Jim
O'Toole
 
Bats: Both
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 203
 
Born: January 10, 1937 in Usa, IL, CHICAGO
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1963   
Bronze Rookie 1958   
Gold Glove 1960   
All-Star Selections 1958    1961    1962    1964    1965    1966   
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 21 MON NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1959 22 MON NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1960 23 MON NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1961 24 MON NL $ 300,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1962 25 MON NL $ 3,165,714 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 8 8 8
1963 26 MON NL $ 6,740,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 9
1964 27 MON NL $ 6,740,000 8 5 5 5 7 7 7 9 9 9
1965 28 MON NL $ 6,740,000 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10
1966 29 MON NL $ 6,740,000 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1967 30 NYA AL $ 9,260,000 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1968 31 NYA AL $ 9,260,000 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 9
1969 32 TAM AL $ 9,260,000 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1970 33 MON NL $ 9,260,000 7 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 8
1971 34 STL NL $ 7,100,000 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1972 35 STL NL $ 7,100,000 7 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1973 36 KCR AL   7 4 4 4 5 5 5 6 6 6
1974 37 DET AL $ 500,000 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   6 4 4 4 5 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,260,000 8 6 6 6 7 7 7 10 10 10
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1958 21 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1959 22 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1960 23 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1961 24 MON NL $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1962 25 MON NL $ 3,165,714   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1963 26 MON NL $ 6,740,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1964 27 MON NL $ 6,740,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1965 28 MON NL $ 6,740,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1966 29 MON NL $ 6,740,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1967 30 NYA AL $ 9,260,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1968 31 NYA AL $ 9,260,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1969 32 TAM AL $ 9,260,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1970 33 MON NL $ 9,260,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1971 34 STL NL $ 7,100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1972 35 STL NL $ 7,100,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1973 36 KCR AL     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
1974 37 DET AL $ 500,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 9,260,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 1 1 1 2 2 2
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
1958 21 MON NL 17 12 .586 34 34 13 1 0 274.0 256 114 25 79 148 3.74 .247 .303 .374 .677 17.0
    AAA   3 3 .500 6 6 0 0 0 37.7 46 17 2 18 32 4.06 .295 .368 .436 .804  
1959 22 MON NL 14 9 .609 28 23 12 4 0 181.3 171 84 21 58 107 4.17 .245 .303 .385 .688 9.4
1960 23 MON NL 22 16 .579 40 40 16 0 0 302.3 281 119 27 101 175 3.54 .245 .306 .375 .682 19.6
1961 24 MON NL 22 6 .786 36 36 8 2 0 281.3 286 99 12 91 178 3.17 .265 .323 .354 .677 20.2
1962 25 MON NL 23 10 .697 40 40 21 5 0 340.7 271 90 15 78 187 2.38 .222 .271 .299 .570 29.3
1963 26 MON NL 19 16 .543 40 40 19 2 0 312.7 293 105 17 86 196 3.02 .250 .303 .336 .639 19.0
1964 27 MON NL 21 14 .600 39 39 19 5 0 313.3 288 102 7 69 203 2.93 .242 .284 .306 .590 24.7
1965 28 MON NL 27 4 .871 42 42 16 3 0 351.0 304 89 10 87 232 2.28 .237 .285 .301 .586 31.1
