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: 16-24 / in Starts: 11-19

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 2

1945 Pitching Game Log

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1945 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	247	4	Apr 19(2)	BSN		NYG	W,13-5	CG	W(1-0)	99	9.0	7	5	5	4	4	1	1	5.00	4.92	39	11	14	2	2	5	53			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.05	-0.056	1.91	-0.06%	-0.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a8
2	248	7	Apr 22(2)	BSN	@	PHI	L,6-7	9-GF	BL(1-1)	2	0.2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	4.66	4.87	5	1	1	0	0	1		2	2	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	4.36	-0.682	10.80	-1.01%	-1.96	9b 12- 0 out a2	9b end d 1
3	249	8	Apr 24	BSN		BRO	W,8-6	CG	W(2-1)	1	9.0	10	6	1	1	2	0	0	2.89	3.77	39	16	10	0	0	10	54			0	1	0	37	3	0	0	0	0	2	.85	-0.288	1.93	-0.39%	-1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
4	250	10	Apr 29(1)	BSN		PHI	L,3-5	GS-	L(2-2)	4	7.0	5	4	4	2	1	0	0	3.51	3.64	27						50						24					0
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
5	251	13	May 5(1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-15	GS-6	L(2-3)	5	5.1	5	7	5	4	0	1	0	4.35	4.28	24	7	8	1	1	5	30			0	0	0	20	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.72	-0.503	5.64	-0.99%	-4.23	1b start a 1	6b --- 1 out d4
6	252	17	May 9	BSN		PIT	L,5-9	GS-4	L(2-4)	3	3.2	10	5	2	2	2	0	0	4.41	4.17	23	5	5	1	0	9	27			0	0	0	21	3	0	0	0	0	1	1.48	-0.262	3.09	-0.33%	-3.32	1t start tie	4t -2- 2 out d5
7	253	21	May 16(1)	BSN		STL	W,5-4	GS-8		6	8.0	7	3	3	2	1	0	0	4.22	3.99	34	16	8	2	0	7	55			0	0	0	30	0	0	0	1	0	3	1.46	-0.054	1.79	-0.04%	1.00	1t start tie	8t 3 out d2
8	254	24	May 20(1)	BSN		CIN	L,8-10	GS-1	L(2-5)	3	0.1	3	3	3	2	0	0	0	4.81	4.12	6	0	1	0	0	3	31			2	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.44	-0.290	1.85	-0.22%	-3.41	1t start tie	1t 12- 1 out d3
9	255	28	May 25	BSN	@	PIT	L,3-5	CG	L(2-6)	4	8.0	10	5	5	4	1	0	1	4.94	4.15	38						39						33	3	0			0
10	256	33	May 30(2)	BSN	@	STL	W,9-2	CG	W(3-6)	4	9.0	11	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.50	3.92	37						58						36	2	1			0
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	257	37	Jun 3(2)	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-3	CG(8)	L(3-7)	3	8.0	8	3	3	0	1	0	1	4.37	3.79	32	19	3	0	0	8	55			0	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.76	-0.033	.76	-0.02%	0.92	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
12	258	40	Jun 7(1)	BSN	@	PHI	W,3-1	CG	W(4-7)	3	9.0	7	1	1	1	0	0	0	3.97	3.70	34						68						33	1	0			0
13	259	44	Jun 10(2)	BSN		NYG	W,3-1	CG	W(5-7)	2	9.0	5	1	1	3	1	0	0	3.66	3.68	36	19	9	0	2	4	71			0	0	0	33	1	0	0	1	0	2	1.20	0.466	2.74	0.64%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a2
14	260	49	Jun 15	BSN		BRO	L,8-9	GS-7		4	6.2	12	6	6	3	1	1	0	3.98	3.82	34	12	6	0	0	12	24			1	0	1	30	3	1	0	0	0	0	1.26	-0.502	2.97	-0.71%	-2.94	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out tie
15	261	50	Jun 16	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	7-10	BS(2)	0	3.1	6	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.03	3.74	17	4	5	0	0	6		2	2	1	0	0	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.73	-0.134	5.59	-0.17%	-2.06	7t 12- 2 out a4	10t 3 out tie
16	262	53	Jun 19	BSN	@	NYG	W,9-2	CG	W(6-7)	2	9.0	8	2	2	0	1	2	0	3.86	3.88	34	10	16	1	6	7	64			0	0	0	34	1	0	0	0	0	0	.93	0.304	2.24	0.44%	2.55	1b start tie	9b 3 out a7
17	263	57	Jun 24(1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,6-9	GS-8	L(6-8)	4	7.0	11	9	9	4	2	0	0	4.34	3.88	34	10	7	1	0	11	17			2	0	0	30	4	0	1	0	0	0	.83	-0.417	1.90	-0.57%	-5.91	1b start tie	8b 1-- 0 out d5
18	264	61	Jun 28	BSN		CIN	W,7-6	CG	W(7-8)	3	9.0	10	6	6	3	3	1	0	4.46	3.92	42	15	11	1	0	10	43			0	0	0	38	4	0	1	0	0	2	.95	-0.177	1.07	-0.12%	-1.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
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
19	265	65	Jul 1(2)	BSN		STL	W,8-7	GS-8	W(8-8)	2	7.0	12	7	5	0	0	0	0	4.57	3.86	34	7	15	0	4	12	29			1	0	0	32	4	0	0	0	0	1	1.34	-0.658	2.18	-0.64%	-3.99	1t start tie	8t -23 0 out a2
