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Jim Weaver

James Dement Weaver (Big Jim)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: November 25, 1903 in Obion County, TN
School: Western Kentucky University (Bowling Green, KY)(All Transactions)
Debut: August 27, 1928
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Reds/Cubs/Yankees/Browns/... 1928-1939

Final Game: May 8, 1939
Died: December 12, 1983 in Lakeland, FL
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Erlanger, KY
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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
1928 24 WSH AL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1931 27 NYY AL 17 24 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .050 .050 .050 .100 -73 1 0 4 1
1934 30 TOT MLB 32 66 59 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 31 .068 .113 .068 .181 -51 4 0 1 4 1
1934 30 SLB AL 5 8 7 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 1 0 0 /1
1934 30 CHC NL 27 58 52 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 .058 .093 .058 .150 -58 3 0 1 4 1
1935 31 PIT NL 33 67 56 2 4 0 1 0 1 0 4 20 .071 .133 .107 .240 -35 6 3 0 7 1
1936 32 PIT NL 38 89 79 4 8 2 0 0 6 0 4 30 .101 .145 .127 .271 -27 10 2 0 6 1
1937 33 PIT NL 32 33 27 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 10 .148 .258 .148 .406 13 4 1 0 2 1
1938 34 TOT MLB 31 51 46 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 15 .196 .213 .217 .430 19 10 0 0 4 1
1938 34 SLB AL 1 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 /1
1938 34 CIN NL 30 49 44 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 14 .205 .222 .227 .449 25 10 0 0 4 1
1939 35 CIN NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
8 Yrs 189 332 289 11 30 3 1 0 11 0 0 15 120 .104 .151 .121 .272 -26 35 6 1 27
162 Game Avg. 162 285 248 9 26 3 1 0 9 0 13 103 .104 .151 .121 .272 -26 30 1 23
PIT (3 yrs) 103 189 162 6 16 2 1 0 9 0 12 60 .099 .161 .123 .284 -23 20 6 0 15
CIN (2 yrs) 33 50 45 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 15 .200 .217 .222 .440 22 10 0 0 4
SLB (2 yrs) 6 10 9 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 6 .111 .200 .111 .311 -20 1 0 0
WSH (1 yr) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 27 58 52 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 26 .058 .093 .058 .150 -58 3 0 1 4
NYY (1 yr) 17 24 20 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 .050 .050 .050 .100 -73 1 0 4
NL (6 yrs) 163 297 259 9 28 3 1 0 10 0 14 101 .108 .157 .127 .284 -23 33 6 1 23
AL (4 yrs) 26 35 30 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .067 .097 .067 .163 -56 2 0 4

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
1928 24 WSH AL 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1931 27 NYY AL 17 24 -6 0 0 0 2 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .478 .498 -0.4 0.0 -3 $ 1
1934 30 SLB AL 5 8 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .494 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1934 30 CHC NL 27 58 -13 0 0 0 6 -6 -0.6 2 -5 -0.6 .476 .496 -0.6 0.0 -5 $ 1
1935 31 PIT NL 33 67 -12 0 0 0 7 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.6 .483 .496 -0.6 0.0 -4 $ 1
1936 32 PIT NL 38 89 -16 0 0 0 10 -6 -0.6 2 -3 -0.6 .485 .497 -0.6 0.0 -3 $ 1
1937 33 PIT NL 32 33 -4 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1938 34 SLB AL 1 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .454 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1938 34 CIN NL 30 49 -5 0 0 0 6 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
1939 35 CIN NL 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
8 Seasons 189 332 -59 1 0 0 36 -22 -2.2 9 -12 -2.2 .489 .499 -2.2 -0.0 -12 $
PIT (3 yrs) 103 189 -32 0 0 0 21 -11 -1.1 5 -6 -1.2 .489 .498 -1.2 0.0 -5 $
CIN (2 yrs) 33 50 -5 0 0 0 6 0 0.0 1 2 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 $
SLB (2 yrs) 6 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .488 .500 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
WSH (1 yr) 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
CHC (1 yr) 27 58 -13 0 0 0 6 -6 -0.6 2 -5 -0.6 .476 .496 -0.6 0.0 -5 $
NYY (1 yr) 17 24 -6 0 0 0 2 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .478 .498 -0.4 0.0 -3 $

