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Jim
York		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 210
 
Born: August 27, 1947 in Usa, CA, MAYWOOD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 1974   
All-Star Selections 1973    1975    1976    1981   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1970 22 COL NL $ 300,000 6 5 6 5 5 6 6 7 8 8
1971 23 COL NL $ 300,000 7 5 6 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
1972 24 COL NL $ 300,000 7 6 7 6 5 6 6 8 8 8
1973 25 COL NL $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1974 26 COL NL $ 300,000 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1975 27 COL NL $ 3,528,571 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 8
1976 28 BSN NL $ 4,700,000 7 7 8 8 5 6 6 7 8 7
1977 29 MIN AL $ 4,700,000 7 8 8 8 6 7 6 7 8 7
1978 30 MIN AL $ 7,000,000 7 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 8 7
1979 31 MIN AL $ 7,000,000 6 7 8 7 5 6 6 7 7 7
1980 32 MIN AL $ 7,000,000 6 7 7 7 5 6 6 8 9 8
1981 33 MIN AL $ 7,000,000 6 6 7 7 5 6 6 8 8 8
1982 34 MIN AL   6 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1983 35 SEM AL $ 2,900,000 6 6 6 6 5 6 5 6 7 7
1984 36 SEM AL $ 2,900,000 5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings   5 5 6 5 4 5 5 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,000,000 7 8 8 8 6 7 6 8 9 8
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
1970 22 COL NL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 6.0 5 5 1 4 5 7.50 .217 .333 .435 .768 0.0
    AAA   16 9 .640 30 30 6 1 0 226.7 182 57 9 63 179 2.26 .219 .274 .296 .571  
1971 23 COL NL 8 12 .400 25 25 1 0 0 171.0 165 102 13 92 98 5.37 .254 .348 .385 .733 3.0
    AAA   5 1 .833 7 7 0 0 0 51.7 34 4 1 23 37 0.70 .182 .271 .262 .533  
1972 24 COL NL 4 11 .267 28 28 2 0 0 182.0 157 74 15 57 91 3.66 .233 .304 .348 .652 12.2
1973 25 COL NL 17 10 .630 34 34 8 4 0 245.7 231 103 13 81 168 3.77 .249 .317 .370 .686 17.7
1974 26 COL NL 12 9 .571 33 30 0 0 2 213.0 181 87 11 81 172 3.68 .227 .301 .339 .640 13.7
1975 27 COL NL 20 5 .800 31 30 3 1 0 206.7 178 78 10 102 138 3.40 .233 .325 .340 .665 16.0
1976 28 BSN NL 11 9 .550 29 29 3 1 0 209.0 193 81 13 82 143 3.49 .244 .316 .346 .661 14.6
    AAA   0 0 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.3 3 0 0 4 10 0.00 .115 .233 .154 .387  
1977 29 BSN NL 10 5 .667 21 21 1 1 0 140.3 154 75 13 55 101 4.81 .275 .342 .419 .761 4.2
  MIN AL 4 5 .444 9 9 1 0 0 66.7 52 36 4 28 52 4.86 .213 .297 .320 .617 3.6
  TOT   14 10 .583 30 30 2 1 0 207.0 206 111 17 83 153 4.83 .256 .328 .389 .717 7.8
1978 30 MIN AL 7 2 .778 16 16 2 0 0 111.7 99 40 3 45 75 3.22 .238 .315 .317 .632 9.7
1979 31 MIN AL 13 13 .500 34 34 2 2 0 242.0 207 99 23 87 139 3.68 .229 .299 .354 .653 15.2
1980 32 MIN AL 10 5 .667 22 22 0 0 0 148.3 141 61 6 73 102 3.70 .249 .336 .346 .682 9.1
1981 33 MIN AL 15 11 .577 36 36 1 1 0 249.7 250 101 13 99 175 3.64 .262 .334 .363 .697 16.7
1982 34 MIN AL 12 12 .500 36 36 2 1 0 236.3 217 105 11 89 148 4.00 .245 .319 .344 .662 11.5
1983 35 SEM AL 12 15 .444 35 35 3 1 0 237.3 227 98 24 94 134 3.72 .255 .329 .368 .696 11.5
1984 36 SEM AL 6 9 .400 24 24 1 0 0 141.0 156 82 12 70 85 5.23 .280 .358 .392 .751 4.2
15 Years Sim 161 134 .546 414 410 30 12 2 2806.6 2613 1227 185 1139 1826 3.93 .246 .323 .358 .681 162.9
3 Years AAA 21 10 .677 38 38 6 1 0 286.7 219 61 10 90 226 1.92 .210 .273 .287 .559  
Season Average 10 8 .556 27 27 2 0 0 187.1 174 81 12 75 121 3.93 .246 .323 .358 .681  
Career Highs 20 15 .800 36 36 8 4 2 249.7 250 111 24 102 175 7.50 .280 .358 .435 .768  
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   1239 612 90 500 1078   .228 .293 .338 .632
vs LH   1374 615 95 639 748   .265 .346 .379 .725
Home 80 67 .544 210 207 13 7 1 1413.3 1296 608 87 575 885 3.87 .243 .316 .349 .666
Away 81 67 .547 204 203 17 5 1 1393.3 1317 619 98 564 941 4.00 .250 .322 .367 .690
Mar/Apr 33 16 .673 69 69 8 3 0 470.3 405 179 26 172 307 3.43 .232 .300 .338 .639
May 31 17 .646 67 67 4 2 0 460.9 437 205 37 162 310 4.00 .249 .313 .373 .686
June 25 21 .543 64 64 5 2 0 443.6 401 191 37 183 295 3.87 .243 .318 .361 .679
July 23 26 .469 70 70 3 2 0 479.0 475 221 26 214 293 4.15 .259 .336 .370 .706