1966 29 MON NL 19 12 .613 42 42 11 3 0 335.3 325 105 15 87 229 2.82 .256 .303 .347 .650 21.9
1967 30 NYA AL 19 11 .633 41 41 17 2 0 327.3 306 113 12 82 212 3.11 .248 .296 .332 .627 23.9
1968 31 NYA AL 22 13 .629 41 41 13 3 0 323.0 306 120 15 75 223 3.34 .249 .291 .355 .646 22.8
1969 32 NYA AL 4 5 .444 11 11 4 1 0 78.7 84 36 5 34 52 4.12 .270 .344 .373 .717 3.3
  TAM AL 10 4 .714 22 22 7 1 0 170.7 156 56 8 50 113 2.95 .241 .297 .329 .626 12.5
  TOT   14 9 .609 33 33 11 2 0 249.3 240 92 13 84 165 3.32 .250 .313 .343 .656 15.8
1970 33 TAM AL 5 7 .417 22 22 5 1 0 157.3 166 70 10 49 114 4.00 .269 .324 .362 .687 7.9
  MON NL 8 3 .727 12 12 2 1 0 95.3 73 33 5 29 61 3.12 .211 .275 .292 .567 8.6
  TOT   13 10 .565 34 34 7 2 0 252.7 239 103 15 78 175 3.67 .248 .307 .337 .644 16.5
1971 34 STL NL 8 9 .471 25 25 4 1 0 178.7 172 81 13 87 107 4.08 .255 .341 .370 .711 9.7
1972 35 STL NL 13 15 .464 32 32 4 0 0 223.0 242 112 23 94 128 4.52 .278 .348 .422 .770 9.7
1973 36 KCR AL 0 0 .000 18 0 0 0 1 33.3 33 17 3 13 15 4.59 .264 .331 .432 .763 2.1
    AAA   6 2 .750 26 0 0 0 0 59.7 53 18 3 23 41 2.72 .239 .310 .329 .639  
1974 37 AAA   8 18 .308 29 29 0 0 0 186.3 209 99 17 72 108 4.78 .279 .343 .413 .756  
16 Years Sim 273 166 .622 565 542 191 35 1 4279.3 4013 1545 243 1249 2680 3.25 .248 .303 .346 .649 292.9
3 Years AAA 17 23 .425 61 35 0 0 0 283.7 308 134 22 113 181 4.25 .274 .340 .400 .739  
Season Average 17 10 .630 35 33 11 2 0 267.5 250 96 15 78 167 3.25 .248 .303 .346 .649  
Career Highs 27 16 .871 42 42 21 5 1 351.0 325 120 27 101 232 4.59 .278 .348 .432 .770  
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   2967 1158 182 902 1881   .258 .312 .360 .673
vs LH   1046 387 61 347 799   .224 .277 .311 .589
Home 129 93 .581 285 268 97 17 2 2147.0 2072 829 120 618 1312 3.48 .254 .306 .355 .661
Away 144 73 .664 280 274 94 18 5 2132.3 1941 716 123 631 1368 3.02 .243 .298 .337 .635
Mar/Apr 37 31 .544 95 86 21 6 0 669.0 669 280 41 212 436 3.77 .261 .317 .367 .684
May 47 32 .595 104 103 40 6 0 811.0 741 301 41 273 503 3.34 .244 .307 .335 .642
June 50 25 .667 98 90 39 6 1 721.0 695 252 38 188 442 3.15 .254 .302 .353 .655
July 43 29 .597 84 83 31 1 0 656.0 618 250 42 206 433 3.43 .250 .307 .355 .663
August 49 19 .721 92 88 26 6 0 699.3 607 218 42 179 436 2.81 .234 .283 .333 .616
Sep/Oct 47 30 .610 92 92 39 10 6 723.0 683 244 39 191 430 3.04 .247 .296 .336 .632
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
1958 21 MON NL 34 87 5 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 32 .092 .112 .092 .204 -2.1 0.0
1959 22 MON NL 28 52 3 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 2 20 .019 .056 .058 .113 -3.3 0.0
1960 23 MON NL 40 100 8 18 5 0 1 4 0 0 2 32 .180 .196 .260 .456 4.7 0.0
1961 24 MON NL 36 100 7 11 2 0 0 3 0 0 1 45 .110 .119 .130 .249 -1.7 0.0
1962 25 MON NL 40 112 6 17 3 0 0 2 0 0 1 36 .152 .159 .179 .338 0.9 0.0
1963 26 MON NL 40 106 6 12 2 0 1 7 0 0 2 35 .113 .130 .160 .290 0.0 0.0
1964 27 MON NL 39 113 7 12 3 0 0 7 0 0 2 48 .106 .122 .133 .254 -2.6 0.0
1965 28 MON NL 42 123 6 8 0 1 1 4 0 0 1 44 .065 .073 .106 .178 -5.4 0.0
1966 29 MON NL 42 110 6 9 1 0 1 8 0 0 4 32 .082 .113 .118 .231 -1.6 0.0
1967 30 NYA AL 41 112 5 13 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 38 .116 .147 .143 .289 -0.2 0.0
1968 31 NYA AL 41 115 5 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 46 .052 .060 .061 .121 -7.0 0.0
11 Years Sim 423 1130 64 115 20 2 4 42 0 0 22 408 .102 .119 .134 .252 -18.1 0.0
162 Game Average 432 24 44 7 0 1 16 0 0 8 156 .102 .119 .134 .252 -6.9  
Career Highs 42 123 8 18 5 1 1 8 0 0 4 48 .180 .196 .260 .456 4.7  
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   782 39 75 12 1 3 29 0 0 16 272 .096 .114 .125 .239 -18.9
vs LH   348 25 40 8 1 1 13 0 0 6 136 .115 .130 .152 .282 -4.3
Home 211 512 37 52 10 0 2 16 0 0 15 183 .102 .127 .133 .260 -9.0
Away 212 618 27 63 10 2 2 26 0 0 7 225 .102 .112 .134 .246 -14.2
RISP   262 0 24 3 1 1 36 0 0 6 99 .092 .112 .122 .234 -6.7
