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James
Darby		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3''
Weight: 220
 
Born: July 31, 1989 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
National Cup Seriess Won 2018    2021    2022    2025    2026   
Ryan Turner Award 2014   
Ratings - Pitching     Help
  ERA AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 18 WI GE     0 0 2 1 5 6 6 7 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6
OOTP5 Min Ratings     0 0 2 1 5 6 6 7 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6
OOTP5 Max Ratings     0 0 2 1 5 6 6 7 7 7 4 5 5 6 6 6 5 6 6
                                                   
  Stuff Control Movement
Year Age Tm Lg Salary Endurance vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 19 WI GE   3 1 2 2 5 6 5 5 6 5
2010 20 WI GE   3 1 2 2 5 6 5 5 6 5
2011 21 WI GE   3 2 3 2 5 6 6 6 7 6
2012 22 WI GE $ 300,000 3 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 8 8
2013 23 WA GE $ 300,000 2 5 6 5 7 7 7 7 8 8
2014 24 WA GE $ 300,000 2 7 7 7 7 7 7 8 9 9
2015 25 WA GE $ 300,000 2 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 9 8
2016 26 WA GE $ 300,000 2 7 7 7 7 8 7 8 9 8
2017 27 WA GE $ 300,000 2 8 9 8 8 9 8 8 9 8
2018 28 WA GE $ 300,000 2 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8
2019 29 WA GE $ 300,000 2 8 8 8 8 9 8 8 9 8
2020 30 WA GE $ 300,000 2 7 8 8 8 9 8 7 8 8
2021 31 WA GE $ 300,000 2 7 8 8 8 9 8 7 8 8
2022 32 WA GE $ 300,000 1 7 8 8 8 9 8 7 8 7
2023 33 WA GE $ 300,000 1 7 8 7 9 10 9 8 9 9
2024 34 WA GE $ 300,000 1 7 7 7 9 10 9 7 9 8
2025 35 WA GE $ 300,000 1 6 7 7 9 10 9 7 8 7
2026 36 WA GE $ 300,000 1 5 6 5 8 9 8 6 7 6
2027 37 WA GE $ 300,000 1 3 4 3 6 7 7 3 3 3
2028 38 WA GE $ 300,000 1 1 1 1 3 4 3 3 3 3
2029 39 WA GE $ 300,000 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings   1 1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000 3 8 9 8 9 10 9 8 9 9
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2008 18 WI GE   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
OOTP5 Max Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 2 0 0 0
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 19 WI GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2010 20 WI GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2011 21 WI GE     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2012 22 WI GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2013 23 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2014 24 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2015 25 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2016 26 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2017 27 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2018 28 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2019 29 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2020 30 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2021 31 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2022 32 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2023 33 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2024 34 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2025 35 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2026 36 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2027 37 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2028 38 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
2029 39 WA GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2
Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won James Yim Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS PWS
2008 18 A   3 8 .273 64 0 0 0 42 74.3 70 24 5 15 81 2.91 .246 .284 .342 .626  
2009 19 AA   3 3 .500 20 0 0 0 12 23.0 19 8 2 12 11 3.13 .224 .320 .353 .673  
    A   4 8 .333 36 0 0 0 15 39.3 44 17 0 15 37 3.89 .291 .355 .371 .726  
2010 20 AA   3 6 .333 40 0 0 0 24 44.7 44 19 5 10 24 3.83 .256 .297 .395 .692  
    A   2 3 .400 20 0 0 0 13 23.0 20 4 3 5 11 1.57 .227 .269 .375 .644  
2011 21 AAA   0 2 .000 6 0 0 0 3 8.0 4 4 1 4 3 4.50 .148 .258 .333 .591  
    AA   3 3 .500 40 0 0 0 26 45.0 36 14 1 16 22 2.80 .226 .297 .270 .568  
2012 22 WI GE 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.7 5 0 0 1 0 0.00 .417 .462 .417 .878 0.3
    AAA   5 8 .385 44 0 0 0 21 48.3 43 19 3 28 23 3.54 .246 .350 .360 .710  
2013 23 WA GE 0 0 .000 13 0 0 0 9 12.7 5 0 0 3 7 0.00 .119 .178 .119 .297 4.3
    AAA   6 3 .667 47 0 0 0 28 53.0 35 13 1 22 31 2.21 .187 .273 .219 .492  