20	266	69	Jul 5	BSN		CHC	L,2-3	CG	L(8-9)	3	9.0	9	3	3	4	2	1	0	4.47	3.93	38						55						32	1	0			0
21	267	74	Jul 8(2)	BSN		PIT	W,13-1	CG	W(9-9)	2	9.0	5	1	1	1	2	1	2	4.25	3.98	34	4	20	0	1	5	74			1	0	0	31	1	0	0	1	0	0	.47	0.131	.45	0.08%	3.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out a12
22	268	75	Jul 12(1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,1-6	CG	L(9-10)	3	8.0	14	6	3	1	1	0	0	4.21	3.92	39						36						38	2	0			0
23	269	81	Jul 16	BSN	@	STL	L,0-2	CG	L(9-11)	3	8.0	7	2	2	0	2	0	0	4.11	3.84	30						62						30	3	0			0
24	270	87	Jul 22(1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	L(9-12)	5	8.1	13	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.02	3.77	37	14	7	0	0	13	50			0	1	0	36	2	0	1	1	0	0	1.76	-0.178	1.05	-0.06%	1.09	1b start tie	9b 123 1 out d1
25	271	92	Jul 28	BSN	@	BRO	L,1-2	CG(8)	L(9-13)	5	8.0	6	2	1	3	3	0	0	3.89	3.74	30	9	9	1	0	6	64			0	1	0	25	0	0	0	1	0	1	.75	0.056	.08	0.00%	1.96	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
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
26	272	98	Aug 3(1)	BSN		BRO	L,1-5	CG	L(9-14)	5	9.0	8	5	5	6	1	1	0	3.94	3.85	41	8	18	0	0	8	46			3	0	0	35	1	0	0	0	0	0	.73	-0.099	.01	0.00%	-0.50	1t start tie	9t 3 out d4
27	273	104	Aug 8(2)	BSN		CHC	L,2-3	GS-		4	8.1	10	2	2	3	0	1	0	3.86	3.91	39						52						35					0
				Player went from Boston Braves to Detroit Tigers
28	274	102	Aug 12(1)	DET		NYY	W,9-6		W(10-14)	3	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	3.81	3.92	13												9					0
29	275	106	Aug 15	DET		WSH	L,0-8	GS-4	L(10-15)	2	4.0	8	7	2	1	0	1	0	3.82	3.98	24	8	7	1	0	8	27			0	0	0	22	1	1	0	0	0	3	.86	-0.338	9.01	-2.12%	-5.14	1t start tie	4t 3 out d7
30	276	111	Aug 19(2)	DET		PHA	L,3-8	GS-11	L(10-16)	3	10.2	13	8	8	5	0	0	1	3.97	4.00	49	9	21	0	9	13	31			0	1	0	43	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.52	-0.167	11.54	-0.76%	-3.10	1t start tie	11t 1-- 2 out d5
31	277	114	Aug 21(1)	DET		PHA	L,6-7			1	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.96	4.01	2												1					0
32	278	117	Aug 23	DET		PHA	W,4-3	CG	W(11-16)	1	9.0	8	3	2	2	2	0	1	3.88	3.98	36						61						32	2	0			0
33	279	120	Aug 26(2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	7-GF	L(11-17)	2	2.1	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	3.88	3.96	9	1	5	0	3	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.01	-0.368	8.01	-1.75%	-0.21	7b --- 0 out d3	9b end d 1
Sept				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
34	280	124	Sep 1	DET		CLE	W,5-4		W(12-17)	5	2.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.85	3.94	6												6					0
35	281	125	Sep 2	DET		CLE	L,2-3	8-GF		0	2.0	2	0	0	2	1	0	0	3.81	3.94	10	3	2	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	.88	0.059	7.94	0.32%	0.93	8t --- 0 out d2	9t end d 1
36	282	127	Sep 3(2)	DET		CHW	W,6-5		W(13-17)	0	8.1	4	1	1	6	5	0	1	3.72	3.95	33												25					0
37	283	129	Sep 5(1)	DET	@	NYY	W,10-7	9-GF	S(1)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3.70	3.94	4	1	2	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.70	0.035	8.01	0.24%	0.45	9b --- 0 out a3	9b end a 3
38	284	131	Sep 6(1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-14	GS-3	L(13-18)	0	3.0	6	5	5	3	1	1	1	3.84	4.02	17	3	3	0	2	6	25			1	1	0	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.06	-0.367	12.26	-2.54%	-3.64	1b start tie	3b 3 out d4
39	285	136	Sep 9(2)	DET	@	BOS	T,3-3	GS-		2	3.0	6	3	3	2	0	0	0	3.90	4.03	17						33						15					0
40	286	142	Sep 13	DET	@	PHA	L,2-3	CG	L(13-19)	3	8.2	7	3	2	4	2	0	0	3.84	4.02	35	5	17	1	0	7	58			0	0	0	31	2	1	0	0	0	1	1.89	-0.402	19.49	-2.48%	0.12	1b start tie	9b 123 2 out d1
41	287	152	Sep 23	DET		SLB	L,0-5	9-GF		9	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.83	4.00	3	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.02	0.001	.19	0.01%	0.47	9t --- 0 out d5	9t end d 5
							16-24		W-L:13-19,Sv:1,BSv:2	2.9	254.0	281	132	108	84	52	12	9	3.83	4.00	1115	0.95		3%	7%	181	47	4	100%	12	5	1	1000	52	4	3	8	0	19	1.19	-4.923	4.10	-13.26%	-27.43

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