Jim
Tabor
 
Nickname: Rawhide
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 200
 
Born: November 5, 1916 in Usa, AL, NEW HOPE
 
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
1938 21 NYG NL     5 5 5 5 5 5 7 6 7 4 3 3 8 8 8
1939 22 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 9 8 8
1940 23 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 8 7 7
1941 24 NYG NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 4 4 7 7 7
1942 25 NYG NL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
1943 26 NYG NL $ 1,342,857   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1944 27 NYG NL $ 1,250,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1945 28 NYG NL $ 1,250,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1946 29 NYG NL $ 1,250,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1947 30 NYG NL $ 1,250,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 7
1948 31 NYG NL $ 1,250,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 6 6 7 7 7
1949 32 NYG NL $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1950 33 NYG NL $ 1,300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 6 5 5 7 7 7
1951 34 NYG NL $ 1,300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1952 35 MIN AL $ 1,300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 6 6 6
1953 36 MIN AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 4 4 6 6 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 6 6 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,342,857   6 6 7 6 6 6 7 6 7 6 6 6 9 8 8
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
1938 21 AAA   135 541 77 168 29 7 17 76 7 5 45 62 .311 .363 .484 .848 89.3  
1939 22 NYG NL 41 139 20 54 9 2 7 37 0 1 9 7 .388 .417 .633 1.050 30.9 9.0
    AAA   120 479 76 148 31 4 28 93 5 3 29 52 .309 .348 .566 .914 87.3  
1940 23 NYG NL 151 575 71 155 33 4 12 85 2 1 51 44 .270 .329 .403 .733 68.7 10.7
1941 24 NYG NL 149 543 79 150 20 1 21 66 2 1 42 77 .276 .325 .433 .758 70.8 10.4
1942 25 NYG NL 149 542 69 151 31 2 11 83 0 2 41 58 .279 .327 .404 .731 67.6 8.3
1943 26 NYG NL 124 351 47 83 18 3 8 40 2 0 29 58 .236 .293 .373 .666 38.0 3.8
1944 27 NYG NL 103 355 64 122 21 1 19 66 3 0 33 53 .344 .396 .569 .965 73.1 14.9
1945 28 NYG NL 136 426 60 104 21 3 15 64 1 0 54 68 .244 .329 .413 .742 57.9 7.2
1946 29 NYG NL 93 222 29 51 9 0 9 28 0 2 22 33 .230 .297 .392 .689 25.4 2.5
1947 30 NYG NL 68 94 13 24 2 0 4 11 0 0 7 15 .255 .301 .404 .705 13.0 1.8
1948 31 NYG NL 134 292 38 62 15 0 7 39 1 0 36 54 .212 .296 .336 .632 30.0 2.0
1949 32 NYG NL 114 205 27 46 8 0 7 33 0 0 21 41 .224 .295 .366 .661 22.1 1.8
1950 33 NYG NL 124 273 39 74 11 1 11 46 0 1 22 50 .271 .322 .440 .762 38.5 5.0
1951 34 NYG NL 151 487 75 137 23 1 16 59 4 2 57 79 .281 .355 .431 .786 69.5 8.3
1952 35 MIN AL 97 167 21 43 10 1 2 22 0 0 12 24 .257 .307 .365 .673 17.4 1.3
1953 36 MIN AL 20 21 1 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 .143 .143 .238 .381 -0.8 0.0
    AAA   68 165 18 47 4 2 7 29 3 1 21 26 .285 .366 .461 .826 28.1  
15 Years Sim 1654 4692 653 1259 233 19 149 679 15 10 436 667 .268 .329 .421 .750 622.1 87.1
3 Years AAA 323 1185 171 363 64 13 52 198 15 9 95 140 .306 .356 .514 .870 204.7  
162 Game Average 459 63 123 22 1 14 66 1 0 42 65 .268 .329 .421 .750 60.9  
Career Highs 151 575 79 155 33 4 21 85 4 2 57 79 .388 .417 .633 1.050 73.1  
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   2837 411 767 145 13 90 427 9 6 254 404 .270 .328 .426 .754 394.4
vs LH   1855 242 492 88 6 59 252 6 4 182 263 .265 .330 .415 .744 254.9
Home 826 2319 336 634 136 8 83 343 8 5 224 327 .273 .336 .446 .782 343.5
Away 828 2373 317 625 97 11 66 336 7 5 212 340 .263 .321 .397 .718 305.8
RISP   1211 0 343 57 6 31 502 0 0 133 174 .283 .345 .417 .762 178.3
Pinch Hitting   323 38 80 12 0 7 45 0 1 25 50 .248 .301 .350 .651 34.1
Close/Late   532 52 145 23 1 17 70 0 0 65 71 .273 .352 .415 .767 79.0
Mar/Apr 239 628 71 145 31 1 20 92 2 0 58 112 .231 .293 .379 .672 72.4
May 268 802 123 217 42 4 30 119 1 2 70 99 .271 .327 .445 .772 115.3
June 298 859 125 234 40 4 23 104 4 1 85 114 .272 .336 .409 .744 118.9
July 262 730 110 203 32 3 26 104 3 1 77 105 .278 .347 .437 .784 110.4
August 285 806 110 237 44 3 24 123 3 3 66 118 .294 .344 .445 .790 119.8
Sep/Oct 302 867 114 223 44 4 26 137 2 3 80 119 .257 .318 .407 .726 112.6
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
