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Jimmy Wasdell
James Charles Wasdell

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 5' 11", Weight 185 lb.

Debut September 3, 1937
Final Game April 18, 1947
Born May 15, 1914 in Cleveland, OH
Died August 6, 1983 in New Port Richey, FL

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Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons / Neutralize Stats
 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 23 WSH AL  32  110   13   28   4  4   2   12   0  1   7  13  .255  .299  .418   82   46   1           0    
 1938 24 WSH AL  53  140   19   33   2  1   2   16   5  2  12  12  .236  .296  .307   56   43   2           0    
 1939 25 WSH AL  29  109   12   33   5  1   0   13   3  1   9  16  .303  .361  .367   92   40   2           1   1
 1940 26 TOT     87  265   38   67  15  4   3   37   4  0  20  31  .253  .308  .374   82   99   4           1   4
         WSH AL  10   35    3    3   1  0   0    0   0  0   2   7  .086  .135  .114  -33    4   0           0   0
         BRO NL  77  230   35   64  14  4   3   37   4     18  24  .278  .333  .413  100   95   4           1   4
 1941 27 BRO NL  94  265   39   79  14  3   4   48   2     16  15  .298  .345  .419  111  111   3           3   1
 1942 28 PIT NL 122  409   44  106  11  2   3   38   1     47  22  .259  .337  .318   90  130   6           1   9
 1943 29 TOT NL 145  524   54  137  19  6   4   68   6     48  22  .261  .326  .344   97  180   4           2  13
         PIT NL   4    2    0    1   0  0   0    1   0      2   0  .500  .750  .500  260    1   0           0   0
         PHI NL 141  522   54  136  19  6   4   67   6     46  22  .261  .323  .343   96  179   4           2  13
 1944 30 PHI NL 133  451   47  125  20  3   3   40   0     45  17  .277  .344  .355   99  160  12           1  14
 1945 31 PHI NL 134  500   65  150  19  8   7   60   7     32  11  .300  .346  .412  113  206   5           3   7
 1946 32 TOT     58   92    8   24   0  2   1    9   1  0   7   6  .261  .320  .337   89   31   0           1   4
         PHI NL  26   51    7   13   0  2   1    5   0      3   2  .255  .309  .392  101   20   0           1   2
         CLE AL  32   41    1   11   0  0   0    4   1  0   4   4  .268  .333  .268   74   11   0           0   2
 1947 33 CLE AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0           0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 11 Seasons     888 2866  339  782 109 34  29  341  29  4 243 165  .273  .332  .365   96 1046  39   0   0  13  53
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        523   62  143  20  6   5   62   5  1  44  30  .273  .332  .365   96  191   7   0   0   2  10
 Career High    145  524   65  150  20  8   7   68   7  2  48  31  .300  .346  .419  113  206  12   0   0   3  14
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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 
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 23 WSH AL  118   84   13   4.1   113| .255  .285| .299  .359| .418  .424| .717  .784|  82  .388  -4.0  -0.4   0%
 1938 24 WSH AL  154  111   13   3.1   112| .236  .281| .296  .359| .307  .419| .603  .778|  56  .272  -9.6  -0.9  71%
 1939 25 WSH AL  121   80   14   4.6   107| .303  .277| .361  .351| .367  .410| .728  .762|  92  .460  -0.8  -0.1  75%
 1940 26 TOT     290  206   32   4.2   103| .253  .278| .308  .344| .374  .402| .682  .747|  82  .472  -7.3  -0.7 100%
         WSH AL   37   32    1   0.8   106| .086  .272| .135  .344| .114  .412| .249  .756| -33  .037  -6.8  -0.7   0%
         BRO NL  253  174   31   4.8   103| .278  .279| .333  .344| .413  .401| .746  .745| 100  .543  -0.4   0.0     
 1941 27 BRO NL  287  190   38   5.4    97| .298  .270| .345  .342| .419  .381| .764  .723| 111  .615   3.2   0.3     
 1942 28 PIT NL  463  318   44   3.7    89| .259  .259| .337  .332| .318  .360| .655  .692|  90  .490  -4.5  -0.5     
 1943 29 TOT NL  578  404   58   3.9    86| .261  .260| .326  .328| .344  .353| .670  .681|  97  .491  -2.4  -0.2     
         PIT NL    4    1    1  27.0    92| .500  .268| .750  .337| .500  .364|1.250  .701| 260  .971   0.9   0.1     
         PHI NL  574  403   57   3.8    86| .261  .260| .323  .328| .343  .353| .666  .681|  96  .485  -3.2  -0.3     
 1944 30 PHI NL  509  352   55   4.2    92| .277  .264| .344  .331| .355  .371| .699  .702|  99  .500   0.7   0.1     
 1945 31 PHI NL  540  362   70   5.2    94| .300  .270| .346  .339| .412  .372| .758  .711| 113  .586   6.6   0.7     
 1946 32 TOT     100   72   10   3.7    90| .261  .258| .320  .332| .337  .365| .657  .697|  89  .455  -1.8  -0.1 100%
         PHI NL   55   40    6   4.0    90| .255  .259| .309  .334| .392  .363| .701  .696| 101  .498  -0.4   0.0     
         CLE AL   45   32    4   3.3    91| .268  .256| .333  .330| .268  .369| .601  .699|  74  .401  -1.3  -0.1 100%
 1947 33 CLE AL    1    1    0   0.0    94| .000  .259| .000  .338| .000  .372| .000  .710|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 11 Seasons     3161 2180  347   4.3    95| .273  .267| .332  .337| .365  .376| .697  .713|  96  .502 -20.1  -1.8     

