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Jim Bagby
James Charles Jacob Bagby Jr.

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 2", Weight 170 lb.

Debut April 18, 1938
Final Game September 25, 1947
Born September 8, 1916 in Cleveland, OH
Died September 2, 1988 in Marietta, GA
Son of Jim Bagby

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Pitching Glossary /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1938 21 BOS AL  15  11  43  25  10   1  12  2  198.7  218  110   93   9   90   73   3   5   873       0  4.21  4.93  117 1.550
 1939 22 BOS AL   5   5  21  11   3   0   5  0   80.0  119   66   63   7   36   35   2   2   388       0  7.09  4.71   66 1.938
 1940 23 BOS AL  10  16  36  21   6   1  12  2  182.7  217  104   96  15   83   57   1   5   829       0  4.73  4.51   95 1.642
 1941 24 CLE AL   9  15  33  27  12   0   5  2  200.7  214  104   90  10   76   53   6   5   877       0  4.04  3.94   98 1.445
 1942 25 CLE AL  17   9  38  35  16   4   1  1  270.7  267  105   89  19   64   54   1   1  1111       0  2.96  3.44  116 1.223 MVP-23,AS
 1943 26 CLE AL  17  14  36  33  16   3   2  1  273.0  248  112   94  15   80   70   3   0  1135       0  3.10  3.10  100 1.201 MVP-20,AS
 1944 27 CLE AL   4   5  13  10   2   0   1  0   79.0  101   48   38   2   34   12   4   1   368       0  4.33  3.29   76 1.709
 1945 28 CLE AL   8  11  25  19  11   3   5  1  159.3  171   70   66   3   59   38   2   5   688       1  3.73  3.26   88 1.444
 1946 29 BOS AL   7   6  21  11   6   1   4  0  106.7  117   55   44   4   49   16   1   1   476       0  3.71  3.68   99 1.556
 1947 30 PIT NL   5   4  37   6   2   0  18  0  115.7  143   75   60  14   37   23   5   1   521       0  4.67  4.23   91 1.556
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 10 Yr WL% .503  97  96 303 198  84  13  65  9 1666.3 1815  849  733  98  608  431  28  26  7266       1  3.96  3.85   97 1.454
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  13  41  26  11   1   8  1  226.0  246  115   99  13   82   58   3   3   986   0   0  3.96  3.85   97 1.454
 Career High     17  16  43  35  16   4  18  2  273.0  267  112   96  19   90   73   6   5  1135   0   1  2.96  4.93  117 1.201

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1938 21 BOS AL  45   68   10   13   4  0   0    7   0  0   1   8  .191  .214  .250   14   17   8           1    
 1939 22 BOS AL  21   34   10   10   2  0   1    4   0  0   0   1  .294  .314  .441   88   15   2           1   1
 1940 23 BOS AL  44   74    8   15   3  1   0    8   0  0   0  12  .203  .203  .270   19   20   6           0   2
 1941 24 CLE AL  35   74    5   18   1  0   0    8   0  0   1   6  .243  .253  .257   38   19   4           0   2
 1942 25 CLE AL  39   95    6   18   1  0   1    6   0  0   1  12  .189  .198  .232   24   22   7           0   3 MVP-23,AS
 1943 26 CLE AL  41  112    7   30   1  1   0   11   1  0   1  10  .268  .274  .295   71   33   1           0   1 MVP-20,AS
 1944 27 CLE AL  14   31    2    7   0  0   1    1   0  0   0   0  .226  .226  .323   58   10   0           0   0
 1945 28 CLE AL  25   58    6   17   1  0   0    6   0  0   2   7  .293  .317  .310   85   18   1           0   0
 1946 29 BOS AL  21   42    2    5   1  0   0    2   0  0   2   9  .119  .159  .143  -17    6   0           0   3
 1947 30 PIT NL  37   32    3    7   2  0   0    3   0      0   3  .219  .242  .281   37    9   3           1   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 10 Seasons     322  620   59  140  16  2   3   56   1  0   8  68  .226  .239  .273   40  169  32   0   0   3  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        312   30   70   8  1   2   28   1  0   4  34  .226  .239  .273   40   85  16   0   0   2   7
 Career High     45  112   10   30   4  1   1   11   1  0   2  12                          33   8   0   0   1   3

