Jim Thorpe

James Francis Thorpe

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 28, 1887 in Prague, OK
High School: Carlisle Indian School (Carlisle, PA)
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1913. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1913
Teams (by GP): Giants/Reds/Braves 1913-1919

Final Game: September 25, 1919
Died: March 28, 1953 in Lomita, CA
Buried: Jim Thorpe Tomb, Jim Thorpe, PA
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Standard Fielding

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards
1913	NYG	NL	26	OF	9				18	15	2	1	1	.944		1.89	.960		2.21	3-7-0
1914	NYG	NL	27	OF	4				4	3	0	1	0	.750		0.75	.958		2.12	0-2-2
1915	NYG	NL	28	OF	15				30	28	0	2	0	.933		1.87	.959		2.12	0-13-2
1917	TOT	NL	30	OF	87				189	174	7	8	2	.958		2.08	.963		2.20	44-1-46
1917	CIN	NL	30	OF	69				156	143	7	6	2	.962		2.17	.963		2.20	38-0-33
1917	NYG	NL	30	OF	18				33	31	0	2	0	.939		1.72	.963		2.20	6-1-13
1918	NYG	NL	31	OF	44	22	17		60	57	2	1	1	.983		1.34	.962		2.26	2-33-12
1918	NYG	NL	31	LF	24	18	13		44	42	2	0	1	1.000		1.83	.965		2.22
1918	NYG	NL	31	RF	9	2	2		6	5	0	1	0	.833		0.56	.962		1.86
1918	NYG	NL	31	CF	2	2	2		9	9	0	0	0	1.000		4.50	.960		2.70
1919	TOT	NL	32	OF	40	34	30		83	75	2	6	0	.928		1.93	.964		2.26
1919	TOT	NL	32	LF	23	19	16		44	38	2	4	0	.909		1.74	.966		2.21
1919	TOT	NL	32	CF	13	8	7		27	25	0	2	0	.926		1.92	.968		2.60
1919	NYG	NL	32	OF	2	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		1.00	.965		2.25
1919	NYG	NL	32	CF	1	0	0		2	2	0	0	0	1.000		2.00	.970		2.60
1919	NYG	NL	32	LF	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0			0.00			2.20
1919	BSN	NL	32	OF	38	34	30		81	73	2	6	0	.926		1.97	.964		2.26
1919	BSN	NL	32	LF	22	19	16		44	38	2	4	0	.909		1.82	.966		2.21
1919	BSN	NL	32	CF	12	8	7		25	23	0	2	0	.920		1.92	.968		2.60
1919	BSN	NL	32	RF	7	7	7		12	12	0	0	0	1.000		1.71	.959		1.99
1919	BSN	NL	32	1B	2	2	1		15	13	0	2	1	.867		6.50	.988		11.25
	6 Seasons			OF	199	56	47		384	352	13	19	4	.951		1.83	.963		2.22	96-71-78
	2 Seasons (incomplete)			LF	47	37	29		88	80	4	4	1	.955		1.79	.965		2.21
	2 Seasons (incomplete)			RF	16	9	9		18	17	0	1	0	.944		1.06	.960		1.91
	2 Seasons (incomplete)			CF	15	10	9		36	34	0	2	0	.944		2.27	.966		2.61
	1 Season			1B	2	2	1		15	13	0	2	1	.867		6.50	.988		11.25
	6 Seasons			TOT	201	58	48		399	365	13	21	5	.947		1.88	.964		2.31	96-71-78
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	G	Awards

Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.

View Complete Notes on Fielding Data

Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	G	GS	Batting	Defense	1B	LF	CF	RF	OF	PH	PR
1913	NYG	NL	26	19		19		0	3	7	0	9
1914	NYG	NL	27	30		30		0	0	2	2	4
1915	NYG	NL	28	17		17		0	0	13	2	15
1917	CIN	NL	30	77		77		0	38	0	33	69
1917	NYG	NL	30	26		26		0	6	1	13	18
1918	NYG	NL	31	58		58		0	2	33	12	44
1919	BSN	NL	32	60	36	60	42	2	22	12	7	40	16	4
1919	NYG	NL	32	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	2	1	0
	6 Seasons			289	36	289	44	2	72	69	69	201	17	4

Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

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