Jim O'Toole was born on Sunday, January 10, 1937, in Chicago, Illinois. O'Toole was 21 years old when he broke into the big leagues on September 26, 1958, with the Cincinnati Redlegs. His biographical data, year-by-year hitting stats, fielding stats, pitching stats (where applicable), career totals, uniform numbers, salary data and miscellaneous items-of-interest are presented by Baseball Almanac on this comprehensive Jim O'Toole baseball stats page.
"I'd look them in the eye and say, 'I don't know what your son will be, but I am going to make it to the Big leagues. ' I had the determination." - O'Toole, Jim. Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame Directory. Reds Hall of Fame and Museum Site. 2012.
Jim O'TooleJim O'Toole Autograph on a 1960 Topps Baseball Card (#325 | Checklist) |
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Jim O'TooleJim O'Toole Pitching Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD |
1958 | 21 | Redlegs | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .000 | 1.29 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7.0 | 31 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1959 | 22 | Reds | 28 | 19 | 4 | 5 | 8 | .385 | 5.15 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 129.1 | 592 | 144 | 74 | 78 | 14 | 73 | 2 | 68 | 8 | 4 | 1 | - |
1960 | 23 | Reds | 34 | 31 | 1 | 12 | 12 | .500 | 3.80 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 196.1 | 834 | 198 | 83 | 94 | 14 | 66 | 4 | 124 | 7 | 4 | 0 | - |
1961 | 24 | Reds | 39 | 35 | 2 | 19 | 9 | .679 | 3.10 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 252.2 | 1,061 | 229 | 87 | 101 | 16 | 93 | 7 | 178 | 6 | 3 | 2 | - |
1962 | 25 | Reds | 36 | 34 | 1 | 16 | 13 | .552 | 3.50 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 251.2 | 1,039 | 222 | 98 | 115 | 20 | 87 | 4 | 170 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - |
1963 | 26 | Reds | 33 | 32 | 0 | 17 | 14 | .548 | 2.88 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 234.1 | 955 | 208 | 75 | 85 | 13 | 57 | 4 | 146 | 8 | 3 | 2 | - |
1964 | 27 | Reds | 30 | 30 | 0 | 17 | 7 | .708 | 2.66 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 220.0 | 888 | 194 | 65 | 71 | 8 | 51 | 7 | 145 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
1965 | 28 | Reds | 29 | 22 | 2 | 3 | 10 | .231 | 5.92 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 127.2 | 585 | 154 | 84 | 98 | 14 | 47 | 4 | 71 | 4 | 3 | 1 | - |
1966 | 29 | Reds | 25 | 24 | 1 | 5 | 7 | .417 | 3.55 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 142.0 | 606 | 139 | 56 | 65 | 16 | 49 | 6 | 96 | 3 | 3 | 1 | - |
1967 | 30 | White Sox | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 3 | .571 | 2.82 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 54.1 | 233 | 53 | 17 | 21 | 4 | 18 | 2 | 37 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - |
Career | G | GS | GF | W | L | PCT | ERA | CG | SHO | SV | IP | BFP | H | ER | R | HR | BB | IBB | SO | WP | HB | BK | HLD | ||
10 Years | 270 | 238 | 12 | 98 | 84 | .538 | 3.57 | 58 | 18 | 4 | 1,615.1 | 6,824 | 1,545 | 640 | 730 | 119 | 546 | 40 | 1,039 | 42 | 26 | 11 | 0 |
Jim O'TooleJim O'Toole Hitting Stats |
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Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG |
1958 | 21 | Redlegs | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .000 | .000 | .000 |
1959 | 22 | Reds | 29 | 37 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .135 | .220 | .135 |
1960 | 23 | Reds | 34 | 66 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .106 | .132 | .106 |
1961 | 24 | Reds | 39 | 93 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 5 | .172 | .206 | .183 |
1962 | 25 | Reds | 36 | 91 | 3 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 36 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .110 | .120 | .110 |
1963 | 26 | Reds | 33 | 74 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .149 | .160 | .149 |
1964 | 27 | Reds | 30 | 70 | 2 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 27 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .100 | .171 | .129 |
1965 | 28 | Reds | 29 | 45 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .089 | .146 | .089 |
1966 | 29 | Reds | 25 | 47 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .128 | .146 | .149 |
1967 | 30 | White Sox | 15 | 13 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .077 | .077 | .077 |
Career | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | GRSL | RBI | BB | IBB | SO | SH | SF | HBP | GIDP | AVG | OBP | SLG | ||
10 Years | 271 | 538 | 25 | 67 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 20 | 0 | 202 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 9 | .125 | .159 | .132 |
Jim O'TooleJim O'Toole Fielding Stats |
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Team | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
1958 Redlegs | P | 1 | 1 | 21 | 0 | 0.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .000 | 0.00 |
1959 Reds | P | 28 | 19 | 388 | 29 | 1.0 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 0 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | 1.000 | 2.02 |
1960 Reds | P | 34 | 31 | 589 | 36 | 1.1 | 31 | 8 | 23 | 5 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .861 | 1.42 |
