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Jim
Pyburn		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: November 1, 1932 in Usa, AL, FAIRFIELD
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1955 22 NYG NL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1956 23 DET AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1957 24 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1958 25 DET AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1959 26 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1960 27 DET AL   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1961 28 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1962 29 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1963 30 DET AL $ 300,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1964 31 DET AL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1965 32 DET AL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1966 33 DET AL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
1967 34 DET AL $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000 0 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
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
1955 22 NYG NL     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 7 5 6 7 6 6
1956 23 DET AL     3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 4 7 5 6 6 5 6
1957 24 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 6
1958 25 DET AL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 5
1959 26 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 4 2 2 2 4 3 3 7 6 6 6 5 5
1960 27 DET AL     3 3 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 5
1961 28 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 5
1962 29 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 3 7 6 6 6 5 5
1963 30 DET AL $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 3 4 7 6 6 6 5 5
1964 31 DET AL $ 350,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 7 6 6 6 5 5
1965 32 DET AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 7 5 6 5 4 4
1966 33 DET AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 6 5 5 4 4 4
1967 34 DET AL $ 350,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 2 2 2 4 3 3 5 4 4 4 3 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 6 6 7 6 6
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
1966 33 DET AL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.0
1 Years Sim 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.0
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   0 0 0 0 0   .000 .000 .000 .000
vs LH   0 0 0 1 0   .000 .500 .000 .500
Away 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .333 .000 .333
May 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0.00 .000 .333 .000 .333
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
1955 22 A   108 261 52 61 3 2 8 27 14 1 54 38 .234 .365 .352 .718 41.1  
1956 23 AAA   2 7 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 0.3  
    AA   102 392 46 78 11 1 12 55 12 7 48 64 .199 .286 .324 .610 39.3  
    A   29 110 5 32 2 0 0 11 8 3 16 13 .291 .381 .309 .690 14.9  
1957 24 DET AL 16 48 4 8 1 0 1 2 1 1 8 10 .167 .286 .250 .536 3.3 0.0
    AAA   54 215 23 35 5 0 4 13 5 1 22 46 .163 .241 .242 .482 13.1  
    AA   81 294 36 76 6 2 8 40 10 6 48 61 .259 .363 .374 .737 43.2  
1958 25 AAA   137 557 57 108 11 4 6 38 13 10 64 113 .194 .277 .260 .537 42.0  
1959 26 DET AL 87 186 20 33 7 2 1 16 11 2 18 72 .177 .250 .253 .503 11.7 0.0
1960 27 AAA   137 568 58 114 21 1 8 45 18 7 62 131 .201 .279 .283 .563 48.2  
1961 28 DET AL 19 13 5 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 3 .154 .267 .385 .651 0.9 0.0
    AAA   106 381 41 85 13 4 7 39 7 6 50 85 .223 .313 .333 .647 42.0  
1962 29 DET AL 83 176 25 39 6 0 1 11 4 0 25 43 .222 .317 .273 .590 16.5 1.4
1963 30 DET AL 74 192 24 30 1 1 3 10 5 1 14 44 .156 .217 .219 .436 7.9 0.0
1964 31 DET AL 50 60 11 11 1 2 0 3 2 0 3 11 .183 .246 .267 .513 4.0 0.0
1965 32 AAA   137 560 53 105 19 1 7 31 5 5 55 138 .188 .260 .263 .523 38.1  
1966 33 DET AL 85 196 15 23 1 1 1 4 5 1 12 61 .117 .168 .148 .316 0.3 0.0
    AAA   26 96 7 17 3 0 2 6 4 0 13 20 .177 .275 .271 .546 8.6  
1967 34 DET AL 36 58 9 9 3 0 1 2 2 0 3 19 .155 .210 .259 .468 2.9 0.0
8 Years Sim 450 929 113 155 20 6 9 49 30 5 85 263 .167 .239 .230 .470 47.6 1.4
7 Years AAA 599 2384 240 465 72 10 34 172 52 29 267 533 .195 .278 .276 .554 192.3  
2 Years AA 183 686 82 154 17 3 20 95 22 13 96 125 .224 .319 .345 .664 82.5  
2 Years A 137 371 57 93 5 2 8 38 22 4 70 51 .251 .370 .340 .710 56.0  
11 Years Minors 919 3441 379 712 94 15 62 305 96 46 433 709 .207 .297 .297 .594 330.9  
162 Game Average 334 40 55 7 2 3 17 10 1 30 94 .167 .239 .230 .470 17.1  
Career Highs 87 196 25 39 7 2 3 16 11 2 25 72 .222 .317 .385 .651 16.5  
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   660 80 107 12 4 6 32 16 3 52 179 .162 .227 .220 .447 30.5
vs LH   269 33 48 8 2 3 17 13 2 33 84 .178 .268 .257 .525 21.4
Home 206 442 60 74 13 3 4 17 11 3 37 138 .167 .235 .238 .472 23.5
Away 244 487 53 81 7 3 5 32 19 2 48 125 .166 .243 .224 .467 28.5
RISP   161 0 27 3 1 2 38 0 0 19 44 .168 .258 .236 .494 10.2
Pinch Hitting   21 4 5 0 1 0 1 0 0 2 3 .238 .304 .333 .638 2.2
