Jimmy Gobble - The Baseball Cube

PositionsP-375Position when DraftedPPlayer Listed UnderMajor Leaguers
Proper NameBilly James Gobble
Height6-3Weight190BatsLeftThrowsLeft
Born DateJuly 19,1981 [38.148]PlaceBristol,Tennessee
High SchoolBattle (Bristol,VA)

DraftedSelected by the Kansas City Royals [Team Picks] in the 1st round (43rd overall) of the 1999 Amateur Entry Draft [Signed]
Signing Bonus$725,000Signing ScoutsPaul FaulkService Time3.142 (2007)
Prospect Rankings[BA] 2001-KCA-#4 ... 2002-MLB-#50 ... 2002-KCA-#2 ... 2003-KCA-#3
MLB DebutAugust 3,2003 [22.015]
OrganizationsKCA [10] COL [1] CHA [1] Awards1
TBC Player ID5447Retrosheet IDgobbj001MLBAM ID425471
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Pitching Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SH	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	Wpct	FIP
1999	Gulf Coast Royals	GCL	Rk	kca	-	S/R	17	0	0	2.70	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	6.2	6	3	2	0	5	8	1	1	0	1.65	8.10	--	6.75	10.80	1.60	-	-
2000	Charleston (Wv) AlleyCats	SAL	A	kca	-	ST	18	12	10	3.66	25	25	0	3	2	0	0	145.0	144	75	59	10	34	115	1	1	0	1.23	8.94	0.62	2.11	7.14	3.38	.545	-
2001	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	14	ST	19	10	6	2.55	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	162.0	134	58	46	8	33	154	7	0	0	1.03	7.43	0.44	1.83	8.54	4.67	.625	-
2002	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	13	ST	20	5	7	3.38	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	69.0	71	29	26	3	19	52	5	0	0	1.30	9.22	0.39	2.47	6.75	2.74	.417	-
2003	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	-	ST	21	12	8	3.19	22	22	0	2	1	0	0	132.2	128	57	47	11	40	100	5	0	0	1.27	8.68	0.75	2.71	6.78	2.50	.600	-
2003	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	41	ST	21	4	5	4.61	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	52.2	56	32	27	8	15	31	1	0	0	1.35	9.57	1.37	2.56	5.30	2.07	.444	4.68
2004	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	-	ST	22	3	1	4.58	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	19.2	25	20	10	5	7	15	0	0	0	1.63	11.44	2.29	3.20	6.86	2.14	.750	-
2004	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	41	ST	22	9	8	5.35	25	24	1	1	0	0	0	148.0	157	94	88	24	43	49	4	0	0	1.35	9.55	1.46	2.61	2.98	1.14	.529	5.37
2005	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	14	ST	23	2	7	6.63	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	58.0	76	48	43	8	21	45	5	0	0	1.66	11.73	1.23	3.24	6.94	2.14	.222	-
2005	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	41	Rel	23	1	1	5.70	28	4	24	0	0	11	0	53.2	64	34	34	9	30	38	2	0	0	1.75	10.73	1.51	5.03	6.37	1.27	.500	5.46
