Jimmy Gobble

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Left

6-3, 190lb (190cm, 86kg)

Born: July 19, 1981 in Bristol, TN us

Draft: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (43rd) of the 1999 MLB June Amateur Draft from John S. Battle HS (Bristol, VA).

High Schools: Bristol HS (Bristol, VA), John S. Battle HS (Bristol, VA)

Debut: August 3, 2003 (Age 22-015d, 18,333rd in major league history)
vs. TBD 6.0 IP, 6 H, 3 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: July 5, 2009 (Age 27-351d)
vs. KCR 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2003 season

Agents: SFX • Previously: Bob Garber

Full Name: Billy James Gobble

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.5

ERA

5.29

247

435.2

285

WHIP

1.494

Summary of 67 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

3 leading off, 1 walk-off, 3 tying, 19 go ahead

2 Tms
KCR	64
CHW	3

Platoon
vs RHB	44
vs LHB	23

Home/Road
Home	35
Away	32

Outs
0	30
1	20
2	17

17 Opps
MIN	12
DET	9
TBD	7
CHW	7
NYY	6
CLE	5
OAK	4
BOS	4
TEX	3
MON	2
TOR	2
STL	1
ANA	1
SEA	1
BAL	1
ATL	1
LAD	1

54 Batters
Lew Ford	4
Paul Konerko	4
Justin Morneau	3
Omar Infante	3
Tony Batista	2
Grady Sizemore	2
Curtis Granderson	2
Gary Sheffield	1
Alex Prieto	1
Rocco Baldelli	1
Brian Roberts	1
Torii Hunter	1
Matt Kemp	1
Juan Uribe	1
Aubrey Huff	1
Jacque Jones	1
Jhonny Peralta	1
Pokey Reese	1
Mike Lowell	1
Joe Mauer	1
John-Ford Griffin	1
Jorge Posada	1
A.J. Pierzynski	1
José Cruz	1
Hideki Matsui	1
Rafael Furcal	1
Brandon Inge	1
Scott Hatteberg	1
David Ortiz	1
Víctor Martínez	1
Hank Blalock	1
Albert Pujols	1
Bengie Molina	1
Tino Martinez	1
Eric Karros	1
Casey Blake	1
Julio Lugo	1
Andrés Torres	1
Ichiro Suzuki	1
David Murphy	1
Nick Johnson	1
Jonny Gomes	1
Chris Shelton	1
Michael Young	1
Carlos Lee	1
Matt Tolbert	1
Jason Giambi	1
Troy Glaus	1
Damian Rolls	1
Juan Rivera	1
Nick Swisher	1
Jack Cust	1
Johnny Damon	1
Doug Mirabelli	1

14 Parks
KauffmanStad (KAN)	32
Guaranteed (CHI)	8
Yankee Stad (NYC)	4
TropicanaFld (STP)	4
Comerica Pk (DET)	4
Progressive (CLE)	3
Metrodome (MIN)	3
Fenway Pk (BOS)	2
Rangers Bpk (ARL)	2
RingCentral Col (OAK)	1
Rogers Ctr (TOR)	1
Turner Fld (ATL)	1
Camden Yards (BAL)	1
T-Mobile Pk (SEA)	1

Where Hit
7	36
9	14
78	8
8	4
89	4

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	16
3	12
4	10
6	9
5	9
1	8
7+	3

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	39
2·HR gms	11
3·HR gms	2

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	35
1--	10
12-	6
-2-	6
-23	4
123	3
1-3	2
--3	1

117 Runs
RISP	22
0 on	35
1 on	17
2 on	12
3 on	3
Any on	32

Inning
1	6
2	6
3	8
4	4
5	7
6	13
7	8
8	12
9	2
Extra	1

1-3	20
4-6	24
7-end	23

RelScore
+4..	15
+3	7
+2	7
+1	4
Tied	15
-1	6
-2	4
-3	1
-4..	8

Ahead	33
Tied	15
Behind	19

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	11
0-0	8
2-2	8
3-2	7
1-2	6
2-1	6
1-1	5
0-1	5
2-0	5
3-1	4
0-2	2

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
1B	13
CF	11
DH	8
RF	7
3B	7
2B	6
C	5
LF	5
SS	5