August 28 29 .491 77 77 7 3 0 523.6 465 219 29 229 364 3.76 .236 .315 .332 .647
Sep/Oct 21 25 .457 67 63 4 0 2 429.0 430 212 30 179 257 4.45 .261 .334 .380 .714
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
1970 22 COL NL P 1 1 6.0 1 1 0 0 1.000 3.00    
1971 23 COL NL P 25 25 171.0 7 15 1 2 .957 1.16    
1972 24 COL NL P 28 28 182.0 9 29 1 4 .974 1.88    
1973 25 COL NL P 34 34 245.7 19 32 0 2 1.000 1.87    
1974 26 COL NL P 33 30 213.0 20 33 1 3 .981 2.24    
1975 27 COL NL P 31 30 206.7 23 21 1 0 .978 1.92    
1976 28 BSN NL P 29 29 209.0 12 34 2 5 .958 1.98    
1977 29 BSN NL P 21 21 140.3 6 15 0 0 1.000 1.35    
  MIN AL P 9 9 66.7 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.35    
  TOT   P 30 30 207.0 9 22 0 0 1.000 1.35    
1978 30 MIN AL P 16 16 111.7 7 12 0 2 1.000 1.53    
1979 31 MIN AL P 34 34 242.0 13 30 0 2 1.000 1.60    
1980 32 MIN AL P 22 22 148.3 11 22 0 0 1.000 2.00    
1981 33 MIN AL P 36 36 249.7 16 45 1 1 .984 2.20    
1982 34 MIN AL P 36 36 236.3 14 28 2 3 .955 1.60    
1983 35 SEM AL P 35 35 237.3 11 33 0 3 1.000 1.67    
1984 36 SEM AL P 24 24 141.0 13 20 0 1 1.000 2.11    
Career Totals   414 410 2806.6 185 377 9 28 .984 1.80    
Career Highs   36 36 249.7 23 45 2 5 1.000 3.00    
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
1973 25 COL NL 3 0 1.000 3 3 0 0 0 21.3 19 10 4 10 11 4.22 .250 .337 .461 .798
1974 26 COL NL 2 2 .500 6 6 0 0 0 37.7 46 20 2 23 30 4.78 .301 .392 .412 .804
1975 27 COL NL 1 2 .333 3 3 1 0 0 19.3 25 12 4 8 11 5.59 .321 .384 .538 .922
1976 28 BSN NL 2 1 .667 3 3 0 0 0 18.0 18 11 3 10 9 5.50 .261 .354 .449 .804
1978 30 MIN AL 0 1 .000 4 4 0 0 0 23.3 22 13 1 14 18 5.02 .253 .356 .356 .713
Career Post-Season Pitching 8 6 .571 19 19 1 0 0 119.7 130 66 14 65 79 4.96 .281 .369 .436 .806
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1975-7-3.40
1976-9-3.49
 Wins
1975-2-20
 Losses
1983-8-15
 Winning Pct
1975-3-.800
 Games Started
1973-7-34
1979-9-34
1981-4-36
1982-2-36
1983-6-35
 Shutouts
1973-1-4
1979-9-2
Hits Allowed
1981-9-250
 Homeruns Allowed
1979-9-23
1983-7-24
 Strikeouts
1979-10-139
1981-7-175
 Walks Allowed
1975-7-102
1981-9-99
1983-6-94
 Hits per 9IP
1972-7-7.8
1974-4-7.6
1975-7-7.8
1976-9-8.3
1979-7-7.7
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1974-5-7.3
1976-9-6.2
1981-7-6.3
WHiP
1972-5-1.18
 OAVG
1972-10-.233
1974-3-.227
1975-6-.233
1976-9-.244
1979-7-.229
 OOBP
1972-8-.304
 OSLG
1972-10-.348
1974-5-.339
1975-8-.340
1976-7-.346
 OOPS
1972-9-.652
1974-5-.640
1975-9-.665
1976-8-.661
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 1    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 64)
   Gray Ink Test: 46    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 278)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 33rd overall pick, by Colorado in 1970
Earned first career win on 4/3/1971
Injured on 7/10/1971 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 4/11/1972 with a Ruptured Tricep Tendon, out for 4 weeks
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 7/1/1973, going 4-0, 1.16
Was selected to the 1973 Allstar game
Won World Championship with Colorado in 1974
2/1/1975: Gets a new one-year contract worth $3,528,571 through salary arbitration
Was selected to the 1975 Allstar game
2/1/1976: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,700,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Colorado to Boston (N) on 3/3/1976 (Going to COL: C Ed Kirkpatrick. Going to BSN: P Jim York)
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
2/1/1977: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,700,000 through salary arbitration
7/1/1977: Signed a contract extension with Boston (N), $7,000,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Boston (N) to Minnesota on 7/31/1977 (Going to BSN: LF Ted Ford. Going to MIN: P Jim York)
Injured on 4/16/1978 with a Bone Chips Elbow, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 5/17/1980 with a Strained Tricep Muscle, out for 8 weeks
Was selected to the 1981 Allstar game
7/31/1981: Signed a contract extension with Minnesota, $8,500,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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