2006	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	41	Rel	24	4	6	5.14	60	6	54	0	0	17	2	84.0	95	51	48	12	29	80	4	0	0	1.48	10.18	1.29	3.11	8.57	2.76	.400	4.14
2007	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	41	Rel	25	4	1	3.02	74	0	74	0	0	12	1	53.2	56	23	18	6	23	50	6	1	0	1.47	9.39	1.01	3.86	8.39	2.17	.800	4.12
2008	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	-	S/R	26	1	1	5.65	8	4	4	0	0	0	0	14.0	16	9	9	1	9	16	0	0	0	1.74	10.05	0.63	5.65	10.05	1.78	.500	-
2008	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	41	Rel	26	0	2	8.81	39	0	39	0	0	10	1	31.2	39	31	31	5	23	27	6	0	0	1.96	11.08	1.42	6.54	7.67	1.17	.000	5.66
2009	Charlotte Knights	IL	AAA	cha	26	Rel	27	0	1	5.25	11	0	11	0	0	5	1	12.0	8	8	7	2	4	19	2	0	0	1.00	6.00	1.50	3.00	14.25	4.75	.000	-
2009	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	39	Rel	27	0	0	7.50	12	0	12	0	0	3	0	12.0	14	10	10	3	7	10	2	0	0	1.75	10.50	2.25	5.25	7.50	1.43	-	6.43
2010	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	PCL	AAA	col	29	Rel	28	0	0	4.50	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2.0	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.50	13.50	--	--	--	0.00	-	-
MLB Totals - 7 Season(s)Filter								22	23	5.29	247	43	204	1	0	53	4	433.2	481	275	256	67	170	285	25	1	0	1.49	9.94	1.38	3.51	5.89	1.68	.489	1.86
Minor League Totals - 10 Season(s)Filter								45	41	3.62	128	108	20	5	3	5	1	620.0	611	308	250	48	172	524	26	2	0	1.26	8.84	0.69	2.49	7.58	3.05	.523	-
AAA Totals - 5 Season(s)Filter								6	10	5.92	37	20	17	0	0	5	1	105.0	128	86	70	16	41	95	7	0	0	1.59	10.83	1.35	3.47	8.04	2.32	.375	-
AA Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								17	15	3.25	35	35	0	2	1	0	0	201.1	199	86	73	14	59	152	10	0	0	1.28	8.87	0.62	2.63	6.77	2.58	.531	-
A+ Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								10	6	2.55	27	27	0	0	0	0	0	162.0	134	58	46	8	33	154	7	0	0	1.03	7.43	0.44	1.83	8.54	4.67	.625	-
A Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								12	10	3.66	25	25	0	3	2	0	0	145.0	144	75	59	10	34	115	1	1	0	1.23	8.94	0.62	2.11	7.14	3.38	.545	-
Rk Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	0	2.70	4	1	3	0	0	0	0	6.2	6	3	2	0	5	8	1	1	0	1.65	8.10	--	6.75	10.80	1.60	-	-
Kansas City Royals Totals - 6 Season(s)Filter								22	23	5.23	235	43	192	1	0	50	4	421.2	467	265	246	64	163	275	23	1	0	1.49	9.92	1.36	3.46	5.84	1.69	.489	-
Chicago White Sox Totals - 1 Season(s)Filter								0	0	7.50	12	0	12	0	0	3	0	12.0	14	10	10	3	7	10	2	0	0	1.75	10.50	2.25	5.25	7.50	1.43	-	-
Average MLB - Per ~220 innings								11	12	5.29	125	22	103	1	0	27	2	220.0	243	139	129	34	86	144	13	1	0	1.49	9.94	1.38	3.51	5.89	1.68	.478	1.86
Average Minor - Per ~220 innings								16	14	3.62	45	38	7	2	1	2	0	220.0	216	109	88	17	61	185	9	1	0	1.26	8.84	0.69	2.49	7.58	3.05	.533	-

