Jim French

Position: Catcher

Bats: Left • Throws: Right

5-8, 180lb (173cm, 81kg)

Born: August 13, 1941 in Warren, OH us

Schools: Indiana University Bloomington (Bloomington, IN), Ohio University (Athens, OH)

Debut: September 12, 1965 (Age 24-030d, 12,419th in major league history)
vs. CAL 2 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 1 SB

Last Game: May 14, 1971 (Age 29-274d)
vs. DET 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1968 season

Full Name: Richard James French

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

3.1

607

119

.196

RBI

OBP

.328

SLG

.262

OPS

.590

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	23-36 / in Starts: 20-27
Longest Hitting Streak	7 games
Longest On Base Streak	7 games
Most Games w/o HR	29 games
Most Games w/o RBI	15 games
Grand Slams	0 in 5 bases loaded PA and 4 AB
Go-Ahead Hits:	2

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 191 PAs	10
Actual Runners on Base	113 (60-29-24)
Avg. MLBer w/ 191 PAs	16
Avg. Runners on Base	110 (56-35-18)

Most Driven In
K McMullen	3
F Howard	2
M Epstein	1
F Coggins	1
B Allen	1
E Stroud	1
Self	1

Most Driven In By
B Alyea	2
E Brinkman	2
F Bertaina	1
M Epstein	1
Self	1
B Allen	1
D Unser	0
F Coggins	0

