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Jim Gott
James William Gott

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 220 lb.

Debut April 9, 1982
  vs. MIL 3.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 2 ER
Final Game August 3, 1995
Born August 3, 1959 in Hollywood, CA

Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1982 22 TOR AL   5  10  30  23   1   1   4  0  136.0  134   76   67  15   66   82   3   8   600   0   0  4.43  4.49  101 1.471
 1983 23 TOR AL   9  14  34  30   6   1   2  0  176.7  195  103   93  15   68  121   5   2   776   5   0  4.74  4.32   91 1.489
 1984 24 TOR AL   7   6  35  12   1   1  11  2  109.7   93   54   49   7   49   73   3   1   464   3   0  4.02  4.12  102 1.295
 1985 25 SFG NL   7  10  26  26   2   0   0  0  148.3  144   73   64  10   51   78   1   3   629   3   2  3.88  3.45   89 1.315
 1986 26 SFG NL   0   0   9   2   0   0   3  1   13.0   16   12   11   0   13    9   0   1    66   2   1  7.62  3.54   46 2.231
 1987 27 TOT NL   1   2  55   3   0   0  30 13   87.0   81   43   33   4   40   90   2   5   382   7   0  3.41  3.95  116 1.391
         SFG NL   1   0  30   3   0   0   8  0   56.0   53   32   28   4   32   63   2   3   253   5   0  4.50  3.88   86 1.518
         PIT NL   0   2  25   0   0   0  22 13   31.0   28   11    5   0    8   27   0   2   129   2   0  1.45  4.09  281 1.161
 1988 28 PIT NL   6   6  67   0   0   0  59 34   77.3   68   30   30   9   22   76   2   1   314   5   6  3.49  3.39   97 1.164
 1989 29 PIT NL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    0.7    1    0    0   0    1    1   0   0     4   0   0  0.00  3.36  inf 3.000
 1990 30 LAD NL   3   5  50   0   0   0  24  3   62.0   59   27   20   5   34   44   0   4   270   7   0  2.90  3.68  127 1.500
 1991 31 LAD NL   4   3  55   0   0   0  26  2   76.0   63   28   25   5   32   73   1   6   322   7   3  2.96  3.58  121 1.250
 1992 32 LAD NL   3   3  68   0   0   0  28  6   88.0   72   27   24   4   41   75   1   9   369  13   3  2.45  3.47  142 1.284
 1993 33 LAD NL   4   8  62   0   0   0  45 25   77.7   71   23   20   6   17   67   1   5   313   5   0  2.32  3.84  166 1.133
 1994 34 LAD NL   5   3  37   0   0   0  17  2   36.3   46   24   24   3   20   29   3   4   172   4   0  5.94  3.97   67 1.817
 1995 35 PIT NL   2   4  25   0   0   0  12  3   31.3   38   26   21   2   12   19   1   3   147   2   0  6.03  4.31   71 1.596
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 14 Yr WL% .431  56  74 554  96  10   3 261 91 1120.0 1081  546  481  85  466  837  23  52  4828  63  15  3.87  3.91  101 1.381
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     5   7  57  10   1   0  27  9  117.0  113   57   50   8   48   87   2   5   505   6   1  3.87  3.91  101 1.381
 Career High      9  14  68  30   6   1  59 34  176.7  195  103   93  15   68  121   5   9   776  13   6  2.32  4.49  166 1.133
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
                 W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1985 25 SFG NL  26   51    6   10   2  0   3    3   0  1   1  30  .196  .212  .412   75   21   4   0   0   0   0
