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Jim Fregosi
Full name James Louis Fregosi Born April 4, 1942, San Francisco, California Died February 14, 2014, Miami, Florida Cremated (ashes retained by family) First Game: September 14, 1961 ; Final Game: May 31, 1978 Managed First Game: June 2, 1978 ; Managed Final Game: October 1, 2000 Bat: Right Throw: Right Height: 6' 1" Weight: 190 Named Minor League Manager of the Year by The Sporting News (1985) Named shortstop on The Sporting News AL All-Star Team (1964 and 1967) Won AL Gold Glove as shortstop (1967) Ejections as player: 1963 (1), 1973 (1), 1974 (1). Total: 3 Ejections as manager: 1978 (4), 1979 (3), 1980 (4), 1986 (1), 1987 (5), 1988 (1), 1991 (5) , 1992 (4) , 1993 (7), 1994 (1), 1995 (3), 1996 (4), 1999 (1), 2000 (3). Total: 46 SABR Biography
Top Performances
Pitcher Matchups
Discrepancies Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
1961 LA A Daily Splits 11 27 7 6 0 0 0 3 1 0 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 0 .222 .250 .222 -0.3 1961 LA A
1962 LA A Daily Splits 58 175 15 51 3 4 3 23 18 1 27 0 2 1 0 3 4 2 1 .291 .356 .406 0.7 1962 LA A
1963 LA A Daily Splits 154 592 83 170 29 12 9 50 36 3 104 0 9 5 0 13 10 2 2 .287 .325 .422 2.8 1963 LA A
1964 LA A Daily Splits 147 505 86 140 22 9 18 72 72 2 87 4 6 4 0 10 13 8 3 .277 .369 .463 5.6 1964 LA A
1965 CAL A Daily Splits 161 602 66 167 19 7 15 64 54 4 107 4 15 8 0 11 10 13 5 .277 .337 .407 3.7 1965 CAL A
1966 CAL A Daily Splits 162 611 78 154 32 7 13 67 67 1 89 2 10 6 0 13 12 17 8 .252 .325 .391 4.4 1966 CAL A
1967 CAL A Daily Splits 151 590 75 171 23 6 9 56 49 2 77 5 7 0 0 11 10 9 6 .290 .349 .395 3.1 1967 CAL A
1968 CAL A Daily Splits 159 614 77 150 21 13 9 49 60 4 101 5 10 4 1 14 12 9 4 .244 .315 .365 1.0 1968 CAL A
1969 CAL A Daily Splits 161 580 78 151 22 6 12 47 93 7 86 1 7 4 0 9 10 9 2 .260 .361 .381 2.8 1969 CAL A
1970 CAL A Daily Splits 158 601 95 167 33 5 22 82 69 3 92 3 2 4 0 10 7 0 2 .278 .353 .459 4.6 1970 CAL A
1971 CAL A Daily Splits 107 347 31 81 15 1 5 33 39 6 61 5 5 3 0 3 4 2 1 .233 .317 .326 0.0 1971 CAL A
1972 NY N Daily Splits 101 340 31 79 15 4 5 32 38 2 71 1 2 1 0 10 6 0 1 .232 .311 .344 -1.4 1972 NY N
1973 NY N Daily Splits 45 124 7 29 4 1 0 11 20 3 25 0 0 0 0 3 2 1 2 .234 .340 .282 -1.0 1973 NY N
1973 TEX A Daily Splits 45 157 25 42 6 2 6 16 12 0 31 1 0 3 0 4 1 0 1 .268 .318 .446 -0.5 1973 TEX A
1973 Total 90 281 32 71 10 3 6 27 32 3 56 1 0 3 0 7 3 1 3 .253 .328 .374 -1.5 1973 Total
1974 TEX A Daily Splits 78 230 31 60 5 0 12 34 22 4 41 0 0 1 0 5 11 0 1 .261 .324 .439 0.2 1974 TEX A
1975 TEX A Daily Splits 77 191 25 50 5 0 7 33 20 4 39 1 1 4 0 6 6 0 1 .262 .329 .398 -0.1 1975 TEX A
1976 TEX A Daily Splits 58 133 17 31 7 0 2 12 23 1 33 0 2 2 0 3 4 2 0 .233 .342 .331 -0.2 1976 TEX A
1977 TEX A Daily Splits 13 28 4 7 1 0 1 5 3 0 4 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 .250 .313 .393 0.0 1977 TEX A
1977 PIT N Daily Splits 36 56 10 16 1 1 3 16 13 1 10 0 0 2 0 3 1 2 0 .286 .408 .500 0.2 1977 PIT N
