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Jimmy Wasdell
James Charles Wasdell
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 15, 1914 in Cleveland, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1937
Final Game: April 18, 1947
Died: August 6, 1983 in New Port Richey, FL
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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 23 WSH AL 32 118 110 13 28 4 4 2 12 0 1 7 13 .255 .299 .418 .717 82 46 0 1 3/O
1938 24 WSH AL 53 154 140 19 33 2 1 2 16 5 2 12 12 .236 .296 .307 .603 56 43 0 2 3/O
1939 25 WSH AL 29 121 109 12 33 5 1 0 13 3 1 9 16 .303 .361 .367 .728 92 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 O3
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 .746 100 95 4 1 4 O3
1941 27 BRO NL 94 287 265 39 79 14 3 4 48 2 16 15 .298 .345 .419 .764 111 111 1 3 3 O3
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 O/3
1943 29 TOT NL 145 578 524 54 137 19 6 4 68 6 48 22 .261 .326 .344 .669 97 180 13 2 4 3O
1943 29 PIT NL 4 4 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 .500 .750 .500 1.250 260 1 0 0 0
1943 29 PHI NL 141 574 522 54 136 19 6 4 67 6 46 22 .261 .323 .343 .666 96 179 13 2 4 3O
1944 30 PHI NL 133 509 451 47 125 20 3 3 40 0 45 17 .277 .344 .355 .699 99 160 14 1 12 *O/3
1945 31 PHI NL 134 540 500 65 150 19 8 7 60 7 32 11 .300 .346 .412 .758 113 206 7 3 5 O3
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/3
1946 32 PHI NL 26 55 51 7 13 0 2 1 5 0 3 2 .255 .309 .392 .701 101 20 2 1 0 O/3
1946 32 CLE AL 32 45 41 1 11 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 4 .268 .333 .268 .602 74 11 2 0 0 /3O
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 Seasons 888 3161 2866 339 782 109 34 29 341 29 4 243 165 .273 .332 .365 .697 96 1046 53 13 39
162 Game Avg. 162 577 523 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) 124 430 394 47 97 12 6 4 41 8 4 30 48 .246 .301 .338 .639 66 133 1 1 5
PHI (4 yrs) 434 1678 1524 173 424 58 19 15 172 13 126 52 .278 .336 .371 .707 103 565 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 .756 106 206 5 4 7
CLE (2 yrs) 33 46 42 1 11 0 0 0 4 1 0 4 4 .262 .326 .262 .588 70 11 2 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 731 2685 2430 291 674 97 28 25 296 20 209 113 .277 .338 .371 .709 101 902 50 12 34
AL (6 yrs) 157 476 436 48 108 12 6 4 45 9 4 34 52 .248 .304 .330 .634 66 144 3 1 5

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
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

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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 LF-CF-RF Awards
1937 WSH AL 23 1B 21 193 182 10 1 18 .995 9.14 .991 9.61
1937 WSH AL 23 OF 7 15 14 1 0 1 1.000 2.14 .967 2.29 3-0-4
1938 WSH AL 24 1B 26 233 220 12 1 26 .996 8.92 .990 9.56
1938 WSH AL 24 OF 6 14 14 0 0 0 1.000 2.33 .971 2.28 0-0-6
1939 WSH AL 25 1B 28 280 255 15 10 24 .964 9.64 .990 9.43
1940 TOT MLB 26 1B 25 208 198 7 3 17 .986 8.20 .989 9.93
1940 WSH AL 26 1B 8 78 76 2 0 8 1.000 9.75 .988 9.60
1940 BRO NL 26 OF 42 75 70 1 4 0 .947 1.69 .977 2.17 1-1-40
1940 BRO NL 26 1B 17 130 122 5 3 9 .977 7.47 .990 10.08
1941 BRO NL 27 OF 54 90 84 2 4 0 .956 1.59 .976 2.15 8-0-46
1941 BRO NL 27 1B 15 106 101 5 0 5 1.000 7.07 .989 9.73
1942 PIT NL 28 OF 97 208 191 8 9 1 .957 2.05 .981 2.15 36-2-61
1942 PIT NL 28 1B 7 61 55 4 2 4 .967 8.43 .989 9.66
1943 PHI NL 29 1B 82 815 749 56 10 62 .988 9.82 .992 9.99
1943 PHI NL 29 OF 56 116 108 5 3 0 .974 2.02 .977 2.27 39-22-5
1944 PHI NL 30 OF 121 254 243 6 5 0 .980 2.06 .980 2.31 118-5-3
1944 PHI NL 30 1B 4 43 43 0 0 6 1.000 10.75 .991 9.65
1945 PHI NL 31 OF 65 151 142 4 5 1 .967 2.25 .978 2.33 17-13-37
1945 PHI NL 31 1B 63 647 597 43 7 51 .989 10.16 .990 9.74
1946 TOT MLB 32 OF 14 14 12 0 2 0 .857 0.86 .979 2.18 5-0-8
1946 TOT MLB 32 1B 6 37 31 4 2 9 .946 5.83 .992 9.27
1946 PHI NL 32 OF 11 13 12 0 1 0 .923 1.09 .977 2.16 4-0-6
1946 PHI NL 32 1B 2 4 3 1 0 1 1.000 2.00 1.000 9.30
1946 CLE AL 32 1B 4 33 28 3 2 8 .939 7.75 .991 9.25
1946 CLE AL 32 OF 3 1 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 1.000 2.23 1-0-2
9 Seasons OF 462 937 878 27 32 3 .966 1.96 .979 2.24 227-43-210
10 Seasons 1B 277 2623 2431 156 36 222 .986 9.34 .991 9.76
11 Seasons TOT 739 3560 3309 183 68 225 .981 4.73 .968 5.06 227-43-210
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG LF-CF-RF Awards

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--23.818--10th
1944 NL--26.529--6th
1945 NL--45.455--2nd
Career--17.370--159th

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2250), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2826), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

January 29, 1937: Traded by Minneapolis (American Association) to the Washington Senators for Red Kress, Carl Reynolds and cash.

May 25, 1940: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Washington Senators.

December 12, 1941: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Pete Coscarart, Luke Hamlin and Babe Phelps to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Arky Vaughan.

April 30, 1943: Purchased by the Philadelphia Blue Jays from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

June 18, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 1, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

April 23, 1947: Released by the Cleveland Indians. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)

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