Jim York
James Harlan York
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 27, 1947 in Maywood, CA
School: University of California, Los Angeles
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 16th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1970
Final Game: August 5, 1976
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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 IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1970 22 KCR AL 1 1 .500 3.38 4 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 5 3 3 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 31 110 0.875 5.6 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00
1971 23 KCR AL 5 5 .500 2.89 53 0 21 0 0 3 93.1 70 32 30 7 44 7 103 3 0 4 399 119 1.221 6.8 0.7 4.2 9.9 2.34
1972 24 HOU NL 0 1 .000 5.25 26 0 14 0 0 0 36.0 45 21 21 3 18 3 25 1 0 3 164 64 1.750 11.3 0.8 4.5 6.3 1.39
1973 25 HOU NL 3 4 .429 4.42 41 0 27 0 0 6 53.0 65 26 26 4 20 5 22 1 0 3 240 82 1.604 11.0 0.7 3.4 3.7 1.10
1974 26 HOU NL 2 2 .500 3.29 28 0 8 0 0 1 38.1 48 20 14 1 19 6 15 1 1 1 183 106 1.748 11.3 0.2 4.5 3.5 0.79
1975 27 HOU NL 4 4 .500 3.86 19 4 6 0 0 0 46.2 43 22 20 1 25 3 17 5 1 1 209 88 1.457 8.3 0.2 4.8 3.3 0.68
1976 28 NYY AL 1 0 1.000 5.59 3 0 1 0 0 0 9.2 14 7 6 1 4 0 6 1 0 2 47 62 1.862 13.0 0.9 3.7 5.6 1.50
7 Seasons 16 17 .485 3.79 174 4 80 0 0 10 285.0 290 131 120 19 132 24 194 12 2 14 1273 91 1.481 9.2 0.6 4.2 6.1 1.47
162 Game Avg. 6 6 .485 3.79 66 2 31 0 0 4 109 111 50 46 7 50 9 74 5 1 5 486 91 1.481 9.2 0.6 4.2 6.1 1.47
HOU (4 yrs) 9 11 .450 4.19 114 4 55 0 0 7 174.0 201 89 81 9 82 17 79 8 2 8 796 83 1.626 10.4 0.5 4.2 4.1 0.96
KCR (2 yrs) 6 6 .500 2.93 57 0 24 0 0 3 101.1 75 35 33 9 46 7 109 3 0 4 430 118 1.194 6.7 0.8 4.1 9.7 2.37
NYY (1 yr) 1 0 1.000 5.59 3 0 1 0 0 0 9.2 14 7 6 1 4 0 6 1 0 2 47 62 1.862 13.0 0.9 3.7 5.6 1.50
NL (4 yrs) 9 11 .450 4.19 114 4 55 0 0 7 174.0 201 89 81 9 82 17 79 8 2 8 796 83 1.626 10.4 0.5 4.2 4.1 0.96
AL (3 yrs) 7 6 .538 3.16 60 0 25 0 0 3 111.0 89 42 39 10 50 7 115 4 0 6 477 109 1.252 7.2 0.8 4.1 9.3 2.30

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1970 22 KCR AL 4 31 28 3 5 0 0 2 0 0 2 6 .179 .226 .393 .619 .143 11 0 0 0 1 0
1971 23 KCR AL 53 396 341 32 70 13 3 7 7 3 44 103 .205 .299 .323 .622 .269 110 3 3 5 3 7
1972 24 HOU NL 26 164 140 21 45 6 0 3 3 2 18 25 .321 .398 .429 .826 .368 60 3 1 3 2 3
1973 25 HOU NL 41 240 213 26 65 7 0 4 10 0 20 22 .305 .364 .394 .759 .323 84 6 1 4 2 5
1974 26 HOU NL 28 183 161 20 48 8 1 1 2 1 19 15 .298 .374 .379 .753 .322 61 2 1 1 1 6
1975 27 HOU NL 19 209 171 22 43 9 1 1 6 2 25 17 .251 .358 .333 .691 .269 57 4 5 5 3 3
1976 28 NYY AL 3 47 42 7 14 1 0 1 1 0 4 6 .333 .404 .429 .833 .371 18 0 1 0 0 0
7 Seasons 174 1270 1096 131 290 44 5 19 29 8 132 194 .265 .347 .366 .713 .303 401 18 12 18 12 24
162 Game Avg. 66 485 419 50 111 17 2 7 11 3 50 74 .265 .347 .366 .713 .303 153 7 5 7 5 9
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1975 27 HOU NL 19 4 3 1 0 1 0 3 1 .750 0 1 0 0 2 50% 53 67 42 13 2 2 2 6.0 5.0 6.7
1 Season 19 4 3 1 0 1 0 3 1 .750 0 1 0 0 2 50% 53 67 42 13 2 2 2 6.0 5.0 6.7
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1970 22 KCR AL 4 4 3 1 1 1 0 1 0% 1 0 4 2 50% 5 1.291 2 0 2 1 1 2 2 2 2 1 2 2 6.0
1971 23 KCR AL 53 53 21 5 5 5 3 2 60% 9 3 55 23 42% 7 1.053 17 11 24 13 9 31 30 23 31 12 32 16 5.3
1972 24 HOU NL 26 26 14 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 12 6 50% 8 0.648 3 2 19 0 3 22 6 19 12 4 12 3 4.2
1973 25 HOU NL 41 41 27 3 4 9 6 3 67% 11 1 34 7 21% 9 1.250 20 5 15 12 9 20 16 25 17 12 18 15 3.9
1974 26 HOU NL 28 28 8 2 2 2 1 1 50% 3 1 30 14 47% 5 1.014 10 5 13 4 6 18 17 11 10 10 11 5 4.1
1975 27 HOU NL 19 15 6 1 3 0 0 0 1 1 6 0 0% 8 1.018 7 1 7 1 6 8 3 12 8 4 8 4 4.0
1976 28 NYY AL 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 0.908 0 1 2 0 0 3 1 2 2 0 3 0 9.7
7 Seasons 174 170 80 13 16 17 10 7 59% 25 6 143 53 37% 1.028 59 25 82 31 34 104 75 94 82 43 86 45 4.6

