James
Rakowski
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 210
 
Born: May 16, 1953 in Usa
 
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1976 23 BUF FL     0 4 0 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 0 1 7 6 7 7 6 6
1977 24 BUF FL     0 5 1 3 8 7 7 7 7 7 4 1 2 7 7 7 7 6 7
1978 25 BUF FL     1 6 2 4 8 7 7 7 7 7 5 3 3 7 7 7 7 6 7
1979 26 BUF FL     3 7 3 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 3 4 7 6 7 7 6 7
1980 27 BUF FL     3 7 3 4 7 7 7 7 7 7 6 3 4 8 7 7 8 6 7
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 4 0 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 3 0 1 7 6 7 7 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings     3 7 3 4 8 7 7 7 7 7 6 3 4 8 7 7 8 6 7
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 28 BUF FL   13 14 11 12 15 12 13 15 10 11
1982 29 BUF FL $ 300,000 13 15 13 13 15 12 13 15 10 11
1983 30 BUF FL $ 300,000 13 16 13 14 15 12 13 15 10 11
1984 31 BUF FL $ 300,000 13 16 13 14 15 12 13 15 9 10
1985 32 BUF FL   13 15 13 13 14 11 12 14 8 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   13 14 11 12 14 11 12 14 8 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 13 16 13 14 15 12 13 15 10 11
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
1976 23 BUF FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1977 24 BUF FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1978 25 BUF FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1979 26 BUF FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
1980 27 BUF FL   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
  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 28 BUF FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1982 29 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1983 30 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1984 31 BUF FL $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
1985 32 BUF FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 7 7 7 4 4 4 5 5 5
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Pitcher Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
1976 23 A   2 2 .500 40 0 0 0 2 36.7 37 12 3 7 36 2.95 .262 .297 .348 .645  
1977 24 AA   0 4 .000 24 0 0 0 2 16.0 22 17 6 7 17 9.56 .328 .392 .597 .989  
    A   1 2 .333 21 6 0 0 0 31.3 40 21 5 6 40 6.03 .305 .336 .466 .801  
1978 25 AA   2 2 .500 35 1 0 0 2 37.3 38 20 6 7 54 4.82 .260 .294 .445 .739  
1979 26 AAA   0 0 .000 26 0 0 0 2 22.0 25 9 3 2 18 3.68 .294 .310 .435 .746  
    AA   0 1 .000 6 1 0 0 0 6.0 8 4 1 3 8 6.00 .308 .379 .577 .956  
1980 27 AAA   1 1 .500 31 0 0 0 1 32.7 34 9 3 10 38 2.48 .262 .314 .362 .676  
1981 28 AAA   4 2 .667 41 0 0 0 2 37.0 51 26 6 14 29 6.32 .345 .401 .514 .915  
1982 29 BUF FL 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 4.3 6 3 1 1 1 6.24 .316 .350 .579 .929 0.1
    AAA   0 1 .000 55 0 0 0 0 54.3 62 35 7 21 50 5.80 .294 .358 .498 .855  
1983 30 BUF FL 2 2 .500 31 0 0 0 2 35.7 31 18 3 14 18 4.54 .228 .300 .375 .675 2.1
    AAA   0 1 .000 22 1 0 0 1 23.3 23 13 2 7 18 5.02 .258 .313 .360 .672  
1984 31 BUF FL 2 1 .667 16 0 0 0 0 13.7 16 6 2 3 17 3.95 .281 .311 .404 .715 1.3
    AAA   2 2 .500 44 0 0 0 6 32.7 25 13 4 13 34 3.58 .210 .288 .361 .649  
1985 32 AAA   4 2 .667 46 0 0 0 5 40.3 43 18 8 22 46 4.02 .270 .359 .459 .818  
3 Years Sim 5 3 .625 51 0 0 0 2 53.7 53 27 6 18 36 4.53 .250 .307 .401 .708 3.5
7 Years AAA 11 9 .550 265 1 0 0 17 242.3 263 123 33 89 233 4.57 .279 .342 .439 .781  
3 Years AA 2 7 .222 65 2 0 0 4 59.3 68 41 13 17 79 6.22 .285 .332 .502 .834  
2 Years A 3 4 .429 61 6 0 0 2 68.0 77 33 8 13 76 4.37 .283 .316 .404 .720  
12 Years Minors 16 20 .444 391 9 0 0 23 369.6 408 197 54 119 388 4.80 .281 .335 .443 .778  
Season Average 1 1 .500 17 0 0 0 0 17.9 17 9 2 6 12 4.53 .250 .307 .401 .708  
Career Highs 2 2 1.000 31 0 0 0 2 35.7 31 18 3 14 18 6.24 .316 .350 .579 .929  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   32 17 4 15 16   .260 .341 .439 .780
vs LH   21 10 2 3 20   .236 .261 .348 .609
Home 5 1 .833 25 0 0 0 0 27.3 29 14 4 4 25 4.61 .257 .282 .460 .742
Away 0 2 .000 26 0 0 0 2 26.3 24 13 2 14 11 4.44 .242 .336 .333 .670
June 0 1 .000 8 0 0 0 2 8.0 5 2 0 2 5 2.25 .179 .233 .214 .448
July 2 1 .667 12 0 0 0 0 13.0 16 7 2 4 5 4.85 .296 .345 .500 .845
August 0 0 .000 6 0 0 0 0 8.0 7 3 0 3 3 3.38 .226 .294 .290 .584
Sep/Oct 3 1 .750 25 0 0 0 0 24.7 25 15 4 9 23 5.47 .253 .315 .434 .749
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
1982 29 BUF FL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2 0.0
1983 30 BUF FL 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2 Years Sim 35 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1 0.0
162 Game Average 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.3  
Career Highs 31 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2  
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   2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
Home 16 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0.1
RISP   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3
Close/Late   0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000 0.3
July 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0.2
Sep/Oct 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1
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    
1982 29 BUF FL P 4 0 4.3 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.08    
1983 30 BUF FL P 31 0 35.7 2 4 0 1 1.000 1.51    
1984 31 BUF FL P 16 0 13.7 1 1 0 0 1.000 1.32    
Career Totals   51 0 53.7 4 5 0 1 1.000 1.51    
Career Highs   31 0 35.7 2 4 0 1 1.000 2.08    
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 57th overall pick, by Buffalo in 1976
Injured on 4/10/1978 with a Torn Bicep Muscle, out for 8 weeks