Jim Gilliam

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Leftfielder

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

5-10, 175lb (178cm, 79kg)

Born: October 17, 1928 in Nashville, TN us

Died: October 8, 1978 in Inglewood, CA

Buried: Inglewood Park Cemetery, Inglewood, CA

High School: Pearl HS (Nashville, TN)

Debut: 1946 (10,008th in major league history)

AL/NL Debut: April 14, 1953 (Age 24-179d)
vs. PIT 5 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 30, 1966 (Age 37-348d)
vs. PHI 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1947 season (Exceeded AL/NL rookie limits during 1953 season)

Full Name: James William Gilliam

Nicknames: Junior

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

44.7

7599

2021

.266

1255

RBI

625

219

OBP

.360

SLG

.355

OPS

.716

OPS+

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

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1956 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 17	BRO		PHI	L,6-8	CG	43	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
2	2	Apr 19	BRO		PHI	W,5-4	GS	38	9.1	4	0	0	4	0	LF
3	3	Apr 20	BRO	@	PIT	W,5-0	GS	19	6.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
4	4	Apr 21	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	5	Apr 22	BRO	@	PIT	W,4-1	CG	22	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
6	6	Apr 23	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-1	GS	26	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
7	7	Apr 25	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-2	GS	25	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
8	8	Apr 27	BRO		PIT	W,7-2	GS	30	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
9	9	Apr 28	BRO		PIT	W,5-2	GS	32	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
10	10	Apr 29 (1)	BRO		PIT	L,1-10	CG	45	9.0	1	0	1	2	0	LF
11	11	Apr 29 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,3-11	CG	44	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
12	12	May 1	BRO	@	CIN	L,1-3	CG	31	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
13	13	May 2	BRO	@	CIN	L,6-10	CG	37	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
14	14	May 3	BRO	@	STL	W,7-3	GS	27	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
15	15	May 4	BRO	@	STL	L,3-10	CG	41	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
16	16	May 5	BRO	@	STL	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
17	17	May 7	BRO	@	MLN	L,1-3	CG	35	8.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
18	18	May 8	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-0	CG	32	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
19	19	May 11	BRO		NYG	W,8-4	CG	35	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
20	20	May 12	BRO		NYG	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	2B
21	21	May 13	BRO		NYG	W,6-4	CG	34	9.0	1	8	0	9	0	2B
22	22	May 15	BRO		STL	W,7-5	CG	37	9.0	1	6	0	7	1	2B
23	23	May 16	BRO		STL	W,5-3	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	2B
24	24	May 18	BRO		CIN	L,6-7	CG	44	10.0	2	6	0	8	1	2B
25	25	May 19	BRO		CIN	L,5-10	CG	44	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
26	26	May 20 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
27	27	May 20 (2)	BRO		CHC	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
28	28	May 22	BRO		MLN	L,3-7	CG	44	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
29	29	May 24	BRO	@	PHI	L,4-6	CG	34	8.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
30	30	May 25	BRO	@	NYG	L,5-6	CG	34	8.0	5	3	0	8	0	2B
31	31	May 26	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-0	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
32	32	May 28	BRO	@	PIT	L,2-3	CG	33	8.0	1	1	1	3	0	2B
33	33	May 29	BRO	@	PIT	W,10-1	CG	34	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
34	34	May 30 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,6-5	CG	40	9.0	2	5	0	7	2	2B
35	35	May 30 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-12	CG	44	8.0	7	0	1	8	0	2B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
36	36	Jun 1	BRO	@	CHC	L,2-4	CG	56	14.2	4	6	1	11	1	2B
37	37	Jun 2 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	5	3	0	8	1	2B
38	38	Jun 2 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	2	4	1	7	2	2B
39	39	Jun 3	BRO	@	CHC	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
40	40	Jun 4	BRO	@	MLN	W,3-0	GS	24	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
41	41	Jun 5	BRO	@	MLN	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
42	42	Jun 6	BRO	@	MLN	W,5-2	GS	25	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
