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Jim Archer

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Left

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: May 25, 1932 in Max Meadows, VA us

Died: September 9, 2019 in Tarpon Springs, FL

High School: Max Meadows HS (Max Meadows, VA)

Debut: April 30, 1961 (Age 28-340d, 11,844th in major league history)
vs. LAA 8.1 IP, 5 H, 4 SO, 2 BB, 0 ER, W

Last Game: September 19, 1962 (Age 30-117d)
vs. CLE 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1961 season

Full Name: James William Archer

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

1.9

ERA

3.94

233.0

122

WHIP

1.348

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Team Record in Appearances: 17-22 / in Starts: 11-16

Days of Rest

Run Support in Games Started

Total runs in Starts, Avg. is per 27 outs

Inning/Score Appearance Matrix

Multiple inning appearances: 31, Entered with runners on base: 8

1961 Pitching Game Log

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1961 Pitching Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
1	1	13	Apr 30(2)	KCA	@	LAA	W,3-2	GS-9	W(1-0)	99	8.1	5	2	0	2	4	0	0	0.00	2.33	31	12	9	1	3	4	71			0	0	0	29	1	0	0	2	0	1	1.15	0.386	1.55	0.31%	2.80	1b start tie	9b 1-3 1 out a2
May				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
2	2	16	May 6	KCA		BAL	L,0-6	1-7		5	6.1	3	1	0	1	8	0	0	0.00	1.55	22	6	4	0	1	3		1	0	0	0	0	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	.43	0.090	.78	0.10%	2.29	1t 1-- 2 out d3	7t 3 out d4
3	3	18	May 9	KCA		NYY	W,5-4	9-GF	S(1)	2	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0.00	1.49	3	1	1	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2.15	0.164	3.88	0.18%	0.51	9t --- 0 out a1	9t end a 1
4	4	19	May 10	KCA		NYY	L,4-9	8-8		0	0.1	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.13	1.51	4	0	1	0	1	3		2	2	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	.70	-0.148	1.33	-0.17%	-2.82	8t -23 1 out d1	8t 1-- 2 out d5
5	5	20	May 12	KCA	@	CHW	L,1-2	8-GF(8)		1	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1.06	1.75	4	2	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	.59	0.031	.92	0.03%	0.50	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 1
6	6	23	May 14(2)	KCA	@	CHW	W,5-3	8-GF	S(2)	1	2.0	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	1.42	2.00	8	3	3	0	0	1		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	1	1	0	2.47	0.141	2.64	0.09%	0.38	8b 1-- 0 out a3	9b end a 2
7	7	25	May 16	KCA		LAA	W,6-4	9-GF	S(3)	1	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.35	1.92	4	2	0	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.51	0.078	2.00	0.06%	0.13	9t -2- 0 out a3	9t end a 2
8	8	28	May 20	KCA	@	MIN	L,0-2	8-GF(8)		3	1.0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	1.29	2.10	6	3	2	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.80	-0.057	1.37	-0.06%	-0.47	8b --- 0 out d1	8b end d 2
9	9	32	May 24	KCA		WSA	W,6-5	GS-7		3	7.0	6	4	1	3	2	0	0	1.29	2.40	32	15	6	1	4	6	54			0	0	0	29	1	1	3	1	0	3	1.19	-0.128	.94	-0.06%	-0.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
10	10	37	May 30(1)	KCA	@	DET	L,3-5	GS-8		5	7.1	4	3	3	3	3	0	0	1.78	2.52	30	11	9	0	4	4	58			0	0	0	25	1	0	0	1	1	1	1.76	0.263	2.87	0.26%	2.26	1b start a 1	8b 12- 1 out a2
