Jim Fregosi

HandednessBats Right · Throws Right

Listed at6 ft 1 in · 190 lb

BornApril 4, 1942 · San Francisco, CA, USA

MLB debutSeptember 14, 1961

Final gameMay 31, 1978

Seasons18 (1961–1978)

Los Angeles Angels 1961–1964; California Angels 1965–1971; New York Mets 1972–1973; Texas Rangers 1973–1976; Pittsburgh Pirates 1977; Texas Rangers 1977; Pittsburgh Pirates 1978

Percentile snapshot

1970 season — qualified batters

158

79.6

679

79.6

601

78.8

75.2

167

70.8

82.3

61.9

60.2

RBI

61.1

63.7

.278

OBP

.353

55.8

SLG

.459

61.1

OPS

.812

58.4

wRC+

128.8

67.3

OPS+

127.1

66.4

wOBA

.369

62.8

sWAR

5.5

85.8

of 114 qualified 1970 batters (min 502 PA)

Career, era-adjusted

wRC+

114.5

70.5

OPS+

112.9

68.3

sWAR

43.9

98.3

wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.

Season by season

Batting

Season	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	wRC+	OPS+	wOBA	sWAR
1961	11	29	27	7	6	0	0	0	3	1	4	0	0	.222	.250	.222	.472	17.2	24.7	.222	-0.1
1962	58	196	175	15	51	3	4	3	23	18	27	2	1	.291	.356	.406	.761	105.1	103.4	.345	1.0
1963	154	642	592	83	170	29	12	9	50	36	104	2	2	.287	.325	.422	.748	113.1	114.0	.333	4.0
1964	147	591	505	86	140	22	9	18	72	72	87	8	3	.277	.369	.463	.833	142.6	139.0	.374	5.8
1965	161	683	602	66	167	19	7	15	64	54	107	13	5	.277	.337	.407	.744	116.8	116.2	.338	4.6
1966	162	696	611	78	154	32	7	13	67	67	89	17	8	.252	.325	.391	.716	110.9	108.0	.327	4.2
1967	151	651	590	75	171	23	6	9	56	49	77	9	6	.290	.349	.395	.744	127.3	123.2	.346	5.2
1968	159	693	614	77	150	21	13	9	49	60	101	9	4	.244	.315	.365	.680	110.8	108.8	.318	4.2
1969	161	685	580	78	151	22	6	12	47	93	86	9	2	.260	.361	.381	.742	116.5	113.0	.349	4.5
1970	158	679	601	95	167	33	5	22	82	69	92	0	2	.278	.353	.459	.812	128.8	127.1	.369	5.5
1971	107	399	347	31	81	15	1	5	33	39	61	2	1	.233	.317	.326	.643	88.7	90.0	.301	1.0
1972	101	382	340	31	79	15	4	5	32	38	71	0	1	.232	.311	.344	.655	91.4	89.4	.309	1.1
1973	90	317	281	32	71	10	3	6	27	32	56	1	3	.253	.328	.374	.702	98.6	98.3	.325	1.1
1974	78	253	230	31	60	5	0	12	34	22	41	0	1	.261	.324	.439	.763	116.9	119.9	.345	1.0
1975	77	217	191	25	50	5	0	7	33	20	39	0	1	.262	.329	.398	.727	101.0	105.8	.329	0.1
1976	58	160	133	17	31	7	0	2	12	23	33	2	0	.233	.342	.331	.673	102.1	97.0	.325	0.1
1977	49	103	84	14	23	2	1	4	21	16	14	2	0	.274	.379	.464	.843	126.9	126.2	.376	0.5
1978	20	26	20	3	4	1	0	0	1	6	8	0	0	.200	.385	.250	.635	99.7	79.0	.333	0.1

Career totals

1,902

331st-most career G

7,402

378th-most career PA

6,523

390th-most career AB

844

1,726

463rd-most career H

264

302nd-most career 3B

151

RBI

706

715

362nd-most career BB

1,097

310th-most career SO

.2646

OBP

.3377

SLG

.3984

OPS

.7361

A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.

Best games

Batting

Date	Game	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	TB
1964-07-28	NYY @ LAA Gameday	4	2	4	1	1	1	2	0	10
1968-05-20	BOS @ LAA Gameday	5	3	4	1	1	1	2	1	10
1964-06-10	LAA @ CLE Gameday	6	1	4	2	0	1	6	0	9
1965-07-24	LAA @ BOS Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	9
1970-06-12	LAA @ DET Gameday	5	2	3	0	0	2	2	0	9

Pitching

Date	Game	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR
1962-05-26	LAA @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-05-27	LAA @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-06-19	LAA @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-06-20	LAA @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962-06-21	LAA @ ATH Gameday	0.0	0	0	0	0	0	0

Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.

Honors

1× Gold Glove6× All-Star

Major awards only — the awards table also records Player of the Week, and forty of those would bury seven MVPs. Hover for the years.