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Jim Tobin
James Anthony Tobin (Abba Dabba)

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 30, 1937
Final Game September 23, 1945
Born December 27, 1912 in Oakland, CA
Died May 19, 1969 in Oakland, CA
Brother of Johnny Tobin

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Pitching Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1937 24 PIT NL   6   3  20   8   7   0   9  1   87.0   74   38   29   1   28   37   1   4   357       0  3.00  3.87  129 1.172
 1938 25 PIT NL  14  12  40  33  14   2   6  0  241.3  254  109   93  17   66   70   6   2  1029       1  3.47  3.78  109 1.326
 1939 26 PIT NL   9   9  25  19   8   0   4  0  145.3  194   84   73   7   33   43   2   1   655       0  4.52  3.84   85 1.562
 1940 27 BSN NL   7   3  15  11   9   0   3  0   96.3  102   41   41   8   24   29   0   2   412       0  3.83  3.73   97 1.308
 1941 28 BSN NL  12  12  33  26  20   3   4  0  238.0  229   91   82  12   60   61   0   1   981       1  3.10  3.56  115 1.214 MVP-21
 1942 29 BSN NL  12  21  37  33  28   1   2  0  287.7  283  145  127  20   96   71   6   7  1224       0  3.97  3.31   83 1.317
 1943 30 BSN NL  14  14  33  30  24   1   3  0  250.0  241   96   74  12   69   52   2   1  1049       0  2.66  3.37  127 1.240 MVP-24
 1944 31 BSN NL  18  19  43  36  28   5   7  3  299.3  271  125  100  18   97   83   1   5  1249       1  3.01  3.83  127 1.229 MVP-17,AS
 1945 32 TOT     13  19  41  31  18   0   9  1  255.0  281  132  107  12   84   52   9   5  1118       0  3.78  3.77  100 1.431
         BSN NL   9  14  27  25  16   0   1  0  196.7  220  101   84  10   56   38   5   2   856       0  3.84  3.84  100 1.403
         DET AL   4   5  14   6   2   0   8  1   58.3   61   31   23   2   28   14   4   3   262       0  3.55  3.53  100 1.526
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  9 Yr WL% .484 105 112 287 227 156  12  47  5 1900.0 1929  861  726 107  557  498  27  28  8074       3  3.44  3.64  106 1.308
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg    13  14  37  30  20   1   6  0  251.3  255  113   96  14   73   65   3   3  1068   0   0  3.44  3.64  106 1.308
 Career High     18  21  43  36  28   5   9  3  299.3  283  145  127  20   97   83   9   7  1249   0   1  2.66  3.87  129 1.172

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1937 24 PIT NL  21   34    7   15   4  0   0    6   0      4   3  .441  .500  .559  187   19   0           0   2
 1938 25 PIT NL  56  103    8   25   6  1   0   11   0      9  12  .243  .310  .320   73   33   1           1   2
 1939 26 PIT NL  43   74    9   18   3  1   2   11   0      2  12  .243  .263  .392   75   29   1           0   0
 1940 27 BSN NL  20   43    5   12   3  0   0    3   0      1  10  .279  .295  .349   81   15   0           0   2
 1941 28 BSN NL  43  103    6   19   5  0   0    9   1     10  31  .184  .257  .233   42   24   0           0   4 MVP-21
 1942 29 BSN NL  47  114   14   28   2  0   6   15   0     16  23  .246  .344  .421  125   48   0           1   2
 1943 30 BSN NL  46  107    8   30   4  0   2   12   0      6  16  .280  .319  .374  101   40   0           0   3 MVP-24
 1944 31 BSN NL  62  116   13   22   5  1   2   18   0     16  28  .190  .288  .302   63   35   2           0   3 MVP-17,AS
 1945 32 TOT     58  102   11   14   3  0   5   17   0  0  16  27  .137  .261  .314   60   32   1           1   4
         BSN NL  41   77    9   11   3  0   3   12   0     15  22  .143  .290  .299   64   23   0           1   2
         DET AL  17   25    2    3   0  0   2    5   0  0   1   5  .120  .154  .360   44    9   1           0   2
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 9 Seasons      396  796   81  183  35  3  17  102   1  0  80 162  .230  .303  .345   82  275   5   0   0   3  22
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        326   33   75  14  1   7   42   0  0  33  66  .230  .303  .345   82  113   2   0   0   1   9
 Career High     62  116   14   30   6  1   6   18   1  0  16  31                          48   2   0   0   1   4

