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Jim Davenport
James Houston Davenport

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 5' 11", Weight 175 lb.
School Southern Mississippi

MLB Debut April 15, 1958
Final Game June 23, 1970
Born August 17, 1933 in Siluria, AL
Died February 18, 2016 (age 82)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 24 SFN NL  115  373   37   89  18   2   8   33   0   0   30   73  .239  .299  .362  .661    94   135  11   0   0   2   7  
 1959 25 SFN NL  147  497   37  113  14   1   6   47   0   0   36   60  .227  .281  .296  .577    81   147   5   2   6   2   8  
 1960 26 SFN NL   64  193   23   54   5   5   4   24   0   0   10   26  .280  .320  .420  .740   107    81   2   1   0   2   2  
 1961 27 SFN NL  143  460   64  136  25   2  14   67   1   1   51   71  .296  .366  .450  .816   110   207   5   2   5   1  12  
 1962 28 SFN NL  142  468   67  135  21   5  15   64   1   1   49   74  .288  .355  .451  .806   110   211   9   3   4   1  15  
 1963 29 SFN NL  117  207   23   64  13   2   0   23   4   4   24   29  .309  .374  .391  .766   114    81   3   4   4   0   5  
 1964 30 SFN NL  122  328   37   70   6   4   5   21   2   0   27   43  .213  .271  .302  .573    79    99  16   3   0   0   5  
 1965 31 SFN NL   93  169   19   33  10   2   1   13   0   0   14   32  .195  .265  .296  .561    80    50   9   0   1   2   1  
 1966 32 SFN NL  110  140    8   28   1   0   4   14   1   0   13   18  .200  .266  .293  .559    81    41   3   1   2   0   2  
 1967 33 SFN NL  117  284   41   75   7   3  10   30   0   2   38   46  .264  .363  .415  .778   115   118  22   2   1   7   1  
 1968 34 SFN NL    1    0    0    0   0   0   0    0   0   0    1    0  .000 1.000  .000 1.000   152     0   0   0   0   0   0  
         LAN NL  102  214   11   38   3   0   1   13   0   0   17   21  .178  .237  .206  .443    70    44   5   1   0   0  10  
         TOT     103  214   11   38   3   0   1   13   0   0   18   21  .178  .240  .206  .446          44   5   1   0   0  10 
 1969 35 LAN NL   82  136   16   26   7   1   0    7   0   0   24   14  .191  .312  .257  .570    83    35   0   0   0   0   5  
 1970 36 LAN NL   15   16    2    3   1   0   0    1   0   0    1    4  .188  .278  .250  .528    73     4   0   0   0   1   0  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 13 Seasons     1370 3485  385  864 131  27  68  357   9   8  335  511  .248  .316  .360  .675        1253  90  19  23  18  73
 Per 600 PA           530   59  131  20   4  10   54   1   1   51   78                                 190  14   3   3   3  11
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With SFN     1171 3119  356  797 120  26  67  336   9   8  293  472  .256  .321  .375  .696        1170  85  18  23  17  58
   With LAN      199  366   29   67  11   1   1   21   0   0   42   39  .183  .268  .227  .495          83   5   1   0   1  15
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals     1501 4427  552 1142 177  37  77  456  16  25  382  673  .258  .318  .367  .684        1624 111  38  23  23 104
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1958 24 SFN NL  22   40   3.7  10   3   0  .300   4   33   22  .667    0    0  .000  3B   2e15      -60   
 1959 25 SFN NL  19   41   2.8   1   0   0  .000   4   74   67  .905    0    0  .000  3B   1e10      -68   
 1960 26 SFN NL  65   26   4.9   7   4   0  .571   3   23   16  .696    0    0  .000  3B   3e19       76   
 1961 27 SFN NL  20   75   5.9   8   4   0  .500  15   74   56  .757    0    0  .000  3B   2e17       31   
 1962 28 SFN NL  28   73   5.5   2   0   0  .000  12   56   43  .768    0    0  .000  3B   1e23       -7   
 1963 29 SFN NL  71   30   5.2   4   2   0  .500   5   26   19  .731    0    0  .000  3B   2e20      136   
 1964 30 SFN NL  12   28   2.8   5   3   0  .600  11   68   48  .706    0    0  .000  2B   3e28      -56   
 1965 31 SFN NL  39   14   2.7  23   0   0  .000   6   34   18  .529    0    0  .000  UT            -112   
 1966 32 SFN NL  68   11   2.6  42   7   1  .167   6   25   17  .680    0    0  .000  3B   2e32     -111   
 1967 33 SFN NL  53   47   5.4  10   1   1  .100  11   87   56  .644    0    0  .000  UT              33   
 1968 34 SFN NL   0    0     ?   0   0   0  .000   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  SS   3e29     -538   
         LAN NL  61    9   1.4  13   2   0  .154  12   62   40  .645    0    0  .000  SS   3e29      -96   
         TOT                    13   2   0  .154  12   62   40  .645    0    0  .000
 1969 35 LAN NL  88   11   2.7   9   3   0  .333   3   23   17  .739    0    0  .000  3B   2e15      -35   
 1970 36 LAN NL  24    1   2.6  12   2   0  .167   1    1    0  .000    0    0  .000  PH             -98   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 13 Seasons          412   4.0 146  31   2  .212  93  586  419  .715    0    0  .000                 -20   1
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 16.1 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 15.5 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)

