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Jim Tobin

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 185lb (183cm, 83kg)

Born: December 27, 1912 in Oakland, CA us

Died: May 19, 1969 in Oakland, CA

Buried: Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Hayward, CA

High School: Roosevelt HS (Oakland, CA)

Debut: April 30, 1937 (Age 24-124d, 8,251st in major league history)
vs. CHC 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: September 23, 1945 (Age 32-270d)
vs. SLB 1.0 IP, 0 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1937 season

Full Name: James Anthony Tobin

Nicknames: Abba Dabba

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Relatives: Brother of Jackie Tobin

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

25.9

105

112

ERA

3.44

287

227

1900.0

498

WHIP

1.308

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Team Record in Appearances: 12-13 / in Starts: 10-9

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 23, Entered with runners on base: 3

1939 Pitching Game Log

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1939 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	61	5	Apr 24	PIT	@	CHC	L,2-6	GS-6	L(0-1)	99	5.1	9	6	5	1	4	0	0	8.44	1.66	26	6	8	2	1	7	31			1	0	0	24	4	1	0	1	1	2	.89	-0.289	2.05	-0.40%	-2.63	1b start tie	6b -2- 1 out d3
2	62	9	Apr 29	PIT		CIN	L,3-5	GS-4	L(0-2)	4	4.0	4	4	3	2	0	0	1	7.71	3.02	20	8	5	1	0	4	38			0	0	0	16	1	1	0	0	1	2	1.17	-0.248	1.69	-0.22%	-2.04	1t start tie	4t 3 out d3
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
3	63	12	May 4	PIT	@	PHI	W,6-4	GS-5		4	4.1	11	4	3	0	1	0	0	7.24	2.74	24	8	4	1	1	11	28			0	0	0	23	3	0	0	0	1	0	1.21	-0.264	2.02	-0.26%	-2.81	1b start a 1	5b 1-3 1 out a2
4	64	16	May 8	PIT	@	BSN	W,3-2	CG	W(1-2)	3	9.0	5	2	1	0	1	0	0	4.76	2.59	33	16	12	2	6	4	72			0	0	0	33	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.62	0.327	3.39	0.41%	2.14	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
5	65	20	May 14	PIT		CHC	W,5-2	CG	W(2-2)	5	9.0	11	2	2	4	3	0	0	3.98	2.78	40	8	14	0	2	11	56			0	0	0	35	2	1	1	2	1	0	.95	0.215	2.05	0.28%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a3
6	66	24	May 18	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	CG(10)	W(3-2)	3	10.0	11	4	2	0	1	0	0	3.46	2.69	41	18	11	1	0	11	59			0	1	0	39	0	0	0	1	1	2	1.67	0.396	3.48	0.50%	0.90	1t start tie	10t 3 out tie
7	67	28	May 22	PIT		NYG	L,2-9	GS-4	L(3-3)	3	3.0	7	5	4	0	1	0	0	4.03	2.64	18	7	3	1	0	7	28			0	0	0	18	2	0	0	0	0	2	1.01	-0.272	2.20	-0.36%	-3.91	1t start tie	4t 1-- 0 out d5
8	68	32	May 26	PIT	@	CHC	W,14-5	GS-6	W(4-3)	3	5.1	9	5	5	3	3	2	0	4.50	3.21	26	7	4	0	3	9	30			0	0	0	23	1	0	0	2	0	0	.79	-0.129	1.61	-0.16%	-2.47	1b start tie	6b 1-- 1 out a3
9	69	36	May 30(1)	PIT	@	STL	L,2-7	GS-7	L(4-4)	3	7.0	12	7	7	3	2	1	1	5.05	3.51	36	8	10	2	2	12	24			0	0	0	31	6	0	1	1	1	0	.58	-0.222	1.49	-0.34%	-3.29	1b start tie	7b 3 out d6
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
10	70	40	Jun 4(1)	PIT	@	BRO	W,7-3	CG	W(5-4)	4	9.0	7	3	3	2	3	0	0	4.77	3.38	35	16	7	1	1	7	62			0	0	0	32	2	1	0	0	0	0	.81	0.138	2.32	0.24%	1.73	1b start tie	9b 3 out a4
