Jim Tobin

Full Name: James Anthony Tobin	Primary Position: P
Height/Weight: 6' 0"/185	First Game: April 30, 1937
Birthdate: December 27, 1912	Final Game: September 23, 1945
Birthplace: Oakland, California	MLB Experience: 9 years
Died: May 19, 1969
Deathplace: Oakland, California
Bat/Throw: Right/Right

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Born on December 27, 1912 in Oakland, California, Jim Tobin (James Anthony Tobin) played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, Boston Braves and Detroit Tigers over the course of his 9 year career. Tobin broke into the bigs on April 30, 1937 with the Pittsburgh Pirates, and put up a 3.00 ERA in 87 innings pitched in 1937, his rookie year.

Most people believe that Jim Tobin's best season was 1944, when he posted a 3.01 ERA, won 18 games and struck out 83 batters.

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Year	Team		G	GS	W	L	ERA	K	R	ER	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	HR	BB	WP	HBP
1937	PIT	N	20	8	6	3	3.00	37	38	29	7	0	1	87	74	1	28	4	1
1938	PIT	N	40	33	14	12	3.47	70	109	93	14	2	0	241.1	254	17	66	2	6
1939	PIT	N	25	19	9	9	4.52	43	84	73	8	0	0	145.1	194	7	33	1	2
1940	BOS	N	15	11	7	3	3.83	29	41	41	9	0	0	96.1	102	8	24	2	0
1941	BOS	N	33	26	12	12	3.10	61	91	82	20	3	0	238	229	12	60	1	0
1942	BOS	N	37	33	12	21	3.97	71	145	127	28	1	0	287.2	283	20	96	7	6
1943	BOS	N	33	30	14	14	2.66	52	96	74	24	1	0	250	241	12	69	1	2
1944	BOS	N	43	36	18	19	3.01	83	125	100	28	5	3	299.1	271	18	97	5	1
1945	DET	A	14	6	4	5	3.55	14	31	23	2	0	1	58.1	61	2	28	3	4
1945	BOS	N	27	25	9	14	3.84	38	101	84	16	0	0	196.2	220	10	56	2	5
1945	Total		41	31	13	19	3.78	52	132	107	18	0	1	255	281	12	84	5	9
Total	NL		273	221	101	107	3.44	484	830	703	154	12	4	1841.2	1868	105	529	25	23
Total	AL		14	6	4	5	3.55	14	31	23	2	0	1	58.1	61	2	28	3	4
Total			287	227	105	112	3.44	498	861	726	156	12	5	1900	1929	107	557	28	27

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	PO	A	ERR	DP	AVG
1937	PIT	N	P	20	5	10	1	0	.938
1938	PIT	N	P	40	11	41	0	1	1.000
1939	PIT	N	P	25	2	26	0	2	1.000
1940	BOS	N	P	15	6	16	1	1	.957
1941	BOS	N	P	33	15	71	3	4	.966
1942	BOS	N	P	37	14	93	6	6	.947
1943	BOS	N	P	33	10	66	6	3	.927
1943	BOS	N	1B	1	7	1	0	1	1.000
1944	BOS	N	P	43	13	93	3	4	.972
1945	DET	A	P	14	3	16	1	1	.950
1945	BOS	N	P	27	17	47	0	5	1.000
1945	Total		P	41	20	63	1	6	.988
Total			P	287	96	479	21	27	.965
Total			1B	1	7	1	0	1	1.000

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	GDP
1937	PIT	N	21	34	7	15	0	6	.441	.500	.559	4	0	4	3	0	0	0	2
1938	PIT	N	56	103	8	25	0	11	.243	.310	.320	6	1	9	12	1	1	0	2
1939	PIT	N	43	74	9	18	2	11	.243	.263	.392	3	1	2	12	0	1	0	0
1940	BOS	N	20	43	5	12	0	3	.279	.295	.349	3	0	1	10	0	0	0	2
1941	BOS	N	43	103	6	19	0	9	.184	.257	.233	5	0	10	31	0	0	1	4
1942	BOS	N	47	114	14	28	6	15	.246	.344	.421	2	0	16	23	1	0	0	2
1943	BOS	N	46	107	8	30	2	12	.280	.319	.374	4	0	6	16	0	0	0	3
1944	BOS	N	62	116	13	22	2	18	.190	.288	.302	5	1	16	28	0	2	0	3
1945	DET	A	17	25	2	3	2	5	.120	.154	.360	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	2
1945	BOS	N	41	77	9	11	3	12	.143	.290	.299	3	0	15	22	1	0	0	2
1945	Total		58	102	11	14	5	17	.137	.261	.314	3	0	16	27	1	1	0	4
Total	NL		379	771	79	180	15	97	.233	.307	.345	35	3	79	157	3	4	1	20
Total	AL		17	25	2	3	2	5	.120	.154	.360	0	0	1	5	0	1	0	2
Total			396	796	81	183	17	102	.230	.303	.345	35	3	80	162	3	5	1	22

[edit] Transactions

Sold by New York Yankees to Pittsburgh Pirates (April 14, 1937).
Traded by Pittsburgh Pirates with cash to Boston Bees in exchange for Johnny Lanning (December 6, 1939).
Sold by Boston Braves to Detroit Tigers for $15000 (August 9, 1945).

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