OrderPos
1st	15
4th	11
5th	8
3rd	7
7th	7
6th	7
9th	5
8th	4
2nd	3

Leverage
High Lev	7
Medium Lev	29
Low Lev	31

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2003	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2003-08-09	Damian Rolls	TBD		KCR	behind 0-4	b 7	1	---	5,(3-1) CBBBX	1	7	7	5%	10%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2	2	2	1	2003-08-15	Torii Hunter	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 2-0	t 3	2	-23	2,(1-0) BX	3	6	8	17%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. LeCroy Scores; J. Jones Scores
3	3	3	1	2003-08-20	Nick Johnson	NYY		KCR	ahead 5-2	b 5	0	1--	4,(2-1) BCBX	2	7	3	6%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Boone Scores
4	4	4	2	2003-08-20	Juan Rivera	NYY		KCR	ahead 7-2	b 5	1	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	9	9	2%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
5	5	5	1	2003-08-29	Bengie Molina	ANA	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 2	0	12-	1,(0-0) X	3	7	2	17%	76%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); S. Spiezio Scores; S. Wooten Scores
6	6	6	1	2003-09-03	Michael Young	TEX		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	6,(3-2) BFBBCX	1	1	4	9%	64%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
7	7	7	1	2003-09-09	Víctor Martínez	CLE	@	KCR	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	6	2	12%	96%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); A. Escobar Scores/unER; B. Broussard Scores/unER; V. Martínez Scores/unER
8	8	8	1	2003-09-14	Andrés Torres	DET		KCR	behind 1-7	b 6	0	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	1	8	2%	6%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2004	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
9	9	1	1	2004-04-16	Lew Ford	MIN		KCR	behind 0-1	b 2	1	-2-	2,(0-1) CX	2	7	8	16%	63%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Cuddyer Scores/unER
10	10	2	1	2004-05-08	Pokey Reese	BOS		KCR	tied 1-1	b 5	1	---	3,(0-2) CCX	1	9	6	14%	68%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to RF (Line Drive)
11	11	3	1	2004-05-14	Eric Karros	OAK	@	KCR	ahead 2-0	t 1	2	-2-	5,(3-1) CBBBX	2	6	DH	13%	79%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Dye Scores
12	12	4	2	2004-05-14	Scott Hatteberg	OAK	@	KCR	ahead 5-2	t 6	0	---	3,(1-1) CBX	1	5	3	6%	91%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
13	13	5	1	2004-05-19	Hank Blalock	TEX		KCR	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	4,(1-2) BFCX	1	2	5	11%	45%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
14	14	6	1	2004-05-30	Lew Ford	MIN	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	1	7	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
15	15	7	2	2004-05-30	Alex Prieto	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	6	15%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); H. Blanco Scores
16	16	8	1	2004-06-04	Doug Mirabelli	BOS	@	KCR	behind 0-5	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	8	2	4%	9%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
17	17	9	1	2004-06-10 (2)	Tony Batista	MON	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	4	5	10%	60%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
18	18	10	2	2004-06-10 (2)	Tony Batista	MON	@	KCR	ahead 3-0	t 6	2	1--	4,(2-1) CBBX	2	4	5	10%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Vidro Scores
19	19	11	1	2004-06-16	Rafael Furcal	ATL		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	0	---	4,(2-1) BFBX	1	1	6	10%	65%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
20	20	12	1	2004-07-05	Jacque Jones	MIN		KCR	tied 0-0	b 2	0	1--	5,(2-2) FS*B1BX	2	6	9	15%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); T. Hunter Scores
21	21	13	1	2004-07-17	Lew Ford	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	-2-	5,(2-2) BTFB2X	2	3	7	17%	84%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Jones Scores
22	22	14	2	2004-07-17	Justin Morneau	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 3-0	t 6	1	---	3,(1-1) BCX	1	4	3	6%	90%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
