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Jim Scott
James Scott (Death Valley Jim)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 235 lb.
School Nebraska Wesleyan University

Debut April 25, 1909
Final Game August 17, 1917
Born April 23, 1888 in Deadwood, SD
Died April 7, 1957 in Jacumba, CA

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Pitching  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1909 21 CHW AL  12  12  36  29  20   4   6  0  250.3  194   86   64   0   93  135  16   6   976       0  2.30  2.35  102 1.146
 1910 22 CHW AL   8  18  41  23  14   2  17  1  229.7  182   99   62   5   86  135   4   8   897       0  2.43  2.39   98 1.167
 1911 23 CHW AL  14  11  39  26  13   3   7  0  222.0  195   82   59   3   81  128   4   4   899       0  2.39  3.24  135 1.243
 1912 24 CHW AL   2   2   6   4   2   1   1  0   37.7   36   16    9   0   15   23   1   1   152       0  2.15  3.24  150 1.354
 1913 25 CHW AL  20  20  48  38  25   4   6  1  312.3  252   96   66   2   86  158   9   3  1203       0  1.90  2.93  154 1.082 MVP-14
 1914 26 CHW AL  14  18  43  33  12   2   6  1  253.3  228  109   80   5   75  138   5   2  1008       0  2.84  2.68   94 1.196
 1915 27 CHW AL  24  11  48  35  23   7   8  2  296.3  256   98   67   3   78  120   5   4  1160       2  2.03  2.99  147 1.127
 1916 28 CHW AL   7  14  32  21   8   1   7  3  165.3  155   63   50   3   53   71   3   5   657       1  2.72  2.77  102 1.258
 1917 29 CHW AL   6   7  24  17   6   2   5  1  125.0  126   37   26   0   42   37   6   0   516       0  1.87  2.66  142 1.344
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .486 107 113 317 226 123  26  63  9 1892.0 1624  686  483  21  609  945  53  33  7468       3  2.30  2.77  121 1.180
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  14  39  28  15   3   7  1  236.7  203   85   60   2   76  118   6   4   935   0   0  2.30  2.77  121 1.180
 Career High     24  20  48  38  25   7  17  3  312.3  256  109   80   5   93  158  16   8  1203   0   2  1.87  3.24  154 1.082

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Neutralize Stats 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1909 21 CHW AL  36   85    7    9   2  0   0    5   0      9      .106  .191  .129    3   11   2           0    
 1910 22 CHW AL  41   74    6   15   3  1   0    6   0      3      .203  .234  .270   61   20   2           0    
 1911 23 CHW AL  39   71    5   11   2  0   0    4   0      4      .155  .211  .183   11   13   5           1    
 1912 24 CHW AL   6   12    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0      .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1913 25 CHW AL  48   97    3    7   1  0   1    8   2      3  24  .072  .109  .113  -35   11   8           1     MVP-14
 1914 26 CHW AL  43   86    3   14   3  0   0    2   0  2   3  19  .163  .191  .198   17   17   2           0    
 1915 27 CHW AL  48   95    3   12   0  0   0    6   1      8  26  .126  .194  .126   -5   12   6           0    
 1916 28 CHW AL  32   52    2    6   0  0   0    3   0      0  13  .115  .115  .115  -31    6   4           0    
 1917 29 CHW AL  24   42    1    5   0  0   0    0   0      4   9  .119  .196  .119   -5    5   0           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      317  614   30   79  11  1   1   34   3  2  34  91  .129  .177  .155   -0   95  29   0   0   2   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        314   15   40   6  1   1   17   2  1  17  47  .129  .177  .155   -0   49  15   0   0   1   0
 Career High     48   97    7   15   3  1   1    8   2  2   9  26                          20   8   0   0   1   0
Special Batting  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1909 21 CHW AL   96   78    2   0.7    71| .106  .248| .191  .308| .129  .315| .320  .623|   3  .060  -9.0  -1.1     
 1910 22 CHW AL   79   61    5   2.2    71| .203  .244| .234  .310| .270  .316| .504  .625|  61  .337  -3.5  -0.4     
 1911 23 CHW AL   81   65    3   1.2    94| .155  .279| .211  .345| .183  .366| .394  .711|  11  .098  -8.5  -0.9     
 1912 24 CHW AL   12   12    0   0.0    89| .000  .269| .000  .337| .000  .354| .000  .691|-100  .000  -3.1  -0.3     
 1913 25 CHW AL  109   98    1   0.3    86| .072  .263| .109  .335| .113  .346| .222  .681| -35  .009 -16.9  -1.9     
 1914 26 CHW AL   91   76    3   1.1    82| .163  .255| .191  .328| .198  .334| .389  .663|  17  .113  -8.9  -1.1   0%
 1915 27 CHW AL  109   89    2   0.6    86| .126  .259| .194  .337| .126  .339| .320  .677|  -5  .040 -12.6  -1.5     
 1916 28 CHW AL   56   50    1   0.5    83| .115  .258| .115  .332| .115  .337| .230  .669| -31  .032  -8.6  -1.0     
 1917 29 CHW AL   46   37    1   0.7    81| .119  .257| .196  .328| .119  .333| .315  .661|  -5  .057  -5.3  -0.6     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       679  566   18   0.8    82| .129  .258| .177  .328| .155  .336| .332  .664|  -0  .072 -76.4  -8.8     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary 
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+

