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Jim
Derrington		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 29, 1939 in Usa, CA, COMPTON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1966    1972   
All-Star Selections 1969   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 16 OAK AL   6 5 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4
1957 17 OAK AL   6 5 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4
1958 18 OAK AL   6 5 4 5 1 1 1 5 5 5
1959 19 OAK AL   6 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 5 5
1960 20 OAK AL   6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5
1961 21 OAK AL   6 5 5 5 2 2 2 6 5 5
1962 22 CLN NL   6 6 5 5 2 2 2 6 6 6
1963 23 CLN NL   6 6 6 6 3 3 3 6 6 6
1964 24 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 8 8 8 3 3 3 6 5 6
1965 25 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 8 7 7 3 3 3 6 5 6
1966 26 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7
1967 27 CLN NL $ 300,000 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
1968 28 CLN NL $ 300,000 7 9 9 9 4 4 4 8 8 8
1969 29 CLN NL $ 2,245,714 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 9 8 9
1970 30 CLN NL $ 3,700,000 6 9 9 9 4 4 4 7 7 7
1971 31 CLN NL $ 3,700,000 6 9 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7
1972 32 CLN NL $ 2,250,000 6 9 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7
1973 33 CLN NL $ 2,250,000 6 9 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7
1974 34 CLN NL $ 2,250,000 6 9 9 9 3 3 3 7 7 7
1975 35 CLN NL $ 2,250,000 5 7 7 7 1 1 1 5 5 5
1976 36 TAM AL $ 999,999 5 7 6 7 1 1 1 5 5 5
1977 37 TAM AL $ 999,999 5 6 6 6 1 1 1 5 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 5 4 4 1 1 1 5 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,700,000 7 9 9 9 4 4 4 9 8 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1956 16 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 17 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 18 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 19 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 20 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 21 OAK AL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 22 CLN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 23 CLN NL     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 24 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 25 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 26 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 27 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1968 28 CLN NL $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1969 29 CLN NL $ 2,245,714   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1970 30 CLN NL $ 3,700,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1971 31 CLN NL $ 3,700,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1972 32 CLN NL $ 2,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1973 33 CLN NL $ 2,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1974 34 CLN NL $ 2,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1975 35 CLN NL $ 2,250,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1976 36 TAM AL $ 999,999   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
1977 37 TAM AL $ 999,999   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,700,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 3 3 3
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Platinum Arm or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1956 16 A   2 6 .250 78 0 0 0 6 70.7 53 27 2 35 77 3.44 .208 .303 .267 .570  
1957 17 A   3 2 .600 38 0 0 0 2 29.7 22 13 3 22 28 3.94 .206 .341 .308 .649  
1958 18 AA   1 1 .500 17 0 0 0 1 15.7 16 9 4 9 19 5.17 .276 .373 .517 .890  
    A   4 2 .667 69 0 0 0 4 71.3 61 24 5 34 74 3.03 .236 .325 .333 .659  
1959 19 A   2 3 .400 80 0 0 0 10 63.0 42 18 4 36 78 2.57 .193 .307 .275 .582  
1960 20 A   5 0 1.000 75 0 0 0 10 61.3 37 17 7 21 69 2.49 .180 .257 .302 .559  
1961 21 AA   0 0 .000 16 0 0 0 1 24.0 28 13 3 10 28 4.88 .292 .358 .427 .786  
    A   2 3 .400 46 0 0 0 6 47.7 35 15 4 21 54 2.83 .206 .293 .294 .587  
1962 22 AA   3 11 .214 20 20 0 0 0 122.7 113 56 12 61 162 4.11 .242 .330 .363 .693  
1963 23 AA   13 7 .650 24 24 3 2 0 176.7 101 27 4 78 215 1.38 .166 .260 .205 .465  