Jun				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
11	11	43	Jun 4	KCA	@	WSA	W,8-5	CG	W(2-0)	4	9.0	15	5	5	1	4	0	0	2.44	2.42	41	9	12	0	2	15	40			0	0	1	40	2	0	0	1	0	0	.89	0.212	1.08	0.15%	-0.69	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
12	12	46	Jun 6	KCA	@	BOS	L,3-5	7-7	BL(2-1)	1	0.2	2	2	2	0	0	1	0	2.80	2.71	4	2	1	0	0	1		1	1	0	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.69	-0.393	2.10	-0.29%	-2.05	7b --3 1 out a1	7b 3 out d2
13	13	49	Jun 8(2)	KCA	@	NYY	W,9-6	CG	W(3-1)	1	9.0	11	6	6	3	4	0	0	3.33	2.70	39	15	6	3	2	11	42			0	0	0	36	3	1	1	2	0	0	1.00	-0.107	.82	-0.05%	-1.65	1b start tie	9b 3 out a3
14	14	52	Jun 11(1)	KCA	@	CLE	L,3-7	7-7		2	0.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.33	2.76	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.72	-0.016	.52	-0.01%	-0.21	7b 1-- 2 out d1	7b 12- 2 out d1
15	15	54	Jun 12	KCA	@	CLE	W,7-5	9-9	W(4-1)	0	1.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.27	2.81	4	0	3	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.93	0.136	.96	0.04%	0.49	9b --- 0 out tie	9b 3 out tie
16	16	56	Jun 14	KCA	@	MIN	W,9-2	GS-6		1	6.0	7	1	1	2	4	0	0	3.10	2.75	25	8	4	0	0	7	56			0	0	0	23	2	0	1	0	0	0	1.07	0.185	.37	0.04%	2.21	1b start tie	6b 3 out d1
17	17	61	Jun 19	KCA		NYY	W,4-3	CG	W(5-1)	4	9.0	7	3	3	1	6	2	0	3.09	2.97	33	12	7	2	0	7	66			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	2	0	0	1.02	-0.050	.39	-0.01%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d1
18	18	66	Jun 24	KCA		BOS	W,9-3	CG	W(6-1)	4	9.0	8	3	3	1	4	0	0	3.08	2.87	35	14	11	2	2	5	62			0	0	0	34	1	1	0	1	0	0	.75	0.070	.05	0.00%	1.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a6
19	19	71	Jun 28	KCA		BAL	L,4-5	GS-2	L(6-2)	3	1.1	4	5	4	2	2	1	0	3.47	3.05	11	6	0	0	0	1	28			1	0	0	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	1.33	-0.335	.08	-0.01%	-4.25	1t start tie	2t --- 1 out d5
Jul				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
20	20	76	Jul 3	KCA	@	LAA	L,3-5	GS-5	L(6-3)	4	4.1	8	3	3	1	5	0	0	3.61	2.94	22	4	4	0	1	8	39			0	0	0	19	1	0	0	1	1	0	1.57	-0.172	.04	0.00%	-0.93	1b start a 2	5b -2- 1 out d1
21	21	82	Jul 7(2)	KCA	@	BAL	L,0-5	GS-6	L(6-4)	3	5.2	7	5	3	1	2	0	0	3.69	2.91	26	7	9	0	1	7	40			0	0	0	24	3	0	0	0	1	1	.74	-0.160	.00	0.00%	-2.29	1b start tie	6b 1-- 2 out d5
22	22	88	Jul 16(1)	KCA	@	DET	L,1-11	GS-7	L(6-5)	8	6.1	6	6	5	3	5	2	0	3.91	3.14	29	8	7	3	0	6	41			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.78	-0.133	.00	0.00%	-1.76	1b start tie	7b -23 1 out d3
23	23	93	Jul 21	KCA		DET	W,3-2	CG	W(7-5)	4	9.0	6	2	2	5	6	0	0	3.75	3.12	37	9	11	0	1	6	68			0	0	0	32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.56	0.530	.00	0.00%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out a1
24	24	97	Jul 26	KCA		CLE	L,5-12	GS-3		4	3.0	5	3	1	2	2	0	1	3.73	3.15	19	2	7	0	1	5	41			1	0	0	15	0	0	0	0	0	2	1.43	-0.164	.00	0.00%	-1.47	1t start tie	3t 3 out d1
Aug				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
25	25	102	Aug 2(1)	KCA	@	NYY	L,5-6	GS-9	L(7-6)	6	8.0	11	6	1	3	7	0	1	3.55	3.10	41	15	15	8	2	0	50			0	0	0	36	3	0	1	1	0	3	1.68	-0.634	.00	0.00%	-2.97	1b start tie	9b 123 0 out tie
