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Jimmy Gobble
Billy James Gobble

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 3", Weight 190 lb.

Debut August 3, 2003

Born July 19, 1981 in Bristol, TN

Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (43rd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1999. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 2003 21 KCR AL   4   5   9   9   0   0   0  0   52.7   56   32   27   8   15   31   4   1   230   0   0  4.61  4.89  106 1.348
 2004 22 KCR AL   9   8  25  24   1   0   0  0  148.0  157   94   88  24   43   49   3   4   638   0   0  5.35  4.78   89 1.351
 2005 23 KCR AL   1   1  28   4   0   0  11  0   53.7   64   34   34   9   30   38   1   2   249   4   0  5.70  4.40   77 1.752
 2006 24 KCR AL   4   6  60   6   0   0  17  2   84.0   95   51   48  12   29   80   1   4   370   1   0  5.14  4.70   91 1.476
 2007 25 KCR AL   4   1  74   0   0   0  12  1   53.7   56   23   18   6   23   50   2   6   233   6   1  3.02  4.70  156 1.472
 2008 26 KCR AL   0   2  39   0   0   0  10  1   31.7   39   31   31   5   23   27   2   6   159   1   0  8.81  4.27   48 1.958
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  6 Yr WL% .489  22  23 235  43   1   0  50  4  423.7  467  265  246  64  163  275  13  23  1879  12   1  5.23  4.68   90 1.487
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   5  57  10   0   0  12  0  103.3  114   64   60  15   39   67   3   5   459   2   0  5.23  4.68   90 1.487
 Career High      9   8  74  24   1   0  17  2  148.0  157   94   88  24   43   80   4   6   638   6   1  3.02  4.89  156 1.348

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

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Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
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 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2004 22 KCR AL   1    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2006 24 KCR AL   4    0    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 6 Seasons       12    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   1   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         27    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  14  .000  .000  .000 -100    0  14   0   0   0   0
 Career High      4    2    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1                           0   1   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2004 22 KCR AL    2    2    0   0.0   111| .000  .273| .000  .341| .000  .438| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1   0%
 2006 24 KCR AL    1    1    0   0.0      |           |           |           |           |      .000   0.0   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 6 Seasons         3    3    0   0.0   111| .000  .273| .000  .341| .000  .438| .000  .779|-100  .000  -0.6  -0.1     

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

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Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
2003 21 KCR AL P 9 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.78 0.49 1.20 1.72 9 52.7 2004 22 KCR AL P 25 8 10 3 0 .857 .947 0.72 0.45 1.09 1.66 24 148.0 2005 23 KCR AL P 28 2 4 2 1 .750 .952 0.21 0.46 1.01 1.69 4 53.7 2006 24 KCR AL P 60 4 10 0 1 1.000 .959 0.23 0.41 1.50 1.56 6 84.0 2007 25 KCR AL P 74 2 9 1 2 .917 .957 0.15 0.42 1.84 1.59 0 53.7 2008 26 KCR AL P 39 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.05 0.42 0.57 1.59 0 31.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
2003 21 KCR AL P 9 3 4 0 0 1.000 .959 0.78 0.49 1.20 1.72 9 52.7 2004 22 KCR AL P 25 8 10 3 0 .857 .947 0.72 0.45 1.09 1.66 24 148.0 2005 23 KCR AL P 28 2 4 2 1 .750 .952 0.21 0.46 1.01 1.69 4 53.7 2006 24 KCR AL P 60 4 10 0 1 1.000 .959 0.23 0.41 1.50 1.56 6 84.0 2007 25 KCR AL P 74 2 9 1 2 .917 .957 0.15 0.42 1.84 1.59 0 53.7 2008 26 KCR AL P 39 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.05 0.42 0.57 1.59 0 31.7
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 235 19 39 6 4 .906 .954 0.25 0.43 1.23 1.64 43 423.7 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 235 19 39 6 4 .906 .954 0.25 0.43 1.23 1.64 43 424
An Important note about our fielding stats

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.

Games
2007 AL-74-5

Youngest Player
2003 AL-21-9

Gray Ink: Pitching - 1 (2542) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
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.


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Transactions 

June 2, 1999: Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 1st round (43rd pick) of the 1999 amateur draft. Player signed June 21, 1999.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
2004Kansas City Royals$304,000
2006Kansas City Royals$345,500
2007Kansas City Royals$712,500
2008Kansas City Royals$1,312,500
Career (may be incomplete)$2,674,500

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Uniforms 
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