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Jimmy Bloodworth
James Henry Bloodworth

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 180 lb.

Debut September 14, 1937
Final Game August 19, 1951
Born July 26, 1917 in Tallahassee, FL
Died August 17, 2002 in Apalachicola, FL

Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1935. (All Transactions)

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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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 19 WSH AL  15   50    3   11   2  1   0    8   0  1   5   8  .220  .291  .300   52   15   1           0    
 1939 21 WSH AL  83  318   34   92  24  1   4   40   3  1  10  26  .289  .313  .409   89  130   5           1  13
 1940 22 WSH AL 119  469   47  115  17  8  11   70   3  1  16  71  .245  .272  .386   73  181   9           1  15
 1941 23 WSH AL 142  506   59  124  24  3   7   66   1  1  41  58  .245  .303  .346   75  175   2           1  11
 1942 24 DET AL 137  533   62  129  23  1  13   57   2  8  35  63  .242  .295  .362   78  193   5           5  13
 1943 25 DET AL 129  474   41  114  23  4   6   52   4  7  29  59  .241  .289  .344   79  163  13           3  29
 1946 28 DET AL  76  249   25   61   8  1   5   36   3  3  12  26  .245  .285  .345   71   86   8           2  10
 1947 29 PIT NL  88  316   27   79   9  0   7   48   1     16  39  .250  .290  .345   66  109   1           2   9
 1949 31 CIN NL 134  452   40  118  27  1   9   59   1     27  36  .261  .304  .385   83  174   4           1  12
 1950 32 TOT NL  58  110    7   25   3  0   0   14   0      8  12  .227  .280  .255   43   28   2           0   2
         CIN NL   4   14    1    3   1  0   0    1   0      2   0  .214  .313  .286   59    4   0           0   0
         PHI NL  54   96    6   22   2  0   0   13   0      6  12  .229  .275  .250   40   24   2           0   2
 1951 33 PHI NL  21   42    2    6   0  0   0    1   1  0   3   9  .143  .200  .143   -6    6   1           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons    1002 3519  347  874 160 20  62  451  19 22 202 407  .248  .292  .358   74 1260  51   0   0  16 116
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        569   56  141  26  3  10   73   3  4  33  66  .248  .292  .358   74  204   8   0   0   3  19
 Career High    142  533   62  129  27  8  13   70   4  8  41  71  .289  .313  .409   89  193  13   0   0   5  29
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 19 WSH AL   56   41    4   2.6   113| .220  .285| .291  .359| .300  .424| .591  .784|  52  .214  -3.8  -0.3   0%
 1939 21 WSH AL  334  245   41   4.4   107| .289  .277| .313  .351| .409  .410| .722  .762|  89  .440  -5.7  -0.5  75%
 1940 22 WSH AL  495  379   49   3.4   106| .245  .272| .272  .344| .386  .412| .658  .756|  73  .337 -21.2  -2.0  75%
 1941 23 WSH AL  550  396   53   3.6   102| .245  .269| .303  .345| .346  .397| .649  .742|  75  .375 -18.6  -1.8  50%
 1942 24 DET AL  578  430   53   3.3   101| .242  .275| .295  .350| .362  .385| .657  .735|  78  .401 -18.0  -1.9  20%
 1943 25 DET AL  519  409   45   3.0    93| .241  .265| .289  .341| .344  .366| .633  .706|  79  .394 -15.0  -1.6  36%
 1946 28 DET AL  271  209   24   3.1   101| .245  .270| .285  .346| .345  .389| .630  .735|  71  .364 -11.0  -1.2  50%
 1947 29 PIT NL  335  247   31   3.3   108| .250  .277| .290  .353| .345  .412| .635  .765|  66  .354 -16.9  -1.7     
 1949 31 CIN NL  484  350   53   4.0   105| .261  .272| .304  .345| .385  .406| .689  .752|  83  .444 -12.1  -1.2     
 1950 32 TOT NL  120   89    8   2.4   106| .227  .267| .280  .344| .255  .415| .535  .759|  43  .224  -9.1  -0.9     
         CIN NL   16   11    1   2.4   108| .214  .270| .313  .346| .286  .418| .599  .764|  59  .228  -0.8  -0.1     
         PHI NL  104   78    7   2.4   106| .229  .267| .275  .344| .250  .414| .525  .758|  40  .224  -8.4  -0.8     
 1951 33 PHI NL   46   39    1   0.7   102| .143  .266| .200  .340| .143  .403| .343  .743|  -6  .031  -6.3  -0.6 100%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3788 2834  362   3.4   103| .248  .272| .292  .347| .358  .397| .650  .744|  74  .376 -137.6 -13.7     

