Jimmy Wasdell

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Full Name: James Charles Wasdell	Primary Position: OF,1B
Height/Weight: 5' 11"/185	First Game: September 3, 1937
Birthdate: May 15, 1914	Final Game: April 18, 1947
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio	MLB Experience: 10 years
Died: August 6, 1983
Deathplace: New Port Richey, Florida
Bat/Throw: Left/Left

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Contents

1 Biography
2 Statistics
- 2.1 Batting Stats
- 2.2 Fielding Stats
3 Transactions
4 Trivia
5 Video Gallery
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7 See Also
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[edit] Biography

Jimmy Wasdell (James Charles Wasdell) was born on May 15, 1914 in Cleveland, Ohio. He made his Major League debut on September 3, 1937 for the Washington Senators. In 1938, his rookie year, he hit .236 with 2 home runs and 16 RBI. Wasdell played for the Washington Senators, Brooklyn Dodgers, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies and Cleveland Indians over the course of his 10 year career.

Most people believe that Jimmy Wasdell's best season was 1945, when he hit for a .300 average and knocked in 60 runs.

[edit] Statistics

[edit] Batting Stats

Year	Team		G	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	AVG	OBP	SLG	2B	3B	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SB	IBB	GDP
1937	WAS	A	32	110	13	28	2	12	.255	.299	.418	4	4	7	13	0	1	0	0	0
1938	WAS	A	53	140	19	33	2	16	.236	.296	.307	2	1	12	12	0	2	5	0	0
1939	WAS	A	29	109	12	33	0	13	.303	.361	.367	5	1	9	16	1	2	3	0	1
1940	WAS	A	10	35	3	3	0	0	.086	.135	.114	1	0	2	7	0	0	0	0	0
1940	BRO	N	77	230	35	64	3	37	.278	.333	.413	14	4	18	24	1	4	4	0	4
1940	Total		87	265	38	67	3	37	.253	.308	.374	15	4	20	31	1	4	4	0	4
1941	BRO	N	94	265	39	79	4	48	.298	.345	.419	14	3	16	15	3	3	2	0	1
1942	PIT	N	122	409	44	106	3	38	.259	.337	.318	11	2	47	22	1	6	1	0	9
1943	PIT	N	4	2	0	1	0	1	.500	.750	.500	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1943	PHI	N	141	522	54	136	4	67	.261	.323	.343	19	6	46	22	2	4	6	0	13
1943	TOT	N	145	524	54	137	4	68	.261	.326	.344	19	6	48	22	2	4	6	0	13
1944	PHI	N	133	451	47	125	3	40	.277	.344	.355	20	3	45	17	1	12	0	0	14
1945	PHI	N	134	500	65	150	7	60	.300	.346	.412	19	8	32	11	3	5	7	0	7
1946	PHI	N	26	51	7	13	1	5	.255	.309	.392	0	2	3	2	1	0	0	0	2
1946	CLE	A	32	41	1	11	0	4	.268	.333	.268	0	0	4	4	0	0	1	0	2
1946	Total		58	92	8	24	1	9	.261	.320	.337	0	2	7	6	1	0	1	0	4
1947	CLE	A	1	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	NL		731	2430	291	674	25	296	.277	.338	.371	97	28	209	113	12	34	20	0	50
Total	AL		157	436	48	108	4	45	.248	.304	.330	12	6	34	52	1	5	9	0	3
Total			888	2866	339	782	29	341	.273	.332	.365	109	34	243	165	13	39	29	0	53

[edit] Fielding Stats

Year	Team		POS	G	GS	INN	PO	A	ERR	DP	TP	PB	SB	CS	PkO	AVG
1937	WAS	A	OF	7	0	0	14	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1937	WAS	A	1B	21	0	0	182	10	1	18	0	0	0	0	0	.995
1938	WAS	A	1B	26	0	0	220	12	1	26	0	0	0	0	0	.996
1938	WAS	A	OF	6	0	0	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1939	WAS	A	1B	28	0	0	255	15	10	24	0	0	0	0	0	.964
1940	WAS	A	1B	8	0	0	76	2	0	8	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1940	BRO	N	1B	17	0	0	122	5	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	.977
1940	BRO	N	OF	42	0	0	70	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.947
1940	Total		1B	25	0	0	198	7	3	17	0	0	0	0	0	.986
1941	BRO	N	OF	54	0	0	84	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.956
1941	BRO	N	1B	15	0	0	101	5	0	5	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1942	PIT	N	OF	97	0	0	191	8	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	.957
1942	PIT	N	1B	7	0	0	55	4	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1943	PHI	N	OF	56	0	0	108	5	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.974
1943	PHI	N	1B	82	0	0	749	56	10	62	0	0	0	0	0	.988
1944	PHI	N	OF	121	0	0	243	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	.980
1944	PHI	N	1B	4	0	0	43	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1945	PHI	N	OF	65	0	0	142	4	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	.967
1945	PHI	N	1B	63	0	0	597	43	7	51	0	0	0	0	0	.989
1946	PHI	N	OF	11	0	0	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.923
1946	PHI	N	1B	2	0	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.000
1946	CLE	A	OF	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1946	CLE	A	1B	4	0	0	28	3	2	8	0	0	0	0	0	.939
1946	Total		OF	14	0	0	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.857
1946	Total		1B	6	0	0	31	4	2	9	0	0	0	0	0	.946
1946	Total		RF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
1946	Total		LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000
Total			1B	277	0	0	2431	156	36	222	0	0	0	0	0	.986
Total			OF	462	0	0	878	27	32	3	0	0	0	0	0	.966

[edit] Transactions

Traded by Minneapolis (American Association) to Washington Senators in exchange for Carl Reynolds, Red Kress and cash (January 29, 1937).
Sold by Washington Senators to Brooklyn Dodgers (May 25, 1940).
Traded by Brooklyn Dodgers with Pete Coscarart, Luke Hamlin and Babe Phelps to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Arky Vaughan (December 12, 1941).
Sold by Pittsburgh Pirates to Philadelphia Phillies (April 30, 1943).
Released by Philadelphia Phillies (June 18, 1946).
Signed by Cleveland Indians (@June 24, 1946).
Released by Cleveland Indians (@April 23, 1947).

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