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Jim Weaver
James Dement Weaver (Big Jim)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 6", Weight 230 lb.
School Western Kentucky University

Debut August 27, 1928
Final Game May 8, 1939
Born November 25, 1903 in Obion County, TN
Died December 12, 1983 in Lakeland, FL

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1928 24 WSH AL   0   0   3   0   0   0   2  0    6.0    2    2    1   0    6    2   1   0    23       0  1.50  4.00  266 1.333
 1931 27 NYY AL   2   1  17   5   2   0   7  0   57.7   66   37   34   1   29   28   1   4   268       1  5.31  3.99   75 1.647
 1934 30 TOT     13   9  32  25  10   1   4  0  178.7  180   91   83   8   74  109   4  10   783       3  4.18  4.02   96 1.422
         SLB AL   2   0   5   5   2   0   0  0   19.7   17   14   14   3   20   11   0   3    94       1  6.41  4.99   78 1.881
         CHC NL  11   9  27  20   8   1   4  0  159.0  163   77   69   5   54   98   4   7   689       2  3.91  3.90  100 1.365
 1935 31 PIT NL  14   8  33  22  11   4   6  0  176.3  177   85   67   9   58   87   2   7   764       0  3.42  4.10  120 1.333
 1936 32 PIT NL  14   8  38  31  11   1   2  0  225.7  239  125  108  12   74  108   1   6   972       1  4.31  4.06   94 1.387
 1937 33 PIT NL   8   5  32   9   2   1  10  0  109.7  106   49   39   2   31   44   0   3   457       0  3.20  3.87  121 1.249
 1938 34 TOT      6   5  31  16   2   0   8  3  136.3  118   65   52   6   63   68   1   3   591       0  3.43  3.70  108 1.328
         SLB AL   0   1   1   1   0   0   0  0    7.0    9    7    7   0    9    4   0   2    39       0  9.00  4.98   55 2.571
         CIN NL   6   4  30  15   2   0   8  3  129.3  109   58   45   6   54   64   1   1   552       0  3.13  3.63  116 1.260
 1939 35 CIN NL   0   0   3   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    3    1    1   0    1    3   0   0    13       0  3.00  3.84  128 1.333
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  8 Yr WL% .613  57  36 189 108  38   7  40  3  893.3  891  455  385  38  336  449  10  33  3871       5  3.88  3.97  102 1.374
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13   8  43  24   8   1   9  0  204.3  204  104   88   8   76  102   2   7   886   0   1  3.88  3.97  102 1.374
 Career High     14   9  38  31  11   4  10  3  225.7  239  125  108  12   74  109   4  10   972   0   3  3.20  4.10  121 1.249