2014 24 WA GE 6 5 .545 61 0 0 0 32 64.3 47 19 4 22 27 2.66 .203 .284 .284 .568 12.2
2015 25 WA GE 3 5 .375 59 0 0 0 25 66.0 48 13 5 14 46 1.77 .203 .248 .300 .548 13.5
2016 26 WA GE 3 9 .250 80 0 0 0 39 77.7 66 39 2 25 55 4.52 .223 .288 .311 .599 8.2
2017 27 WA GE 5 2 .714 68 0 0 0 17 62.7 61 29 2 16 42 4.17 .246 .296 .347 .643 6.7
2018 28 WA GE 5 3 .625 61 0 0 0 6 64.7 68 28 3 21 39 3.90 .270 .337 .377 .714 5.2
2019 29 WA GE 4 2 .667 62 0 0 0 6 62.7 63 33 7 10 48 4.74 .258 .285 .430 .715 3.7
2020 30 WA GE 8 2 .800 62 0 0 0 0 75.0 57 19 6 15 43 2.28 .213 .253 .343 .597 8.1
2021 31 WA GE 3 3 .500 43 0 0 0 0 47.7 40 12 2 16 30 2.27 .233 .295 .343 .638 4.1
2022 32 WA GE 7 4 .636 60 0 0 0 1 64.3 60 26 3 11 47 3.64 .242 .275 .335 .609 5.3
2023 33 WA GE 3 0 1.000 43 0 0 0 1 50.7 53 22 2 10 26 3.91 .268 .306 .354 .660 2.9
2024 34 WA GE 1 3 .250 38 0 0 0 1 36.7 40 20 5 7 17 4.91 .276 .309 .469 .778 1.2
    AAA   1 0 1.000 9 0 0 0 0 10.3 4 1 0 2 2 0.87 .118 .167 .147 .314  
2025 35 WA GE 2 0 1.000 26 0 0 0 0 27.0 26 9 1 3 13 3.00 .252 .280 .311 .591 2.6
    AAA   4 1 .800 33 0 0 0 18 37.0 28 7 1 12 37 1.70 .211 .276 .293 .569  
2026 36 WA GE 5 1 .833 43 0 0 0 3 48.3 45 13 2 10 23 2.42 .246 .282 .344 .626 5.8
2027 37 WA GE 0 1 .000 23 0 0 0 1 25.0 23 12 4 5 18 4.32 .237 .275 .412 .687 0.9
    AAA   1 1 .500 35 0 0 0 0 26.0 24 7 2 9 13 2.42 .235 .297 .363 .660  
2028 38 WA GE 2 4 .333 76 0 0 0 1 67.3 85 31 7 30 12 4.14 .316 .382 .439 .821 2.2
2029 39 WA GE 4 6 .400 79 0 0 0 2 65.0 90 50 11 42 19 6.92 .335 .423 .524 .947 0.0
18 Years Sim 61 50 .550 899 0 0 0 144 920.3 882 375 66 261 512 3.67 .251 .304 .367 .672 87.3
6 Years AAA 17 15 .531 174 0 0 0 70 182.7 138 51 8 77 109 2.51 .210 .293 .295 .587  
3 Years AA 9 12 .429 100 0 0 0 62 112.7 99 41 8 38 57 3.28 .238 .302 .339 .641  
3 Years A 9 19 .321 120 0 0 0 70 136.7 134 45 8 35 129 2.96 .256 .303 .356 .659  
12 Years Minors 35 46 .432 394 0 0 0 202 432.0 371 137 24 150 295 2.85 .232 .298 .326 .624  
Season Average 3 2 .600 49 0 0 0 8 51.1 49 20 3 14 28 3.67 .251 .304 .367 .672  
Career Highs 8 9 1.000 80 0 0 0 39 77.7 90 50 11 42 55 6.92 .417 .462 .524 .947  
Career Pitching Splits     Help
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Category W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
vs RH   519 219 30 132 327   .238 .282 .337 .619
vs LH   363 156 36 129 185   .272 .336 .416 .752
Home 27 22 .551 445 0 0 0 69 441.6 457 196 26 128 232 3.99 .266 .317 .376 .692
Away 34 28 .548 454 0 0 0 77 478.6 425 179 40 133 280 3.37 .237 .289 .359 .649
Mar/Apr 8 7 .533 118 0 0 0 22 124.6 125 43 9 29 73 3.11 .262 .304 .377 .682
May 9 14 .391 158 0 0 0 22 148.3 184 97 16 64 82 5.89 .303 .369 .467 .836
June 5 8 .385 138 0 0 0 18 145.6 131 54 7 36 71 3.34 .239 .285 .337 .622
July 13 7 .650 138 0 0 0 19 152.3 138 61 9 50 83 3.60 .242 .303 .350 .653
August 13 9 .591 165 0 0 0 27 156.6 133 57 11 39 106 3.28 .226 .274 .321 .596
Sep/Oct 13 5 .722 182 0 0 0 38 192.6 171 63 14 43 97 2.94 .237 .280 .350 .630
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2014 24 WA GE 61 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2015 25 WA GE 59 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2016 26 WA GE 80 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3 0.0
2019 29 WA GE 62 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .250 .250 .250 .500 0.3 0.0
2020 30 WA GE 62 6 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .167 .333 -0.3 0.0
2022 32 WA GE 60 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.2 0.0
2023 33 WA GE 43 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.4 0.0
2024 34 WA GE 38 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.1 0.0
2026 36 WA GE 43 4 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 0.5 0.2
2027 37 WA GE 23 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.3 0.0
2029 39 WA GE 79 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
11 Years Sim 610 34 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 9 .147 .147 .176 .324 -0.1 0.2
162 Game Average 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .147 .147 .176 .324 0.0  
Career Highs 80 6 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.5  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   25 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .120 .120 .160 .280 -0.4
vs LH   9 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .222 .222 .222 .444 0.3
