Jim Poole

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-2, 190lb (188cm, 86kg)

Born: April 28, 1966 in Rochester, NY us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 34th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA) and the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 9th round of the 1988 MLB June Amateur Draft from Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA).

High School: La Salle College HS (Wyndmoor, PA)

School: Georgia Institute of Technology (Atlanta, GA)

Debut: June 15, 1990 (Age 24-048d, 13,391st in MLB history)
vs. SDP 0.1 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: June 1, 2000 (Age 34-034d)
vs. CIN 0.0 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1991 season

National Team: us USA (College)

Full Name: James Richard Poole

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.9

W

L

ERA

4.31

G

431

GS

SV

IP

363.0

SO

256

WHIP

1.466

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
1988	22	LAD-min	A	1	1	.500	3.77	10	0	6	0	0	0	14.1	13	7	6	0	9	1	12	1	1	1				1.535	8.2	0.0	5.7	7.5	1.33	VRO FLOR
1989	23	LAD-min	A	11	4	.733	1.58	61	0	51	0	0	19	80.0	59	17	14	0	24	7	94	2	0	3				1.038	6.6	0.0	2.7	10.6	3.92	VRO,BAK FLOR,CALL
1990	24	LAD-min	AA	6	7	.462	2.40	54	0	35	0	0	16	63.2	55	31	17	3	27	5	77	2	0	6				1.288	7.8	0.4	3.8	10.9	2.85	SAN TL
1990	24	LAD	NL	0	0		4.22	16	0	4	0	0	0	10.2	7	5	5	1	8	4	6	0	0	1	46	91	5.15	1.406	5.9	0.8	6.8	5.1	0.75
1991	25	BAL-TEX-min	AAA	3	2	.600	1.96	37	0	26	0	0	12	41.1	33	11	9	1	10	0	39	0	0	3	164			1.040	7.2	0.2	2.2	8.5	3.90	ROC,OKC IL,AA
1991	25	TOT	AL	3	2	.600	2.36	29	0	5	0	0	1	42.0	29	14	11	3	12	2	38	0	0	2	166	172	2.83	0.976	6.2	0.6	2.6	8.1	3.17
1991	25	TEX	AL	0	0		4.50	5	0	2	0	0	1	6.0	10	4	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	31	96	3.02	2.167	15.0	0.0	4.5	6.0	1.33
1991	25	BAL	AL	3	2	.600	2.00	24	0	3	0	0	0	36.0	19	10	8	3	9	2	34	0	0	2	135	201	2.80	0.778	4.8	0.8	2.3	8.5	3.78
1992	26	BAL-min	AAA,AA	1	7	.125	4.72	39	3	19	0	0	10	55.1	54	30	29	8	19	1	34	3	0	3	232			1.319	8.8	1.3	3.1	5.5	1.79	ROC,HGR IL,EL
1992	26	BAL	AL	0	0		0.00	6	0	1	0	0	0	3.1	3	3	0	0	1	0	3	0	0	0	14		1.88	1.200	8.1	0.0	2.7	8.1	3.00
1993	27	BAL	AL	2	1	.667	2.15	55	0	11	0	0	2	50.1	30	18	12	2	21	5	29	0	0	0	197	210	3.60	1.013	5.4	0.4	3.8	5.2	1.38
1994	28	BAL	AL	1	0	1.000	6.64	38	0	10	0	0	0	20.1	32	15	15	4	11	2	18	0	0	1	100	76	5.54	2.115	14.2	1.8	4.9	8.0	1.64
1995	29	CLE-min	AAA	0	0		27.00	1	1	0	0	0	0	2.2	7	8	8	1	2	0	0	1	0	0	17			3.375	23.6	3.4	6.8	0.0	0.00	BFL AA
1995	29	CLE	AL	3	3	.500	3.75	42	0	9	0	0	0	50.1	40	22	21	7	17	0	41	2	1	2	206	125	4.41	1.132	7.2	1.3	3.0	7.3	2.41
1996	30	TOT	MLB	6	1	.857	2.86	67	0	13	0	0	0	50.1	44	22	16	5	27	7	38	1	0	3	218	159	4.62	1.411	7.9	0.9	4.8	6.8	1.41
1996	30	CLE	AL	4	0	1.000	3.04	32	0	8	0	0	0	26.2	29	15	9	3	14	4	19	0	0	2	121	162	4.78	1.613	9.8	1.0	4.7	6.4	1.36
1996	30	SFG	NL	2	1	.667	2.66	35	0	5	0	0	0	23.2	15	7	7	2	13	3	19	1	0	1	97	155	4.44	1.183	5.7	0.8	4.9	7.2	1.46
1997	31	SFG	NL	3	1	.750	7.11	63	0	11	0	0	0	49.1	73	44	39	6	25	4	26	4	0	5	242	58	5.40	1.986	13.3	1.1	4.6	4.7	1.04
1998	32	CLE-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	0.87	13	0	4	0	0	0	10.1	6	3	1	0	2	0	16	1	0	0	40			0.774	5.2	0.0	1.7	13.9	8.00	BFL IL