Special Batting Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons

 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1937 24 PIT NL   38   21   10  12.7   101| .441  .280| .500  .342| .559  .397|1.059  .739| 187  .869   4.6   0.4     
 1938 25 PIT NL  114   81   10   3.3   100| .243  .276| .310  .340| .320  .393| .630  .733|  73  .373  -3.7  -0.4     
 1939 26 PIT NL   77   57    8   3.7   102| .243  .278| .263  .343| .392  .397| .655  .740|  75  .410  -3.1  -0.3     
 1940 27 BSN NL   44   33    4   3.3    94| .279  .266| .295  .330| .349  .382| .644  .712|  81  .370  -1.1  -0.1     
 1941 28 BSN NL  113   88    6   1.8    90| .184  .260| .257  .329| .233  .366| .490  .696|  42  .183  -7.7  -0.8     
 1942 29 BSN NL  131   88   16   4.9    85| .246  .254| .344  .325| .421  .352| .765  .678| 125  .613   3.6   0.4     
 1943 30 BSN NL  113   80   13   4.4    88| .280  .262| .319  .331| .374  .356| .693  .687| 101  .548  -0.2   0.0     
 1944 31 BSN NL  134   99   10   2.7    97| .190  .273| .288  .340| .302  .383| .590  .723|  63  .310  -5.7  -0.6     
 1945 32 TOT     120   93    8   2.3    96| .137  .272| .261  .343| .314  .374| .575  .717|  60  .250  -5.8  -0.6   0%
         BSN NL   93   68    7   2.8    97| .143  .273| .290  .343| .299  .377| .589  .720|  64  .309  -3.6  -0.4     
         DET AL   27   25    1   1.1    93| .120  .268| .154  .341| .360  .365| .514  .706|  44  .087  -2.2  -0.2   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 9 Seasons       884  640   85   3.6    94| .230  .268| .303  .335| .345  .375| .648  .710|  82  .427 -19.2  -2.0     

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Fielding Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Sort by Position, then Year

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
 1937 24 PIT NL   P   20      5   10    1    0  .938  .955  0.75  1.20  1.55  2.39    8   87.0
 1938 25 PIT NL   P   40     11   41    0    1 1.000  .965  1.30  1.13  1.94  2.21   33  241.3
 1939 26 PIT NL   P   25      2   26    0    2 1.000  .959  1.12  1.09  1.73  2.19   19  145.3
 1940 27 BSN NL   P   15      6   16    1    1  .957  .961  1.47  1.10  2.06  2.22   11   96.3
 1941 28 BSN NL   P   33     15   71    3    4  .966  .965  2.61  1.09  3.25  2.23   26  238.0
 1942 29 BSN NL   P   37     14   93    6    6  .947  .968  2.89  1.17  3.35  2.35   33  287.7
 1943 30 BSN NL   P   33     10   66    6    3  .927  .961  2.30  1.16  2.74  2.27   30  250.0
                 1B    1      7    1    0    1 1.000  .988  8.00 10.00                        
 1944 31 BSN NL   P   43     13   93    3    4  .972  .961  2.47  1.09  3.19  2.14   36  299.3 AS
 1945 32 TOT      P   41     20   63    1    6  .988  .961  2.02  1.13  2.93  2.19   31  255.0
         BSN NL   P   27     17   47    0    5 1.000  .962  2.37  1.06  2.93  2.18   25  196.7
         DET AL   P   14      3   16    1    1  .950  .955  1.36  1.28  2.93  2.24    6   58.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
 1943 30 BSN NL  1B    1      7    1    0    1 1.000  .988  8.00 10.00                        

 1937 24 PIT NL   P   20      5   10    1    0  .938  .955  0.75  1.20  1.55  2.39    8   87.0
 1938 25 PIT NL   P   40     11   41    0    1 1.000  .965  1.30  1.13  1.94  2.21   33  241.3
 1939 26 PIT NL   P   25      2   26    0    2 1.000  .959  1.12  1.09  1.73  2.19   19  145.3
 1940 27 BSN NL   P   15      6   16    1    1  .957  .961  1.47  1.10  2.06  2.22   11   96.3
 1941 28 BSN NL   P   33     15   71    3    4  .966  .965  2.61  1.09  3.25  2.23   26  238.0
 1942 29 BSN NL   P   37     14   93    6    6  .947  .968  2.89  1.17  3.35  2.35   33  287.7
 1943 30 BSN NL   P   33     10   66    6    3  .927  .961  2.30  1.16  2.74  2.27   30  250.0
 1944 31 BSN NL   P   43     13   93    3    4  .972  .961  2.47  1.09  3.19  2.14   36  299.3
 1945 32 TOT      P   41     20   63    1    6  .988  .961  2.02  1.13  2.93  2.19   31  255.0
         BSN NL   P   27     17   47    0    5 1.000  .962  2.37  1.06  2.93  2.18   25  196.7
         DET AL   P   14      3   16    1    1  .950  .955  1.36  1.28  2.93  2.24    6   58.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Position Total   P* 287     96  479   21   27  .965  .963  2.00  1.13              227 1900.0
                 1B    1      7    1    0    1 1.000  .988  8.00 10.00                        
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
 Overall Total       288    103  480   21   28  .965  .963  2.02  1.16

An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    DET CHC     W   1   0   6.00  0  0  0  0   3     4   2   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1945   WS    DET CHC     W   1   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.