1977 Total 49 84 14 23 2 1 4 21 16 1 14 0 0 3 0 4 1 2 0 .274 .379 .464 0.2 1977 Total
1978 PIT N Daily Splits 20 20 3 4 1 0 0 1 6 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .385 .250 -0.1 1978 PIT N
Total NL ( 4 Years) 202 540 51 128 21 6 8 60 77 6 114 1 2 3 0 16 9 3 3 .237 .332 .343 -2.3 Total NL
Total AL (16 Years) 1700 5983 793 1598 243 72 143 646 638 42 983 31 77 50 1 119 116 73 37 .267 .338 .403 27.8 Total AL
Total (18 Years) Splits 1902 6523 844 1726 264 78 151 706 715 48 1097 32 79 53 1 135 125 76 40 .265 .338 .398 25.5 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG BFW Year Team
All-Star Game Batting Record
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
1964 AL Daily Splits 1 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .200 .250 1964 AL
1966 AL Daily Splits 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1966 AL
1967 AL Daily Splits 1 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 1967 AL
1968 AL Daily Splits 1 3 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .667 1968 AL
1969 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1969 AL
1970 AL Daily Splits 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 1970 AL
Total ( 6 Years) Splits 6 15 1 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .188 .267 Total
Year Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB IBB SO HBP SH SF XI ROE GDP SB CS AVG OBP SLG Year Team
Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
1961 LA A Daily Splits SS 11 7 6 68 12 22 2 3 0 .944
1962 LA A Daily Splits SS 52 49 44 443 96 150 15 35 0 .943
1963 LA A Daily Splits SS 151 150 142 1321 271 446 27 90 0 .964
1964 LA A Daily Splits SS 137 135 131 1195.2 225 421 23 89 0 .966
1965 CAL A Daily Splits SS 160 158 155 1401.2 312 481 26 93 0 .968
1966 CAL A Daily Splits SS 161 159 154 1422.1 297 531 35 125 0 .959
1966 CAL A 1B 2 1 1 11 2 0 0 0 0 1.000
1967 CAL A Daily Splits SS 151 151 146 1326.1 258 435 25 73 0 .965
1968 CAL A Daily Splits SS 159 159 157 1400 273 454 29 92 0 .962
1969 CAL A Daily Splits SS 160 160 150 1391.1 255 465 21 88 0 .972
1970 CAL A Daily Splits SS 150 150 139 1313.1 264 468 20 99 0 .973
1970 CAL A 1B 6 6 6 53 49 7 0 4 0 1.000
1971 CAL A Daily Splits SS 74 73 64 620 93 237 22 31 0 .938
1971 CAL A 1B 18 17 13 142 141 13 0 13 0 1.000
1971 CAL A OF 7 5 2 43 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 7 0 0
1971 CAL A LF 7 5 2 43 9 1 0 0 0 1.000
1972 NY N Daily Splits 3B 86 84 71 742 71 144 15 9 0 .935
1972 NY N SS 6 5 4 46 13 17 0 6 0 1.000
1972 NY N 1B 3 1 1 11.1 7 1 0 0 0 1.000
1973 NY N Daily Splits 3B 17 16 11 139 15 29 3 2 0 .936
1973 NY N SS 17 16 15 140.1 20 38 6 10 0 .906
1973 NY N 1B 3 2 1 14.2 12 3 0 1 0 1.000
1973 NY N LF 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 -
1973 NY N OF 1 1 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 - 1 0 0
1973 TEX A Daily Splits 3B 34 33 24 263.2 29 45 5 7 0 .937
1973 TEX A 1B 10 9 3 61 61 4 0 4 0 1.000
1973 TEX A SS 6 3 1 26 8 4 0 2 0 1.000
1973 Total 1B 13 11 4 75.2 73 7 0 5 0 1.000
1973 Total 3B 51 49 35 402.2 44 74 8 9 0 .937