* 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  LF   CF   RF
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1937 23 WSH AL 1B 21 182 10 1 18 .995 .991 9.14 9.61 OF 7 14 1 0 1 1.000 .968 2.14 2.29 3 0 4 1938 24 WSH AL 1B 26 220 12 1 26 .996 .990 8.92 9.56 OF 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 .972 2.33 2.28 0 0 6 1939 25 WSH AL 1B 28 255 15 10 24 .964 .990 9.64 9.43 1940 26 TOT 1B 25 198 7 3 17 .986 .989 8.20 9.93 WSH AL 1B 8 76 2 0 8 1.000 .989 9.75 9.60 BRO NL OF 42 70 1 4 0 .947 .977 1.69 2.17 1 1 40 1B 17 122 5 3 9 .977 .990 7.47 10.08 1941 27 BRO NL OF 54 84 2 4 0 .956 .975 1.59 2.15 8 0 46 1B 15 101 5 0 5 1.000 .989 7.07 9.73 1942 28 PIT NL OF 97 191 8 9 1 .957 .981 2.05 2.15 36 2 61 1B 7 55 4 2 4 .967 .988 8.43 9.66 1943 29 PHI NL 1B 82 749 56 10 62 .988 .992 9.82 9.99 OF 56 108 5 3 0 .974 .977 2.02 2.27 39 22 5 1944 30 PHI NL OF 121 243 6 5 0 .980 .980 2.06 2.31 118 5 3 1B 4 43 0 0 6 1.000 .991 10.75 9.65 1945 31 PHI NL OF 65 142 4 5 1 .967 .978 2.25 2.33 17 13 37 1B 63 597 43 7 51 .989 .990 10.16 9.74 1946 32 TOT OF 14 12 0 2 0 .857 .976 0.86 2.18 5 0 8 TOT 1B 6 31 4 2 9 .946 .992 5.83 9.27 PHI NL OF 11 12 0 1 0 .923 .976 1.09 2.16 4 0 6 1B 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.30 CLE AL 1B 4 28 3 2 8 .939 .990 7.75 9.25 OF 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.23 1 0 2
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1937 23 WSH AL 1B 21 182 10 1 18 .995 .991 9.14 9.61 1938 24 WSH AL 1B 26 220 12 1 26 .996 .990 8.92 9.56 1939 25 WSH AL 1B 28 255 15 10 24 .964 .990 9.64 9.43 1940 26 TOT 1B 25 198 7 3 17 .986 .989 8.20 9.93 WSH AL 1B 8 76 2 0 8 1.000 .989 9.75 9.60 BRO NL 1B 17 122 5 3 9 .977 .990 7.47 10.08 1941 27 BRO NL 1B 15 101 5 0 5 1.000 .989 7.07 9.73 1942 28 PIT NL 1B 7 55 4 2 4 .967 .988 8.43 9.66 1943 29 PHI NL 1B 82 749 56 10 62 .988 .992 9.82 9.99 1944 30 PHI NL 1B 4 43 0 0 6 1.000 .991 10.75 9.65 1945 31 PHI NL 1B 63 597 43 7 51 .989 .990 10.16 9.74 1946 32 TOT 1B 6 31 4 2 9 .946 .992 5.83 9.27 PHI NL 1B 2 3 1 0 1 1.000 1.000 2.00 9.30 CLE AL 1B 4 28 3 2 8 .939 .990 7.75 9.25 1937 23 WSH AL OF 7 14 1 0 1 1.000 .968 2.14 2.29 3 0 4 1938 24 WSH AL OF 6 14 0 0 0 1.000 .972 2.33 2.28 0 0 6 1940 26 BRO NL OF 42 70 1 4 0 .947 .977 1.69 