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Jim Baechtold
Jim Baechtold advanced stats and career rankings
58.4 average league finish
106 total value
Bottom line · Career overview
Jim Baechtold ranks #713 all time. Across his three best seasons, his average league finish was #53.0. His full-career value ranks #1397, so this placement is driven more by dominance than longevity. Explore Jim Baechtold's advanced stats by season, era-adjusted impact, workload, and historical comparisons.
Career standing
How Jim Baechtold ranks all time
These are league placements, not raw scores. Each season is judged against that season's qualified player pool.
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Elite finishes
Upper-tier finishes
Standard deviations across scoring seasons
Career Composite51.0
Equal average of Best 3, Prime 5, and Best 10 league finishes. The overlapping windows make this explicitly peak-weighted. Lower is better.
- Best 3 weight
- 63.3%
- Score
- 51.0
- Qualified seasons
- 5
- All-time rank
- #713
Strongest seasons
Every season
Jim Baechtold advanced stats by season
Era-centered box impact supports comparisons through time. Impact Rate and its rank compare players only within that season.
| Season | Team | Age | GP | MP | Era-centered box impact | Impact Rate | Rate rank | Season Value | Value percentile | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1956–57Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 29 | 45 | 462 | -1.25 | 31.6 | #55 | 7.9 | 18th | Modeled |
| 1955–56Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 28 | 70 | 1,738 | -1.62 | 22.7 | #59 | 14.8 | 27th | Modeled |
| 1954–55Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 27 | 72 | 2,536 | -0.65 | 42.1 | #45 | 72.5 | 58th | Modeled |
| 1953–54Historical Defense Estimate | NYK | 26 | 70 | 1,627 | -2.64 | 13.4 | #72 | -18.8 | 11th | Modeled |
| 1952–53Historical Defense Estimate | BLB | 25 | 64 | 1,893 | -1.20 | 36.2 | #61 | 30.0 | 43rd | Modeled |
Career movement
Jim Baechtold's career impact by season
Peak -0.65 in 1954–55 · 5 seasons · 8,256 minutes
The same historical box-score model is used for every season, making the career shape comparable through time. This is separate from the current lineup-context ranking.
Era-centered box impactMinutesModeled estimate
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Career comparison
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