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James
Watkins		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 200
 
Born: February 8, 1948 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Owner's Choice - Rookie Award 1976   
All-Star Selections 1976    1982    1986   
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
1973 25 SLC FL     0 0 1 0 2 3 2 8 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 4 7 6 6
1974 26 SLC FL     0 1 3 2 2 3 3 8 8 8 8 9 8 6 7 6 10 9 10
1975 27 SLC FL     7 5 7 6 2 3 3 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 11 10 10
1976 28 SLC FL $ 300,000   8 5 7 6 2 3 3 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 11 10 10
1977 29 SLC FL $ 300,000   8 5 7 6 2 3 3 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 12 11 11
1978 30 SLC FL $ 300,000   8 5 7 6 2 3 2 8 8 8 8 9 8 7 8 8 11 10 11
1979 31 SLC FL $ 3,307,143   8 5 7 6 2 3 2 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 11 10 11
1980 32 SLC FL $ 3,307,143   8 5 7 6 2 3 3 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 11 10 11
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 1 0 2 3 2 8 8 8 6 7 7 4 5 4 7 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,307,143   8 5 7 6 2 3 3 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 8 8 12 11 11
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 33 SLC FL $ 3,307,143 80 18 20 19 13 15 14 17 19 18
1982 34 WAS JL $ 5,000,000 80 19 20 20 13 15 14 19 20 20
1983 35 WAS JL $ 5,000,000 80 18 20 19 14 15 15 19 20 20
1984 36 WAS JL $ 5,000,000 80 15 17 16 13 15 14 17 18 18
1985 37 BIR FL $ 5,000,000 80 14 16 15 12 14 13 15 16 16
1986 38 BIR FL $ 1,100,000 72 13 15 14 11 13 12 14 15 15
1987 39 LBC FL $ 1,100,000 60 12 14 13 10 12 11 13 14 14
1988 40 LBC FL   60 7 9 8 8 10 9 9 10 9
OOTP6 Min Ratings   60 7 9 8 8 10 9 9 10 9
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000 80 19 20 20 14 15 15 19 20 20
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 25 SLC FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1974 26 SLC FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1975 27 SLC FL   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1976 28 SLC FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1977 29 SLC FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1978 30 SLC FL $ 300,000 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1979 31 SLC FL $ 3,307,143 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
1980 32 SLC FL $ 3,307,143 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 3,307,143 0 0 0 2 2 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 1 1 1
                                             
  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 33 SLC FL $ 3,307,143   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1982 34 WAS JL $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1983 35 WAS JL $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1984 36 WAS JL $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1985 37 BIR FL $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1986 38 BIR FL $ 1,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1987 39 LBC FL $ 1,100,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
1988 40 LBC FL     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 5,000,000   1 1 1 2 2 2 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4
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
1973 25 AA   0 2 .000 3 3 1 0 0 15.0 25 15 1 10 13 9.00 .373 .455 .507 .962  
    A   11 10 .524 26 26 4 2 0 187.0 152 55 8 76 171 2.65 .221 .298 .295 .593  
