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Jimmy
Esmond		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11''
Weight: 167
 
Born: October 8, 1889 in Usa, NY, ALBANY
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove Award 1919    1924   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1911 21 CIN NL     5 5 5 2 2 2 7 7 7 3 2 2 7 7 7
1912 22 CIN NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 3 2 2 7 7 7
1913 23 CIN NL     6 6 6 2 2 2 8 7 7 3 2 3 7 8 8
1914 24 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 6 3 2 2 8 7 8 4 3 3 7 8 8
1915 25 CIN NL $ 300,000   6 6 7 3 2 2 9 8 8 4 3 3 7 7 7
1916 26 CIN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 8 4 3 4 7 7 7
1917 27 BRO NL $ 2,685,714   8 8 8 2 1 2 8 8 8 5 4 4 7 7 7
1918 28 BRO NL $ 2,685,714   8 8 8 2 1 2 8 8 8 5 4 5 7 7 7
1919 29 CHA AL $ 2,685,714   8 8 8 2 1 2 8 8 8 6 5 5 7 7 7
1920 30 CHA AL $ 7,150,000   8 8 8 2 1 2 8 8 8 6 5 5 7 7 7
1921 31 CHA AL $ 7,150,000   7 7 7 2 1 2 8 8 8 6 5 5 7 7 7
1922 32 CHA AL $ 7,150,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 8 7 7 5 4 5 7 7 7
1923 33 CHA AL $ 7,150,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 8 7 7 5 4 4 7 7 7
1924 34 CHA AL $ 2,640,000   7 7 8 1 1 1 8 8 8 5 4 4 7 7 7
1925 35 CHA AL $ 2,640,000   7 7 7 1 1 1 8 8 8 4 4 4 6 6 6
1926 36 WAS AL $ 1,250,000   3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 2 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 3 1 1 1 5 4 4 3 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 7,150,000   8 8 8 3 2 2 9 8 8 6 5 5 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger Award or Rookie of the Year Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1911 21 AAA   131 559 58 134 30 3 3 42 13 6 38 120 .240 .288 .320 .608 50.6  
1912 22 AAA   122 515 67 163 28 5 9 78 14 12 34 86 .317 .359 .443 .802 75.3  
1913 23 AAA   132 547 69 149 28 2 11 80 18 5 46 94 .272 .329 .391 .720 71.2  
1914 24 CIN NL 34 113 14 30 7 2 0 22 5 1 10 15 .265 .320 .363 .683 13.2 2.2
1915 25 CIN NL 19 52 5 10 0 0 0 4 3 0 4 9 .192 .250 .192 .442 1.6 0.0
1916 26 CIN NL 108 431 62 125 20 7 2 44 18 10 29 64 .290 .333 .383 .716 51.0 9.3
1917 27 CIN NL 24 77 8 19 0 4 0 11 3 2 9 16 .247 .322 .351 .672 9.3 1.7
  BRO NL 115 481 60 124 20 5 2 26 20 9 27 84 .258 .295 .333 .628 46.6 6.4
  TOT   139 558 68 143 20 9 2 37 23 11 36 100 .256 .299 .335 .634 55.9 8.1
1918 28 BRO NL 144 554 54 151 25 6 1 63 16 3 35 96 .273 .316 .345 .661 58.7 16.0
1919 29 CHA AL 119 467 54 130 21 3 3 52 19 10 33 64 .278 .324 .355 .680 50.9 9.6
1920 30 CHA AL 139 533 72 152 20 9 2 63 28 5 43 73 .285 .339 .368 .706 66.1 13.1
1921 31 CHA AL 133 541 98 176 33 8 2 61 37 11 48 66 .325 .378 .427 .805 84.4 16.4
1922 32 CHA AL 142 590 94 195 31 17 1 72 33 12 41 51 .331 .374 .446 .820 94.2 19.6
1923 33 CHA AL 139 569 89 175 33 9 0 71 17 7 35 49 .308 .344 .397 .741 72.9 14.0
1924 34 CHA AL 147 589 86 184 29 6 0 60 15 13 29 44 .312 .345 .382 .727 71.7 12.1
1925 35 CHA AL 143 551 89 167 34 10 0 48 19 8 30 57 .303 .338 .401 .739 71.5 11.9
1926 36 WAS AL 25 7 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 .143 .333 .143 .476 0.6 0.1
13 Years Sim 1431 5555 791 1639 273 86 13 598 233 91 375 689 .295 .338 .382 .721 692.6 132.5
3 Years AAA 385 1621 194 446 86 10 23 200 45 23 118 300 .275 .323 .383 .706 197.0  
162 Game Average 628 89 185 30 9 1 67 26 10 42 78 .295 .338 .382 .721 78.4  
Career Highs 147 590 98 195 34 17 3 72 37 13 48 100 .331 .378 .446 .820 94.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3893 547 1168 180 60 11 420 166 67 231 462 .300 .338 .386 .723 491.7
vs LH   1662 244 471 93 26 2 178 67 24 144 227 .283 .340 .374 .714 210.9
Home 708 2713 386 825 133 43 6 314 117 48 183 339 .304 .347 .391 .738 357.3
Away 723 2842 405 814 140 43 7 284 116 43 192 350 .286 .330 .373 .703 345.3
RISP   1334 0 383 59 20 1 528 0 0 96 166 .287 .329 .364 .692 157.6
Pinch Hitting   26 3 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 3 .308 .357 .346 .703 3.2
Close/Late   626 89 198 26 12 4 76 0 0 53 80 .316 .369 .415 .784 91.9
Mar/Apr 137 571 75 180 26 14 1 68 25 9 37 64 .315 .355 .415 .770 80.9
May 268 1001 136 284 40 12 2 102 39 15 66 136 .284 .327 .354 .680 115.0
June 249 963 131 271 54 11 4 98 46 16 61 127 .281 .323 .373 .696 114.5
July 258 1023 161 306 58 19 1 111 49 17 68 126 .299 .341 .396 .737 134.6
August 244 961 139 281 41 17 4 109 35 13 73 118 .292 .342 .383 .725 124.1
Sep/Oct 264 1036 146 317 54 13 1 110 39 21 70 118 .306 .348 .386 .734 133.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1914 24 CIN NL SS 29 24 227.7 31 106 15 13 .901 5.42   0.7
    3B 5 5 42.0 4 12 3 0 .842 3.43   0.1
1915 25 CIN NL SS 13 12 101.3 20 51 5 9 .934 6.31   0.6
    3B 5 2 21.0 2 9 1 1 .917 4.71   0.2
1916 26 CIN NL SS 107 107 931.3 176 433 33 79 .949 5.89   5.4
1917 27 CIN NL SS 23 23 168.7 34 78 6 12 .949 5.98   0.9
    3B 0 0 1.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  BRO NL SS 110 108 989.3 197 458 38 71 .945 5.96   5.6
    3B 1 1 7.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
  TOT   SS 133 131 1158.0 231 536 44 83 .946 5.96   6.4
      3B 1 1 9.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
1918 28 BRO NL SS 144 144 1293.3 246 577 46 106 .947 5.73   3.6
1919 29 CHA AL SS 116 116 1037.3 214 480 43 85 .942 6.02   4.9
1920 30 CHA AL SS 139 138 1240.3 234 550 47 104 .943 5.69   4.9
1921 31 CHA AL SS 130 127 1133.3 233 492 42 99 .945 5.76   7.2
    3B 2 0 4.3 1 3 0 0 1.000 8.31   0.1
1922 32 CHA AL SS 139 134 1192.0 244 549 42 102 .950 5.99   5.9
    3B 2 0 3.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1923 33 CHA AL SS 136 134 1193.7 215 505 44 85 .942 5.43   6.7
    3B 3 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1924 34 CHA AL SS 143 136 1220.7 211 539 35 101 .955 5.53   7.8
    3B 2 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1925 35 CHA AL 3B 143 137 1169.3 79 319 32 25 .926 3.06   5.2
1926 36 WAS AL 3B 10 1 21.0 2 6 1 0 .889 3.43   0.1
    SS 5 0 7.0 2 4 0 2 1.000 7.71   0.1
  SS 1234 1203 10736.0 2057 4822 396 868 .946 5.77   54.3
  3B 173 146 1279.3 88 349 37 26 .922 3.07   5.8
Career Totals   1407 1349 12015.3 2145 5171 433 894 .944 5.48   60.1
Career Highs   145 144 1293.3 246 577 47 106 .955 6.03    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1923 33 CHA AL 6 25 5 13 2 0 0 3 1 0 3 1 .520 .552 .600 1.152
1924 34 CHA AL 4 15 3 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .267 .267 .333 .600
1925 35 CHA AL 6 26 5 12 2 1 0 6 0 1 1 2 .462 .481 .615 1.097
Career Post-Season Batting 16 66 13 29 5 1 0 11 1 1 4 4 .439 .465 .545 1.010
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1921-10-.325
1922-5-.331
 Slugging Pct
1922-10-.446
 XR
1921-9-84.4
1922-4-94.2
 Games
1924-10-147
 At-Bats
1921-10-541
1922-1-590
1923-2-569
1924-3-589
 Runs
1921-6-98
1922-6-94
1923-3-89
Hits
1921-9-176
1922-1-195
1923-7-175
1924-5-184
 Total Bases
1922-5-263
1923-10-226
 Singles
1921-5-133
1922-2-146
1923-8-133
1924-3-149
 Doubles
1921-7-33
1923-8-33
 Triples
1922-3-17
 Stolen Bases
1921-6-37
1922-9-33
Strikeouts
1917-3-100
1918-4-96
1919-3-64
1920-2-73
1921-4-66
1922-10-51
1923-6-49
1924-8-44
1925-4-57
CAR-20-689
          
