James
Jordan
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 235
 
Born: November 16, 1946 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 26 CHI JL $ 3,409,000 4 5 5 8 8 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 4 4
1974 27 SEA FL $ 3,409,000 4 5 5 8 8 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 4 4 4
1975 28 SEA FL $ 3,409,000 4 5 5 8 9 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 5 4 4
1976 29 SEA FL $ 5,000,000 4 5 5 8 9 9 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 5 5 4 4
1977 30 SEA FL $ 5,000,000 4 5 4 8 9 9 2 2 2 7 8 7 4 5 4 5 4 4
1978 31 SEA FL $ 5,000,000 4 5 4 8 9 9 2 2 2 7 8 7 5 6 6 4 4 4
1979 32 SEA FL $ 3,660,000 4 5 4 8 9 9 2 2 2 7 8 7 6 6 6 4 4 4
1980 33 SEA FL $ 3,660,000 3 4 4 8 9 9 2 2 2 7 8 7 6 6 6 5 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings $ 3,409,000 3 4 4 8 8 8 2 2 2 6 7 7 4 5 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 4 5 5 8 9 9 2 2 2 7 8 7 6 6 6 5 4 4
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 34 SEA FL $ 3,660,000   11 11 10 14 15 15 17 18 17 13 14 14 11 10 10
1982 35 WAS JL $ 1,500,000   11 11 10 15 16 15 17 18 17 13 15 14 11 10 10
1983 36 PHX JL     8 8 8 11 12 12 11 12 12 9 11 10 8 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     8 8 8 11 12 12 11 12 12 9 11 10 8 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 3,660,000   11 11 10 15 16 15 17 18 17 13 15 14 11 10 10
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 26 CHI JL 157 513 90 162 41 2 28 87 1 0 52 92 .316 .378 .567 .945 99.4 20.7
1974 27 MON FL 76 284 39 71 20 1 15 46 0 1 25 59 .250 .311 .486 .797 40.8 6.5
  SEA FL 74 242 23 56 12 1 6 27 0 0 18 54 .231 .284 .364 .647 23.5 3.1
  TOT   150 526 62 127 32 2 21 73 0 1 43 113 .241 .298 .430 .728 64.3 9.6
1975 28 SEA FL 155 584 66 144 42 2 18 65 2 0 61 128 .247 .318 .418 .736 78.2 15.3
1976 29 SEA FL 154 577 60 120 45 0 18 65 0 1 53 141 .208 .275 .380 .655 57.1 7.8
1977 30 SEA FL 138 455 49 106 25 0 16 55 0 1 52 96 .233 .311 .393 .704 54.7 8.3
1978 31 SEA FL 144 532 61 133 49 1 18 81 0 1 29 156 .250 .293 .447 .741 67.5 10.9
1979 32 SEA FL 141 508 70 129 41 0 25 90 1 1 64 125 .254 .337 .482 .819 83.0 14.4
1980 33 SEA FL 149 581 90 161 57 0 25 115 1 1 51 165 .277 .334 .504 .838 92.3 19.4
1981 34 SEA FL 140 490 64 109 42 1 21 77 2 0 53 132 .222 .300 .441 .741 62.7 9.9
1982 35 WAS JL 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
    AAA   84 107 28 34 7 1 10 32 0 0 23 22 .318 .438 .682 1.121 29.3  
1983 36 PHX JL 78 178 18 45 12 0 8 30 0 0 23 39 .253 .342 .455 .797 27.8 4.8
11 Years Sim 1408 4946 630 1237 386 8 198 739 7 6 481 1187 .250 .317 .451 .768 687.4 121.1
1 Years AAA 84 107 28 34 7 1 10 32 0 0 23 22 .318 .438 .682 1.121 29.3  
162 Game Average 569 72 142 44 0 22 85 0 0 55 136 .250 .317 .451 .768 79.1  
Career Highs 157 584 90 162 57 2 28 115 2 1 64 165 .500 .500 .567 1.000 99.4  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3636 469 964 306 7 149 547 5 2 387 914 .265 .336 .476 .812 568.5
vs LH   1310 161 273 80 1 49 192 2 4 94 273 .208 .262 .383 .645 132.2
Home 696 2378 307 617 194 5 98 361 2 5 219 560 .259 .322 .469 .791 350.2
Away 712 2568 323 620 192 3 100 378 5 1 262 627 .241 .312 .435 .748 350.5
RISP   1236 0 323 97 1 48 502 0 0 158 282 .261 .338 .458 .796 194.6
Pinch Hitting   127 19 34 8 0 6 27 0 1 13 26 .268 .333 .472 .806 19.6
Close/Late   660 70 161 52 2 24 86 0 0 69 159 .244 .316 .438 .754 91.1
Mar/Apr 258 909 123 210 55 3 47 148 1 0 91 218 .231 .304 .453 .757 126.9
May 253 908 114 244 79 0 34 134 3 2 86 212 .269 .332 .468 .800 136.7
June 231 763 94 184 62 1 33 104 1 1 79 189 .241 .313 .455 .768 108.3
July 239 828 98 199 58 2 29 133 2 1 89 193 .240 .316 .420 .736 110.5
August 226 813 106 208 62 1 28 118 0 1 80 205 .256 .320 .438 .758 113.3
Sep/Oct 201 725 95 192 70 1 27 102 0 1 56 170 .265 .318 .476 .794 104.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1973 26 CHI JL 1B 149 122 1145.3 1278 78 15 116 .989 10.66   1.6
1974 27 MON FL 1B 74 67 653.6 656 48 6 55 .992 9.69   1.4
  SEA FL 1B 72 66 545.7 548 40 5 46 .992 9.70   0.5
  TOT   1B 146 133 1199.3 1204 88 11 101 .992 9.70   2.0
1975 28 SEA FL 1B 155 150 1359.0 1363 91 12 110 .992 9.63   2.7
1976 29 SEA FL 1B 152 149 1331.0 1210 80 8 120 .994 8.72   3.2
1977 30 SEA FL 1B 130 115 1043.0 890 61 7 81 .993 8.21   2.2
1978 31 SEA FL 1B 140 132 1184.3 1065 76 8 85 .993 8.67   3.6
1979 32 SEA FL 1B 138 134 1191.7 1059 78 11 83 .990 8.59   2.8
1980 33 SEA FL 1B 149 147 1332.0 1256 76 13 109 .990 9.00   2.6
1981 34 SEA FL 1B 131 128 1115.0 1104 92 7 105 .994 9.65   2.3
1983 36 PHX JL 1B 62 43 393.0 388 24 3 27 .993 9.44   0.6
Career Totals   1352 1253 11293.6 10817 744 95 937 .992 9.21   23.5
Career Highs   155 150 1359.0 1363 92 15 120 .994 10.66    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1978 31 SEA FL 5 18 0 2 1 0 0 2 0 0 2 4 .111 .190 .167 .357
1979 32 SEA FL 5 15 3 5 0 0 2 3 0 0 3 6 .333 .474 .733 1.207
1980 33 SEA FL 11 43 2 11 4 0 0 2 0 1 1 11 .256 .273 .349 .622
Career Post-Season Batting 21 76 5 18 5 0 2 7 0 1 6 21 .237 .298 .382 .679
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1973-7-.316
Slugging Pct
1973-5-.567
1980-9-.504
OPS
1973-6-.945
Games
1975-9-155
At-Bats
1975-7-584
Total Bases
1980-6-293
Doubles
1973-5-41
1975-3-42
1976-1-45
1978-3-49
1979-5-41
1980-1-57
1981-5-42
CAR-41-386
Homeruns
1979-10-25
1980-7-25
RBIs
1979-8-90
1980-2-115
Walks
1979-7-64
Strikeouts
1975-6-128
1976-5-141
1978-3-156
1979-10-125
1980-3-165
 
