Jim Wilson

James George Wilson

Positions: Designated Hitter, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: December 29, 1960 in Corvallis, OR
School: Oregon State University (Corvallis, OR)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1985
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Indians 1985-1989

Final Game: September 29, 1989
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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
1982	21	CLE-min	A	55	231	204	40	73	17	1	14	48	0	1	23	47	.358	.433	.657	1.090		134		4	0	0	2		WLO · MIDW
1983	22	CLE-min	AA	136	569	496	84	144	25	0	26	105	1	1	59	114	.290	.374	.498	.872		247		10	0	4	2		BFL · EL
1984	23	CLE-min	AAA	133	535	490	56	128	19	1	15	84	0	0	37	113	.261	.316	.396	.712		194		4	1	3	1		MAI · IL
1985	24	CLE-min	AAA	139	583	523	75	150	23	0	26	101	0	1	50	104	.287	.345	.480	.825		251		1	0	9	5		MAI · IL
1985	24	CLE	AL	4	15	14	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	.357	.400	.357	.757	111	5	0	0	0	0	0	/3D

1986	25	CLE-min	AAA	116	441	405	33	94	20	1	9	57	3	2	23	80	.232	.273	.353	.626		143		3	2	8	2		MAI · IL
1987	26	MIN-min	AAA	45	177	157	16	42	7	0	3	24	2	0	18	34	.268	.345	.369	.714		58		1	0	1	0		POR · PCL
1988	27	SEA-min	AA	125	492	439	57	125	18	1	17	73	11	4	36	103	.285	.343	.446	.790		196		8	0	9	4		VMT · EL
1989	28	SEA-min	AAA	138	590	519	79	163	30	0	26	133	8	3	54	102	.314	.378	.522	.900		271		6	0	11	2		CGY · PCL
1989	28	SEA	AL	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/D
1990	29	WSN-min	AAA,Fgn	28	100	94	7	24	5	0	2	11	0	0	5	26	.255	.290	.372	.662		35		0	0	1	0		INA,FKA · AA,JPPL
1991	30	SFG-min	AAA	116	487	433	62	130	30	0	21	78	5	5	45	89	.300	.368	.515	.883		223	11	4	0	5	3		PHX · PCL
1992	31	MNY	AAA																										MNY · MEX
1993	32	SEA-min	AAA	18	74	63	10	16	3	0	1	9	0	0	6	13	.254	.329	.349	.678		22	0	2	1	2	0		CGY,YUC · PCL,MEX
1994	33	TAB,PUE	AAA																										TAB,PUE · MEX
2 Yrs				9	23	22	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	6	.227	.261	.227	.488	37	5	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	414	396	36	90	0	0	0	72	0	0	18	108	.227	.261	.227	.488	37	90	0	0	0	0	0

CLE (1 yr)				4	15	14	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	3	.357	.400	.357	.757	111	5	0	0	0	0	0
SEA (1 yr)				5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
1985	24	CLE	AL	4	15	0	-0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/3D

1989	28	SEA	AL	5	8	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.447	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$	/D
2 Seasons				9	23	-2	-0	0	0	-1	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.472	.499	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$

CLE (1 yr)				4	15	0	-0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$
SEA (1 yr)				5	8	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.447	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$

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
1985	24	CLE	AL	15	9	2	5.9	98	.455	.357	.260	.400	.326	.357	.404	.757	.730	111	.616	0.2	0.0	.667	.071	.000

1989	28	SEA	AL	8	8	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.264	.000	.330	.000	.389	.000	.718	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				23	17	2	3.2	97	.313	.227	.262	.261	.327	.227	.398	.488	.725	37	.342	-1.9	-0.2	.353	.045	.000
162 Game Avg.				414	306	36	3.2	97	.313	.227	.262	.261	.327	.227	.398	.488	.725	37	.342	-1.9	-0.2	.353	.045	.000

CLE (1 yr)				15	9	2	5.9	98	.455	.357	.260	.400	.326	.357	.404	.757	.730	111	.616	0.2	0.0	.667	.071	.000
SEA (1 yr)				8	8	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.264	.000	.330	.000	.389	.000	.718	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.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
1985	24	CLE	AL	15	0.0%	20.0%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	4.7		3.5		5.00	73%

1989	28	SEA	AL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%			2.7			0.67	0.67	63%	40%	0.0%	0%
2 Yrs				23	0.0%	26.1%	4.4%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.7		5.5	0.67	1.75	70%	40%	0.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.9%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.73	6.0	39.5	8.4	0.81	1.07	73%	20%	6.8%	29%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1985	24	CLE	AL	0.2	0.0	15	0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.20	0.0	-0.0	1.5	0.1	1.10	0.7	0

1989	28	SEA	AL	-2.2	-0.2	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.76	-0.2	0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.92	-2.1	4
2 Yrs				-1.9	-0.2	23	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	1.05	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.04	-1.3	4

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
1985	24	CLE	AL	0	0	33%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0

1989	28	SEA	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
2 Yrs				0	0	33%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	0	0	0	2	1	1	0	0	0

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
1985	24	CLE	AL	15	33%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	2	100%	12	4	33%	3	3	100%	0	0		0

1989	28	SEA	AL	8	63%	0	0	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				23	43%	5	0	0	4	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	0	0%	4	3	75%	16	4	25%	3	3	100%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					60%																			74%			11%			35%			15%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	28	SEA	AL	8	33	4.13	23	70%	30%	17%	30%	22%	70%	0%	48%	75%	13%	13%	1	0	13%	1	0	13%	1	1	33%	0	0	0
1 Yr				8	33	4.13	23	70%	30%	17%	30%	22%	70%	0%	48%	75%	13%	13%	1	0	13%	1	0	13%	1	1	33%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			15%			8%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1985	24	4	15	14	2	5	4	1	3	.357	.400	.357	.757	111	5
1986	25	4	15	14	2	5	4	1	3	.357	.400	.357	.757	111	5
1987	26	4	15	14	2	5	4	1	3	.357	.400	.357	.757	111	5
1988	27	4	15	14	2	5	4	1	3	.357	.400	.357	.757	111	5
1989	28	9	23	22	2	5	4	1	6	.227	.261	.227	.488	37	5

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
1985	24	4	15	14	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	3	.357	.400	.357	.757	2	4

1989	28	5	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
2 Yrs		9	23	22	2	5	0	0	0	4	0	1	6	.227	.261	.227	.488	2	9
162 Game Avg.		162	414	396	36	90	0	0	0	72	0	18	108	.227	.261	.227	.488	36	9

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