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Jim
Gilliam		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: October 17, 1928 in Usa, TN, NASHVILLE
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1961   
All-Star Selections 1957   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1953 24 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 2 2 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 9
1954 25 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 8 9 9 8 10 9 10 10 10
1955 26 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 2 2 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10
1956 27 OAK AL $ 1,800,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 8 9 9 9 10 10 10 10 10
1957 28 OAK AL $ 2,257,143   7 7 7 1 2 2 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10
1958 29 OAK AL $ 2,685,714   7 7 6 1 2 2 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10
1959 30 OAK AL $ 6,100,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
1960 31 OAK AL $ 6,100,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10
1961 32 OAK AL $ 6,100,000   8 8 7 1 2 2 9 10 10 9 10 10 10 10 10
1962 33 OAK AL $ 6,100,000   7 7 6 1 2 2 8 9 9 9 10 10 9 9 9
1963 34 OAK AL $ 5,400,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 5 6 6 5 5 5
1964 35 CLN NL $ 5,400,000   4 4 3 2 2 2 2 4 3 5 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   3 3 3 1 2 2 2 4 3 5 6 6 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 6,100,000   8 8 7 2 2 2 9 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
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
1953 24 OAK AL 155 535 91 134 28 9 6 47 21 10 90 23 .250 .356 .370 .726 76.2 10.8
1954 25 OAK AL 157 533 72 159 37 3 4 57 25 6 76 18 .298 .385 .402 .787 80.0 15.9
1955 26 OAK AL 158 514 75 137 29 9 1 51 15 10 68 18 .267 .350 .364 .714 60.1 8.0
1956 27 OAK AL 152 525 77 143 29 8 5 61 20 12 86 25 .272 .372 .387 .758 77.3 11.7
1957 28 OAK AL 157 555 95 154 47 9 2 59 19 10 104 34 .277 .394 .405 .799 88.8 17.2
1958 29 OAK AL 153 552 82 145 39 4 3 59 32 8 89 20 .263 .365 .364 .729 80.3 12.5
1959 30 OAK AL 150 520 94 149 45 8 4 52 24 9 89 18 .287 .392 .427 .818 88.9 19.0
1960 31 OAK AL 155 552 92 145 37 7 5 59 20 10 79 19 .263 .357 .382 .740 75.8 15.4
1961 32 OAK AL 151 552 95 161 45 10 5 57 17 8 71 21 .292 .371 .437 .808 85.9 21.0
1962 33 OAK AL 155 574 78 150 29 9 1 51 22 13 83 40 .261 .354 .348 .702 73.3 13.7
1963 34 OAK AL 153 545 71 117 25 5 3 29 23 20 70 74 .215 .305 .295 .601 50.1 6.2
1964 35 AA   127 467 61 99 13 5 6 34 14 1 75 75 .212 .321 .300 .621 53.1  
11 Years Sim 1696 5957 922 1594 390 81 39 582 238 116 905 310 .268 .364 .380 .744 836.8 151.5
1 Years AA 127 467 61 99 13 5 6 34 14 1 75 75 .212 .322 .300 .622 53.1  
162 Game Average 569 88 152 37 7 3 55 22 11 86 29 .268 .364 .380 .744 79.9  
Career Highs 158 574 95 161 47 10 6 61 32 20 104 74 .298 .394 .437 .818 88.9  
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   4030 668 1128 276 55 25 401 172 85 651 185 .280 .380 .394 .774 624.4
vs LH   1927 254 466 114 26 14 181 66 31 254 125 .242 .330 .350 .680 233.3
Home 846 2879 434 781 180 32 20 290 115 64 459 147 .271 .371 .377 .748 421.1
Away 850 3078 488 813 210 49 19 292 123 52 446 163 .264 .357 .383 .740 436.7
RISP   1319 0 340 83 9 5 472 0 0 240 68 .258 .368 .346 .713 185.4
Pinch Hitting   59 11 17 3 1 2 15 1 0 10 3 .288 .391 .475 .866 11.1
Close/Late   721 118 203 46 10 6 78 0 0 115 37 .282 .382 .398 .780 112.0
Mar/Apr 275 984 157 262 71 9 5 99 48 22 138 47 .266 .356 .372 .728 135.4
May 294 1020 169 278 61 18 9 100 35 22 166 44 .273 .374 .394 .769 155.1
June 281 985 143 256 55 16 5 99 43 15 157 53 .260 .361 .363 .725 139.8
July 272 946 117 255 71 5 5 100 29 22 143 43 .270 .365 .371 .736 131.0
August 287 996 158 253 60 12 7 94 48 19 157 68 .254 .355 .359 .714 137.4
Sep/Oct 287 1026 178 290 72 21 8 90 35 16 144 55 .283 .371 .417 .788 159.2
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
1953 24 OAK AL 2B 149 144 1253.0 301 570 11 111 .988 6.26   4.8
    3B 4 2 21.0 1 4 0 0 1.000 2.14   0.1
1954 25 OAK AL 2B 150 148 1292.0 315 587 16 126 .983 6.28   5.7
