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Jim Gilliam

Jim Gilliam

1946–1966 · Bats B · Throws R · 5'10", 175 lb · b. 1928 Nashville, TN

Career 2,094 G · 2,021 H · 65 HR · 624 RBI · .266 AVG

Seasons leading his league

13

1 best in baseball 12 league only

62 Top-5 finishes

6 Title seasons

8 Categories led

1948 Best season

Spanning 1947–1960, peaking at 5 titles in 1948.

Team records #4 Dodgers career R #8 Dodgers career H #9 Baltimore Elite Giants career SB #9 Baltimore Elite Giants 1948 SB #10 Baltimore Elite Giants 1948 R

All-Time Standing

Against every player since 1871

Among league leaders

329th League titles 13
1,857th Best in baseball 1
220th Top-5 finishes 62

Each rank is against the players who have achieved that thing at least once.

Career leaderboards

80th Second Base Fielding Percentage .977
83rd Second Base Range Factor 4.84
86th Walks 1,102
89th Second Base Double Plays 696
98th Second Base Putouts 2,549
111th Second Base Assists 3,096
153rd Runs 1,255
208th Third Base Assists 1,269
211th Third Base Double Plays 110
237th Third Base Putouts 536
281st Triples 80
284th Hits 2,021
316th Stolen Bases 219
395th Doubles 325
451st Total Bases 2,701
466th On-Base Percentage .360

All-time career totals, top 500 per category.

Where He Led

led all of MLB led his league

Category	Titles	Best	Streak	Seasons
Second Base Putouts	3	1st	2 yrs (1947–1948)	1947 NN2 122 1948 NN2 130 1957 NL 407 1953 #2
Second Base Fielding Percentage	2	1st	—	1948 NN2 .965 1957 NL .986 1953 #3 1963 #2
Second Base Double Plays	2	1st	2 yrs (1947–1948)	1947 NN2 24 1948 NN2 39 1953 #2
Second Base Assists	2	1st	2 yrs (1947–1948)	1947 NN2 152 1948 NN2 197 1953 #2
Third Base Fielding Percentage	1	1st	—	1960 NL .960
Walks	1	1st	—	1959 NL 96 1948 #2 1953 #2 1956 #2 1960 #3 1962 #2
Second Base Range Factor	1	1st	—	1948 NN2 5.64 1953 #3 1957 #3
Triples	1	1st	—	1953 17
Third Base Range Factor	—	#3	—	1960 #3
On-Base Percentage	—	#2	—	1956 #2
Stolen Bases	—	#2	—	1948 #3 1953 #3 1956 #2 1957 #2 1959 #2
Runs	—	#2	—	1948 #2

Title Seasons

6 seasons with at least one title

Year	Titles	Led in
1960	1	3B FPCT .960
1959	1	BB 96
1957	2	2B PO 407 2B FPCT .986
1953	1	3B 17
1948	5	2B A 197 2B PO 130 2B DP 39 2B FPCT .965 2B RF 5.64
1947	3	2B A 152 2B PO 122 2B DP 24

Batting

led the league 17 seasons

Year	Team	Lg	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
1946	BEG	NN2	21	48	4	14	2	2	0	6	5	0	1	.292	.370	.417	.787
1947	BEG	NN2	59	214	40	55	10	3	0	27	26	0	7	.257	.340	.332	.672
1948	BEG	NN2	58	219	48	63	9	4	0	33	35	0	8	.288	.388	.365	.754
1953	BRO	NL	151	605	125	168	31	17	6	63	100	38	21	.278	.383	.415	.798
1954	BRO	NL	146	607	107	171	28	8	13	52	76	30	8	.282	.361	.418	.779
1955	BRO	NL	147	538	110	134	20	8	7	40	70	37	15	.249	.341	.355	.696
1956	BRO	NL	153	594	102	178	23	8	6	43	95	39	21	.300	.399	.396	.794
1957	BRO	NL	149	617	89	154	26	4	2	37	64	31	26	.250	.323	.314	.637
1958	LAN	NL	147	555	81	145	25	5	2	43	78	22	18	.261	.352	.335	.687
1959	LAN	NL	145	553	91	156	18	4	3	34	96	25	23	.282	.387	.345	.732
1960	LAN	NL	151	557	96	138	20	2	5	40	96	28	12	.248	.359	.318	.677
1961	LAN	NL	144	439	74	107	26	3	4	32	79	34	8	.244	.358	.344	.702
1962	LAN	NL	160	588	83	159	24	1	4	43	93	35	17	.270	.370	.335	.705
1963	LAN	NL	148	525	77	148	27	4	6	49	60	28	19	.282	.354	.383	.737
1964	LAN	NL	116	334	44	76	8	3	2	27	42	21	4	.228	.318	.287	.605
1965	LAN	NL	111	372	54	104	19	4	4	39	53	31	9	.280	.374	.384	.758
1966	LAN	NL	88	235	30	51	9	0	1	16	34	17	2	.217	.315	.268	.583
Career	—	—	2,094	7,600	1,255	2,021	325	80	65	624	1,102	416	219	.266	.360	.355	.715