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
1928 24 WSH AL 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .287 .000 .352 .000 .408 .000 .760 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1931 27 NYY AL 24 23 0 0.0 104 .125 .050 .280 .050 .347 .050 .401 .100 .747 -73 .000 -5.0 -0.5 .053 .000 .000
1934 30 TOT MLB 66 59 0 0.0 104 .143 .068 .286 .113 .344 .068 .407 .181 .751 -51 .000 -12.8 -1.3 .127 .034 .000
1934 30 SLB AL 8 6 0 0.0 118 .500 .143 .297 .250 .372 .143 .427 .393 .799 1 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .333 .143 .000
1934 30 CHC NL 58 53 0 0.0 103 .115 .058 .285 .093 .340 .058 .405 .150 .744 -58 .000 -11.7 -1.2 .102 .019 .000
1935 31 PIT NL 67 62 1 0.4 106 .111 .071 .289 .133 .345 .107 .412 .240 .757 -35 .013 -11.2 -1.1 .182 .107 .036
1936 32 PIT NL 89 79 1 0.3 105 .163 .101 .288 .145 .348 .127 .404 .271 .751 -27 .008 -14.5 -1.4 .192 .076 .025
1937 33 PIT NL 33 26 1 1.0 100 .235 .148 .279 .258 .340 .148 .395 .406 .736 13 .062 -3.2 -0.3 .333 .148 .000
1938 34 TOT MLB 51 41 2 1.3 98 .290 .196 .273 .213 .337 .217 .389 .430 .727 19 .097 -5.2 -0.5 .297 .043 .022
1938 34 SLB AL 2 2 0 0.0 117 .000 .000 .289 .000 .368 .000 .430 .000 .798 -100 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1938 34 CIN NL 49 39 2 1.4 97 .300 .205 .272 .222 .336 .227 .388 .449 .723 25 .107 -4.6 -0.5 .314 .045 .023
1939 35 CIN NL 1 1 0 0.0 105 .000 .283 .000 .349 .000 .404 .000 .753 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
8 Yrs 332 292 5 0.5 103 .178 .104 .284 .151 .344 .121 .403 .272 .747 -26 .014 -52.4 -5.2 .192 .069 .017
162 Game Avg. 285 250 4 0.5 103 .178 .104 .284 .151 .344 .121 .403 .272 .747 -26 .014 -52.4 -5.2 .192 .069 .017
PIT (3 yrs) 189 167 3 0.5 104 .157 .099 .287 .161 .345 .123 .405 .284 .751 -23 .015 -28.9 -2.9 .211 .099 .025
CIN (2 yrs) 50 40 2 1.3 97 .300 .200 .273 .217 .336 .222 .388 .440 .724 22 .102 -4.9 -0.5 .306 .044 .022
SLB (2 yrs) 10 8 0 0.0 118 .333 .111 .295 .200 .371 .111 .428 .311 .799 -20 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .250 .111 .000
WSH (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .287 .000 .352 .000 .408 .000 .760 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 58 53 0 0.0 103 .115 .058 .285 .093 .340 .058 .405 .150 .744 -58 .000 -11.7 -1.2 .102 .019 .000
NYY (1 yr) 24 23 0 0.0 104 .125 .050 .280 .050 .347 .050 .401 .100 .747 -73 .000 -5.0 -0.5 .053 .000 .000
NL (6 yrs) 297 260 5 0.5 103 .177 .108 .284 .157 .343 .127 .402 .284 .745 -23 .018 -45.5 -4.5 .203 .073 .019
AL (4 yrs) 35 32 0 0.0 108 .182 .067 .285 .097 .355 .067 .409 .163 .764 -56 .000 -7.0 -0.7 .107 .033 .000

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
1928 24 WSH AL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1931 27 NYY AL 24 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.7 33%
1934 30 TOT MLB 66 0.0% 47.0% 3.0% 0.0% 0% 15.50 1.9 59.0 42%
1934 30 SLB AL 8 0.0% 62.5% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 5.00 1.4 7.0 25%
1934 30 CHC NL 58 0.0% 44.8% 1.7% 0.0% 0% 26.00 2.0 45%
1935 31 PIT NL 67 0.0% 29.9% 6.0% 1.5% 25% 5.00 2.8 56.0 54%
1936 32 PIT NL 89 0.0% 33.7% 4.5% 2.3% 25% 7.50 2.6 13.2 55%
1937 33 PIT NL 33 0.0% 30.3% 12.1% 0.0% 0% 2.50 2.7 13.5 52%
1938 34 TOT MLB 51 0.0% 29.4% 2.0% 2.0% 11% 15.00 3.1 46.0 61%
1938 34 SLB AL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1938 34 CIN NL 49 0.0% 28.6% 2.0% 2.0% 11% 14.00 3.1 44.0 61%
1939 35 CIN NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
8 Yrs 332 0.0% 36.1% 4.5% 1.2% 13% 8.00 2.4 26.3 51%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.3% 8.3% 7.0% 28% 1.00 10.8 64.9 7.6 80%

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
1928 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1929 25 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1930 26 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0
1931 27 20 25 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .048 .048 .048 .095 -74 1 0 4
1932 28 20 25 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .048 .048 .048 .095 -74 1 0 4
1933 29 20 25 21 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .048 .048 .048 .095 -74 1 0 4
1934 30 52 91 80 3 5 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 44 .063 .096 .063 .159 -57 5 0 1 8
1935 31 85 158 136 5 9 0 1 0 2 0 0 6 64 .066 .112 .081 .193 -48 11 3 1 15
1936 32 123 247 215 9 17 2 1 0 8 0 0 10 94 .079 .124 .098 .222 -40 21 5 1 21
1937 33 155 280 242 9 21 2 1 0 10 0 0 14 104 .087 .140 .103 .243 -34 25 6 1 23
1938 34 186 331 288 11 30 3 1 0 11 0 0 15 119 .104 .151 .122 .273 -26 35 6 1 27
1939 35 189 332 289 11 30 3 1 0 11 0 0 15 120 .104 .151 .121 .272 -26 35 6 1 27

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
1928 24 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1931 27 18 25 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 17
1934 30 34 70 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33 .000 .045 .000 .045 0 32
1935 31 35 72 60 3 5 0 1 0 1 0 5 21 .083 .154 .117 .271 1 33
1936 32 40 91 81 3 7 2 0 0 4 0 4 31 .086 .129 .111 .241 1 38
1937 33 34 34 28 0 4 0 0 0 2 0 4 11 .143 .250 .143 .393 1 32
1938 34 33 53 48 2 9 1 0 0 1 0 1 16 .188 .204 .208 .412 2 31
1939 35 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
8 Yrs 200 347 303 8 25 3 1 0 8 0 16 127 .083 .131 .099 .230 5 189
162 Game Avg. 162 281 245 6 20 2 1 0 6 0 13 103 .083 .131 .099 .230 4 189

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