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 James P. Archer

Chicago N.L.

1912: Personal Best-.283 BA, 5 HR's


JIMMY ARCHER Archer, James Patrick b: 5/13/1883, Dublin, Ireland d: 3/29/58, Milwaukee, Wis. BR/TR, 5'10", 168 lbs. Deb: 9/6/04 ============================================================================== YEAR TM/L G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO AVG ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1904 Pit-N 7 20 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 .150 1907 *Det-A 18 42 6 5 0 0 0 0 4 .119 1909 Chi-N 80 261 31 60 9 2 1 30 12 .230 1910 *Chi-N 98 313 36 81 17 6 2 41 14 49 .259 1911 Chi-N 116 387 41 98 18 5 4 41 18 43 .253 1912 Chi-N 120 385 35 109 20 1 6 58 22 36 .283 1913 Chi-N 111 368 38 98 14 7 2 44 19 27 .266 1914 Chi-N 79 248 17 64 9 2 0 19 9 9 .258 1915 Chi-N 97 309 21 75 11 5 1 27 11 38 .243 1916 Chi-N 77 205 11 45 6 2 1 30 12 24 .220 1917 Chi-N 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 1918 Pit-N 24 58 4 9 1 2 0 3 1 6 .155 Bro-N 9 22 3 6 0 1 0 0 1 5 .273 Cin-N 9 26 2 7 1 0 0 2 1 3 .269 Yr 42 106 9 22 2 3 0 5 3 14 .208 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Total 12 847 2646 246 660 106 33 17 296 124 ?241 .249


Considered by his baseball peers as having the best arm of any catcher of his time, Jimmy was a fiery player for his 12 productive years in the majors. In 1912, Jimmy led all catchers with an assist mark of 149. His ability to whip lightning-fast snap throws to any base were his trademark.