Batting Statistics

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Year	Team	League	Lvl	Org	Unif	Pos	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	wOBA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
2004	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	41	p	22	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	50.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
2006	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	41	p	24	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Totals - 2 Season(s)Filter								5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Average MLB - Per 162 games								162	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	0	32	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	97	.000	.000	.000	.000	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

Fielding Statistics

Year	Team Name	Lg	Level	Org	Age	Pos	G	GS	Inn	PO	A	E	DP	TC	TSC	FPct	RFg	RFi	SB	CS	SB%	PB	GP	Pos-Share	Tm-Share
1999	Gulf Coast Royals	GCL	Rk	kca	17	P	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.25	-	-	-	--	-	4	100.0	6.7
2000	Charleston (Wv) AlleyCats	SAL	A	kca	18	P	25	-	-	2	16	2	-	20	18	.900	0.72	-	-	-	--	-	25	100.0	18.8
2001	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	19	P	27	-	-	11	18	-	-	29	29	1.000	1.07	-	-	-	--	-	27	100.0	19.3
2002	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	20	P	13	-	-	6	11	2	1	19	17	.895	1.31	-	-	-	--	-	13	100.0	9.4
2003	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	21	P	22	-	-	6	17	-	1	23	23	1.000	1.05	-	-	-	--	-	22	100.0	18.2
2003	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	21	P	9	9	52	3	4	-	-	7	7	1.000	0.78	0.13	-	-	--	-	9	100.0	5.6
2004	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	22	P	4	-	-	1	1	-	-	2	2	1.000	0.50	-	-	-	--	-	4	100.0	2.8
2004	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	22	P	25	24	148	8	10	3	-	21	18	.857	0.72	0.12	-	-	--	-	25	100.0	15.4
2005	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	23	P	12	-	-	-	5	1	1	6	5	.833	0.42	-	-	-	--	-	12	100.0	8.3
2005	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	23	P	28	4	53	2	4	2	1	8	6	.750	0.21	0.11	-	-	--	-	28	100.0	17.3
2006	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	24	P	60	6	84	4	10	-	1	14	14	1.000	0.23	0.17	-	-	--	-	60	100.0	37.0
2007	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	25	P	74	-	54	2	9	1	2	12	11	.917	0.15	0.20	-	-	--	-	74	100.0	45.7
2008	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	26	P	8	-	-	-	2	-	-	2	2	1.000	0.25	-	-	-	--	-	8	100.0	5.6
2008	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	26	P	39	-	31	-	2	-	-	2	2	1.000	0.05	0.06	-	-	--	-	39	100.0	24.1
2009	Charlotte Knights	IL	AAA	cha	27	P	11	-	-	-	1	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.09	-	-	-	--	-	11	100.0	7.7
2009	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	27	P	12	-	12	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	12	100.0	7.4
2010	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	PCL	AAA	col	28	P	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-		-	-	-	-	--	-	2	100.0	1.4
MLB Totals for P - 7 season(s)				-	�	P	247	43	434	19	39	6	4	64	58	.906	0.23	0.13	-	-	--	-	247	0.0	0.0
AAA Totals for P - 5 season(s)				-	�	P	37	-	-	1	9	1	1	11	10	.909	0.27	-	-	-	--	-	37	0.0	0.0
AA Totals for P - 2 season(s)				-	�	P	35	-	-	12	28	2	2	42	40	.952	1.14	-	-	-	--	-	35	0.0	0.0
A+ Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	27	-	-	11	18	-	-	29	29	1.000	1.07	-	-	-	--	-	27	0.0	0.0
A Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	25	-	-	2	16	2	-	20	18	.900	0.72	-	-	-	--	-	25	0.0	0.0
Rk Totals for P - 1 season(s)				-	�	P	4	-	-	1	-	-	-	1	1	1.000	0.25	-	-	-	--	-	4	0.0	0.0

