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Jim Bibby
James Blair Bibby

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 5", Weight 235 lb.
School Fayetteville State University

Debut September 4, 1972
vs. MON 6.3 IP, 7 H, 5 SO, 5 BB, 4 ER, W
Final Game May 26, 1984
Born October 29, 1944 in Franklinton, NC

Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1965. (All Transactions)

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A true "man's man" having won 19 games twice in his career and having had two blood relatives play NBA basketball. His most entertaining season was 1974 & the race to see if he'd win 20 or lose 20 first. Mention code "Royals08" for $1 shipping anywhere

Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1972 27 STL NL   1   3   6   6   0   0   0  0   40.3   29   18   15   4   19   28   1   2   166   4   0  3.35  3.42  102 1.190
 1973 28 TOT      9  12  32  26  11   2   1  1  196.3  140   90   82  16  123  167   8  15   836   6   2  3.76  3.70   99 1.340
         STL NL   0   2   6   3   0   0   0  0   16.0   19   17   17   2   17   12   2   5    83   2   1  9.56  3.67   38 2.250
         TEX AL   9  10  26  23  11   2   1  1  180.3  121   73   65  14  106  155   6  10   753   4   1  3.24  3.71  114 1.259
 1974 29 TEX AL  19  19  41  41  11   5   0  0  264.0  255  146  139  25  113  149   9  11  1134   4   1  4.74  3.55   75 1.394
 1975 30 TOT AL   7  15  36  24   6   1   5  1  181.0  172   89   78   9   78   93   2   8   781   3   0  3.88  3.75   97 1.381
         TEX AL   2   6  12  12   4   1   0  0   68.3   73   41   38   2   28   31   2   5   302   0   0  5.00  3.75   75 1.478
         CLE AL   5   9  24  12   2   0   5  1  112.7   99   48   40   7   50   62   0   3   479   3   0  3.20  3.75  117 1.322
 1976 31 CLE AL  13   7  34  21   4   3   4  1  163.3  162   61   58   6   56   84   1   3   683   1   0  3.20  3.45  108 1.335
 1977 32 CLE AL  12  13  37  30   9   2   5  2  206.7  197  100   82  17   73  141   4  12   876   2   4  3.57  3.95  111 1.306
 1978 33 PIT NL   8   7  34  14   3   2  10  1  107.0  100   52   42  10   39   72   2   5   460   7   0  3.53  3.72  105 1.299
 1979 34 PIT NL  12   4  34  17   4   1   2  0  137.7  110   51   43   9   47  103   4   5   562   6   0  2.81  3.93  140 1.140
 1980 35 PIT NL  19   6  35  34   6   1   1  0  238.3  210   95   88  20   88  144   6   5   985   3   3  3.32  3.68  111 1.250 MVP-14,CYA-3,AS
 1981 36 PIT NL   6   3  14  14   2   2   0  0   93.7   79   30   26   4   26   48   2   1   385   1   0  2.50  3.63  145 1.121
 1983 38 PIT NL   5  12  29  12   0   0   6  2   78.0   92   60   58  10   51   44   1   2   367   0   2  6.69  3.71   55 1.833
 1984 39 TEX AL   0   0   8   0   0   0   5  0   16.3   19    8    8   1   10    6   0   1    75   1   1  4.41  4.16   94 1.776
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 12 Yr WL% .524 111 101 340 239  56  19  39  8 1722.7 1565  800  719 131  723 1079  40  70  7310  38  13  3.76  3.70   99 1.328
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  11  39  28   6   2   4  0  202.0  183   93   84  15   84  126   4   8   858   4   1  3.76  3.70   99 1.328
 Career High     19  19  41  41  11   5  10  2  264.0  255  146  139  25  123  167   9  15  1134   7   4  2.50  3.95  145 1.121
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

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

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / /

 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1972 27 STL NL   6    8    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   2   3  .125  .300  .125   26    1   2   0   0   0   0
 1973 28 TOT     33    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .333  .000    1    0   0   0   0   0   0
         STL NL   6    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   1   2  .000  .333  .000    1    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1978 33 PIT NL  34   31    1    4   0  0   1    2   0  0   3   9  .129  .206  .226   19    7   0   0   0   0   0
 1979 34 PIT NL  34   45    3    8   1  0   2    5   0  0   0  25  .178  .196  .333   39   15   6   0   0   1   0
 1980 35 PIT NL  35   77    6   12   3  0   1    7   0  0   6  32  .156  .224  .234   27   18  10   1   0   1   1 MVP-14,AS
 1981 36 PIT NL  14   28    4    4   2  0   1    3   0  0   1  11  .143  .200  .321   44    9   4   0   0   1   0
 1983 38 PIT NL  29   18    0    2   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   6  .111  .111  .111  -39    2   2   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 12 Seasons     341  209   15   31   6  0   5   17   0  0  13  88  .148  .208  .249   25   52  24   1   0   3   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         99    7   15   3  0   2    8   0  0   6  42  .148  .208  .249   25   25  11   0   0   1   0
 Career High     41   77    6   12   3  0   2    7   0  0   6  32                          18  10   1   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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