1961 Reds | P | 39 | 35 | 758 | 60 | 1.5 | 58 | 16 | 42 | 2 | 2 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .967 | 2.07 |
1962 Reds | P | 36 | 34 | 755 | 44 | 1.2 | 43 | 10 | 33 | 1 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .977 | 1.54 |
1963 Reds | P | 33 | 32 | 703 | 48 | 1.5 | 43 | 14 | 29 | 5 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .896 | 1.65 |
1964 Reds | P | 30 | 30 | 660 | 43 | 1.4 | 41 | 12 | 29 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .953 | 1.68 |
1965 Reds | P | 29 | 22 | 383 | 24 | 0.8 | 22 | 5 | 17 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .917 | 1.55 |
1966 Reds | P | 25 | 24 | 426 | 26 | 1.0 | 25 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 0 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .962 | 1.58 |
1967 White Sox | P | 15 | 10 | 163 | 13 | 0.9 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .846 | 1.82 |
Career | POS | G | GS | OUTS | TC | TC/G | CH | PO | A | E | DP | PB | CASB | CACS | FLD% | RF |
P Totals | 270 | 238 | 4,846 | 323 | 1.2 | 303 | 80 | 223 | 20 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 1.69 | |
10 Years | 270 | 238 | 4,846 | 323 | 1.2 | 303 | 80 | 223 | 20 | 10 | n/a | n/a | n/a | .938 | 1.69 |
Jim O'TooleJim O'Toole Miscellaneous Stats |
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Baserunning Statistics | Other Positions | Common Hitting Ratios | Common Pitching Ratios | |||||||||
Team | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
1958 Redlegs | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.80 | 5.14 | 6.43 |
1959 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.4 | 12.3 | 0.93 | 4.73 | 5.08 |
1960 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.2 | 33.0 | 1.88 | 5.68 | 3.03 |
1961 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.2 | 15.5 | 1.91 | 6.34 | 3.31 |
1962 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.5 | 22.8 | 1.95 | 6.08 | 3.11 |
1963 Reds | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.6 | 37.0 | 2.56 | 5.61 | 2.19 |
1964 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.6 | 35.0 | 2.84 | 5.93 | 2.09 |
1965 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 3.2 | 0.0 | 1.51 | 5.01 | 3.31 |
1966 Reds | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.5 | 47.0 | 1.96 | 6.08 | 3.11 |
1967 White Sox | 0 | 0 | .000 | 0 | 0 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.6 | 13.0 | 2.06 | 6.13 | 2.98 |
Career | SB | CS | SB% | PH | PR | DH | AB/HR | AB/K | AB/RBI | K/BB | K/9 | BB/9 |
10 Years | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0 | 1 | n/a | 0.0 | 2.7 | 25.6 | 1.90 | 5.79 | 3.04 |
Jim O'TooleJim O'Toole Miscellaneous Items of Interest |
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Team | Roster | Uniform Numbers | Salary | All-Star | World Series |
1958 Cincinnati Redlegs | 31 | Undetermined | - | - |
1959 Cincinnati Reds | 31 | Undetermined | - | - |
1960 Cincinnati Reds | 31 | Undetermined | - | - |
1961 Cincinnati Reds | 31 | Undetermined | - | Stats |
1962 Cincinnati Reds | 31 | Undetermined | - | - |
1963 Cincinnati Reds | 31 | Undetermined | Stats | - |
1964 Cincinnati Reds | 31 | Undetermined | - | - |
1965 Cincinnati Reds | 31 | $35,000.00 | - | - |
1966 Cincinnati Reds | 31 | $29,000.00 | - | - |
1967 Chicago White Sox | 18, 21 | $26,000.00 | - | - |
Jim O'Toole Stats by Baseball Almanac |
James Jerome O'Toole was a Major League baseball player who pitched for the Cincinnati Reds (1958-1966) and Chicago White Sox (1967). Jim, his nickname, went to Leo High School in Chicago, Illinois, and eventually became their first big leaguer. The big lefty pitched first at the University of Wisconsin, their tenth twirler to appear in the bigs, but their first to pitch in an All-Star Game (1963).
In 1970, Jim O'Toole was inducted into the Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame, joining Paul Derringer (1958), Johnny Vander Meer (1958), Bucky Walters (1958), Eppa Rixey (1959), Ewell Blackwell (1960), Noodles Hahn (1963), Pete Donohue (1964), Red Lucas (1965), Dolf Luque (1967) and Joe Nuxhall (1968).
Jim O'Toole
Jim O'Toole was born James Jerome O'Toole on Jan. 10, 1937, in Chicago. He came to the Reds after only one Minor League season with the 1958 Nashville Vols, for which he paced the club in wins, innings pitched, strikeouts and bases on balls.
O'Toole was a large contributor to the Reds' pennant win in 1961. He posted the second-best winning percentage in the National League with a record of 19-9 to complement a 3.10 ERA that year.
Between 1960-64, he won a total of 81 games for the Reds. From 1958-66, O-Toole went 94-81 with an ERA of 3.59 for the Reds. In 1963, he was elected to the NL All-Star team. He left to play his final season with the Chicago White Sox, his hometown team.
Source: Cincinnati Reds Hall of Fame & Museum. Est. 1958. Jim O'Toole Biography.
Jim O'Toole | Baseball Digest Cover | July 1963Baseball Almanac Research Library
On July 2, 1960, Jim O'Toole married his high school sweetheart, Betty Jane Wall. They raised eleven children (6 girls & 5 boys) in Cincinnati and when he passed away in 2015, Jim had 33 grandchildren! The Reds commented after his death that he was "a fixture at Reds events of all types and sizes throughout his post-playing career. No day was more special to Jim - and his expansive family - than Opening Day."