Jim Willoughby

James Arthur Willoughby

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 31, 1949 in Salinas, CA
High School: Gustine HS (Gustine, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1967 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1971
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Giants/WhiteSox 1971-1978

Final Game: September 28, 1978
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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
1967	18	SFG-min	Rk	17	23	23		5	1	1	0						.217	.217	.348	.565		8							SLC · PION
1968	19	SFG-min	A-,A	18	19	19		3	1	0	0						.158	.158	.211	.368		4							MED,FRE · NORW,CALL
1969	20	SFG-min	A	20	63	60	8	13	1	1	0	2	0	0	3	21	.217	.254	.267	.521		16							FRE · CALL
1970	21	SFG-min	AAA	29	75	61	5	13	0	1	0	9	0	0	4	21	.213	.279	.246	.525		15		2	7	1			PHX · PCL
1971	22	SFG-min	AAA	33	79	70	8	17	2	2	0	3	0	0	2	20	.243	.260	.329	.589		23		0	6	1			PHX · PCL
1971	22	SFG	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	23	SFG-min	AAA	26	58	50	5	9	2	1	0	4	0	0	1	21	.180	.192	.260	.452		13		0	6	1			PHX · PCL
1972	23	SFG	NL	11	34	27	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.185	.241	.185	.427	22	5	0	0	5	0	0	1
1973	24	SFG	NL	41	33	28	3	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	11	.143	.200	.286	.486	31	8	1	0	3	0	0	1
1974	25	SFG-min	AAA	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			PHX · PCL
1974	25	SFG	NL	20	10	10	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.100	.100	.200	.300	-19	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1975	26	STL-min	AAA	16	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0			TUL · AA
1975	26	BOS	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1976	27	BOS	AL	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1977	28	BOS	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1978	29	CHW	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1979	30	CHC-PIT-min	AAA	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			WCH,POR · AA,PCL
8 Yrs				242	79	67	6	10	2	0	1	3	0	0	4	24	.149	.197	.224	.421	17	15	1	0	8	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	53	45	4	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	3	16	.149	.197	.224	.421	17	10	1	0	5	0	0

SFG (4 yrs)				74	78	66	6	10	2	0	1	3	0	0	4	24	.152	.200	.227	.427	18	15	1	0	8	0	0
BOS (3 yrs)				109	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				168	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (4 yrs)				74	78	66	6	10	2	0	1	3	0	0	4	24	.152	.200	.227	.427	18	15	1	0	8	0	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
1971	22	SFG	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1972	23	SFG	NL	11	34	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.1	1	2	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1973	24	SFG	NL	41	33	-3	-0	0	0	4	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1974	25	SFG	NL	20	10	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1975	26	BOS	AL	24	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$35,000	1
1976	27	BOS	AL	54	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	1
1977	28	BOS	AL	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1978	29	CHW	AL	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1
8 Seasons				242	79	-8	-0	0	0	8	-0	0.0	2	2	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	2	$35,000

SFG (4 yrs)				74	78	-8	-0	0	0	8	0	0.0	2	2	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	2	$
BOS (3 yrs)				109	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$35,000
CHW (1 yr)				59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	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
1971	22	SFG	NL	1	1	0	0.0	92		.000	.259	.000	.325	.000	.379	.000	.704	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1972	23	SFG	NL	34	27	2	2.0	93	.263	.185	.259	.241	.327	.185	.382	.427	.710	22	.216	-2.8	-0.3	.318	.074	.000
1973	24	SFG	NL	33	28	2	1.9	100	.188	.143	.267	.200	.337	.286	.397	.486	.734	31	.188	-2.8	-0.3	.400	.214	.143	.0
1974	25	SFG	NL	10	9	0	0.0	99	.167	.100	.268	.100	.341	.200	.388	.300	.728	-19	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.222	.100	.100

1976	27	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.270	.000	.336	.000	.381	.000	.717	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Yrs				79	66	4	1.6	97	.214	.149	.264	.197	.333	.224	.389	.421	.723	17	.152	-7.8	-0.8	.328	.134	.075	.0
162 Game Avg.				53	44	3	1.6	97	.214	.149	.264	.197	.333	.224	.389	.421	.723	17	.152	-7.8	-0.8	.328	.134	.075