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Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1958 24 SFN NL  3B   108    95   248    4   22   .988    97   880.0   3.51
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1959 25 SFN NL  3B   147   126   358    4   23   .992   138  1252.1   3.48  GG
 1960 26 SFN NL  3B    56    25   139    3    9   .982    51   428.0   3.45
                 SS     2     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   3.60
 1961 27 SFN NL  3B   137    85   268   15   29   .959   121  1145.1   2.77  GG
 1962 28 SFN NL  3B   140   110   227   12   33   .966   119  1113.0   2.73  GG
 1963 29 SFN NL  3B   113    47   151    5    6   .975    48   555.2   3.21
                 SS     4     2     0    0    0  1.000     0     9.0   2.00
 1964 30 SFN NL  2B    56   128   140    9   26   .968    50   440.0   5.48
                 SS    32    40    82    0   12  1.000    29   251.0   4.37
                 3B    38     5    18    2    2   .920     0    82.1   2.51
 1965 31 SFN NL  SS    34    66    85    4   22   .974    29   272.2   4.98
                 3B    42     4    19    1    0   .958     1    92.1   2.24
                 2B     5     5     2    1    2   .875     0    10.2   5.91
 1966 32 SFN NL  3B    54    17    72    5    8   .947    19   248.2   3.22
                 SS    19     4    17    0    3  1.000     0    43.0   4.40
                 1B     2     5     1    1    0   .857     0     6.0   9.00
                 2B     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1967 33 SFN NL  SS    55    83   156   10   29   .960    47   425.1   5.06
                 3B    47     8    46    0    3  1.000     8   151.1   3.21
                 2B    18    25    44    1    7   .986    14   121.0   5.13
 1968 34 LAN NL  SS    61    63   122    8   19   .959    34   333.1   5.00
                 2B    22    44    44    3    9   .967    20   173.0   4.58
                 3B    21     4    14    1    3   .947     2    43.1   3.74
 1969 35 LAN NL  3B    76    24    92    3   12   .975    38   382.1   2.73
                 SS     2     0     2    0    0  1.000     0     4.0   4.50
                 2B     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     1.0   9.00
 1970 36 LAN NL  2B     3     6     3    1    1   .900     1    13.0   6.23
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 3B   979   550  1652   55  150   .976   642  6374.2   3.11
                 SS   209   258   466   22   85   .971   139  1343.1   4.85
                 2B   107   209   233   15   45   .967    85   760.2   5.23
                 1B     2     5     1    1    0   .857     0     6.0   9.00
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1960 WS    SFN DEA   W    1   0  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
 1961 WS    SFN DEA   L    7  26  4  7  2  0  1   1  4  4  .269  .367  .462  0
 1962 WS    SFN DEA   W    5  19  6 12  3  2  1   2  0  0  .632  .632 1.158  0
 1963 WS    SFN CHA   W    6  18  0  6  0  0  0   1  0  5  .333  .316  .333  0
 1966 WS    SFN CHA   L    2   2  0  0  0  0  0   0  0  0  .000  .000  .000  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1958  SFN   70-84   Larry Reeves
 1959  SFN   90-64   Larry Reeves
 1960  SFN   96-58   Larry Reeves
 1961  SFN   96-58   Larry Reeves
 1962  SFN  107-55   Larry Reeves
 1963  SFN  107-55   Larry Reeves
 1964  SFN   80-82   Darren Dawson
 1965  SFN   91-71   Darren Dawson
 1966  SFN   98-64   Darren Dawson
 1967  SFN   91-71   Darren Dawson
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 1970  LAN   72-90   Scott Campbell

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