1964 24 AAA   1 0 1.000 1 1 1 1 0 9.0 2 0 0 4 9 0.00 .069 .182 .069 .251  
    AA   8 8 .500 27 27 0 0 0 189.7 157 63 14 67 263 2.99 .221 .288 .321 .609  
1965 25 CLN NL 3 4 .429 36 6 0 0 4 60.3 61 33 12 25 50 4.92 .256 .330 .454 .783 0.5
    AAA   4 0 1.000 6 6 1 1 0 44.3 31 9 2 22 58 1.83 .199 .298 .288 .586  
1966 26 CLN NL 12 7 .632 42 12 1 1 3 119.7 95 54 15 43 109 4.06 .217 .292 .381 .673 6.9
1967 27 CLN NL 13 6 .684 44 21 2 2 6 172.3 138 70 17 90 154 3.66 .222 .322 .346 .668 10.7
1968 28 CLN NL 9 5 .643 62 14 2 1 3 144.0 136 66 10 66 130 4.13 .249 .329 .366 .695 5.9
1969 29 CLN NL 19 9 .679 36 36 2 1 0 251.3 206 95 21 102 247 3.40 .221 .302 .339 .641 18.9
1970 30 CLN NL 11 8 .579 29 29 1 0 0 187.3 178 88 14 94 153 4.23 .252 .342 .370 .712 9.0
1971 31 CLN NL 4 12 .250 25 25 0 0 0 145.3 154 91 20 89 127 5.64 .266 .365 .438 .803 0.1
1972 32 CLN NL 15 11 .577 37 37 4 3 0 255.3 203 105 20 123 218 3.70 .218 .311 .333 .644 15.6
1973 33 CLN NL 5 4 .556 27 0 0 0 4 48.7 40 18 6 26 35 3.33 .233 .328 .372 .700 4.4
1974 34 CLN NL 4 3 .571 30 0 0 0 2 49.3 33 18 5 21 46 3.28 .188 .280 .301 .581 4.4
1975 35 CLN NL 0 1 .000 23 0 0 0 3 29.0 19 5 2 13 21 1.55 .188 .281 .267 .548 4.2
1976 36 TAM AL 0 0 .000 14 0 0 0 0 15.3 24 19 3 17 8 11.15 .375 .500 .609 1.109 0.0
1977 37 AAA   0 2 .000 21 0 0 0 1 33.0 27 17 5 31 21 4.64 .221 .379 .369 .748  
12 Years Sim 95 70 .576 405 180 12 8 25 1478.0 1287 662 145 709 1298 4.03 .234 .323 .366 .689 80.5
3 Years AAA 5 2 .714 28 7 2 2 1 86.3 60 26 7 57 88 2.71 .195 .321 .300 .621  
5 Years AA 25 27 .481 104 71 3 2 2 528.6 415 168 37 225 687 2.86 .214 .295 .306 .601  
6 Years A 18 16 .529 386 0 0 0 38 343.6 250 114 25 169 380 2.99 .206 .303 .296 .599  
14 Years Minors 48 45 .516 518 78 5 4 41 958.6 725 308 69 451 1155 2.89 .209 .301 .302 .602  
Season Average 7 5 .583 33 15 1 0 2 123.2 107 55 12 59 108 4.03 .234 .323 .366 .689  
Career Highs 19 12 .684 62 37 4 3 6 255.3 206 105 21 123 247 11.15 .375 .500 .609 1.109  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   1016 506 115 538 959   .246 .332 .385 .717
vs LH   271 156 30 171 339   .199 .288 .309 .597
Home 50 44 .532 227 97 6 5 7 807.3 705 372 73 389 713 4.15 .235 .322 .362 .685
Away 45 26 .634 178 83 6 3 20 670.6 582 290 72 320 585 3.89 .233 .320 .370 .691
Mar/Apr 13 8 .619 51 21 1 1 2 178.0 173 89 16 80 164 4.50 .253 .331 .374 .705
May 16 6 .727 52 32 3 1 2 250.3 196 93 17 118 224 3.34 .217 .308 .324 .632
June 17 9 .654 87 28 1 1 6 237.0 218 122 35 122 216 4.63 .243 .334 .404 .737
July 17 14 .548 71 26 2 2 7 244.0 193 99 17 119 201 3.65 .219 .312 .350 .662
August 12 16 .429 70 31 1 1 6 235.6 231 129 29 119 201 4.93 .255 .341 .405 .746
Sep/Oct 20 17 .541 74 42 4 2 4 333.0 276 130 31 151 292 3.51 .225 .309 .347 .657
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1956 16 A   9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6  
1958 18 A   6 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0.1  
1964 24 AA   2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
1965 25 CLN NL 36 14 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .214 .214 .214 .429 0.5 0.0
1966 26 CLN NL 42 32 3 4 0 1 1 2 1 0 0 15 .125 .125 .281 .406 1.2 0.0
1967 27 CLN NL 44 52 4 8 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 19 .154 .214 .154 .368 1.5 0.0
1968 28 CLN NL 62 38 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 17 .132 .154 .132 .285 -0.6 0.0
4 Years Sim 184 136 8 20 0 1 1 9 1 0 4 55 .147 .177 .184 .361 2.6 0.0
1 Years AA 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2  
2 Years A 15 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.6  
3 Years Minors 17 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7  
162 Game Average 119 7 17 0 0 0 7 0 0 3 48 .147 .177 .184 .361 2.3  
Career Highs 62 52 4 8 0 1 1 3 1 0 3 19 .214 .214 .281 .429 1.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   92 6 18 0 1 1 8 1 0 4 31 .196 .229 .250 .479 4.9
vs LH   44 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 24 .045 .067 .045 .112 -3.0
Home 100 66 2 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 26 .152 .188 .197 .385 1.2
Away 84 70 6 10 0 1 0 5 1 0 2 29 .143 .167 .171 .338 0.6
RISP   42 0 7 0 0 0 7 0 0 1 14 .167 .186 .167 .353 0.5
Close/Late   5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5