26	26	108	Aug 6(2)	KCA	@	BOS	W,1-0	SHO	W(8-6)	3	9.0	5	0	0	5	4	0	0	3.29	3.12	36	9	13	1	0	5	76			0	1	0	31	1	0	0	0	0	0	1.53	0.817	.00	0.00%	4.63	1b start tie	9b 3 out a1
27	27	114	Aug 11	KCA	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG(8)	L(8-7)	4	8.0	6	1	1	0	3	1	0	3.16	3.14	30	9	12	1	4	6	69			0	0	0	30	1	0	0	0	0	1	.78	0.243	.00	0.00%	2.99	1b start tie	8b 3 out d1
28	28	118	Aug 15	KCA	@	MIN	L,4-9	GS-4	L(8-8)	3	3.2	7	7	3	2	0	2	1	3.28	3.37	21	7	4	0	1	7	25			0	0	0	18	1	0	1	1	0	1	.99	-0.411	.00	0.00%	-5.10	1b start a 2	4b 1-- 2 out d5
29	29	122	Aug 20(1)	KCA		CHW	L,3-5	GS-7	L(8-9)	4	7.0	7	4	2	3	4	0	0	3.24	3.34	32	10	8	1	2	7	52			0	0	0	27	1	0	0	1	1	2	1.39	-0.208	.00	0.00%	-0.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
30	30	127	Aug 25	KCA		NYY	L,0-3	GS-8	L(8-10)	4	8.0	6	1	1	0	2	0	1	3.13	3.30	30	15	12	5	0	0	68			0	0	0	27	0	0	0	1	0	0	1.07	0.300	.00	0.00%	3.07	1t start tie	8t 3 out d1
31	31	132	Aug 30	KCA		BOS	L,3-9	GS-7	L(8-11)	4	7.0	8	4	4	0	3	0	0	3.22	3.23	27	12	4	1	0	8	48			0	0	0	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1.09	-0.204	.00	0.00%	-0.44	1t start tie	7t 3 out d2
Sep/Oct				Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	Dec	DR	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	HBP	ERA	FIP	BF	GB	FB	LD	PU	Unk	GSc	IR	IS	SB	CS	PO	AB	2B	3B	IBB	GDP	SF	ROE	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Entered	Exited
32	32	137	Sep 4(1)	KCA		LAA	L,3-4	GS-7	L(8-12)	4	6.1	9	4	3	3	6	1	0	3.26	3.26	31	13	0	0	0	9	44			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	1	0	1.13	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-0.97	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
33	33	141	Sep 8	KCA		MIN	W,6-4	GS-7		3	6.1	8	4	4	1	1	1	0	3.35	3.32	28	13	6	1	3	7	41			0	0	0	26	1	0	0	0	0	0	.84	-0.140	.00	0.00%	-0.97	1t start tie	7t 1-- 1 out d3
34	34	146	Sep 13	KCA	@	DET	L,0-8	GS-4	L(8-13)	4	4.0	4	4	4	2	2	0	0	3.48	3.31	18	2	8	0	1	4	38			0	0	0	14	1	1	0	0	2	0	.95	-0.174	.00	0.00%	-1.90	1b start tie	4b 3 out d4
35	35	151	Sep 19(1)	KCA	@	CLE	W,6-0	SHO	W(9-13)	5	9.0	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	3.31	3.25	32	19	2	1	1	6	78			0	0	0	31	3	0	0	1	0	1	.78	0.375	.00	0.00%	4.44	1b start tie	9b 3 out a6
36	36	154	Sep 22	KCA		CLE	W,4-3	8-GF	S(4)	2	2.0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3.27	3.26	7	6	0	0	0	0		1	1	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.97	0.258	.00	0.00%	0.64	8t -2- 0 out a2	9t end a 1
37	37	156	Sep 25(1)	KCA		DET	L,4-6	GS-8	L(9-14)	2	7.2	10	4	4	2	4	0	1	3.33	3.24	36	10	9	0	3	10	45			0	0	0	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	1.30	-0.058	.00	0.00%	0.71	1t start tie	8t --3 2 out tie
38	38	160	Sep 29	KCA		WSA	L,0-2	CG	L(9-15)	3	9.0	6	2	1	1	6	0	0	3.23	3.16	33	13	8	0	3	5	74			2	0	0	31	1	0	0	2	1	1	.91	0.137	.00	0.00%	2.58	1t start tie	9t 3 out d2
39	39	162	Oct 1	KCA		WSA	W,3-2	8-GF	S(5)	1	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3.20	3.15	6	2	3	1	1	0		1	0	0	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2.71	0.331	.00	0.00%	1.20	8t -2- 1 out a1	9t end a 1
							17-22		W-L:9-15,Sv:5,BSv:1	3.1	205.1	204	99	73	60	110	11	5	3.20	3.15	878	1.38		6%	9%	175	52	9	56%	4	1	1	794	40	6	7	19	10	20	1.15	0.915	.40	0.60%	5.77

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