Player Report for #15 Jim 'Buck' Mitchell

04/26/1981

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3B Jim 'Buck' Mitchell #15

STL Greensboro Giants (SA)

Age: 34

Bats: R

Throws: R

Morale: Very Unhappy


	9-7, .563, 2.0 GB

G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	SB
10	16	5	1	0	0	2	2	1	.313	.389	.375	1

	Overall	Potential
Contact
Gap
Power
Eye
Avoid K's

Batting Ratings (OSA)
	Overall	Vs Left	Vs Right	Potential
Contact	9	9	8	9
Gap	11	12	10	11
Power	6	6	5	6
Eye	10	12	10	10
Avoid K's	19	20	19	19

Fielding Ratings
	Catcher	Infield	Outfield
Range:	-	12	2
Errors:	-	19	7
Arm:	2	14	5
Turn DP:	-	16	-
Ability:	2	-	-

Position Ratings
Pitcher:	-	Shortstop:	12
Catcher:	-	Left Field:	-
1st Base:	20	Center Field:	-
2nd Base:	15	Right Field:	-
3rd Base:	15

Run/Bunt Ratings
Running Speed:	11
Stealing Ability:	15
Baserunning Inst.:	12
Sacrifice Bunt:	16
Bunt for Hit:	19

Game Log, Last 10 Games
Date	Vs.	Result	AB	R	H	BI	HR	BB	K	SB
04/25/1981	ANA	Win, 6-5	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
04/23/1981	@ VIC	Win, 3-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04/22/1981	@ VIC	Win, 6-3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04/20/1981	LOU	Loss, 4-5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
04/19/1981	LOU	Loss, 0-7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04/16/1981	@ AUS	Win, 4-2	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	0
04/15/1981	@ AUS	Loss, 1-3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
04/13/1981	@ SA	Win, 8-6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0
04/12/1981	@ SA	Win, 5-2	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
04/11/1981	KIN	Loss, 6-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Personality Ratings
Leader Ability:	Very High
Loyalty:	Very High
Desire f. Win:	Normal
Greed:	Normal
Intelligence:	Very High
Work Ethic:	Normal

Jim Mitchell
Birthday:	09/30/1946
Born in:	Chicago (Illinois)
Nationality:	American
Height:	6' 4"
Weight:	189 lbs
Local Popularity:	Well Known
National Pop.:	Insignificant

Status
Contract:	Major League Contract
Salary:	$95,900
Signed Through:	1981 Season
Major Service:	8 Years, 78 Days
Service This Yr:	None
40-Man Service:	9 Years, 128 Days
Pro Service:	13 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:	Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:	1 option year left
Contract Extension:	-
Drafted:	1968, 7th Pick in Round 1

South Texas League 1981 Batting Stats

Batting	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WOBA	ISO	VORP
Overall	10	16	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	.313	.389	.375	.764	.349	.063	1.3
Batting	GS	PA	HP	IW	CI	GDP	SH	SF	TB	EBH	SB	CS	SB%	RC	RC/27
Overall	4	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	1	1	0	100.0	2.6	6.37
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Versus Left		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Versus Right		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000
Batting		AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	K	SF	SH	HP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Last Week		6	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	.167	.375	.167	.542
April		16	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	.313	.389	.375	.764
Last Year		302	88	9	4	11	44	40	41	15	1	4	2	.291	.379	.457	.836
Career		450	124	12	8	17	62	61	57	39	4	4	2	.276	.357	.451	.808
Home		7	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	1	0	0	0	.143	.333	.143	.476
Road		9	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.444	.444	.556	1.000
Grass		16	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	0	0	0	.313	.389	.375	.764
Day		7	2	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.286	.375	.286	.661
Night		9	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.400	.444	.844