1974 26 AAA   1 1 .500 3 3 0 0 0 17.3 25 15 3 12 29 7.79 .329 .420 .539 .960  
    AA   3 3 .500 8 8 2 2 0 61.0 65 24 2 14 97 3.54 .273 .313 .387 .700  
    A   4 5 .444 12 12 0 0 0 91.7 82 25 2 29 123 2.45 .235 .294 .289 .583  
1975 27 AAA   10 8 .556 23 23 7 0 0 164.0 174 65 6 26 265 3.57 .270 .298 .381 .679  
1976 28 SLC FL 21 6 .778 36 36 8 2 0 272.0 224 75 9 54 320 2.48 .224 .263 .336 .598 23.6
1977 29 SLC FL 14 14 .500 35 35 9 4 0 257.0 236 104 12 44 291 3.64 .239 .271 .362 .633 11.6
1978 30 SLC FL 12 14 .462 31 31 8 1 0 215.0 210 79 10 47 243 3.31 .255 .294 .385 .680 11.8
1979 31 SLC FL 13 17 .433 35 35 3 0 0 254.0 239 100 11 62 260 3.54 .247 .292 .378 .670 13.5
1980 32 SLC FL 12 12 .500 39 39 0 0 0 235.3 248 102 8 51 241 3.90 .267 .304 .397 .702 11.6
1981 33 SLC FL 7 13 .350 40 40 3 1 0 259.3 255 97 6 86 212 3.37 .259 .318 .375 .693 17.2
1982 34 WAS JL 16 10 .615 39 39 1 0 0 247.7 217 83 13 73 216 3.02 .232 .288 .348 .636 19.5
1983 35 WAS JL 14 15 .483 37 37 1 0 0 235.7 206 89 5 74 218 3.40 .235 .293 .326 .618 15.5
1984 36 WAS JL 10 7 .588 35 27 1 1 0 171.3 161 77 13 53 151 4.04 .246 .301 .389 .691 9.6
1985 37 WAS JL 2 4 .333 16 3 0 0 0 59.0 64 37 8 24 47 5.64 .276 .342 .466 .808 0.0
  BIR FL 1 4 .200 37 6 0 0 26 37.3 38 13 4 17 26 3.13 .262 .337 .428 .765 6.0
  TOT   3 8 .273 53 9 0 0 26 96.3 102 50 12 41 73 4.67 .271 .340 .451 .791 6.0
1986 38 BIR FL 8 6 .571 67 3 0 0 34 84.3 83 33 8 37 49 3.52 .256 .330 .389 .719 14.7
1987 39 BIR FL 1 3 .250 28 4 0 0 2 44.3 48 28 5 23 30 5.68 .277 .360 .434 .794 1.2
  LBC FL 1 1 .500 12 2 0 0 0 29.0 25 11 2 5 27 3.41 .234 .268 .346 .614 3.0
  TOT   2 4 .333 40 6 0 0 2 73.3 73 39 7 28 57 4.79 .261 .327 .400 .727 4.2
    AAA   0 3 .000 11 4 0 0 0 23.7 32 14 5 10 25 5.33 .314 .375 .500 .875  
1988 40 LBC FL 1 1 .500 11 1 0 0 0 19.0 25 16 5 11 7 7.58 .298 .375 .512 .887 0.0
13 Years Sim 133 127 .512 498 338 34 9 62 2420.3 2279 944 119 661 2338 3.51 .247 .296 .372 .669 158.6
3 Years AAA 11 12 .478 37 30 7 0 0 205.0 231 94 14 48 319 4.13 .281 .320 .411 .731  
2 Years AA 3 5 .375 11 11 3 2 0 76.0 90 39 3 24 110 4.62 .295 .347 .413 .760  
2 Years A 15 15 .500 38 38 4 2 0 278.7 234 80 10 105 294 2.58 .225 .297 .293 .589  
7 Years Minors 29 32 .475 86 79 14 4 0 559.7 555 213 27 177 723 3.43 .256 .312 .355 .667  
Season Average 10 9 .526 38 26 2 0 4 186.2 175 72 9 50 179 3.51 .247 .296 .372 .669  
Career Highs 21 17 .778 67 40 9 4 34 272.0 255 104 13 86 320 7.58 .298 .375 .512 .887  
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   1078 449 48 260 1209   .230 .270 .346 .617
vs LH   1201 495 71 401 1129   .265 .325 .399 .724
Home 64 59 .520 253 163 15 6 29 1188.0 1085 456 54 347 1148 3.45 .242 .296 .366 .661
Away 69 68 .504 245 174 19 3 33 1232.3 1194 488 65 314 1190 3.56 .252 .299 .378 .677
Mar/Apr 28 23 .549 92 61 10 4 9 438.0 411 181 24 114 427 3.72 .246 .294 .378 .671
May 21 22 .488 87 61 5 3 8 443.0 431 163 20 123 450 3.31 .252 .302 .365 .667
June 20 18 .526 79 50 1 0 13 345.3 335 146 22 107 338 3.81 .254 .310 .386 .696
July 19 25 .432 76 52 6 0 14 364.6 371 164 21 107 347 4.05 .267 .319 .410 .729
August 21 24 .467 82 56 4 1 10 402.3 366 162 16 98 370 3.62 .241 .287 .357 .644
Sep/Oct 24 15 .615 82 57 10 2 8 427.0 365 128 16 112 406 2.70 .227 .277 .344 .621
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
1976 28 SLC FL 36 94 5 9 2 0 0 9 0 0 2 36 .096 .115 .117 .232 -2.0 0.0
1977 29 SLC FL 35 92 4 10 1 0 2 8 0 0 6 34 .109 .162 .185 .346 1.8 0.0
1978 30 SLC FL 31 80 7 10 5 0 0 4 0 0 1 40 .125 .136 .188 .323 -0.1 0.0
1979 31 SLC FL 35 81 1 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 52 .049 .060 .049 .110 -4.4 0.0
