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Jimmy Wasdell

James Charles Wasdell

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 15, 1914 in Cleveland, OH(All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1937
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Dodgers/Pirates/Senators/Indians 1937-1947

Final Game: April 18, 1947
Died: August 6, 1983 in New Port Richey, FL
Buried: Meadowlawn Memorial Gardens, New Port Richey, FL
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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
1937 23 WSH AL 32 117 110 13 28 4 4 2 12 0 1 7 13 .255 .299 .418 .717 82 46 0 1 3/O97
1938 24 WSH AL 53 154 140 19 33 2 1 2 16 5 2 12 12 .236 .296 .307 .603 57 43 0 2 3/O9
1939 25 WSH AL 29 121 109 12 33 5 1 0 13 3 1 9 16 .303 .361 .367 .728 93 40 1 1 2 3
1940 26 TOT MLB 87 290 265 38 67 15 4 3 37 4 0 20 31 .253 .308 .374 .681 82 99 4 1 4 O93/7
1940 26 WSH AL 10 37 35 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .086 .135 .114 .249 -33 4 0 0 0 /3
1940 26 BRO NL 77 253 230 35 64 14 4 3 37 4 18 24 .278 .333 .413 .746 99 95 4 1 4 O93/7
1941 27 BRO NL 94 287 265 39 79 14 3 4 48 2 16 15 .298 .345 .419 .764 110 111 1 3 3 O93/7
1942 28 PIT NL 122 463 409 44 106 11 2 3 38 1 47 22 .259 .337 .318 .655 90 130 9 1 6 O97/38
1943 29 TOT NL 145 581 524 54 137 19 6 4 68 6 48 22 .261 .326 .344 .669 98 180 13 2 4 3O78/9
1943 29 PIT NL 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250 258 1 0 0 0
1943 29 PHI NL 141 577 522 54 136 19 6 4 67 6 46 22 .261 .323 .343 .666 97 179 13 2 4 3O78/9
1944 30 PHI NL 133 511 451 47 125 20 3 3 40 0 45 17 .277 .344 .355 .699 100 160 14 1 12 *O7/389
1945 31 PHI NL 134 541 500 65 150 19 8 7 60 7 32 11 .300 .346 .412 .758 114 206 7 3 5 O3978
1946 32 TOT MLB 58 100 92 8 24 0 2 1 9 1 0 7 6 .261 .320 .337 .657 89 31 4 1 0 O/937
1946 32 PHI NL 26 55 51 7 13 0 2 1 5 0 3 2 .255 .309 .392 .701 102 20 2 1 0 O/973
1946 32 CLE AL 32 45 41 1 11 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 4 .268 .333 .268 .602 75 11 2 0 0 /3O97
1947 33 CLE AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 888 3166 2866 339 782 109 34 29 341 29 4 243 165 .273 .332 .365 .697 96 1046 53 13 39
162 Game Avg. 162 578 523 62 143 20 6 5 62 5 44 30 .273 .332 .365 .697 96 191 2 7
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
WSH (4 yrs) 124 429 394 47 97 12 6 4 41 8 4 30 48 .246 .301 .338 .639 66 133 1 1 5
PHI (4 yrs) 434 1684 1524 173 424 58 19 15 172 13 126 52 .278 .336 .371 .707 104 565 36 7 21
PIT (2 yrs) 126 467 411 44 107 11 2 3 39 1 49 22 .260 .341 .319 .659 91 131 9 1 6
BRO (2 yrs) 171 540 495 74 143 28 7 7 85 6 34 39 .289 .340 .416 .756 105 206 5 4 7
CLE (2 yrs) 33 46 42 1 11 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 4 .262 .326 .262 .588 71 11 2 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 731 2691 2430 291 674 97 28 25 296 20 209 113 .277 .338 .371 .709 102 902 50 12 34
AL (6 yrs) 157 475 436 48 108 12 6 4 45 9 4 34 52 .248 .304 .330 .634 67 144 3 1 5