Home 254 20 1 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .200 .200 .250 .450 0.7
Away 306 14 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .071 .071 .071 .143 -0.7
RISP   10 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 .100 .100 .200 .300 -0.1
Close/Late   13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .077 .077 .077 .154 -0.7
Mar/Apr 41 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -0.1
May 55 7 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.7
June 49 4 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .750 1.250 1.0
July 56 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -0.8
August 50 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .200 .200 .200 .400 0.1
Sep/Oct 43 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .333 .333 .333 .667 0.3
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF    
2012 22 WI GE P 2 0 2.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2013 23 WA GE P 13 0 12.7 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
2014 24 WA GE P 61 0 64.3 4 5 4 0 .692 1.26    
2015 25 WA GE P 59 0 66.0 2 9 1 1 .917 1.50    
2016 26 WA GE P 80 0 77.7 5 7 2 1 .857 1.39    
2017 27 WA GE P 68 0 62.7 2 10 3 0 .800 1.72    
2018 28 WA GE P 61 0 64.7 1 8 0 0 1.000 1.25    
2019 29 WA GE P 62 0 62.7 2 5 1 0 .875 1.01    
2020 30 WA GE P 62 0 75.0 6 9 2 1 .882 1.80    
2021 31 WA GE P 43 0 47.7 2 6 0 1 1.000 1.51    
2022 32 WA GE P 60 0 64.3 5 2 1 0 .875 0.98    
2023 33 WA GE P 43 0 50.7 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.78    
2024 34 WA GE P 38 0 36.7 3 2 0 0 1.000 1.23    
2025 35 WA GE P 26 0 27.0 1 2 0 0 1.000 1.00    
2026 36 WA GE P 43 0 48.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.19    
2027 37 WA GE P 23 0 25.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.36    
2028 38 WA GE P 76 0 67.3 9 9 1 1 .947 2.41    
2029 39 WA GE P 79 0 65.0 3 7 0 0 1.000 1.38    
Career Totals   899 0 920.3 48 90 15 5 .902 1.35    
Career Highs   80 0 77.7 9 10 4 1 1.000 2.41    
Post-Season Pitching Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg W L Pct G GS CG SHO SV IP H ER HR BB SO ERA OAVG OOBP OSLG OOPS
2016 26 WA GE 2 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 1 4.3 1 0 0 0 4 0.00 .067 .067 .067 .133
2017 27 WA GE 3 0 1.000 6 0 0 0 1 6.7 6 1 1 2 4 1.35 .261 .320 .391 .711
2018 28 WA GE 0 1 .000 10 0 0 0 0 9.7 13 5 1 2 5 4.66 .325 .357 .450 .807
2019 29 WA GE 0 1 .000 6 0 0 0 0 5.0 5 4 1 3 2 7.20 .250 .348 .450 .798
2020 30 WA GE 1 0 1.000 3 0 0 0 0 3.7 5 1 1 3 0 2.46 .333 .444 .533 .978
2021 31 WA GE 3 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 4.0 5 2 0 3 3 4.50 .357 .471 .500 .971
2022 32 WA GE 1 0 1.000 7 0 0 0 0 5.7 5 3 1 2 1 4.77 .227 .292 .455 .746
2023 33 WA GE 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 2.0 2 0 0 0 1 0.00 .250 .250 .250 .500
2025 35 WA GE 1 0 1.000 4 0 0 0 0 4.7 6 1 0 1 4 1.93 .300 .333 .350 .683
2026 36 WA GE 0 0 .000 2 0 0 0 0 1.3 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 .200 .200 .200 .400
Career Post-Season Pitching 11 2 .846 47 0 0 0 2 47.0 49 17 5 16 24 3.26 .269 .328 .396 .724
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2016 26 WA GE 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2020 30 WA GE 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
Pitching Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Saves
2014-7-32
2015-8-25
2016-3-39
 Games Pitched
CAR-41-899
        
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 30)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Pitcher in HOF ~ 143)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Wisconsin in 2008
Traded from Wisconsin to Washington on 5/11/2013 (Going to Wis: C Wilburn Reilly, P Jose Varnado, P Mick Nugent, P Daniel Quartz, P Gabe Tiburon. Going to Was: P James Darby)
Earned first career win on 4/18/2014
Injured on 8/2/2014 with a Inflamed Back Muscle, out for one week
Won Valenzuela Award in 2014, going 6-5 with 32 saves and a 2.66 ERA in 61 appearances
Named Washington Griffins MVP for the 2015 season
Had first career hit on 4/9/2016, off Robert Silvera (UT)
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2018
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2021
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2022
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2025
Won National Cup Series with Washington in 2026
 
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