 
   Black Ink Test: 4    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 28)
   Gray Ink Test: 46    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 183)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 56)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Cincinnati in 1911
Injured on 7/29/1912 with a Bursitis in Knee, out for one week
Injured on 4/28/1913 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/17/1914, off Larry Pape (CHN)
Hit first career homerun on 5/30/1916, off Ernie Groth (PIT)
2/11/1917: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Cincinnati to Brooklyn on 5/16/1917 (Going to BRO: P Howard Ehmke, CF Jack Burnett, SS Jimmy Esmond. Going to CIN: P Rip Vowinkel, C Val Picinich)
2/10/1918: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
2/14/1919: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Traded from Brooklyn to Chicago (A) on 3/6/1919 (Going to BRO: P Ernie Groth, SS John Henry Lloyd. Going to CHA: P Howard Ehmke, SS Jimmy Esmond, 3B Gene Robertson)
Injured on 4/5/1919 with a Jammed Finger, out for one week
Had 22-game hitting streak snapped on 5/6/1919
6/16/1919: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $7,150,000 per year, for 4 years
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1919
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against Cleveland on 7/4/1922
7/1/1923: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (A), $2,640,000 per year, for 2 years
Won Player of the Week award on 7/30/1923, hitting .545 with 0 HR, 2 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Shortstop in 1924
Signed as a free agent by Washington on 3/3/1926 to a 1-year deal worth $1,250,000 per year
Injured on 3/30/1926 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
 
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