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Jim Tobin
James Anthony Tobin (Abba Dabba)
All-Star Player
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 27, 1912 in Oakland, CA
High School: Roosevelt (Oakland, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1937
Final Game: September 23, 1945
Died: May 19, 1969 in Oakland, CA
Relatives: Brother of Johnny Tobin
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1937 24 PIT NL 6 3 .667 3.00 20 8 9 7 0 1 87.0 74 38 29 1 28 37 1 0 4 357 129 1.172 7.7 0.1 2.9 3.8 1.32
1938 25 PIT NL 14 12 .538 3.47 40 33 6 14 2 0 241.1 254 109 93 17 66 70 6 1 2 1029 109 1.326 9.5 0.6 2.5 2.6 1.06
1939 26 PIT NL 9 9 .500 4.52 25 19 4 8 0 0 145.1 194 84 73 7 33 43 2 0 1 655 85 1.562 12.0 0.4 2.0 2.7 1.30
1940 27 BSN NL 7 3 .700 3.83 15 11 3 9 0 0 96.1 102 41 41 8 24 29 0 0 2 412 97 1.308 9.5 0.7 2.2 2.7 1.21
1941 28 BSN NL 12 12 .500 3.10 33 26 4 20 3 0 238.0 229 91 82 12 60 61 0 1 1 981 115 1.214 8.7 0.5 2.3 2.3 1.02 MVP-21
1942 29 BSN NL 12 21 .364 3.97 37 33 2 28 1 0 287.2 283 145 127 20 96 71 6 0 7 1224 83 1.317 8.9 0.6 3.0 2.2 0.74
1943 30 BSN NL 14 14 .500 2.66 33 30 3 24 1 0 250.0 241 96 74 12 69 52 2 0 1 1049 127 1.240 8.7 0.4 2.5 1.9 0.75 MVP-24
1944 31 BSN NL 18 19 .486 3.01 43 36 7 28 5 3 299.1 271 125 100 18 97 83 1 1 5 1249 127 1.229 8.1 0.5 2.9 2.5 0.86 AS,MVP-17
1945 32 TOT MLB 13 19 .406 3.78 41 31 9 18 0 1 255.0 281 132 107 12 84 52 9 0 5 1118 100 1.431 9.9 0.4 3.0 1.8 0.62
1945 32 BSN NL 9 14 .391 3.84 27 25 1 16 0 0 196.2 220 101 84 10 56 38 5 0 2 856 100 1.403 10.1 0.5 2.6 1.7 0.68
1945 32 DET AL 4 5 .444 3.55 14 6 8 2 0 1 58.1 61 31 23 2 28 14 4 0 3 262 100 1.526 9.4 0.3 4.3 2.2 0.50
9 Seasons 105 112 .484 3.44 287 227 47 156 12 5 1900.0 1929 861 726 107 557 498 27 3 28 8074 106 1.308 9.1 0.5 2.6 2.4 0.89
162 Game Avg. 14 15 .484 3.44 38 30 6 21 2 1 251 255 114 96 14 74 66 4 0 4 1068 106 1.308 9.1 0.5 2.6 2.4 0.89
BSN (6 yrs) 72 83 .465 3.34 188 161 20 125 10 3 1368.0 1346 599 508 80 402 334 14 2 18 5771 107 1.278 8.9 0.5 2.6 2.2 0.83
PIT (3 yrs) 29 24 .547 3.71 85 60 19 29 2 1 473.2 522 231 195 25 127 150 9 1 7 2041 103 1.370 9.9 0.5 2.4 2.9 1.18
DET (1 yr) 4 5 .444 3.55 14 6 8 2 0 1 58.1 61 31 23 2 28 14 4 0 3 262 100 1.526 9.4 0.3 4.3 2.2 0.50
NL (9 yrs) 101 107 .486 3.44 273 221 39 154 12 4 1841.2 1868 830 703 105 529 484 23 3 25 7812 106 1.302 9.1 0.5 2.6 2.4 0.91
AL (1 yr) 4 5 .444 3.55 14 6 8 2 0 1 58.1 61 31 23 2 28 14 4 0 3 262 100 1.526 9.4 0.3 4.3 2.2 0.50

