C Jess McPherson #15
Age: 26 | Bats: R | Throws: R | Morale: Normal
11/01/1974
C JESS MCPHERSON #15 - AGE: 26 - BATS: R - THROWS: R - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
138 453 108 23 2 5 45 47 79 .238 .313 .331 0 2.4
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
10/02/1974 @ CLE Loss, 6-7 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
09/30/1974 @ CLE Win, 5-4 4 0 1 0 0 0 3 0
09/29/1974 @ CIN Win, 10-2 3 2 1 0 0 1 0 0
09/28/1974 @ CIN Loss, 4-7 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/27/1974 @ CIN Loss, 1-2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
09/24/1974 NYI Win, 11-2 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
09/23/1974 NYI Win, 9-0 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 0
09/22/1974 CIN Loss, 2-7 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
09/21/1974 CIN Loss, 1-8 3 0 2 1 0 0 0 0
09/19/1974 @ NYI Win, 3-1 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 0
PERSONALITY
Birthday:12/05/1947
Born in:Chicago, IL
Nationality:American
Height:5' 11"
Weight:205 lbs
Local Popularity:Fair
National Pop.:Fair
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$24,000
Signed Through:1974 Season
Major Service:3 Years, 98 Days
Service This Yr:182 Days
40-Man Service:3 Years, 98 Days
Pro Service:5 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:3 option years left
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1969, 12th Pick in Round 4
FEDERALLY ALIGNED BASEBALL LEAGUES 1974 BATTING STATS
Batting G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K AVG OBP SLG OPS WOBA ISO wRC+
Overall 138 453 108 23 2 5 45 45 47 79 .238 .313 .331 .644 .296 .093 92
Batting GS PA HP IW CI GDP SH SF TB EBH SB CS SB% RC RC/27 WAR  
Overall 126 518 5 2 0 26 7 6 150 30 0 4 0.0 42.6 2.96 2.4  
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
Versus Left   88 23 5 0 2 16 9 9 10 3 2 0 .261 .320 .386 .706
Versus Right   365 85 18 2 3 29 36 38 69 3 5 5 .233 .311 .318 .629
Batting   AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB K SF SH HP AVG OBP SLG OPS
April   61 15 3 0 0 3 3 5 12 0 1 0 .246 .303 .295 .598
May   76 11 1 0 0 6 5 8 12 1 1 2 .145 .241 .158 .399
June   84 21 5 1 1 10 11 8 17 1 0 0 .250 .312 .369 .681
July   70 14 5 0 0 9 3 7 15 2 2 1 .200 .275 .271 .546
August   82 27 6 0 3 10 12 7 10 1 2 1 .329 .385 .512 .897
September   77 20 3 1 1 6 10 11 12 1 1 1 .260 .356 .364 .719
October   3 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Spring Training   29 8 0 0 1 3 1 2 5 0 1 1 .276 .344 .379 .723
Last Year   421 95 9 1 8 56 34 40 67 5 2 4 .226 .296 .309 .605
2 Years Ago   194 46 5 1 4 19 20 16 35 1 1 1 .237 .297 .335 .632
Career   1188 281 42 4 19 136 111 112 197 13 12 10 .237 .305 .327 .631
Home   212 52 11 1 2 25 22 25 32 4 5 2 .245 .325 .335 .660
Road   241 56 12 1 3 20 23 22 47 2 2 3 .232 .302 .328 .630
Grass   453 108 23 2 5 45 45 47 79 6 7 5 .238 .313 .331 .644
Day   133 26 5 1 0 9 9 15 31 1 4 4 .195 .294 .248 .542
Night   320 82 18 1 5 36 36 32 48 5 3 1 .256 .321 .366 .687
As Starter   443 107 23 2 5 45 43 45 78 6 7 5 .242 .315 .336 .651
As Reliever / Substitution   10 1 0 0 0 0 2 2 1 0 0 0 .100 .250 .100 .350
Pinch Hitting   9 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 .111 .200 .111 .311
Close/Late   104 24 8 0 1 17 15 15 14 3 0 0 .231 .320 .337 .656
Inning 1-3   128 29 4 1 0 7 12 14 27 1 6 3 .227 .315 .273 .589
Inning 4-6   184 50 11 1 4 21 17 15 31 2 1 0 .272 .323 .408 .731
Inning 7-9   132 27 7 0 1 17 15 17 21 3 0 2 .205 .299 .280 .579
Extra Innings   9 2 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .222 .300 .333 .633
0 Outs   153 32 7 1 1 11 22 18 31 4 5 1 .209 .290 .288 .577
1 Outs   150 37 6 0 2 16 16 13 26 2 2 2 .247 .311 .327 .638
2 Outs   150 39 10 1 2 18 7 16 22 0 0 2 .260 .339 .380 .719
Scoring Position   127 26 6 1 2 38 9 9 25 6 7 1 .205 .252 .315 .567
Bases Empty   219 58 12 1 3 3 27 26 35 0 0 3 .265 .351 .370 .721
Runner on 1st   107 24 5 0 0 4 9 12 19 0 0 1 .224 .308 .271 .579
Runner on 2nd   43 13 2 0 2 11 4 6 8 0 3 1 .302 .400 .488 .888
Runner on 3rd   12 4 0 1 0 7 1 3 0 2 1 0 .333 .412 .500 .912
Runner on 1st & 2nd   41 6 3 0 0 7 3 0 10 0 1 0 .146 .146 .220 .366
Runner on 1st & 3rd   13 1 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 2 0 0 .077 .067 .154 .221
