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Jim McCormick

Full Name: James McCormick

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-10, 215lb

Team: Philadelphia Athletics

Born: November 3, 1856 in Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Died: March 10, 1918 in Paterson, NJ

League Debut: March 30, 1885 (PHI @ PIT, box score) • Age 28

Real-life MLB career: 1878–1887 • Baseball-Reference page ↗

1886

Career

WAR

4.9

7.4

ERA

2.19

2.31

197.0

268.7

WHIP

1.290

1.221

Standard Pitching

Year	Team	Lg	W	L	ERA	G	GS	CG	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	WHIP	WAR
1885	2TM	—	4	5	2.64	10	10	2	71.7	61	25	21	13	21	1.03	2.5
1885	PIT	NL	4	5	2.64	10	10	2	71.7	61	25	21	13	21	1.03	2.5
1885	PAT	AA	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.00	0.0
1886	PAT	AA	13	11	2.19	31	31	0	197.0	179	100	48	75	66	1.29	4.9
Career		—	17	16	2.31	41	41	2	268.7	240	125	69	88	87	1.22	7.4
2 Yrs	PAT	—	13	11	2.19	31	31	0	197.0	179	100	48	75	66	1.29	4.9
1 Yr	PIT	—	4	5	2.64	10	10	2	71.7	61	25	21	13	21	1.03	2.5

Bold season stats indicate the player led their league (AA or NL) that season. Bold italic season stats indicate the player led both major leagues that season. See how WAR is calculated on this site.

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GIDP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos
1885	28	2TM	MLB	10	26	26	1	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	.154	.154	.269	.423	22	7	0	0	0	0
1885	28	PIT	NL	10	26	26	1	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	.154	.154	.269	.423	22	7					P
1885	28	PAT	AA	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0					P
1886	29	PAT	AA	31	86	74	10	19	4	0	1	7	0	1	11	.257	.263	.351	.615	75	26	1	10	1	0	P
2 Yrs				41	112	100	11	23	5	1	1	8	1	1	13	.230	.235	.330	.565	63	33	1	10	1	0

Bold = led the league. OPS+ compares OBP and SLG with the league average (100 = average; no park adjustment). Blank GIDP/SH/SF/IBB cells: that season's source data didn't track them (PA there = AB+BB+HBP).

Value Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oWAR	dWAR	Pos
1885	28	2TM	MLB	26	-2.8	-0.7	1.9	-1.6	-0.1	0.9	-0.8	-0.1	-0.1	0.2
1885	28	PIT	NL	26	-2.8	-0.7	1.9	-1.6	-0.1	0.9	-0.8	-0.1	-0.1	0.2	P
1885	28	PAT	AA	0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	P
1886	29	PAT	AA	86	-3.0	0.1	4.1	1.2	0.1	2.6	3.7	0.3	0.3	0.4	P
2 Yrs				112	-5.8	-0.6	6.0	-0.4	-0.0	3.5	2.9	0.3	0.3	0.5

Runs above average from batting (Rbat), baserunning (Rbaser) and position (Rpos); RAA/WAA = runs/wins above average, Rrep = replacement runs, RAR = runs above replacement (see how WAR is calculated).

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	BAbip	ISO	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GB/FB	GB%	SB%	P/PA	RC	eBA	Clutch	WIS WAR
1885	28	2TM	MLB	26	.167	.115	0.0	7.7	0.0	7.7	50.0			0.0
1885	28	PIT	NL	26	.167	.115	0.0	7.7	0.0	7.7	50.0			0.0
1885	28	PAT	AA	0	.000	.000	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0
1886	29	PAT	AA	86	.286	.095	1.2	12.8	1.2	5.8	26.3	1.75	63.6		3.14	7.1	.235	22.8	0.1
2 Yrs				112	.253	.100	0.9	11.6	0.9	6.2	30.4	1.75	63.6	0.0	2.41	7.1			0.1

BAbip = batting average on balls in play; ISO = SLG − BA; HR%, SO%, BB%, XBH% are per plate appearance; X/H% = extra-base hits per hit; GB/FB and P/PA come from the sim's batted-ball and pitch counts; RC = runs created. eBA, Clutch and WIS WAR are WhatIfSports' own metrics (1886 onward).

Batting Splits

Year	Split	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip
1886	Home	15	40	32	4	5	2	0	0	1	7	.156	.182	.219	.401	.200
1886	Away	16	46	42	6	14	2	1	7	0	4	.333	.326	.452	.778	.342
1886	vs LH Starter	5	13	13	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	.308	.308	.308	.615	.333
1886	vs RH Starter	27	62	61	0	15	4	1	0	1	10	.246	.258	.361	.619	.280

Splits come from the WhatIfSports season export (available from 1886). Traded players' splits combine all of their teams that season.

Appearances

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Batting	Defense	P
1885	28	2TM	MLB	10	10	10	0
1885	28	PIT	NL	10	10	10	0
1885	28	PAT	AA	0	0	0	0
1886	29	PAT	AA	31	31	31	31	31
2 Yrs				41	41	41	31	31

Games by position come from the fielding data; GS = games started; PH/PR = games entered as a pinch hitter or pinch runner (counted from the box scores).

Standard Fielding

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Pos	G	GS	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	lgFld%	RF/9	lgRF9	RF/G	+Plays	−Plays	PB	SB	CS	CS%	C.ERA	PK
1886	29	PAT	AA	P	31	0	197.0	22	10	10	2	0	.909	.892	0.91	0.98	0.65	0	1		42	25			0
Career				P	31	0	197.0	22	10	10	2	0	.909		0.91		0.65	0	1		42	25			0

Positions listed in scorebook order (P, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, RF). Ch = chances (PO+A+E); RF/9 = 9×(PO+A)/Inn; RF/G = (PO+A)/G; lgFld% and lgRF9 = league average at that position. +Plays/−Plays are the sim's good and poor defensive plays. For pitchers, SB/CS are runners stealing while he pitched.

Leaderboards, Awards, & Honors

WAR for Pitchers

1886 AA 4.9 (3rd)

Earned Run Average

1886 AA 2.19 (1st) ★

Wins

1886 AA 13 (4th)

WHIP

1886 AA 1.289 (5th)

Innings Pitched

1886 AA 197.0 (7th)

Strikeouts

1886 AA 66 (2nd)

Top-10 finishes in each league. Rate stats require 3.1 plate appearances (batters) or 1 inning pitched (pitchers) per team game.

Transactions

1885: Drafted 7.01 by Pittsburgh Alleghenys in the 1885 Draft.
Traded by Pittsburgh Alleghenys to the Philadelphia Athletics.