Fielding

5 positions

Year	Team	Lg	Pos	G	GS	INN	PO	A	E	DP	TC	FLD%	RF
1946	BEG	NN2	2B	11	8	77.0	18	23	1	5	42	.976	3.73
			3B	6	4	26.0	3	4	1	0	8	.875	1.17
			SS	3	2	18.0	3	6	1	0	10	.900	3.00
1947	BEG	NN2	2B	51	51	442.1	122	152	12	24	286	.958	5.37
			SS	9	8	69.2	18	24	0	5	42	1.000	4.67
1948	BEG	NN2	2B	58	58	508.2	130	197	12	39	339	.965	5.64
1953	BRO	NL	2B	149	—	—	332	426	19	102	777	.976	5.09
1954	BRO	NL	2B	143	139	1261.0	340	388	17	99	745	.977	5.09
			OF	4	5	40.2	9	0	0	0	9	1.000	2.25
1955	BRO	NL	2B	99	91	833.2	213	269	16	64	498	.968	4.87
			OF	46	43	368.2	96	2	3	0	101	.970	2.13
1956	BRO	NL	2B	102	98	865.0	233	326	11	64	570	.981	5.48
			OF	56	54	451.2	107	6	1	1	114	.991	2.02
1957	BRO	NL	2B	148	148	1328.1	407	390	11	90	808	.986	5.39
			OF	2	1	18.0	9	0	0	0	9	1.000	4.50
1958	LAN	NL	OF	75	71	619.2	142	5	2	2	149	.987	1.96
			3B	44	39	353.1	38	103	9	16	150	.940	3.20
			2B	32	26	243.0	65	68	1	19	134	.993	4.16
1959	LAN	NL	3B	132	127	1156.1	121	245	16	18	382	.958	2.77
			2B	8	6	63.0	16	13	1	2	30	.967	3.63
			OF	3	4	30.0	6	0	0	0	6	1.000	2.00
1960	LAN	NL	3B	130	119	1065.1	101	262	15	21	378	.960	2.79
			2B	30	23	234.1	51	69	1	12	121	.992	4.00
1961	LAN	NL	3B	74	35	406.1	48	104	7	9	159	.956	2.05
			2B	71	66	550.0	133	179	6	45	318	.981	4.39
			OF	11	9	63.0	14	0	0	0	14	1.000	1.27
1962	LAN	NL	2B	113	96	817.2	192	262	9	60	463	.981	4.02
			3B	90	60	544.0	51	126	11	12	188	.941	1.97
			OF	1	0	2.0	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1963	LAN	NL	2B	119	110	928.0	242	277	8	61	527	.985	4.36
			3B	55	27	264.2	25	66	5	6	96	.948	1.65
1964	LAN	NL	3B	86	62	614.0	54	121	12	7	187	.936	2.03
			2B	25	17	178.0	47	50	6	8	103	.942	3.88
			OF	2	0	1.1	0	0	0	0	0	—	0.00
1965	LAN	NL	3B	80	77	587.1	55	135	8	13	198	.960	2.38
			OF	22	20	168.0	24	0	1	0	25	.960	1.09
			2B	5	3	20.2	6	7	1	2	14	.929	2.60
1966	LAN	NL	3B	70	52	477.1	40	103	7	8	150	.953	2.04
			1B	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50
			2B	2	0	1.0	2	0	0	0	2	1.000	1.00
Career	—	—	2B	1,166	940	8351.2	2,549	3,096	132	696	5,777	.977	4.84
	—	—	3B	767	602	5494.2	536	1,269	91	110	1,896	.952	2.35
	—	—	OF	222	207	1763.0	407	13	7	3	427	.984	1.89
	—	—	SS	12	10	87.2	21	30	1	5	52	.981	4.25
	—	—	1B	2	0	4.0	1	0	0	0	1	1.000	0.50