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Bernie
James		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 150
 
Born: September 2, 1905 in Usa, TX, ANGLETON
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1934   
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
1930 24 MON NL $ 300,000   50 50 46 13 13 13 44 53 50 34 43 40 74 82 80
1931 25 MON NL $ 300,000   6 6 5 2 2 2 5 6 5 4 5 5 8 9 9
1932 26 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 2 2 5 5 5 5 6 5 8 9 9
1933 27 MON NL $ 497,143   7 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 5 8 9 9
1934 28 MON NL $ 1,668,571   7 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 5 6 5 8 9 9
1935 29 MON NL $ 2,600,000   7 7 6 4 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 5 8 9 9
1936 30 MON NL $ 2,600,000   6 6 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 5 5 8 9 9
1937 31 MON NL $ 2,600,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 4 5 4 8 8 8
1938 32 MON NL $ 2,600,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 4 3 4 4 7 8 8
1939 33 MON NL $ 2,600,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 3 7 8 8
1940 34 MON NL $ 1,290,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 4 5 5 3 4 3 7 8 8
1941 35 MON NL $ 1,290,000   5 5 5 2 2 2 4 5 4 3 4 3 6 7 7
1942 36 MON NL     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 3 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,600,000   50 50 46 13 13 13 44 53 50 34 43 40 74 82 80
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
1930 24 MON NL 118 350 37 97 12 3 0 30 10 8 30 23 .277 .335 .329 .664 37.4 5.5
1931 25 MON NL 123 356 43 96 18 4 2 37 1 0 30 18 .270 .327 .360 .687 40.0 5.3
1932 26 MON NL 82 220 32 53 8 3 1 20 0 1 14 15 .241 .288 .318 .606 19.9 1.3
1933 27 MON NL 118 274 42 84 11 3 6 36 0 2 27 13 .307 .366 .434 .801 42.5 7.9
1934 28 MON NL 113 379 52 115 14 2 4 60 0 1 32 23 .303 .355 .383 .738 49.5 7.4
1935 29 MON NL 123 390 64 106 12 2 7 57 0 5 45 24 .272 .344 .367 .711 47.7 5.8
1936 30 MON NL 155 524 75 163 21 3 11 83 0 2 53 23 .311 .371 .426 .797 78.3 14.1
1937 31 MON NL 102 256 32 70 7 4 4 34 0 2 25 18 .273 .337 .379 .716 31.4 4.8
1938 32 MON NL 50 95 14 26 2 1 0 10 0 0 10 5 .274 .340 .316 .655 10.4 1.3
1939 33 MON NL 88 130 27 37 3 2 5 15 4 4 5 11 .285 .309 .454 .763 16.6 2.8
1940 34 MON NL 122 225 34 57 7 4 2 30 4 7 12 19 .253 .289 .347 .635 18.4 1.3
1941 35 MON NL 74 152 19 42 4 2 0 14 0 0 9 13 .276 .315 .329 .644 15.0 1.6
1942 36 AAA   102 156 15 36 5 1 2 19 4 2 7 22 .231 .264 .314 .578 12.5  
12 Years Sim 1268 3351 471 946 119 33 42 426 19 32 292 205 .282 .338 .375 .713 407.0 59.1
1 Years AAA 102 156 15 36 5 1 2 19 4 2 7 22 .231 .267 .314 .581 12.5  
162 Game Average 428 60 120 15 4 5 54 2 4 37 26 .282 .338 .375 .713 52.0  
Career Highs 155 524 75 163 21 4 11 83 10 8 53 24 .311 .371 .454 .801 78.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   2894 407 829 106 28 33 377 14 27 252 167 .286 .342 .377 .718 365.3
vs LH   457 64 117 13 5 9 49 5 5 40 38 .256 .316 .365 .681 52.8
Home 632 1652 233 476 65 14 19 223 9 13 155 102 .288 .347 .379 .726 215.0
Away 636 1699 238 470 54 19 23 203 10 19 137 103 .277 .330 .371 .701 203.1
RISP   836 0 258 37 6 15 373 0 0 96 47 .309 .371 .421 .792 131.6
Pinch Hitting   141 20 36 3 2 2 19 0 4 5 11 .255 .279 .348 .626 12.0
Close/Late   357 83 101 13 6 5 36 0 2 27 25 .283 .331 .395 .726 45.3
Mar/Apr 196 529 78 154 20 5 7 72 4 3 40 26 .291 .339 .388 .727 68.0
May 228 612 81 166 20 8 3 70 1 7 49 32 .271 .323 .345 .668 66.3
June 234 595 67 164 20 2 6 68 7 5 62 37 .276 .342 .346 .688 72.5
July 199 540 98 164 16 3 11 76 2 6 51 44 .304 .363 .406 .769 77.2
August 212 572 72 153 20 6 7 61 3 4 48 36 .267 .323 .360 .683 66.1
