Jim Essian

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: January 2, 1951 in Detroit, MI us

High School: Troy HS (Troy, IL)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 15, 1973 (Age 22-256d, 13,450th in major league history)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 33-272d)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Agents: Jim Andary

Full Name: James Sarkis Essian

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.9

1855

453

.244

194

RBI

207

OBP

.327

SLG

.347

OPS

.673

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1978 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 7	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	28	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	C
2	2	Apr 8	OAK	@	CAL	W,4-2	CG	37	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
3	3	Apr 9	OAK	@	CAL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
4	4	Apr 10	OAK		SEA	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	5	2	1	8	1	C
5	5	Apr 11	OAK		SEA	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
6	6	Apr 12	OAK		SEA	W,4-3	GS	28	7.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
7	7	Apr 13	OAK		SEA	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
8	8	Apr 14	OAK		CAL	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
9	9	Apr 16	OAK		CAL	L,1-2	CG	47	11.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
10	10	Apr 17	OAK	@	MIN	W,7-2	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
11	11	Apr 19	OAK	@	MIN	W,6-5	CG	48	11.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
12	12	Apr 21	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	42	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
13	13	Apr 22	OAK	@	SEA	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
14	14	Apr 23	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	15	Apr 25 (1)	OAK		MIN	W,5-3	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
16	17 (1)	Apr 26	OAK		MIN	W,9-8	CG	51	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
17	18	Apr 27	OAK		MIN	L,1-6	CG	42	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	C
18	19	Apr 28	OAK		CLE	L,2-6	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
19	20	Apr 29	OAK		CLE	W,5-1	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	21	Apr 30	OAK		CLE	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	6	3	0	9	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
21	22	May 2	OAK		TOR	W,2-1	CG	32	9.0	3	1	0	4	1	C
22	23	May 3	OAK		TOR	W,11-3	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	24	May 5	OAK		DET	W,5-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	C
24	25	May 6	OAK		DET	L,0-6	GS	34	7.0	1	2	0	3	0	C
25	26	May 7	OAK		DET	L,0-4	CG	34	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
26	27	May 9	OAK	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
27	28	May 10	OAK	@	TOR	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
28	29	May 12	OAK	@	DET	W,10-4	GS	26	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
29	30	May 13	OAK	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	39	9.0	3	0	1	4	0	C
30	31	May 14	OAK	@	DET	L,0-15	GS	38	7.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
31	32	May 15	OAK	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	31	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	33	May 16	OAK	@	CLE	L,2-3	CG	35	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
33	34	May 17	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	33	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
34	35	May 18	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-6	GF	8	2.0	2	2	0	4	0	PH C
35	36	May 19	OAK		CHW	L,2-6	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
36	37	May 20	OAK		CHW	W,4-3	GS	26	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
37	38	May 21 (1)	OAK		CHW	L,2-6	GF	6	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
38	39	May 21 (2)	OAK		CHW	W,8-0	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
39	40	May 23	OAK		MIL	L,2-3	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
40	41	May 24	OAK		MIL	L,1-7	GS	39	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
41	42	May 26	OAK	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
42	43	May 27	OAK	@	CHW	W,4-3	GS	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
43	44	May 28 (1)	OAK	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	37	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
44	45	May 28 (2)	OAK	@	CHW	L,0-4	GF	7	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
45	47 (1)	May 30	OAK	@	MIL	L,1-2	GS	26	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	1B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	48	Jun 2	OAK		NYY	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	10	0	0	10	2	1B
47	49	Jun 3	OAK		NYY	W,5-1	CG	30	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
48	50	Jun 4	OAK		NYY	W,6-4	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
49	51	Jun 5	OAK		BOS	W,9-7	CG	39	9.0	7	2	0	9	2	C
50	52	Jun 6	OAK		BOS	W,7-1	CG	37	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
51	53	Jun 7 (1)	OAK		CAL	L,1-4	CG	35	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
52	55 (1)	Jun 8	OAK		CAL	L,7-10	GS	26	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
53	56	Jun 9	OAK		BAL	L,3-5	CG	40	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
54	57	Jun 10	OAK		BAL	L,0-1	CG	34	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
55	58	Jun 11	OAK		BAL	L,0-3	CG	39	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
56	59	Jun 12	OAK	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS	26	7.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
57	60	Jun 13	OAK	@	NYY	L,3-5	GS	26	6.0	3	3	0	6	1	C
58	61	Jun 14	OAK	@	BOS	L,0-9	GS	25	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
59	62	Jun 15	OAK	@	BOS	L,3-7	CG	41	8.0	6	2	0	8	2	C
