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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Team Record in Appearances: 23-17 / in Starts: 19-14

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 36, Entered with runners on base: 6

1938 Pitching Game Log

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1938 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	21	2	Apr 20	PIT	@	STL	W,9-4	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	14	4	4	1	2	2	0	4.00	5.83	42	8	20	3	1	11	44			1	0	0	41	2	0	0	0	0	0	.55	0.130	1.63	0.23%	0.67	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a5
2	22	6	Apr 24	PIT		CIN	W,2-1	CG	W(2-0)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	2.50	4.72	34	13	12	1	4	4	72			0	0	0	29	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.41	0.523	5.31	1.19%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
3	23	10	Apr 28	PIT		STL	L,3-5	GS-7	L(2-1)	3	6.1	12	5	5	2	0	0	0	3.70	4.53	32	11	9	2	0	10	27			0	0	0	30	3	2	0	0	0	0	1.12	-0.231	4.41	-0.55%	-1.48	1t start tie	7t --3 1 out d2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
4	24	14	May 3	PIT		BRO	L,2-7	GS-7	L(2-2)	4	6.2	6	6	2	2	3	0	0	3.48	4.21	29	13	5	0	0	6	47			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	0	0	1	1.06	-0.194	3.19	-0.35%	-1.86	1t start tie	7t -2- 2 out d4
5	25	18	May 7	PIT		NYG	L,5-6	GS-5		3	5.0	5	4	3	2	1	0	0	3.75	4.16	21	9	4	0	0	5	42			0	0	0	19	0	2	0	2	0	1	1.11	-0.206	3.74	-0.42%	-1.53	1t start tie	5t 3 out d3
6	26	20	May 9	PIT		BSN	L,5-7	10-GF(10)		1	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.72	4.15	2	1	0	0	0	1		3	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.74	-0.376	10.06	-0.61%	-1.23	10t 123 2 out tie	10t end d 2
7	27	22	May 15	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-3	GS-6		5	5.1	8	3	2	4	3	0	0	3.67	4.16	28	4	10	1	0	7	41			0	0	0	24	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.15	-0.218	3.16	-0.36%	-0.87	1b start tie	6b 12- 1 out tie
8	28	27	May 21	PIT	@	BRO	W,5-4	6-GF	W(3-2)	5	3.1	2	0	0	2	2	0	0	3.40	4.12	13	4	3	0	0	2		3	1	0	1	0	11	0	0	0	1	0	0	2.32	0.312	5.01	0.40%	1.31	6b 123 2 out d1	9b end a 1
9	29	30	May 25	PIT	@	PHI	L,1-2	CG	L(3-3)	3	8.0	5	2	2	3	4	1	0	3.23	4.22	31						65						27	1	0			0
10	30	34	May 30(1)	PIT		STL	W,5-4	GS-6		4	5.1	6	3	2	4	1	0	0	3.24	4.29	25	11	6	1	1	3	43			0	2	0	20	1	0	0	1	0	1	1.25	-0.043	1.88	-0.04%	-0.71	1t start tie	6t -2- 1 out a1
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	31	38	Jun 4	PIT		BRO	W,4-3	GS-4		4	3.0	5	2	2	1	1	0	0	3.38	4.24	15	2	6	3	1	5	41			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.37	-0.159	2.91	-0.20%	-1.14	1t start tie	4t -2- 0 out d1
12	32	42	Jun 9	PIT		BSN	W,5-3	GS-3		4	2.0	6	2	2	0	1	0	1	3.55	4.22	12	5	2	0	0	3	37			0	0	0	11	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.40	-0.181	2.99	-0.23%	-1.85	1t start tie	3t 123 0 out a2
13	33	47	Jun 15	PIT	@	NYG	W,2-0	SHO	W(4-3)	5	9.0	5	0	0	4	2	0	0	3.11	4.18	34	10	13	0	1	5	75			1	0	0	30	0	0	0	2	0	0	1.62	0.695	4.37	1.13%	4.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a2