All-Star Game Pitching

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  W  L  S   IP   H   R   ER  BB  SO HR HBP WP  SB CS 2B 3B BK
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+
 1944   BSN NL      0  0  1   1     0   0   0   0   0  0   0  0   0  0  0  0  0 
+------+---+--+---+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+---+--+---+--+---+--+--+--+--+

All-Star Game Batting

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1944   BSN NL       0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0           
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      0   0   0   0  0  0  0       0   0   0  0   0   0   0                   
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+

Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1944 *

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1941-NL-21-0.03
1943-NL-24-0.01
1944-NL-17-0.04
Car-939-0.08 shares

ERA
1941 NL-3.10-10
1943 NL-2.66-9
1944 NL-3.01-9

Wins
1938 NL-14-9
1943 NL-14-10
1944 NL-18-5

BB + H per IP (WHIP)
1941 NL-1.214-5
1943 NL-1.240-10

Hits Allowed/9IP
1944 NL-8.15-8

Bases on Balls/9IP
1941 NL-2.27-5

Games
1944 NL-43-4

Saves
1944 NL-3-6

Innings
1938 NL-241.3-9
1941 NL-238.0-6
1942 NL-287.7-1
1943 NL-250.0-9
1944 NL-299.3-2

Games Started
1938 NL-33-7
1942 NL-33-4
1944 NL-36-2

Comp. Games
1941 NL-20-3
1942 NL-28-1
1943 NL-24-2
1944 NL-28-1
1945 NL-16-6

Shutouts
1941 NL-3-7
1944 NL-5-3

Home Runs Allow.
1938 NL-17-5
1941 NL-12-9
1942 NL-20-1
1943 NL-12-3
1944 NL-18-2

Bases On Balls Allow.
1942 NL-96-6
1944 NL-97-6

Hits Allowed
1938 NL-254-8
1941 NL-229-6
1942 NL-283-2
1943 NL-241-6
1944 NL-271-3
1945 NL-220-9

Losses
1942 NL-21-1
1943 NL-14-9
1944 NL-19-2
1945 NL-14-5

Earned Runs Allow.
1942 NL-127-1
1944 NL-100-5
1945 NL-84-10

Wild Pitches
1942 NL-7-2
1944 NL-5-8

Hit Batsmen
1938 NL-6-5
1942 NL-6-4
1945 AL-4-10
1945 NL-5-9

Batters Faced
1938 NL-1029-9
1941 NL-981-8
1942 NL-1224-1
1943 NL-1049-10
1944 NL-1249-2

Adjusted ERA+
1943 NL-127-10
1944 NL-127-7

Black Ink: Pitching - 7 (323) (Average HOFer ≈ 40)
Gray Ink: Pitching - 62 (394) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Batting - 1.0 (3859) Pitching - 8.0 (974) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 11.0 (859) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.

Transactions
April 14, 1937: Purchased by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the New York Yankees.
December 6, 1939: Traded by the Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to the Boston Bees for Johnny Lanning.
August 9, 1945: Purchased by the Detroit Tigers from the Boston Braves for $15,000.
The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.

Uniforms
View Jim Tobin's uniforms at Dressed to the Nines
a Baseball Hall of Fame on-line exhibit

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All-Star 1944 *	MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr) 1941-NL-21-0.03 1943-NL-24-0.01 1944-NL-17-0.04 Car-939-0.08 shares	ERA 1941 NL-3.10-10 1943 NL-2.66-9 1944 NL-3.01-9	Wins 1938 NL-14-9 1943 NL-14-10 1944 NL-18-5	BB + H per IP (WHIP) 1941 NL-1.214-5 1943 NL-1.240-10	Hits Allowed/9IP 1944 NL-8.15-8
Bases on Balls/9IP 1941 NL-2.27-5	Games 1944 NL-43-4	Saves 1944 NL-3-6	Innings 1938 NL-241.3-9 1941 NL-238.0-6 1942 NL-287.7-1 1943 NL-250.0-9 1944 NL-299.3-2	Games Started 1938 NL-33-7 1942 NL-33-4 1944 NL-36-2	Comp. Games 1941 NL-20-3 1942 NL-28-1 1943 NL-24-2 1944 NL-28-1 1945 NL-16-6
Shutouts 1941 NL-3-7 1944 NL-5-3	Home Runs Allow. 1938 NL-17-5 1941 NL-12-9 1942 NL-20-1 1943 NL-12-3 1944 NL-18-2	Bases On Balls Allow. 1942 NL-96-6 1944 NL-97-6	Hits Allowed 1938 NL-254-8 1941 NL-229-6 1942 NL-283-2 1943 NL-241-6 1944 NL-271-3 1945 NL-220-9	Losses 1942 NL-21-1 1943 NL-14-9 1944 NL-19-2 1945 NL-14-5	Earned Runs Allow. 1942 NL-127-1 1944 NL-100-5 1945 NL-84-10
Wild Pitches 1942 NL-7-2 1944 NL-5-8	Hit Batsmen 1938 NL-6-5 1942 NL-6-4 1945 AL-4-10 1945 NL-5-9	Batters Faced 1938 NL-1029-9 1941 NL-981-8 1942 NL-1224-1 1943 NL-1049-10 1944 NL-1249-2	Adjusted ERA+ 1943 NL-127-10 1944 NL-127-7