Mar/Apr 24 18 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8 .111 .111 .111 .222 -0.5
May 17 28 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 11 .143 .226 .143 .369 0.4
June 14 15 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .133 .188 .133 .321 0.1
July 17 13 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .000 .071 .000 .071 -0.9
August 6 13 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 6 .154 .154 .385 .538 0.9
Sep/Oct 26 49 3 10 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 20 .204 .204 .245 .449 2.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1965 25 CLN NL P 36 6 60.3 4 12 0 2 1.000 2.39    
1966 26 CLN NL P 42 12 119.7 4 27 0 0 1.000 2.33    
1967 27 CLN NL P 44 21 172.3 5 29 0 3 1.000 1.78    
1968 28 CLN NL P 62 14 144.0 7 27 1 2 .971 2.13    
1969 29 CLN NL P 36 36 251.3 13 28 0 2 1.000 1.47    
1970 30 CLN NL P 29 29 187.3 10 39 0 7 1.000 2.35    
1971 31 CLN NL P 25 25 145.3 6 27 4 3 .892 2.04    
1972 32 CLN NL P 37 37 255.3 8 39 1 3 .979 1.66    
1973 33 CLN NL P 27 0 48.7 2 11 1 2 .929 2.40    
1974 34 CLN NL P 30 0 49.3 2 9 0 3 1.000 2.01    
1975 35 CLN NL P 23 0 29.0 1 6 0 0 1.000 2.17    
1976 36 TAM AL P 14 0 15.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 1.17    
Career Totals   405 180 1478.0 62 256 7 27 .978 1.94    
Career Highs   62 37 255.3 13 39 4 7 1.000 2.40    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1966 26 CLN NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 1 0 0 2 1 0.00 .143 .333 .143 .476
1967 27 CLN NL 0 0 .000 3 0 0 0 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 4 0.00 .000 .000 .000 .000
1968 28 CLN NL 2 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 12.0 6 3 0 7 10 2.25 .146 .271 .195 .466
1969 29 CLN NL 1 2 .333 4 4 0 0 0 20.3 25 23 5 17 17 10.18 .305 .424 .561 .985
1971 31 CLN NL 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 2 2 1 2 4 6.77 .182 .308 .455 .762
1972 32 CLN NL 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 2 13.7 7 1 1 6 11 0.66 .171 .277 .268 .545
1974 34 CLN NL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 2 0 1 2 9.00 .375 .444 .625 1.069
Career Post-Season Pitching 3 3 .500 28 4 0 0 2 55.3 44 31 7 35 49 5.04 .223 .341 .386 .726
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1968 28 CLN NL 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1969-9-3.40
 Wins
1969-3-19
 Winning Pct
1967-6-.684
1969-2-.679
 Games Started
1969-2-36
1972-1-37
 Shutouts
1967-8-2
1972-5-3
 Innings Pitched
1972-9-255.3
Strikeouts
1969-3-247
1972-2-218
 Walks Allowed
1969-7-102
1970-8-94
1972-3-123
 Hits per 9IP
1967-5-7.2
1969-6-7.4
1972-3-7.2
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1967-4-8.0
1969-2-8.8
1970-7-7.4
1972-7-7.7
CAR-21-7.9
 WHiP
1969-10-1.23
1972-10-1.28
 OAVG
1967-7-.222
1969-5-.221
1972-3-.218
OSLG
1969-7-.339
1972-7-.333
 OOPS
1969-7-.641
1972-7-.644
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 43    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 21    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 4th round, 63rd overall pick, by Oakland in 1956
Injured on 6/16/1960 with a Tender Shoulder, out for one week
Injured on 5/2/1962 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Injured on 5/26/1964 with a Tight Shoulder, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/5/1965, off Tex Clevenger (PIT)
Earned first career win on 9/15/1965
Hit first career homerun on 8/30/1966, off Phil Niekro (PIT)
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1966
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,245,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1969, winning 2 games with a 1.69 ERA
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,700,000 through salary arbitration
Injured on 4/14/1970 with a Herniated Disc Back, out for 5 weeks
Injured on 6/3/1970 with a Tender Elbow, out for one week
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,700,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1971: Signed a contract extension with Cleveland (N), $2,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Championship with Cleveland (N) in 1972
Signed as a free agent by Tampa Bay on 2/7/1976 to a 3-year deal worth $999,999 per year
 
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