Career Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1969 Cleveland - ABA	22	77	231	70	8	2	7	34	28	18	0	2	34	7	3	.303	.351	.446	.796	125	15.1
1970 Cleveland - ABA	23	95	268	60	9	3	3	35	30	31	2	2	29	6	0	.224	.307	.313	.620	74	-3.7
1971 Cleveland - ABA	24	117	358	82	13	2	6	44	45	25	1	4	32	6	5	.229	.278	.327	.605	78	-1.0
1972 Detroit - ABA	25	47	180	46	6	2	3	24	11	10	0	1	14	4	0	.256	.293	.361	.654	96	1.3
1972 Cleveland - ABA	25	80	221	53	10	3	8	32	27	13	2	3	25	0	3	.240	.285	.421	.705	110	7.0
1972 Total - ABA	25	127	401	99	16	5	11	56	38	23	2	4	39	4	3	.247	.288	.394	.682	0	8.3
1973 Detroit - ABA	26	97	356	96	13	2	7	44	34	25	0	5	45	6	7	.270	.313	.376	.690	97	7.6
1974 Detroit - ABA	27	137	465	134	18	8	9	55	56	38	4	3	40	12	12	.288	.345	.419	.764	121	16.7
1975 Detroit - ABA	28	121	373	95	17	2	7	51	46	28	0	2	34	11	4	.255	.305	.367	.673	92	7.0
1976 San Antonio - ABA	29	72	153	37	6	3	4	20	16	12	1	0	12	0	3	.242	.301	.399	.700	103	2.8
1977 San Antonio - ABA	30	98	214	47	5	2	3	25	17	16	1	2	19	6	4	.220	.275	.304	.578	59	-6.9
1978 San Antonio - ABA	31	34	77	15	4	0	1	12	11	3	0	0	8	4	0	.195	.225	.286	.511	44	-1.5
Total ABA		975	2896	735	109	29	58	376	321	219	11	24	292	62	41	.254	.306	.372	.678	95	44.4

Career Minor League Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1968 Total - COL	21	45	197	71	10	5	11	56	61	27	1	1	12	36	5	.360	.438	.629	1.067	100	0.0
1968 Long Beach - A	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.2
1968 Port Lavaca - AA	21	34	132	31	2	4	6	16	20	14	0	3	23	1	1	.235	.302	.447	.749	127	7.2
1969 Pickering - AAA	22	48	195	56	10	1	6	42	30	18	1	1	22	11	0	.287	.349	.441	.790	135	18.2
1978 Walnut Grove - AAA	31	70	249	43	10	0	3	20	15	23	1	4	15	1	1	.173	.242	.249	.491	42	-12.1
1979 Walnut Grove - AAA	32	104	312	85	9	7	5	36	36	27	1	2	16	14	2	.272	.330	.394	.725	105	13.2
1980 Greensboro - AA	33	85	302	88	9	4	11	44	40	41	2	1	15	6	6	.291	.379	.457	.836	133	23.4
1980 Walnut Grove - AAA	33	25	57	6	1	0	1	4	4	6	0	1	9	1	0	.105	.188	.175	.363	2	-7.3
1981 Greensboro - AA	34	10	16	5	1	0	0	2	1	2	0	0	1	1	0	.313	.389	.375	.764	119	1.3
Total GHL		247	813	190	30	8	15	102	85	74	3	8	62	27	3	.234	.297	.346	.643	85	12.0
Total STL		129	450	124	12	8	17	62	61	57	2	4	39	8	7	.276	.357	.451	.808	131	31.9
Total SCL		1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	-0.2

Career Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team/League	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	VORP
1971 Cleveland - ABA	24	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	0	0.0
Total ABA		2	5	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	137	0.0