Close/Late   75 5 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 25 .120 .132 .120 .252 -1.5
Mar/Apr 64 165 4 11 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 71 .067 .083 .079 .162 -7.8
May 80 207 14 25 7 0 2 13 0 0 1 68 .121 .125 .184 .309 -1.2
June 69 190 16 15 1 0 1 3 0 0 9 73 .079 .121 .100 .221 -5.1
July 64 182 10 19 3 1 0 6 0 0 5 60 .104 .128 .132 .260 -3.2
August 75 198 13 26 5 0 0 6 0 0 2 73 .131 .140 .157 .297 -1.7
Sep/Oct 70 188 7 19 2 1 1 8 0 0 2 63 .101 .111 .138 .249 -4.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1958 21 MON NL P 34 34 274.0 18 52 4 5 .946 2.30    
1959 22 MON NL P 28 23 181.3 15 30 1 3 .978 2.23    
1960 23 MON NL P 40 40 302.3 28 57 1 3 .988 2.53    
1961 24 MON NL P 36 36 281.3 21 60 4 4 .953 2.59    
1962 25 MON NL P 40 40 340.7 17 62 2 6 .975 2.09    
1963 26 MON NL P 40 40 312.7 22 55 3 4 .963 2.22    
1964 27 MON NL P 39 39 313.3 17 59 4 5 .950 2.18    
1965 28 MON NL P 42 42 351.0 17 73 6 10 .938 2.31    
1966 29 MON NL P 42 42 335.3 20 61 1 4 .988 2.17    
1967 30 NYA AL P 41 41 327.3 24 63 0 4 1.000 2.39    
1968 31 NYA AL P 41 41 323.0 20 64 6 6 .933 2.34    
1969 32 NYA AL P 11 11 78.7 5 17 1 2 .957 2.52    
  TAM AL P 22 22 170.7 10 36 3 4 .939 2.43    
  TOT   P 33 33 249.3 15 53 4 6 .944 2.45    
1970 33 TAM AL P 22 22 157.3 11 32 1 2 .977 2.46    
  MON NL P 12 12 95.3 7 19 1 1 .963 2.45    
  TOT   P 34 34 252.7 18 51 2 3 .972 2.46    
1971 34 STL NL P 25 25 178.7 10 40 1 2 .980 2.52    
1972 35 STL NL P 32 32 223.0 11 48 1 3 .983 2.38    
1973 36 KCR AL P 18 0 33.3 7 7 0 1 1.000 3.78    
Career Totals   565 542 4279.3 280 835 40 69 .965 2.35    
Career Highs   42 42 351.0 28 73 6 10 1.000 3.78    
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
1958 21 MON NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 3.3 11 10 2 1 2 27.03 .524 .545 1.000 1.545
1959 22 MON NL 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 1 7.3 6 2 1 3 7 2.46 .222 .300 .370 .670
1960 23 MON NL 0 1 .000 4 0 0 0 3 3.3 7 2 0 0 2 5.41 .438 .438 .438 .875
1961 24 MON NL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 1 6.3 3 0 0 0 2 0.00 .143 .143 .143 .286
1962 25 MON NL 1 0 1.000 4 1 0 0 0 11.7 10 2 0 4 8 1.54 .222 .286 .244 .530
1963 26 MON NL 5 1 .833 6 6 2 0 0 48.3 50 18 1 18 28 3.35 .278 .343 .350 .693
1965 28 MON NL 3 2 .600 6 6 3 0 0 49.0 42 18 4 17 24 3.31 .233 .299 .317 .616
1966 29 MON NL 1 0 1.000 2 2 0 0 0 15.0 18 9 1 4 7 5.40 .295 .338 .393 .732
1967 30 NYA AL 1 2 .333 3 3 0 0 0 23.7 29 10 0 5 22 3.80 .299 .333 .412 .746
1970 33 MON NL 0 1 .000 2 0 0 0 0 9.3 10 3 2 1 5 2.89 .263 .282 .421 .703
1971 34 STL NL 1 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 1 7.0 4 2 0 4 4 2.57 .154 .267 .192 .459
Career Post-Season Pitching 13 8 .619 46 19 5 0 6 184.3 190 76 11 57 111 3.71 .267 .321 .361 .682
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
1958 21 MON NL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1962 25 MON NL 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000
1963 26 MON NL 6 18 0 3 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 7 .167 .167 .222 .389
1965 28 MON NL 6 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .053 .053 .053 .105
1966 29 MON NL 2 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
1967 30 NYA AL 3 8 2 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 4 .250 .250 .625 .875
Career Post-Season Batting 22 54 3 6 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 19 .111 .109 .185 .294
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1960-10-3.54
1961-9-3.17
1962-1-2.38
1963-9-3.02
1965-2-2.28
1967-7-3.11
CAR-24-3.25
Wins
1958-7-17
1960-4-22
1961-4-22
1962-6-23
1963-8-19
1964-7-21
1965-1-27
1966-10-19
1967-7-19
1968-4-22
CAR-14-273
Losses
1960-9-16
Winning Pct
1958-10-.586
1959-9-.609
1961-2-.786
1962-7-.697
1965-1-.871
1967-9-.633
1968-8-.629
CAR-28-.622
Games Started
1965-8-42
1966-6-42
1967-9-41
CAR-30-542
Complete Games
1958-7-13
1959-6-12
1960-5-16
