Jim Price

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 192lb (183cm, 87kg)

Born: October 13, 1941 in Harrisburg, PA us

Died: August 7, 2023 in Washington, MI

Buried: White Chapel Memorial Park Cemetery, Troy, MI

High School: Hershey HS (Hershey, PA)

Debut: April 11, 1967 (Age 25-180d, 12,545th in major league history)
vs. CAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 13, 1971 (Age 29-335d)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1967 season

Full Name: Jimmie William Price

Nicknames: Smokey

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1968 World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.9

602

129

.214

RBI

OBP

.287

SLG

.341

OPS

.627

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	38-25 / in Starts: 25-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	3 games
Most Games w/o HR	30 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 146 PAs	13
Actual Runners on Base	94 (55-29-10)
Avg. MLBer w/ 146 PAs	12
Avg. Runners on Base	84 (43-26-13)

Most Driven In
Self	3
J Northrup	2
D Wert	1
B Freehan	1
D Tracewski	1
R Oyler	1
N Cash	1
G Brown	1

Most Driven In By
Self	3
D McAuliffe	3
J Northrup	2
M Stanley	1
E Wilson	1
P Dobson	1

1968 Batting Game Log

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1968 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	45	1	Apr 10	DET		BOS	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.32	-0.008	.66	-0.01%	-0.19	PH
2	46	6 (4)	Apr 17	DET		CLE	W,4-3	9-10	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	8	4.76	0.429	11.86	0.64%	0.91	PH
3	47	8 (1)	Apr 20	DET	@	CHW	W,4-1	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	9	2.80	-0.074	7.94	-0.13%	-0.28	PH
4	48	17 (8)	Apr 30	DET		OAK	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	1.52	-0.036	5.58	-0.08%	-0.19	PH
May		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	49	20 (2)	May 3	DET		CAL	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	10.74	-0.250	37.73	-0.53%	-0.70	PH
6	50	28 (7)	May 12	DET	@	WSA	L,3-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	.29	-0.007	1.11	-0.02%	-0.11	PH
7	51	29	May 14	DET		BAL	W,4-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.111	.111	.222	7	.29	-0.021	1.23	-0.05%	-0.46	C
8	52	31 (1)	May 17	DET		WSA	W,7-3	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	7.78	0.257	31.59	0.63%	0.71	PH
9	53	32	May 18	DET		WSA	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.182	.182	.364	9	.45	-0.012	1.80	-0.03%	-0.31	PH
10	54	34 (1)	May 19 (2)	DET		WSA	W,7-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	8	.28	-0.020	1.11	-0.05%	-0.50	C
11	55	40 (5)	May 26	DET	@	OAK	L,6-7	6-GF(10)	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.176	.176	.353	9	1.41	0.010	6.20	0.03%	0.51	PH C
12	56	41	May 27	DET	@	CAL	L,6-7	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	9	2.10	-0.048	8.76	-0.12%	-0.18	PH
13	57	42	May 28	DET	@	CAL	W,4-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.150	.227	.150	.377	7	.34	-0.009	1.36	-0.02%	-0.07	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
14	58	47 (4)	Jun 2 (1)	DET		NYY	L,3-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.200	.130	.330	6	.49	-0.035	2.45	-0.10%	-0.28	C
15	59	48	Jun 2 (2)	DET		NYY	W,8-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.207	.148	.355	6	.70	-0.065	3.37	-0.19%	0.42	C
16	60	50 (1)	Jun 4 (1)	DET	@	BOS	L,0-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	5	2.73	-0.066	13.75	-0.20%	-0.39	PH
17	61	51	Jun 4 (2)	DET	@	BOS	W,2-0	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.156	.206	.156	.362	8	.64	-0.025	3.14	-0.07%	-0.24	C
18	62	52	Jun 5	DET	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.139	.184	.139	.323	8	1.93	-0.095	9.91	-0.30%	-0.66	C
19	63	53	Jun 6	DET	@	BOS	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.150	.190	.150	.340	8	.44	-0.024	2.27	-0.08%	-0.47	C
20	64	54	Jun 7	DET		CLE	W,5-4	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.200	.143	.343	8	2.44	-0.142	15.65	-0.54%	-0.74	C
21	65	55	Jun 8	DET		CLE	W,3-1	CG	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.156	.208	.178	.386	8	1.07	0.020	7.27	0.08%	0.10	C
22	66	56	Jun 9	DET		CLE	L,0-2	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.204	.174	.378	8	.93	-0.022	6.28	-0.09%	-0.12	PH
23	67	57	Jun 11 (1)	DET		MIN	W,3-1	CG	3	3	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.231	.224	.455	8	.89	0.220	5.00	0.75%	1.96	C
24	68	58	Jun 11 (2)	DET		MIN	W,3-2	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.226	.220	.446	9	2.64	-0.058	14.96	-0.20%	-0.25	PH
25	69	59	Jun 12	DET		MIN	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.214	.208	.422	7	1.43	-0.094	8.05	-0.32%	-0.73	C
26	70	60	Jun 13	DET		MIN	W,3-1	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.164	.220	.200	.420	7	1.00	-0.052	5.63	-0.18%	-0.85	C
27	71	61	Jun 14	DET	@	CHW	W,6-5	GS-9	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.242	.196	.438	7	.93	0.060	4.95	0.19%	0.56	C
28	72	62	Jun 15	DET	@	CHW	L,4-7	GS-6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.155	.246	.190	.436	7	1.52	-0.132	7.95	-0.42%	-1.30	C
29	73	67 (4)	Jun 20	DET		BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.145	.232	.177	.409	7	.49	-0.048	2.83	-0.17%	-1.54	C