 1986 26 SFG NL   9    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .250  .000  -23    0   0   0   0   1   0
 1987 27 TOT NL  55   11    2    1   0  0   1    2   0  0   0   4  .091  .091  .364   15    4   0   0   0   0   0
         SFG NL  30   10    2    1   0  0   1    2   0  0   0   3  .100  .100  .400   27    4   0   0   0   0   0
         PIT NL  25    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1988 28 PIT NL  67    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1990 30 LAD NL  50    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1991 31 LAD NL  55    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  186    1   1   0   0   0   0
 1992 32 LAD NL  68    2    0    1   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .500  .500  .500  186    1   0   0   0   0   0
 1993 33 LAD NL  62    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1995 35 PIT NL  25    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 14 Seasons     455   73    8   13   2  0   4    5   0  1   1  41  .178  .200  .370   58   27   5   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         26    3    5   1  0   1    2   0  0   0  15  .178  .200  .370   58   10   2   0   0   0   0
 Career High     68   51    6   10   2  0   3    3   0  1   1  30                          21   4   0   0   1   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 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% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1985 25 SFG NL   56   46    4   2.4    91| .196  .254| .212  .321| .412  .379| .624  .700|  75  .256  -2.1  -0.2   0%
 1986 26 SFG NL    4    3    0   0.0    93| .000  .255| .250  .325| .000  .385| .250  .710| -23  .000  -0.5   0.0   0%
 1987 27 TOT NL   11   10    0   0.0   103| .091  .265| .091  .334| .364  .412| .455  .746|  15  .000  -1.4  -0.1   0%
         SFG NL   10    9    0   0.0   102| .100  .264| .100  .333| .400  .412| .500  .745|  27  .000  -1.2  -0.1   0%
         PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0   106| .000  .269| .000  .339| .000  .419| .000  .758|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1988 28 PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0    88| .000  .254| .000  .317| .000  .373| .000  .690|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1990 30 LAD NL    1    1    0   0.0    96| .000  .262| .000  .328| .000  .393| .000  .721|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1991 31 LAD NL    3    2    1  13.4    92| .500  .256| .500  .322| .500  .382|1.000  .705| 186  .894   0.2   0.0   0%
 1992 32 LAD NL    2    1    1  27.0    91| .500  .258| .500  .324| .500  .380|1.000  .703| 186  .969   0.2   0.0   0%
 1993 33 LAD NL    1    1    0   0.0    99| .000  .265| .000  .329| .000  .404| .000  .733|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1995 35 PIT NL    1    1    0   0.0   109| .000  .273| .000  .343| .000  .425| .000  .768|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 14 Seasons       80   66    6   2.4    93| .178  .256| .200  .324| .370  .385| .570  .709|  58  .263  -4.7  -0.3     

