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Jim Archer
James William Archer

Bats Right, Throws Left
Height 6' 0", Weight 190 lb.

Debut April 30, 1961
  vs. LAA 8.3 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, W
Final Game September 19, 1962
Born May 25, 1932 in Max Meadows, VA

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1961 29 KCA AL   9  15  39  27   9   2   7  5  205.3  204   99   73  11   60  110   5   2   879   6   4  3.20  4.15  130 1.286
 1962 30 KCA AL   0   1  18   1   0   0   7  0   27.7   40   30   29   8   10   12   0   0   129   0   0  9.43  4.21   45 1.807
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  2 Yr WL% .360   9  16  57  28   9   2  14  5  233.0  244  129  102  19   70  122   5   2  1008   6   4  3.94  4.15  105 1.348
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     7  12  45  22   7   1  11  4  186.3  195  103   81  15   56   97   4   1   806   4   3  3.94  4.15  105 1.348
 Career High      9  15  39  27   9   2   7  5  205.3  204   99   73  11   60  110   5   2   879   6   4  3.20  4.15  130 1.286

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1961 29 KCA AL  39   63    2    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  19  .063  .091  .079  -54    5   6   1   0   0   0
 1962 30 KCA AL  18    1    0    1   0  0   0    2   0  0   0   0 1.000 1.000 1.000  433    1   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2 Seasons       57   64    2    5   1  0   0    4   0  0   2  19  .078  .104  .094  -47    6   6   1   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        182    6   14   3  0   0   11   0  0   6  54  .078  .104  .094  -47   17  17   3   0   0   0
 Career High     39   63    2    4   1  0   0    2   0  0   2  19                           5   6   1   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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1961 29 KCA AL   72   66    1   0.4   105| .063  .265| .091  .340| .079  .412| .170  .753| -54  .011 -14.1  -1.4   0%
 1962 30 KCA AL    1    0    1         106|1.000  .268|1.000  .341|1.000  .417|2.000  .758| 433         0.5   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2 Seasons        73   66    2   0.8   105| .078  .265| .104  .340| .094  .412| .198  .753| -47  .039 -13.6  -1.4   0%

* 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 ------+
1961 29 KCA AL P 39 6 36 2 2 .955 .955 1.08 0.83 1.84 2.05 27 205.3 1962 30 KCA AL P 18 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 0.28 0.79 1.62 2.08 1 27.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1961 29 KCA AL P 39 6 36 2 2 .955 .955 1.08 0.83 1.84 2.05 27 205.3 1962 30 KCA AL P 18 2 3 1 0 .833 .962 0.28 0.79 1.62 2.08 1 27.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 57 8 39 3 2 .940 .955 0.82 0.82 1.82 2.05 28 233.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 57 8 39 3 2 .940 .955 0.82 0.82 1.82 2.05 28 233
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.

ERA
1961 AL-3.20-9

Bases on Balls/9IP
1961 AL-2.63-10

Losses
1961 AL-15-8

Adjusted ERA+
1961 AL-130-4

Gray Ink: Pitching - 6 (1725) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

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Transactions 

Before 1951 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

Before 1952 Season: Released by the New York Yankees.

Before 1955 Season: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

January 24, 1961: Traded by the Baltimore Orioles with Bob Boyd, Wayne Causey, Clint Courtney, and Al Pilarcik to the Kansas City Athletics for Russ Snyder and Whitey Herzog. Clint Courtney returned to original teams on April 14, 1961.


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