30	74	71 (3)	Jun 23 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.152	.233	.197	.430	6	.67	-0.018	4.71	-0.08%	0.35	C
31	75	72	Jun 24	DET	@	CLE	W,14-3	CG	5	4	3	2	1	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.256	.271	.528	8	.61	0.076	4.15	0.31%	0.74	C
32	76	73	Jun 25	DET	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.272	.278	.549	7	1.33	0.023	7.20	0.08%	0.36	C
33	77	76 (2)	Jun 30	DET		CHW	L,0-12	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.268	.274	.542	6	1.43	-0.037	7.02	-0.11%	-0.31	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
34	78	88 (11)	Jul 14	DET	@	CAL	L,3-7	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.265	.270	.535	9	.02	-0.001	.08	0.00%	-0.07	PH
35	79	89	Jul 15	DET	@	CAL	L,0-4	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.262	.267	.529	9	.30	-0.008	1.35	-0.02%	-0.17	PH
36	80	93 (3)	Jul 19	DET		BAL	W,5-4	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.259	.263	.522	9	2.97	-0.062	18.12	-0.23%	-0.32	PH
37	81	96 (2)	Jul 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,1-4	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.264	.269	.534	8	.79	0.063	5.68	0.27%	0.48	C
38	82	97	Jul 23	DET	@	WSA	W,6-4	8-8	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.273	.278	.551	7	4.96	0.264	28.37	0.91%	1.00	PH
39	83	102 (4)	Jul 28	DET	@	BAL	L,1-5	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.275	.280	.555	7	.67	0.016	3.88	0.06%	0.06	C
40	84	103	Jul 29	DET		NYY	L,2-7	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.193	.272	.277	.549	9	.59	-0.016	2.86	-0.05%	-0.19	PH
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	85	106 (2)	Aug 1	DET		WSA	L,3-9	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.260	.264	.525	7	.25	-0.025	1.08	-0.07%	-0.70	C
42	86	110 (3)	Aug 6 (1)	DET		CLE	W,2-1	14-15	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.182	.258	.261	.519	9	2.12	-0.050	12.32	-0.17%	-0.19	PH
43	87	111	Aug 6 susp	DET		CLE	W,5-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.253	.256	.508	7	.52	-0.024	2.59	-0.07%	-0.20	C
44	88	112	Aug 7	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.252	.255	.508	7	.27	-0.022	1.10	-0.06%	-0.61	C
45	89	116 (3)	Aug 11 (1)	DET		BOS	W,5-4	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.250	.253	.503	9	2.12	-0.050	10.23	-0.15%	-0.19	PH
46	90	117	Aug 11 (2)	DET		BOS	W,6-5	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.259	.255	.514	7	1.31	-0.001	5.45	0.00%	0.21	C
47	91	125 (7)	Aug 20 (2)	DET		CHW	L,2-10	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.261	.250	.511	7	.79	0.027	1.93	0.04%	-0.15	C
48	92	126	Aug 21	DET		CHW	W,3-2	10-GF(10)	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.268	.287	.555	9	1.57	0.436	3.91	0.65%	1.00	PH
49	93	127	Aug 22	DET		CHW	W,4-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.181	.259	.276	.535	7	1.15	-0.093	2.95	-0.14%	-1.12	C
50	94	129 (1)	Aug 23 (2)	DET	@	NYY	T,3-3	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.252	.269	.521	7	.74	-0.054	1.87	-0.08%	-0.49	C
51	95	131 (1)	Aug 25 (1)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-8	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.171	.252	.261	.513	7	1.57	-0.268	4.36	-0.45%	-1.42	C
52	96	132	Aug 25 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.170	.250	.259	.509	1	1.18	-0.027	3.76	-0.05%	-0.07	PH
53	97	135 (2)	Aug 28	DET		CAL	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.181	.258	.267	.525	7	.46	0.037	2.26	0.11%	0.42	C
54	98	136	Aug 29	DET		CAL	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.252	.261	.512	7	.68	-0.047	2.58	-0.11%	-0.45	C
55	99	138 (1)	Aug 31	DET		BAL	L,1-5	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.259	.262	.522	6	1.14	0.040	3.84	0.08%	0.48	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
56	100	152 (13)	Sep 15	DET		OAK	W,13-0	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.179	.257	.260	.518	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.19	C
57	101	154 (1)	Sep 17	DET		NYY	W,2-1	9-9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.179	.257	.260	.518	7						PH
58	102	155	Sep 19	DET		NYY	W,6-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.173	.250	.252	.502	8	.46	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.75	C
59	103	156	Sep 20	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.250	.275	.525	8	.81	-0.009	.00	0.00%	0.57	C
60	104	157	Sep 21	DET	@	WSA	W,4-3	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.248	.273	.521	7	.69	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.18	C
61	105	158	Sep 22	DET	@	WSA	L,0-6	7-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.248	.273	.521	6						C
62	106	160 (1)	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	W,5-3	6-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.253	.273	.526	7	.14	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.11	C
63	107	162 (1)	Sep 27	DET		WSA	L,1-3	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.253	.273	.526	7						C
64	108	164 (1)	Sep 29	DET		WSA	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.253	.273	.526	5						C
							38-25		146	132	12	23	4	0	3	13	13	1	14	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	.174	.253	.273	.526		1.10	-0.234	4.91	-0.88%	-7.37

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