Jim Gott

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 215lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: August 3, 1959 in Hollywood, CA us

Draft: Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 4th round of the 1977 MLB June Amateur Draft from San Marino HS (San Marino, CA).

High School: San Marino HS (San Marino, CA)

School: Brigham Young University (Provo, UT)

Debut: April 9, 1982 (Age 22-249d, 14,572nd in major league history)
vs. MIL 3.0 IP, 2 H, 3 SO, 5 BB, 2 ER

Last Game: August 3, 1995 (Age 36-000d)
vs. CHC 0.2 IP, 2 H, 0 SO, 1 BB, 3 ER, L

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1982 season

Full Name: James William Gott

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

10.5

ERA

3.87

554

1120.0

837

WHIP

1.381

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1977	17	STL-min	Rk	3	4	.429	9.55	14	14		0	0	0	65.0	71	82	69	7	83	0	60	3	0	11				2.369	9.8	1.0	11.5	8.3	0.72	CGY PION
1978	18	STL-min	A	10	9	.526	3.54	27	27		6	0	0	173.0	123	76	68	8	125	0	145	13	0	14				1.434	6.4	0.4	6.5	7.5	1.16	GST,SPT WCRS,FLOR
1979	19	STL-min	A,AA	5	9	.357	5.76	25	16		1	0	0	100.0	84	76	64	3	114	5	118	10	1	23				1.980	7.6	0.3	10.3	10.6	1.04	GST,SPT,ARK WCRS,FLOR,TL
1980	20	STL-min	A	5	11	.313	4.60	25	21		4	1	0	137.0	138	96	70	2	113	1	103	4	1	13				1.832	9.1	0.1	7.4	6.8	0.91	SPT FLOR
1981	21	STL-min	AA	5	9	.357	3.44	28	19	2	4	0	0	131.0	133	68	50	5	65	1	93	6	0	16				1.511	9.1	0.3	4.5	6.4	1.43	ARK TL
1982	22	TOR	AL	5	10	.333	4.43	30	23	4	1	1	0	136.0	134	76	67	15	66	0	82	3	0	8	600	102	4.47	1.471	8.9	1.0	4.4	5.4	1.24
1983	23	TOR	AL	9	14	.391	4.74	34	30	2	6	1	0	176.2	195	103	93	15	68	5	121	5	0	2	776	91	3.73	1.489	9.9	0.8	3.5	6.2	1.78
1984	24	TOR	AL	7	6	.538	4.02	35	12	11	1	1	2	109.2	93	54	49	7	49	3	73	3	0	1	464	103	3.69	1.295	7.6	0.6	4.0	6.0	1.49
1985	25	SFG	NL	7	10	.412	3.88	26	26	0	2	0	0	148.1	144	73	64	10	51	3	78	1	2	3	629	89	3.56	1.315	8.7	0.6	3.1	4.7	1.53
1986	26	SFG-min	AAA	0	0		6.75	2	2	0	0	0	0	2.2	2	2	2	0	3	0	2	0	0	0				1.875	6.8	0.0	10.1	6.8	0.67	PHX PCL
1986	26	SFG	NL	0	0		7.62	9	2	3	0	0	1	13.0	16	12	11	0	13	2	9	0	1	1	66	48	4.39	2.231	11.1	0.0	9.0	6.2	0.69
1987	27	TOT	NL	1	2	.333	3.41	55	3	30	0	0	13	87.0	81	43	33	4	40	7	90	2	0	5	382	117	2.85	1.391	8.4	0.4	4.1	9.3	2.25
1987	27	SFG	NL	1	0	1.000	4.50	30	3	8	0	0	0	56.0	53	32	28	4	32	5	63	2	0	3	253	87	3.37	1.518	8.5	0.6	5.1	10.1	1.97
1987	27	PIT	NL	0	2	.000	1.45	25	0	22	0	0	13	31.0	28	11	5	0	8	2	27	0	0	2	129	285	1.90	1.161	8.1	0.0	2.3	7.8	3.38
1988	28	PIT	NL	6	6	.500	3.49	67	0	59	0	0	34	77.1	68	30	30	9	22	5	76	2	6	1	314	98	3.25	1.164	7.9	1.0	2.6	8.8	3.45
1989	29	PIT	NL	0	0		0.00	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	4		4.26	3.000	13.5	0.0	13.5	13.5	1.00
1990	30	LAD-min	A+	0	0		2.77	7	3	1	0	0	0	13.0	13	5	4	0	4	0	16	1	1	2				1.308	9.0	0.0	2.8	11.1	4.00	BAK CALL
1990	30	LAD	NL	3	5	.375	2.90	50	0	24	0	0	3	62.0	59	27	20	5	34	7	44	0	0	4	270	128	4.08	1.500	8.6	0.7	4.9	6.4	1.29
1991	31	LAD	NL	4	3	.571	2.96	55	0	26	0	0	2	76.0	63	28	25	5	32	7	73	1	3	6	322	121	3.09	1.250	7.5	0.6	3.8	8.6	2.28
1992	32	LAD	NL	3	3	.500	2.45	68	0	28	0	0	6	88.0	72	27	24	4	41	13	75	1	3	9	369	142	3.10	1.284	7.4	0.4	4.2	7.7	1.83
1993	33	LAD	NL	4	8	.333	2.32	62	0	45	0	0	25	77.2	71	23	20	6	17	5	67	1	0	5	313	165	2.96	1.133	8.2	0.7	2.0	7.8	3.94
1994	34	LAD-min	A+	0	0		1.80	3	2	1	0	0	1	5.0	5	1	1	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	19			1.000	9.0	1.8	0.0	7.2		BAK CALL
1994	34	LAD	NL	5	3	.625	5.94	37	0	17	0	0	2	36.1	46	24	24	3	20	4	29	3	0	4	172	67	4.51	1.817	11.4	0.7	5.0	7.2	1.45
1995	35	PIT	NL	2	4	.333	6.03	25	0	12	0	0	3	31.1	38	26	21	2	12	2	19	1	0	3	147	72	3.96	1.596	10.9	0.6	3.4	5.5	1.58
14 Yrs				56	74	.431	3.87	554	96	261	10	3	91	1120.0	1081	546	481	85	466	63	837	23	15	52	4828	101	3.60	1.381	8.7	0.7	3.7	6.7	1.80
162 Game Avg.				6	8	.431	3.87	58	10	27	1	0	10	117	113	57	50	9	49	7	88	2	2	5	505	101	3.60	1.381	8.7	0.7	3.7	6.7	1.80

