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Simmons Davis League
6-21-2020
Jim Essian Left Field
Retired (2017, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .268 Total Rating B    Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .756 Status Retired (2017) Option Years 0  
H 801 Age 38 (OS 38) Date of Birth 04-10-1982
HR 84 Drafted Round 2, Pick 41
(2000)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(43 games)
RBI 462
SB 84
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B- Contact vs. L B  Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R B+ Power vs. L C+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR A+
Speed A  Bunt F  Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B  WS Rings 0
1B C- (30.8%) LF A+ (100%) Arm B- WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF ---   Health B+ LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF A+ (97.8%)   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
2007 NYN
81
291
31
72
10
2
3
22
22
 61 2 0
3
 4 2
.631
.305
.326
.079
.247
2008 NYN-CIN
150
485
59
130
19
7
14
73
51
 111 1 2
7
 1 6
.760
.338
.423
.155
.268
2009 CIN-PIT
131
407
58
104
18
7
10
47
41
 104 3 1
17
 8 2
.735
.327
.408
.152
.256
2010 PIT
122
417
59
105
17
5
12
81
50
 95 2 7
16
 6 1
.733
.330
.403
.151
.252
2011 PIT
151
574
92
162
26
12
17
95
53
 111 2 3
9
 13 1
.802
.343
.458
.176
.282
2012 PIT
117
420
62
115
22
1
17
78
46
 90 3 3
20
 6 6
.800
.347
.452
.179
.274
2013 PIT
27
56
9
16
2
1
2
12
7
 9 0 0
2
 3 0
.829
.365
.464
.179
.286
2014 PIT-STL
36
79
12
27
4
1
2
15
3
 20 0 0
3
 2 0
.860
.366
.494
.152
.342
2015 STL-CIN-CHA
81
226
34
60
10
2
7
36
20
 52 0 0
5
 3 1
.746
.325
.420
.155
.265
2016 CHA
12
34
3
9
2
0
0
3
5
 6 0 0
2
 0 0
.683
.359
.324
.059
.265
2017 CHA
4
3
0
1
0
0
0
0
1
 1 0 0
0
 0 0
.833
.500
.333
.000
.333
Total
912
2992
419
801
130
38
84
462
299
 660 13 16
84
 46 19
.756
.335
.421
.153
.268
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
2017-11-01Jim Essian has retired from the Chicago Shepherds
2017-09-02The Chicago Shepherds have promoted Lew Justis to the major league team. The Chicago Shepherds have promoted Jim Essian to the major league team.
2017-08-10The Chicago Shepherds have promoted Sahib Shihab to the major league team. The Chicago Shepherds have designated Jim Essian for assignment.
2017-08-08The Chicago Shepherds have re-claimed Jim Essian from the waiver wire.
2017-08-06The Chicago Shepherds have promoted Walt Peck to the major league team. The Chicago Shepherds have designated Jim Essian for assignment.
2017-08-03The Chicago Shepherds have promoted Jim Essian to the major league team. The Chicago Shepherds have sent Sahib Shihab to the minors.
2017-06-30The Chicago Shepherds have promoted Sahib Shihab to the major league team. The Chicago Shepherds have designated Jim Essian for assignment.
2017-06-20The Chicago Shepherds have promoted Jim Essian to the major league team.
2016-06-25The Chicago Shepherds have designated Jim Essian for assignment. The Chicago Shepherds have designated Lefty Fulgham for assignment.
2016-06-08The Chicago Shepherds have promoted Jim Essian to the major league team.
2015-08-03The Chicago Stars have promoted Al Runyan to the major league team. The Chicago Stars have designated Jim Essian for assignment.
2015-08-03The Chicago Stars have promoted Jim Essian to the major league team. The Chicago Stars have sent Al Runyan to the minors.
2015-08-03The Chicago Stars have acquired Jim Essian from the waiver wire.
2015-07-30The Cincinnati Clowns have waived Jim Essian.
2015-07-23The Cincinnati Clowns have promoted Carl Hodge to the major league team. The Cincinnati Clowns have designated Jim Essian for assignment.
2015-06-04The Cincinnati Clowns have re-claimed Jim Essian from the waiver wire.
2015-06-01The Cincinnati Clowns have designated Jim Essian for assignment. The Cincinnati Clowns have sent Harry Marcum to the minors.
2015-04-16The Cincinnati Clowns have promoted Jim Essian to the major league team. The Cincinnati Clowns have sent John Potter to the minors.
2015-04-15The Cincinnati Clowns have acquired Jim Essian from the waiver wire.
2015-04-11The St. Louis WYVERNS have waived Jim Essian.
2015-04-05The St. Louis WYVERNS have designated Jim Essian for assignment.
2014-08-30The St. Louis WYVERNS have acquired Jim Essian from the waiver wire.
2014-08-26The Pittsburgh Temporals have designated Jim Essian for assignment.
2014-07-20The Pittsburgh Temporals have promoted Jim Essian to the major league team.
2014-07-16The Pittsburgh Temporals have designated Jim Essian for assignment.
2012-08-20Jim Essian of the Pittsburgh Temporals is injured and is expected to be out 13 days.
2010-07-10Jim Essian of the Pittsburgh Temporals is injured and is expected to be out 36 days.
2009-05-12The Pittsburgh Temporals have promoted Jim Essian to the major league team.
2009-05-12The Pittsburgh Temporals have acquired Jim Essian from the waiver wire.
2009-05-02The Cincinnati Centurions have waived Jim Essian.
2009-04-27The Cincinnati Centurions have promoted Lee Scott to the major league team. The Cincinnati Centurions have designated Jim Essian for assignment.
2008-08-23The Cincinnati Centurions have acquired Jim Essian from the waiver wire.
2008-08-19The New York Privateers have designated Sean Gilmartin for assignment. The New York Privateers have designated Jim Essian for assignment. The New York Privateers have promoted Orlando Thomas to the major league team.
2007-06-25The New York Privateers have designated Nails for assignment. The New York Privateers have promoted Mark Dustal to the major league team. The New York Privateers have promoted Jim Essian to the major league team.
2007-06-09The New York Privateers have acquired Jim Essian from the waiver wire.
2007-05-08The Toronto Roughriders have waived Jim Essian.
2005-04-05The Toronto Roughriders have acquired Jim Essian from the waiver wire.
2005-04-01The Chicago Throwdown have waived Jim Essian.
2004-04-05The Chicago Throwdown have acquired Jim Essian from the waiver wire.
2004-04-01The Minnesota Cajuns have waived Jim Essian.