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	17-35 / in Starts: 15-22
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	22 games
Most Games w/o RBI	11 games
Grand Slams	1 in 6 bases loaded PA and 6 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 157 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	116 (61-35-20)
Avg. MLBer w/ 157 PAs	17
Avg. Runners on Base	98 (50-31-16)

Most Driven In
Self	5
J Northrup	3
N Cash	3
D Wert	1
B Freehan	1
D Jones	1
E Maddox	1

Most Driven In By
Self	5
D McAuliffe	3
E Maddox	1
D Jones	1
G Brown	1
N Cash	1

1970 Batting Game Log

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1970 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	181	9 (8)	Apr 17	DET		BOS	W,3-2	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			8	3.30	0.064	6.26	0.07%	0.36	PH
2	182	18 (8)	Apr 30	DET	@	KCR	L,2-3	CG(10)	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	8	1.76	-0.062	3.22	-0.07%	-0.05	C
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
3	183	19	May 1	DET	@	CHW	L,6-13	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.125	.222	.125	.347	8	1.00	-0.103	1.73	-0.11%	-1.37	C
4	184	22 (2)	May 5	DET		MIN	L,5-8	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.111	.200	.111	.311	9	1.11	-0.027	1.98	-0.03%	-0.28	PH
5	185	24 (1)	May 7	DET		MIN	L,6-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.100	.182	.100	.282	9	.30	-0.007	.51	-0.01%	-0.22	PH
6	186	35 (10)	May 21 (2)	DET		BAL	L,1-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.077	.143	.077	.220	8	.89	-0.069	1.61	-0.08%	-0.59	C
7	187	37 (1)	May 23	DET		WSA	L,5-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.071	.133	.071	.205	9	2.52	-0.061	2.73	-0.04%	-0.15	PH
8	188	38	May 24	DET		WSA	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.067	.125	.067	.192	6	.53	-0.014	.53	-0.01%	-0.10	PH
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
9	189	60 (21)	Jun 19	DET	@	CLE	L,2-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.063	.118	.063	.180	9	.95	-0.023	.96	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
10	190	63 (2)	Jun 21 (2)	DET	@	CLE	W,9-8	GS-8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.059	.200	.059	.259	8	.80	0.072	.66	0.04%	0.48	C
11	191	69 (5)	Jun 28 (1)	DET		CLE	L,2-8	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.056	.190	.056	.246	9	.90	-0.031	.84	-0.02%	-0.57	PH
12	192	70	Jun 28 (2)	DET		CLE	W,5-1	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.095	.208	.095	.304	8	.92	-0.035	.74	-0.02%	0.23	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
13	193	73 (2)	Jul 2	DET		NYY	W,5-0	CG	4	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.130	.286	.261	.547	8	.65	0.033	.97	0.03%	1.01	C
14	194	74	Jul 3	DET	@	BAL	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.115	.258	.231	.489	7	1.34	-0.102	2.98	-0.14%	-0.85	C
15	195	75	Jul 4	DET	@	BAL	W,6-5	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.148	.281	.259	.541	8	.86	0.037	1.65	0.04%	1.00	PH
16	196	79 (3)	Jul 7 (2)	DET		BOS	W,4-3	CG(10)	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.161	.278	.290	.568	7	2.30	0.008	3.07	0.01%	-0.25	C
17	197	80	Jul 8	DET		BOS	W,3-2	GS-9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.308	.324	.631	7	1.03	-0.016	1.42	-0.01%	0.06	C
18	198	81	Jul 9	DET		BOS	W,7-3	GS-7	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.333	.333	.667	7	1.87	0.029	2.78	0.03%	-0.11	C
19	199	83 (1)	Jul 11	DET		BAL	L,5-6	8-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.222	.349	.333	.682	8	4.09	0.029	12.43	0.05%	0.13	PH
20	200	85 (1)	Jul 12 (2)	DET		BAL	L,3-13	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.340	.350	.690	7	1.07	0.087	3.14	0.15%	0.15	C
21	201	90 (4)	Jul 19 (2)	DET	@	KCR	W,6-4	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.333	.326	.659	7	1.06	-0.052	2.40	-0.07%	0.00	C
22	202	91	Jul 20	DET	@	KCR	L,0-3	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.327	.318	.645	8	2.48	-0.062	6.08	-0.09%	-0.41	PH
23	203	93 (1)	Jul 22	DET	@	MIN	L,1-2	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.321	.311	.632	9	3.38	-0.091	7.45	-0.12%	-0.35	PH
24	204	95 (1)	Jul 24 (1)	DET		CHW	L,2-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.196	.315	.304	.619	8	1.11	-0.041	1.78	-0.04%	-0.50	PH