1968 Batting Game Log

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1968 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	30	67 (66)	Jun 26	WSA		CLE	W,8-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	6	.82	0.191	.05	0.01%	1.58	C
2	31	68	Jun 28 (1)	WSA		CAL	L,3-4	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.429	.500	.571	1.071	6	1.30	0.071	.08	0.00%	0.11	C
3	32	70 (1)	Jun 29	WSA		CAL	W,8-2	CG	4	4	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.455	.500	.727	1.227	6	.41	-0.028	.01	0.00%	0.28	C
4	33	71	Jun 30	WSA		CAL	L,4-8	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.375	.533	.908	6	.72	-0.067	.03	0.00%	-1.15	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
5	34	72	Jul 1	WSA		NYY	W,3-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.263	.300	.421	.721	7	.77	-0.049	.02	0.00%	-0.88	C
6	35	73	Jul 3	WSA		NYY	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.261	.364	.625	7	.73	-0.050	.02	0.00%	-0.26	C
7	36	74	Jul 4	WSA		NYY	W,4-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.208	.231	.333	.564	6	.74	-0.009	.01	0.00%	-0.29	C
8	37	75	Jul 5	WSA		CHW	L,2-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.185	.233	.296	.530	6	1.06	-0.055	.02	0.00%	-0.35	C
9	38	76	Jul 6	WSA		CHW	W,8-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.235	.290	.526	5	.39	0.084	.00	0.00%	0.45	C
10	39	77	Jul 7	WSA		CHW	L,3-4	CG(11)	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.256	.286	.542	7	1.79	-0.185	.03	0.00%	-0.89	C
11	40	78	Jul 11	WSA	@	BAL	L,0-2	CG	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.189	.262	.270	.532	7	1.35	0.032	.01	0.00%	0.13	C
12	41	79	Jul 12	WSA	@	BAL	L,2-3	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.184	.256	.263	.519	8	1.82	-0.042	.02	0.00%	-0.12	PH
13	42	80	Jul 13	WSA	@	BAL	L,1-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.167	.234	.238	.472	7	.64	-0.065	.00	0.00%	-0.63	C
14	43	81	Jul 14 (1)	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-7	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.182	.240	.250	.490	7	.78	0.033	.00	0.00%	0.32	C
15	44	83 (1)	Jul 15	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-3	CG	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.188	.241	.250	.491	6	1.77	0.017	.00	0.00%	0.37	C
16	45	84	Jul 16 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	L,0-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192	.241	.250	.491	7	.56	-0.042	.00	0.00%	-0.24	C
17	46	85	Jul 16 (2)	WSA	@	NYY	L,3-4	4-GF	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.250	.259	.509	3	2.42	0.126	.00	0.00%	0.77	C
18	47	87 (1)	Jul 18	WSA	@	NYY	L,1-4	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.254	.263	.517	7	1.51	-0.047	.00	0.00%	-0.27	C
19	48	91 (3)	Jul 21 (2)	WSA	@	BOS	W,4-3	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.269	.267	.535	6	.88	-0.005	.00	0.00%	-0.26	C
20	49	96 (4)	Jul 27	WSA		BOS	W,5-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.268	.266	.533	7	.81	-0.011	.00	0.00%	0.17	C
21	50	97	Jul 28	WSA		BOS	L,8-10	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.215	.264	.262	.525	8	1.43	-0.033	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
22	51	100 (2)	Jul 31	WSA	@	DET	L,0-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.253	.250	.503	7	1.03	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.67	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	52	104 (3)	Aug 3 (2)	WSA	@	CHW	L,2-6	GS-7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.256	.254	.510	7	.64	0.056	.00	0.00%	0.45	C
24	53	106 (1)	Aug 6 (1)	WSA		CAL	L,3-10	GS-6	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.205	.250	.247	.497	7	1.32	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.49	C
25	54	107	Aug 6 (2)	WSA		CAL	W,1-0	CG	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.203	.265	.243	.508	6	.74	0.001	.00	0.00%	0.03	C
26	55	108	Aug 7	WSA		CAL	L,2-4	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.205	.264	.244	.508	6	1.26	-0.116	.00	0.00%	-0.84	C
27	56	109	Aug 8	WSA		CAL	W,7-2	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.264	.244	.508	8	.24	-0.002	.00	0.00%	-0.31	C
28	57	110	Aug 9 (1)	WSA		OAK	L,2-4	CG	3	3	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.266	.282	.548	7	1.02	0.224	.00	0.00%	0.47	C
29	58	111	Aug 9 (2)	WSA		OAK	W,3-2	CG(10)	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.207	.268	.276	.544	7	1.89	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.61	C
30	59	112	Aug 10	WSA		OAK	L,1-4	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.260	.267	.527	7	.66	-0.045	.00	0.00%	-0.34	C
31	60	113	Aug 11	WSA		OAK	L,3-8	CG	4	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.204	.269	.280	.549	7	.74	0.090	.00	0.00%	1.05	C
32	61	120 (6)	Aug 18	WSA	@	CAL	L,4-6	9-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.213	.276	.287	.563	7	1.77	0.072	.00	0.00%	0.35	PH
33	62	123 (2)	Aug 20 (2)	WSA	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.294	.284	.578	7	1.03	0.120	.00	0.00%	0.92	C
34	63	124	Aug 23	WSA		CLE	L,2-6	8-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.294	.284	.578	6						C
35	64	125	Aug 24	WSA		CLE	L,1-2	CG(16)	7	7	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	.235	.310	.304	.614	6	2.20	0.226	.00	0.00%	0.68	C
36	65	128 (2)	Aug 26 (2)	WSA		MIN	W,1-0	CG(13)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.234	.306	.299	.605	6	1.40	0.118	.00	0.00%	0.42	C
37	66	129	Aug 27 (1)	WSA		MIN	W,2-0	CG	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.298	.291	.589	6	1.28	-0.084	.00	0.00%	-0.45	C
38	67	131 (1)	Aug 28	WSA	@	BAL	W,3-2	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.289	.281	.570	6	1.02	-0.076	.00	0.00%	-0.76	C
39	68	132	Aug 29	WSA	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG(11)	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.286	.277	.563	6	.97	-0.057	.00	0.00%	-0.32	C
40	69	133	Aug 30	WSA	@	BOS	W,5-1	9-9	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.291	.277	.568	8	2.71	0.115	.00	0.00%	0.36	PH
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
41	70	135 (1)	Sep 1	WSA	@	BOS	L,4-7	8-8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.217	.289	.275	.564	8	.12	0.005	.00	0.00%	0.59	PH
42	71	136	Sep 2 (1)	WSA		CHW	W,1-0	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.288	.274	.562	7	.95	-0.058	.00	0.00%	-0.79	C
43	72	138 (1)	Sep 3	WSA		CHW	W,2-1	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.286	.272	.558	7	.27	-0.006	.00	0.00%	-0.11	C
44	73	139	Sep 4	WSA		CHW	L,0-3	GS-11	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.219	.292	.273	.565	7	1.67	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.53	C
45	74	140	Sep 5	WSA		CHW	L,1-2	9-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.217	.290	.271	.561	6	3.04	-0.070	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH
46	75	141	Sep 7 (1)	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-16	CG	4	4	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.226	.295	.286	.581	7	.32	0.048	.00	0.00%	0.75	C
47	76	143 (1)	Sep 8	WSA	@	NYY	L,2-7	CG	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.230	.303	.289	.592	6	.30	0.015	.00	0.00%	0.25	C
48	77	144	Sep 9	WSA		BAL	W,6-2	CG	4	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.232	.308	.290	.598	6	.26	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.10	C
49	78	146 (1)	Sep 11 (2)	WSA		BAL	L,1-4	GS-10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.227	.302	.284	.586	7	.86	-0.063	.00	0.00%	-0.46	C
50	79	148 (1)	Sep 13 (1)	WSA		NYY	L,2-4	7-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.224	.298	.280	.578	7	.84	-0.039	.00	0.00%	-0.29	PH C
51	80	149	Sep 13 (2)	WSA		NYY	L,1-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.297	.274	.571	7	2.47	-0.144	.00	0.00%	-0.45	C
52	81	152 (2)	Sep 17	WSA	@	CLE	W,4-2	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.218	.295	.272	.567	6	.77	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.41	PH C
53	82	153	Sep 20	WSA		DET	L,3-6	8-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.216	.293	.270	.564	6	.78	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.18	PH C
54	83	154	Sep 21	WSA		DET	L,3-4	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.212	.288	.265	.553	7	2.68	-0.259	.00	0.00%	-1.36	C
55	84	156 (1)	Sep 23	WSA		BOS	W,6-5	GS-8	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.208	.283	.260	.543	7	2.07	-0.177	.00	0.00%	-1.61	C
56	85	157	Sep 24	WSA		BOS	W,10-2	CG	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.206	.290	.258	.548	7	.36	-0.016	.00	0.00%	-0.82	C
57	86	158	Sep 25	WSA		BOS	L,0-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201	.283	.252	.535	7	1.42	-0.129	.00	0.00%	-0.60	C
58	87	159	Sep 27	WSA	@	DET	W,3-1	CG	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.199	.283	.248	.531	7	1.39	-0.018	.00	0.00%	-0.23	C
59	88	160	Sep 28	WSA	@	DET	W,2-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.194	.277	.242	.519	7	.94	-0.090	.00	0.00%	-0.75	C
							23-36		191	165	9	32	5	0	1	10	19	0	20	1	3	3	1	1	1	2	.194	.277	.242	.519		1.13	-0.678	.01	0.00%	-7.63

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