14	34	51	Jun 19(1)	PIT	@	PHI	W,14-4	CG	W(5-3)	3	9.0	9	4	3	1	2	3	0	3.10	4.53	40	12	16	0	0	9	56			0	0	0	39	1	0	0	0	0	3	.32	0.041	.77	0.06%	0.45	1b start a 4	9b 3 out a10
15	35	55	Jun 25	PIT	@	BSN	W,8-7	GS-5		5	4.0	7	5	3	2	2	0	0	3.27	4.48	22	8	3	0	0	7	32			0	0	0	20	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.12	-0.309	3.67	-0.61%	-3.13	1b start a 5	5b --3 0 out a1
16	36	57	Jun 29	PIT		CIN	W,5-4	GS-4		3	3.1	9	4	4	3	2	0	0	3.55	4.48	21	4	3	0	0	9	25			0	0	0	17	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.18	-0.211	4.80	-0.51%	-2.59	1t start tie	4t 123 1 out d3
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
17	37	60	Jul 3(1)	PIT		STL	W,6-5	GS-9		3	8.1	11	5	5	3	2	0	0	3.71	4.41	38	10	13	2	4	10	40			1	1	0	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	1.53	-0.362	5.14	-0.73%	-1.23	1t start tie	9t -2- 1 out tie
18	38	65	Jul 9	PIT	@	STL	W,8-7	GS-3		5	2.1	6	5	3	0	2	2	0	3.90	4.60	14	2	4	1	0	6	31			0	0	0	14	2	0	0	0	0	1	.84	-0.223	3.57	-0.57%	-3.72	1b start tie	3b --- 1 out a2
19	39	68	Jul 11	PIT	@	CHC	W,5-3	8-9	W(6-3)	1	0.1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.88	4.63	3	0	1	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.23	-0.070	6.66	-0.23%	-0.06	8b -2- 2 out d1	9b 1-- 0 out a2
20	40	71	Jul 14	PIT		BRO	W,3-2		W(7-3)	2	3.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.77	4.61	9												8					0
21	41	74	Jul 17(1)	PIT		NYG	L,1-2	CG	L(7-4)	2	9.0	5	2	2	5	0	0	0	3.63	4.62	35	14	12	0	2	4	64			0	0	0	29	2	0	1	2	0	0	1.32	0.085	11.85	0.46%	2.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
22	42	80	Jul 21	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GS-		3	8.1	11	4	4	0	1	0	1	3.68	4.52	36						46						33					0
23	43	83	Jul 24(1)	PIT		BSN	W,5-4	5-GF(15)	W(8-4)	2	11.0	5	0	0	1	7	0	0	3.37	4.31	38	11	15	1	3	4		1	0	0	1	0	37	0	1	0	0	0	0	1.61	1.044	9.83	3.83%	5.82	5t 1-- 0 out d4	15t end tie
24	44	87	Jul 28	PIT	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	W(9-4)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	0	0	0	3.28	4.25	33	18	8	3	0	6	64			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	1	0	0	.55	0.070	3.10	0.23%	2.45	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	45	91	Aug 2	PIT	@	BSN	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(9-5)	4	8.0	8	3	1	2	2	0	0	3.16	4.20	34	12	10	1	0	8	58			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	1	.82	-0.110	4.24	-0.34%	0.56	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
26	46	96	Aug 7(1)	PIT	@	NYG	W,5-1	CG	W(10-5)	4	9.0	4	1	1	1	4	1	0	3.04	4.18	32	13	12	2	0	2	78			0	0	0	31	2	0	0	0	0	0	1.33	0.535	10.95	2.65%	3.49	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
27	47	100	Aug 12	PIT		CHC	L,3-9	GS-7	L(10-6)	4	6.1	9	6	6	2	3	1	0	3.25	4.22	28	10	4	1	1	9	32			0	0	0	25	2	2	0	2	0	0	1.17	-0.397	7.73	-1.57%	-2.80	1t start tie	7t --- 1 out d3
