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	14-33 / in Starts: 13-20
Longest Hitting Streak	5 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	23 games
Most Games w/o RBI	10 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	3

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 132 PAs	15
Actual Runners on Base	67 (35-22-10) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 132 PAs	13
Avg. Runners on Base	85 (44-27-13)

Most Driven In
Self	5
S Sisti	3
E Miller	2
C Ross	1
P Waner	1
P Masi	0
S Roberge	0

Most Driven In By
Self	5
N Fernandez	3
S Sisti	2
P Waner	1
F Demaree	1
T Holmes	1

1942 Batting Game Log

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1942 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	184	2 (1)	Apr 15	BSN	@	PHI	W,6-2	CG	5	3	1	1	0	0	1	2	1		0	1	0			0	0	0	.333	.600	1.333	1.933	9						P
2	185	5 (2)	Apr 18	BSN		NYG	L,5-8	3-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.250	.500	1.000	1.500	9	1.28	-0.028	4.31	-0.06%	-0.33	PH
3	186	6	Apr 19	BSN		NYG	L,2-5	GS-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.250	.500	1.000	1.500	9						P
4	187	9 (2)	Apr 22	BSN		BRO	L,0-4	CG(12)	5	5	0	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.444	.545	.889	1.434	9	1.45	-0.003	3.84	-0.01%	-0.25	P
5	188	13 (3)	Apr 26 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	W,3-2	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.333	.429	.667	1.095	9	.69	-0.051	1.25	-0.06%	-0.51	P
6	189	17 (3)	Apr 30	BSN	@	CHC	W,3-2	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.286	.444	.571	1.016	9	.66	0.000	1.46	0.00%	0.05	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
7	190	22 (4)	May 4	BSN	@	PIT	L,1-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.278	.409	.500	.909	9						P
8	191	24 (1)	May 9	BSN		PHI	W,6-2	CG	4	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.318	.423	.500	.923	9	.19	0.005	.43	0.01%	0.07	P
9	192	28 (3)	May 12	BSN		CHC	L,8-9	8-9	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.348	.444	.652	1.097	9	.79	0.123	2.24	0.21%	1.80	PH
10	193	29	May 13	BSN		CHC	W,6-5	CG	4	4	3	3	0	0	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.407	.484	1.000	1.484	9	1.60	0.665	4.56	1.14%	3.66	P
11	194	32 (2)	May 17	BSN		CIN	L,3-9	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.471	.933	1.404	9	.83	0.027	2.18	0.04%	0.18	P
12	195	33	May 19	BSN		CIN	W,2-1	8-8	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.400	.486	.933	1.419	2	.97	0.029	2.04	0.04%	0.65	PH
13	196	35 (1)	May 22	BSN	@	PHI	W,10-7	GS-0	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.364	.447	.848	1.296	9						P
14	197	36	May 23	BSN	@	PHI	L,5-6	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.364	.462	.848	1.310	9	2.19	0.078	5.92	0.13%	0.65	PH
15	198	37	May 24 (1)	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-3	9-GF(11)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.382	.475	.853	1.328	9	1.61	0.057	4.57	0.10%	0.23	P
16	199	41 (3)	May 27	BSN		BRO	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.378	.465	.811	1.276	9	1.11	-0.050	4.88	-0.13%	-0.29	P
17	200	43 (1)	May 29	BSN		PHI	L,1-2	9-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	.368	.455	.789	1.244	9	3.28	0.140	6.59	0.17%	0.59	PH
18	201	46 (2)	May 31 (1)	BSN	@	BRO	L,2-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.359	.444	.769	1.214	9	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.21	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
19	202	48 (1)	Jun 2	BSN	@	STL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.349	.429	.721	1.150	9	1.94	-0.194	4.10	-0.25%	-0.57	P
20	203	53 (4)	Jun 6	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.319	.396	.660	1.056	9	.96	-0.115	1.20	-0.09%	-1.17	P
21	204	58 (4)	Jun 10	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-3	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	0	0	.320	.393	.640	1.033	9	1.60	-0.063	.71	-0.02%	-0.50	P
22	205	61 (2)	Jun 14 (1)	BSN	@	CHC	L,6-8	GS-2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.386	.627	1.013	9	1.76	-0.043	.47	-0.01%	-0.39	P
