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Jim
Fregosi		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 4, 1942 in Usa, CA, SAN FRANCISCO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1966   
All-Star Selections 1963    1966    1967    1969   
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
1961 19 CIN NL     6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 8 8 8
1962 20 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1963 21 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1964 22 COL NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 7 7 6 6 6 7 7 7
1965 23 COL NL $ 2,492,857   8 8 8 5 5 5 8 8 8 6 6 6 7 7 7
1966 24 COL NL $ 3,785,714   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 6 6 6
1967 25 COL NL $ 4,492,857   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 5 5 5
1968 26 OAK AL $ 10,220,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 5 5 5
1969 27 OAK AL $ 10,220,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5
1970 28 OAK AL $ 10,220,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5
1971 29 OAK AL $ 10,220,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5
1972 30 COL NL $ 6,184,739   6 6 6 6 6 6 9 9 9 5 5 5 5 5 5
1973 31 PIT NL $ 6,184,739   6 6 6 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4
1974 32 PIT NL $ 6,184,739   5 5 5 5 5 5 8 8 8 4 4 4 4 4 4
1975 33 PIT NL $ 6,184,739   5 5 5 5 5 5 7 7 7 4 4 4 4 4 4
1976 34 DET AL $ 432,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1977 35 IND AL $ 728,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4
1978 36 OAK AL $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,220,000   8 8 8 6 6 6 9 9 9 6 6 6 8 8 8
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
1961 19 AAA   125 527 74 135 24 7 23 78 18 8 43 101 .256 .312 .459 .771 75.8  
1962 20 COL NL 157 578 69 145 27 4 9 53 6 2 53 77 .251 .316 .358 .674 62.2 10.6
1963 21 COL NL 156 514 59 147 24 8 7 53 21 8 35 77 .286 .331 .405 .736 66.7 13.5
1964 22 COL NL 159 565 80 145 28 5 6 45 28 12 54 70 .257 .322 .356 .677 62.9 9.9
1965 23 COL NL 151 539 79 161 33 3 13 63 35 9 60 62 .299 .370 .443 .813 87.8 21.7
1966 24 COL NL 157 595 106 182 35 12 24 87 39 16 53 81 .306 .362 .526 .888 104.9 25.9
1967 25 COL NL 157 564 71 138 45 6 16 88 28 13 51 114 .245 .306 .431 .737 71.0 13.6
1968 26 OAK AL 123 432 54 122 26 5 10 58 28 9 43 100 .282 .344 .435 .779 65.4 14.1
1969 27 OAK AL 155 562 78 147 28 4 17 68 30 14 44 121 .262 .313 .416 .730 71.5 12.6
1970 28 OAK AL 153 558 96 142 36 5 20 91 32 11 36 147 .254 .298 .444 .743 74.6 13.6
1971 29 OAK AL 148 555 80 142 36 7 12 82 27 7 47 146 .256 .313 .411 .724 71.7 14.0
1972 30 COL NL 155 555 67 122 31 6 6 66 26 12 41 152 .220 .274 .330 .604 50.7 3.5
1973 31 COL NL 71 194 31 51 13 5 5 22 4 2 16 50 .263 .318 .459 .776 26.5 4.7
  PIT NL 74 254 29 67 19 5 4 32 6 2 11 72 .264 .293 .425 .718 29.1 4.7
  TOT   145 448 60 118 32 10 9 54 10 4 27 122 .263 .304 .440 .744 55.6 9.5
1974 32 PIT NL 144 548 71 143 27 7 12 82 5 5 42 125 .261 .314 .401 .716 62.5 10.5
1975 33 PIT NL 153 581 55 138 40 2 8 57 4 1 37 144 .238 .284 .355 .639 54.7 5.2
1976 34 DET AL 101 332 35 76 17 3 8 45 6 5 39 92 .229 .306 .370 .676 38.5 3.8
    AAA   54 206 40 68 12 3 14 47 5 5 26 42 .330 .405 .621 1.027 46.3  
1977 35 IND AL 43 80 6 20 4 0 1 7 3 2 3 16 .250 .277 .338 .615 6.9 0.3
    AAA   79 278 45 84 10 1 9 38 8 1 30 64 .302 .370 .442 .813 45.9  
1978 36 OAK AL 51 75 14 16 1 2 1 6 5 4 4 13 .213 .253 .320 .573 5.9 0.1
    AAA   50 171 15 36 10 2 2 23 2 4 10 38 .211 .254 .327 .582 12.7  
17 Years Sim 2308 8081 1080 2104 470 89 179 1005 333 134 669 1659 .260 .316 .407 .723 1013.5 182.2
4 Years AAA 308 1182 174 323 56 13 48 186 33 18 109 245 .273 .335 .464 .800 180.7  
162 Game Average 567 75 147 32 6 12 70 23 9 46 116 .260 .316 .407 .723 71.1  
Career Highs 159 595 106 182 45 12 24 91 39 16 60 152 .306 .370 .526 .888 104.9  
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   5188 724 1390 299 62 122 687 216 88 391 1060 .268 .318 .420 .738 688.0
