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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 (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,in Erlanger, KY
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Standard Pitching

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Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB
1928	24	WSH	AL	0	0		1.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	2	2	1	0	6	2	1	0	0	23	266	1.333	3.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	0.33

1931	27	NYY	AL	2	1	.667	5.31	17	5	7	2	0	0	57.2	66	37	34	1	29	28	1	1	4	268	75	1.647	10.3	0.2	4.5	4.4	0.97

1934	30	TOT	MLB	13	9	.591	4.18	32	25	4	10	1	0	178.2	180	91	83	8	74	109	4	3	10	783	96	1.422	9.1	0.4	3.7	5.5	1.47
1934	30	SLB	AL	2	0	1.000	6.41	5	5	0	2	0	0	19.2	17	14	14	3	20	11	0	1	3	94	78	1.881	7.8	1.4	9.2	5.0	0.55
1934	30	CHC	NL	11	9	.550	3.91	27	20	4	8	1	0	159.0	163	77	69	5	54	98	4	2	7	689	100	1.365	9.2	0.3	3.1	5.5	1.81
1935	31	PIT	NL	14	8	.636	3.42	33	22	6	11	4	0	176.1	177	85	67	9	58	87	2	0	7	764	120	1.333	9.0	0.5	3.0	4.4	1.50
1936	32	PIT	NL	14	8	.636	4.31	38	31	2	11	1	0	225.2	239	125	108	12	74	108	1	1	6	972	94	1.387	9.5	0.5	3.0	4.3	1.46
1937	33	PIT	NL	8	5	.615	3.20	32	9	10	2	1	0	109.2	106	49	39	2	31	44	0	0	3	457	121	1.249	8.7	0.2	2.5	3.6	1.42
1938	34	TOT	MLB	6	5	.545	3.43	31	16	8	2	0	3	136.1	118	65	52	6	63	68	1	0	3	591	108	1.328	7.8	0.4	4.2	4.5	1.08
1938	34	SLB	AL	0	1	.000	9.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	9	7	7	0	9	4	0	0	2	39	55	2.571	11.6	0.0	11.6	5.1	0.44
1938	34	CIN	NL	6	4	.600	3.13	30	15	8	2	0	3	129.1	109	58	45	6	54	64	1	0	1	552	116	1.260	7.6	0.4	3.8	4.5	1.19
1939	35	CIN	NL	0	0		3.00	3	0	1	0	0	0	3.0	3	1	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	13	128	1.333	9.0	0.0	3.0	9.0	3.00
8 Seasons				57	36	.613	3.88	189	108	40	38	7	3	893.1	891	455	385	38	336	449	10	5	33	3871	102	1.374	9.0	0.4	3.4	4.5	1.34
162 Game Avg.				13	8	.613	3.88	43	25	9	9	2	1	205	204	104	88	9	77	103	2	1	8	886	102	1.374	9.0	0.4	3.4	4.5	1.34

PIT (3 yrs)				36	21	.632	3.76	103	62	18	24	6	0	511.2	522	259	214	23	163	239	3	1	16	2193	107	1.339	9.2	0.4	2.9	4.2	1.47
CIN (2 yrs)				6	4	.600	3.13	33	15	9	2	0	3	132.1	112	59	46	6	55	67	1	0	1	565	116	1.262	7.6	0.4	3.7	4.6	1.22
SLB (2 yrs)				2	1	.667	7.09	6	6	0	2	0	0	26.2	26	21	21	3	29	15	0	1	5	133	70	2.063	8.8	1.0	9.8	5.1	0.52
WSH (1 yr)				0	0		1.50	3	0	2	0	0	0	6.0	2	2	1	0	6	2	1	0	0	23	266	1.333	3.0	0.0	9.0	3.0	0.33
CHC (1 yr)				11	9	.550	3.91	27	20	4	8	1	0	159.0	163	77	69	5	54	98	4	2	7	689	100	1.365	9.2	0.3	3.1	5.5	1.81
NYY (1 yr)				2	1	.667	5.31	17	5	7	2	0	0	57.2	66	37	34	1	29	28	1	1	4	268	75	1.647	10.3	0.2	4.5	4.4	0.97