    3B 5 0 9.3 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.89   0.1
1955 26 OAK AL 2B 150 147 1258.3 267 539 20 114 .976 5.76   8.0
    3B 5 0 9.0 1 2 1 0 .750 3.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1956 27 OAK AL 2B 149 145 1285.0 238 494 10 93 .987 5.13   7.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1957 28 OAK AL 2B 145 144 1315.3 265 530 24 121 .971 5.44   8.5
    3B 6 1 17.7 2 4 0 0 1.000 3.06   0.1
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1958 29 OAK AL 2B 148 144 1270.7 260 492 16 106 .979 5.33   6.8
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1959 30 OAK AL 2B 144 138 1241.0 256 478 16 83 .979 5.32   5.7
    3B 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1960 31 OAK AL 2B 147 145 1280.3 255 487 16 94 .979 5.22   6.8
    3B 4 0 12.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    LF 2 0 6.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1961 32 OAK AL 2B 146 141 1274.0 273 551 13 100 .984 5.82   10.1
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 1 1 1 .500 1.80   0.0
    LF 2 0 1.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1962 33 OAK AL 2B 154 148 1324.7 277 562 13 113 .985 5.70   10.8
1963 34 OAK AL 2B 150 147 1287.7 286 549 19 103 .978 5.84   5.4
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  2B 1632 1591 14082.0 2993 5839 174 1164 .981 5.64   79.7
  3B 32 3 83.0 6 19 2 1 .926 2.71   0.4
  LF 8 0 18.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.50   0.0
Career Totals   1672 1594 14183.0 3000 5858 176 1165 .981 5.62   80.1
Career Highs   156 148 1335.0 315 590 24 126 .988 6.26    
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
1955 26 OAK AL 6 20 2 4 2 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 .200 .273 .300 .573
1959 30 OAK AL 6 23 4 6 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 .261 .292 .522 .813
1961 32 OAK AL 12 53 3 11 3 0 0 6 1 0 2 2 .208 .232 .264 .496
1962 33 OAK AL 5 19 3 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 3 2 .263 .364 .368 .732
Career Post-Season Batting 29 115 12 26 8 1 1 9 3 0 8 4 .226 .274 .339 .613
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.
On-Base Pct
1956-8-.372
1957-4-.394
1958-10-.365
1959-5-.392
1961-8-.371
 XR
1961-10-85.9
 Games
1954-4-157
1955-1-158
1957-5-157
 Runs
1957-9-95
1959-9-94
1960-5-92
1961-6-95
 Doubles
1954-8-37
1957-2-47
1958-3-39
1959-2-45
1960-6-37
1961-2-45
 Triples
1953-2-9
1955-1-9
1956-1-8
1957-1-9
1959-2-8
1960-6-7
1961-1-10
1962-3-9
CAR-36-81
Stolen Bases
1953-5-21
1954-6-25
1955-5-15
1956-4-20
1957-3-19
1958-2-32
1959-3-24
1960-4-20
1961-4-17
1962-5-22
 Caught Stealing
1953-5-10
1955-3-10
1956-1-12
1957-2-10
1958-2-8
1959-2-9
1960-1-10
1961-2-8
1962-3-13
1963-2-20
 Walks
1953-10-90
1956-10-86
1957-5-104
1958-6-89
1959-6-89
1960-7-79
1961-8-71
1962-6-83
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 5    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 71    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 35    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 5th overall pick, by Oakland in 1953
Had first career hit on 4/2/1953, off Joe Haynes (SEM)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1953, off Whitey Ford (CIN)
2/1/1956: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,800,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1957: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,257,143 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1957 Allstar game
2/1/1958: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
7/31/1958: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $6,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Won World Series with Oakland in 1961
Won Gold Glove at Second Base in 1961
7/31/1962: Signed a contract extension with Oakland, $5,400,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Oakland to Cleveland (N) on 2/3/1964 (Going to OAK: C Red Wilson. Going to CLN: DH Ray Barker, 2B Jim Gilliam, P Virgil Jester)
Injured on 7/18/1964 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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