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 Awards
1937 23 WSH AL 32 117 -4 -0 0 0 -1 -5 -0.5 4 -2 -0.1 .484 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -2 $ 3/O97
1938 24 WSH AL 53 154 -9 0 0 -1 -2 -11 -1.0 5 -6 -0.5 .481 .494 -0.4 -0.2 -6 $ 3/O9
1939 25 WSH AL 29 121 -1 0 0 -3 -1 -5 -0.4 4 -1 -0.1 .485 .497 0.2 -0.4 2 $ 3
1940 26 WSH AL 10 37 -7 0 0 -1 -0 -8 -0.8 1 -7 -0.7 .419 .495 -0.6 -0.1 -6 $ /3
1940 26 BRO NL 77 253 -1 -0 0 -3 -3 -7 -0.8 9 2 0.1 .491 .496 0.5 -0.6 5 $ O93/7
1941 27 BRO NL 94 287 3 -0 0 0 -3 0 -0.1 10 10 0.9 .500 .500 1.0 -0.4 10 $ O93/7
1942 28 PIT NL 122 463 -4 0 0 -4 -5 -12 -1.5 14 2 -0.1 .488 .491 0.4 -1.1 6 $ O97/38
1943 29 PIT NL 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .520 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $
1943 29 PHI NL 141 577 -1 -0 0 -3 -6 -10 -1.2 17 7 0.5 .492 .493 0.9 -1.0 10 $ 3O78/9
1944 30 PHI NL 133 511 2 0 0 -3 -6 -6 -0.7 15 9 0.8 .495 .496 1.1 -1.0 12 $ *O7/389
1945 31 PHI NL 134 541 9 -0 0 -6 -6 -3 -0.2 16 14 1.4 .498 .498 2.0 -1.2 20 $ O3978
1946 32 PHI NL 26 55 0 0 0 -2 -1 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .489 .498 0.1 -0.3 1 $ O/973
1946 32 CLE AL 32 45 -1 0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .492 .498 0.0 -0.1 0 $ /3O97
1947 33 CLE AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .478 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
11 Seasons 888 3166 -12 -0 0 -27 -33 -72 -7.8 98 26 2.1 .491 .497 5.2 -6.5 53 $
WSH (4 yrs) 124 429 -20 0 0 -5 -4 -30 -2.8 13 -16 -1.4 .478 .496 -0.9 -0.8 -11 $
PHI (4 yrs) 434 1684 10 -0 0 -14 -18 -22 -2.5 51 29 2.6 .494 .496 4.1 -3.4 43 $
PIT (2 yrs) 126 467 -3 0 0 -4 -5 -12 -1.4 14 3 0.0 .489 .496 0.5 -1.1 6 $
BRO (2 yrs) 171 540 3 -0 0 -3 -6 -7 -0.8 19 12 1.0 .496 .498 1.5 -1.0 15 $
CLE (2 yrs) 33 46 -1 0 0 -1 -0 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.1 .492 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $

