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	32-40 / in Starts: 25-24
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	10 games
Most Games w/o HR	26 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	6

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 214 PAs	28
Actual Runners on Base	137 (72-47-18)
Avg. MLBer w/ 214 PAs	21
Avg. Runners on Base	131 (67-41-21)

Most Driven In
Self	9
J Northrup	4
I Brown	3
N Cash	3
W Horton	2
B Freehan	2
A Kaline	2
G Brown	1

Most Driven In By
Self	9
D Wert	2
T Matchick	2
M Stanley	2
E Wilson	2
A Kaline	1
I Brown	1
M Kilkenny	1

1969 Batting Game Log

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1969 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	109	10 (9)	Apr 20 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,0-2	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	1.20	-0.063	2.29	-0.07%	-0.44	C
2	110	15 (4)	Apr 25	DET		BOS	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.75	-0.044	3.05	-0.05%	-0.10	PH
3	111	19 (3)	Apr 29	DET		WSA	W,5-4	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	3.02	-0.076	4.32	-0.07%	-0.42	PH
4	112	20	Apr 30	DET		BAL	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.33	-0.037	2.31	-0.04%	-0.22	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	113	22 (1)	May 2	DET	@	BOS	L,2-3	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	5.44	-0.139	8.82	-0.14%	-0.43	PH
6	114	24 (1)	May 4	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	4.43	-0.112	5.88	-0.09%	-0.43	PH
7	115	25	May 6	DET		KCR	L,6-7	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.100	.091	.400	.491	7	.86	0.131	.78	0.07%	0.48	C
8	116	26	May 7	DET		KCR	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.133	.571	.705	7	.46	0.158	.38	0.08%	1.00	C
9	117	27	May 9	DET		MIN	L,2-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.133	.125	.533	.658	9	1.66	-0.042	1.59	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
10	118	28	May 11	DET		MIN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.200	.737	.937	7	.50	0.103	.42	0.05%	0.78	C
11	119	38 (9)	May 25	DET		CAL	W,10-0	6-GF	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.227	.714	.942	4	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.14	C
12	120	41 (2)	May 29	DET	@	OAK	W,8-4	CG	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.296	.667	.963	7	.45	0.008	.45	0.01%	-0.06	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
13	121	44 (2)	Jun 1	DET	@	SEP	L,7-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.240	.286	.640	.926	3	3.78	-0.160	4.71	-0.12%	-0.47	PH
14	122	48 (3)	Jun 6	DET		OAK	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.231	.276	.615	.891	9	1.76	-0.044	1.59	-0.02%	-0.23	PH
15	123	51 (2)	Jun 10	DET		SEP	W,5-0	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.267	.303	.600	.903	8	.74	0.070	.48	0.03%	1.89	C
16	124	52	Jun 11	DET		SEP	W,4-3	CG(10)	5	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265	.316	.588	.904	8	1.83	0.302	1.35	0.13%	0.64	C
17	125	57 (4)	Jun 17 (2)	DET	@	NYY	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.310	.579	.888	8	.43	0.108	.44	0.07%	0.48	C
18	126	58	Jun 18	DET	@	NYY	L,2-4	GS-9	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.326	.550	.876	8	.77	0.025	.81	0.02%	0.05	C
19	127	60 (1)	Jun 20	DET		WSA	L,2-7	9-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.319	.537	.856	9	2.23	-0.056	1.63	-0.03%	-0.23	PH
20	128	63 (2)	Jun 22 (2)	DET		WSA	L,5-9	CG(6)	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.320	.512	.832	7	.32	-0.018	.18	-0.01%	-0.18	C
21	129	64	Jun 23	DET		NYY	W,6-5	9-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.591	.924	4	5.93	0.594	2.99	0.18%	1.33	PH