1980 32 SLC FL 39 70 2 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 37 .100 .113 .114 .227 -1.5 0.0
1981 33 SLC FL 40 91 3 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 41 .077 .097 .088 .185 -3.3 0.0
1982 34 WAS JL 39 75 5 7 3 0 0 5 0 0 6 35 .093 .160 .133 .294 -0.2 0.0
1983 35 WAS JL 37 73 2 3 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 35 .041 .078 .068 .146 -3.0 0.0
1984 36 WAS JL 35 55 3 5 1 0 1 5 0 0 3 25 .091 .138 .164 .302 0.1 0.0
1985 37 WAS JL 16 19 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 .105 .105 .263 .368 0.4 0.0
  BIR FL 37 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
  TOT   53 21 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 11 .095 .095 .238 .333 0.2 0.0
1986 38 BIR FL 67 12 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .083 .083 .167 .250 -0.6 0.0
1987 39 BIR FL 28 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.5 0.0
  LBC FL 12 5 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .400 .400 .600 1.000 0.9 0.2
  TOT   40 10 1 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .300 .500 0.5 0.2
1988 40 LBC FL 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
13 Years Sim 498 755 35 67 18 0 4 36 0 0 25 354 .089 .117 .128 .246 -12.6 0.2
162 Game Average 245 11 21 5 0 1 11 0 0 8 115 .089 .117 .128 .246 -4.1  
Career Highs 67 94 7 10 5 0 2 9 0 0 6 52 .200 .200 .300 .500 1.8  
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   506 21 47 13 0 2 22 0 0 15 238 .093 .119 .130 .249 -10.7
vs LH   249 14 20 5 0 2 14 0 0 10 116 .080 .115 .124 .240 -5.6
Home 253 337 13 20 6 0 2 10 0 0 14 167 .059 .096 .095 .191 -12.5
Away 243 418 22 47 12 0 2 26 0 0 11 187 .112 .135 .156 .290 -3.9
RISP   211 0 17 4 0 1 30 0 0 8 101 .081 .113 .114 .226 -5.6
Close/Late   51 1 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 .118 .118 .137 .255 -1.1
Mar/Apr 92 153 6 13 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 64 .085 .103 .118 .220 -4.5
May 71 144 5 13 1 0 0 5 0 0 5 64 .090 .121 .097 .218 -4.2
June 49 101 6 9 6 0 1 6 0 0 3 49 .089 .115 .178 .294 -1.1
July 61 112 6 9 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 54 .080 .111 .107 .218 -3.4
August 57 117 6 13 3 0 0 9 0 0 6 65 .111 .152 .137 .289 -0.8
Sep/Oct 82 128 6 10 3 0 2 5 0 0 4 58 .078 .106 .148 .254 -2.4
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    
1976 28 SLC FL P 36 36 272.0 13 41 2 6 .964 1.79    
1977 29 SLC FL P 35 35 257.0 13 32 5 3 .900 1.58    
1978 30 SLC FL P 31 31 215.0 13 33 2 2 .958 1.93    
1979 31 SLC FL P 35 35 254.0 18 24 4 5 .913 1.49    
1980 32 SLC FL P 39 39 235.3 8 27 1 2 .972 1.34    
1981 33 SLC FL P 40 40 259.3 8 51 1 4 .983 2.05    
1982 34 WAS JL P 39 39 247.7 20 39 4 3 .937 2.14    
1983 35 WAS JL P 37 37 235.7 14 29 1 0 .977 1.64    
1984 36 WAS JL P 35 27 171.3 15 18 1 1 .971 1.73    
1985 37 WAS JL P 16 3 59.0 6 7 1 1 .929 1.98    
  BIR FL P 37 6 37.3 3 5 0 1 1.000 1.93    
  TOT   P 53 9 96.3 9 12 1 2 .955 1.96    
1986 38 BIR FL P 67 3 84.3 7 19 1 2 .963 2.77    
1987 39 BIR FL P 28 4 44.3 3 12 1 2 .938 3.05    
  LBC FL P 12 2 29.0 2 8 0 2 1.000 3.10    
  TOT   P 40 6 73.3 5 20 1 4 .962 3.07    
1988 40 LBC FL P 11 1 19.0 2 3 1 0 .833 2.37    
Career Totals   498 338 2420.3 145 348 25 34 .952 1.83    
Career Highs   67 40 272.0 20 51 5 6 .983 3.07    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
1976 28 SLC FL 1 1 .500 2 2 1 0 0 11.0 9 6 0 3 8 4.91 .214 .267 .310 .576
1977 29 SLC FL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 8.0 8 1 0 2 8 1.13 .258 .303 .323 .626
1982 34 WAS JL 1 1 .500 2 2 0 0 0 9.3 11 8 0 6 7 7.72 .306 .405 .417 .821
