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Jim Vatcher

James Ernest Vatcher

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 27, 1965 in Santa Monica, CA
School: California State University Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1987. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 30, 1990
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Padres/Braves 1990-1992

Final Game: October 4, 1992
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Standard Batting

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
1987	22	PHI-min	A-	67	282	249	44	67	15	2	3	21	10	5	28	31	.269	.346	.382	.728		95		2	2	1	0		UTI · NYPL
1988	23	PHI-min	A	137	605	496	90	150	32	2	12	72	26	13	89	73	.302	.414	.448	.862		222		8	9	3	1		SPB · SALL
1989	24	PHI-min	A,AA	140	596	520	78	161	41	8	8	78	9	3	67	78	.310	.388	.465	.853		242	11	3	0	6	1		CLW,REA · FLOR,EL
1990	25	PHI-min	AAA	55	216	181	30	46	12	4	5	22	1	4	32	33	.254	.363	.448	.810		81		0	1	2	1		SWB · IL
1990	25	TOT	NL	57	78	73	7	19	2	1	1	7	0	0	5	15	.260	.308	.356	.664	82	26	1	0	0	0	0	97
1990	25	PHI	NL	36	50	46	5	12	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	6	.261	.320	.348	.668	85	16	1	0	0	0	0	79
1990	25	ATL	NL	21	28	27	2	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	9	.259	.286	.370	.656	76	10	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1991	26	SDP-min	AAA	117	456	395	67	105	28	6	17	67	4	12	53	76	.266	.355	.496	.852		196	14	3	3	2	3		LVG · PCL
1991	26	SDP	NL	17	24	20	3	4	0	0	0	2	1	0	4	6	.200	.333	.200	.533	52	4	0	0	0	0	0	/97
1992	27	SDP-min	AAA	111	330	280	41	77	15	3	8	35	2	6	39	60	.275	.367	.436	.803		122	1	3	6	2	4		LVG · PCL
1992	27	SDP	NL	13	20	16	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	6	.250	.368	.313	.681	94	5	0	0	1	0	0	9/8
1993	28	SDP-min	AAA	103	339	293	36	93	17	2	7	45	3	4	35	46	.317	.395	.461	.856		135	7	4	5	2	0		LVG · PCL
1994	29	NYM-min	AAA	112	359	316	41	74	20	1	10	48	2	4	36	56	.234	.313	.399	.711		126	4	1	4	2	1		NFK · IL
1995	30	SDP-PHI-min	AAA	110	424	380	60	113	32	3	7	45	4	4	34	50	.297	.355	.453	.808		172	7	3	2	5	6		LVG,SWB · PCL,IL
3 Yrs				87	122	109	11	27	3	1	1	11	1	0	12	27	.248	.322	.321	.643	79	35	1	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	227	203	20	50	6	2	2	20	2	0	22	50	.248	.322	.321	.643	79	65	2	0	2	0	0

SDP (2 yrs)				30	44	36	4	8	1	0	0	4	1	0	7	12	.222	.349	.250	.599	71	9	0	0	1	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				21	28	27	2	7	1	1	0	3	0	0	1	9	.259	.286	.370	.656	76	10	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				36	50	46	5	12	1	0	1	4	0	0	4	6	.261	.320	.348	.668	85	16	1	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1990	25	PHI	NL	36	50	0	-0	-0	-0	-1	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.1	.497	.499	0.0	-0.1	1	$100,000	79
1990	25	ATL	NL	21	28	-1	0	0	1	-0	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.0	0.2	-0	$	/97
1991	26	SDP	NL	17	24	-0	-1	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.484	.498	0.0	-0.2	-0	$115,000	/97
1992	27	SDP	NL	13	20	1	0	0	2	-0	2	0.3	1	3	0.3	.520	.502	0.1	0.2	1	$	9/8
3 Seasons				87	122	-1	-1	1	2	-2	-1	-0.0	4	3	0.3	.499	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$215,000

