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James Naile

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 185lb (193cm, 83kg)

Born: February 8, 1993 in Cape Girardeau, MO us

Draft: Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 20th round of the 2015 MLB June Amateur Draft from University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, AL).

School: University of Alabama at Birmingham (Birmingham, AL)

Debut: June 27, 2022 (Age 29-139d, 22,715th in major league history)
vs. MIA 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Last Game: August 27, 2023 (Age 30-200d)
vs. PHI 1.1 IP, 1 H, 0 SO, 0 BB, 0 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 2023 season

Full Name: James Aubrey Naile

Pronunciation: \nail\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

-0.6

ERA

7.40

24.1

WHIP

1.890

Summary of 3 Home Runs Allowed

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 0 walk-off, 0 tying, 0 go ahead

1 Tm
STL	3

Platoon
vs LHB	2
vs RHB	1

Home/Road
Home	3

Outs
2	2
1	1

2 Opps
WSN	2
NYM	1

3 Batters
Jeff McNeil	1
Keibert Ruiz	1
Alex Call	1

1 Park
Busch Stad 3 (STL)	3

Where Hit
9	2
78	1

General field locations
when available.

Pitches
2	2
5	1

Pitches in PA
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
12-	2
---	1

7 Runs
RISP	2
0 on	1
2 on	2
Any on	2

Inning
7	1
8	1
9	1

7-end	3

RelScore
+4..	3

Ahead	3

Before event,
for batter

Count
1-0	1
3-1	1
0-1	1

Pitch data mostly complete since 1988.

DefPos
C	1
RF	1
LF	1

OrderPos
5th	1
9th	1
6th	1

Leverage
Low Lev	3

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
2022	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	2022-09-05	Keibert Ruiz	WSN	@	STL	ahead 5-0	t 8	2	---	2,(1-0) BX	1	5	2	1%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
2	2	2	1	2022-09-08	Alex Call	WSN	@	STL	ahead 8-4	t 9	2	12-	2,(0-1) CX	3	9	7	1%	100%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); N. Cruz Scores; C. Hernández Scores
2023	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	Batter	@Bat			Score	Inn	Out	RoB	Pit(cnt)	R	BOP	Pos	bWPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
3	3	1	1	2023-08-18	Jeff McNeil	NYM	@	STL	ahead 4-0	t 7	1	12-	5,(3-1) BBCBX	3	6	9	4%	99%		Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); F. Lindor Scores; F. Álvarez Scores