43	43	Jun 7	BRO	@	MLN	L,1-4	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
44	44	Jun 8	BRO	@	CIN	L,4-6	CG	35	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
45	45	Jun 9	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-5	GS	25	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
46	46	Jun 10	BRO	@	CIN	W,8-6	GS	35	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
47	47	Jun 11	BRO	@	STL	W,8-6	CG	38	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
48	48	Jun 12	BRO	@	STL	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	2	2	1	5	1	2B
49	49	Jun 15	BRO		MLN	W,5-4	CG	33	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
50	50	Jun 16	BRO		MLN	W,3-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	0	2B
51	51	Jun 17 (1)	BRO		MLN	L,4-5	CG	39	9.0	2	9	0	11	1	2B
52	52	Jun 17 (2)	BRO		MLN	L,1-3	CG	37	9.0	0	1	1	2	0	2B
53	53	Jun 19	BRO		STL	L,0-6	CG	38	9.0	3	2	0	5	2	2B
54	54	Jun 20	BRO		STL	W,4-2	GS	29	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
55	55	Jun 21	BRO		STL	W,9-8	CG	41	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
56	56	Jun 22	BRO		CIN	L,0-6	CG	35	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	LF
57	57	Jun 23	BRO		CIN	W,7-6	CG	36	9.0	5	6	1	12	4	2B
58	58	Jun 24 (1)	BRO		CIN	L,6-10	CG	40	9.0	3	3	0	6	2	2B
59	59	Jun 24 (2)	BRO		CIN	L,1-2	CG	38	9.0	1	4	0	5	1	2B
60	60	Jun 25	BRO		CHC	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B
61	61	Jun 26	BRO		CHC	W,10-5	GS	34	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
62	62	Jun 27	BRO		CHC	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	2B
63	63	Jun 28	BRO	@	NYG	L,3-6	CG	33	8.0	0	3	0	3	0	2B
64	64	Jun 29	BRO		PHI	W,6-5	CG	34	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
65	65	Jun 30	BRO		PHI	W,10-7	CG	46	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
66	66	Jul 1 (1)	BRO		PHI	L,4-7	CG	44	9.0	4	4	0	8	1	2B
67	67	Jul 1 (2)	BRO		PHI	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	3	2	0	5	1	2B
68	68	Jul 2	BRO		NYG	L,2-5	CG	39	9.0	3	2	0	5	0	2B
69	69	Jul 4 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,15-2	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
70	70	Jul 4 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,6-1	CG	38	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	LF
71	71	Jul 6	BRO	@	PHI	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
72	72	Jul 7	BRO	@	PHI	L,3-6	CG	40	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
73	73	Jul 8 (1)	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-2	GS	20	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
74	74	Jul 8 (2)	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	CG	34	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
75	75	Jul 12	BRO	@	MLN	L,0-2	CG	35	8.0	4	3	0	7	0	2B
76	76	Jul 13 (1)	BRO	@	MLN	L,6-8	CG	41	8.0	1	4	0	5	2	2B
77	77	Jul 13 (2)	BRO	@	MLN	L,5-6	CG	38	8.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
78	78	Jul 14	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-3	CG	40	9.1	3	4	0	7	1	2B
79	79	Jul 15	BRO	@	CHC	W,10-8	CG	41	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	2B
80	80	Jul 16	BRO	@	CHC	W,4-1	GS	23	6.0	1	2	0	3	0	2B LF
81	81	Jul 17	BRO	@	CIN	L,3-4	GS	36	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	LF
82	82	Jul 18	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-3	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
83	84 (1)	Jul 20	BRO	@	STL	W,4-1	CG	33	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
84	85	Jul 21	BRO	@	STL	L,6-13	CG	43	8.0	2	12	0	14	2	2B
85	86	Jul 22 (1)	BRO	@	STL	W,5-3	GS	26	7.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
86	88 (1)	Jul 24	BRO		CIN	W,10-5	GS	29	7.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B
87	89	Jul 25	BRO		CIN	W,2-1	CG	33	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	2B
88	90	Jul 26	BRO		CIN	W,5-3	CG	33	9.0	5	4	0	9	1	2B
89	91	Jul 27	BRO		CHC	W,4-3	CG	37	10.0	2	6	1	9	1	2B
90	92	Jul 28	BRO		CHC	W,6-3	CG	34	9.0	4	1	0	5	1	2B
91	93	Jul 29 (1)	BRO		CHC	W,1-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	1	2B
92	94	Jul 29 (2)	BRO		CHC	L,2-4	CG	39	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	2B
93	95	Jul 30	BRO		MLN	L,6-8	CG	42	9.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
94	96	Jul 31	BRO		MLN	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
95	97	Aug 1	BRO		MLN	W,2-1	CG	37	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
96	98	Aug 2	BRO		MLN	W,3-0	CG	31	9.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
97	99	Aug 3	BRO		STL	L,8-11	CG	55	12.0	2	5	0	7	0	2B
98	100	Aug 4	BRO		STL	W,12-4	CG	37	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
