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Jim Thorpe
James Francis Thorpe

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 1", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 14, 1913
Final Game September 25, 1919
Born May 28, 1887 in Prague, OK
Died March 28, 1953 in Lomita, CA

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1913 26 NYG NL  19   35    6    5   0  0   1    2   2      1   9  .143  .167  .229   12    8   0           0    
 1914 27 NYG NL  30   31    5    6   1  0   0    2   1      0   4  .194  .194  .226   26    7   0           0    
 1915 28 NYG NL  17   52    8   12   3  1   0    1   4  2   2  16  .231  .259  .327   82   17   0           0    
 1917 30 TOT NL 103  308   41   73   5 10   4   40  12     14  45  .237  .275  .357   96  110  13           2    
         NYG NL  26   57   12   11   3  2   0    4   1      8  10  .193  .303  .316   92   18   2           1    
         CIN NL  77  251   29   62   2  8   4   36  11      6  35  .247  .267  .367   97   92  11           1    
 1918 31 NYG NL  58  113   15   28   4  4   1   11   3      4  18  .248  .286  .381  104   43   0           2    
 1919 32 TOT NL  62  159   16   52   7  3   1   26   7      6  30  .327  .359  .428  140   68   5           2    
         NYG NL   2    3    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      0   0  .333  .333  .333  101    1   1           0    
         BSN NL  60  156   16   51   7  3   1   25   7      6  30  .327  .360  .429  141   67   4           2    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons      289  698   91  176  20 18   7   82  29  2  27 122  .252  .286  .362   99  253  18   0   0   6   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        391   51   99  11 10   4   46  16  1  15  68  .252  .286  .362   99  142  10   0   0   3   0
 Career High    103  308   41   73   7 10   4   40  12  2  14  45  .237  .275  .357   96  110  13   0   0   2   0
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1913 26 NYG NL   36   30    1   0.9    92| .143  .271| .167  .335| .229  .368| .396  .704|  12  .065  -4.3  -0.5     
 1914 27 NYG NL   31   25    1   1.1    82| .194  .255| .194  .323| .226  .342| .420  .664|  26  .102  -2.9  -0.3     
 1915 28 NYG NL   54   42    4   2.6    76| .231  .249| .259  .311| .327  .333| .586  .644|  82  .389  -1.3  -0.2  66%
 1917 30 TOT NL  337  248   29   3.2    75| .237  .252| .275  .309| .357  .333| .632  .642|  96  .473  -3.4  -0.4     
         NYG NL   68   48    5   2.8    76| .193  .253| .303  .310| .316  .334| .619  .644|  92  .422  -0.2   0.0     
         CIN NL  269  200   24   3.2    75| .247  .252| .267  .309| .367  .333| .634  .641|  97  .486  -3.1  -0.4     
 1918 31 NYG NL  119   85   12   3.8    78| .248  .259| .286  .316| .381  .334| .667  .651| 104  .548  -0.2   0.0     
 1919 32 TOT NL  172  112   24   5.8    79| .327  .260| .359  .313| .428  .341| .787  .654| 140  .710   7.2   0.8     
         NYG NL    4    3    0   0.0    81| .333  .263| .333  .317| .333  .346| .666  .663| 101  .000  -0.0   0.0     
         BSN NL  168  109   24   6.0    79| .327  .260| .360  .313| .429  .341| .789  .654| 141  .720   7.2   0.8     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons       749  542   71   3.5    78| .252  .256| .286  .313| .362  .337| .648  .650|  99  .513  -4.9  -0.6     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1913 26 NYG NL OF 9 15 2 1 1 .944 .960 1.89 2.08 3 7 0 1914 27 NYG NL OF 4 3 0 1 0 .750 .968 0.75 1.98 0 2 2 1915 28 NYG NL OF 15 28 0 2 0 .933 .959 1.87 2.01 0 13 2 1917 30 TOT NL OF 87 174 7 8 2 .958 .963 2.08 2.08 44 1 46 NYG NL OF 18 31 0 2 0 .939 .963 1.72 2.08 6 1 13 CIN NL OF 69 143 7 6 2 .962 .963 2.17 2.08 38 0 33 1918 31 NYG NL OF 44 57 2 1 1 .983 .962 1.34 2.13 2 33 12 1919 32 TOT NL OF 40 75 2 6 0 .928 .964 1.93 2.18 23 13 7 NYG NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.20 1 1 0 BSN NL OF 38 73 2 6 0 .926 .964 1.97 2.18 22 12 7 1B 2 13 0 2 1 .867 .985 6.50 10.85
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1919 32 BSN NL 1B 2 13 0 2 1 .867 .985 6.50 10.85 1913 26 NYG NL OF 9 15 2 1 1 .944 .960 1.89 2.08 3 7 0 1914 27 NYG NL OF 4 3 0 1 0 .750 .968 0.75 1.98 0 2 2 1915 28 NYG NL OF 15 28 0 2 0 .933 .959 1.87 2.01 0 13 2 1917 30 TOT NL OF 87 174 7 8 2 .958 .963 2.08 2.08 44 1 46 NYG NL OF 18 31 0 2 0 .939 .963 1.72 2.08 6 1 13 CIN NL OF 69 143 7 6 2 .962 .963 2.17 2.08 38 0 33 1918 31 NYG NL OF 44 57 2 1 1 .983 .962 1.34 2.13 2 33 12 1919 32 TOT NL OF 40 75 2 6 0 .928 .964 1.93 2.18 23 13 7 NYG NL OF 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 2.20 1 1 0 BSN NL OF 38 73 2 6 0 .926 .964 1.97 2.18 22 12 7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 199 352 13 19 4 .951 .963 1.83 2.10 72 69 69 1B 2 13 0 2 1 .867 .985 6.50 10.85 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 201 365 13 21 5 .947 .963 1.88 2.19
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1917   WS    NYG CHW     L   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
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.

At Bats per Home Run
1917 NL-77.0-5

HOF Standards: Batting - 2.0 (3451) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

April 23, 1917: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the New York Giants.

August 18, 1917: Returned to the New York Giants by the Cincinnati Reds following previous purchase.

May 21, 1919: Traded by the New York Giants to the Boston Braves for Pat Ragan.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
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