Sep/Oct 199 503 75 145 23 9 8 79 2 7 42 30 .288 .342 .417 .760 68.0
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1930 24 MON NL 2B 109 97 851.3 236 433 14 105 .980 7.07   3.6
1931 25 MON NL 2B 108 102 881.0 221 398 22 85 .966 6.32   3.8
    SS 3 0 4.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
1932 26 MON NL 2B 69 66 572.7 146 259 12 60 .971 6.37   2.7
    SS 2 0 2.7 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.38   0.0
1933 27 MON NL 2B 114 88 768.7 178 346 16 72 .970 6.14   3.8
1934 28 MON NL 2B 107 99 857.3 209 378 19 78 .969 6.16   2.5
1935 29 MON NL 2B 114 109 885.3 210 432 20 96 .970 6.53   4.1
    SS 2 0 2.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 9.00   0.0
1936 30 MON NL 2B 153 152 1228.0 257 510 26 100 .967 5.62   2.6
    RF 2 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
    SS 2 0 3.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 4.92   0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1937 31 MON NL 2B 79 64 560.7 140 225 5 54 .986 5.86   1.9
1938 32 MON NL 2B 30 30 214.0 42 86 4 22 .970 5.38   0.5
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1939 33 MON NL 2B 50 27 262.7 82 122 7 33 .967 6.99   1.2
1940 34 MON NL 2B 91 43 466.7 114 196 16 41 .951 5.98   1.3
1941 35 MON NL 2B 65 45 395.0 105 165 3 49 .989 6.15   1.5
  2B 1089 922 7943.3 1940 3550 164 795 .971 6.22   29.5
  SS 9 0 12.3 2 5 0 2 1.000 5.11   0.1
  RF 2 0 5.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 5.40   0.0
  3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 1 1.000 3.00   0.0
  LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
Career Totals   1103 922 7965.6 1945 3556 164 798 .971 6.22   29.6
Career Highs   158 152 1237.7 261 511 26 105 .989 7.07    
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
1932 26 MON NL 7 26 4 6 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .231 .231 .308 .538
1933 27 MON NL 12 24 6 8 0 0 1 2 0 0 4 0 .333 .429 .458 .887
1934 28 MON NL 16 54 8 17 2 0 0 7 0 0 4 5 .315 .356 .352 .708
1935 29 MON NL 7 27 7 11 0 1 1 3 0 0 2 3 .407 .448 .593 1.041
1936 30 MON NL 13 49 7 18 3 1 0 12 0 1 7 3 .367 .446 .469 .916
1937 31 MON NL 3 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000
Career Post-Season Batting 58 182 32 61 7 2 2 27 0 1 17 13 .335 .390 .429 .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.
Games
1936-8-155
 Singles
1936-10-128
 Caught Stealing
1930-5-8
1935-7-5
1940-6-7
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 1    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  1. Bill Cissell (960)
  2. Lonny Frey (959)
  3. Bama Rowell (952)
  4. Ron Theobald (943)
  5. Bernie Allen (940)
  6. Rob Andrews (934)
  7. Jerry Standaert (933)
  8. Charlie Gehringer (932)
  9. Roy Hartsfield (930)
  10. Fresco Thompson (927)
History
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/1/1930, off Bill Hallahan (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/23/1931, off Bill Snyder (SLC)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Pittsburgh on 6/10/1931
1/31/1933: Gets a new one-year contract worth $497,143 through salary arbitration
2/5/1934: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,668,571 through salary arbitration
10/9/1934: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $2,600,000 per year, for 5 years
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1934
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1936, hitting .545 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Won World Series with Montreal in 1936
6/1/1939: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $1,290,000 per year, for 2 years
4/2/1941: Signed a minor league contract extension with Montreal
 
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