The New York Mets Hall of Records: Jim Bibby

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Jim Bibby

James Blair Bibby
Batted: Right
Threw: Right
Height: 6'5"
Weight: 235 lbs.
Born: October 9, 1944 in Franklinton, NC
Signed: 1965 by the Mets
Departed: traded to the St. Louis Cardinals with Rich Folkers, Charlie Hudson, and Art Shamsky for Jim Beauchamp, Chip Coulter, Harry Parker, and Chuck Taylor
Died: February 16, 2010 in Lynchburg, VA

The only two-season Mets Phantom, Jim was also a two-time 19-game winner in the big leagues, showing that his calls to the Mets were not without hope. He never actually threw a pitch in the majors until his age-27 season, but lasted over a decade after that, winning over a hundred games and finishing up ten games over .500. He's shown here on 1975 Topps, just after that first 19-win season. A card following his second such campaign shows up among those below, also noting that he was chosen to the All-Star team that season.

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PITCHING RECORD

YEAR CLUB     G GS CG    IP   W   L  PCT    H   R ER SO BB ShO SV   ERA
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1972 StL NL   6 6 0   40.1 1 3 .250 29 18 15 28 19   0 0 3.35
1973 2teams 32 26 11  196.1 9 12 .429  140 90 82  167 123   2 1 3.76
1974 Tex AL 41 41 11  264.0 19 19 .500  255 146 139 149 113   5 0 4.74
1975 2teams 36 24 6  181.0 7 15 .318  172 89 78 93 78   1 1 3.88
1976 Cle AL 34 21 4  163.1 13   7 .650  162 61 58 84 56   3 1 3.20
1977 Cle AL 37 30 9  206.2 12  13 .480  197 100 82 141 73   2 2 3.57
1978 Pit NL 34 14 3  107.0 8 7 .533  100 52 42 72 39   2 1 3.53
1979 Pit NL 34 17 4  137.2 12 4 .750  110 51 43 103 47   1 0 2.81
1980 Pit NL 35 34 6  238.1 19 6 .760  210 95 88 144 88   1 0 3.32
1981 Pit NL 14 14 2   93.2 6 3 .667 79 30 26 48 26   2  0 2.50
1983 Pit NL 29 12 0   78.0 5 12 .294   92 60 58 44 51   0 2 6.69
1984 Tex AL 8   0  0   16.1 0   0 ----   19 8 8 10   8   0 0 4.41
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CAREER TOTS 340 239 56 1722.2 111 101 .524 1565 800 719 1079 723 19 8 3.76

SPLIT SEASONS

YEAR CLUB     G GS CG    IP   W   L  PCT    H   R ER SO BB ShO SV   ERA
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1973 StL NL   6 3 0   16.0 0 2 .000   19 17 17   12 17   0 0 9.56
1973 Tex AL 26 23 11  180.1 9 10 .474  121 73 65  155 106   2 1  3.24
1975 Tex AL 12 12 4   68.1 2 6 .250   73 41 38   31  28   1 0  5.00
1975 Cle AL 24 12 2  112.2 5 9 .357   99 48 40   62  50   0 1  3.20

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This is a list of the Jim Bibby cards that I already have in my collection. If you have any cards that are not listed here, and you are willing to donate or trade them, contact me at Rounding Third. Items that are struck through are no longer a part of the Rounding Third collection, having been sold for charity.