Jim Essian

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-2, 195lb (188cm, 88kg)

Born: January 2, 1951 in Detroit, MI us

High School: Troy HS (Troy, IL)

School: Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)

Debut: September 15, 1973 (Age 22-256d, 13,450th in major league history)
vs. MON 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1984 (Age 33-272d)
vs. KCR 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1976 season

Agents: Jim Andary

Full Name: James Sarkis Essian

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.9

1855

453

.244

194

RBI

207

OBP

.327

SLG

.347

OPS

.673

OPS+

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1979 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 7	OAK		MIN	L,1-3	GF	21	5.0	0	1	0	1	0	C
2	3	Apr 8	OAK		MIN	L,1-3	GF	5	1.0	0	0	1	1	0	PH C
3	5 (1)	Apr 10	OAK	@	SEA	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
4	7 (1)	Apr 12	OAK	@	SEA	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	5	0	1	6	0	C
5	9 (1)	Apr 14	OAK		CAL	L,3-9	CG	43	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
6	12 (2)	Apr 17	OAK		SEA	W,6-5	GF	10	2.2	1	1	0	2	0	C
7	13	Apr 18	OAK		SEA	W,5-2	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
8	14	Apr 20	OAK	@	CAL	L,4-7	CG	43	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
9	15	Apr 21	OAK	@	CAL	L,1-13	CG	46	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
10	16	Apr 22	OAK	@	CAL	W,7-6	CG	43	9.0	3	4	0	7	0	C
11	17	Apr 24	OAK		NYY	L,1-3	CG	41	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
12	19 (1)	Apr 27	OAK		BAL	L,1-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
13	21 (1)	Apr 29	OAK		BAL	L,1-13	CG	48	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
14	23 (1)	May 1	OAK		BOS	W,7-5	CG	50	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
15	24	May 2	OAK		BOS	L,1-2	CG	31	9.0	9	1	0	10	1	C
16	26 (1)	May 5	OAK	@	NYY	L,4-5	CG	39	8.1	4	0	0	4	0	C
17	32 (5)	May 11	OAK	@	BOS	L,2-11	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
18	36 (3)	May 16	OAK		CHW	L,1-3	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
19	37	May 17	OAK		CHW	L,1-5	CG	38	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	38	May 18	OAK		MIL	L,0-8	CG	47	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
21	41 (2)	May 20 (2)	OAK		MIL	W,2-1	CG	40	9.0	8	1	0	9	1	C
22	45 (3)	May 25	OAK	@	MIL	L,2-3	CG	36	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
23	46	May 26	OAK	@	MIL	L,4-8	CG	37	8.0	9	1	1	11	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
24	51 (4)	Jun 1	OAK		DET	W,3-2	GF	6	2.0	1	0	0	1	0	C
25	52	Jun 2	OAK		DET	L,3-9	CG	44	9.0	5	0	0	5	1	C
26	54 (1)	Jun 4	OAK		CLE	L,4-5	GS	37	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
27	59 (4)	Jun 10	OAK		TOR	W,12-1	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
28	60	Jun 11	OAK	@	DET	L,1-3	CG	38	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
29	61	Jun 12	OAK	@	DET	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
30	77 (15)	Jun 28	OAK	@	KCR	L,6-7	CG	41	8.1	3	0	1	4	0	C
31	79 (1)	Jun 30	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	43	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
32	81 (1)	Jul 2	OAK	@	CAL	L,3-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
33	82	Jul 3	OAK	@	CAL	L,0-3	CG	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
34	83	Jul 4	OAK	@	CAL	L,6-17	GS	28	6.0	5	3	0	8	1	C
35	84	Jul 5	OAK	@	CAL	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
36	86 (1)	Jul 6 (2)	OAK		NYY	L,0-3	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
37	87	Jul 7	OAK		NYY	L,3-8	CG	43	9.0	11	1	0	12	1	1B
38	88	Jul 8	OAK		NYY	L,0-2	CG	31	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
39	89	Jul 9	OAK		BAL	L,3-7	CG	41	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
40	90	Jul 10	OAK		BAL	W,7-6	CG	39	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
41	91	Jul 11	OAK		BAL	L,1-3	CG	36	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
42	92	Jul 13	OAK		BOS	L,0-2	CG	36	9.0	4	4	0	8	2	3B
43	93	Jul 14	OAK		BOS	L,7-8	CG	45	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