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

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1982 22 TOR AL P 30 6 18 1 2 .960 .956 0.80 0.73 1.59 1.80 23 136.0 1983 23 TOR AL P 34 9 20 1 2 .967 .957 0.85 0.73 1.48 1.80 30 176.7 1984 24 TOR AL P 35 6 9 1 0 .938 .955 0.43 0.70 1.23 1.79 12 109.7 1985 25 SFG NL P 26 9 28 0 0 1.000 .954 1.42 0.68 2.25 1.92 26 148.3 1986 26 SFG NL P 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.66 1.38 1.94 2 13.0 1987 27 TOT NL P 55 5 10 1 0 .938 .955 0.27 0.62 1.55 1.91 3 87.0 SFG NL P 30 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 0.33 0.62 1.61 1.91 3 56.0 PIT NL P 25 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.20 0.62 1.45 1.92 0 31.0 1988 28 PIT NL P 67 4 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.18 0.69 1.40 1.96 0 77.3 1989 29 PIT NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.29 0 0.7 1990 30 LAD NL P 50 6 5 0 0 1.000 .957 0.22 0.58 1.60 1.80 0 62.0 1991 31 LAD NL P 55 10 9 0 1 1.000 .955 0.35 0.59 2.25 1.86 0 76.0 1992 32 LAD NL P 68 11 15 0 0 1.000 .952 0.38 0.60 2.66 1.94 0 88.0 1993 33 LAD NL P 62 8 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.26 0.54 1.85 1.84 0 77.7 1994 34 LAD NL P 37 3 6 2 1 .818 .957 0.24 0.54 2.23 1.86 0 36.3 1995 35 PIT NL P 25 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 0.36 0.51 2.59 1.84 0 31.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1982 22 TOR AL P 30 6 18 1 2 .960 .956 0.80 0.73 1.59 1.80 23 136.0 1983 23 TOR AL P 34 9 20 1 2 .967 .957 0.85 0.73 1.48 1.80 30 176.7 1984 24 TOR AL P 35 6 9 1 0 .938 .955 0.43 0.70 1.23 1.79 12 109.7 1985 25 SFG NL P 26 9 28 0 0 1.000 .954 1.42 0.68 2.25 1.92 26 148.3 1986 26 SFG NL P 9 0 2 0 0 1.000 .952 0.22 0.66 1.38 1.94 2 13.0 1987 27 TOT NL P 55 5 10 1 0 .938 .955 0.27 0.62 1.55 1.91 3 87.0 SFG NL P 30 2 8 1 0 .909 .952 0.33 0.62 1.61 1.91 3 56.0 PIT NL P 25 3 2 0 0 1.000 .962 0.20 0.62 1.45 1.92 0 31.0 1988 28 PIT NL P 67 4 8 0 0 1.000 .952 0.18 0.69 1.40 1.96 0 77.3 1989 29 PIT NL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.60 0.00 1.29 0 0.7 1990 30 LAD NL P 50 6 5 0 0 1.000 .957 0.22 0.58 1.60 1.80 0 62.0 1991 31 LAD NL P 55 10 9 0 1 1.000 .955 0.35 0.59 2.25 1.86 0 76.0 1992 32 LAD NL P 68 11 15 0 0 1.000 .952 0.38 0.60 2.66 1.94 0 88.0 1993 33 LAD NL P 62 8 8 0 1 1.000 .952 0.26 0.54 1.85 1.84 0 77.7 1994 34 LAD NL P 37 3 6 2 1 .818 .957 0.24 0.54 2.23 1.86 0 36.3 1995 35 PIT NL P 25 2 7 1 0 .900 .957 0.36 0.51 2.59 1.84 0 31.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 554 79 145 7 7 .970 .955 0.40 0.62 1.80 1.86 96 1120.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 554 79 145 7 7 .970 .955 0.40 0.62 1.80 1.86 96 1120
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.

Strikeouts/9IP
1983 AL-6.16-5

Games
1988 NL-67-7

Saves
1988 NL-34-2
1993 NL-25-9

Losses
1983 AL-14-7

Wild Pitches
1982 AL-8-10
1992 NL-9-8

Games Finished
1988 NL-59-2
1993 NL-45-10

Gray Ink: Pitching - 7 (1635) (Average HOFer ≈ 185)
HOF Standards: Pitching - 4.0 (1472) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Pitching - 9.0 (965) (Likely HOFer > 100)
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 7, 1977: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1977 amateur draft.

December 7, 1981: Drafted by the Toronto Blue Jays from the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1981 rule 5 draft.

January 26, 1985: Traded by the Toronto Blue Jays with Augie Schmidt (minors) and Jack McKnight (minors) to the San Francisco Giants for Gary Lavelle.

December 19, 1986: Released by the San Francisco Giants.

April 7, 1987: Signed as a Free Agent with the San Francisco Giants.

August 3, 1987: Selected off waivers by the Pittsburgh Pirates from the San Francisco Giants.

November 13, 1989: Granted Free Agency.

December 7, 1989: Signed as a Free Agent with the Los Angeles Dodgers.

October 7, 1994: Granted Free Agency.

April 7, 1995: Signed as a Free Agent with the Pittsburgh Pirates.

October 6, 1995: Released by the Pittsburgh Pirates.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1985San Francisco Giants$170,000
1986San Francisco Giants$375,000
1987San Francisco Giants$317,000
1988Pittsburgh Pirates$500,000
1989Pittsburgh Pirates$600,000
1990Los Angeles Dodgers$300,000
1991Los Angeles Dodgers$1,725,000
1992Los Angeles Dodgers$2,125,000
1993Los Angeles Dodgers$1,800,000
1994Los Angeles Dodgers$1,800,000
1995Pittsburgh Pirates$900,000
Career (may be incomplete)$10,612,000

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