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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1972 27 STL NL   12    9    1   3.0    91| .125  .255| .300  .323| .125  .377| .425  .701|  26  .365  -0.7  -0.1   0%
 1973 28 TOT       3    2    0   0.0    97| .000  .262| .333  .332| .000  .390| .333  .722|   1  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
         STL NL    3    2    0   0.0    97| .000  .262| .333  .332| .000  .390| .333  .722|   1  .000  -0.2   0.0   0%
 1978 33 PIT NL   34   27    2   2.0    99| .129  .268| .206  .336| .226  .394| .432  .730|  19  .203  -3.7  -0.4   0%
 1979 34 PIT NL   52   43    3   1.9   104| .178  .275| .196  .341| .333  .408| .529  .749|  39  .174  -4.2  -0.4   0%
 1980 35 PIT NL   95   77    5   1.8    97| .156  .270| .224  .333| .234  .392| .458  .725|  27  .165  -7.8  -0.8   0%
 1981 36 PIT NL   34   28    2   1.9    95| .143  .267| .200  .333| .321  .383| .521  .716|  44  .201  -2.2  -0.2   0%
 1983 38 PIT NL   20   18    0   0.0    99| .111  .267| .111  .336| .111  .395| .222  .731| -39  .000  -3.5  -0.4   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 12 Seasons      250  204   13   1.7    99| .148  .269| .208  .335| .249  .394| .457  .729|  25  .161 -22.4  -2.3     

* 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 ------+
 1972 27 STL NL   P    6      2    6    0    0 1.000  .952  1.33  0.73  1.79  1.79    6   40.3
 1973 28 TOT      P   32      5   22    2    1  .931  .951  0.84  0.84  1.24  1.86   26  196.3
         STL NL   P    6      0    4    1    0  .800  .952  0.67  0.73  2.25  1.86    3   16.0
         TEX AL   P   26      5   18    1    1  .958  .950  0.88  0.86  1.15  1.86   23  180.3
 1974 29 TEX AL   P   41     22   36    3    4  .951  .948  1.41  0.83  1.98  1.81   41  264.0
 1975 30 TOT AL   P   36     11   27    2    3  .950  .938  1.06  0.85  1.89  1.87   24  181.0
         TEX AL   P   12      3    9    2    1  .857  .938  1.00  0.85  1.58  1.87   12   68.3
         CLE AL   P   24      8   18    0    2 1.000  .939  1.08  0.85  2.08  1.87   12  112.7
 1976 31 CLE AL   P   34     10   19    2    2  .935  .951  0.85  0.85  1.60  1.87   21  163.3
 1977 32 CLE AL   P   37     14   21    5    0  .875  .949  0.95  0.84  1.52  1.95   30  206.7
 1978 33 PIT NL   P   34      3   20    2    0  .920  .950  0.68  0.72  1.93  1.91   14  107.0
 1979 34 PIT NL   P   34      5   12    0    1 1.000  .950  0.50  0.66  1.11  1.80   17  137.7
 1980 35 PIT NL   P   35      9   30    3    1  .929  .951  1.11  0.69  1.47  1.91   34  238.3 AS
 1981 36 PIT NL   P   14      2   11    1    3  .929  .956  0.93  0.68  1.25  1.97   14   93.7
 1983 38 PIT NL   P   29      4   10    0    1 1.000  .952  0.48  0.68  1.62  1.92   12   78.0
 1984 39 TEX AL   P    8      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.38  0.70  1.66  1.77    0   16.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1972 27 STL NL   P    6      2    6    0    0 1.000  .952  1.33  0.73  1.79  1.79    6   40.3
 1973 28 TOT      P   32      5   22    2    1  .931  .951  0.84  0.84  1.24  1.86   26  196.3
         STL NL   P    6      0    4    1    0  .800  .952  0.67  0.73  2.25  1.86    3   16.0
         TEX AL   P   26      5   18    1    1  .958  .950  0.88  0.86  1.15  1.86   23  180.3
 1974 29 TEX AL   P   41     22   36    3    4  .951  .948  1.41  0.83  1.98  1.81   41  264.0
 1975 30 TOT AL   P   36     11   27    2    3  .950  .938  1.06  0.85  1.89  1.87   24  181.0
         TEX AL   P   12      3    9    2    1  .857  .938  1.00  0.85  1.58  1.87   12   68.3
         CLE AL   P   24      8   18    0    2 1.000  .939  1.08  0.85  2.08  1.87   12  112.7
 1976 31 CLE AL   P   34     10   19    2    2  .935  .951  0.85  0.85  1.60  1.87   21  163.3
 1977 32 CLE AL   P   37     14   21    5    0  .875  .949  0.95  0.84  1.52  1.95   30  206.7
 1978 33 PIT NL   P   34      3   20    2    0  .920  .950  0.68  0.72  1.93  1.91   14  107.0
 1979 34 PIT NL   P   34      5   12    0    1 1.000  .950  0.50  0.66  1.11  1.80   17  137.7
 1980 35 PIT NL   P   35      9   30    3    1  .929  .951  1.11  0.69  1.47  1.91   34  238.3
 1981 36 PIT NL   P   14      2   11    1    3  .929  .956  0.93  0.68  1.25  1.97   14   93.7
 1983 38 PIT NL   P   29      4   10    0    1 1.000  .952  0.48  0.68  1.62  1.92   12   78.0
 1984 39 TEX AL   P    8      1    2    0    0 1.000  .968  0.38  0.70  1.66  1.77    0   16.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 340     88  216   20   16  .938  .949  0.89  0.77  1.59  1.88  239 1722.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       340     88  216   20   16  .938  .949  0.89  0.77  1.59  1.88  239   1723

