Jim Walewander
James Walewander
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: May 2, 1962 in Chicago, IL
School: Iowa State University
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 9th round of the 1983 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 31, 1987
Final Game: October 3, 1993
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Standard Batting

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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
1987 25 DET AL 53 63 54 24 13 3 1 1 4 2 1 7 6 .241 .328 .389 .717 93 21 2 0 2 0 0 45/D6
1988 26 DET AL 88 198 175 23 37 5 0 0 6 11 4 12 26 .211 .261 .240 .501 44 42 1 0 10 1 0 4/D65
1990 28 NYY AL 9 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 64 2 0 0 0 0 0 /45D6
1993 31 CAL AL 12 14 8 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 1 .125 .429 .125 .554 56 1 0 0 0 1 0 /6D4
4 Seasons 162 280 242 50 52 9 1 1 14 15 7 24 33 .215 .284 .273 .556 57 66 3 0 12 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 280 242 50 52 9 1 1 14 15 7 24 33 .215 .284 .273 .556 57 66 3 0 12 2 0
DET (2 yrs) 141 261 229 47 50 8 1 1 10 13 5 19 32 .218 .277 .275 .552 56 63 3 0 12 1 0
CAL (1 yr) 12 14 8 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 1 5 1 .125 .429 .125 .554 56 1 0 0 0 1 0
NYY (1 yr) 9 5 5 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 64 2 0 0 0 0 0

Advanced Batting

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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
1987 25 DET AL 63 46 7 4.1 102 .255 .241 .260 .328 .328 .389 .418 .717 .746 93 .408 -0.5 -0.0 .659 .296 .148 1.3
1988 26 DET AL 198 154 13 2.3 92 .247 .211 .256 .261 .320 .240 .385 .501 .706 44 .227 -13.0 -1.3 .427 .137 .029 .0
1990 28 NYY AL 5 5 0 0.0 95 .200 .200 .259 .200 .327 .400 .388 .600 .715 64 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .400 .200 .200 .0
1993 31 CAL AL 14 9 1 3.0 105 .125 .125 .270 .429 .341 .125 .413 .554 .754 56 .292 0.1 0.0 .750 .625 .000 .0
4 Seasons 280 214 21 2.6 95 .243 .215 .257 .284 .323 .273 .394 .556 .717 57 .266 -13.6 -1.4 .490 .190 .058 1.9
162 Game Avg. 280 214 21 2.6 95 .243 .215 .257 .284 .323 .273 .394 .556 .717 57 .266 -13.6 -1.4 .490 .190 .058 2
DET (2 yrs) 261 200 20 2.7 94 .249 .218 .257 .277 .322 .275 .393 .552 .715 56 .275 -13.5 -1.4 .481 .175 .057 1.9
CAL (1 yr) 14 9 1 3.0 105 .125 .125 .270 .429 .341 .125 .413 .554 .754 56 .292 0.1 0.0 .750 .625 .000 .0
NYY (1 yr) 5 5 0 0.0 95 .200 .200 .259 .200 .327 .400 .388 .600 .715 64 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .400 .200 .200 .0

Ratio Batting*

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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
1987 25 DET AL 63 1.6% 9.5% 11.1% 7.9% 39% 0.86 9.0 54.0 13.5 1.24 75%
1988 26 DET AL 198 0.0% 13.1% 6.1% 2.5% 14% 2.17 6.7 29.2 1.03 1.29 76% 14% 0.0% 39%
1990 28 NYY AL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 20.0% 100% 5.0 0.25 0.33 100% 20% 0.0% 50%
1993 31 CAL AL 14 0.0% 7.1% 35.7% 0.0% 0% 0.20 8.0 2.7 0.60 0.40 57% 0% 0.0% 60%
4 Seasons 280 0.4% 11.8% 8.6% 3.9% 21% 1.38 7.3 242.0 17.3 0.96 1.18 75% 13% 0.0% 41%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1987 25 DET AL 0 0 121% 40 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 50% 9 6 3 2 1 1 5 1 4
1988 26 DET AL 3 0 47% 85 11 4 73% 8 4 3 0 0 0 3 1 3 16 35% 8 8 0 3 2 1 6 1 5
1990 28 NYY AL 0 0 100% 12 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1993 31 CAL AL 0 0 33% 10 1 1 50% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
4 Seasons 3 0 65% 147 15 7 68% 12 6 3 1 0 0 4 2 4 22 38% 19 16 3 6 3 2 12 3 9
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1987 25 DET AL 63 100% 13 2 0 0 0 0.01 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 2 2 100% 12 2 17% 6 2 33% 34 4 12% 5 2 40% 3 1 33% 0
1988 26 DET AL 198 100% 37 13 5 2 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 10 100% 30 1 3% 20 10 50% 98 6 6% 9 4 44% 6 0 0% 0
1990 28 NYY AL 5 100% 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0.00 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1993 31 CAL AL 14 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 17 3 18% 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 0
4 Seasons 280 100% 52 14 5 5 0 0 0 0.00 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 12 12 100% 47 3 6% 30 14 47% 152 14 9% 17 8 47% 12 1 8% 0
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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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
1988 26 DET AL 197 686 3.48 451 66% 30% 9% 25% 35% 70% 0% 46% 87% 33% 4% 8 0 10% 19 0 4% 8 2 23% 1 0 0
1990 28 NYY AL 5 17 3.40 12 71% 25% 0% 33% 42% 75% 0% 53% 100% 60% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 31 CAL AL 14 54 3.86 28 52% 18% 11% 43% 29% 82% 0% 43% 87% 43% 14% 2 0 36% 5 2 36% 5 2 0% 0 0 0
3 Seasons 216 757 3.50 491 65% 29% 9% 27% 35% 71% 0% 46% 87% 34% 5% 10 0 11% 24 2 6% 13 4 22% 1 0 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 25 53 63 54 24 13 3 1 1 4 2 1 7 6 .241 .328 .389 .717 93 21 2 0 2 0 0
1988 26 141 261 229 47 50 8 1 1 10 13 5 19 32 .218 .277 .275 .552 56 63 3 0 12 1 0
1989 27 141 261 229 47 50 8 1 1 10 13 5 19 32 .218 .277 .275 .552 56 63 3 0 12 1 0
1990 28 150 266 234 48 51 9 1 1 11 14 6 19 32 .218 .276 .278 .553 56 65 3 0 12 1 0
1991 29 150 266 234 48 51 9 1 1 11 14 6 19 32 .218 .276 .278 .553 56 65 3 0 12 1 0
1992 30 150 266 234 48 51 9 1 1 11 14 6 19 32 .218 .276 .278 .553 56 65 3 0 12 1 0
1993 31 162 280 242 50 52 9 1 1 14 15 7 24 33 .215 .284 .273 .556 57 66 3 0 12 2 0

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1987 25 53 61 54 25 13 3 1 1 4 2 7 6 .241 .328 .389 .717 7 53
1988 26 88 196 181 26 43 6 0 0 7 13 14 26 .238 .291 .271 .562 14 88
1990 28 9 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1993 31 12 20 9 2 2 0 0 0 3 2 10 1 .222 .600 .222 .822 1 12
4 Seasons 162 282 249 54 58 9 1 1 15 18 31 33 .233 .316 .289 .605 22 162
162 Game Avg. 162 282 249 54 58 9 1 1 15 18 31 33 .233 .316 .289 .605 22 162

* 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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