Special Batting Glossary

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1938 21 BOS AL   78   63    3   1.2   123| .191  .296| .214  .376| .250  .442| .464  .818|  14  .067  -9.6  -0.9   0%
 1939 22 BOS AL   37   27    4   3.9   117| .294  .291| .314  .367| .441  .431| .755  .798|  88  .386  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1940 23 BOS AL   80   67    4   1.6   114| .203  .284| .203  .358| .270  .431| .473  .788|  19  .111  -9.3  -0.9   0%
 1941 24 CLE AL   79   62    5   2.2   102| .243  .269| .253  .345| .257  .397| .510  .742|  38  .192  -6.7  -0.7   0%
 1942 25 CLE AL  103   87    4   1.2    89| .189  .259| .198  .332| .232  .362| .430  .693|  24  .099  -9.9  -1.0   0%
 1943 26 CLE AL  114   84    9   2.9    82| .268  .249| .274  .322| .295  .344| .569  .666|  71  .382  -4.8  -0.5 100%
 1944 27 CLE AL   31   24    2   2.3    88| .226  .263| .226  .329| .323  .359| .549  .689|  58  .257  -1.9  -0.2   0%
 1945 28 CLE AL   61   42    6   3.8    85| .293  .257| .317  .328| .310  .349| .627  .678|  85  .495  -1.3  -0.1   0%
 1946 29 BOS AL   44   40    1   0.7   101| .119  .270| .159  .346| .143  .389| .302  .735| -17  .034  -6.9  -0.7   0%
 1947 30 PIT NL   36   30    2   1.8   108| .219  .278| .242  .353| .281  .412| .523  .765|  37  .147  -3.0  -0.3     
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 10 Seasons      663  526   40   2.0    99| .226  .269| .239  .343| .273  .387| .512  .730|  40  .195 -54.2  -5.4     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn    LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1938 21 BOS AL   P   43     16   43    3    3  .952  .952  1.37  1.12  2.67  2.11   25  198.7
 1939 22 BOS AL   P   21      3   11    1    2  .933  .952  0.67  0.98  1.57  1.92   11   80.0
 1940 23 BOS AL   P   36     17   28    1    6  .978  .955  1.25  1.05  2.22  2.04   21  182.7
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.30                            1    0    0
 1941 24 CLE AL   P   33     16   42    1    5  .983  .960  1.76  1.16  2.60  2.14   27  200.7
 1942 25 CLE AL   P   38     17   58    4    7  .949  .957  1.97  1.30  2.49  2.31   35  270.7 AS
 1943 26 CLE AL   P   36     21   67    2    5  .978  .963  2.44  1.27  2.90  2.27   33  273.0 AS
                 SS    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.90                         AS
 1944 27 CLE AL   P   13      5   16    2    4  .913  .959  1.62  1.14  2.39  2.08   10   79.0
 1945 28 CLE AL   P   25     13   47    4    3  .938  .955  2.40  1.28  3.39  2.24   19  159.3
 1946 29 BOS AL   P   21      7   19    2    1  .929  .952  1.24  1.01  2.19  2.01   11  106.7
 1947 30 PIT NL   P   37      7   28    2    2  .946  .967  0.95  0.91  2.72  2.12    6  115.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1940 23 BOS AL  OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.30                            1    0    0

 1938 21 BOS AL   P   43     16   43    3    3  .952  .952  1.37  1.12  2.67  2.11   25  198.7
 1939 22 BOS AL   P   21      3   11    1    2  .933  .952  0.67  0.98  1.57  1.92   11   80.0
 1940 23 BOS AL   P   36     17   28    1    6  .978  .955  1.25  1.05  2.22  2.04   21  182.7
 1941 24 CLE AL   P   33     16   42    1    5  .983  .960  1.76  1.16  2.60  2.14   27  200.7
 1942 25 CLE AL   P   38     17   58    4    7  .949  .957  1.97  1.30  2.49  2.31   35  270.7
 1943 26 CLE AL   P   36     21   67    2    5  .978  .963  2.44  1.27  2.90  2.27   33  273.0
 1944 27 CLE AL   P   13      5   16    2    4  .913  .959  1.62  1.14  2.39  2.08   10   79.0
 1945 28 CLE AL   P   25     13   47    4    3  .938  .955  2.40  1.28  3.39  2.24   19  159.3
 1946 29 BOS AL   P   21      7   19    2    1  .929  .952  1.24  1.01  2.19  2.01   11  106.7
 1947 30 PIT NL   P   37      7   28    2    2  .946  .967  0.95  0.91  2.72  2.12    6  115.7

