Jim
Small
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: March 8, 1937 in Usa, OR, PORTLAND
 
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
1955 18 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 6 6 6 3 3 3 7 7 7
1956 19 MIN AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 7 7 7
1957 20 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
1958 21 MIN AL     5 5 5 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 4 4 4
1959 22 MIN AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 5 5 5 3 3 3 3 3 3
1960 23 MIN AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 5 4 3 3 3 4 4 4
1961 24 MIN AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1962 25 MIN AL     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
1963 26 MIN AL     6 6 6 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1964 27 MIN AL     8 8 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 5 5 5 4 4 4
1965 28 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 5 5 6 6 6
1966 29 MIN AL     8 8 8 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1967 30 MIN AL $ 300,000   9 9 8 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1968 31 MIN AL $ 300,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6
1969 32 MIN AL $ 870,000   8 8 8 2 2 2 5 5 5 4 4 4 7 7 7
1970 33 MIN AL $ 1,707,143   8 8 7 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1971 34 MIN AL $ 1,707,143   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1972 35 OAK AL $ 300,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 4 4 4 4 4 4 6 6 6
1973 36 BSN NL $ 900,000   6 6 6 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
1974 37 BSN NL     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     4 4 4 1 1 1 4 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 1,707,143   9 9 8 2 2 2 6 6 6 5 5 5 7 7 7
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 18 AA   137 517 49 146 33 0 5 57 7 10 40 59 .282 .334 .375 .709 61.0  
1956 19 AA   137 553 54 180 30 5 5 58 4 5 40 63 .325 .371 .425 .796 80.9  
1957 20 AA   124 486 42 147 19 0 7 45 7 4 46 91 .302 .363 .385 .748 67.3  
1958 21 AAA   2 9 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.9  
    AA   135 531 57 146 25 6 5 42 6 6 57 112 .275 .345 .373 .718 68.0  
1959 22 AAA   7 27 1 5 1 0 0 2 0 1 1 6 .185 .214 .222 .437 0.6  
1960 23 AA   131 481 45 120 18 1 5 32 2 5 26 128 .249 .288 .322 .610 42.1  
1961 24 AA   137 517 34 135 13 2 6 35 6 5 54 143 .261 .331 .329 .660 58.2  
1962 25 A   137 542 65 150 28 2 6 67 3 7 63 116 .277 .352 .369 .721 70.0  
1963 26 AAA   30 92 7 25 3 0 1 13 2 2 8 19 .272 .330 .337 .667 10.1  
    AA   25 95 7 24 5 0 1 5 0 0 9 21 .253 .317 .337 .654 10.3  
    A   66 243 32 77 10 2 2 37 5 3 34 49 .317 .401 .399 .800 39.2  
1964 27 AAA   137 506 56 164 17 4 6 78 5 9 46 104 .324 .380 .409 .790 74.4  
1965 28 MIN AL 80 112 13 32 4 0 0 12 0 0 11 19 .286 .350 .321 .671 12.6 2.7
1966 29 AAA   137 516 49 156 17 2 2 39 7 5 58 99 .302 .373 .355 .727 69.5  
1967 30 MIN AL 42 52 7 20 3 0 0 9 0 0 4 3 .385 .429 .442 .871 7.3 1.6
1968 31 MIN AL 110 211 26 71 10 0 1 28 0 1 14 33 .336 .376 .398 .774 27.8 6.4
1969 32 MIN AL 157 603 67 186 25 3 3 47 1 3 48 97 .308 .360 .375 .735 76.3 16.1
1970 33 MIN AL 138 556 56 164 27 0 4 55 0 1 37 82 .295 .338 .365 .703 64.7 11.2
1971 34 MIN AL 68 137 15 35 4 0 0 9 1 0 9 23 .255 .299 .285 .584 10.5 0.3
1972 35 OAK AL 23 58 6 16 2 0 0 6 0 0 3 7 .276 .311 .310 .622 5.3 0.6
    AAA   104 384 45 117 18 1 1 26 4 8 37 57 .305 .366 .365 .730 49.0  
1973 36 BSN NL 2 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.0 0.0
    AAA   48 48 2 13 0 0 0 7 0 1 4 8 .271 .327 .271 .598 4.2  
1974 37 AAA   15 11 2 4 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 1 .364 .364 .455 .818 1.7  
8 Years Sim 620 1731 191 525 75 3 8 166 2 5 126 264 .303 .350 .364 .714 204.6 39.1
8 Years AAA 480 1593 163 487 57 7 10 168 19 26 154 298 .306 .367 .369 .736 210.5  
7 Years AA 826 3180 288 898 143 14 34 274 32 35 272 617 .282 .340 .368 .708 387.9  
2 Years A 203 785 97 227 38 4 8 104 8 10 97 165 .289 .367 .378 .746 109.2  
17 Years Minors 1509 5558 548 1612 238 25 52 546 59 71 523 1080 .290 .352 .370 .722 707.6  
162 Game Average 452 49 137 19 0 2 43 0 1 32 68 .303 .350 .364 .714 53.5  
Career Highs 157 603 67 186 27 3 4 55 1 3 48 97 .500 .500 .500 1.000 76.3  
