Home | Players | Teams | Leagues | Managers | Leaderboards | Win Shares | Awards | Help
Jim
Vatcher		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9''
Weight: 175
 
Born: May 27, 1966 in Usa, CA, SANTA MONICA
 
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Ted Williams Batting Title or Rookie Of The Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1993 27 CHC NL 75 228 16 59 7 1 0 14 0 0 19 69 .259 .313 .298 .611 20.8 1.1
1994 28 CHC NL 131 391 34 93 14 1 7 42 0 3 37 122 .238 .305 .332 .637 37.3 3.5
1995 29 CHC NL 59 130 14 24 4 1 1 6 0 0 9 50 .185 .243 .254 .497 7.5 0.0
1997 31 CHC NL 104 216 40 65 12 2 1 21 1 0 18 59 .301 .354 .389 .743 28.3 4.4
1998 32 CHC NL 142 364 65 122 20 3 8 58 1 1 36 77 .335 .393 .473 .866 62.3 11.2
1999 33 CHC NL 116 221 35 66 9 4 3 32 0 0 28 74 .299 .377 .416 .793 33.1 4.0
2000 34 CHC NL 153 552 80 149 23 6 13 85 0 1 48 170 .270 .328 .404 .732 71.2 7.3
2001 35 CHC NL 150 474 66 128 26 7 3 69 2 0 54 140 .270 .343 .373 .717 60.7 7.7
2002 36 CHC NL 150 497 56 129 20 5 9 53 2 1 34 158 .260 .308 .374 .683 53.7 3.6
9 Years Sim 1080 3073 406 835 135 30 45 380 6 6 283 919 .272 .333 .379 .712 374.9 42.8
162 Game Average 460 60 125 20 4 6 57 0 0 42 137 .272 .333 .379 .712 56.2  
Career Highs 153 552 80 149 26 7 13 85 2 3 54 170 .335 .393 .473 .866 71.2  
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 RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1993 27 CHC NL LF 70 70 555.0 116 0 0 0 1.000 1.88 0 0 .000 0 1.9
    RF 3 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1994 28 CHC NL C 112 107 949.0 817 35 7 1 .992 8.08 70 6 .086 0 2.7
    LF 2 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1995 29 CHC NL C 24 23 199.0 171 7 3 0 .983 8.05 7 3 .429 0 0.2
    RF 4 4 33.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 1.09 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 5 2 21.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.49 0 0 .000 0  
1997 31 CHC NL C 31 29 260.7 266 7 2 0 .993 9.43 11 3 .273 0 0.8
    LF 21 15 148.0 21 1 0 1 1.000 1.34 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 7 1 23.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 2.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 6.77 0 0 .000 0 0.1
1998 32 CHC NL 1B 41 40 348.0 298 24 7 28 .979 8.33 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    C 23 21 190.0 219 4 1 0 .996 10.56 7 1 .143 0 0.9
    CF 10 10 90.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 15 8 87.7 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.54 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 8 4 44.0 8 1 0 1 1.000 1.84 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1999 33 CHC NL C 28 28 244.0 273 7 3 0 .989 10.33 14 3 .214 0 0.0
    LF 34 9 125.0 15 1 0 1 1.000 1.15 0 0 .000 0 0.7
    RF 13 6 72.0 14 0 0 0 1.000 1.75 0 0 .000 0  
2000 34 CHC NL RF 145 143 1260.3 228 3 1 1 .996 1.65 0 0 .000 0 3.6
    LF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2001 35 CHC NL RF 121 117 1027.7 166 4 0 2 1.000 1.49 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    C 12 11 101.0 106 2 0 0 1.000 9.62 3 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 4 1 20.0 3 1 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 1 0 3.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2002 36 CHC NL RF 103 99 860.0 160 2 1 2 .994 1.70 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    C 31 31 266.0 327 5 0 0 1.000 11.23 11 3 .273 0 0.4
    LF 7 5 47.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 1.91 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 411 378 3370.0 587 9 2 5 .997 1.59 0 0 .000 0 7.8
  C 262 250 2210.7 2179 67 16 1 .993 9.14 123 19 .154 0 5.0
  LF 152 106 969.7 182 4 0 3 1.000 1.73 0 0 .000 0 3.1
  1B 41 40 348.0 298 24 7 28 .979 8.33 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  CF 10 10 90.0 15 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  3B 3 0 8.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.1
Career Totals   879 784 6997.0 3261 107 25 37 .993 4.33 123 19 .154 0 17.1
Career Highs   147 143 1263.3 819 35 8 29 1.000 8.04 70 6 .429 0  
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
1997 31 CHC NL 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667
1998 32 CHC NL 3 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .071 .071 .071 .143
1999 33 CHC NL 4 4 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .750 .750 1.000 1.750
2000 34 CHC NL 4 13 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .308 .438 .385 .822
Career Post-Season Batting 14 34 2 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 6 .265 .324 .324 .648
Similar Batters     What are Similarity Scores?

  1. Kevin Pasley (945)
  2. John Russell (935)
  3. Ted Simmons (933)
  4. Ray Fosse (930)
  5. Einar Diaz (930)
  6. Bill Nahorodny (922)
  7. Thurman Munson (920)
  8. Ned Yost (911)
  9. Chad Kreuter (909)
  10. Terry Kennedy (909)
History
Drafted in 3rd round, 63rd overall pick, by Chicago (N) in 1990
Injured on 8/31/1991 with a Bruised Heel, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 7/17/1993, off Marvin Freeman (HOU)
Hit first career homerun on 6/2/1994, off Randy Johnson (CAR)
1/31/1998: Gets a new one-year contract worth $497,143 through salary arbitration
1/31/1999: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,835,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/12/1999 with a Strained Hamstring Muscle, out for 3 weeks
1/31/2000: Gets a new one-year contract worth $1,835,714 through salary arbitration
9/1/2000: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $1,900,000 per year, for 2 years
Signed as a free agent by Baltimore on 2/2/2003 to a 2-year deal worth $300,000 per year
 
For questions or to report errors, please send us a note.