11	71	45	Jun 8	PIT	@	BSN	L,0-2	CG(8)	L(5-5)	3	8.0	10	2	1	2	4	0	0	4.38	3.27	37	16	7	2	1	8	58			2	0	0	34	2	0	1	0	0	1	.92	0.038	2.04	0.05%	1.68	1b start tie	8b 3 out d2
12	72	48	Jun 11(1)	PIT	@	NYG	L,3-7	2-GF(8)		2	6.1	5	2	2	2	2	0	0	4.26	3.24	25	7	9	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	23	1	0	0	1	0	0	.26	0.082	.51	0.10%	1.14	2b --- 2 out d5	8b end d 5
13	73	50	Jun 15	PIT		BSN	L,5-6	CG	L(5-6)	3	11.0	17	6	6	0	3	1	0	4.34	3.24	48						42						48	5	0			0
14	74	53	Jun 21	PIT		NYG	L,4-6	GS-2	L(5-7)	5	1.0	6	4	4	0	2	0	0	4.68	3.19	9	0	1	0	0	6	27			1	0	0	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	.90	-0.316	.95	-0.20%	-3.89	1t start tie	2t 1-- 0 out d4
15	75	56	Jun 24	PIT		BRO	W,6-2	CG	W(6-7)	2	9.0	10	2	2	1	2	0	0	4.44	3.13	35	11	11	3	1	10	60			0	0	0	33	0	1	0	1	1	0	1.29	0.232	1.47	0.16%	2.41	1t start tie	9t 3 out a4
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
16	76	61	Jul 2(2)	PIT	@	STL	W,6-3	CG	W(7-7)	7	9.0	8	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.32	3.11	35	20	7	0	1	7	58			0	0	0	34	3	1	1	1	0	0	.89	0.287	1.33	0.26%	1.77	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
17	77	66	Jul 7	PIT		CHC	L,4-5	GS-6		4	5.2	10	4	4	0	1	0	0	4.42	3.07	26	5	11	1	2	9	34			0	0	0	25	3	0	0	1	1	0	1.21	-0.285	2.13	-0.30%	-1.38	1t start tie	6t -2- 2 out d1
18	78	68	Jul 9(2)	PIT		STL	W,8-6	2-GF	W(8-7)	1	7.1	8	3	3	0	4	1	0	4.38	3.08	30	7	14	7	3	5		1	0	0	0	0	30	4	1	0	0	0	0	1.21	0.246	1.64	0.20%	0.66	2t 1-- 2 out d3	9t end a 2
19	79	71	Jul 15	PIT	@	BRO	L,2-6	7-8	L(8-8)	5	1.0	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	4.56	3.10	6	2	1	1	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.55	-0.283	2.52	-0.28%	-1.82	7b --- 0 out d1	8b 1-3 0 out d1
20	80	78	Jul 21	PIT	@	NYG	W,4-3	GS-6		5	6.0	7	3	3	2	2	1	0	4.56	3.19	27	4	16	1	5	3	46			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.36	-0.121	2.15	-0.12%	0.03	1b start tie	6b 3 out d2
21	81	82	Jul 25	PIT		PHI	W,5-4	GS-1		3	0.2	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	4.60	3.21	6	3	0	0	0	2	41			0	0	0	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	1.10	-0.187	1.61	-0.16%	-1.94	1t start tie	1t 12- 2 out d2
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
22	82	101	Aug 15	PIT	@	CIN	L,5-6	5-GF(8)		20	3.1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	4.49	3.26	14	3	7	1	0	1		2	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	.17	0.041	.03	0.00%	1.97	5b 12- 2 out d4	8b end d 3
23	83	106	Aug 19	PIT		CHC	L,0-5	GS-7	L(8-9)	3	6.2	15	5	5	4	1	1	0	4.60	3.39	37	10	9	2	1	13	21			0	0	0	33	3	0	0	2	0	0	.91	-0.150	.01	0.00%	-2.00	1t start tie	7t 12- 2 out d5
Sept				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
24	84	131	Sep 11	PIT		STL	W,8-6	7-GF	W(9-9)	22	2.1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	4.52	3.39	9	4	2	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.49	0.239	.00	0.00%	1.30	7t -2- 2 out tie	9t end a 2
25	85	145	Sep 22(2)	PIT	@	CIN	L,9-10	3-5		10	2.0	5	3	1	0	2	0	0	4.52	3.35	12	3	2	0	0	5		0	0	0	0	0	12	2	0	0	0	0	1	.44	-0.176	.00	0.00%	-3.13	3b --- 1 out d7	5b -23 1 out d2
							12-13		W-L:9-9	3.6	145.1	194	84	73	33	43	7	2	4.52	3.35	655	1.13		8%	8%	160	43	4	0%	4	1	0	609	49	9	4	14	8	12	1.03	-0.701	1.77	-0.60%	-13.17

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