99	101	Aug 5 (1)	BRO		STL	W,7-0	CG	32	9.0	2	9	0	11	2	2B
100	102	Aug 5 (2)	BRO		STL	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	4	5	0	9	3	2B
101	103	Aug 7	BRO		PIT	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	4	3	0	7	3	2B
102	104	Aug 8	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-8	CG	38	8.0	2	4	1	7	0	2B
103	105	Aug 9	BRO	@	PIT	W,7-3	CG	36	9.0	3	6	0	9	2	2B
104	106	Aug 10	BRO		PHI	L,2-3	CG	41	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
105	107	Aug 11	BRO		PHI	W,5-2	GS	29	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF 2B
106	108	Aug 12	BRO		PHI	W,7-3	CG	38	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	LF
107	109	Aug 14	BRO		NYG	L,1-3	GS	34	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF LF
108	110	Aug 15	BRO		NYG	L,0-1	CG	33	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF
109	111	Aug 16	BRO		NYG	W,10-9	CG	58	13.0	5	0	0	5	0	LF
110	112	Aug 17	BRO	@	PHI	L,2-3	GS	32	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	LF
111	113	Aug 18	BRO	@	PHI	W,9-2	CG	35	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
112	114	Aug 19	BRO	@	PHI	W,3-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
113	115	Aug 21	BRO	@	STL	W,2-1	GS	34	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	RF LF
114	116	Aug 22	BRO	@	STL	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
115	117	Aug 23	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-5	CG	35	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
116	118	Aug 24	BRO	@	CIN	W,6-4	CG	40	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
117	119	Aug 25	BRO	@	CIN	L,2-5	CG	36	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
118	120	Aug 26	BRO	@	MLN	L,2-6	CG	37	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF
119	121	Aug 27	BRO	@	MLN	W,6-3	CG	38	9.0	3	3	0	6	1	2B
120	122	Aug 28 (1)	BRO	@	CHC	W,6-4	GS	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	LF 2B
121	123	Aug 28 (2)	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	36	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
122	124	Aug 29	BRO	@	CHC	W,11-4	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	1	2B
123	125	Aug 30	BRO	@	CHC	L,3-4	CG	47	10.2	0	0	0	0	0	LF
124	126	Aug 31	BRO	@	NYG	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
125	127	Sep 1 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	2	3	0	5	1	2B
126	128	Sep 1 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	W,5-0	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	1	2B
127	129	Sep 2 (1)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-2	CG	37	8.1	2	0	0	2	0	RF
128	130	Sep 2 (2)	BRO	@	NYG	L,1-4	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	RF
129	131	Sep 3 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	3	5	0	8	2	2B
130	132	Sep 3 (2)	BRO		PIT	L,2-3	CG	39	9.0	2	4	0	6	1	2B
131	133	Sep 5	BRO		PIT	W,4-3	CG	36	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	2B
132	134	Sep 7 (1)	BRO		NYG	L,2-6	CG	44	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
133	135	Sep 7 (2)	BRO		NYG	W,3-1	CG	39	11.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
134	136	Sep 8	BRO		NYG	W,4-3	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	2B
135	137	Sep 9	BRO		NYG	W,6-1	CG	31	9.0	1	3	1	5	1	2B
136	138	Sep 11	BRO		MLN	W,4-2	CG	35	9.0	0	5	0	5	0	2B
137	139	Sep 12	BRO		MLN	L,7-8	CG	40	9.0	2	2	0	4	1	2B
138	140	Sep 14	BRO		CHC	W,4-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
139	141	Sep 15	BRO		CHC	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	3	3	0	6	0	2B
140	142	Sep 16	BRO		CIN	W,3-2	GS	36	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF 2B
141	143	Sep 17	BRO		CIN	W,5-4	CG	42	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
142	144	Sep 18	BRO		STL	L,5-6	GS	34	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF 2B
143	145	Sep 19	BRO		STL	W,17-2	CG	35	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	2B
144	146	Sep 21	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	30	8.0	2	3	0	5	0	2B
145	147	Sep 22	BRO	@	PIT	L,1-5	GS	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	2B RF LF
146	148	Sep 23 susp	BRO	@	PIT	W,8-3	CG	37	9.0	3	4	0	7	2	2B
147	149	Sep 24	BRO	@	PIT	L,5-6	CG	41	8.0	2	4	0	6	2	2B
148	150	Sep 25	BRO		PHI	W,5-0	CG	29	9.0	2	4	0	6	0	2B
149	151	Sep 26	BRO		PHI	L,3-7	CG	40	9.0	1	5	0	6	0	2B
150	152	Sep 29 (1)	BRO		PIT	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	2B
151	153	Sep 29 (2)	BRO		PIT	W,3-1	CG	39	9.0	2	1	0	3	0	2B
152	154	Sep 30	BRO		PIT	W,8-6	CG	39	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	2B
							162gm		1316.2	339	330	12	681	65