Close/Late   102 35 18 2 0 2 8 0 0 15 24 .176 .282 .255 .537 8.4
Mar/Apr 50 80 13 15 1 2 0 2 3 1 6 28 .188 .261 .250 .511 4.8
May 74 124 15 23 0 0 1 11 7 0 16 28 .185 .284 .210 .493 9.4
June 72 124 15 15 2 2 1 3 3 0 8 39 .121 .174 .194 .368 2.8
July 70 186 23 37 4 1 2 11 8 0 17 53 .199 .265 .263 .528 14.7
August 86 208 26 32 6 0 2 7 4 2 16 63 .154 .218 .212 .429 7.8
Sep/Oct 95 207 21 33 7 1 3 15 5 2 22 52 .159 .240 .246 .487 12.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1957 24 DET AL 3B 14 14 102.0 8 27 3 2 .921 3.09 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    CF 2 0 6.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.05 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    2B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1959 26 DET AL SS 37 27 260.7 31 104 4 19 .971 4.66 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    2B 25 12 125.3 35 46 1 14 .988 5.82 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    3B 15 9 86.0 4 22 0 3 1.000 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1961 28 DET AL 3B 11 3 44.3 4 6 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    SS 4 0 5.3 1 4 0 0 1.000 8.44 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 2 0 3.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 5.41 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 0.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 13.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1962 29 DET AL 3B 43 42 342.0 16 94 2 7 .982 2.89 0 0 .000 0 1.3
    SS 15 14 107.7 17 42 0 10 1.000 4.93 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    CF 4 0 6.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    2B 3 0 4.7 1 3 0 1 1.000 7.73 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 1 0 1.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 27.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1963 30 DET AL 3B 27 16 163.0 12 36 0 6 1.000 2.65 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    2B 19 18 162.0 35 67 1 13 .990 5.67 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    SS 13 13 116.0 18 50 1 10 .986 5.28 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    CF 3 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1964 31 DET AL SS 12 11 96.0 14 33 1 8 .979 4.41 0 0 .000 0 0.5
    2B 18 0 32.7 5 14 0 1 1.000 5.24 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    3B 4 0 11.0 1 3 0 0 1.000 3.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 3 0 2.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.38 0 0 .000 0  
1966 33 DET AL 2B 42 40 321.7 82 140 3 27 .987 6.21 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    SS 12 10 84.0 13 36 1 6 .980 5.25 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    3B 23 7 77.0 4 26 0 2 1.000 3.51 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    1B 2 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1967 34 DET AL 3B 25 18 160.0 10 26 0 2 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.3
    2B 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    SS 3 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 2.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0  
  3B 162 109 985.3 59 240 5 22 .984 2.73 0 0 .000 0 2.6
  SS 96 75 672.0 94 270 7 53 .981 4.88 0 0 .000 0 2.6
  2B 112 70 654.6 160 272 5 56 .989 5.94 0 0 .000 0 2.1
  CF 10 0 18.7 10 0 0 0 1.000 4.82 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 8 0 11.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.64 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 4 0 1.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 16.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  P 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
  C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   397 254 2352.3 330 782 17 131 .985 4.25 0 0 .000 0 7.5
Career Highs   81 57 485.0 99 202 5 36 1.000 5.59 0 0 .000 0  
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
1962 29 DET AL 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444
Career Post-Season Batting 4 9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .222 .444
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.
Stolen Bases
1959-7-11
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 2    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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  4. Ossie Chavarria (941)
  5. George Williams (938)
  6. Nate Oliver (934)
  7. Mike Gates (927)
  8. Johnny Lipon (922)
  9. Sibby Sisti (921)
  10. Bill Sommers (920)
History
Drafted in 5th round, 71st overall pick, by New York (N) in 1955
Traded from New York (N) to Detroit on 7/31/1956 (Going to NYG: P Bob Kuzava, P Jim Hughes. Going to DET: CF Jim Pyburn)
Had first career hit on 9/2/1957, off Billy Pierce (MIN)
Hit first career homerun on 9/4/1957, off Howie Pollet (STL)
2/1/1964: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1965: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1966: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1967: Gets a new one-year contract worth $350,000 through salary arbitration
 
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