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James Augustus Hunter

First name: Catfish

Last name: Hunter

Birthdate: 1946-04-08

Bats: R   Throws: R

RetroID: huntj101

Batting – Career

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1965KC10.60.00.6-0.10.10.50
1966KC10.90.00.90.20.40.41
1967KC11.20.01.20.81.10.13
1968OAK1.20.01.21.01.4-0.24
1969OAK1.10.01.10.40.70.32
1970OAK1.30.01.30.91.20.04
1971OAK1.40.01.42.02.4-1.07
1972OAK1.50.01.50.20.60.82
1973OAK0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1976NYA0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career9.20.09.25.47.90.923

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
1965KC146-6-6-10000005-29.1-0.20.00.0-0.20
1966KC165-7-70000000708.50.00.00.00.00
1967KC194-7-700010001048.40.50.00.00.50
1968OAK90-4-40001000967.90.80.00.00.80
1969OAK89-7-700-100001029.40.20.00.00.20
1970OAK99-7-7-11000001258.70.60.00.00.60
1971OAK10922100000012158.71.70.00.01.70
1972OAK116-9-8-1-30000011-17.9-0.10.00.0-0.10
1973OAK1000000000009.20.00.00.00.00
1976NYA1000000000009.00.00.00.00.00
Career710-45-44-2-2-120007629-3.50.00.03.50

Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1965 KC1 AL 32 6.0 133.0 68 60 2 4.16 9.2 -0.03 -0.09 -12 0.98 -12 -1.3 1.7 4.3 -0.1 5
1966 KC1 AL 30 7.7 176.7 87 77 1 5.89 9.0 0.10 -0.09 -10 1.01 -10 -1.1 2.8 5.0 0.5 8
1967 KC1 AL 35 11.8 259.7 91 107 4 7.42 8.2 0.10 -0.09 13 1.00 13 1.6 7.5 4.3 4.0 22
1968 OAK AL 36 10.4 234.0 99 84 2 6.50 8.0 0.12 -0.09 -15 1.00 -15 -1.9 3.3 7.1 0.2 10
1969 OAK AL 38 10.9 247.0 99 104 8 6.50 8.6 0.11 -0.09 -2 1.03 -2 -0.2 5.3 5.7 2.1 16
1970 OAK AL 40 11.6 262.3 124 116 0 6.56 9.0 0.10 -0.03 -6 1.00 -6 -0.7 5.1 6.5 1.7 15
1971 OAK AL 37 11.8 273.7 103 112 8 7.40 8.4 0.08 -0.03 2 1.00 2 0.2 6.1 5.7 2.6 18
1972 OAK AL 38 12.5 295.3 74 103 15 7.77 7.3 0.10 -0.03 16 1.01 16 2.2 8.4 4.0 4.7 25
1973 OAK AL 36 11.1 256.3 104 113 16 7.12 9.0 0.03 -0.03 -7 1.00 -7 -0.8 4.7 6.3 1.4 14
1974 OAK AL 41 13.9 318.3 97 135 14 7.76 8.1 0.02 -0.03 24 1.00 24 2.9 9.9 4.1 5.8 30
1975 NYA AL 39 14.4 328.0 107 154 19 8.41 8.7 0.04 -0.03 29 1.00 29 3.3 10.5 3.9 6.3 32
1976 NYA AL 36 12.6 298.7 126 129 8 8.30 8.8 0.03 -0.03 -6 1.00 -6 -0.7 5.6 7.0 1.9 17
1977 NYA AL 22 6.3 143.3 83 68 7 6.51 10.0 0.07 -0.03 -21 1.00 -21 -2.1 1.1 5.3 -0.8 3
1978 NYA AL 21 5.1 118.0 49 52 5 5.62 8.9 0.08 -0.03 -1 0.98 -1 -0.1 2.5 2.7 1.0 8
1979 NYA AL 19 4.5 105.0 68 53 -1 5.53 10.2 0.10 -0.03 -13 1.00 -13 -1.3 1.0 3.6 -0.3 3
Career 500 150.6 3449.3 1379 1467 108 -9 -9 0 75.5 75.5 31 226

Defense

Pitcher Defense

Year Team Chances OAA OAA adj
1965 KC1 20 -1.0 -1
1966 KC1 24 -4.0 -4
1967 KC1 30 -3.0 -3
1968 OAK 30 -4.0 -4
1969 OAK 42 2.0 2
1970 OAK 38 -1.0 -1
1971 OAK 35 -1.0 -1
1972 OAK 45 1.0 1
1973 OAK 30 -1.0 -1
1974 OAK 49 1.0 1
1975 NYA 38 -1.0 -1
1976 NYA 46 0.0 0
1977 NYA 15 -1.0 -1
1978 NYA 19 0.0 0
1979 NYA 14 -1.0 -1
475 -14.0 -14

Infield Defense

Year Team POS BIP Chances OAA OAA adj DER Runs Play+ GB+ DP Start DP Turn DP Runs Total Fielding Runs
1967 KC1 1B 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0
1B 0 0 0.0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0 0

Batting – Postseason

Year Team Off GS Def GS Game Shares WAR W L Victory Shares
1971OAK0.00.00.00.00.00.00
1972OAK0.20.00.20.20.3-0.11
1973OAK0.10.00.1-0.1-0.10.10
1974OAK0.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career0.30.00.30.10.20.01

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
1971OAK3-1-10000000108.30.00.00.00.00
1972OAK13000000000116.30.20.00.00.20
1973OAK5-1-100000000-17.4-0.10.00.0-0.10
1974OAK3000000000006.30.00.00.00.00
Career24-2-2000000020-0.10.00.00.10

Postseason Pitching

Year Team Lg G GS IP R XR DR IP/G RPW Role LgAdj R+ LI R_lev+ WAM W L WAR VS
1971 OAK MLB 1 0.4 8.0 5 4 1 8.00 11.2 0.08 0.00 -2 1.00 -2 -0.2 0.0 0.4 -0.1 0
1972 OAK MLB 5 1.4 31.3 7 13 1 6.26 7.8 0.07 0.00 6 1.27 7 0.9 1.6 -0.2 1.3 5
1973 OAK MLB 4 1.2 29.7 6 13 1 7.42 7.7 0.07 0.00 6 1.00 6 0.8 1.4 -0.2 1.1 4
1974 OAK MLB 4 0.8 19.3 7 9 1 4.82 8.9 -0.02 0.00 1 1.03 1 0.1 0.5 0.3 0.3 2
1976 NYA MLB 3 1.0 20.7 10 11 -1 6.90 9.5 0.06 0.00 2 1.00 2 0.2 0.7 0.3 0.5 2
1977 NYA MLB 2 0.2 4.3 5 2 0 2.15 10.8 -0.32 0.00 -3 0.64 -2 -0.2 -0.1 0.3 -0.1 0
1978 NYA MLB 3 0.9 19.0 9 9 1 6.33 9.6 0.10 0.00 0 1.00 0 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.2 1
Career 22 5.9 132.3 49 61 4 10 12 1.6 4.5 1.3 3.2 14

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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