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 13)
   Gray Ink Test: 44    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 95)
 
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 101st overall pick, by Chicago in 1973
Had first career hit on 4/1/1973, off Micheal Zahn (PHX)
Hit first career homerun on 4/9/1973, off John Lundeen (OMA)
Hit 3 homeruns against Marquette, driving in 3 runs on 5/14/1973
Drove in 6 runs against Vancouver on 9/8/1973
Traded from Chicago to Montreal on 1/31/1974 (Going to MON: 1B J. Jordan, 2B T. Elison, P K. Stallwith. Going to CHI: 1B B. Jordan, 2B P. Madewald, LF R. Raphael, P L. Girard)
Won Player of the Week award on 7/1/1974, hitting .429 with 1 HR, 6 RBI
Traded from Montreal to Seattle on 7/1/1974 (Going to SEA: 1B J. Jordan, P J. Varela, RF F. Rivera, P E. Sachs. Going to MON: 1B Z. Johnson, P J. Jones)
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Las Vegas on 5/21/1978
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Austin on 7/27/1978
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/1978, hitting .478 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Las Vegas on 8/18/1978
Drove in 6 runs against Salt Lake City on 7/7/1979
Injured on 8/24/1979 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Drove in 7 runs against Calgary on 8/13/1981
Injured on 9/14/1981 with a Torn Abdominal Muscle, out for 5 weeks