28	48	103	Aug 15	PIT		CIN	L,2-6	GS-7		2	6.1	8	2	2	1	2	0	0	3.24	4.17	27	5	11	1	2	8	50			0	0	0	26	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.018	7.51	0.08%	0.94	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out tie
29	49	106	Aug 18	PIT	@	STL	L,1-5	4-GF(8)		2	5.0	5	3	3	2	4	1	0	3.30	4.20	21	3	7	1	0	5		3	0	0	0	0	19	3	0	1	0	0	0	.51	0.001	2.80	0.00%	1.44	4b 123 0 out d1	8b end d 4
30	50	110	Aug 22	PIT	@	CHC	W,4-2	CG	W(11-6)	3	9.0	5	2	2	3	2	1	0	3.23	4.24	34	12	13	1	3	4	68			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	1.18	0.371	7.89	1.50%	2.58	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a2
31	51	116	Aug 26	PIT		PHI	L,4-6	GS-5	L(11-7)	3	4.1	9	5	3	1	1	0	0	3.30	4.22	24	7	6	0	2	9	29			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.21	-0.319	7.43	-1.18%	-2.20	1t start tie	5t -2- 1 out d1
32	52	120	Aug 30	PIT		NYG	W,7-1	CG	W(12-7)	3	9.0	5	1	1	3	2	0	0	3.20	4.19	35	9	16	2	3	5	72			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.211	5.25	1.13%	3.45	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
33	53	125	Sep 3	PIT		STL	L,0-6	GS-3	L(12-8)	3	2.0	9	4	4	0	0	0	0	3.35	4.18	14	3	3	0	1	8	22			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	1.17	-0.271	5.96	-0.83%	-3.36	1t start tie	3t 1-3 0 out d3
34	54	128	Sep 5(2)	PIT		CHC	L,3-4	8-GF	L(12-9)	1	1.1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	3.37	4.17	6	2	2	0	1	2		1	0	0	0	0	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	-0.225	15.28	-1.07%	-0.19	8t -2- 2 out tie	9t end d 1
35	55	132	Sep 11	PIT	@	STL	L,4-6	GS-4		5	3.0	4	3	3	1	1	1	0	3.45	4.23	14	9	0	0	0	3	39			0	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.08	-0.190	8.38	-0.89%	-1.44	1b start a 2	4b --- 0 out tie
36	56	135	Sep 15	PIT	@	NYG	W,7-2	CG	W(13-9)	3	9.0	7	2	2	1	1	1	3	3.39	4.28	36	15	12	1	2	4	65			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	0	0	.98	0.156	13.26	1.28%	2.49	1b start a 1	9b 3 out a5
37	57	141	Sep 22(1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,6-0	SHO	W(14-9)	6	9.0	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3.25	4.21	32	12	15	2	3	2	82			0	0	0	31	0	1	0	0	0	1	.66	0.320	3.91	1.13%	4.58	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
38	58	146	Sep 27	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-2	GS-7	L(14-10)	4	7.0	8	2	2	1	0	0	1	3.23	4.20	28	9	9	2	0	8	52			0	1	0	25	1	1	0	1	0	0	.95	0.075	24.94	1.19%	1.56	1b start tie	7b 3 out d2
39	59	149	Sep 30(1)	PIT	@	CIN	L,1-7	GS-5	L(14-11)	2	5.0	9	6	5	0	0	2	0	3.36	4.29	25	7	9	0	0	9	27			0	0	0	25	1	1	0	0	0	1	.77	-0.233	15.78	-2.87%	-3.58	1b start tie	5b 3 out d6
40	60	152	Oct 2	PIT	@	CIN	L,4-5	CG(8)	L(14-12)	1	8.0	7	5	5	2	5	1	0	3.43	4.28	32	5	13	0	0	7	51			0	0	0	30	1	1	0	1	0	0	1.30	-0.456	.00	0.00%	-1.13	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
							23-17		W-L:14-12	3.2	241.1	254	109	92	66	70	17	6	3.43	4.28	1029	0.99		5%	6%	211	49	12	25%	4	6	0	942	41	18	2	20	0	12	1.08	-0.397	6.29	2.33%	6.11

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