Jim Tobin

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 27, 1912 in Oakland, CA us

Died: May 19, 1969 in Oakland, CA

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, CA

High School: Roosevelt HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 30, 1937 (Age 24-124d, 8,251st in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1945 (Age 32-270d)
vs. SLB 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: James Anthony Tobin

Nicknames: Abba Dabba

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Relatives: Brother of Jackie Tobin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.9

105

112

ERA

3.44

287

227

1900.0

498

WHIP

1.308

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	14-29 / in Starts: 10-9
Longest Hitting Streak	3 games
Longest On Base Streak	4 games
Most Games w/o HR	33 games
Most Games w/o RBI	9 games
Grand Slams	0 in 2 bases loaded PA and 2 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 77 PAs	11
Actual Runners on Base	44 (24-13-7) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 77 PAs	9
Avg. Runners on Base	51 (26-16-8)

Most Driven In
L Handley	4
Self	2
G Suhr	1
P Young	1
B Brubaker	1

Most Driven In By
Self	2
L Waner	2
F Bell	1
J Rizzo	1
C Klein	1

1939 Batting Game Log

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1939 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	78	2 (1)	Apr 18	PIT		STL	L,2-3	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	9	1.40	-0.035	3.92	-0.06%	-0.16	PH
2	79	5 (2)	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS-6	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.250	1.000	1.250	9	1.89	0.031	4.34	0.04%	0.08	P
3	80	7 (1)	Apr 26	PIT	@	CHC	L,1-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.800	1.000	8	.45	-0.012	.84	-0.01%	-0.11	PH
4	81	8	Apr 27	PIT	@	STL	L,5-6	0-GF(11)	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.167	.167	.667	.833	8						PH
5	82	9	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	GS-4	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.286	.714	1.000	9	3.28	0.033	4.73	0.03%	0.24	P
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
6	83	12 (2)	May 4	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS-5	2	2	1	1	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	1.000	1.333	9	.99	0.177	1.65	0.18%	1.66	P
7	84	16 (3)	May 8	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.385	.385	.923	1.308	9	1.55	0.352	3.23	0.44%	0.91	P
8	85	18 (1)	May 11	PIT	@	NYG	L,1-4	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.357	.357	.857	1.214	9	.50	0.024	1.24	0.04%	0.39	PH
9	86	19	May 13	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.800	1.133	9	.73	-0.018	1.77	-0.03%	-0.29	PH
10	87	20	May 14	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.278	.316	.667	.982	9	.25	0.003	.53	0.00%	-0.36	P
11	88	21	May 15	PIT		CHC	L,2-6	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.632	.932	9	.34	-0.008	.82	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
12	89	24 (2)	May 18	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	CG(10)	4	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.304	.333	.609	.942	9	1.03	0.073	2.15	0.09%	0.74	P
13	90	28 (3)	May 22	PIT		NYG	L,2-9	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.292	.320	.583	.903	9	1.08	-0.027	2.36	-0.04%	-0.23	P
14	91	32 (3)	May 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,14-5	GS-6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.286	.519	.804	9	1.09	-0.087	2.24	-0.11%	-1.21	P
15	92	34 (1)	May 28	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.276	.500	.776	9	.42	-0.011	.98	-0.02%	-0.51	PH
16	93	36 (1)	May 30 (1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-7	GS-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.258	.281	.484	.765	9	.35	0.015	.90	0.02%	0.15	P
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
17	94	39 (2)	Jun 3	PIT	@	PHI	W,10-7	0-0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	1			0	0	0	.258	.281	.484	.765	9						PH
18	95	40	Jun 4 (1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.278	.457	.735	9	1.54	-0.135	4.40	-0.23%	-0.39	P
19	96	42 (1)	Jun 5	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.270	.444	.715	9	.17	-0.004	.48	-0.01%	-0.24	PH
20	97	45 (2)	Jun 8	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.231	.250	.410	.660	9	.98	-0.072	2.19	-0.10%	-0.51	P
21	98	47 (1)	Jun 10	PIT	@	NYG	L,2-6	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.225	.244	.400	.644	9	.05	-0.001	.10	0.00%	-0.11	PH
22	99	48	Jun 11 (1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	2-GF	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.233	.250	.395	.645	9	.72	-0.009	1.43	-0.01%	-0.18	P
23	100	49	Jun 11 (2)	PIT	@	NYG	L,4-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.227	.244	.386	.631	4	3.88	-0.093	6.77	-0.10%	-0.30	PH
24	101	50	Jun 15	PIT		BSN	L,5-6	GS-0	4	4	1	2	1	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.250	.265	.417	.682	9						P
25	102	53 (2)	Jun 21	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	GS-2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.265	.417	.682	9						P
26	103	56 (2)	Jun 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.283	.462	.745	9	.87	0.009	.99	0.01%	0.18	P
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
27	104	61 (4)	Jul 2 (2)	PIT	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.255	.268	.436	.704	9	.48	-0.037	.72	-0.03%	-0.53	P
28	105	62	Jul 4 (1)	PIT		CIN	L,4-7	6-7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.263	.429	.692	9	1.87	-0.051	3.93	-0.06%	-0.36	PH
29	106	66 (3)	Jul 7	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	GS-6	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.259	.271	.431	.702	9	.94	-0.005	1.65	-0.01%	0.15	P
30	107	68 (1)	Jul 9 (2)	PIT		STL	W,8-6	2-GF	4	3	2	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.279	.302	.459	.761	9	.98	0.120	1.33	0.10%	1.28	P
31	108	71 (2)	Jul 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	7-8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.279	.302	.459	.761	9						P
32	109	78 (6)	Jul 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.292	.444	.737	9	.92	-0.047	1.46	-0.05%	-0.48	P
33	110	80 (1)	Jul 23 (1)	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	7-7	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.281	.303	.453	.756	9	3.32	0.218	6.65	0.26%	1.06	PH
34	111	82 (1)	Jul 25	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.303	.453	.756	9						P
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
35	112	89 (6)	Aug 1	PIT		BRO	L,3-5	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.277	.299	.446	.745	8	1.16	-0.029	.69	-0.01%	-0.16	PH
36	113	93 (3)	Aug 5	PIT		NYG	L,3-4	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.273	.294	.439	.734	9	2.58	-0.061	1.32	-0.02%	-0.29	PH
37	114	94	Aug 6 (1)	PIT		NYG	L,5-9	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.269	.290	.433	.723	9	.34	-0.008	.23	0.00%	-0.16	PH
38	115	101 (6)	Aug 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	5-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.265	.286	.426	.712	9	1.26	-0.035	.20	0.00%	-0.36	P
39	116	102	Aug 16 (1)	PIT		STL	L,3-4	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.261	.282	.420	.702	1	5.88	-0.160	.36	-0.01%	-0.36	PH
40	117	103	Aug 16 (2)	PIT		STL	L,0-3	8-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.257	.278	.414	.692	9	.64	-0.016	.02	0.00%	-0.16	PH
41	118	106 (2)	Aug 19	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.270	.403	.673	9	.86	-0.043	.01	0.00%	-0.39	P
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
42	119	131 (24)	Sep 11	PIT		STL	W,8-6	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.247	.267	.397	.664	9	1.38	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.16	P
43	120	145 (13)	Sep 22 (2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,9-10	3-5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.243	.263	.392	.655	9	.30	0.011	.00	0.00%	0.66	P
							14-29		77	74	9	18	3	1	2	11	2	0	12	0	1		3	0	0	0	.243	.263	.392	.655		1.12	0.028	1.87	0.31%	-0.63

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