23	23	15	1	2004-07-22	Omar Infante	DET		KCR	behind 0-1	b 1	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	4	10%	55%	Lead-Off	Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
24	24	16	2	2004-07-22	Brandon Inge	DET		KCR	behind 1-5	b 3	0	---	4,(2-1) CBBX	1	8	5	7%	24%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
25	25	17	3	2004-07-22	Omar Infante	DET		KCR	behind 2-5	b 3	0	-2-	4,(1-2) L>L*BX	2	1	4	14%	44%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); N. Logan Scores
26	26	18	1	2004-07-28	José Cruz	TBD		KCR	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	5	9	10%	65%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
27	27	19	2	2004-07-28	Aubrey Huff	TBD		KCR	ahead 2-0	b 3	2	1--	6,(3-2) C1BBF11B>X	2	4	5	13%	88%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); R. Baldelli Scores
28	28	20	3	2004-07-28	Tino Martinez	TBD		KCR	ahead 6-0	b 5	2	--3	5,(3-1) CBBBX	2	6	3	2%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); J. Cruz Scores
29	29	21	1	2004-08-29	Ichiro Suzuki	SEA		KCR	behind 0-2	b 4	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	9	11%	43%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
30	30	22	1	2004-09-11	Rocco Baldelli	TBD	@	KCR	behind 3-4	t 4	2	-2-	6,(2-2) FBFFBX	2	3	8	21%	57%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Lugo Scores
31	31	23	1	2004-09-24	Carlos Lee	CHW		KCR	tied 0-0	b 1	1	1--	2,(0-1) >FX	2	3	7	16%	71%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Uribe Scores
32	32	24	2	2004-09-24	Juan Uribe	CHW		KCR	behind 2-3	b 3	0	---	4,(1-2) BFCX	1	2	4	11%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
2005	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
33	33	1	1	2005-07-25	A.J. Pierzynski	CHW	@	KCR	ahead 13-6	t 9	1	---	8,(3-2) BSSBFBFX	1	5	2	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
34	34	2	1	2005-08-06	Nick Swisher	OAK	@	KCR	ahead 12-0	t 7	2	12-	6,(3-2) CFBBB>X	3	7	9	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); D. Johnson Scores; J. Payton Scores
35	35	3	1	2005-08-09	Jhonny Peralta	CLE	@	KCR	ahead 10-7	t 9	2	12-	5,(1-2) SFFBX	3	3	6	3%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF); G. Sizemore Scores/Team unER; C. Crisp Scores/Team unER; J. Peralta Scores/Team unER
36	36	4	1	2005-08-30	Justin Morneau	MIN	@	KCR	ahead 4-2	t 6	1	-23	5,(2-2) .SCB>B.X	3	7	3	11%	95%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); J. Jones Scores; L. Ford Scores
37	37	5	1	2005-09-16	Casey Blake	CLE		KCR	behind 0-1	b 5	0	1--	2,(1-0) BX	2	9	9	24%	71%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); A. Boone Scores
38	38	6	2	2005-09-16	Grady Sizemore	CLE		KCR	ahead 2-1	b 5	0	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	1	8	10%	81%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
39	39	7	1	2005-09-21	Curtis Granderson	DET	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	1	8	11%	61%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
40	40	8	2	2005-09-21	Chris Shelton	DET	@	KCR	ahead 2-1	t 6	0	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	3	3	12%	78%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41	41	9	1	2005-10-02	John-Ford Griffin	TOR		KCR	ahead 6-1	b 6	1	---	2,(0-1) CX	1	8	DH	1%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2006	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
42	42	1	1	2006-04-05	Curtis Granderson	DET	@	KCR	ahead 10-2	t 8	1	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	1	8	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43	43	2	1	2006-04-13	Jason Giambi	NYY		KCR	ahead 4-2	b 8	0	-2-	3,(1-1) BFX	2	5	3	3%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); A. Rodriguez Scores
44	44	3	2	2006-04-13	Johnny Damon	NYY		KCR	ahead 6-2	b 8	2	12-	6,(2-2) CFFBBX	3	1	8	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); B. Williams Scores; K. Stinnett Scores
