Jim Golden
[edit] Biography
Born on March 20, 1936 in Eldon, Missouri, Jim Golden (James Edward Golden) played for the Los Angeles Dodgers and Houston Colt .45s over the course of his 4 year career. Golden broke into the bigs on September 30, 1960 with the Los Angeles Dodgers, and put up a 4.07 ERA in 152.2 innings pitched in 1962, his rookie year.
Most people believe that Jim Golden's best season was 1962, when he posted a 4.07 ERA and struck out 88 batters.
[edit] Statistics
[edit] Pitching Stats
| 1960
| LA
| N
| 1
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 6.43
| 4
| 5
| 5
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 7
| 6
| 1
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| LA
| N
| 28
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 5.79
| 18
| 30
| 27
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 42
| 52
| 7
| 20
| 2
| 1
| 0
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| 37
| 18
| 7
| 11
| 4.07
| 88
| 84
| 69
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 152.2
| 163
| 13
| 50
| 4
| 7
| 0
|
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| 3
| 1
| 0
| 1
| 5.68
| 5
| 4
| 4
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 6.1
| 12
| 0
| 2
| 0
| 1
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 69
| 20
| 9
| 13
| 4.54
| 115
| 123
| 105
| 5
| 2
| 1
| 208
| 233
| 21
| 76
| 6
| 9
| 0
|
[edit] Fielding Stats
| 1960
| LA
| N
| P
| 1
| 1
| 7
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1961
| LA
| N
| P
| 28
| 0
| 42
| 1
| 8
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| P
| 37
| 18
| 153
| 10
| 29
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 9
| 5
| 0
| .951
|
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| P
| 3
| 1
| 6.1
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 1.000
|
| Total
|
|
| P
| 69
| 20
| 208.1
| 11
| 39
| 2
| 1
| 0
| 5
| 12
| 7
| 0
| .962
|
[edit] Batting Stats
| 1960
| LA
| N
| 1
| 3
| 1
| 1
| 0
| 0
| .333
| .333
| .667
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1961
| LA
| N
| 28
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 1
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| 1962
| HOU
| N
| 43
| 54
| 7
| 12
| 0
| 8
| .222
| .250
| .333
| 2
| 2
| 1
| 6
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
| 1963
| HOU
| N
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| .000
| .000
| .000
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
| 0
|
| Total
|
|
| 75
| 60
| 8
| 13
| 0
| 8
| .217
| .242
| .333
| 3
| 2
| 1
| 8
| 1
| 3
| 0
| 0
| 1
|
[edit] Transactions
- Signed as an amateur free agent by Philadelphia Phillies (1954).
- Traded by Philadelphia Phillies with Rip Repulski and Gene Snyder to Los Angeles Dodgers in exchange for Sparky Anderson (December 23, 1958).
- Selected by Houston Colt .45s from Los Angeles Dodgers in the expansion draft (October 10, 1961).
- Traded by Houston Colt .45s with Danny Murphy and cash to Chicago White Sox in exchange for Nellie Fox (December 10, 1963).
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