1973 Total SS 23 19 16 166.1 28 42 6 12 0 .921
1974 TEX A Daily Splits 1B 47 43 12 312 315 24 0 32 0 1.000
1974 TEX A 3B 32 28 13 212 16 49 5 3 0 .929
1975 TEX A Daily Splits 1B 54 36 21 336.1 355 34 6 31 0 .985
1975 TEX A DH 13 8 6 -
1975 TEX A 3B 4 1 0 10 1 1 0 0 0 1.000
1976 TEX A Daily Splits 1B 26 20 18 193 183 14 1 20 0 .995
1976 TEX A DH 18 10 9 -
1976 TEX A 3B 5 1 1 14 0 4 1 0 0 .800
1977 TEX A Daily Splits 1B 5 3 2 29 31 4 0 2 0 1.000
1977 TEX A DH 4 3 3 -
1977 PIT N Daily Splits 1B 15 13 8 114 99 5 2 9 0 .981
1977 PIT N 3B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
1977 Total 1B 20 16 10 143 130 9 2 11 0 .986
1978 PIT N Daily Splits 3B 5 2 0 14 1 3 2 0 0 .667
1978 PIT N 1B 2 2 0 12 13 1 0 1 0 1.000
1978 PIT N 2B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total (13 Years) Splits SS 1395 1375 1308 12115 2397 4169 251 836 0 .963
Total (10 Years) 1B 191 153 86 1289.1 1268 110 9 117 0 .994
Total ( 7 Years) 3B 184 165 120 1395 133 275 31 21 0 .929
Total ( 3 Years) DH 35 21 18 -
Total ( 2 Years) OF 8 6 2 52 7 1 0 0 0 1.000 8 0 0
Total ( 2 Years) LF 8 6 2 52 9 1 0 0 0 1.000
Total ( 1 Year ) 2B 1 0 0 0.1 0 0 0 0 0 -
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG LF-G CF-G RF-G
All-Star Game Fielding Record
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
1964 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 1 8.2 4 1 0 0 0 1.000
1966 AL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 4.1 0 1 0 0 0 1.000
1967 AL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 12 2 3 0 0 0 1.000
1968 AL Daily Splits SS 1 1 0 5 1 6 0 1 0 1.000
1969 AL Daily Splits SS 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 -
Total ( 5 Years) Splits SS 5 2 1 32 7 11 0 1 0 1.000
Year Team POS G GS CG INN PO A ERR DP TP AVG
Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1978 CAL A 116 62 54 .534 495 478 6- 2 3 2
1979 CAL A 162 88 74 .543 866 768 1
1980 CAL A 160 65 95 .406 698 797 6
1981 CAL A 47 22 25 .468 196 206 5-27 4 5
1986 CHI A 96 45 51 .469 354 364 6-22 5 5
1987 CHI A 162 77 85 .475 748 746 5
1988 CHI A 161 71 90 .441 631 757 5
1991 PHI N 149 74 75 .497 575 612 4-23 6 3
1992 PHI N 162 70 92 .432 686 717 6
1993 PHI N 162 97 65 .599 877 740 1
1994 PHI N 115 54 61 .470 521 497 4
1995 PHI N 144 69 75 .479 615 658 2
1996 PHI N 162 67 95 .414 650 790 5
1999 TOR A 162 84 78 .519 883 862 3
2000 TOR A 162 83 79 .512 861 908 3
Total (15 Years) 2122 1028 1094 .484 9656 9900
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
League Championship Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1979 CAL A 4 1 3 .250 15 26
1993 PHI N 6 4 2 .667 23 33
Total ( 2 Years) 10 5 5 .500 38 59
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
World Series Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1993 PHI N 6 2 4 .333 36 45
All-Star Game Managerial Record
Year Team G W L PCT RS RA START END STANDING
1994 NL 1 1 0 1.000 8 7
Ejection Information
As player:
Date Team Umpire Reason
9-15-1963 BOX LA A Bill Kinnamon Called third strike
7-29-1973(2) BOX TEX A Frank Umont Fair/foul call