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
1937 23 WSH AL 117 84 13 4.1 113 .274 .255 .285 .299 .359 .418 .424 .717 .784 82 .388 -4.0 -0.4 .627 .218 .164 .0
1938 24 WSH AL 154 111 13 3.1 111 .246 .236 .280 .296 .357 .307 .417 .603 .774 57 .272 -9.4 -0.9 .532 .179 .071 2.9
1939 25 WSH AL 121 80 14 4.6 107 .355 .303 .276 .361 .350 .367 .408 .728 .758 93 .460 -0.6 -0.1 .667 .165 .064 .0
1940 26 TOT MLB 290 206 32 4.2 104 .277 .253 .279 .308 .345 .374 .404 .681 .749 82 .472 -7.5 -0.7 .614 .211 .121 3.4
1940 26 WSH AL 37 32 1 0.8 105 .107 .086 .271 .135 .342 .114 .410 .249 .753 -33 .037 -6.8 -0.7 .188 .086 .029
1940 26 BRO NL 253 174 31 4.8 104 .300 .278 .280 .333 .346 .413 .403 .746 .748 99 .544 -0.7 -0.1 .694 .230 .135 3.4
1941 27 BRO NL 287 190 38 5.4 98 .305 .298 .272 .345 .343 .419 .383 .764 .726 110 .615 2.9 0.3 .706 .189 .121 2.7
1942 28 PIT NL 463 318 44 3.7 89 .268 .259 .259 .337 .332 .318 .360 .655 .692 90 .490 -4.6 -0.5 .574 .176 .059 1.5
1943 29 TOT NL 581 404 58 3.9 85 .267 .261 .259 .326 .327 .344 .351 .669 .678 98 .491 -1.7 -0.2 .590 .185 .082 4.8
1943 29 PIT NL 4 1 1 27.0 92 .500 .500 .270 .750 .338 .500 .366 1.250 .704 258 .971 0.8 0.1 3.000 1.000 .000
1943 29 PHI NL 577 403 57 3.8 85 .266 .261 .259 .323 .326 .343 .351 .666 .678 97 .485 -2.5 -0.3 .584 .182 .082 4.8
1944 30 PHI NL 511 352 55 4.2 91 .283 .277 .263 .344 .330 .355 .370 .699 .700 100 .500 1.3 0.1 .606 .177 .078 .0
1945 31 PHI NL 541 362 70 5.2 93 .297 .300 .268 .346 .337 .412 .370 .758 .708 114 .586 7.3 0.7 .695 .190 .112 7.0
1946 32 TOT MLB 100 72 10 3.7 90 .271 .261 .257 .320 .331 .337 .364 .657 .694 89 .455 -1.6 -0.2 .556 .163 .076 1.0
1946 32 PHI NL 55 40 6 4.0 90 .250 .255 .258 .309 .333 .392 .361 .701 .694 102 .498 -0.4 -0.0 .600 .196 .137 .0
1946 32 CLE AL 45 32 4 3.3 90 .297 .268 .255 .333 .328 .268 .367 .602 .696 75 .401 -1.3 -0.1 .500 .122 .000 .0
1947 33 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .259 .000 .338 .000 .373 .000 .711 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
11 Yrs 3166 2180 347 4.3 94 .282 .273 .267 .332 .337 .365 .375 .697 .712 96 .502 -18.2 -1.7 .620 .186 .092 29.0
162 Game Avg. 578 398 63 4.3 94 .282 .273 .267 .332 .337 .365 .375 .697 .712 96 .502 -18.2 -1.7 .620 .186 .092 5
PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
WSH (4 yrs) 429 307 41 3.5 110 .272 .246 .279 .301 .354 .338 .416 .639 .770 66 .331 -20.8 -1.9 .556 .178 .091 5.3
PHI (4 yrs) 1684 1157 188 4.4 90 .281 .278 .263 .336 .331 .371 .363 .707 .695 104 .525 5.7 0.6 .626 .184 .093 13.9
PIT (2 yrs) 467 319 45 3.8 89 .269 .260 .259 .341 .332 .319 .360 .659 .692 91 .499 -3.7 -0.4 .581 .180 .058 1.5
BRO (2 yrs) 540 364 69 5.1 101 .303 .289 .276 .340 .344 .416 .392 .756 .736 105 .582 2.2 0.2 .700 .208 .127 6.5
CLE (2 yrs) 46 33 4 3.2 90 .289 .262 .255 .326 .329 .262 .367 .588 .696 71 .387 -1.5 -0.2 .485 .119 .000 .0
NL (7 yrs) 2691 1840 302 4.4 92 .283 .277 .265 .338 .334 .371 .369 .709 .703 102 .533 4.1 0.4 .633 .188 .094 22.2
AL (6 yrs) 475 340 45 3.5 108 .274 .248 .277 .304 .352 .330 .411 .634 .763 67 .336 -22.3 -2.1 .549 .172 .083 5.5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
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
1941 27 BRO NL WS NYY L 3 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 2 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 5 5 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .400 .600 2 0 0 0 0 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
1937 23 WSH AL 117 1.7% 11.1% 6.0% 8.6% 36% 1.86 8.5 55.0 9.2 81%
1938 24 WSH AL 154 1.3% 7.8% 7.8% 3.3% 15% 1.00 11.7 70.0 8.8 82%
1939 25 WSH AL 121 0.0% 13.2% 7.4% 5.0% 18% 1.78 6.8 8.4 77%
1940 26 TOT MLB 290 1.0% 10.7% 6.9% 7.6% 33% 1.55 8.5 88.3 7.2 80%
1940 26 WSH AL 37 0.0% 18.9% 5.4% 2.7% 33% 3.50 5.0 76%
1940 26 BRO NL 253 1.2% 9.5% 7.1% 8.3% 33% 1.33 9.6 76.7 6.2 80%
1941 27 BRO NL 287 1.4% 5.2% 5.6% 7.3% 27% 0.94 17.7 66.3 5.5 86%
1942 28 PIT NL 463 0.7% 4.8% 10.2% 3.5% 15% 0.47 18.6 136.3 10.8 83%
1943 29 TOT NL 581 0.7% 3.8% 8.3% 5.0% 21% 0.46 23.8 131.0 7.7 86%
1943 29 PIT NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 2.0 50%
1943 29 PHI NL 577 0.7% 3.8% 8.0% 5.0% 21% 0.48 23.7 130.5 7.8 86%
1944 30 PHI NL 511 0.6% 3.3% 8.8% 5.1% 21% 0.38 26.5 150.3 11.3 84%
1945 31 PHI NL 541 1.3% 2.0% 5.9% 6.3% 23% 0.34 45.5 71.4 8.3 89%
1946 32 TOT MLB 100 1.0% 6.0% 7.0% 3.0% 13% 0.86 15.3 92.0 10.2 85%
1946 32 PHI NL 55 1.8% 3.6% 5.5% 5.5% 23% 0.67 25.5 51.0 10.2 87%
1946 32 CLE AL 45 0.0% 8.9% 8.9% 0.0% 0% 1.00 10.3 10.3 82%
1947 33 CLE AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
11 Yrs 3166 0.9% 5.2% 7.7% 5.4% 22% 0.68 17.4 98.8 8.4 84%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.1% 8.9% 6.2% 26% 1.02 9.8 66.6 8.4 79%
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