22	130	69 (4)	Jun 28	DET	@	BAL	L,4-6	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.271	.345	.646	.991	7	.85	0.041	.61	0.02%	0.45	C
23	131	70	Jun 29 (1)	DET	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.255	.328	.608	.935	6	.45	-0.034	.28	-0.01%	-0.28	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
24	132	73 (2)	Jul 2	DET		BOS	W,7-0	GS-6	3	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.344	.630	.974	6	.56	0.035	.27	0.01%	1.09	C
25	133	76 (2)	Jul 5	DET		BAL	L,3-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	.339	.618	.957	9	.07	-0.002	.09	0.00%	-0.23	PH
26	134	81 (4)	Jul 10	DET		CLE	L,5-7	GS-8	3	2	2	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.298	.369	.684	1.053	5	.71	0.178	.30	0.05%	1.63	C
27	135	82	Jul 11	DET		CLE	L,1-8	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.295	.362	.705	1.067	5	.37	-0.037	.11	-0.01%	0.33	C
28	136	83	Jul 12	DET		CLE	W,15-3	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	5	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	.297	.351	.734	1.086	7	.23	0.170	.08	0.04%	2.47	C
29	137	84	Jul 13 (1)	DET		CLE	W,6-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.346	.706	1.052	6	.79	0.228	.29	0.05%	1.96	C
30	138	85	Jul 13 (2)	DET		CLE	L,4-9	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.306	.354	.694	1.048	6	.63	0.067	.26	0.02%	0.25	C
31	139	86	Jul 14	DET	@	WSA	L,0-3	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.293	.349	.667	1.016	6	.86	-0.056	.26	-0.01%	-0.50	C
32	140	87	Jul 15	DET	@	WSA	L,3-7	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.344	.646	.990	6	.56	0.031	.14	0.01%	0.26	C
33	141	88	Jul 16	DET	@	WSA	W,3-0	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.301	.351	.639	.990	6	.81	0.067	.14	0.01%	0.18	C
34	142	91 (2)	Jul 19	DET	@	CLE	W,10-4	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.299	.347	.632	.979	6	1.00	-0.060	.28	-0.01%	-0.16	C
35	143	92	Jul 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	W,3-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.343	.611	.954	6	1.19	-0.072	.47	-0.02%	-0.61	C
36	144	93	Jul 20 (2)	DET	@	CLE	L,4-5	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.286	.340	.604	.944	9	6.08	-0.349	2.90	-0.10%	-1.53	PH
37	145	96 (2)	Jul 26	DET		KCR	W,12-2	CG	5	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.284	.343	.589	.932	6	1.12	0.106	.50	0.03%	2.56	C
38	146	97	Jul 27	DET		KCR	L,2-7	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.333	.571	.905	6	.51	-0.038	.23	-0.01%	-0.89	C
39	147	98	Jul 29 (1)	DET	@	MIN	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.294	.348	.578	.926	7	.66	0.093	.22	0.02%	1.43	C
40	148	99	Jul 29 (2)	DET	@	MIN	L,5-11	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.292	.345	.566	.911	6	.50	0.015	.14	0.00%	0.02	C
41	149	100	Jul 30	DET	@	MIN	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.291	.341	.564	.905	6	.93	0.027	.16	0.00%	-0.05	C
42	150	101	Jul 31	DET	@	MIN	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.289	.339	.553	.891	6	.70	-0.036	.11	0.00%	-0.10	C
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
43	151	102	Aug 1	DET		CHW	W,8-0	CG	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.284	.344	.543	.887	6	.64	-0.028	.06	0.00%	0.05	C
44	152	103	Aug 2	DET		CHW	L,0-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.275	.333	.525	.858	6	1.00	-0.094	.14	-0.01%	-1.08	C
45	153	104	Aug 3	DET		CHW	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.285	.345	.553	.898	6	1.13	0.153	.10	0.01%	1.65	C
46	154	105	Aug 4	DET		MIN	L,1-7	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.278	.338	.540	.878	6	.23	-0.018	.03	0.00%	-0.35	C
47	155	106	Aug 5	DET		MIN	W,4-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.336	.535	.871	7	3.47	-0.088	.45	-0.01%	-0.42	PH
