Jim Gott

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Full Name: James William Gott	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 4"/215	First Game: April 9, 1982
Birthdate: August 3, 1959	Final Game: August 3, 1995
Birthplace: Hollywood, California	MLB Experience: 14 years
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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1 Biography
2 Statistics
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
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[edit] Biography

Born on August 3, 1959 in Hollywood, California, Jim Gott (James William Gott) played for the Toronto Blue Jays, San Francisco Giants, Pittsburgh Pirates and Los Angeles Dodgers over the course of his 14 year career. Gott broke into the bigs on April 9, 1982 with the Toronto Blue Jays, and put up a 4.43 ERA in 136 innings pitched in 1982, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Gott's best season was 1988, when he posted a 3.49 ERA, notched 34 saves and struck out 76 batters.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Pitching Stats

Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	IB	WP	HBP
1982	TOR	A	30	23	5	10	4.43	82	76	67	1	1	0	136	134	15	66	0	8	3
1983	TOR	A	34	30	9	14	4.74	121	103	93	6	1	0	176.2	195	15	68	5	2	5
1984	TOR	A	35	12	7	6	4.02	73	54	49	1	1	2	109.2	93	7	49	3	1	3
1985	SF	N	26	26	7	10	3.88	78	73	64	2	0	0	148.1	144	10	51	3	3	1
1986	SF	N	9	2	0	0	7.62	9	12	11	0	0	1	13	16	0	13	2	1	0
1987	SF	N	30	3	1	0	4.50	63	32	28	0	0	0	56	53	4	32	5	3	2
1987	PIT	N	25	0	0	2	1.45	27	11	5	0	0	13	31	28	0	8	2	2	0
1987	TOT	N	55	3	1	2	3.41	90	43	33	0	0	13	87	81	4	40	7	5	2
1988	PIT	N	67	0	6	6	3.49	76	30	30	0	0	34	77.1	68	9	22	5	1	2
1989	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	1	0	0	0
1990	LA	N	50	0	3	5	2.90	44	27	20	0	0	3	62	59	5	34	7	4	0
1991	LA	N	55	0	4	3	2.96	73	28	25	0	0	2	76	63	5	32	7	6	1
1992	LA	N	68	0	3	3	2.45	75	27	24	0	0	6	88	72	4	41	13	9	1
1993	LA	N	62	0	4	8	2.32	67	23	20	0	0	25	77.2	71	6	17	5	5	1
1994	LA	N	37	0	5	3	5.94	29	24	24	0	0	2	36.1	46	3	20	4	4	3
1995	PIT	N	25	0	2	4	6.03	19	26	21	0	0	3	31.1	38	2	12	2	3	1
Total	NL		455	31	35	44	3.51	561	313	272	2	0	89	697.2	659	48	283	55	41	12
Total	AL		99	65	21	30	4.45	276	233	209	8	3	2	422.1	422	37	183	8	11	11
Total			554	96	56	74	3.87	837	546	481	10	3	91	1120	1081	85	466	63	52	23

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1982	TOR	A	P	30	23	136	6	18	1	2	0	0	12	5	0	.960
1983	TOR	A	P	34	30	176.2	9	20	1	2	0	1	15	8	0	.967
1984	TOR	A	P	35	12	109.2	6	9	1	0	0	0	6	3	0	.938
1985	SF	N	P	26	26	148.1	9	28	0	0	0	2	7	8	0	1.000
1986	SF	N	P	9	2	13	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.000
1987	SF	N	P	30	3	56	2	8	1	0	0	2	6	4	0	.909
1987	PIT	N	P	25	0	31	3	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	0	1.000
1987	TOT	N	P	55	3	87	5	10	1	0	0	2	9	6	0	.938
1988	PIT	N	P	67	0	77.1	4	8	0	0	0	0	3	3	0	1.000
1989	PIT	N	P	1	0	0.2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1990	LA	N	P	50	0	62	6	5	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	1.000
1991	LA	N	P	55	0	76	10	9	0	1	0	2	8	0	0	1.000
1992	LA	N	P	68	0	88	11	15	0	0	0	0	6	5	0	1.000
1993	LA	N	P	62	0	77.2	8	8	0	1	0	1	4	2	1	1.000
1994	LA	N	P	37	0	36.1	3	6	2	1	0	0	2	2	0	.818
1995	PIT	N	P	25	0	31.1	2	7	1	0	0	1	4	1	0	.900
Total			P	554	96	1120	79	145	7	7	0	10	78	45	1	.970

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1982	TOR	A	30	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	TOR	A	34	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	TOR	A	35	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	SF	N	26	51	6	10	3	3	.196	.212	.412	2	0	1	30	0	4	0	0	0
1986	SF	N	9	3	0	0	0	0	.000	.250	.000	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1987	SF	N	30	10	2	1	1	2	.100	.100	.400	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0
1987	PIT	N	25	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1987	TOT	N	55	11	2	1	1	2	.091	.091	.364	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0
1988	PIT	N	67	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1989	PIT	N	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1990	LA	N	50	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1991	LA	N	55	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1992	LA	N	68	2	0	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1993	LA	N	62	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
1994	LA	N	37	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	PIT	N	25	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		455	73	8	13	4	5	.178	.200	.370	2	0	1	41	1	5	0	0	0
Total	AL		99	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total			554	73	8	13	4	5	.178	.200	.370	2	0	1	41	1	5	0	0	0

[edit] Transactions

Selected by St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the free-agent draft (June 7, 1977).
Selected by Toronto Blue Jays from St. Louis Cardinals in the Rule 5 major league draft (December 7, 1981).
Traded by Toronto Blue Jays with Jack McKnight and Augie Schmidt to San Francisco Giants in exchange for Gary Lavelle (January 26, 1985).
Released by San Francisco Giants (December 19, 1986).
Signed by San Francisco Giants (April 7, 1987).
Claimed on waivers by Pittsburgh Pirates from San Francisco Giants (August 3, 1987).
Granted free agency (November 13, 1989).
Signed by Los Angeles Dodgers (December 7, 1989).
Granted free agency (October 7, 1994).
Signed by Pittsburgh Pirates (April 7, 1995).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (October 6, 1995).

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