25	205	96	Jul 24 (2)	DET		CHW	W,5-4	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.220	.328	.320	.648	7	.72	0.028	1.01	0.02%	0.11	C
26	206	98 (1)	Jul 26	DET		CHW	L,0-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.216	.322	.314	.636	9	4.21	-0.187	7.49	-0.20%	-0.88	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
27	207	103 (4)	Aug 1	DET		MIN	L,4-12	CG(10)	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.204	.317	.296	.614	7	1.47	-0.086	1.99	-0.07%	-0.62	C
28	208	105 (1)	Aug 3	DET		WSA	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.313	.293	.607	7	.61	-0.014	.49	-0.01%	-0.22	C
29	209	106	Aug 4	DET		WSA	L,1-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.197	.296	.279	.574	7	1.17	-0.073	.78	-0.03%	-0.62	C
30	210	109 (2)	Aug 6 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,5-7	GS-9	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.293	.277	.570	7	1.36	-0.080	.87	-0.03%	-0.66	C
31	211	112 (2)	Aug 9	DET	@	BOS	L,4-7	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.197	.316	.273	.589	8	.47	0.078	.21	0.02%	1.13	C
32	212	117 (4)	Aug 14	DET	@	CAL	L,3-7	6-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.191	.309	.265	.573	9	.60	-0.029	.10	0.00%	-0.48	PH C
33	213	118	Aug 15	DET	@	CAL	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.181	.294	.250	.544	7	.76	-0.136	.10	-0.01%	-2.22	C
34	214	127 (8)	Aug 25 (2)	DET		CAL	L,6-10	GS-8	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.318	.260	.578	7	.46	0.055	.04	0.00%	0.88	C
35	215	130 (2)	Aug 29	DET		OAK	L,2-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.308	.250	.558	7	1.01	-0.072	.00	0.00%	-0.67	C
36	216	132 (1)	Aug 31	DET	@	BOS	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.305	.263	.568	8	1.90	0.027	.00	0.00%	-0.07	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
37	217	133	Sep 1	DET	@	BOS	W,10-9	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.193	.313	.301	.614	7	.75	0.043	.00	0.00%	2.79	C
38	218	134	Sep 2 (1)	DET	@	BOS	W,6-4	CG	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.188	.317	.294	.611	7	1.70	-0.083	.01	0.00%	-0.44	C
39	219	136 (1)	Sep 3	DET	@	BOS	L,2-5	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.327	.352	.679	7	.47	0.084	.00	0.00%	2.24	C
40	220	137	Sep 4	DET	@	WSA	W,6-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.196	.315	.337	.652	7	1.57	-0.141	.00	0.00%	-0.83	C
41	221	138	Sep 5	DET	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG(14)	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.186	.302	.320	.621	7	2.68	-0.064	.00	0.00%	-0.76	C
42	222	139	Sep 6	DET	@	WSA	W,8-7	CG(12)	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.295	.311	.606	8	1.41	0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.73	C
43	223	140	Sep 7	DET		BAL	W,5-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.286	.299	.585	7	.62	-0.061	.00	0.00%	-1.40	C
44	224	141	Sep 8	DET		BAL	L,3-6	GS-6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.178	.297	.299	.596	7	.61	0.042	.00	0.00%	0.58	C
45	225	147 (5)	Sep 15	DET	@	CLE	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.180	.295	.297	.593	7	1.36	-0.089	.00	0.00%	-0.76	C
46	226	148	Sep 16	DET	@	CLE	W,6-3	CG	5	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.183	.299	.322	.621	5	.54	0.181	.00	0.00%	0.73	C
47	227	149	Sep 17	DET	@	CLE	L,2-6	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.176	.291	.311	.602	5	.74	-0.078	.00	0.00%	-0.98	C
48	228	150	Sep 18	DET		NYY	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.172	.285	.303	.588	7	.50	-0.041	.00	0.00%	-0.78	C
49	229	151	Sep 19	DET		NYY	L,6-7	CG	4	4	1	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.190	.297	.341	.639	7	.68	0.147	.00	0.00%	2.77	C
50	230	152	Sep 20	DET		NYY	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.188	.293	.336	.629	7	.74	0.028	.00	0.00%	0.26	C
51	231	153	Sep 21	DET	@	BAL	L,3-4	9-9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.298	.336	.634	9	6.08	0.082	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH
52	232	155 (1)	Sep 24	DET	@	BAL	L,4-7	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.182	.290	.326	.616	7	1.36	-0.178	.00	0.00%	-1.69	C
							17-35		157	132	12	24	4	0	5	15	21	0	23	0	1	2	2	6	0	0	.182	.290	.326	.616		1.23	-0.938	1.03	-0.74%	-5.49

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