Cumulative Batting

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
1937 23 32 117 110 13 28 4 4 2 12 0 1 7 13 .255 .299 .418 .717 82 46 0 1
1938 24 85 271 250 32 61 6 5 4 28 5 3 19 25 .244 .297 .356 .653 68 89 0 3
1939 25 114 392 359 44 94 11 6 4 41 8 4 28 41 .262 .317 .359 .676 75 129 1 1 5
1940 26 201 682 624 82 161 26 10 7 78 12 4 48 72 .258 .313 .365 .678 78 228 5 2 9
1941 27 295 969 889 121 240 40 13 11 126 14 4 64 87 .270 .323 .381 .704 87 339 6 5 12
1942 28 417 1432 1298 165 346 51 15 14 164 15 4 111 109 .267 .327 .361 .689 88 469 15 6 18
1943 29 562 2013 1822 219 483 70 21 18 232 21 4 159 131 .265 .327 .356 .683 91 649 28 8 22
1944 30 695 2524 2273 266 608 90 24 21 272 21 4 204 148 .267 .330 .356 .686 93 809 42 9 34
1945 31 829 3065 2773 331 758 109 32 28 332 28 4 236 159 .273 .333 .366 .699 96 1015 49 12 39
1946 32 887 3165 2865 339 782 109 34 29 341 29 4 243 165 .273 .333 .365 .698 96 1046 53 13 39
1947 33 888 3166 2866 339 782 109 34 29 341 29 4 243 165 .273 .332 .365 .697 96 1046 53 13 39

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1937 23 33 120 112 12 27 4 4 2 11 0 7 14 .241 .286 .402 .687 12 32
1938 24 56 159 145 17 32 2 1 2 15 5 12 13 .221 .280 .290 .570 12 53
1939 25 31 125 113 12 33 5 1 0 12 3 9 17 .292 .350 .354 .704 14 29
1940 26 91 304 278 38 70 16 4 3 37 4 21 33 .252 .307 .371 .677 32 87
1941 27 98 296 274 40 81 14 3 4 49 2 16 16 .296 .341 .412 .754 38 94
1942 28 129 500 440 51 119 12 2 3 44 1 53 23 .270 .350 .327 .677 51 122
1943 29 152 625 563 67 159 22 7 5 84 7 56 23 .282 .349 .373 .722 72 145
1944 30 138 537 475 53 136 22 3 3 45 0 49 18 .286 .354 .364 .718 61 133
1945 31 140 568 526 70 160 20 9 7 65 7 34 11 .304 .350 .416 .766 76 134
1946 32 61 107 98 10 27 0 2 1 11 1 8 6 .276 .336 .347 .683 11 58
1947 33 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
11 Yrs 930 3342 3025 370 844 117 36 30 373 30 265 174 .279 .340 .371 .711 379 888
162 Game Avg. 162 582 527 64 147 20 6 5 65 5 46 30 .279 .340 .371 .711 66 888

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Batting Average s c a p y
1945 NL  .300 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1945 NL  8 (8th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1944 NL  12 (10th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1944 NL  14 (9th)

AB per SO s c a p y
1943 NL  23.8 (10th)
1944 NL  26.5 (6th)
1945 NL  45.5 (2nd)
Career  17.4 (179th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2360), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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