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1928 24 WSH AL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1931 27 NYY AL  17   20    2    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  12  .050  .050  .050  -73    1   4           0    
 1934 30 TOT     32   59    1    4   0  0   0    1   0  0   2  31  .068  .113  .068  -51    4   4           1   0
         SLB AL   5    7    0    1   0  0   0    1   0  0   1   5  .143  .250  .143    0    1   0           0    
         CHC NL  27   52    1    3   0  0   0    0   0      1  26  .058  .093  .058  -58    3   4           1   0
 1935 31 PIT NL  33   56    2    4   0  1   0    1   0      4  20  .071  .133  .107  -35    6   7           0   3
 1936 32 PIT NL  38   79    4    8   2  0   0    6   0      4  30  .101  .145  .127  -27   10   6           0   2
 1937 33 PIT NL  32   27    0    4   0  0   0    2   0      4  10  .148  .258  .148   13    4   2           0   1
 1938 34 TOT     31   46    2    9   1  0   0    1   0  0   1  15  .196  .213  .217   19   10   4           0   0
         SLB AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
         CIN NL  30   44    2    9   1  0   0    1   0      1  14  .205  .222  .227   25   10   4           0   0
 1939 35 CIN NL   3    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      189  289   11   30   3  1   0   11   0  0  15 120  .104  .151  .121  -26   35  27   0   0   1   6
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        248    9   26   3  1   0    9   0  0  13 103  .104  .151  .121  -26   30  23   0   0   1   5
 Career High     38   79    4    9   2  1   0    6   0  0   4  31                          10   7   0   0   1   3
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1928 24 WSH AL    1    1    0   0.0   107| .000  .287| .000  .352| .000  .408| .000  .760|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1931 27 NYY AL   24   23    0   0.0   104| .050  .280| .050  .346| .050  .400| .100  .747| -73  .000  -5.0  -0.5   0%
 1934 30 TOT      66   59    0   0.0   105| .068  .286| .113  .344| .068  .408| .181  .751| -51  .000 -12.8  -1.3   0%
         SLB AL    8    6    0   0.0   119| .143  .298| .250  .373| .143  .429| .393  .802|   0  .000  -1.1  -0.1   0%
         CHC NL   58   53    0   0.0   103| .058  .285| .093  .340| .058  .405| .151  .744| -58  .000 -11.7  -1.2     
 1935 31 PIT NL   67   62    1   0.4   106| .071  .289| .133  .345| .107  .412| .240  .757| -35  .013 -11.2  -1.1     
 1936 32 PIT NL   89   79    1   0.3   105| .101  .288| .145  .348| .127  .404| .272  .751| -27  .008 -14.5  -1.4     
 1937 33 PIT NL   33   26    1   1.0   101| .148  .280| .258  .342| .148  .397| .406  .739|  13  .062  -3.2  -0.3     
 1938 34 TOT      51   41    2   1.3    97| .196  .272| .213  .336| .217  .388| .430  .724|  19  .097  -5.1  -0.6   0%
         SLB AL    2    2    0   0.0   118| .000  .290| .000  .369| .000  .432| .000  .802|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
         CIN NL   49   39    2   1.4    96| .205  .271| .222  .334| .227  .386| .449  .720|  25  .107  -4.5  -0.5     
 1939 35 CIN NL    1    1    0   0.0   104| .000  .282| .000  .347| .000  .402| .000  .749|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons       332  292    5   0.5   103| .104  .284| .151  .344| .121  .403| .272  .747| -26  .014 -52.4  -5.2     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1928 24 WSH AL P 3 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 1.37 3.00 2.40 0 6.0 1931 27 NYY AL P 17 0 13 1 3 .929 .956 0.76 1.19 2.03 2.21 5 57.7 1934 30 TOT P 32 10 33 2 1 .956 .958 1.34 1.12 2.17 2.26 25 178.7 SLB AL P 5 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.60 1.12 3.65 2.15 5 19.7 CHC NL P 27 8 27 2 1 .946 .959 1.30 1.12 1.98 2.27 20 159.0 1935 31 PIT NL P 33 4 40 2 2 .957 .959 1.33 1.18 2.25 2.31 22 176.3 1936 32 PIT NL P 38 7 38 4 1 .918 .949 1.18 1.16 1.79 2.32 31 225.7 1937 33 PIT NL P 32 3 16 2 1 .905 .960 0.59 1.20 1.56 2.39 9 109.7 1938 34 TOT P 31 5 25 4 1 .882 .962 0.97 1.13 1.98 2.21 16 136.3 SLB AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.10 1.29 2.06 1 7.0 CIN NL P 30 5 24 4 1 .879 .963 0.97 1.13 2.02 2.21 15 129.3 1939 35 CIN NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.10 6.00 2.10 0 3.0
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1928 24 WSH AL P 3 0 2 1 0 .667 .952 0.67 1.37 3.00 2.40 0 6.0 1931 27 NYY AL P 17 0 13 1 3 .929 .956 0.76 1.19 2.03 2.21 5 57.7 1934 30 TOT P 32 10 33 2 1 .956 .958 1.34 1.12 2.17 2.26 25 178.7 SLB AL P 5 2 6 0 0 1.000 .952 1.60 1.12 3.65 2.15 5 19.7 CHC NL P 27 8 27 2 1 .946 .959 1.30 1.12 1.98 2.27 20 159.0 1935 31 PIT NL P 33 4 40 2 2 .957 .959 1.33 1.18 2.25 2.31 22 176.3 1936 32 PIT NL P 38 7 38 4 1 .918 .949 1.18 1.16 1.79 2.32 31 225.7 1937 33 PIT NL P 32 3 16 2 1 .905 .960 0.59 1.20 1.56 2.39 9 109.7 1938 34 TOT P 31 5 25 4 1 .882 .962 0.97 1.13 1.98 2.21 16 136.3 SLB AL P 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 .909 1.00 1.10 1.29 2.06 1 7.0 CIN NL P 30 5 24 4 1 .879 .963 0.97 1.13 2.02 2.21 15 129.3 1939 35 CIN NL P 3 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.67 1.10 6.00 2.10 0 3.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 189 29 169 16 9 .925 .957 1.05 1.16 1.99 2.29 108 893.3 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 189 29 169 16 9 .925 .957 1.05 1.16 2.00 2.29 108 893
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Won-Loss %
1935 NL-.636-10
1936 NL-.636-6

Strikeouts/9IP
1934 NL-5.55-3
1935 NL-4.44-8
1936 NL-4.31-4

Strikeouts
1936 NL-108-7

Games Started
1936 NL-31-8

Shutouts
1935 NL-4-1

Bases On Balls Allow.
1936 NL-74-7

SO to Walk
1934 NL-1.81-9

Earned Runs Allow.
1936 NL-108-8

Wild Pitches
1931 AL-4-5
1934 NL-7-5
1935 NL-7-5
1936 NL-6-10

     

Black Ink: Pitching - 1 (822) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 12 (1336) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 14.0 (530) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1853) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

August 18, 1928: Purchased by the Washington Senators from the Chattanooga (Southern Association).

September 14, 1929: Traded by the Washington Senators with Stuffy Stewart and cash to the Baltimore (International) for George Loepp.

November 28, 1930: Traded by the Baltimore (International) with Thomas Patten (minors) to the New York Yankees for Ken Holloway, Jack Hopkins (minors), and cash.

September 10, 1933: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the New York Yankees.

May 15, 1934: Returned to the New York Yankees by the St. Louis Browns following previous purchase.

May 15, 1934: Selected off waivers by the Chicago Cubs from the New York Yankees for $12,500.

November 22, 1934: Traded by the Chicago Cubs with Guy Bush and Babe Herman to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Larry French and Freddie Lindstrom.

January 20, 1938: Purchased by the St. Louis Browns from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

April 25, 1938: Purchased by the Cincinnati Reds from the St. Louis Browns.

May 9, 1939: Assigned to the St. Louis Browns by the Cincinnati Reds.


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