Jim Tobin

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 27, 1912 in Oakland, CA us

Died: May 19, 1969 in Oakland, CA

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, CA

High School: Roosevelt HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 30, 1937 (Age 24-124d, 8,251st in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1945 (Age 32-270d)
vs. SLB 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: James Anthony Tobin

Nicknames: Abba Dabba

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Relatives: Brother of Jackie Tobin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.9

105

112

ERA

3.44

287

227

1900.0

498

WHIP

1.308

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	29-26 / in Starts: 19-14
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	5 games
Most Games w/o HR	51 games
Most Games w/o RBI	14 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 114 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	57 (31-20-6) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 114 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	78 (39-24-13)

Most Driven In
A Todd	4
A Vaughan	3
P Young	1
G Suhr	1

Most Driven In By
L Waner	4
J Rizzo	2
P Waner	2

1938 Batting Game Log

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1938 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	22	1	Apr 19	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	9	2.05	0.064	5.63	0.11%	0.27	PH
2	23	2	Apr 20	PIT	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	9	.26	-0.024	.76	-0.04%	-1.01	P
3	24	6 (3)	Apr 24	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	3	2	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	.625	.625	.875	1.500	9	1.58	0.076	5.96	0.17%	0.44	P
4	25	7	Apr 25	PIT		CHC	W,8-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.556	.556	.778	1.333	8	3.01	-0.083	12.84	-0.21%	-0.50	PH
5	26	9 (1)	Apr 27	PIT		CHC	W,6-5	5-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.700	1.200	9	2.58	-0.067	10.78	-0.17%	-0.58	PH
6	27	10	Apr 28	PIT		STL	L,3-5	GS-7	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.636	1.136	9	1.21	0.028	4.75	0.07%	0.15	P
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
7	28	12 (1)	May 1	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.417	.462	.583	1.045	5	.73	-0.018	2.56	-0.04%	-0.23	PH
8	29	13	May 2	PIT	@	CIN	L,6-8	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.429	.538	.967	9	.26	-0.006	.81	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
9	30	14	May 3	PIT		BRO	L,2-7	GS-7	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.438	.600	1.038	9	.48	0.010	1.44	0.02%	0.11	P
10	31	17 (2)	May 6	PIT		NYG	L,7-11	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.375	.412	.563	.974	9	.15	-0.004	.59	-0.01%	-0.29	PH
11	32	18	May 7	PIT		NYG	L,5-6	GS-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.389	.529	.918	9	.99	-0.025	3.34	-0.05%	-0.23	P
12	33	20 (1)	May 9	PIT		BSN	L,5-7	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.353	.389	.529	.918	9						P
13	34	21	May 13	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-1	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.353	.421	.529	.950	9	2.16	0.087	5.22	0.13%	0.39	PH
14	35	22	May 15	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.316	.381	.474	.855	9	.47	-0.024	1.28	-0.04%	-0.21	P
15	36	23	May 17	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.300	.364	.450	.814	9	2.13	-0.052	6.42	-0.10%	-0.21	PH
16	37	26 (2)	May 20	PIT	@	BRO	L,5-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.348	.429	.776	9	1.52	-0.039	3.62	-0.06%	-0.24	PH
17	38	27	May 21	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-4	6-GF	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.304	.360	.478	.838	9	2.44	0.176	5.25	0.23%	0.32	P
18	39	30 (2)	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.269	.321	.423	.745	9						P
19	40	34 (3)	May 30 (1)	PIT		STL	W,5-4	GS-6	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.333	.429	.762	9	1.28	0.083	1.92	0.08%	0.83	P
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
20	41	38 (3)	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.276	.323	.414	.736	9	1.30	-0.067	2.76	-0.09%	-0.77	P
21	42	39	Jun 5	PIT		BRO	L,5-10	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.313	.400	.713	9	.32	-0.008	.75	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
22	43	42 (2)	Jun 9	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	GS-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.303	.387	.690	9	.45	-0.011	.96	-0.01%	-0.16	P
23	44	47 (4)	Jun 15	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.235	.278	.353	.631	9	1.11	-0.085	3.00	-0.14%	-0.76	P
24	45	51 (3)	Jun 19 (1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,14-4	CG	5	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.317	.395	.712	9	.11	0.027	.26	0.04%	0.71	P