Fielding Statistics - Position Grid

Year	Team Name	League	Level	Org	Age	P	C	1B	2B	SS	3B	LF	CF	RF	OF	DH
1999	Gulf Coast Royals	GCL	Rk	kca	17	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2000	Charleston (Wv) AlleyCats	SAL	A	kca	18	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2001	Wilmington Blue Rocks	Caro	A+	kca	19	27	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2002	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	20	13	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Wichita Wranglers	Tex	AA	kca	21	22	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2003	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	21	9	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	22	4	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2004	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	22	25	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	23	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2005	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	23	28	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2006	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	24	60	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2007	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	25	74	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Omaha Royals	PCL	AAA	kca	26	8	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2008	Kansas City Royals	AL	MLB	kca	26	39	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Charlotte Knights	IL	AAA	cha	27	11	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2009	Chicago White Sox	AL	MLB	cha	27	12	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
2010	Colorado Springs Sky Sox	PCL	AAA	col	28	2	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	W	L	ERA	G	GS	GR	CG	SHO	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	WP	BK	HB	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	K-BB	RA9	WPct
2006	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	MLB	24	0	0	4.50	8	0	8	0	0	2	0	10.0	8	5	5	2	3	6	1	0		1.10	7.20	1.80	2.70	5.40	2.00	4.50	.000
2007	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	MLB	25	2	1	3.46	9	0	9	0	0	1	0	13.0	13	6	5	3	3	10	0	0		1.23	9.00	2.08	2.08	6.92	3.33	4.15	.667
2008	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	MLB	26	0	1	4.32	10	0	10	0	0	3	0	8.1	10	7	4	1	9	10	1	0		2.35	10.80	1.08	9.72	10.80	1.11	7.56	.000
2009	Texas Rangers	MLB Spring Training	MLB	27	0	0	0.00	0	2	-2	0	0	2	0	7.0	9	1	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.29	11.57	0.00	0.00	0.00	0	1.29	.000
2010	Colorado Rockies	MLB Spring Training	MLB	28	0	0	0.00	3	0	3	0	0	0	1	2.2	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0		0.91	0.00	0.00	6.75	6.75	1.00	0.00	.000
MLB Spring Training Totals - 5 yrs					2	2	3.07	30	2	28	0	0	8	1	41.0	40	19	14	6	17	28	3	0		1.39	8.78	1.32	3.73	6.15	1.65	4.17	.500

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Year	Team	League	Category	Age	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	DP	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	XBH	PA	babip	ISO	SecA	BB%	SO%	K-BB	HR%	AB/HR	XBH%
2007	Kansas City Royals	MLB Spring Training	MLB	25	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
MLB Spring Training Totals - 2 yrs					6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00

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Year	Awards (Notes)	# Awards
2003	Texas League All-Star (P)	1

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Tranx Date	Pos	Organization	Assignment	40m	Status	Type	Transaction Description	Age	Roster for Current Team
2010-01-29						Contract	Signed by Rockies		�
2009-03-30							Released by Rangers		�
2009-03-21						Contract	Signed by Rangers to minor league contract		�
2009-03-18							Released by Royals		�
2008-09-02						Injured	Activated from DL		�
2008-07-22						Injured	Disabled -- Stiff lower back		�
2007-01-11						Contract	Signed by Royals (1-year)		�
1999-06-21						Contract	signed		�

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Year	Team Name	Payroll	Age	Salary	Serv	MLB Rk	Tm Rk	Centile	Above	League Avg	League Min	Career*	Contracts
1999	Kansas City Royals	-	17	725,000	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	725,000	Signing Bonus out of 1999 Draft (1st round - 43rd overall)
2003	Kansas City Royals	Team Payroll	21	300,000	-	703	43	-		2,163,527	300,000	1,025,000
2004	Kansas City Royals	Team Payroll	22	304,000	-	721	25	21		2,070,100	300,000	1,329,000
2005	Kansas City Royals	Team Payroll	23	300,000	-	794	35	-		2,189,055	300,000	1,629,000
2006	Kansas City Royals	Team Payroll	24	345,500	-	615	24	24		2,365,072	327,000	1,974,500
2007	Kansas City Royals	Team Payroll	25	712,500	3.142	470	13	42		2,459,737	380,000	2,687,000
2008	Kansas City Royals	Team Payroll	26	1,312,500	-	368	14	60		2,696,252	390,000	3,999,500
2009	Chicago White Sox	Team Payroll	27	400,000	-	724	32	-		2,746,792	400,000	4,399,500

* Career earnings are a simple calculation of available yearly salaries listed here. They include only base salary and draft signing bonus. Minor league salaries are excluded. The value is not meant to reflect a player's actual career earnings.
* League minimum salaries are displayed in red

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Jimmy GobbleTrack this Player High Level: MLB Stat Years: 1999-2010 MLB Years: 2003-2009
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