vs LH   2893 356 714 171 27 57 318 117 46 278 599 .247 .313 .384 .697 354.5
Home 1149 3940 509 1000 221 37 78 472 154 73 345 791 .254 .313 .388 .701 481.3
Away 1159 4141 571 1104 249 52 101 533 179 61 324 868 .267 .319 .425 .744 561.1
RISP   1923 0 497 106 25 39 744 0 0 188 401 .258 .318 .400 .718 249.0
Pinch Hitting   77 11 20 2 1 2 12 0 0 7 16 .260 .321 .390 .711 9.8
Close/Late   979 159 274 44 11 32 142 0 0 102 197 .280 .345 .445 .791 149.7
Mar/Apr 364 1285 192 331 80 16 24 155 61 22 129 274 .258 .325 .401 .726 170.5
May 382 1332 190 369 78 16 32 158 65 26 113 246 .277 .334 .432 .765 189.7
June 388 1366 174 346 73 11 30 173 50 25 106 271 .253 .304 .389 .693 162.3
July 361 1295 176 344 83 12 29 170 55 18 110 266 .266 .322 .415 .738 174.2
August 421 1449 196 379 80 18 33 188 49 19 112 300 .262 .315 .410 .725 185.9
Sep/Oct 392 1354 152 335 76 16 31 161 53 24 99 302 .247 .299 .396 .695 159.7
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1962 20 COL NL SS 152 145 1292.3 177 507 29 96 .959 4.76   6.6
    1B 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1963 21 COL NL SS 148 146 1299.3 174 491 25 86 .964 4.61   6.3
    3B 6 0 18.7 0 5 1 0 .833 2.41   0.0
1964 22 COL NL SS 155 150 1315.7 193 500 43 89 .942 4.74   7.0
    3B 3 0 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29   0.0
1965 23 COL NL SS 146 142 1258.7 183 477 26 84 .962 4.72   7.7
    3B 4 0 12.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
1966 24 COL NL SS 146 146 1296.7 188 489 20 83 .971 4.70   7.5
    3B 9 0 20.0 3 3 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.1
1967 25 COL NL SS 151 147 1307.7 174 489 15 79 .978 4.56   5.5
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
    1B 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50   0.0
1968 26 OAK AL SS 120 117 1052.7 133 437 21 78 .964 4.87   4.5
    3B 2 0 7.0 0 2 0 0 1.000 2.57   0.0
1969 27 OAK AL SS 148 144 1271.3 175 516 31 96 .957 4.89   4.9
    3B 5 1 16.0 1 6 1 0 .875 3.94   0.1
1970 28 OAK AL SS 148 145 1282.3 192 514 22 102 .970 4.96   6.1
    1B 1 1 9.0 12 0 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 4.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 2.25   0.0
1971 29 OAK AL SS 146 145 1288.3 188 528 28 96 .962 5.00   4.9
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1972 30 COL NL 3B 132 128 1139.0 69 297 17 16 .956 2.89   4.1
    1B 6 1 24.0 29 2 0 6 1.000 11.63   0.1
    SS 6 1 20.0 5 9 0 1 1.000 6.30   0.1
1973 31 COL NL SS 66 65 494.0 67 179 10 35 .961 4.48   1.8
    1B 1 0 2.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 10.00   0.0
    3B 0 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  PIT NL SS 69 68 622.7 85 226 12 43 .963 4.49   2.6
    1B 1 0 3.3 4 0 0 1 1.000 10.91   0.0
    3B 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 135 133 1116.7 152 405 22 78 .962 4.49   4.4
      1B 2 0 6.0 7 0 0 1 1.000 10.50   0.0
      3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1974 32 PIT NL SS 138 138 1206.3 175 509 25 95 .965 5.10   5.6
    1B 3 0 4.0 5 1 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1975 33 PIT NL SS 148 147 1275.3 209 543 32 89 .959 5.31   4.3
    3B 5 0 17.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 2.12   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00   0.0
1976 34 DET AL SS 98 95 814.7 122 361 16 60 .968 5.34   2.5
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1977 35 IND AL 1B 12 8 71.7 86 6 0 6 1.000 11.55   0.1
    3B 7 6 60.3 7 17 3 1 .889 3.58   0.2
    SS 17 3 48.7 7 23 1 6 .968 5.55   0.1
1978 36 OAK AL SS 19 10 97.0 16 29 1 7 .978 4.18   0.2
    3B 16 7 75.7 5 24 3 2 .906 3.45   0.4
    1B 6 1 18.0 22 1 0 0 1.000 11.50   0.1
    CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
  SS 2021 1954 17243.6 2463 6827 357 1225 .963 4.85   78.2
  3B 198 142 1390.7 89 362 25 20 .947 2.92   5.1
  1B 33 11 137.7 169 10 0 14 1.000 11.70   0.3
  CF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
Career Totals   2253 2107 18772.9 2722 7199 382 1259 .963 4.76   83.6