25	46	55 (3)	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-7	GS-5	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.302	.375	.677	9	.46	-0.023	1.49	-0.05%	-0.48	P
26	47	57 (1)	Jun 29	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.295	.366	.661	9	1.05	-0.027	4.27	-0.07%	-0.23	P
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
27	48	60 (2)	Jul 3 (1)	PIT		STL	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.298	.364	.662	9	1.09	-0.018	3.65	-0.04%	-0.21	P
28	49	65 (4)	Jul 9	PIT	@	STL	W,8-7	GS-3	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.261	.306	.370	.676	9	1.06	0.069	4.50	0.18%	0.07	P
29	50	67 (1)	Jul 10 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	0-0	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	2	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.277	.320	.404	.724	9						PH
30	51	68	Jul 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-3	8-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.333	.417	.750	9	5.00	0.408	27.15	1.33%	1.63	P
31	52	71 (2)	Jul 14	PIT		BRO	W,3-2	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.286	.327	.408	.735	9						P
32	53	74 (2)	Jul 17 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.309	.385	.694	9	2.21	-0.151	19.95	-0.82%	-1.06	P
33	54	75	Jul 17 (2)	PIT		NYG	T,7-7	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.264	.304	.377	.681	9	.69	-0.017	6.03	-0.09%	-0.16	PH
34	55	78 (2)	Jul 20 (1)	PIT		PHI	L,0-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.298	.370	.669	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.23	PH
35	56	80 (1)	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GS-0	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.263	.300	.368	.668	9						P
36	57	83 (2)	Jul 24 (1)	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	5-GF(15)	6	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.258	.303	.355	.658	9	1.99	-0.134	12.18	-0.49%	-0.27	P
37	58	87 (3)	Jul 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.258	.300	.348	.648	9	.74	0.005	4.15	0.02%	0.88	P
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
38	59	91 (3)	Aug 2	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.288	.333	.621	9	.67	-0.049	3.48	-0.15%	-0.38	P
39	60	96 (4)	Aug 7 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.299	.342	.641	9	1.26	0.150	10.38	0.74%	1.19	P
40	61	100 (3)	Aug 12	PIT		CHC	L,3-9	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.291	.333	.624	9	.93	-0.047	6.14	-0.18%	-0.39	P
41	62	103 (2)	Aug 15	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.284	.325	.609	9	.51	-0.025	3.55	-0.11%	-0.32	P
42	63	105 (1)	Aug 17	PIT	@	STL	W,4-3	3-3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.244	.280	.321	.601	9	.35	-0.009	1.99	-0.03%	-0.11	PH
43	64	106	Aug 18	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	4-GF	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.286	.316	.602	9	.78	0.014	4.29	0.05%	0.23	P
44	65	109 (2)	Aug 21 (2)	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-6	9-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.294	.316	.611	9	.27	0.009	1.68	0.03%	0.34	PH
45	66	110	Aug 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.292	.305	.597	9	1.15	-0.015	7.72	-0.06%	-0.39	P
46	67	116 (5)	Aug 26	PIT		PHI	L,4-6	GS-5	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.238	.297	.321	.618	9	.33	0.024	2.00	0.09%	0.31	P
47	68	120 (3)	Aug 30	PIT		NYG	W,7-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.241	.305	.322	.627	9	.29	0.029	2.56	0.15%	0.61	P
Sep/Oct		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
48	69	124 (3)	Sep 2	PIT		STL	L,10-11	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.239	.302	.318	.620	9	.07	-0.002	.31	-0.01%	-0.23	PH
49	70	125	Sep 3	PIT		STL	L,0-6	GS-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.302	.318	.620	9						P
50	71	128 (2)	Sep 5 (2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	8-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.302	.318	.620	9						P
51	72	132 (3)	Sep 11	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.296	.311	.607	9	.59	-0.033	4.60	-0.16%	-0.44	P
52	73	135 (2)	Sep 15	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.304	.312	.616	9	.37	-0.001	5.04	-0.01%	0.40	P
53	74	141 (5)	Sep 22 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.237	.302	.309	.611	9	.44	0.056	2.59	0.20%	0.02	P
54	75	146 (4)	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.232	.296	.303	.599	9	1.08	-0.058	28.31	-0.92%	-0.47	P
55	76	149 (2)	Sep 30 (1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS-6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.230	.294	.300	.594	9	1.03	-0.026	21.18	-0.32%	-0.23	P
56	77	152 (2)	Oct 2	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.310	.320	.630	9	1.20	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.36	P
							29-26		114	103	8	25	6	1	0	11	9	0	12	1	1		2	2	0	0	.243	.310	.320	.630		.99	0.184	5.41	-0.86%	-2.00

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