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1970 22 KCR AL 31 35% 6.5% 19.4% 6.5% 6.5% 40% 0.50 68% 5 0 0%
1971 23 KCR AL 396 33% 1.8% 26.0% 11.1% 5.8% 33% 0.53 59% 77 3 4%
1972 24 HOU NL 164 40% 1.8% 15.2% 11.0% 5.5% 20% 1.19 70% 35 3 9%
1973 25 HOU NL 240 35% 1.7% 9.2% 8.3% 4.6% 17% 1.82 79% 52 6 12%
1974 26 HOU NL 183 32% 0.6% 8.2% 10.4% 5.5% 21% 1.39 80% 52 2 4%
1975 27 HOU NL 209 43% 0.5% 8.1% 12.0% 5.3% 26% 1.16 75% 46 4 9%
1976 28 NYY AL 47 32% 2.1% 12.8% 8.5% 4.3% 14% 0.57 74% 10 0 0%
7 Seasons 1270 36% 1.5% 15.3% 10.4% 5.4% 23% 1.02 70% 277 18 7%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1970 22 KCR AL 31 5 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 3 1 1 33% 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1971 23 KCR AL 396 70 7 0 21 3 4 4 3 30 11 7 37% 5 4 2 150 7 3 70% 7 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 13 0
1972 24 HOU NL 159 45 3 0 5 1 1 2 0 7 4 0 57% 0 3 0 72 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 5
1973 25 HOU NL 240 65 4 0 11 2 2 2 2 18 9 2 50% 2 3 0 106 10 0 100% 9 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 5 0
1974 26 HOU NL 183 48 1 0 21 1 0 0 1 27 11 4 41% 5 1 0 81 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
1975 27 HOU NL 209 43 1 1 6 0 1 0 1 11 9 0 82% 1 1 1 89 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 8 0
1976 28 NYY AL 47 14 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 1 0 50% 1 2 0 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
7 Seasons 1265 290 19 1 67 9 9 8 10 98 46 14 47% 14 14 4 527 29 8 78% 27 6 2 1 0 1 5 1 42 5
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1970 22 1 1 .500 3.38 4 0 3 0 0 0 8.0 5 3 3 2 2 0 6 0 0 0 31 110 0.875 5.6 2.3 2.3 6.8 3.00 110
1971 23 6 6 .500 2.93 57 0 24 0 0 3 101.1 75 35 33 9 46 7 109 3 0 4 430 118 1.194 6.7 0.8 4.1 9.7 2.37 118
1972 24 6 7 .462 3.54 83 0 38 0 0 3 137.1 120 56 54 12 64 10 134 4 0 7 594 97 1.340 7.9 0.8 4.2 8.8 2.09 97
1973 25 9 11 .450 3.78 124 0 65 0 0 9 190.1 185 82 80 16 84 15 156 5 0 10 834 92 1.413 8.7 0.8 4.0 7.4 1.86 92
1974 26 11 13 .458 3.70 152 0 73 0 0 10 228.2 233 102 94 17 103 21 171 6 1 11 1017 94 1.469 9.2 0.7 4.1 6.7 1.66 94
1975 27 15 17 .469 3.73 171 4 79 0 0 10 275.1 276 124 114 18 128 24 188 11 2 12 1226 93 1.467 9.0 0.6 4.2 6.1 1.47 93
1976 28 16 17 .485 3.79 174 4 80 0 0 10 285.0 290 131 120 19 132 24 194 12 2 14 1273 91 1.481 9.2 0.6 4.2 6.1 1.47 91

Neutralized Pitching

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1970 22 0 0 4.50 8.0 6 4 4 2 2 6 0 1.000 6.8 2.3 6.8 3.00 2.3 4
1971 23 6 4 .600 3.36 91.0 77 38 34 8 48 100 3 1.374 7.6 4.7 9.9 2.08 0.8 53
1972 24 1 2 .333 7.09 33.0 51 29 26 3 20 23 1 2.152 13.9 5.5 6.3 1.15 0.8 26
1973 25 2 3 .400 5.04 50.0 68 31 28 4 21 21 1 1.780 12.2 3.8 3.8 1.00 0.7 41
1974 26 2 2 .500 3.65 37.0 50 17 15 1 20 14 1 1.892 12.2 4.9 3.4 0.70 0.2 28
1975 27 2 2 .500 4.70 44.0 46 26 23 1 27 16 5 1.659 9.4 5.5 3.3 0.59 0.2 19
1976 28 0 0 7.88 8.0 16 8 7 1 5 5 1 2.625 18.0 5.6 5.6 1.00 1.1 3
7 Seasons 13 13 .500 4.55 271.0 314 153 137 20 143 185 12 1.686 10.4 6.1 1.29 0.7 174

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame MonitorPitching - 1 (1872), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

Similarity Scores

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