Jim O'Toole

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Both • Throws: Left

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: January 10, 1937 in Chicago, IL us

Died: December 26, 2015 in Cincinnati, OH

Buried: Guardian Angels Cemetery, Mount Washington, OH

High School: Leo HS (Chicago, IL)

School: University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)

Debut: September 26, 1958 (Age 21-259d, 9,211th in MLB history)
vs. MLN 7.0 IP, 4 H, 4 SO, 5 BB, 1 ER, L

Last Game: July 22, 1967 (Age 30-193d)
vs. KCA 2.0 IP, 4 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1959 season

Full Name: James Jerome O'Toole

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Relatives: Brother of Denny O'Toole

1x All-Star

SUMMARY

Career

WAR

18.8

W

L

ERA

3.57

G

270

GS

238

SV

IP

1615.1

SO

1039

WHIP

1.294

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Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
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+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1958	21	CIN-min	AA	20	8	.714	2.44	35	33		21	4		280.0	245	91	76	13	132	9	189	4	0	9				1.346	7.9	0.4	4.2	6.1	1.43	NVL SOUA
1958	21	CIN	NL	0	1	.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	4	2	1	0	5	0	4	0	0	0	31	343	3.48	1.286	5.1	0.0	6.4	5.1	0.80
1959	22	CIN	NL	5	8	.385	5.15	28	19	4	3	1	0	129.1	144	78	74	14	73	2	68	4	1	8	592	79	4.68	1.678	10.0	1.0	5.1	4.7	0.93
1960	23	CIN	NL	12	12	.500	3.80	34	31	1	7	2	1	196.1	198	94	83	14	66	4	124	4	0	7	834	100	3.26	1.345	9.1	0.6	3.0	5.7	1.88
1961	24	CIN	NL	19	9	.679	3.10	39	35	2	11	3	2	252.2	229	101	87	16	93	7	178	3	2	6	1061	130	3.13	1.274	8.2	0.6	3.3	6.3	1.91	MVP-10
1962	25	CIN	NL	16	13	.552	3.50	36	34	1	11	3	0	251.2	222	115	98	20	87	4	170	5	3	3	1039	115	3.40	1.228	7.9	0.7	3.1	6.1	1.95
1963	26	CIN	NL	17	14	.548	2.88	33	32	0	12	5	0	234.1	208	85	75	13	57	4	146	3	2	8	955	116	2.72	1.131	8.0	0.5	2.2	5.6	2.56	AS
1964	27	CIN	NL	17	7	.708	2.66	30	30	0	9	3	0	220.0	194	71	65	8	51	7	145	0	0	2	888	136	2.46	1.114	7.9	0.3	2.1	5.9	2.84
1965	28	CIN	NL	3	10	.231	5.92	29	22	2	2	0	1	127.2	154	98	84	14	47	4	71	3	1	4	585	64	4.01	1.574	10.9	1.0	3.3	5.0	1.51
1966	29	CIN	NL	5	7	.417	3.55	25	24	1	2	0	0	142.0	139	65	56	16	49	6	96	3	1	3	606	111	3.77	1.324	8.8	1.0	3.1	6.1	1.96
1967	30	CHW	AL	4	3	.571	2.82	15	10	1	1	1	0	54.1	53	21	17	4	18	2	37	1	1	1	233	108	3.18	1.307	8.8	0.7	3.0	6.1	2.06
1968	31	CAL-PIT-min	AAA	5	11	.313	5.51	27	24		1	0		111.0	122	77	68	14	35	2	76	2	0	5				1.414	9.9	1.1	2.8	6.2	2.17	SLE,CLB PCL,IL
10 Yrs				98	84	.538	3.57	270	238	12	58	18	4	1615.1	1545	730	640	119	546	40	1039	26	11	42	6824	106	3.29	1.294	8.6	0.7	3.0	5.8	1.90
162 Game Avg.				13	11	.538	3.57	36	32	2	8	2	1	216	207	98	86	16	73	5	139	3	1	6	913	106	3.29	1.294	8.6	0.7	3.0	5.8	1.90

CIN (9 yrs)				94	81	.537	3.59	255	228	11	57	17	4	1561.0	1492	709	623	115	528	38	1002	25	10	41	6591	106	3.29	1.294	8.6	0.7	3.0	5.8	1.90
CHW (1 yr)				4	3	.571	2.82	15	10	1	1	1	0	54.1	53	21	17	4	18	2	37	1	1	1	233	108	3.18	1.307	8.8	0.7	3.0	6.1	2.06

NL (9 yrs)				94	81	.537	3.59	255	228	11	57	17	4	1561.0	1492	709	623	115	528	38	1002	25	10	41	6591	106	3.29	1.294	8.6	0.7	3.0	5.8	1.90
AL (1 yr)				4	3	.571	2.82	15	10	1	1	1	0	54.1	53	21	17	4	18	2	37	1	1	1	233	108	3.18	1.307	8.8	0.7	3.0	6.1	2.06

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