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Jim Traber

James Joseph Traber

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 194 lb.

Born: December 26, 1961 in Columbus, OH
School: Oklahoma State University
Drafted by the Baltimore Orioles in the 21st round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1984
Team: Orioles 1984-1989

Final Game: October 1, 1989
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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
1984 22 BAL AL 10 24 21 3 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .238 .292 .238 .530 50 5 1 0 0 1 0 /D
1986 24 BAL AL 65 240 212 28 54 7 0 13 44 0 0 18 31 .255 .321 .472 .793 115 100 6 5 0 5 2 3D/79
1988 26 BAL AL 103 376 352 25 78 6 0 10 45 1 2 19 42 .222 .261 .324 .585 66 114 8 1 1 3 3 3D/97
1989 27 BAL AL 86 257 234 14 49 8 0 4 26 4 3 19 41 .209 .266 .295 .560 61 69 7 0 1 3 1 3/D
4 Seasons 264 897 819 70 186 21 0 27 117 5 5 58 118 .227 .279 .352 .631 77 288 22 6 2 12 6
162 Game Avg. 162 550 503 43 114 13 0 17 72 3 3 36 72 .227 .279 .352 .631 77 177 14 4 1 7 4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1984 22 BAL AL 24 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 1 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /D
1986 24 BAL AL 240 5 0 -2 -1 1 -4 8 7 0.7 6 0.6 0.1 $60,000 3D/79
1988 26 BAL AL 376 -20 -2 -2 -1 4 -7 12 -15 -1.7 -20 -2.1 0.4 $80,000 3D/97
1989 27 BAL AL 257 -12 -1 0 -1 7 -4 8 -3 -0.4 -10 -1.0 0.6 $90,000 3/D
4 Seasons 897 -28 -3 -4 -3 12 -16 29 -12 -1.5 -25 -2.6 1.1 $230,000

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Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 BAL AL 22 DH 6 6
1986 BAL AL 24 1B 29 28 26 244.2 248 224 21 3 28 .988 0 0 9.01 8.45 .991 9.42 9.33
1986 BAL AL 24 DH 21 21
1986 BAL AL 24 OF 8 8 6 63.0 23 19 2 2 0 .913 1 11 3.00 2.63 .980 2.39 2.38
1986 BAL AL 24 LF 7 7 5 55.0 22 18 2 2 0 .909 0 11 3.27 2.86 .977 2.24 2.21
1986 BAL AL 24 RF 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 0 15 1.12 1.00 .980 2.14 2.10
1988 BAL AL 26 1B 57 51 51 473.0 522 459 58 5 51 .990 3 7 9.84 9.07 .992 9.57 9.49
1988 BAL AL 26 DH 31 31
1988 BAL AL 26 OF 11 9 7 76.0 24 22 1 1 0 .958 2 24 2.72 2.09 .979 2.47 2.45
1988 BAL AL 26 RF 8 8 6 66.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 2 31 2.59 2.38 .974 2.24 2.22
1988 BAL AL 26 LF 2 1 1 10.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -24 0.90 0.50 .980 2.25 2.25
1989 BAL AL 27 1B 69 54 42 498.1 569 514 54 1 59 .998 7 17 10.26 8.23 .993 9.79 9.69
1989 BAL AL 27 DH 5 5
3 Seasons 1B 155 133 119 1216.0 1339 1197 133 9 138 .993 10 10 9.84 8.58 .992 9.63 9.55
2 Seasons OF 19 17 13 139.0 47 41 3 3 0 .936 2 18 2.85 2.32 .980 2.43 2.42
2 Seasons LF 9 8 6 65.0 23 19 2 2 0 .913 0 6 2.91 2.33 .977 2.24 2.22
2 Seasons RF 9 9 7 74.0 20 19 1 0 0 1.000 2 29 2.43 2.22 .974 2.23 2.21
4 Seasons TOT 174 150 132 1355.0 1386 1238 136 12 138 .991 12 11 9.13 7.90 .992 8.89 8.77
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
1989 AL  7 (4th)
Career  10 (76th)

                                         

Similarity Scores

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Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198624Baltimore Orioles$60,0001986 USA Today survey
198826Baltimore Orioles$80,000USA Today, 4/1/88
198927Baltimore Orioles$90,0001989 USA Today survey
Career to date (may be incomplete)$230,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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