 1909 21 CHW AL   P   36      6   70    4    2  .950  .942  2.11  2.25  2.73  3.19   29  250.3
 1910 22 CHW AL   P   41     11   84    3    4  .969  .942  2.32  2.35  3.72  3.29   23  229.7
 1911 23 CHW AL   P   39      7   43    8    3  .862  .938  1.28  1.89  2.03  2.88   26  222.0
 1912 24 CHW AL   P    6      0   11    1    0  .917  .940  1.83  1.95  2.63  2.96    4   37.7
 1913 25 CHW AL   P   48      7   91    9    2  .916  .937  2.04  1.83  2.82  3.01   38  312.3
 1914 26 CHW AL   P   43      6   87    7    1  .930  .936  2.16  1.74  3.30  2.96   33  253.3
 1915 27 CHW AL   P   48      6  103    5    2  .956  .937  2.27  1.80  3.31  3.01   35  296.3
 1916 28 CHW AL   P   32      4   45    1    3  .980  .944  1.53  1.69  2.67  2.95   21  165.3
 1917 29 CHW AL   P   24      7   37    2    1  .957  .946  1.83  1.83  3.17  3.04   17  125.0

+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+

 1909 21 CHW AL   P   36      6   70    4    2  .950  .942  2.11  2.25  2.73  3.19   29  250.3
 1910 22 CHW AL   P   41     11   84    3    4  .969  .942  2.32  2.35  3.72  3.29   23  229.7
 1911 23 CHW AL   P   39      7   43    8    3  .862  .938  1.28  1.89  2.03  2.88   26  222.0
 1912 24 CHW AL   P    6      0   11    1    0  .917  .940  1.83  1.95  2.63  2.96    4   37.7
 1913 25 CHW AL   P   48      7   91    9    2  .916  .937  2.04  1.83  2.82  3.01   38  312.3
 1914 26 CHW AL   P   43      6   87    7    1  .930  .936  2.16  1.74  3.30  2.96   33  253.3
 1915 27 CHW AL   P   48      6  103    5    2  .956  .937  2.27  1.80  3.31  3.01   35  296.3
 1916 28 CHW AL   P   32      4   45    1    3  .980  .944  1.53  1.69  2.67  2.95   21  165.3
 1917 29 CHW AL   P   24      7   37    2    1  .957  .946  1.83  1.83  3.17  3.04   17  125.0

+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 317     54  571   40   18  .940  .940  1.97  1.92  2.97  3.04  226 1892.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       317     54  571   40   18  .940  .940  1.97  1.92  2.97  3.04  226   1892
An Important note about our fielding stats

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1913-AL-14-0.08
Car-939-0.08 shares

ERA
1911 AL-2.39-8
1913 AL-1.90-3
1915 AL-2.03-4
Car-2.30-17

Wins
1913 AL-20-5
1915 AL-24-2

Won-Loss %
1915 AL-.686-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1913 AL-1.082-3
1915 AL-1.127-10
Car-1.180-94

Hits Allowed/9IP
1909 AL-6.97-8
1911 AL-7.91-5
1913 AL-7.26-7
Car-7.73-55

Bases on Balls/9IP
1915 AL-2.37-9

Strikeouts/9IP
1909 AL-4.85-10
1910 AL-5.29-7
1911 AL-5.19-9
1913 AL-4.55-10
1914 AL-4.90-9

Games
1909 AL-36-8
1910 AL-41-4
1911 AL-39-8
1913 AL-48-2
1915 AL-48-3

Saves
1910 AL-1-9
1916 AL-3-8

Innings
1909 AL-250.3-10
1913 AL-312.3-3
1915 AL-296.3-6

Strikeouts
1909 AL-135-7
1910 AL-135-8
1913 AL-158-4
1914 AL-138-8

Games Started
1909 AL-29-10
1913 AL-38-1
1914 AL-33-8
1915 AL-35-3

Comp. Games
1913 AL-25-3
1915 AL-23-4

Shutouts
1909 AL-4-9
1911 AL-3-7
1913 AL-4-5
1915 AL-7-1

Home Runs Allow.
1910 AL-5-6
1914 AL-5-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1909 AL-93-3
1910 AL-86-5
1911 AL-81-5
1913 AL-86-10

Hits Allowed
1913 AL-252-7
1914 AL-228-9
1915 AL-256-6

SO to Walk
1913 AL-1.84-7
1914 AL-1.84-9

Losses
1910 AL-18-3
1913 AL-20-1
1914 AL-18-2
1916 AL-14-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1914 AL-80-7

Wild Pitches
1910 AL-8-7

Hit Batsmen
1909 AL-16-3

Batters Faced
1909 AL-976-10
1913 AL-1203-3
1915 AL-1160-6

Games Finished
1910 AL-17-1

Adjusted ERA+
1911 AL-135-9
1913 AL-154-4
1915 AL-147-4
Car-121-98

Youngest Player
1909 AL-21-10

      

Black Ink: Pitching - 2 (733) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 79 (300) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 18.0 (346) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 35.0 (369) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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