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Jimmy Esmond

James Joseph Esmond

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 167 lb.

Born: August 8, 1889 in Albany, NY (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1911 (Age 21.255, 3,466th in MLB history)
Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1911 season [*]
Teams (by GP): Reds/Pepper/Hoosiers 1911-1915

Last Game: October 3, 1915 (Age 26.056)   vs. BAL 4 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 SB
Died: June 26, 1948 in Troy, NY
Buried: St. Agnes Cemetery, Menands, NY
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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1911 21 CIN NL 73 217 198 27 54 4 6 1 11 7 17 30 .273 .330 .369 .699 98 73 0 2 65/4
1912 22 CIN NL 82 263 231 24 45 5 3 1 40 11 20 31 .195 .259 .255 .514 42 59 0 12 6
1914 24 IND FL 151 604 542 74 160 23 15 2 49 25 40 48 .295 .344 .404 .748 102 219 0 23 *6
1915 25 NEW FL 155 664 569 79 147 20 11 4 62 18 59 54 .258 .329 .353 .682 105 201 1 34 *6
4 Yrs 461 1748 1540 204 406 52 35 8 162 61 136 163 .264 .324 .358 .682 93 552 1 71
162 Game Avg. 162 614 541 72 143 18 12 3 57 21 48 57 .264 .324 .358 .682 93 194 0 25
NEW (2 yrs) 306 1268 1111 153 307 43 26 6 111 43 99 102 .276 .336 .378 .714 103 420 1 57
CIN (2 yrs) 155 480 429 51 99 9 9 2 51 18 37 61 .231 .292 .308 .600 67 132 0 14
FL (2 yrs) 306 1268 1111 153 307 43 26 6 111 43 99 102 .276 .336 .378 .714 103 420 1 57
NL (2 yrs) 155 480 429 51 99 9 9 2 51 18 37 61 .231 .292 .308 .600 67 132 0 14
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Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1911 21 CIN NL 73 217 -1 -1 0 -8 3 -6 -0.7 7 0 -0.0 .491 .496 0.9 -0.5 8 65/4
1912 22 CIN NL 82 263 -19 0 0 -8 4 -22 -2.3 8 -14 -1.4 .473 .486 -0.6 -0.4 -6 6
1914 24 IND FL 151 604 1 -1 0 -8 10 3 0.4 10 13 1.3 .502 .502 2.0 0.4 21 *6
1915 25 NEW FL 155 664 4 -1 0 1 10 15 1.7 11 26 2.7 .511 .511 2.5 1.4 25 *6
4 Seasons 461 1748 -14 -2 0 -23 28 -10 -0.8 36 25 2.6 .498 .501 4.8 0.9 48
NEW (2 yrs) 306 1268 6 -2 0 -7 21 18 2.2 21 38 4.0 .507 .506 4.5 1.8 45
CIN (2 yrs) 155 480 -20 -0 0 -16 8 -28 -3.0 15 -13 -1.4 .481 .491 0.3 -0.9 3

Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1911 CIN NL 21 SS 44 350.0 233 110 104 19 19 .918 5.50 4.86 .925 5.18 5.12
1911 CIN NL 21 3B 14 121.0 49 26 20 3 2 .939 3.42 3.29 .936 3.18 3.14
1911 CIN NL 21 2B 2 6.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 2.00 .952 5.25 5.20
1912 CIN NL 22 SS 74 584.0 359 154 180 25 22 .930 5.15 4.51 .931 5.25 5.19
1914 IND FL 24 SS 151 151 149 1341.0 832 317 448 67 54 .919 5.13 5.07 .929 5.31 5.24
1915 NEW FL 25 SS 155 155 155 1406.0 889 353 482 54 67 .939 5.34 5.39 .929 5.27 5.23
4 Seasons SS 424 306 304 3681.0 2313 934 1214 165 162 .929 5.25 5.07 .929 5.27 5.22
1 Season 3B 14 121.0 49 26 20 3 2 .939 3.42 3.29 .936 3.18 3.14
1 Season 2B 2 6.0 4 2 2 0 0 1.000 6.00 2.00 .952 5.25 5.20
4 Seasons TOT 440 306 304 3808.0 2366 962 1236 168 164 .929 5.19 5.00 .929 5.21 5.15
Note: Complete player games played data.
Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1930 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1930 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1930 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1913 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1930 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1913) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1930 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† †s c a p y
1915 FL  1.4 (3rd)

Games Played s c a p y
1914 FL  151 (9th)
1915 FL  155 (3rd)

At Bats s c a p y
1915 FL  569 (5th)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1915 FL  664 (4th)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1915 FL  79 (10th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1914 FL  219 (9th)

Triples s c a p y
1914 FL  15 (1st)
1915 FL  11 (10th)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1915 FL  54 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1914 FL  23 (7th)
1915 FL  34 (2nd)

Outs Made s c a p y
1915 FL  456 (3rd)

Assists† †s c a p y
1914 FL  448 (3rd)
1915 FL  482 (1st)

Errors Committed† †s c a p y
1914 FL  67 (1st)
1915 FL  54 (3rd)

Def. Games as SS s c a p y
1914 FL  151 (1st)
1915 FL  155 (1st)

Putouts as SS s c a p y
1914 FL  317 (1st)
1915 FL  353 (1st)

Assists as SS s c a p y
1914 FL  448 (2nd)
1915 FL  482 (1st)

Errors Committed as SS s c a p y
1914 FL  67 (1st)
1915 FL  54 (3rd)

Double Plays Turned as SS s c a p y
1914 FL  54 (2nd)
1915 FL  67 (2nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as SS† †s c a p y
1915 FL  5.35 (5th)

Range Factor/Game as SS s c a p y
1915 FL  5.39 (4th)

Fielding % as SS s c a p y
1914 FL  .919 (5th)
1915 FL  .939 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 1 (774), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 8 (1595), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 6 (1483), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 4 (2491), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS Shortstop (323rd), 2.6 career WAR/2.6 7yr-peak WAR/2.6 JAWS
Average HOF SS (out of 21) = 66.7 career WAR/42.8 7yr-peak WAR/54.8 JAWS

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Joe Boley (958)
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  8. Ollie Beard (954)
  9. Andrelton Simmons (951)
  10. Stan Rojek (950)
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