Jim Wilhelm

James Webster Wilhelm

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: September 20, 1952 in San Rafael, CA
High School: Bellarmine HS (San Jose, CA)
School: Santa Clara University (Santa Clara, CA)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 7th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1978
Team: Padres 1978-1979

Final Game: September 30, 1979
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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
1974	21	SDP-min	A-	82	344	295	58	83	7	5	3	32	12	1	39	38	.281	.373	.369	.742		109	7	4	6	0	0		WWA · NORW
1975	22	SDP-min	AA	119	453	415	61	108	12	1	3	37	6	1	25	56	.260	.303	.316	.619		131	17	1	11	1	0		ALX · TL
1976	23	SDP-min	AA	132	558	495	92	154	32	7	7	76	13	4	52	53	.311	.379	.446	.826		221		5	2	4			AMA · TL
1977	24	SDP-min	AAA	138	532	475	63	117	19	6	5	51	18	4	42	62	.246	.306	.343	.649		163		1	9	5			HAW · PCL
1978	25	SDP-min	AAA	135	524	461	67	132	31	4	10	73	30	2	53	77	.286	.356	.436	.792		201		1	1	8			HAW · PCL
1978	25	SDP	NL	10	22	19	2	7	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	.368	.381	.474	.855	148	9	0	1	1	1	0	/87
1979	26	SDP-min	AAA	87	353	313	50	87	16	8	6	51	10	4	31	39	.278	.342	.438	.780		137		0	8	1			HAW · PCL
1979	26	SDP	NL	39	108	103	8	25	4	3	0	8	1	1	2	12	.243	.255	.340	.595	66	35	0	0	2	1	0	8/79
2 Yrs				49	130	122	10	32	6	3	0	12	2	1	2	14	.262	.276	.361	.636	79	44	0	1	3	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	430	403	33	106	20	10	0	40	7	3	7	46	.262	.276	.361	.636	79	145	0	3	10	7	0

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
1978	25	SDP	NL	10	22	1	0	0	-0	-0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	/87
1979	26	SDP	NL	39	108	-4	-2	1	-1	-0	-6	-0.7	3	-3	-0.4	.482	.496	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$	8/79
2 Seasons				49	130	-3	-2	1	-1	-1	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.3	.487	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$

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
1978	25	SDP	NL	22	14	4	7.6	87	.389	.368	.251	.381	.318	.474	.370	.855	.687	148	.751	1.4	0.1	.917	.158	.105	.0
1979	26	SDP	NL	108	82	9	3.0	94	.272	.243	.260	.255	.325	.340	.387	.595	.711	66	.324	-5.2	-0.5	.468	.117	.097	.0
2 Yrs				130	96	13	3.6	93	.291	.262	.259	.276	.324	.361	.384	.636	.708	79	.417	-3.8	-0.4	.527	.123	.098	.0
162 Game Avg.				430	317	43	3.6	93	.291	.262	.259	.276	.324	.361	.384	.636	.708	79	.417	-3.8	-0.4	.527	.123	.098

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	25	SDP	NL	22	0.0%	9.1%	0.0%	9.1%	29%		9.5		4.8	1.00	82%
1979	26	SDP	NL	108	0.0%	11.1%	1.9%	6.5%	28%	6.00	8.6		12.9	1.39	85%
2 Yrs				130	0.0%	10.8%	1.5%	6.9%	28%	7.00	8.7		10.2	1.32	85%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.6%	8.5%	6.6%	28%	1.48	7.1	44.5	8.4	1.08	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	25	SDP	NL	1.4	0.1	24	0.3	0.5	-0.2	1.01	0.1	0.2	2.7	0.3	1.04	1.3		0
1979	26	SDP	NL	-5.2	-0.5	110	-0.5	2.0	-2.5	1.30	-0.5	0.2	-7.2	-0.8	1.05	-5.6	1.90	10
2 Yrs				-3.8	-0.4	134	-0.2	2.6	-2.7	1.25	-0.4	0.3	-4.4	-0.5	1.05	-4.3	1.90	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1978	25	SDP	NL	0	25%	10	1	0	100%	1	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0
1979	26	SDP	NL	2	30%	39	1	1	50%	1	1	3	0	33%	9	5	3	3	1	1
2 Yrs				2	29%	49	2	1	67%	2	1	3	1	27%	11	7	3	4	2	1

Situational Hitting*

						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
1978	25	SDP	NL	22	73%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	3	3	100%	16	4	25%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1979	26	SDP	NL	108	36%	25			10	2	0	0	1.90	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	18	0	0%	13	7	54%	84	8	10%	5	2	40%	3	1	33%	0
2 Yrs				130	42%	32			10	2	0	0	1.90	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	23	0	0%	16	10	63%	100	12	12%	7	4	57%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			50%			55%

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
1978	25	10	22	19	2	7	2	0	0	4	1	0	0	2	.368	.381	.474	.855	148	9	0	1	1	1	0
1979	26	49	130	122	10	32	6	3	0	12	2	1	2	14	.262	.276	.361	.636	79	44	0	1	3	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	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	25	10	23	20	2	8	2	0	5	1	0	2	.400	.409	.500	.909	4	10
1979	26	39	110	105	9	27	4	3	9	1	2	12	.257	.269	.352	.621	10	39
2 Yrs		49	133	125	11	35	6	3	14	2	2	14	.280	.292	.376	.668	14	49
162 Game Avg.		162	440	413	36	116	20	10	46	7	7	46	.280	.292	.376	.668	46	49

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