SFG (4 yrs)				78	65	4	1.7	97	.220	.152	.264	.200	.333	.227	.389	.427	.723	18	.156	-7.6	-0.8	.333	.136	.076	.0
BOS (3 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.270	.000	.336	.000	.381	.000	.717	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

NL (4 yrs)				78	65	4	1.7	97	.220	.152	.264	.200	.333	.227	.389	.427	.723	18	.156	-7.6	-0.8	.333	.136	.076	.0
AL (4 yrs)				1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.270	.000	.336	.000	.381	.000	.717	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

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
1975	26	BOS	AL	WS	CIN	L	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
1 WS							3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	22	SFG	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1972	23	SFG	NL	34	0.0%	23.5%	5.9%	0.0%	0%	4.00	3.4			5.33	56%
1973	24	SFG	NL	33	3.0%	33.3%	6.1%	6.1%	50%	5.50	2.5	28.0	9.3	2.40	48%
1974	25	SFG	NL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	10.0%	100%		2.5			4.00	60%

1976	27	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
8 Yrs				79	1.3%	30.4%	5.1%	3.8%	30%	6.00	2.8	67.0	22.3	3.20	53%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.4%	8.6%	6.1%	27%	1.56	6.6	47.1	8.9	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1971	22	SFG	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.77	-0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.12	-0.2	0
1972	23	SFG	NL	-2.8	-0.3	35	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.94	-0.3	0.0	-2.4	-0.3	0.84	-3.3	0
1973	24	SFG	NL	-2.9	-0.3	33	-0.4	0.3	-0.6	1.04	-0.3	-0.1	-4.3	-0.4	1.01	-2.4	0
1974	25	SFG	NL	-1.6	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.95	-0.2	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.98	-1.9	0
1975	26	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0
1976	27	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.69	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.60	-0.2	0
1977	28	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0
1978	29	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0
8 Yrs				-7.9	-0.8	80	-1.0	0.5	-1.5	.99	-0.9	-0.1	-9.2	-0.9	0.93	-8.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	22	SFG	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	23	SFG	NL	0	0	14%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1973	24	SFG	NL	0	0	40%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33%	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	1
1974	25	SFG	NL	0	0	200%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1976	27	BOS	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
8 Yrs				0	0	39%	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	33%	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	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
1971	22	SFG	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	23	SFG	NL	34	32%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	5	71%	8	0	0%	9	2	22%	16	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1973	24	SFG	NL	33	39%	4			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	3	3	100%	8	1	13%	11	3	27%	27	2	7%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
1974	25	SFG	NL	10	40%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1976	27	BOS	AL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
8 Yrs				79	37%	10			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	10	8	80%	17	1	6%	21	5	24%	52	2	4%	4	2	50%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			76%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1971	22	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1972	23	13	35	28	1	5	0	0	0	2	9	.179	.233	.179	.412	18	5	0	5
1973	24	54	68	56	4	9	1	1	3	4	20	.161	.217	.232	.449	25	13	1	8
1974	25	74	78	66	6	10	2	1	3	4	24	.152	.200	.227	.427	18	15	1	8
1975	26	98	78	66	6	10	2	1	3	4	24	.152	.200	.227	.427	18	15	1	8
1976	27	152	79	67	6	10	2	1	3	4	24	.149	.197	.224	.421	17	15	1	8
1977	28	183	79	67	6	10	2	1	3	4	24	.149	.197	.224	.421	17	15	1	8
1978	29	242	79	67	6	10	2	1	3	4	24	.149	.197	.224	.421	17	15	1	8

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1971	22	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1972	23	11	35	28	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.179	.233	.179	.412	1	11
1973	24	41	34	29	4	5	1	0	1	4	0	2	11	.172	.226	.310	.536	2	41
1974	25	20	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20

1976	27	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	54
5 Yrs		128	81	69	5	10	1	0	1	4	0	4	24	.145	.192	.203	.395	3	128
162 Game Avg.		162	103	87	6	13	1	0	1	5	0	5	30	.145	.192	.203	.395	4	128

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