60	63	Jun 16	OAK	@	BAL	L,0-6	CG	36	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
61	64	Jun 17	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-5	CG	34	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	C
62	65	Jun 18	OAK	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG	35	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
63	67 (1)	Jun 20	OAK	@	TEX	L,4-5	GF	19	2.1	1	0	0	1	0	C
64	68	Jun 22	OAK	@	TEX	L,2-8	CG	37	8.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
65	69	Jun 23 (1)	OAK	@	KCR	L,3-5	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
66	70	Jun 23 (2)	OAK	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG	44	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
67	71	Jun 24	OAK	@	KCR	L,5-7	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
68	72	Jun 25	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-3	CG	40	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
69	73	Jun 27	OAK		TEX	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	6	3	1	10	0	C
70	74	Jun 28	OAK		TEX	W,2-1	GF	24	6.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
71	76 (1)	Jun 30	OAK		KCR	W,2-1	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
72	78 (1)	Jul 2 (1)	OAK		KCR	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	79	Jul 2 (2)	OAK		KCR	W,9-3	GS	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	1B C
74	80	Jul 3	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-3	GF	9	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
75	81	Jul 4	OAK	@	SEA	W,9-4	GF	11	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
76	82	Jul 5	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-3	GF	5	1.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
77	84 (1)	Jul 7 (1)	OAK		MIN	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
78	86 (1)	Jul 8	OAK		MIN	L,8-9	GF	14	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	C
79	88 (1)	Jul 13	OAK		CLE	W,7-3	GF	7	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
80	89	Jul 14	OAK		CLE	L,1-11	CG	48	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
81	91 (1)	Jul 16	OAK		TOR	W,8-5	GF	8	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
82	92	Jul 17	OAK		TOR	W,5-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
83	93	Jul 18	OAK		DET	W,6-3	GF	8	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
84	96 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	OAK	@	TOR	L,4-5	GS	35	7.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
85	98 (1)	Jul 23	OAK	@	TOR	W,5-3	GF	12	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
86	100 (1)	Jul 25	OAK	@	DET	L,2-11	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH C
87	101	Jul 26	OAK	@	CHW	W,8-4	GF	14	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
88	102	Jul 27	OAK	@	CHW	W,7-4	GF	4	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
89	103	Jul 28	OAK	@	CLE	L,2-4	GF	12	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
90	104	Jul 29	OAK	@	CLE	W,6-5	GF	11	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
91	105	Jul 30	OAK	@	CLE	W,5-4	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
92	106	Jul 31	OAK	@	CAL	W,2-0	CG	35	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
93	107	Aug 1	OAK	@	CAL	W,1-0	GF	13	4.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
94	111 (3)	Aug 5	OAK		SEA	L,2-3	GF	8	2.0	0	2	0	2	0	C
95	112	Aug 6 (1)	OAK		SEA	W,4-3	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
96	113	Aug 6 (2)	OAK		SEA	W,4-3	GS	28	6.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
97	114	Aug 7	OAK		CAL	W,1-0	CG	33	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
98	115	Aug 8	OAK		CAL	L,1-2	CG	39	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
99	116	Aug 10	OAK		CAL	L,5-16	CG	55	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
100	117	Aug 11 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
101	118	Aug 11 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	32	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
102	119	Aug 12	OAK	@	MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
103	120	Aug 13 (1)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	6	1	1	8	0	C
104	121	Aug 13 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
105	122	Aug 15	OAK		NYY	L,0-6	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
106	123	Aug 16	OAK		NYY	L,3-5	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
107	124	Aug 18	OAK		BOS	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
108	125	Aug 19	OAK		BOS	W,8-4	GF	15	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
109	128 (2)	Aug 22	OAK		BAL	L,4-6	GF	10	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
110	129	Aug 23	OAK		BAL	L,0-11	GF	13	3.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
111	135 (5)	Sep 1	OAK	@	BOS	W,5-1	GF	13	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
112	136	Sep 2	OAK	@	BOS	W,4-3	GF	16	3.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
113	138 (1)	Sep 4	OAK		KCR	L,3-5		6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
114	140 (1)	Sep 6	OAK		KCR	L,8-11		15	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
115	141	Sep 8	OAK		TEX	W,11-4	GF	9	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
116	143 (1)	Sep 10 (2)	OAK		TEX	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
117	146 (2)	Sep 13	OAK	@	KCR	L,1-9		3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
118	149 (2)	Sep 15 (2)	OAK	@	TEX	L,0-5	GS	31	6.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
119	152 (2)	Sep 18	OAK		CHW	W,6-3	GF	5	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
120	154 (1)	Sep 19 (2)	OAK		CHW	L,3-7	GS	27	6.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
121	157 (2)	Sep 24	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	7	1	1	9	0	C
122	160 (2)	Sep 29	OAK		MIL	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
							123gm		803.1	452	79	10	541	14