1939 22 NYG NL SS 40 39 334.7 48 150 3 27 .985 5.32   2.1
    2B 1 0 2.0 2 1 0 1 1.000 13.50   0.0
1940 23 NYG NL SS 150 148 1304.3 194 618 14 97 .983 5.60   9.0
1941 24 NYG NL SS 145 143 1231.0 210 575 13 108 .984 5.74   8.0
    3B 1 0 2.3 0 2 0 0 1.000 7.73   0.0
1942 25 NYG NL SS 144 143 1234.0 213 642 20 126 .977 6.24   6.6
    2B 2 0 3.0 0 4 0 0 1.000 12.00   0.0
    3B 2 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1943 26 NYG NL 3B 80 79 666.7 46 189 12 17 .951 3.17   1.1
    2B 26 7 97.7 17 52 2 5 .972 6.36   0.5
    SS 10 7 69.0 17 27 0 5 1.000 5.74   0.4
1944 27 NYG NL 3B 103 101 865.0 42 241 16 21 .946 2.94   3.1
    SS 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 1 1.000 18.00   0.1
1945 28 NYG NL 3B 98 98 851.7 61 193 19 18 .930 2.68   1.6
    SS 29 20 194.0 26 98 0 10 1.000 5.75   1.2
    2B 5 0 11.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 4.91   0.0
1946 29 NYG NL 2B 52 47 407.7 95 169 4 35 .985 5.83   1.5
    3B 14 8 83.7 2 13 3 2 .833 1.61   0.1
    SS 6 3 29.0 4 12 0 1 1.000 4.97   0.2
1947 30 NYG NL SS 18 11 101.0 13 40 0 7 1.000 4.72   0.7
    3B 9 3 41.0 2 8 0 2 1.000 2.20   0.2
    2B 5 0 8.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
1948 31 NYG NL 3B 67 63 536.7 32 139 7 16 .961 2.87   1.5
    SS 29 12 140.3 26 52 2 11 .975 5.00   1.2
    2B 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.0
1949 32 NYG NL 2B 27 18 167.7 32 70 0 15 1.000 5.48   1.2
    SS 18 12 114.0 19 56 4 9 .949 5.92   1.0
    3B 14 12 101.0 9 29 2 3 .950 3.39   0.6
1950 33 NYG NL 3B 23 22 192.0 11 45 5 4 .918 2.63   0.6
    2B 27 20 177.0 30 76 1 17 .991 5.39   0.9
    SS 26 15 148.0 28 64 3 14 .968 5.59   0.9
1951 34 NYG NL SS 130 126 1056.7 174 467 15 95 .977 5.46   5.0
    2B 3 1 10.0 2 5 0 0 1.000 6.30   0.0
    3B 1 1 6.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1952 35 MIN AL 3B 21 21 182.0 16 49 5 2 .929 3.21   0.6
    SS 16 4 64.7 10 30 2 3 .952 5.57   0.3
    2B 4 0 6.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
1953 36 MIN AL SS 2 1 10.0 1 4 0 1 1.000 4.50   0.0
    2B 2 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
  SS 764 684 6032.6 985 2837 76 515 .981 5.70   36.5
  3B 433 408 3530.0 224 909 69 85 .943 2.89   9.5
  2B 156 93 895.0 184 387 7 74 .988 5.74   4.4
Career Totals   1353 1185 10457.6 1393 4133 152 674 .973 4.76   50.4
Career Highs   150 148 1304.3 213 647 20 126 1.000 6.25    
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
1939 22 NYG NL 10 33 4 9 1 0 3 7 0 0 3 5 .273 .324 .576 .900
1940 23 NYG NL 6 22 2 6 0 0 1 6 0 0 0 3 .273 .261 .409 .670
1948 31 NYG NL 7 7 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .250 .143 .393
1949 32 NYG NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .500 .000 .500
Career Post-Season Batting 25 63 7 16 1 0 4 14 0 0 5 12 .254 .300 .460 .760
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.
At-Bats
1940-9-575
Doubles
1940-6-33
Homeruns
1941-5-21
RBIs
1940-6-85
Strikeouts
1941-7-77
1945-8-68
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 24    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 16th overall pick, by New York (G) in 1938
Injured on 6/15/1939 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 5 days
Had first career hit on 8/16/1939, off Johnny Rigney (PIT)
Hit first career homerun on 8/17/1939, off Wayne Lamaster (PIT)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1939, hitting .478 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 8/18/1941 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 4/15/1942 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
2/1/1943: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,342,857 through salary arbitration
Drove in 6 runs against Montreal on 4/22/1943
10/1/1943: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,250,000 per year, for 5 years
Injured on 3/30/1944 with a Pulled Achilles Tendon, out for 7-8 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/25/1944, hitting .458 with 3 HR, 8 RBI
6/1/1948: Signed a contract extension with New York (N), $1,300,000 per year, for 4 years
4/2/1949: Signed a minor league contract extension with New York (N)
Traded from New York (N) to Minnesota on 2/21/1952 (Going to NYG: P Al Javery. Going to MIN: SS Jim Tabor, LF Paul O'dea, P Paul Calvert, RF Paul Lehner)
Injured on 7/10/1953 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks