1.4% 26.6% 4.6% 6.0% 33% 5.80 3.5 67.0 6.9 0.48 0.37 67% 20% 3.6% 17%
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
1992 24 MIL AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 25 COL NL 2 0 24% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 4 56% 5 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 4
1995 27 COL NL 2 0 44% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43% 4 2 2 1 1 0 2 1 1
1996 28 TOT MLB 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 28 BOS AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 28 SDP NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 30 NYM NL 3 0 20% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
5 Seasons 7 0 28% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 6 45% 11 7 4 2 2 0 7 2 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
1992 24 MIL AL 9 44% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 25 COL NL 106 30% 20 0 0 67 17 1 7 1.05 1 1 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 26 0 0% 12 5 42% 63 11 17% 7 4 57% 5 2 40% 0
1995 27 COL NL 35 49% 8 0 0 30 7 0 3 1.43 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 1 13% 3 1 33% 28 4 14% 2 1 50% 2 2 100% 0
1996 28 TOT MLB 11 64% 1 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 28 BOS AL 8 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1996 28 SDP NL 3 100% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.73 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1998 30 NYM NL 57 68% 9 3 0 16 3 1 3 1.75 2 0 3 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 12 0 0% 6 5 83% 47 12 26% 4 4 100% 1 0 0% 0
5 Seasons 218 45% 39 4 0 116 27 2 13 1.24 3 1 9 1 2 2 1 0 1 0 0% 50 1 2% 23 11 48% 153 27 18% 14 9 64% 8 4 50% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1992 24 MIL AL 9 32 3.56 22 69% 18% 27% 27% 27% 82% 0% 56% 67% 33% 0% 0 0 11% 1 1 11% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 25 COL NL 97 360 3.71 247 69% 21% 23% 28% 27% 79% 0% 54% 70% 40% 3% 3 0 11% 11 6 6% 6 5 8% 9 0 0
1995 27 COL NL 33 134 4.06 85 63% 18% 22% 29% 29% 81% 0% 51% 71% 48% 3% 1 0 9% 3 2 12% 4 4 14% 2 0 1
1996 28 TOT MLB 5 20 4.00 15 75% 33% 13% 27% 27% 67% 0% 50% 80% 40% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 6 0 0
1996 28 BOS AL 3 13 4.33 9 69% 33% 11% 33% 22% 67% 0% 46% 83% 67% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 100% 5 0 0
1996 28 SDP NL 2 7 3.50 6 86% 33% 17% 17% 33% 67% 0% 57% 75% 0% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0
1998 30 NYM NL 57 229 4.02 150 66% 21% 20% 36% 23% 79% 0% 52% 75% 33% 4% 2 1 12% 7 3 7% 4 2 42% 0 0 0
5 Seasons 201 775 3.86 519 67% 21% 22% 30% 26% 79% 0% 53% 72% 39% 3% 6 1 11% 22 12 7% 15 11 22% 17 0 1
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
1992 24 5 9 8 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .125 .222 .125 .347 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
1993 25 97 115 106 7 21 5 0 1 12 0 0 6 29 .198 .243 .274 .517 31 29 0 1 0 2 0
1994 26 97 115 106 7 21 5 0 1 12 0 0 6 29 .198 .243 .274 .517 31 29 0 1 0 2 0
1995 27 131 150 140 11 29 6 1 1 16 0 0 7 36 .207 .247 .286 .532 33 40 1 1 0 2 0
1996 28 138 161 151 12 30 6 1 1 16 0 0 7 39 .199 .236 .272 .508 27 41 1 1 0 2 0
1997 29 138 161 151 12 30 6 1 1 16 0 0 7 39 .199 .236 .272 .508 27 41 1 1 0 2 0
1998 30 173 218 201 16 39 7 3 3 29 0 0 10 58 .194 .229 .303 .533 34 61 1 1 0 6 0

Neutralized Batting

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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
1992 24 5 9 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .111 .000 .111 0 5
1993 25 92 105 97 6 19 5 0 1 10 0 5 27 .196 .238 .278 .516 6 92
1995 27 38 37 36 3 7 1 1 0 3 0 1 8 .194 .216 .278 .494 2 34
1996 28 7 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
1998 30 35 58 51 4 10 1 2 2 14 0 3 19 .196 .224 .412 .636 5 35
5 Seasons 177 220 203 13 36 7 3 3 27 0 10 59 .177 .214 .286 .499 13 173
162 Game Avg. 162 201 186 12 33 6 3 3 25 0 9 54 .177 .214 .286 .499 12 173

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