Career Highs   158 150 1322.7 214 545 43 102 .978 7.27    
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
1964 22 COL NL 6 20 2 6 2 0 0 1 0 1 3 2 .300 .375 .400 .775
1967 25 COL NL 7 29 5 10 4 0 1 6 1 1 1 5 .345 .367 .586 .953
1970 28 OAK AL 16 61 10 18 6 1 1 8 5 0 5 12 .295 .348 .475 .824
1971 29 OAK AL 7 27 3 7 2 1 0 2 2 1 1 8 .259 .286 .407 .693
Career Post-Season Batting 36 137 20 41 14 2 2 17 8 3 10 27 .299 .345 .474 .819
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1966-4-.306
 On-Base Pct
1965-6-.370
1966-9-.362
 Slugging Pct
1966-5-.526
 OPS
1966-6-.888
 XR
1966-4-104.9
 Games
1962-5-157
1964-1-159
1966-7-157
1967-4-157
1972-7-155
CAR-47-2308
At-Bats
1962-8-578
1966-7-595
 Runs
1966-3-106
1970-8-96
 Hits
1966-4-182
 Total Bases
1966-2-313
 Doubles
1965-2-33
1966-1-35
1967-1-45
1970-5-36
1971-4-36
1973-8-32
1975-4-40
CAR-47-470
 Triples
1963-1-8
1964-5-5
1966-1-12
1967-3-6
1971-3-7
1972-5-6
1973-1-10
1974-3-7
CAR-24-89
Stolen Bases
1962-6-6
1963-6-21
1964-3-28
1965-3-35
1966-2-39
1967-3-28
1969-7-30
1970-8-32
1972-4-26
CAR-40-333
 Caught Stealing
1963-7-8
1964-4-12
1965-9-9
1966-3-16
1967-3-13
1969-8-14
1972-4-12
CAR-41-134
 Strikeouts
1970-6-147
1971-6-146
1972-1-152
1973-9-122
1974-9-125
1975-2-144
CAR-20-1659
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 63    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 37    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1961
Injured on 5/11/1961 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 6/29/1961 with a Pulled Thigh Muscle, out for one week
Had first career hit on 4/4/1962, off Bob Friend (BRK)
Hit first career homerun on 4/8/1962, off Virgil Jester (OAK)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Pittsburgh on 5/15/1962
Was selected to the 1963 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 6/25/1964
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland (N) on 7/14/1964
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Cleveland (A) on 8/27/1964
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,492,857 through salary arbitration
Injured on 9/23/1965 with a Stiff Shoulder, out for one week
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,785,714 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 7/20/1966
Won Player of the Week award on 8/11/1966, hitting .462 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 10/1/1966, hitting .340 with 8 HR, 22 RBI
Won Gold Glove at Shortstop in 1966
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,492,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 9 runs against Pittsburgh on 4/4/1967
Won Player of the Week award on 4/7/1967, hitting .444 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Was selected to the 1967 Allstar game
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 7/28/1967
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 2/9/1968 to a 4-year deal worth $10,220,000 per year
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 5/29/1968
Injured on 7/4/1968 with a Strained Back Muscle, out for 5-6 weeks
Was selected to the 1969 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 4/14/1971, hitting .560 with 1 HR, 9 RBI
Injured on 5/3/1971 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/4/1972 to a 4-year deal worth $6,184,739 per year
Traded from Colorado to Pittsburgh on 7/1/1973 (Going to PIT: SS Jim Fregosi. Going to COL: CF Jimmy Rosario)
Drove in 6 runs against St. Louis on 7/8/1973
Injured on 9/19/1974 with a Pulled Hamstring Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Kansas City on 7/22/1975
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 4/2/1976 to a 1-year deal worth $432,000 per year
Had 2000th career hit on 6/13/1976, off Dick Estelle (OAK)
Signed as a free agent by Indianapolis on 4/3/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $728,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 4/3/1978 to a minor league deal
 
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