NL (6 yrs)				53	34	.609	3.69	163	97	31	34	7	3	803.0	797	395	329	34	272	404	8	3	24	3447	107	1.331	8.9	0.4	3.0	4.5	1.49
AL (4 yrs)				4	2	.667	5.58	26	11	9	4	0	0	90.1	94	60	56	4	64	45	2	2	9	424	77	1.749	9.4	0.4	6.4	4.5	0.70

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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	Pos
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	0	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 Seasons				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	-22	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

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRFG
1928	WSH	AL	24	P	3	3	0	2	1	0	.667	0.67	.967	1.37
1931	NYY	AL	27	P	17	14	0	13	1	3	.929	0.76	.957	1.19
1934	TOT	MLB	30	P	32	45	10	33	2	1	.956	1.34	.958	1.12
1934	SLB	AL	30	P	5	8	2	6	0	0	1.000	1.60	.950	1.12
1934	CHC	NL	30	P	27	37	8	27	2	1	.946	1.30	.959	1.12
1935	PIT	NL	31	P	33	46	4	40	2	2	.957	1.33	.959	1.18
1936	PIT	NL	32	P	38	49	7	38	4	1	.918	1.18	.951	1.16
1937	PIT	NL	33	P	32	21	3	16	2	1	.905	0.59	.962	1.20
1938	TOT	MLB	34	P	31	34	5	25	4	1	.882	0.97	.965	1.13
1938	SLB	AL	34	P	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.000	1.00	.900	1.10
1938	CIN	NL	34	P	30	33	5	24	4	1	.879	0.97	.967	1.13
1939	CIN	NL	35	P	3	2	0	2	0	0	1.000	0.67	.950	1.10
8 Seasons				P	189	214	29	169	16	9	.925	1.05	.958	1.16
8 Seasons				TOT	189	214	29	169	16	9	.925	1.05	.883	1.16

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Win-Loss % s c a p y 1935 NL .636 (10th) 1936 NL .636 (5th)	Strikeouts per 9 IP s c a p y 1934 NL 5.547 (3rd) 1935 NL 4.441 (8th) 1936 NL 4.307 (4th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1936 NL 108 (7th)	Games Started s c a p y 1936 NL 31 (9th)
Shutouts s c a p y 1935 NL 4 (1st)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1936 NL 74 (7th)	Strikeouts / Base On Balls s c a p y 1934 NL 1.815 (9th)	Home Runs per 9 IP s c a p y 1934 NL .283 (5th)
Earned Runs s c a p y 1936 NL 108 (8th)	Wild Pitches s c a p y 1931 AL 4 (5th) 1934 NL 7 (5th) 1935 NL 7 (5th) 1936 NL 6 (10th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Black Ink Pitching - 1 (812), Average HOFer ≈ 40

Gray Ink Pitching - 12 (1331), Average HOFer ≈ 185

Hall of Fame Monitor Pitching - 1 (1879), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Hall of Fame Standards Pitching - 14 (540), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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Transactions

August 18, 1928: Purchased by the Washington Senators from Chattanooga (Southern Association).

September 14, 1929: Traded by the Washington Senators with Stuffy Stewart and cash to Baltimore (International) for George Loepp.

November 28, 1930: Traded by Baltimore (International) with Thomas Patten (minors) to the New York Yankees for Jack Hopkins (minors), Ken Holloway and cash.

September 10, 1933: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the New York Yankees.

May 15, 1934: Returned to the New York Yankees by the St. Louis Browns following previous purchase.

May 15, 1934: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the New York Yankees for $12,500.

November 22, 1934: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Guy Bush and Babe Herman to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Larry French and Freddie Lindstrom.

January 20, 1938: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 25, 1938: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the St. Louis Browns.

May 9, 1939: Assigned to the St. Louis Browns by the Cincinnati Reds.

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Uniforms

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Black Ink	Pitching - 1 (812), Average HOFer ≈ 40
Gray Ink	Pitching - 12 (1331), Average HOFer ≈ 185
Hall of Fame Monitor	Pitching - 1 (1879), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 14 (540), Average HOFer ≈ 50