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1979   NLCS  PIT CIN     W   1   1   1.29  0  0  0  0   7     4   1   4   5 
        WS    PIT BAL     W   2   2   2.61  0  0  0  0  10.1  10   3   2  10 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      2-0   3   3   2.08  0  0  0  0  17.1  14   4   6  15 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1979   NLCS  PIT CIN     W   1   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   0       1.000         0  0   2   0   0 
        WS    PIT BAL     W   2   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   2-0   3   4   0   0  0  0  0   0   1   1  .000  .200  .000   0  0   2   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1980   PIT NL      0  0  0   1     1   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1980   PIT NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

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
1980 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1980-NL-14-0.03
Car-1221-0.03 shares

CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1980-NL-3-0.23
Car-138-0.23 shares

Wins
1974 AL-19-10
1980 NL-19-3

Won-Loss %
1976 AL-.650-7
1979 NL-.750-1
1980 NL-.760-1
1981 NL-.667-8

Hits Allowed/9IP
1973 AL-6.04-1
1980 NL-7.93-10

Strikeouts/9IP
1973 AL-7.74-2
1977 AL-6.14-9
1980 NL-5.44-10

Innings
1980 NL-238.3-6

Strikeouts
1980 NL-144-7

Games Started
1974 AL-41-2
1980 NL-34-9

Shutouts
1974 AL-5-4
1981 NL-2-10

Home Runs Allow.
1974 AL-25-8
1980 NL-20-6

Bases On Balls Allow.
1973 AL-106-6
1974 AL-113-3
1980 NL-88-3

Losses
1974 AL-19-3
1975 AL-15-10

Earned Runs Allow.
1974 AL-139-2

Wild Pitches
1973 AL-10-9
1974 AL-11-6
1977 AL-12-4

Hit Batsmen
1974 AL-9-2
1980 NL-6-6

Batters Faced
1980 NL-985-6

Oldest Player
1984 AL-39-7

Black Ink: Pitching - 8 (288) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 35 (669) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3892) Pitching - 9.0 (887) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 21.0 (576) (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
July 19, 1965: Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent.
October 18, 1971: Traded by the New York Mets with Rich Folkers, Charlie Hudson, and Art Shamsky to the St. Louis Cardinals for Jim Beauchamp, Chuck Taylor, Harry Parker, and Chip Coulter.
June 6, 1973: Traded by the St. Louis Cardinals to the Texas Rangers for Mike Nagy and John Wockenfuss.
June 13, 1975: Traded by the Texas Rangers with Jackie Brown, Rick Waits, and $100,000 to the Cleveland Indians for Gaylord Perry.
March 6, 1978: Granted Free Agency.
March 15, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.
November 7, 1983: Granted Free Agency.
February 7, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the Texas Rangers.
June 1, 1984: Released by the Texas Rangers.
June 9, 1984: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.
July 1, 1984: Released by the St. Louis Cardinals.
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Uniforms
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A true "man's man" having won 19 games twice in his career and having had two blood relatives play NBA basketball. His most entertaining season was 1974 & the race to see if he'd win 20 or lose 20 first. Mention code "Royals08" for $1 shipping anywhere

All-Star 1980 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1980-NL-14-0.03 Car-1221-0.03 shares	CYA (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1980-NL-3-0.23 Car-138-0.23 shares	Wins 1974 AL-19-10 1980 NL-19-3	Won-Loss % 1976 AL-.650-7 1979 NL-.750-1 1980 NL-.760-1 1981 NL-.667-8	Hits Allowed/9IP 1973 AL-6.04-1 1980 NL-7.93-10
Strikeouts/9IP 1973 AL-7.74-2 1977 AL-6.14-9 1980 NL-5.44-10	Innings 1980 NL-238.3-6	Strikeouts 1980 NL-144-7	Games Started 1974 AL-41-2 1980 NL-34-9	Shutouts 1974 AL-5-4 1981 NL-2-10	Home Runs Allow. 1974 AL-25-8 1980 NL-20-6
Bases On Balls Allow. 1973 AL-106-6 1974 AL-113-3 1980 NL-88-3	Losses 1974 AL-19-3 1975 AL-15-10	Earned Runs Allow. 1974 AL-139-2	Wild Pitches 1973 AL-10-9 1974 AL-11-6 1977 AL-12-4	Hit Batsmen 1974 AL-9-2 1980 NL-6-6	Batters Faced 1980 NL-985-6
Oldest Player 1984 AL-39-7