48	156	107	Aug 6	DET		MIN	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.329	.523	.852	7	1.09	-0.081	.13	-0.01%	-0.61	C
49	157	110 (2)	Aug 8 (2)	DET	@	CHW	W,9-7	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.269	.329	.523	.852	7						C
50	158	119 (8)	Aug 19	DET	@	SEP	W,5-3	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.327	.511	.838	6	.75	0.025	.01	0.00%	0.13	C
51	159	121 (1)	Aug 21	DET	@	SEP	W,7-6	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.259	.322	.504	.826	7	1.52	-0.045	.02	0.00%	-0.38	C
52	160	123 (1)	Aug 23	DET	@	CAL	L,2-5	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.254	.321	.493	.813	7	.71	0.016	.01	0.00%	-0.03	C
53	161	125 (1)	Aug 26 (1)	DET		OAK	L,6-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.318	.489	.808	9	1.39	-0.034	.03	0.00%	-0.15	PH
54	162	126	Aug 26 (2)	DET		OAK	W,9-6	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.252	.317	.483	.799	8	.46	-0.028	.01	0.00%	-0.50	C
55	163	128 (1)	Aug 28	DET		OAK	W,5-3	12-13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.315	.479	.794	9	2.89	-0.069	.08	0.00%	-0.28	PH
56	164	129	Aug 29	DET		SEP	W,6-1	CG	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.313	.480	.793	7	.81	-0.001	.02	0.00%	-0.88	C
Sep/Oct		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
57	165	132 (2)	Sep 1 (1)	DET	@	KCR	W,5-4	CG(10)	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.245	.310	.470	.780	7	1.41	0.037	.07	0.00%	0.03	C
58	166	136 (3)	Sep 4	DET		BAL	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.308	.467	.775	6	2.55	-0.062	.18	0.00%	-0.15	PH
59	167	137	Sep 5	DET		BAL	L,4-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.242	.306	.464	.770	9	.19	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.22	PH
60	168	139 (1)	Sep 7	DET		BAL	L,5-6	CG(14)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.239	.302	.453	.755	8	2.30	-0.436	.01	0.00%	-1.21	C
61	169	140	Sep 8	DET		NYY	L,2-3	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.235	.297	.444	.741	7	1.54	-0.117	.00	0.00%	-0.75	C
62	170	141	Sep 9	DET		NYY	W,2-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.297	.442	.740	8	.53	-0.021	.00	0.00%	-0.25	C
63	171	142	Sep 10	DET	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.302	.450	.751	7	.70	0.039	.00	0.00%	0.67	C
64	172	143	Sep 11	DET	@	CLE	L,2-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.295	.439	.735	8	.86	-0.086	.00	0.00%	-0.89	C
65	173	145 (1)	Sep 13	DET	@	WSA	L,6-11	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.236	.294	.437	.731	1	.05	-0.001	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH
66	174	146	Sep 14	DET	@	WSA	W,7-4	10-10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.234	.292	.434	.727	9	4.61	-0.205	.00	0.00%	-0.83	PH
67	175	148 (1)	Sep 16	DET	@	NYY	L,6-7	9-9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.296	.438	.733	9	.90	0.038	.00	0.00%	0.21	PH
68	176	150 (1)	Sep 18	DET		CLE	L,4-6	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.237	.294	.435	.729	9	1.88	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.42	PH
69	177	152 (1)	Sep 20	DET		BOS	L,3-6	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.299	.433	.732	8	1.10	0.023	.00	0.00%	0.05	C
70	178	155 (2)	Sep 24 (2)	DET		WSA	L,4-7	CG	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.238	.296	.427	.723	7	1.16	-0.048	.00	0.00%	-0.51	C
71	179	161 (5)	Sep 30	DET	@	BAL	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.300	.426	.726	7	1.04	-0.023	.00	0.00%	-0.31	C
72	180	162	Oct 1	DET	@	BAL	L,1-2	CG(10)	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.294	.417	.711	8	2.14	-0.219	.00	0.00%	-1.20	C
							32-40		214	192	21	45	8	0	9	28	18	1	20	0	0	4	3	4	0	0	.234	.294	.417	.711		1.04	-0.344	.41	0.03%	2.43

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