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Jim Middleton
James Blaine Middleton (Rifle Jim)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Weight 165 lb.

Debut April 18, 1917
Final Game September 18, 1921
Born May 28, 1889 in Argos, IN
Died January 12, 1974 in Argos, IN

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Pitching  Glossary / 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1917 28 NYG NL   1   1  13   0   0   0   8  1   36.0   35   18   11   1    8    9   1   2   154       0  2.75  2.54   92 1.194
 1921 32 DET AL   6  11  38  10   2   0  20  7  121.7  149   83   68   5   44   31   2   2   556       1  5.03  4.28   85 1.586
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .368   7  12  51  10   2   0  28  8  157.7  184  101   79   6   52   40   3   4   710       1  4.51  3.88   86 1.497
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  13  56  11   2   0  31  8  175.7  205  112   88   6   57   44   3   4   791   0   1  4.51  3.88   86 1.497
 Career High      6  11  38  10   2   0  20  7  121.7  149   83   68   5   44   31   2   2   556   0   1  5.03  4.28   85 1.586

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1917 28 NYG NL  13    8    0    0   0  0   0    0   0      0   5  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0    
 1921 32 DET AL  38   34    2    5   1  0   0    4   0  0   2   0  .147  .194  .176   -4    6   4           0    
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       51   42    2    5   1  0   0    4   0  0   2   5  .119  .159  .143  -20    6   4   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        133    6   16   3  0   0   13   0  0   6  16  .119  .159  .143  -20   19  13   0   0   0   0
 Career High     38   34    2    5   1  0   0    4   0  0   2   5                           6   4   0   0   0   0
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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1917 28 NYG NL    8    8    0   0.0    76| .000  .253| .000  .310| .000  .334| .000  .644|-100  .000  -1.9  -0.2     
 1921 32 DET AL   40   33    1   0.8   113| .147  .298| .194  .364| .176  .419| .370  .783|  -4  .033  -5.5  -0.5   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        48   41    1   0.7   106| .119  .290| .159  .354| .143  .403| .302  .757| -20  .026  -7.3  -0.7     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1917 28 NYG NL P 13 2 13 0 0 1.000 .962 1.15 1.78 3.75 2.85 0 36.0 1921 32 DET AL P 38 9 38 2 0 .959 .955 1.24 1.56 3.48 2.70 10 121.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1917 28 NYG NL P 13 2 13 0 0 1.000 .962 1.15 1.78 3.75 2.85 0 36.0 1921 32 DET AL P 38 9 38 2 0 .959 .955 1.24 1.56 3.48 2.70 10 121.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 51 11 51 2 0 .969 .957 1.22 1.62 3.54 2.73 10 157.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 51 11 51 2 0 .969 .957 1.22 1.62 3.53 2.73 10 158
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.

Saves
1921 AL-7-1

Games Finished
1921 AL-20-2

Black Ink: Pitching - 3 (545) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 3 (2072) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 1.0 (1844) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

December, 1921: Traded by the Detroit Tigers with Roy Crumpler, Sammy Hale, Joe Sargent, Suds Sutherland, and $30,000 to the Portland (PCL) for Syl Johnson and Herman Pillette.


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