SDP (2 yrs)				30	44	0	-1	1	0	-1	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.500	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$115,000
ATL (1 yr)				21	28	-1	0	0	1	-0	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.0	0.2	-0	$
PHI (1 yr)				36	50	0	-0	-0	-0	-1	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.1	.497	.499	0.0	-0.1	1	$100,000

Advanced Batting

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
1990	25	TOT	NL	78	55	8	3.9	99	.316	.260	.266	.308	.332	.356	.399	.664	.731	82	.445	-2.1	-0.2	.564	.164	.096	.0
1990	25	PHI	NL	50	35	5	3.8	97	.282	.261	.263	.320	.329	.348	.395	.668	.724	85	.437	-1.0	-0.1	.571	.174	.087	.0
1990	25	ATL	NL	28	20	3	4.0	102	.389	.259	.270	.286	.337	.370	.406	.656	.743	76	.459	-1.1	-0.1	.550	.148	.111
1991	26	SDP	NL	24	16	2	3.4	96	.286	.200	.261	.333	.329	.200	.391	.533	.720	52	.400	-1.2	-0.1	.563	.250	.000	.0
1992	27	SDP	NL	20	13	2	4.2	94	.400	.250	.261	.368	.327	.313	.385	.681	.712	94	.502	0.0	0.0	.667	.250	.063
3 Yrs				122	84	12	3.8	98	.321	.248	.264	.322	.331	.321	.395	.643	.726	79	.447	-3.2	-0.3	.578	.193	.073	1.0
162 Game Avg.				227	156	22	3.8	98	.321	.248	.264	.322	.331	.321	.395	.643	.726	79	.447	-3.2	-0.3	.578	.193	.073	2

SDP (2 yrs)				44	29	4	3.7	95	.333	.222	.261	.349	.328	.250	.388	.599	.717	71	.448	-1.1	-0.1	.607	.250	.028	.0
ATL (1 yr)				28	20	3	4.0	102	.389	.259	.270	.286	.337	.370	.406	.656	.743	76	.459	-1.1	-0.1	.550	.148	.111
PHI (1 yr)				50	35	5	3.8	97	.282	.261	.263	.320	.329	.348	.395	.668	.724	85	.437	-1.0	-0.1	.571	.174	.087	.0

Ratio Batting*

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
1990	25	TOT	NL	78	1.3%	19.2%	6.4%	5.1%	21%	3.00	4.9	73.0	10.4	1.48	2.25	73%	19%	5.3%	17%
1990	25	PHI	NL	50	2.0%	12.0%	8.0%	4.0%	17%	1.50	7.7	46.0	11.5	1.60	2.38	78%	13%	8.3%	20%
1990	25	ATL	NL	28	0.0%	32.1%	3.6%	7.1%	29%	9.00	3.0		9.0	1.25	2.00	64%	33%	0.0%	13%
1991	26	SDP	NL	24	0.0%	25.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.50	3.3		10.0	1.00	1.25	58%	21%	0.0%	43%
1992	27	SDP	NL	20	0.0%	30.0%	15.0%	5.0%	25%	2.00	2.7		8.0	1.50	1.00	50%	18%	0.0%	0%
3 Yrs				122	0.8%	22.1%	9.8%	4.1%	19%	2.25	4.0	109.0	9.9	1.38	1.84	66%	19%	3.7%	21%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.9%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.73	6.0	44.0	8.5	0.79	1.05	73%	21%	5.9%	17%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1990	25	TOT	NL	-2.1	-0.2	78	0.3	1.3	-1.0	.95	-0.2	0.5	-0.1	-0.0	0.91	-1.5	1.07	32
1990	25	PHI	NL	-1.0	-0.1	50	0.4	0.9	-0.5	.95	-0.1	0.5	1.4	0.1	0.87	0.1	0.79	14
1990	25	ATL	NL	-1.1	-0.1	28	-0.1	0.3	-0.5	.96	-0.1	-0.1	-1.5	-0.1	0.98	-1.6	1.28	18
1991	26	SDP	NL	-1.2	-0.1	26	0.0	0.3	-0.3	.74	-0.0	0.1	1.1	0.1	0.95	0.0	0.81	8
1992	27	SDP	NL	0.1	0.0	20	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.83	0.1	-0.1	0.0	0.0	0.90	0.6	0.16	0
3 Yrs				-3.2	-0.3	124	0.3	1.8	-1.5	.89	-0.1	0.4	1.0	0.1	0.92	-0.8	1.02	40