1962-2-21
1963-3-19
1964-5-19
1965-8-16
1966-10-11
1967-4-17
1969-9-11
CAR-25-191
Shutouts
1958-9-1
1959-2-4
1961-4-2
1962-3-5
1963-7-2
1964-4-5
1965-3-3
1966-6-3
1967-4-2
1968-6-3
1969-6-2
1971-10-1
CAR-12-35
Innings Pitched
1960-9-302.3
1962-4-340.7
1963-8-312.7
1964-10-313.3
1965-5-351.0
1966-5-335.3
1967-4-327.3
1968-9-323.0
CAR-24-4279.3
Hits Allowed
1961-9-286
1963-9-293
1966-7-325
1967-5-306
1968-7-306
1969-10-240
CAR-34-4013
Strikeouts
1965-6-232
1966-10-229
CAR-31-2680
Walks Allowed
1960-6-101
Walks per 9IP
1967-8-2.3
1968-6-2.1
Hits per 9IP
1962-6-7.2
WHiP
1958-8-1.22
1962-3-1.02
1965-10-1.11
OAVG
1962-7-.222
OOBP
1958-8-.303
1962-5-.271
1965-10-.285
OSLG
1958-10-.374
1959-10-.385
1960-10-.375
1961-9-.354
1962-3-.299
1963-10-.336
1964-4-.306
1965-4-.301
1967-5-.332
CAR-47-.346
OOPS
1958-10-.677
1962-2-.570
1964-7-.590
1965-5-.586
1967-6-.627
CAR-40-.649
 
   Black Ink Test: 11    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 158    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 65    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 8th overall pick, by Montreal in 1958
Earned first career win on 5/3/1958
Had first career hit on 5/16/1958, off Hersh Freeman (BRK)
Was selected to the 1958 Allstar game
Won Bronze Rookie in 1958, going 17-12, 3.74 ERA
Injured on 6/2/1959 with a Pulled Tricep Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/29/1959, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Won World Series with Montreal in 1959
Hit first career homerun on 6/20/1960, off Virgil Jester (OAK)
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 9/1/1960, going 6-0, 1.39
Won World Series with Montreal in 1960
Won Gold Glove at Pitcher in 1960
Won Player of the Week award on 6/30/1961, winning 2 games with a 0.53 ERA
Was selected to the 1961 Allstar game
2/1/1962: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,165,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1962, winning 2 games with a 1.08 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 6/1/1962, going 6-0, 1.83
Was selected to the 1962 Allstar game
9/22/1962: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $6,740,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/21/1963, winning 2 games with a 4.24 ERA
Pitched NO-HITTER against Boston (N) on 8/15/1963, striking out 5
Won World Championship with Montreal in 1963
Pitched NO-HITTER against Brooklyn on 6/29/1964, striking out 4
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1964, going 6-1, 1.57
Was selected to the 1964 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 5/5/1965, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
Was selected to the 1965 Allstar game
Won Platinum Arm in 1965, going 27-4, 2.28 ERA
Won Player of the Week award on 5/12/1966, winning 2 games with a 1.50 ERA
6/1/1966: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $9,260,000 per year, for 4 years
Was selected to the 1966 Allstar game
Traded from Montreal to New York (A) on 3/3/1967 (Going to MON: P Don Drysdale. Going to NYA: LF Ellis Burton, P Jim O'toole)
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1967, winning 2 games with a 0.00 ERA
Traded from New York (A) to Tampa Bay on 6/1/1969 (Going to NYA: CF Wayne Comer, P Mike Garman, 1B Eddie Leon, C Bob Didier. Going to TAM: P Jim O'toole)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/21/1969, winning 2 games with a 1.72 ERA
Traded from Tampa Bay to Montreal on 7/31/1970 (Going to MON: P Jim O'toole. Going to TAM: P John Tsitouris)
Signed as a free agent by St. Louis on 2/5/1971 to a 4-year deal worth $7,100,000 per year
Injured on 7/19/1971 with a Bone Chips Shoulder, out for 5-6 weeks
Traded from St. Louis to Kansas City on 3/3/1973 (Going to STL: P Pete Richert, P Buster Narum, LF Joe Pepitone. Going to KCR: P Jim O'toole, P Bob Veale)
Released by Kansas City on 10/31/1973
Signed as a free agent by Detroit on 2/4/1974 to a 4-year deal worth $500,000 per year