Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1978
Bio
- Height
- 6' 4"
- Debut
- 1978
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 279
- W
- 24
- L
- 26
- ERA
- 3.80
- IP
- 407.0
- K
- 340
- BB
- 157
- WHIP
- 1.31
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (W, IP, K: 10+ games; ERA, WHIP: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | W: Games in which this pitcher was credited with the win. | L: Games in which this pitcher was charged with the loss. | ERA: Earned runs allowed per nine innings pitched — lower is better. Under 3.00 is excellent. | IP: Innings pitched. The decimal counts outs, so 6.2 is six innings and two more outs. | K: Batters this pitcher struck out. | BB: Times the batter reached first base on four balls. | WHIP: Walks and hits allowed per inning pitched — lower is better. Around 1.00 is elite. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | WSH | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9.00 | 4.0 | 3 | 4 | 2.00 |
| 1979 | WSH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 13.50 | 2.0 | 1 | 3 | 2.50 |
| 1982 |  DET/WSH | 19 | 0 | 2 | 5.34 | 28.2 | 31 | 16 | 1.67 |
| 1983 | DET/WSH | 31 | 1 | 0 | 3.50 | 54.0 | 60 | 26 | 1.26 |
| 1984 | WSH | 62 | 6 | 6 | 3.66 | 96.0 | 91 | 45 | 1.43 |
| 1985 | CHW | 69 | 8 | 7 | 2.13 | 110.0 | 88 | 23 | 1.03 |
| 1986 | CHW | 49 | 5 | 4 | 5.25 | 58.1 | 32 | 23 | 1.44 |
| 1987 | CHW | 43 | 4 | 6 | 4.67 | 54.0 | 34 | 17 | 1.31 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- QS
- 0
- CG
- 0
- SHO
- 0
- K/9
- 7.5
- GB
- 0
- FB
- 0
- G/F
- 0.00
- WP
- 0
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (QS, CG, SHO: 10+ GS; K/9: 100+ IP) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| QS: Quality starts: six innings or more with no more than three earned runs. | CG: Complete games, pitched from the first out to the last. | SHO: Shutouts — complete games with no run allowed. | K/9: Strikeouts for every nine innings pitched. | GB: Ground balls hit against this pitcher. | FB: Fly balls hit against this pitcher. | G/F: Ground balls for every fly ball hit against this pitcher. | WP: Wild pitches — throws the catcher had no chance to stop. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1979 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1982 | DET/WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1983 | DET/WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1984 | WSH | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1985 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1986 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1987 | CHW | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
What were Bob James's career stats?
Bob James played 8 seasons for the Nationals and the White Sox. He had 24 wins and 340 strikeouts with a 3.80 ERA over 407.0 innings. His best season was 1985: 8 wins, a 2.13 ERA and 88 strikeouts.
League leaderboards and awards
8 seasons, 1978 to 1987
Bob James finished top 10 in a stat 3 times.
All-time career rank
- 257th in saves (73)
Among the 8,943 MLB players with a career line on file, regular season. A place deeper than 300th is not listed.
Season top 10 finishes
Among qualified MLB players each season, as the glossary defines each stat. All-time places are among players on file.
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