* 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 ------+
1937 19 WSH AL 2B 14 28 42 4 9 .946 .972 5.00 5.28 1939 21 WSH AL 2B 73 226 219 13 66 .972 .965 6.10 5.14 OF 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 .968 2.40 2.36 0 0 5 1940 22 WSH AL 2B 96 260 274 12 74 .978 .969 5.56 5.22 1B 17 191 21 3 17 .986 .989 12.47 9.60 3B 6 5 9 0 3 1.000 .940 2.33 3.12 1941 23 WSH AL 2B 132 380 436 24 107 .971 .967 6.18 5.18 3B 6 6 8 1 1 .933 .946 2.33 3.18 SS 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.60 1942 24 DET AL 2B 134 334 431 22 66 .972 .969 5.71 5.39 SS 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 4.80 1943 25 DET AL 2B 129 349 393 21 74 .972 .969 5.75 5.44 1946 28 DET AL 2B 71 157 184 9 46 .974 .970 4.80 5.23 1947 29 PIT NL 2B 87 222 206 9 56 .979 .975 4.92 5.19 1949 31 CIN NL 2B 92 229 234 9 56 .981 .976 5.03 5.07 1B 23 208 18 1 19 .996 .991 9.83 8.98 3B 8 10 10 1 0 .952 .952 2.50 2.98 1950 32 TOT NL 2B 31 53 55 0 13 1.000 .974 3.48 5.13 CIN NL 2B 4 7 5 0 0 1.000 .976 3.00 5.12 PHI NL 2B 27 46 50 0 13 1.000 .974 3.56 5.13 1B 7 26 3 0 1 1.000 .990 4.14 9.01 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 3.00 1951 33 PHI NL 2B 8 19 24 0 4 1.000 .975 5.38 5.05 1B 6 19 2 0 0 1.000 .991 3.50 9.28
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1940 22 WSH AL 1B 17 191 21 3 17 .986 .989 12.47 9.60 1949 31 CIN NL 1B 23 208 18 1 19 .996 .991 9.83 8.98 1950 32 PHI NL 1B 7 26 3 0 1 1.000 .990 4.14 9.01 1951 33 PHI NL 1B 6 19 2 0 0 1.000 .991 3.50 9.28 1937 19 WSH AL 2B 14 28 42 4 9 .946 .972 5.00 5.28 1939 21 WSH AL 2B 73 226 219 13 66 .972 .965 6.10 5.14 1940 22 WSH AL 2B 96 260 274 12 74 .978 .969 5.56 5.22 1941 23 WSH AL 2B 132 380 436 24 107 .971 .967 6.18 5.18 1942 24 DET AL 2B 134 334 431 22 66 .972 .969 5.71 5.39 1943 25 DET AL 2B 129 349 393 21 74 .972 .969 5.75 5.44 1946 28 DET AL 2B 71 157 184 9 46 .974 .970 4.80 5.23 1947 29 PIT NL 2B 87 222 206 9 56 .979 .975 4.92 5.19 1949 31 CIN NL 2B 92 229 234 9 56 .981 .976 5.03 5.07 1950 32 TOT NL 2B 31 53 55 0 13 1.000 .974 3.48 5.13 CIN NL 2B 4 7 5 0 0 1.000 .976 3.00 5.12 PHI NL 2B 27 46 50 0 13 1.000 .974 3.56 5.13 1951 33 PHI NL 2B 8 19 24 0 4 1.000 .975 5.38 5.05 1940 22 WSH AL 3B 6 5 9 0 3 1.000 .940 2.33 3.12 1941 23 WSH AL 3B 6 6 8 1 1 .933 .946 2.33 3.18 1949 31 CIN NL 3B 8 10 10 1 0 .952 .952 2.50 2.98 1950 32 PHI NL 3B 2 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 0.50 3.00 1939 21 WSH AL OF 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 .968 2.40 2.36 0 0 5 1941 23 WSH AL SS 1 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 2.00 4.60 1942 24 DET AL SS 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 .952 1.00 4.80
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total 2B 867 2257 2498 123 571 .975 .970 5.48 5.24 1B 53 444 44 4 37 .992 .990 9.21 9.22 3B 22 21 28 2 4 .961 .946 2.23 3.07 OF 5 11 1 0 0 1.000 .968 2.40 2.36 0 0 5 SS 3 2 2 0 0 1.000 .952 1.33 4.73 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 950 2735 2573 129 612 .976 .971 5.59 5.40
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1950   WS    PHI NYY     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.

Strikeouts
1940 AL-71-7
1942 AL-63-6

Hit By Pitch
1942 AL-5-5

Sac. Hits
1940 AL-9-9
1943 AL-13-6

Grounded into Double Plays
1943 AL-29-1

Youngest Player
1937 AL-19-4

HOF Standards: Batting - 11.9 (1408) (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 

Before 1935 Season: Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent.

December 12, 1941: Traded by the Washington Senators with Doc Cramer to the Detroit Tigers for Frank Croucher and Bruce Campbell.

December 12, 1946: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Detroit Tigers.

December 3, 1947: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with Vic Barnhart to the Brooklyn Dodgers for Monty Basgall.

September 29, 1948: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers to the Cincinnati Reds for a player to be named later and cash. The Cincinnati Reds sent Kermit Wahl (1949) to the Brooklyn Dodgers to complete the trade.

May 10, 1950: Purchased by the Philadelphia Phillies from the Cincinnati Reds.

September 15, 1951: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.


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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