LAD (5 yrs)				19	22	.463	2.99	272	0	140	0	0	38	340.0	311	129	113	23	144	36	288	6	6	28	1446	123	3.40	1.338	8.2	0.6	3.8	7.6	2.00
PIT (4 yrs)				8	12	.400	3.59	118	0	93	0	0	50	140.1	135	67	56	11	43	9	123	3	6	6	594	105	3.12	1.268	8.7	0.7	2.8	7.9	2.86
SFG (3 yrs)				8	10	.444	4.27	65	31	11	2	0	1	217.1	213	117	103	14	96	10	150	3	3	7	948	84	3.56	1.422	8.8	0.6	4.0	6.2	1.56
TOR (3 yrs)				21	30	.412	4.45	99	65	17	8	3	2	422.1	422	233	209	37	183	8	276	11	0	11	1840	97	3.96	1.433	9.0	0.8	3.9	5.9	1.51

NL (11 yrs)				35	44	.443	3.51	455	31	244	2	0	89	697.2	659	313	272	48	283	55	561	12	15	41	2988	105	3.39	1.350	8.5	0.6	3.7	7.2	1.98
AL (3 yrs)				21	30	.412	4.45	99	65	17	8	3	2	422.1	422	233	209	37	183	8	276	11	0	11	1840	97	3.96	1.433	9.0	0.8	3.9	5.9	1.51

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