23	206	63 (1)	Jun 16	BSN		CIN	L,0-5	7-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.314	.397	.627	1.024	9	.75	0.030	.17	0.00%	0.37	PH
24	207	65 (1)	Jun 17 (2)	BSN		CIN	L,3-4	CG(11)	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.315	.403	.611	1.014	9	1.34	0.069	.14	0.00%	0.65	P
25	208	69 (3)	Jun 24 (1)	BSN		STL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.298	.394	.579	.973	9	.53	-0.006	.02	0.00%	-0.75	P
26	209	74 (4)	Jun 28 (1)	BSN		CHC	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0			0	0	0	.300	.391	.567	.958	9						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	210	78 (3)	Jul 4 (1)	BSN	@	NYG	L,5-11	5-5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.295	.386	.557	.943	9	.09	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.21	PH
28	211	80 (1)	Jul 5 (1)	BSN		BRO	W,6-5	CG	3	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	.302	.389	.556	.944	9	1.22	0.091	.01	0.00%	0.88	P
29	212	83 (2)	Jul 10	BSN	@	CHC	L,2-3	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	.288	.373	.530	.904	9	1.10	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-1.07	P
30	213	86 (2)	Jul 12 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,3-9	0-0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0			0	0	0	.279	.364	.515	.878	9						P
31	214	88 (1)	Jul 15 (1)	BSN	@	CIN	L,2-6	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.363	.500	.863	9	1.76	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.06	P
32	215	92 (3)	Jul 19 (1)	BSN	@	PIT	L,7-8	GS-0	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0			0	0	0	.270	.357	.486	.844	9						P
33	216	96 (3)	Jul 24	BSN		STL	L,0-8	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.345	.468	.812	9	1.15	-0.106	.00	0.00%	-1.11	P
34	217	97	Jul 25	BSN		STL	L,3-6	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.341	.462	.802	9	1.66	-0.046	.00	0.00%	-0.41	PH
35	218	99 (1)	Jul 26 (2)	BSN		STL	L,3-5	7-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.253	.337	.456	.793	9	.95	-0.022	.00	0.00%	-0.13	PH
36	219	102 (2)	Jul 29 (2)	BSN		PIT	W,6-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.241	.323	.434	.756	9	1.50	0.095	.00	0.00%	0.33	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
37	220	107 (4)	Aug 4	BSN	@	PHI	L,2-4	GS-9	4	3	1	2	0	0	1	2	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.256	.340	.477	.817	9	1.52	0.125	.00	0.00%	2.12	P
38	221	111 (3)	Aug 11	BSN		NYG	L,4-6	CG	4	3	1	2	1	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.270	.356	.494	.851	9	.85	0.206	.00	0.00%	1.34	P
39	222	116 (4)	Aug 15	BSN	@	BRO	L,4-5	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	1	.269	.352	.484	.836	9	1.82	0.122	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
40	223	119 (2)	Aug 18	BSN	@	NYG	L,2-10	1-8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.271	.352	.479	.831	9	.43	-0.003	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
41	224	121 (1)	Aug 22 (1)	BSN		PHI	W,2-1	CG(10)	4	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.276	.366	.480	.846	9	1.53	0.086	.00	0.00%	0.53	P
42	225	126 (4)	Aug 27	BSN	@	PIT	L,0-5	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.357	.465	.822	9	.46	-0.034	.00	0.00%	-0.45	P
43	226	130 (3)	Aug 30 (2)	BSN	@	STL	L,2-3	8-GF(11)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.267	.362	.465	.827	9	1.27	0.030	.00	0.00%	0.12	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
44	227	136 (5)	Sep 7 (2)	BSN		BRO	W,5-3	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.260	.358	.452	.810	9	.43	-0.028	.00	0.00%	-0.23	P
45	228	139 (2)	Sep 12 (1)	BSN		PIT	W,4-1	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.252	.350	.439	.789	9	.69	-0.026	.00	0.00%	-0.61	P
46	229	144 (4)	Sep 16	BSN		STL	L,2-6	GS-9	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	.245	.346	.427	.774	9	1.21	-0.096	.00	0.00%	-0.72	P
47	230	147 (2)	Sep 24	BSN	@	BRO	L,3-5	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	.246	.344	.421	.765	9	1.02	0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.09	P
							14-33		132	114	14	28	2	0	6	15	16	0	23	1	1		2	2	0	1	.246	.344	.421	.765		1.13	0.938	1.08	1.23%	3.73

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