Runner on 2nd & 3rd   10 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Bases Loaded   8 2 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 .250 .222 .250 .472
Two Strikes   244 48 11 0 3 20 26 22 79 4 0 1 .197 .262 .279 .541
First Pitch   52 15 2 1 0 5 1 2 0 0 3 0 .288 .315 .365 .680
Count 0-1   40 9 2 0 1 5 3 0 0 1 0 2 .225 .256 .350 .606
Count 0-2   31 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 19 0 0 0 .065 .065 .129 .194
Count 1-0   28 7 1 1 0 4 1 0 0 0 2 1 .250 .276 .357 .633
Count 1-1   41 10 2 0 0 5 4 0 0 0 1 0 .244 .244 .293 .537
Count 1-2   67 14 0 0 1 6 3 0 24 0 0 0 .209 .209 .254 .463
Count 2-0   12 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .583 1.083
Count 2-1   27 12 4 0 1 5 3 0 0 1 1 1 .444 .448 .704 1.152
Count 2-2   68 14 2 0 0 5 5 0 20 2 0 0 .206 .200 .235 .435
Count 3-0   0 0 0 0 0 0 5 10 0 0 0 0 .000 1.000 .000 1.000
Count 3-1   9 1 0 0 0 0 2 13 0 0 0 0 .111 .636 .111 .747
Full Count   78 18 7 0 2 8 16 22 16 2 0 1 .231 .398 .397 .795
Behind in Count   138 25 4 0 2 12 8 0 43 1 0 2 .181 .191 .254 .445
Ahead in Count   76 26 6 1 1 10 11 23 0 1 3 2 .342 .500 .487 .987
Batting Leadoff   1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Batting 3rd   1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000
Batting 4th   13 3 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 1 .231 .375 .308 .683
Batting 5th   189 51 7 2 1 19 21 23 34 4 2 1 .270 .346 .344 .690
Batting 6th   212 49 15 0 4 24 20 17 37 2 5 2 .231 .292 .358 .650
Batting 7th   31 4 0 0 0 1 2 3 6 0 0 1 .129 .229 .129 .358
Batting 9th   6 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 0 .000 .250 .000 .250
Low Leverage   170 43 12 0 2 12 15 19 32 2 0 3 .253 .335 .359 .694
Medium Leverage   200 48 6 2 3 16 22 21 34 1 5 2 .240 .317 .335 .652
High Leverage   82 17 5 0 0 17 8 7 13 3 2 0 .207 .261 .268 .529
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+ wRC+ WAR
1971 Seattle - FABL 23 45 120 32 5 0 2 16 12 9 0 1 16 0 0 .267 .315 .358 .674 99 95 0.6
1972 Seattle - FABL 24 71 194 46 5 1 4 19 20 16 1 1 35 0 0 .237 .297 .335 .632 91 84 0.8
1973 Toronto - FABL 25 73 260 57 6 0 8 39 26 24 4 2 39 0 0 .219 .293 .335 .628 80 88 1.0
1973 Seattle - FABL 25 47 161 38 3 1 0 17 8 16 0 3 28 0 0 .236 .300 .267 .567 65 65 0.2
1973 Total - FABL 25 120 421 95 9 1 8 56 34 40 4 5 67 0 0 .226 .296 .309 .605 74 79 1.2
1974 Toronto - FABL 26 138 453 108 23 2 5 45 45 47 5 6 79 0 4 .238 .313 .331 .644 80 92 2.4
Total FABL 374 1188 281 42 4 19 136 111 112 10 13 197 0 4 .237 .305 .327 .631 82 87 5.0
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+ wRC+ WAR
1969 Portland - AAA 21 77 266 73 10 1 9 32 39 36 5 1 35 0 1 .274 .370 .421 .791 123 129 2.6
1970 Portland - AAA 22 127 455 126 16 2 13 78 77 83 9 12 58 0 0 .277 .390 .407 .797 115 111 3.3
Total GWL 204 721 199 26 3 22 110 116 119 14 13 93 0 1 .276 .383 .412 .795 118 118
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1969 Portland - AAA C 75 68 444 39 5 485 2 .996 629.1 6.91 -0.2 1.525 7 48 18 37.5
1970 Portland - AAA C 121 118 730 71 7 805 4 .995 1073.2 6.71 +0.2 .932 5 64 24 37.5
1971 Seattle - MLB C 44 32 191 20 3 215 4 .981 310.1 6.12 -0.8 .000 2 42 14 33.3
1972 Seattle - MLB C 68 52 372 30 1 404 2 .995 495.2 7.30 -0.1 .844 1 42 16 38.1
1973 Seattle - MLB C 47 47 258 34 1 294 2 .993 415.0 6.33 -0.2 .809 1 38 16 42.1
1973 Toronto - MLB C 70 70 387 47 1 435 1 .998 610.0 6.40 -0.4 1.169 4 72 23 31.9
1974 Toronto - MLB C 128 126 651 96 6 747 0 1.000 1112.1 6.04 +1.9 1.114 7 142 53 37.3
TOTAL C 553 513 3033 337 24 3385 15 .996 4646.1 6.53 +0.5 1.037 27 448 164 36.6
PLAYER HISTORY
06/18/1969 Drafted in the 1969 first-year player draft out of college (Central Kentucky; Lexington, KY) by the Seattle Kings. (Round 4, Pick 12, 84th overall pick).
04/10/1970 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his defense at catcher at the Seattle Kings development complex.
03/31/1972 Injured (twisted ankle),day-to-day for 4 days.
06/02/1973 Injured (strained oblique),day-to-day for 1-2 weeks.
06/21/1973 Was traded by the Seattle Kings to the Toronto Wolves, along with SP Johnny Williams and CF Willie Pennington, in exchange for C Fred Tollefson.
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