Career Fielding Stats

Year/Team/League	POS	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	PCT	INN	RNG	ZR	EFF	PB	RSTA	RTO	RTO%
1969 Cleveland - ML	SS	49	45	64	113	20	184	7	.962	422.2	3.77	-1.5	.981
1969 Cleveland - ML	2B	8	6	12	12	2	24	0	1.000	54.2	3.95	+0.4	1.042
1969 Cleveland - ML	3B	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.2	0.00	-0.7	.000
1969 Cleveland - ML	1B	7	5	37	5	1	43	1	.977	41.0	9.22	+0.0	.997
1970 Cleveland - ML	2B	14	11	26	38	4	64	0	1.000	106.0	5.43	+0.2	1.007
1970 Cleveland - ML	SS	22	21	27	47	14	75	1	.987	183.1	3.63	+1.4	1.046
1970 Cleveland - ML	1B	36	36	281	21	26	304	2	.993	310.2	8.75	+1.8	1.066
1971 Cleveland - ML	SS	24	23	34	58	13	95	3	.968	200.0	4.14	+0.1	1.002
1971 Cleveland - ML	2B	21	13	25	24	2	54	5	.907	122.0	3.61	-4.5	.821
1971 Cleveland - ML	1B	39	38	311	21	30	334	2	.994	322.2	9.26	+2.1	1.069
1971 Cleveland - ML	3B	20	11	5	22	1	31	4	.871	119.1	2.04	-3.1	.860
1972 Cleveland - ML	2B	27	22	37	61	16	98	0	1.000	213.0	4.14	+1.8	1.044
1972 Cleveland - ML	3B	10	7	2	7	0	10	1	.900	62.2	1.29	-1.1	.844
1972 Cleveland - ML	SS	26	23	34	58	6	97	5	.948	195.1	4.24	+0.7	1.014
1972 Cleveland - ML	1B	2	2	13	1	1	14	0	1.000	17.0	7.41	+0.1	1.081
1972 Detroit - ML	SS	42	41	62	123	43	186	1	.995	361.0	4.61	+1.9	1.026
1972 Detroit - ML	1B	5	5	34	9	3	43	0	1.000	41.0	9.44	+0.5	1.081
1972 Detroit - ML	3B	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.1	0.00	0.0	.000
1973 Detroit - ML	SS	62	62	92	187	53	288	9	.969	549.2	4.57	+1.7	1.013
1973 Detroit - ML	1B	15	15	118	7	10	125	0	1.000	122.2	9.17	+0.5	1.067
1973 Detroit - ML	2B	16	14	32	54	12	90	4	.956	136.1	5.68	-2.9	.918
1973 Detroit - ML	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	2.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1974 Detroit - ML	1B	107	106	969	73	99	1051	9	.991	881.2	10.64	+9.4	1.099
1974 Detroit - ML	SS	27	22	44	70	22	115	1	.991	202.2	5.06	+2.8	1.067
1974 Detroit - ML	3B	6	2	1	2	1	5	2	.600	24.0	1.13	-3.4	.300
1974 Detroit - ML	2B	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	0.0	.000
1975 Detroit - ML	SS	31	29	55	95	26	153	3	.980	255.0	5.29	-0.4	.992
1975 Detroit - ML	1B	71	71	683	57	67	743	3	.996	601.0	11.08	+5.9	1.095
1975 Detroit - ML	2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0	.000
1975 Detroit - ML	3B	7	5	3	7	0	10	0	1.000	44.0	2.05	+0.2	1.042
1976 San Antonio - ML	SS	22	17	44	55	17	100	1	.990	161.0	5.53	+1.4	1.039
1976 San Antonio - ML	1B	18	15	144	10	16	157	3	.981	135.0	10.27	+0.4	1.030
1976 San Antonio - ML	LF	1	1	2	0	0	3	1	.667	8.0	2.25	-0.1	.955
1976 San Antonio - ML	2B	9	3	9	20	3	29	0	1.000	41.2	6.26	+1.1	1.089
1976 San Antonio - ML	3B	1	0	1	1	0	2	0	1.000	1.0	18.00	+0.0	1.063
1977 San Antonio - ML	3B	39	33	15	65	7	83	3	.964	304.2	2.36	-0.7	.988
1977 San Antonio - ML	SS	20	16	27	55	10	85	3	.965	144.0	5.13	+0.2	1.005
1977 San Antonio - ML	2B	15	2	10	12	1	22	0	1.000	37.0	5.35	+0.4	1.042
1977 San Antonio - ML	1B	10	1	33	3	1	36	0	1.000	24.2	13.14	+0.3	1.073
1978 San Antonio - ML	3B	11	5	3	14	0	18	1	.944	61.2	2.48	-0.3	.973
1978 San Antonio - ML	SS	12	6	7	24	1	32	1	.969	61.2	4.52	+0.2	1.010
1978 San Antonio - ML	1B	6	3	36	3	5	39	0	1.000	31.0	11.32	+0.3	1.084
1978 San Antonio - ML	2B	3	2	6	9	4	15	0	1.000	18.0	7.50	+0.2	1.042
1981 Greensboro - AA	2B	4	4	9	11	4	21	1	.952	33.0	5.45	-0.9	.895
1981 Greensboro - AA	1B	2	0	0	1	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	+0.0	1.059