2.17 1 1 40 1941 27 BRO NL OF 54 84 2 4 0 .956 .975 1.59 2.15 8 0 46 1942 28 PIT NL OF 97 191 8 9 1 .957 .981 2.05 2.15 36 2 61 1943 29 PHI NL OF 56 108 5 3 0 .974 .977 2.02 2.27 39 22 5 1944 30 PHI NL OF 121 243 6 5 0 .980 .980 2.06 2.31 118 5 3 1945 31 PHI NL OF 65 142 4 5 1 .967 .978 2.25 2.33 17 13 37 1946 32 TOT OF 14 12 0 2 0 .857 .976 0.86 2.18 5 0 8 PHI NL OF 11 12 0 1 0 .923 .976 1.09 2.16 4 0 6 CLE AL OF 3 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 2.23 1 0 2
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Position Total OF 462 878 27 32 3 .966 .978 1.96 2.24 227 43 210 1B 277 2431 156 36 222 .986 .991 9.34 9.76 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+----+----+ Overall Total 739 3309 183 68 225 .981 .987 4.73 5.06
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1941   WS    BRO NYY     L   3   5   0   1  1  0  0   2   0   0  .200  .200  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

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

Batting Average
1945 NL-.300-10

Triples
1945 NL-8-8

Sac. Hits
1944 NL-12-10

Grounded into Double Plays
1944 NL-14-9

At Bats per Strikeout
1943 NL-23.8-10
1944 NL-26.5-6
1945 NL-45.5-2

Gray Ink: Batting - 5 (1714) (Average HOFer ≈ 144)
HOF Standards: Batting - 4.0 (2772) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 2.5 (1830) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
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Transactions 

January 29, 1937: Traded by the Minneapolis (American Association) to the Washington Senators for Carl Reynolds, Red Kress, and cash.

May 25, 1940: Purchased by the Brooklyn Dodgers from the Washington Senators.

December 12, 1941: Traded by the Brooklyn Dodgers with Pete Coscarart, Luke Hamlin, and Babe Phelps to the Pittsburgh Pirates for Arky Vaughan.

April 30, 1943: Purchased by the Philadelphia Blue Jays from the Pittsburgh Pirates.

June 18, 1946: Released by the Philadelphia Phillies.

July 1, 1946: Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians.

April 23, 1947: Released by the Cleveland Indians. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.)


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Uniforms 
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