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   1144 136 356 47 2 6 117 2 4 94 159 .311 .362 .372 .734 150.5
vs LH   587 55 169 28 1 2 49 0 1 32 105 .288 .326 .349 .675 63.5
Home 307 818 83 250 38 1 1 86 1 3 66 123 .306 .356 .358 .714 102.0
Away 312 913 108 275 37 2 7 80 1 2 60 141 .301 .345 .369 .714 112.0
RISP   405 0 113 14 0 2 145 0 0 25 63 .279 .315 .328 .643 41.9
Pinch Hitting   149 15 45 9 0 0 21 0 0 13 22 .302 .352 .362 .714 18.9
Close/Late   265 21 83 13 1 1 35 0 0 26 45 .313 .377 .381 .758 37.2
Mar/Apr 91 254 38 95 14 1 3 37 0 0 19 32 .374 .415 .472 .888 45.1
May 96 273 23 87 14 1 2 24 0 1 19 44 .319 .362 .399 .761 37.3
June 98 283 33 73 10 0 1 21 0 1 23 38 .258 .313 .304 .617 27.0
July 97 250 21 59 11 0 0 17 0 0 18 49 .236 .289 .280 .569 19.7
August 116 342 27 102 13 0 0 27 0 2 25 60 .298 .345 .336 .681 38.7
Sep/Oct 122 329 49 109 13 1 2 40 2 1 22 41 .331 .374 .395 .769 46.2
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
1965 28 MIN AL LF 16 11 93.0 21 1 0 0 1.000 2.13   0.6
    CF 7 5 47.0 15 1 0 1 1.000 3.06    
1967 30 MIN AL CF 21 3 63.0 20 1 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.4
    RF 5 2 22.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.82    
    LF 2 0 3.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 9.00    
1968 31 MIN AL RF 35 12 137.7 31 2 0 1 1.000 2.16   1.0
    CF 21 12 127.0 33 0 0 0 1.000 2.34    
    LF 16 13 120.0 23 1 0 0 1.000 1.80    
1969 32 MIN AL RF 153 149 1310.7 291 13 0 0 1.000 2.09   4.1
    CF 3 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1970 33 MIN AL RF 138 134 1195.7 254 10 0 1 1.000 1.99   3.2
1971 34 MIN AL CF 18 16 143.7 35 0 0 0 1.000 2.19   0.8
    LF 19 14 132.0 27 0 0 0 1.000 1.84    
    RF 21 1 46.7 8 1 0 0 1.000 1.74    
1972 35 OAK AL CF 14 4 53.7 16 0 0 0 1.000 2.68   0.4
    LF 5 5 40.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.58    
    RF 5 4 39.3 9 0 0 0 1.000 2.06    
1973 36 BSN NL RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  RF 358 302 2753.0 595 26 0 2 1.000 2.03   8.3
  CF 84 40 438.7 120 2 0 1 1.000 2.50   1.6
  LF 58 43 388.0 81 2 0 0 1.000 1.93   0.6
Career Totals   500 385 3579.6 796 30 0 3 1.000 2.08   10.5
Career Highs   156 149 1315.0 292 13 0 1 1.000 2.66    
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
1965 28 MIN AL 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1970 33 MIN AL 5 18 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 4 .111 .158 .222 .380
Career Post-Season Batting 10 22 3 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 5 .091 .130 .182 .312
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.
Batting Average
1969-4-.308
1970-6-.295
On-Base Pct
1969-10-.360
Games
1969-5-157
At-Bats
1969-6-603
Hits
1969-2-186
1970-9-164
Singles
1969-2-155
1970-4-133
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 16    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 80th overall pick, by Minnesota in 1955
Injured on 8/13/1955 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 4/8/1957 with a Bruised Foot, out for one week
Injured on 7/23/1957 with a Dislocated Finger, out for one week
Injured on 4/8/1959 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for full season
Injured on 4/25/1960 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/4/1963 with a Inflamed Rib Cage Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/7/1964 with a Bruised Hand, out for 3 days
Had first career hit on 4/13/1965, off Raul Sanchez (TAM)
Hit first career homerun on 9/15/1968, off Aubrey Gatewood (DET)
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $870,000 through salary arbitration
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Seattle on 5/11/1970
Injured on 5/15/1970 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 7/22/1970 with a Hyper Extended Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/15/1970, hitting .567 with 1 HR, 3 RBI
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,707,143 through salary arbitration
Signed as a free agent by Oakland on 3/2/1972 to a minor league contract
Signed as a free agent by Boston (N) on 2/4/1973 to a 1-year deal worth $900,000 per year
9/22/1973: Signed a minor league contract extension with Boston (N)
Injured on 3/29/1974 with a Broken Finger, out for 5 weeks