44	94	Jul 15	OAK		BOS	L,2-3	CG	36	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	3B
45	96 (1)	Jul 20	OAK	@	NYY	W,5-1	GS	21	5.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
46	97	Jul 21	OAK	@	NYY	L,4-12	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
47	99 (1)	Jul 23	OAK	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
48	102 (2)	Jul 26	OAK	@	BOS	W,8-6	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	103	Jul 27	OAK		SEA	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
50	104	Jul 28	OAK		SEA	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
51	106 (1)	Jul 30	OAK		MIN	L,0-3	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
52	107	Jul 31	OAK		MIN	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
53	108	Aug 1	OAK		MIN	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
54	110 (1)	Aug 4	OAK	@	SEA	W,5-3	CG	41	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
55	113 (2)	Aug 7	OAK		CAL	W,9-5	CG	41	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
56	116 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	OAK	@	MIN	L,2-3	CG	57	11.2	7	0	0	7	0	C
57	117	Aug 11	OAK	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	45	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
58	118	Aug 12	OAK	@	MIN	L,0-1	CG	30	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
59	121 (2)	Aug 15	OAK		TOR	W,3-1	CG	40	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
60	122	Aug 17	OAK		CLE	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
61	123	Aug 18	OAK		CLE	W,4-1	CG	31	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
62	126 (2)	Aug 21	OAK		DET	W,8-1	CG	32	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
63	127	Aug 22	OAK		DET	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	5	3	0	8	0	C
64	129 (1)	Aug 24	OAK	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	37	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
65	131 (1)	Aug 26	OAK	@	CLE	L,5-7	GF	4	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
66	132	Aug 27	OAK	@	TOR	L,0-7	CG	38	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
67	133	Aug 28	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-3	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
68	134	Aug 29	OAK	@	TOR	W,6-4	GS	34	8.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
69	135	Aug 30	OAK	@	DET	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	137 (1)	Sep 1	OAK	@	DET	W,6-3	CG	41	10.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
71	138	Sep 2	OAK	@	DET	W,5-4	GS	27	7.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
72	139	Sep 3	OAK		MIL	L,3-6	CG	42	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
73	140	Sep 5	OAK		MIL	W,6-1	CG	35	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	C
74	141	Sep 7	OAK		CHW	W,4-3	CG	44	10.0	12	1	0	13	1	1B
75	142	Sep 8	OAK		CHW	W,2-1	CG	34	9.0	6	2	0	8	1	C
76	143	Sep 9 (1)	OAK		CHW	W,3-0	CG	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
77	145 (1)	Sep 11	OAK	@	MIL	L,0-5	CG	38	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
78	146	Sep 12	OAK	@	MIL	L,0-7	GS	28	6.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
79	147	Sep 13	OAK	@	MIL	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
80	148	Sep 14	OAK	@	CHW	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
81	151 (2)	Sep 17	OAK		TEX	L,3-6	CG	41	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
82	153 (1)	Sep 19	OAK		TEX	L,4-9	CG	47	9.0	6	6	0	12	0	C
83	155 (1)	Sep 22	OAK		KCR	W,2-0	CG	33	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
84	156	Sep 23	OAK		KCR	L,2-4	CG	41	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
85	157	Sep 25	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-5	CG	36	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
86	159 (1)	Sep 27	OAK	@	TEX	L,3-4	CG	35	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
87	161 (1)	Sep 29	OAK	@	KCR	L,2-6	CG	39	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
88	162	Sep 30	OAK	@	KCR	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	0	3	1	4	0	3B
							88gm		723.1	400	79	9	488	11