Postseason Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Rslt Opp W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB
1945 32 DET AL WS W CHC 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.00
1 WS 0 0 6.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 3.0 4 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 1.667 12.0 3.0 3.0 0.0 0.00

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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
1937 24 PIT NL 21 38 34 7 15 4 0 0 6 0 4 3 .441 .500 .559 1.059 187 19 2 0 0 1
1938 25 PIT NL 56 114 103 8 25 6 1 0 11 0 9 12 .243 .310 .320 .630 73 33 2 1 1 1
1939 26 PIT NL 43 77 74 9 18 3 1 2 11 0 2 12 .243 .263 .392 .655 75 29 0 0 1 1
1940 27 BSN NL 20 44 43 5 12 3 0 0 3 0 1 10 .279 .295 .349 .644 81 15 2 0 0 1
1941 28 BSN NL 43 113 103 6 19 5 0 0 9 1 10 31 .184 .257 .233 .490 42 24 4 0 0 1 MVP-21
1942 29 BSN NL 47 131 114 14 28 2 0 6 15 0 16 23 .246 .344 .421 .765 125 48 2 1 0 1
1943 30 BSN NL 46 113 107 8 30 4 0 2 12 0 6 16 .280 .319 .374 .692 101 40 3 0 0 1/3 MVP-24
1944 31 BSN NL 62 134 116 13 22 5 1 2 18 0 16 28 .190 .288 .302 .590 63 35 3 0 2 1 AS,MVP-17
1945 32 TOT MLB 58 120 102 11 14 3 0 5 17 0 0 16 27 .137 .261 .314 .574 60 32 4 1 1 1
1945 32 BSN NL 41 93 77 9 11 3 0 3 12 0 15 22 .143 .290 .299 .589 64 23 2 1 0 1
1945 32 DET AL 17 27 25 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 5 .120 .154 .360 .514 44 9 2 0 1 1
9 Seasons 396 884 796 81 183 35 3 17 102 1 0 80 162 .230 .303 .345 .648 82 275 22 3 5
162 Game Avg. 162 362 326 33 75 14 1 7 42 0 33 66 .230 .303 .345 .648 82 113 9 1 2
BSN (6 yrs) 259 628 560 55 122 22 1 13 69 1 64 130 .218 .300 .330 .631 80 185 16 2 2
PIT (3 yrs) 120 229 211 24 58 13 2 2 28 0 15 27 .275 .326 .384 .710 93 81 4 1 2
DET (1 yr) 17 27 25 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 5 .120 .154 .360 .514 44 9 2 0 1
NL (9 yrs) 379 857 771 79 180 35 3 15 97 1 79 157 .233 .307 .345 .652 84 266 20 3 4
AL (1 yr) 17 27 25 2 3 0 0 2 5 0 0 1 5 .120 .154 .360 .514 44 9 2 0 1

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 32 DET AL WS CHC W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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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
1937 PIT NL 24 P 20 16 5 10 1 0 .938 0.75 .956 1.20
1938 PIT NL 25 P 40 52 11 41 0 1 1.000 1.30 .963 1.13
1939 PIT NL 26 P 25 28 2 26 0 2 1.000 1.12 .957 1.09
1940 BSN NL 27 P 15 23 6 16 1 1 .957 1.47 .961 1.10
1941 BSN NL 28 P 33 89 15 71 3 4 .966 2.61 .965 1.09 MVP-21
1942 BSN NL 29 P 37 113 14 93 6 6 .947 2.89 .969 1.17
1943 BSN NL 30 P 33 82 10 66 6 3 .927 2.30 .962 1.16 MVP-24
1943 BSN NL 30 1B 1 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 8.00 .988 10.00 MVP-24
1944 BSN NL 31 P 43 109 13 93 3 4 .972 2.47 .961 1.09 AS,MVP-17
1945 TOT MLB 32 P 41 84 20 63 1 6 .988 2.02 .960 1.13
1945 BSN NL 32 P 27 64 17 47 0 5 1.000 2.37 .961 1.06
1945 DET AL 32 P 14 20 3 16 1 1 .950 1.36 .955 1.28
9 Seasons P 287 596 96 479 21 27 .965 2.00 .963 1.13
1 Season 1B 1 8 7 1 0 1 1.000 8.00 .988 10.00
9 Seasons TOT 288 604 103 480 21 28 .965 2.02 .928 1.16