1983 35 WAS JL 3 0 1.000 4 4 1 1 0 30.7 15 3 0 9 30 0.88 .143 .211 .181 .391
1986 38 BIR FL 0 0 .000 1 0 0 0 0 2.0 3 3 1 2 1 13.50 .333 .455 .667 1.121
1987 39 LBC FL 0 1 .000 1 1 0 0 0 5.0 4 0 1 2 4 0.00 .211 .286 .474 .759
Career Post-Season Pitching 5 4 .556 11 10 2 1 0 66.0 50 21 2 24 58 2.86 .207 .278 .298 .576
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
1976 28 SLC FL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
1977 29 SLC FL 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1982 34 WAS JL 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
1983 35 WAS JL 4 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000
1987 39 LBC FL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 10 19 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
ERA
1976-3-2.48
1982-9-3.02
 Wins
1976-2-21
1982-5-16
CAR-48-133
 Losses
1979-4-17
1981-10-13
1983-5-15
CAR-30-127
 Winning Pct
1976-2-.778
 Saves
1985-7-26
1986-4-34
 Games Started
1976-4-36
1977-5-35
1980-4-39
1981-3-40
1982-1-39
1983-1-37
Complete Games
1977-9-9
1981-3-3
 Shutouts
1976-7-2
1977-2-4
1981-10-1
1984-7-1
 Innings Pitched
1976-8-272.0
1980-10-235.3
1981-2-259.3
1982-2-247.7
1983-6-235.7
CAR-42-2420.3
 Hits Allowed
1977-7-236
1980-4-248
1981-2-255
1982-9-217
1983-10-206
CAR-41-2279
 Strikeouts
1976-3-320
1977-3-291
1979-9-260
1980-8-241
1981-10-212
1982-2-216
1983-5-218
CAR-26-2338
 Walks Allowed
1982-10-73
1983-7-74
Walks per 9IP
1977-8-1.5
 Hits per 9IP
1976-7-7.4
1982-7-7.9
 Strikeouts per 9IP
1976-5-10.6
1977-6-10.2
1978-6-10.2
1979-8-9.2
1980-10-9.2
1982-6-7.8
1983-6-8.3
CAR-39-8.7
 WHiP
1976-9-1.02
1977-9-1.09
 OAVG
1976-10-.224
1982-6-.232
 OOBP
1976-7-.263
1977-8-.271
1982-10-.288
OSLG
1976-4-.336
1983-9-.326
 OOPS
1976-4-.598
1982-10-.636
1983-9-.618
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 2    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 38)
   Gray Ink Test: 102    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 149)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 34    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 50)
 
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  1. Bill Walters (923)
  2. David Lillis (917)
  3. Vernon Meyer (916)
  4. Frank Rogers (915)
  5. Chuck Delong (908)
  6. Zachary Sumner (907)
  7. Alex Lopez (904)
  8. Denny Wegman (895)
  9. Micheal Cassidy (891)
  10. Lincoln Hoots (889)
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Tim Bombardier (995)
  2. Tex Avery (994)
  3. Kurt Stallwith (993)
  4. David Lillis (991)
  5. Pete Bucher (989)
  6. Harvey Vitiello (987)
  7. Mark Fidrych (987)
  8. Jim McGraw (985)
  9. Ray Fontenot (985)
  10. Lincoln Hoots (984)
History
Injured on 5/24/1973 with a Pulled Tricep Tendon, out for 2 weeks
Injured on 9/29/1973 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 6/14/1975 with a Sore Back, out for one week
Injured on 8/4/1975 with a Tight Shoulder, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 8/27/1975 with a Sore Elbow, out for one week
Earned first career win on 4/3/1976
Had first career hit on 4/8/1976, off Adrian Gelinas (CLG)
Won Player of the Week award on 4/30/1976, winning 2 games with a 0.54 ERA
Won Pitcher of the Month award on 5/1/1976, going 6-0, 1.25
Was selected to the 1976 Allstar game
Won Phenom Award in 1976, going 21-6, 2.48 ERA
Struck out 16 batters against Seattle on 5/16/1977
Hit first career homerun on 9/3/1977, off Pete Bucher (BIR)
Injured on 6/11/1978 with a Broken Finger, out for 3-4 weeks
Pitched NO-HITTER against Buffalo on 4/21/1981, striking out 10
 
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