Jim Archer
[edit] Biography
Born on May 25, 1932 in Max Meadows, Virginia, Jim Archer (James William Archer) played for the Kansas City Athletics for his entire 2 year career. Archer broke into the bigs on April 30, 1961 with the Kansas City Athletics, and put up a 3.20 ERA in 205.1 innings pitched in 1961, his rookie year.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 39
| 27
| 9
| 15
| 3.20
| 110
| 99
| 73
| 9
| 2
| 5
| 205.1
| 204
| 11
| 60
| 6
| 2
| 5
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 9.43
| 12
| 30
| 29
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 27.2
| 40
| 8
| 10
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 57
| 28
| 9
| 16
| 3.94
| 122
| 129
| 102
| 9
| 2
| 5
| 233
| 244
| 19
| 70
| 6
| 2
| 5
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1961
| KC
| A
| P
| 39
| 27
| 205.1
| 6
| 36
| 2
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 1
| 1
| .955
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| P
| 18
| 1
| 27.2
| 2
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| .833
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 57
| 28
| 233
| 8
| 39
| 3
| 2
| 0
| 2
| 4
| 2
| 1
| .940
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1961
| KC
| A
| 39
| 63
| 2
| 4
| 0
| 2
| .063
| .091
| .079
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| KC
| A
| 18
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 1.000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 57
| 64
| 2
| 5
| 0
| 4
| .078
| .104
| .094
| 1
| 0
| 2
| 19
| 0
| 6
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by New York Yankees (1951).
- Released by New York Yankees (1952).
- Signed by Baltimore Orioles (1955).
- Traded by Baltimore Orioles with Bob Boyd, Al Pilarcik, Wayne Causey and Clint Courtney to Kansas City Athletics in exchange for Russ Snyder and Whitey Herzog (January 24, 1961); Clint Courtney returned to Baltimore Orioles (April 14, 1961).
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