 1943 26 CLE AL  SS    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.90                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Position Total   P* 303    122  359   22   38  .956  .958  1.59  1.13              198 1666.3
                 OF    1      0    0    0    0              0.00  2.30                            1    0    0
                 SS    1      0    1    0    0 1.000 1.000  1.00  4.90                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+----+----+----+
 Overall Total       305    122  360   22   38  .956  .958  1.58  1.14

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   1   0   3.00  0  0  0  0   3     6   1   1   1 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1946   WS    BOS STL     L   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1942   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
 1943   CLE AL       Was selected, but did not play in the game.
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+

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.

All-Star
1942
1943

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1942-AL-23-0.02
1943-AL-20-0.03
Car-1073-0.05 shares

Wins
1938 AL-15-8
1942 AL-17-3
1943 AL-17-4

Won-Loss %
1942 AL-.654-8

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1942 AL-1.223-7
1943 AL-1.201-10

Bases on Balls/9IP
1942 AL-2.13-5
1943 AL-2.64-10

Games
1938 AL-43-3
1942 AL-38-3
1943 AL-36-10

Innings
1942 AL-270.7-2
1943 AL-273.0-1

Games Started
1942 AL-35-1
1943 AL-33-1

Comp. Games
1943 AL-16-7

Shutouts
1942 AL-4-2
1943 AL-3-5
1945 AL-3-9

Home Runs Allow.
1942 AL-19-1
1943 AL-15-3

Bases On Balls Allow.
1943 AL-80-6

Hits Allowed
1942 AL-267-2
1943 AL-248-1

Losses
1940 AL-16-6
1941 AL-15-5
1943 AL-14-6

Earned Runs Allow.
1940 AL-96-10
1942 AL-89-8
1943 AL-94-3

Wild Pitches
1938 AL-5-10
1945 AL-5-6

Hit Batsmen
1941 AL-6-2
1944 AL-4-6
1947 NL-5-2

Batters Faced
1942 AL-1111-2
1943 AL-1135-1

Games Finished
1947 NL-18-7

Youngest Player
1938 AL-21-10

Black Ink: Pitching - 5 (417) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 35 (670) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 2.0 (1775) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 15.0 (720) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
December 12, 1940: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Gene Desautels and Gee Walker to the Cleveland Indians for Frankie Pytlak, Odell Hale, and Joe Dobson.
December 12, 1945: Traded by the Cleveland Indians to the Boston Red Sox for Vic Johnson and cash.
February 10, 1947: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the Boston Red Sox.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
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All-Star 1942 1943	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1942-AL-23-0.02 1943-AL-20-0.03 Car-1073-0.05 shares	Wins 1938 AL-15-8 1942 AL-17-3 1943 AL-17-4	Won-Loss % 1942 AL-.654-8	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1942 AL-1.223-7 1943 AL-1.201-10	Bases on Balls/9IP 1942 AL-2.13-5 1943 AL-2.64-10
Games 1938 AL-43-3 1942 AL-38-3 1943 AL-36-10	Innings 1942 AL-270.7-2 1943 AL-273.0-1	Games Started 1942 AL-35-1 1943 AL-33-1	Comp. Games 1943 AL-16-7	Shutouts 1942 AL-4-2 1943 AL-3-5 1945 AL-3-9	Home Runs Allow. 1942 AL-19-1 1943 AL-15-3
Bases On Balls Allow. 1943 AL-80-6	Hits Allowed 1942 AL-267-2 1943 AL-248-1	Losses 1940 AL-16-6 1941 AL-15-5 1943 AL-14-6	Earned Runs Allow. 1940 AL-96-10 1942 AL-89-8 1943 AL-94-3	Wild Pitches 1938 AL-5-10 1945 AL-5-6	Hit Batsmen 1941 AL-6-2 1944 AL-4-6 1947 NL-5-2
Batters Faced 1942 AL-1111-2 1943 AL-1135-1	Games Finished 1947 NL-18-7	Youngest Player 1938 AL-21-10