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James Leroy Bottomley

First name: Jim

Last name: Bottomley

Birthdate: 1900-04-23

Bats: L   Throws: L

RetroID: bottj101

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1922SLN2.00.32.30.91.50.75
1923SLN7.11.08.24.77.11.121
1924SLN7.31.08.43.45.92.518
1925SLN8.51.29.76.08.80.827
1926SLN8.41.29.74.87.62.023
1927SLN8.51.29.73.56.43.419
1928SLN8.11.29.34.67.31.922
1929SLN8.01.19.14.26.82.221
1930SLN6.71.07.70.52.85.08
1931SLN5.20.75.93.75.50.516
1932SLN4.30.64.90.92.32.57
1933CIN8.01.19.10.53.15.99
1934CIN7.51.18.6-0.52.06.66
1935CIN5.40.86.2-0.90.95.33
1936SLA7.31.18.4-1.01.56.94
1937SLA1.60.21.7-0.30.21.60
Career103.914.8118.935.069.748.9209

Detailed Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1922SLN161673100-5-100611.10.5-0.10.00.4-3
1923SLN58738391-422-4-5003610.13.6-0.5-0.13.03
1924SLN58320231010-2-5002310.12.3-0.5-0.11.76
1925SLN6824545-1-30-212-7005110.74.8-0.7-0.14.021
1926SLN68425230-22111-6003510.13.5-0.6-0.12.820
1927SLN67831292-30-4-2-600229.82.2-0.6-0.11.56
1928SLN66752503-40-3-12-600349.93.4-0.6-0.12.7-4
1929SLN64528272-1023-6003310.83.0-0.6-0.12.311
1930SLN56142-3-2-11-3-500-611.6-0.5-0.5-0.1-1.14
1931SLN419272600004-400309.83.0-0.4-0.12.59
1932SLN339871-100-4-30039.60.3-0.3-0.1-0.10
1933CIN609-101-11-2-5-600-68.4-0.7-0.6-0.1-1.43
1934CIN592011-30-1-14-600-169.7-1.6-0.6-0.1-2.3-6
1935CIN423-19-1721-1-1-1-400-179.8-1.7-0.4-0.1-2.25
1936SLA5960-5-7-2-1-3-9-500-2711.9-2.3-0.50.1-2.7-1
1937SLA126-5-6-10000-100-711.2-0.6-0.10.0-0.71
Career8,3522592515-243-10-31-7600194-19.2-7.6-1.210.475

Defense

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1922 SLN 1B 1082 95 -5.0 -6 -5 -17 -11 0.0 0.0 0 -5
1923 SLN 1B 4012 337 -2.0 -4 -3 -10 -24 -0.7 0.0 -1 -4
1924 SLN 1B 3761 344 0.0 -2 -2 13 -15 0.0 0.0 0 -2
1924 SLN 2B 5 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 0 0
1925 SLN 1B 4229 413 18.0 16 13 41 8 -0.6 0.0 -1 12
1926 SLN 1B 4487 434 16.0 14 11 17 -18 -0.5 0.0 0 11
1927 SLN 1B 4484 411 0.0 -2 -2 -1 2 0.0 0.0 0 -2
1928 SLN 1B 4501 357 -13.0 -15 -12 -39 -33 0.0 0.0 0 -12
1929 SLN 1B 4355 412 4.0 3 2 16 -5 1.0 0.0 1 3
1930 SLN 1B 3479 322 -4.0 -4 -3 -2 -16 0.2 0.0 0 -3
1931 SLN 1B 2600 276 5.0 5 4 27 7 0.1 0.0 0 4
1932 SLN 1B 2031 188 -6.0 -5 -4 -9 -2 -0.1 0.0 0 -4
1933 CIN 1B 4643 436 -8.0 -7 -6 4 7 0.8 0.0 1 -5
1934 CIN 1B 4519 407 -17.0 -16 -13 10 12 -1.4 0.0 -1 -14
1935 CIN 1B 2993 274 -2.0 -2 -2 16 12 0.7 0.0 1 -1
1936 SLA 1B 4190 377 -10.0 -11 -9 -17 -19 0.0 0.0 0 -9
1937 SLA 1B 586 55 0.0 0 0 4 -2 -0.2 0.0 0 0
1B 55952 5138 -24.0 -36 -31 53 -97 -0.7 0.0 0 -31
2B 5 2 0.0 0 0 0 0 -0.1 0.0 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1926SLN0.40.10.50.10.20.21
1928SLN0.20.00.20.00.00.20
1930SLN0.30.00.4-0.3-0.20.6-1
1931SLN0.40.10.40.00.10.30
Career1.30.21.5-0.20.11.30

Postseason Batting Components

Year Team PA BatRuns Adj R RISP BSR DP ROE Fld Pos DH Pit RAA RPW WAA Pos Wins LgA WAM DVoDH
1926SLN31110000-100008.40.00.00.00.0-1
1928SLN16000-1000000-19.8-0.10.00.0-0.10
1930SLN24-3-300000000-36.8-0.40.00.0-0.40
1931SLN27-2-210000000-17.1-0.10.00.0-0.10
Career98-4-41-100-1000-5--0.60.00.0-0.6-1

Glossary

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Stat description
GSGame Shares
WAMWins above Majors. Formerly wins above average, but WAM! sounds better than WAA. Credit to Don Sobocinski for the name.
WARWins above Replacement
VSVictory Shares
WWins - Not traditional pitcher wins. Estimate of the number of wins each pitcher was responsible for. His share, as opposed to the shares of his fielders and offense.
LLosses - See wins above, just the opposite side of the final score.
BatRunsBatting runs above average
Adj RPark adjusted batting runs
RISPRuns for hitting better or worse than overall with runners in scoring position
BSRBaserunning runs
DPDouble play avoidance runs
ROERuns from reaching on error
FldFielding runs
PosPosition adjustment
DHDesignated hitter adjustment
PitPitcher batting adjustment
RAARuns above average before position and league adjustment
RPWRuns per win
WAAWins above average before position and league adjustment
POS WinsPosition adjustment converted to wins
LGALeague quality adjustment
DVoDHDefensive Value (in runs) over designated hitter
GGames pitched
GSGame shares. For pitchers based on innings and leverage index
XRExpected runs based on ballparks and opponents faced
DRDefensive runs support
RoleStarter vs reliever role adjustment
LgAdjLeague adjustment
R+Runs above average
LILeverage index
R_lev+Leverage adjusted runs above average
ChancesEstimated opportunies to make a defensive play
BIPBalls in play while this player was on the field
OAAOuts above average, based on defensive efficiency assigned at the player level
OAA adjPark adjusted outs above average
DER runsRun value of outs above average
Frame RunsRuns from framing balls and strikes
SB RunsStolen base prevention runs
Block RunsWild pitch and passed ball prevention runs
Err RunsCatcher error prevention runs
Catcher RunsCatcher runs from SB, errors, PB, and WP. Does not include framing.
Play+plays made above average per ball in play
GB+ground ball plays above average per ball in play
DP StartRuns from starting double plays
DP TurnRuns from turning double plays
DP runsTotal double play runs
OF Arm oppsOpportunities for an outfielder to make a throwing play
OF Arm runsRuns from throwing from the outfield

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