Jim Essian
1973–1984 · bats R / throws R · Chicago White Sox, Cleveland Guardians, Athletics, Philadelphia Phillies, Seattle Mariners
710G
.244AVG
.327OBP
.347SLG
More career statistics
453H
33HR
207RBI
9SB
1Rare feat
Career summary: MLB’s official regular-season totals. Season lines, splits and historical game logs below are reconstructed from the covered Retrosheet records and can differ in coverage or scorer revisions. Compare sources and coverage.
Career batting
| G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | K | SB | CS | HBP | SF | TB | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 710 | 2,146 | 1,855 | 194 | 453 | 85 | 3 | 33 | 207 | 231 | 171 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 21 | 643 | .244 | .327 | .347 | .674 |
Streaks
14longest hitting streak · 1977-06-01 to 1977-06-18
16longest on-base streak
The three rarest things in this career
| Rarity | What | Date | Rate | Game |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 75 | Seven Times On Base | 1982-04-11 | 1 in 2,761 games | box score ↗ |
| 37 | 5 hits | 1979-07-01 | 1 in 1,624 player-games | box score ↗ |
| 14 | 3 walks | 1977-06-03 | 1 in 192 player-games | box score ↗ |
Splits
Regular season only.
Home and away
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Home | 361 | 1069 | 210 | 22 | 104 | 134 | 68 | .231 | .322 | .347 |
| Away | 349 | 1077 | 243 | 11 | 103 | 97 | 103 | .257 | .316 | .346 |
By month
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| April | 108 | 336 | 73 | 4 | 38 | 41 | 24 | .253 | .339 | .354 |
| May | 112 | 332 | 58 | 4 | 33 | 34 | 24 | .201 | .277 | .284 |
| June | 106 | 322 | 84 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 30 | .300 | .357 | .432 |
| July | 106 | 321 | 62 | 8 | 34 | 29 | 19 | .221 | .283 | .368 |
| August | 136 | 417 | 96 | 6 | 37 | 49 | 36 | .267 | .348 | .367 |
| September | 133 | 386 | 75 | 4 | 26 | 46 | 34 | .228 | .313 | .292 |
| October | 9 | 32 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | .172 | .188 | .241 |
Most-faced opponents
| G | PA | H | HR | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| minnesota-twins | 72 | 237 | 68 | 7 | 28 | 25 | 11 | .329 | .392 | .473 |
| california-angels | 62 | 192 | 39 | 3 | 20 | 20 | 18 | .236 | .307 | .333 |
| kansas-city-royals | 62 | 198 | 37 | 0 | 14 | 26 | 16 | .223 | .318 | .253 |
| texas-rangers | 57 | 177 | 43 | 1 | 15 | 24 | 14 | .293 | .379 | .388 |
| baltimore-orioles | 52 | 161 | 33 | 3 | 18 | 20 | 17 | .241 | .329 | .358 |
| new-york-yankees | 51 | 160 | 28 | 3 | 13 | 20 | 13 | .204 | .300 | .299 |
| boston-red-sox | 50 | 142 | 37 | 3 | 13 | 8 | 10 | .287 | .317 | .434 |
| detroit-tigers | 47 | 143 | 25 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 16 | .200 | .287 | .320 |
Season by season
| Year | Team | G | AB | H | HR | RBI | SB | AVG | IP | K |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1973 |  Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | – | .000 | – | – |
| 1974 | Philadelphia Phillies | 17 | 20 | 2 | – | – | – | .100 | – | – |
| 1975 | Philadelphia Phillies | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1.000 | – | – |
| 1976 |  Chicago White Sox | 78 | 199 | 49 | – | 21 | 2 | .246 | – | – |
| 1977 | Chicago White Sox | 114 | 322 | 88 | 10 | 44 | 1 | .273 | – | – |
| 1978 |  Athletics | 126 | 278 | 62 | 3 | 26 | 2 | .223 | – | – |
| 1979 | Athletics | 98 | 313 | 76 | 8 | 40 | – | .243 | – | – |
| 1980 | Athletics | 87 | 285 | 66 | 5 | 29 | 1 | .232 | – | – |
| 1981 | Chicago White Sox | 27 | 52 | 16 | – | 5 | – | .308 | – | – |
| 1982 |  Seattle Mariners | 48 | 153 | 42 | 3 | 20 | 2 | .275 | – | – |
| 1983 |  Cleveland Guardians | 48 | 93 | 19 | 2 | 11 | – | .204 | – | – |
| 1984 | Athletics | 63 | 136 | 32 | 2 | 10 | 1 | .235 | – | – |