1998	32	TOT	MLB	1	3	.250	5.26	38	0	9	0	0	0	39.1	47	24	23	5	12	6	27	1	0	2	174	80	4.41	1.500	10.8	1.1	2.7	6.2	2.25
1998	32	SFG	NL	1	3	.250	5.29	26	0	8	0	0	0	32.1	38	20	19	5	9	5	16	0	0	2	140	77	4.99	1.454	10.6	1.4	2.5	4.5	1.78
1998	32	CLE	AL	0	0		5.14	12	0	1	0	0	0	7.0	9	4	4	0	3	1	11	1	0	0	34	97	1.71	1.714	11.6	0.0	3.9	14.1	3.67
1999	33	CLE-min	AA	0	0		0.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	2.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	1	7			0.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	13.5		AKR EL
1999	33	TOT	MLB	2	1	.667	4.71	54	0	12	0	0	1	36.1	50	22	19	3	18	2	22	3	1	4	173	104	4.73	1.872	12.4	0.7	4.5	5.4	1.22
1999	33	PHI	NL	1	1	.500	4.33	51	0	12	0	0	1	35.1	48	20	17	3	15	1	22	3	1	4	166	112	4.52	1.783	12.2	0.8	3.8	5.6	1.47
1999	33	CLE	AL	1	0	1.000	18.00	3	0	0	0	0	0	1.0	2	2	2	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	7	36	12.13	5.000	18.0	0.0	27.0	0.0	0.00
2000	34	CLE-min	AAA	2	2	.500	6.00	10	0	2	0	0	1	12.0	16	10	8	2	6	0	8	0	0	1	60			1.833	12.0	1.5	4.5	6.0	1.33	BFL IL
2000	34	TOT	MLB	1	0	1.000	10.97	23	0	2	0	0	0	10.2	21	14	13	5	4	1	8	1	0	0	58	45	9.13	2.344	17.7	4.2	3.4	6.8	2.00
2000	34	DET	AL	1	0	1.000	7.27	18	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	13	8	7	4	1	0	5	1	0	0	41	67	8.67	1.615	13.5	4.2	1.0	5.2	5.00
2000	34	MON	NL	0	0		27.00	5	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	8	6	6	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	17	21	11.13	5.500	36.0	4.5	13.5	13.5	1.00
11 Yrs				22	12	.647	4.31	431	0	87	0	0	4	363.0	376	203	174	41	156	33	256	12	2	20	1594	104	4.51	1.466	9.3	1.0	3.9	6.3	1.64
162 Game Avg.				3	2	.647	4.31	68	0	14	0	0	1	57	59	32	27	6	25	5	40	2	0	3	251	104	4.51	1.466	9.3	1.0	3.9	6.3	1.64
				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
CLE (4 yrs)				8	3	.727	3.81	89	0	18	0	0	0	85.0	80	43	36	10	37	6	71	3	1	4	368	126	4.40	1.376	8.5	1.1	3.9	7.5	1.92
BAL (4 yrs)				6	3	.667	2.86	123	0	25	0	0	2	110.0	84	46	35	9	42	9	84	0	0	3	446	155	3.65	1.145	6.9	0.7	3.4	6.9	2.00
SFG (3 yrs)				6	5	.545	5.55	124	0	24	0	0	0	105.1	126	71	65	13	47	12	61	5	0	8	479	74	5.06	1.642	10.8	1.1	4.0	5.2	1.30
PHI (1 yr)				1	1	.500	4.33	51	0	12	0	0	1	35.1	48	20	17	3	15	1	22	3	1	4	166	112	4.52	1.783	12.2	0.8	3.8	5.6	1.47
LAD (1 yr)				0	0		4.22	16	0	4	0	0	0	10.2	7	5	5	1	8	4	6	0	0	1	46	91	5.15	1.406	5.9	0.8	6.8	5.1	0.75
TEX (1 yr)				0	0		4.50	5	0	2	0	0	1	6.0	10	4	3	0	3	0	4	0	0	0	31	96	3.02	2.167	15.0	0.0	4.5	6.0	1.33
MON (1 yr)				0	0		27.00	5	0	1	0	0	0	2.0	8	6	6	1	3	1	3	0	0	0	17	21	11.13	5.500	36.0	4.5	13.5	13.5	1.00
DET (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	7.27	18	0	1	0	0	0	8.2	13	8	7	4	1	0	5	1	0	0	41	67	8.67	1.615	13.5	4.2	1.0	5.2	5.00

AL (9 yrs)				15	6	.714	3.48	235	0	46	0	0	3	209.2	187	101	81	23	83	15	164	4	1	7	886	132	4.14	1.288	8.0	1.0	3.6	7.0	1.98
NL (6 yrs)				7	6	.538	5.46	196	0	41	0	0	1	153.1	189	102	93	18	73	18	92	8	1	13	708	78	5.02	1.709	11.1	1.1	4.3	5.4	1.26

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WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

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