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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% Awards
1992 MIL AL 24 3B 5 2 24.0 8 6 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 5.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 3.00 1.60 .950 2.78 2.40
1993 COL NL 25 1B 12 4 43.1 46 41 4 1 6 .978 -0.1 -2.8 -0.1 -0.3 0.2 0 9.35 3.75 .991 9.68 8.01
1993 COL NL 25 3B 6 2 30.0 5 3 1 1 1 .800 -1.2 -48.0 -1.2 -0.2 -1.0 0 1.20 0.67 .960 2.70 2.32
1993 COL NL 25 OF 3 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -1.0 -150.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 1.12 0.33 1.000 2.36 2.00
1993 COL NL 25 LF 2 1 7.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0 1.29 0.50 1.000 2.06 1.70
1993 COL NL 25 RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 -1200.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
1995 COL NL 27 LF 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 1.80 1.45
1995 COL NL 27 OF 2 0 5.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -24.0 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 1.80 0.50 1.000 2.16 1.80
1995 COL NL 27 C 1 0 4.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0 6.75 3.00 1.000 7.42 6.30 0 1 2 0 0%
1996 TOT MLB 28 3B 3 2 20.1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -5.9 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.21 1.67 .960 2.57 2.20
1996 BOS AL 28 3B 2 2 19.1 5 3 2 0 0 1.000 -0.1 -6.2 -0.1 -0.1 0.0 0 2.33 2.50 .960 2.56 2.20
1996 SDP NL 28 3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.20
1998 NYM NL 30 1B 9 4 34.0 33 32 1 0 1 1.000 -0.4 -14.1 -0.4 -0.7 0.3 0 8.74 3.67 .994 9.45 8.01
1998 NYM NL 30 C 4 1 14.0 14 11 3 0 0 1.000 2.0 171.4 2 9.00 3.50 .993 7.52 6.48 0 0 1 4 80%
1998 NYM NL 30 LF 4 3 22.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 26.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 2.42 1.50 .967 1.89 1.38
1998 NYM NL 30 OF 4 3 22.1 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0.5 26.9 0.5 0.5 0.0 0 2.42 1.50 .983 2.18 1.78
1998 NYM NL 30 3B 3 2 17.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 0.1 7.1 0.1 0.1 0.0 0 2.12 1.33 .950 2.75 2.37
1998 NYM NL 30 DH 1
2 Seasons 1B 21 8 77.1 79 73 5 1 7 .987 -0.5 -7.8 -0.5 -1.0 0.5 0 9.08 3.71 .992 9.58 8.01
4 Seasons 3B 17 8 91.1 22 14 7 1 1 .955 -1.1 -14.5 -1.1 -0.2 -0.9 0 2.07 1.24 .955 2.70 2.33
3 Seasons OF 9 4 35.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -20.4 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 0 2.04 0.89 .988 2.22 1.86
3 Seasons LF 8 4 34.1 8 8 0 0 0 1.000 0.4 14.0 0.4 0.5 -0.1 0 2.10 1.00 .975 1.91 1.48
2 Seasons C 5 1 18.0 17 14 3 0 0 1.000 2.0 133.3 2 8.50 3.40 .994 7.50 6.44 0 1 3 4 57%
1 Season DH 1
1 Season RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -1.0 -1200.0 -1.0 0.0 -1.0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 1.80
5 Seasons TOT 52 21 222.0 126 109 15 2 8 .984 -0.2 -1.1 -2.2 -0.7 -1.5 0 0 2 5.03 2.38 .969 5.37 4.89 0 1 3 4 57%
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp Rctch RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% 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
1992 MIL AL 24 5 2 5 5 0 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 COL NL 25 92 7 92 19 0 0 12 0 6 0 2 0 1 3 0 74 1
1995 COL NL 27 34 0 34 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 0 31 0
1996 SDP NL 28 5 0 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1
1996 BOS AL 28 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 NYM NL 30 35 11 35 20 0 4 9 0 3 0 4 0 0 4 1 20 0
5 Seasons 173 22 173 50 0 5 21 0 17 0 8 0 1 9 1 128 2
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 -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1993 COL NL 25 230 63% 78% 29% 10 80% 0 40 3 37 1 2 4 3 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0
1998 NYM NL 30 144 62% 73% 31% 6 83% 0 32 2 30 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 374 62% 76% 30% 16 81% 0 72 5 67 1 4 5 4 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 6 0 1 1 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 92% 87%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1992 MIL AL 24 111 68% 76% 23% 8 100% 0 6 6 0 0 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 COL NL 25 127 51% 79% 34% 6 67% 0 3 3 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
1996 BOS AL 28 93 35% 70% 28% 4 100% 0 3 2 1 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 SDP NL 28 3 67% 67% 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 NYM NL 30 68 37% 74% 31% 4 100% 0 2 2 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 402 50% 75% 29% 22 91% 0 14 13 1 0 7 5 2 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 56% 75% 31% 85% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1993 COL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 34 56% 74% 35% 2 50%
1995 COL NL 27 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 0 0 0 0 0 22 64% 73% 27% 2 50%
1998 NYM NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 86 48% 74% 34% 9 67%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 3 3 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 142 52% 74% 33% 13 62%
MLB Averages 59.7% 2.5% 56% 75% 38% 49%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

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Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1995 COL NL 27 24 6.75 15.75 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 NYM NL 30 66 5.79 5.79 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 11 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 90 6.00 8.00 0 0 0 14 0 0 0 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 4.32 4.75 92% 83%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

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Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1995 COL NL 27 0 1 9 2 0 0 0% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0.34
1998 NYM NL 30 0 0 20 1 4 3 80% 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0.45 0.56
2 Seasons 0 1 29 3 4 3 57% 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 0.38 0.56
MLB Averages 32% 1.30 1.24

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1993 COL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 8 88% 50% 38% 2 0%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 8 88% 50% 38% 2 0%
MLB Averages 44.6% 2.4% 56% 75% 38% 52%

* 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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