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	13-16 / in Starts: 6-7
Longest Hitting Streak	2 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	10 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	0

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 63 PAs	7
Actual Runners on Base	45 (26-12-7)
Avg. MLBer w/ 63 PAs	6
Avg. Runners on Base	38 (19-12-6)

Most Driven In
N Cash	2
A Rodríguez	1
A Kaline	1
W Horton	1
D McAuliffe	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
Self	1
J Niekro	1
M Stanley	1
E Brinkman	0

1971 Batting Game Log

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1971 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	233	5 (4)	Apr 11 (2)	DET	@	BAL	L,3-9	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	8	.28	0.004	.45	0.00%	0.03	C
2	234	10 (4)	Apr 17	DET		BOS	W,10-9	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	7						C
3	235	15 (4)	Apr 24	DET	@	OAK	L,4-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	7	1.42	0.029	1.55	0.02%	0.45	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
4	236	21 (5)	May 1	DET	@	CAL	L,1-9	7-GF	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.429	.714	6	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.39	C
5	237	22	May 2	DET	@	CAL	L,3-4	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.250	.375	.625	5	2.10	-0.050	2.74	-0.04%	-0.19	C
6	238	23	May 4	DET		OAK	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.167	.250	.417	7	1.52	-0.179	1.72	-0.12%	-1.62	C
7	239	30 (6)	May 12	DET		CAL	W,8-1	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	.188	.267	.454	7	.46	-0.023	.51	-0.02%	0.35	C
8	240	31	May 14	DET	@	WSA	L,2-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.200	.222	.422	7	2.39	-0.202	3.18	-0.16%	-1.12	C
9	241	36 (4)	May 19	DET	@	CLE	W,12-1	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.238	.222	.460	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.38	PH C
10	242	41 (4)	May 23 (2)	DET		WSA	W,11-0	CG	4	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.190	.280	.238	.518	7	.59	-0.098	.80	-0.08%	-0.57	C
11	243	42	May 25	DET		NYY	W,7-4	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.190	.280	.238	.518	6						C
12	244	46 (3)	May 29	DET	@	MIL	L,2-9	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.174	.259	.217	.477	6	.02	0.000	.03	0.00%	0.03	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	245	55 (8)	Jun 9	DET		MIL	W,3-0	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.174	.259	.217	.477	7						C
14	246	62 (6)	Jun 16	DET		CHW	W,6-5	8-GF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.174	.286	.217	.503	9	3.65	0.109	6.60	0.12%	0.65	PH C
15	247	64 (1)	Jun 18	DET	@	CLE	L,0-7	6-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.276	.208	.484	6	.03	-0.001	.06	0.00%	-0.22	C
16	248	66 (1)	Jun 20 (1)	DET	@	CLE	L,6-7	8-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.300	.208	.508	6	2.28	0.082	4.89	0.11%	0.38	C
17	249	67	Jun 20 susp	DET	@	CLE	L,7-8	CG	5	4	1	3	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.250	.371	.429	.800	7	1.37	0.399	2.61	0.46%	2.12	C
18	250	68	Jun 22 (1)	DET	@	NYY	W,7-4	8-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.276	.389	.448	.837	7	.71	0.044	1.20	0.04%	1.73	C
19	251	69	Jun 22 (2)	DET	@	NYY	L,1-2	GS-6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.258	.368	.419	.788	6	1.75	-0.104	2.98	-0.11%	-0.83	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
20	252	89 (19)	Jul 16	DET	@	OAK	L,0-4	6-6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.258	.385	.419	.804	9	.55	0.026	.41	0.01%	0.36	PH
21	253	91 (1)	Jul 18 (1)	DET	@	KCR	L,2-8	7-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.375	.406	.781	9	.07	-0.002	.06	0.00%	-0.33	PH
22	254	101 (9)	Jul 27	DET		KCR	W,5-4	GS-11	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.243	.356	.378	.734	7	.82	0.086	.29	0.02%	0.23	C
23	255	103 (1)	Jul 29	DET		KCR	W,10-9	4-5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.243	.356	.378	.734	9	.39	0.012	.15	0.00%	0.20	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
24	256	109 (5)	Aug 4	DET		WSA	W,2-1	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.225	.333	.350	.683	7	.50	-0.038	.18	-0.01%	-0.40	C
25	257	122 (12)	Aug 17 (2)	DET	@	CHW	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.209	.314	.326	.639	7	1.44	-0.106	.66	-0.03%	-0.64	C
26	258	134 (11)	Aug 31 (2)	DET		CLE	L,3-6	CG	5	5	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229	.321	.333	.655	6	1.39	-0.062	.10	0.00%	0.26	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
27	259	138 (3)	Sep 4	DET	@	NYY	W,9-1	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.333	.346	.679	5	.74	0.111	.06	0.01%	0.74	C
28	260	139	Sep 5	DET	@	NYY	L,5-6	5-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	.328	.340	.667	5	.18	-0.005	.01	0.00%	-0.13	C
29	261	147 (7)	Sep 13 (1)	DET	@	BAL	L,1-9	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.241	.323	.333	.656	3	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.14	PH
							13-16		63	54	4	13	2	0	1	7	6	1	3	1	0	1	3	3	0	0	.241	.323	.333	.656		1.04	0.032	1.13	0.22%	2.14

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