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1990	25	TOT	NL	2	26%	36	0		0	0	1	25%	5	5	0	0	0	3	1	2
1990	25	PHI	NL	2	27%	32	0		0	0	1	29%	4	4	0	0	0	3	1	2
1990	25	ATL	NL	0	25%	4	0		0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1991	26	SDP	NL	1	38%	6	1	100%	1	2	1	33%	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1
1992	27	SDP	NL	1	14%	14	0		0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				4	26%	56	1	100%	1	2	2	39%	7	5	1	1	1	5	1	4

Situational Hitting*

						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
1990	25	TOT	NL	78	71%	19	5	1	32	10	0	2	1.07	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	13	1	8%	6	3	50%	49	6	12%	4	3	75%	2	1	50%	0
1990	25	PHI	NL	50	64%	12	4	1	14	4	0	0	0.79	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	2	1	50%	27	3	11%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1990	25	ATL	NL	28	82%	7	1	0	18	6	0	2	1.28	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	4	2	50%	22	3	14%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1991	26	SDP	NL	24	50%	4	2	0	8	2	0	1	0.81	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	2	0	0%	16	2	13%	0	0		0	0		0
1992	27	SDP	NL	20	15%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	2	50%	11	2	18%	1	1	100%	4	2	50%	0
3 Yrs				122	57%	27	7	1	40	12	0	3	1.02	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	2	1	50%	21	1	5%	12	5	42%	76	10	13%	5	4	80%	6	3	50%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			73%			10%			36%			14%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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
1990	25	TOT	NL	66	244	3.70	153	63%	37%	14%	18%	31%	63%	0%	40%	77%	27%	5%	3	0	15%	10	3	11%	7	3	23%	12	0	0
1990	25	PHI	NL	43	157	3.65	98	62%	35%	12%	19%	34%	65%	0%	41%	81%	33%	7%	3	0	14%	6	1	14%	6	2	0%	7	0	0
1990	25	ATL	NL	23	87	3.78	55	63%	40%	18%	15%	27%	60%	0%	38%	70%	17%	0%	0	0	17%	4	2	4%	1	1	43%	5	0	0
1991	26	SDP	NL	24	102	4.25	62	61%	40%	11%	26%	23%	60%	0%	36%	81%	13%	8%	2	0	13%	3	0	13%	3	1	33%	0	0	0
1992	27	SDP	NL	20	74	3.70	45	61%	33%	16%	27%	24%	67%	0%	41%	77%	25%	5%	1	0	15%	3	2	10%	2	1	50%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				110	420	3.82	260	62%	37%	14%	21%	28%	63%	0%	39%	78%	24%	5%	6	0	15%	16	5	11%	12	5	32%	12	0	0
MLB Averages						3.64		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			27%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1990	25	57	78	73	7	19	2	1	1	7	0	5	15	.260	.308	.356	.664	82	26	1	0
1991	26	74	102	93	10	23	2	1	1	9	1	9	21	.247	.314	.323	.636	76	30	1	0
1992	27	87	122	109	11	27	3	1	1	11	1	12	27	.248	.322	.321	.643	79	35	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1990	25	57	78	73	7	19	2	1	1	7	0	5	15	.260	.308	.356	.664	8	57
1991	26	17	22	19	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	3	6	.158	.273	.158	.431	1	17
1992	27	13	20	16	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	3	6	.250	.368	.313	.681	2	13
3 Yrs		87	120	108	10	26	3	1	1	11	1	11	27	.241	.311	.315	.626	11	87
162 Game Avg.		162	223	201	19	48	6	2	2	20	2	20	50	.241	.311	.315	.626	20	87

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