45	45	4	1	2006-05-24	Omar Infante	DET	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	7,(2-2) BSBSFFX	1	7	DH	10%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to LF-CF)
46	46	5	1	2006-06-11	Julio Lugo	TBD	@	KCR	ahead 4-0	t 6	2	---	5,(3-1) BBFBX	1	1	6	4%	94%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
47	47	6	2	2006-06-11	Jonny Gomes	TBD	@	KCR	ahead 5-0	t 7	1	---	6,(1-2) FSFBFX	1	4	DH	2%	98%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
48	48	7	1	2006-07-04	Lew Ford	MIN	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 3	0	1--	3,(1-1) BF11X	2	1	8	16%	70%		Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); J. Bartlett Scores
49	49	8	1	2006-07-09	Troy Glaus	TOR	@	KCR	tied 0-0	t 1	1	-23	3,(2-0) B>B.X	3	4	5	16%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); R. Johnson Scores; A. Hill Scores
50	50	9	1	2006-08-08	David Ortiz	BOS	@	KCR	behind 3-5	t 7	1	---	6,(2-2) FBBFFX	1	3	DH	11%	27%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF)
51	51	10	1	2006-08-12 (2)	Grady Sizemore	CLE		KCR	behind 4-5	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) .BBX	1	1	8	31%	56%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
52	52	11	1	2006-09-04	Jorge Posada	NYY	@	KCR	behind 1-5	t 8	0	1--	4,(1-2) FCBX	2	6	2	8%	15%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); A. Rodriguez Scores
53	53	12	1	2006-09-25	Justin Morneau	MIN		KCR	ahead 5-1	b 8	2	-23	7,(3-2) *BSSBFBX	3	5	3	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to CF-RF); J. Mauer Scores; M. Cuddyer Scores
2007	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	2007-05-16	Jack Cust	OAK		KCR	tied 2-2	b 8	1	---	3,(2-0) BBX	1	4	9	29%	85%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
55	55	2	1	2007-06-14	Albert Pujols	STL	@	KCR	behind 7-17	t 7	0	---	2,(1-0) .BX	1	3	3	0%	0%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
56	56	3	1	2007-07-01	Paul Konerko	CHW	@	KCR	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	11%	74%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
57	57	4	1	2007-07-25	Hideki Matsui	NYY	@	KCR	ahead 5-1	t 8	1	---	5,(2-2) .CBBCX	1	5	DH	2%	98%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
58	58	5	1	2007-08-21	Paul Konerko	CHW		KCR	ahead 4-2	b 8	1	---	1,(0-0) X	1	4	3	4%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
59	59	6	1	2007-08-22	Paul Konerko	CHW		KCR	behind 2-7	b 8	1	---	4,(2-1) BBCX	1	4	3	2%	3%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
2008	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
60	60	1	1	2008-05-22	Mike Lowell	BOS		KCR	ahead 7-3	b 6	2	123	2,(1-0) BX	4	5	5	5%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); J. Ellsbury Scores; D. Pedroia Scores; M. Ramirez Scores
61	61	2	1	2008-06-04	Paul Konerko	CHW		KCR	tied 4-4	b 15	0	1--	1,(0-0) 1X	2	4	3	28%	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); C. Quentin Scores
62	62	3	1	2008-06-11	David Murphy	TEX	@	KCR	behind 3-5	t 7	0	123	3,(2-0) BBX	4	5	7	35%	81%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); M. Young Scores; J. Hamilton Scores; M. Bradley Scores
63	63	4	1	2008-07-01	Brian Roberts	BAL		KCR	ahead 6-3	b 7	0	---	6,(3-2) .BBBCFX	1	1	4	3%	97%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
64	64	5	1	2008-07-21	Gary Sheffield	DET	@	KCR	ahead 12-0	t 8	0	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	6	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Cabrera Scores; M. Joyce Scores
2009	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
65	65	1	1	2009-05-21	Joe Mauer	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 12-0	t 6	2	123	6,(3-2) BBSBS>X	4	2	DH	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); J. Morales Scores; N. Punto Scores; D. Span Scores
66	66	2	2	2009-05-21	Matt Tolbert	MIN	@	CHW	ahead 17-0	t 7	1	1-3	1,(0-0) X	3	8	4	0%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); M. Cuddyer Scores; J. Morales Scores
67	67	3	1	2009-06-24	Matt Kemp	LAD	@	CHW	behind 4-10	t 8	2	12-	3,(0-2) CFX	3	9	8	3%	4%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); M. Loretta Scores; J. Loney Scores