4-26-1974 BOX TEX A Joe Brinkman Balls and strikes
As manager:
Date Team Umpire Reason
7-31-1978 BOX CAL A Mike Reilly Call at 2B
8-27-1978 BOX CAL A Jerry Neudecker Call at HP
9-19-1978 BOX CAL A Larry McCoy Brushback pitch called foul
9-24-1978 BOX CAL A Larry Barnett Call at 2B
5- 9-1979 BOX CAL A John Shulock Call at 3B (Reversed 3B umpire)
6-29-1979 BOX CAL A Rich Garcia Warning to both teams
7-24-1979 BOX CAL A Larry Barnett Balls and strikes
6-14-1980 BOX CAL A Larry Barnett Call in previous game; Pregame meeting
7-12-1980 BOX CAL A Dan Morrison Call at 2B
9- 1-1980 BOX CAL A Durwood Merrill Bench jockeying
10- 4-1980 BOX CAL A George Maloney Balls and strikes
7-22-1986 BOX CHI A Ken Kaiser Balls and strikes
5-29-1987 BOX CHI A Derryl Cousins Call at 2B (Reversed)
6-27-1987 BOX CHI A Ken Kaiser Balls and strikes
7- 1-1987 BOX CHI A Durwood Merrill HBP call
8-13-1987 BOX CHI A Dale Ford Called third strike
9-16-1987 BOX CHI A Drew Coble Fair/foul call (Reversal)
7-30-1988 BOX CHI A Vic Voltaggio Home run call
6- 5-1991 BOX PHI N Doug Harvey Call at 2B (interference)
6-16-1991 BOX PHI N Terry Tata Call at 1B
Date Team Umpire Reason
6-29-1991 BOX PHI N Charlie Reliford Called third strike
7-14-1991 BOX PHI N Steve Rippley Automatic ejection for HBP after warning
7-26-1991 BOX PHI N Terry Tata Balls and strikes
6- 2-1992 BOX PHI N Harry Wendelstedt Call at HP
6- 9-1992 BOX PHI N Joe West Call at 2B
6-13-1992 BOX PHI N Tom Hallion Balls and strikes
9- 6-1992 BOX PHI N Greg Bonin Call at 3B
5- 1-1993 BOX PHI N Bill Hohn Balls and strikes
5-14-1993 BOX PHI N Ed Rapuano Catch/trap
5-22-1993 BOX PHI N Jerry Crawford Argument over batting order
5-31-1993 BOX PHI N Bob Davidson Balk call
7- 9-1993 BOX PHI N Kerwin Danley Throwing at batter after warning
8- 1-1993 BOX PHI N Jeff Kellogg HBP non-call
9-14-1993 BOX PHI N Harry Wendelstedt Balls and strikes
5- 3-1994 BOX PHI N Jim Quick Intentional HBP
4-29-1995 BOX PHI N Mark Widlowski Run scored after 3rd out
6-29-1995 BOX PHI N Ed Rapuano Balk call
7-20-1995 BOX PHI N Dana DeMuth Check swing
5- 6-1996 BOX PHI N Jerry Crawford Called third strike
6-30-1996 BOX PHI N Bill Hohn Check swing
Date Team Umpire Reason
9-14-1996 BOX PHI N Brian Gorman Balls and strikes
9-24-1996 BOX PHI N Frank Pulli Fighting
6-26-1999 BOX TOR A Greg Kosc Balls and strikes
7-30-2000 BOX TOR A Rich Rieker Throwing at batter
8-10-2000 BOX TOR A Mike Everitt Check swing
9-30-2000 BOX TOR A Jim Reynolds Fair/foul call
Transaction Information
Signed as an amateur free agent by Boston Red Sox (1960).
Selected by Los Angeles Angels from Boston Red Sox (35th pick overall) in the
expansion draft (December 14, 1960 ).
Traded by California Angels to New York Mets in exchange for Nolan Ryan , Don Rose ,
Leroy Stanton and Frank Estrada (December 10, 1971 ).
Sold by New York Mets to Texas Rangers (July 11, 1973 ).
Traded by Texas Rangers to Pittsburgh Pirates in exchange for Ed Kirkpatrick (June
15, 1977 ).
Released by Pittsburgh Pirates (June 1, 1978 ).
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