Player History
06/15/1968	Drafted in the 1968 first-year player draft (Round 1, Pick 7, 7th overall pick) by the Cleveland Eagles, out of college (Illinois-Chicago).
06/30/1968	Signed a minor league contract with the Cleveland Eagles organization with a signing bonus of $221,200.
08/07/1968	Injured (torn groin), out for 3 months.
01/01/1969	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (16); Power: 7 (10); Eye: 11 (14).
04/14/1969	Named the #25 prospect in the ABA
05/12/1969	Wins the GHL MCL Player of the Week Award.
06/23/1969	Injured (sprained knee), out for 3 days.
06/26/1969	Goes 5-7 against the Baltimore Barons, with 1 2B, 1 RBI and 1 R.
06/30/1969	Wins the ABA LL Player of the Week Award.
07/01/1969	Wins the ABA LL Rookie of the Month Award.
08/12/1969	Injured (sore thumb), day-to-day for 1 day.
09/06/1969	Injured (strained groin), out for 5-6 weeks.
01/01/1970	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 15 (15); Power: 9 (10); Eye: 14 (14).
04/29/1970	Injured (sprained ankle), out for 4 weeks.
08/16/1970	Injured (torn thumb ligament), out for 4 weeks.
01/01/1971	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 8 (9); Eye: 11 (11).
10/03/1971	Won the 1971 American Baseball Association Heckel Cup with the Cleveland Eagles!
01/01/1972	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 8 (9); Eye: 12 (12).
07/29/1972	Was traded by the Cleveland Eagles to the Detroit Bears in exchange for 2B Steve Thompson.
01/01/1973	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 14 (14); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 11 (11).
05/03/1973	Injured (fractured foot), out for 3-4 weeks.
06/25/1973	Injured (strained Achilles tendon), out for 2 weeks.
07/21/1973	Injured (strained rib cage muscle), out for 2-3 weeks.
09/21/1973	Injured (sprained knee), out for 5-6 weeks.
01/01/1974	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 13 (13); Power: 9 (9); Eye: 9 (9).
07/29/1974	Wins the ABA LL Player of the Week Award.
10/10/1974	Wins the 1974 ABA LL Top Glove Award at 1B.
01/01/1975	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 11 (11); Power: 8 (8); Eye: 10 (10).
06/29/1975	Injured (bruised neck), day-to-day for one week.
10/21/1975	Was traded by the Detroit Bears to the San Antonio Revenge, along with CL Raúl Soto, in exchange for MR Chris Pearson, MR Luis Padilla.
01/01/1976	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 12 (12).
01/01/1977	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 10 (10); Power: 7 (7); Eye: 10 (10).
01/01/1978	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (10); Power: 6 (7); Eye: 12 (12).
03/28/1978	Injured (back stiffness), day-to-day for 4 days.
06/29/1978	Injured (sore ankle), day-to-day for 6 days.
08/07/1978	Injured (sprained knee), out for 3-4 weeks.
01/01/1979	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (10); Power: 6 (7); Eye: 11 (12).
01/01/1980	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 11 (12).
08/08/1980	Injured (mild oblique strain), day-to-day for one week.
08/15/1980	Injured (mild hamstring strain), day-to-day for 1 day.
01/01/1981	OSA scouting updated ratings (potential): Contact: 9 (9); Power: 6 (6); Eye: 10 (10).

Leader Boards Appearances

Year	3B	Rank
1972	5	8
1974	8	4

Year	SF	Rank
1973	5	4

Year	SLG	Rank
1974	.419	10