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Hall of Fame
1956 BBWAA ( 1.0%)

All-Star Games
1944 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1941 NL (21, 3%)
1943 NL (24, 1%)
1944 NL (17, 4%)
0.08 Career Shares (957th)

Earned Run Average s c a p y
1941 NL  3.101 (10th)
1943 NL  2.664 (9th)
1944 NL  3.007 (9th)

Wins s c a p y
1938 NL  14 (9th)
1943 NL  14 (10th)
1944 NL  18 (5th)

Walks & Hits per IP s c a p y
1941 NL  1.214 (5th)
1943 NL  1.240 (10th)

Hits per 9 IP s c a p y
1944 NL  8.148 (8th)

Bases On Balls per 9 IP s c a p y
1941 NL  2.269 (5th)

Games Played s c a p y
1944 NL  43 (4th)

Saves s c a p y
1944 NL  3 (6th)

Innings Pitched s c a p y
1938 NL  241.3 (9th)
1941 NL  238.0 (6th)
1942 NL  287.7 (1st)
1943 NL  250.0 (9th)
1944 NL  299.3 (2nd)

Games Started s c a p y
1938 NL  33 (7th)
1942 NL  33 (4th)
1944 NL  36 (2nd)

Complete Games s c a p y
1941 NL  20 (3rd)
1942 NL  28 (1st)
1943 NL  24 (2nd)
1944 NL  28 (1st)
1945 NL  16 (6th)
Career  156 (211th)

Shutouts s c a p y
1941 NL  3 (7th)
1944 NL  5 (3rd)

Home Runs s c a p y
1938 NL  17 (5th)
1941 NL  12 (9th)
1942 NL  20 (1st)
1943 NL  12 (3rd)
1944 NL  18 (2nd)

Bases on Balls s c a p y
1942 NL  96 (6th)
1944 NL  97 (6th)

Hits s c a p y
1938 NL  254 (8th)
1941 NL  229 (6th)
1942 NL  283 (2nd)
1943 NL  241 (6th)
1944 NL  271 (3rd)
1945 NL  220 (9th)

Losses s c a p y
1942 NL  21 (1st)
1943 NL  14 (9th)
1944 NL  19 (2nd)
1945 NL  14 (5th)

Earned Runs s c a p y
1942 NL  127 (1st)
1944 NL  100 (5th)
1945 NL  84 (10th)

Wild Pitches s c a p y
1942 NL  7 (2nd)
1944 NL  5 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1938 NL  6 (5th)
1942 NL  6 (4th)
1945 AL  4 (10th)
1945 NL  5 (9th)

Batters Faced s c a p y
1938 NL  1029 (9th)
1941 NL  981 (8th)
1942 NL  1224 (1st)
1943 NL  1049 (10th)
1944 NL  1249 (2nd)

Adjusted ERA+ s c a p y
1943 NL  127 (10th)
1944 NL  127 (7th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkPitching - 7 (331), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray InkPitching - 62 (400), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 11 (883), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 1 (3944), Average HOFer ≈ 50
Pitching - 8 (996), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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* - Signifies Hall of Famer

Transactions

April 14, 1937: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Yankees.

December 6, 1939: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Boston Bees for Johnny Lanning.

August 9, 1945: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Boston Braves for $15,000.

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