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Jim Gilliam played 14 major-league seasons (1953-1966) as a 2B (1,046), 3B (761), OF (222), 1B (2). Career totals and every year-by-year line below come from the SABR/Lahman database (CC BY-SA), covering 1871-2025.
Showing 14 season lines
| Year | Age | Team | G | AB | R | H | HR | RBI | SB | BB | SO | AVG | OPS | OPS+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 25 | BRO | 151 | 605 | 125 | 168 | 6 | 63 | 21 | 100 | 38 | .278 | .798 | 115 |
| 1954 | 26 | BRO | 146 | 607 | 107 | 171 | 13 | 52 | 8 | 76 | 30 | .282 | .779 | 110 |
| 1955 | 27 | BRO | 147 | 538 | 110 | 134 | 7 | 40 | 15 | 70 | 37 | .249 | .696 | 90 |
| 1956 | 28 | BRO | 153 | 594 | 102 | 178 | 6 | 43 | 21 | 95 | 39 | .300 | .794 | 122 |
| 1957 | 29 | BRO | 149 | 617 | 89 | 154 | 2 | 37 | 26 | 64 | 31 | .250 | .637 | 78 |
| 1958 | 30 | LAN | 147 | 555 | 81 | 145 | 2 | 43 | 18 | 78 | 22 | .261 | .687 | 89 |
| 1959 | 31 | LAN | 145 | 553 | 91 | 156 | 3 | 34 | 23 | 96 | 25 | .282 | .732 | 105 |
| 1960 | 32 | LAN | 151 | 557 | 96 | 138 | 5 | 40 | 12 | 96 | 28 | .248 | .677 | 94 |
| 1961 | 33 | LAN | 144 | 439 | 74 | 107 | 4 | 32 | 8 | 79 | 34 | .244 | .702 | 94 |
| 1962 | 34 | LAN | 160 | 588 | 83 | 159 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 93 | 35 | .270 | .705 | 98 |
| 1963 | 35 | LAN | 148 | 525 | 77 | 148 | 6 | 49 | 19 | 60 | 28 | .282 | .737 | 120 |
| 1964 | 36 | LAN | 116 | 334 | 44 | 76 | 2 | 27 | 4 | 42 | 21 | .228 | .605 | 78 |
| 1965 | 37 | LAN | 111 | 372 | 54 | 104 | 4 | 39 | 9 | 53 | 31 | .280 | .758 | 122 |
| 1966 | 38 | LAN | 88 | 235 | 30 | 51 | 1 | 16 | 2 | 34 | 17 | .217 | .583 | 70 |
| Year | Pos | G | GS | PO | A | E | DP |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | 2B | 149 | 0 | 332 | 426 | 19 | 102 |
| 1954 | 2B | 143 | 139 | 340 | 388 | 17 | 99 |
| 1954 | OF | 4 | 5 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1955 | 2B | 99 | 91 | 213 | 269 | 16 | 64 |
| 1955 | OF | 46 | 43 | 96 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| 1956 | 2B | 102 | 98 | 233 | 326 | 11 | 64 |
| 1956 | OF | 56 | 54 | 107 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| 1957 | 2B | 148 | 148 | 407 | 390 | 11 | 90 |
| 1957 | OF | 2 | 1 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1958 | OF | 75 | 71 | 142 | 5 | 2 | 2 |
| 1958 | 3B | 44 | 39 | 38 | 103 | 9 | 16 |
| 1958 | 2B | 32 | 26 | 65 | 68 | 1 | 19 |
| 1959 | 3B | 132 | 127 | 121 | 245 | 16 | 18 |
| 1959 | 2B | 8 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 |
| 1959 | OF | 3 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 | 3B | 130 | 119 | 101 | 262 | 15 | 21 |
| 1960 | 2B | 30 | 23 | 51 | 69 | 1 | 12 |
| 1961 | 3B | 74 | 35 | 48 | 104 | 7 | 9 |
| 1961 | 2B | 71 | 66 | 133 | 179 | 6 | 45 |
| 1961 | OF | 11 | 9 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1962 | 2B | 113 | 96 | 192 | 262 | 9 | 60 |
| 1962 | 3B | 90 | 60 | 51 | 126 | 11 | 12 |
| 1962 | OF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1963 | 2B | 119 | 110 | 242 | 277 | 8 | 61 |
| 1963 | 3B | 55 | 27 | 25 | 66 | 5 | 6 |
| 1964 | 3B | 86 | 62 | 54 | 121 | 12 | 7 |
| 1964 | 2B | 25 | 17 | 47 | 50 | 6 | 8 |
| 1964 | OF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1965 | 3B | 80 | 77 | 55 | 135 | 8 | 13 |
| 1965 | OF | 22 | 20 | 24 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1965 | 2B | 5 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 |
| 1966 | 3B | 70 | 52 | 40 | 103 | 7 | 8 |
| 1966 | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1966 | 2B | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Team codes are the source codes (e.g. NYN for the New York Mets, BS1 for the 1875 Boston club). OPS+ is league-season normalized, not park-adjusted; unrecorded source values (such as RBI in the earliest recorded seasons) are absent, never zero-filled.
Jim Gilliam won: Rookie of the Year 1953 (NL), TSN All-Star 1963 (NL).
MVP, Cy Young and Rookie of the Year voting history (5 ballot finishes, 1 win). Full year pages: 1965, 1963, 1958, 1956, 1953.
| Year | Award | Lg | Rank | Points | First-place votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1953 | Rookie of the Year (winner) | NL | 1 | 11 / 24 | 11 |
| 1956 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 5 | 103 / 336 | 4 |
| 1958 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 19 | 4 / 336 | 0 |
| 1963 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 6 | 62 / 280 | 1 |
| 1965 | Most Valuable Player | NL | 30 | 3 / 280 | 0 |
Every career total and season line is computed from the SABR / Sean Lahman baseball database (2025 edition, CC BY-SA 3.0), the same source behind our historical position leaderboards. Rate stats use league-season normalization only (OPS+ and ERA+ as marked, never park-adjusted); unrecorded early-era values stay absent rather than being invented. Career totals sum only what the source records.
Award winners and MVP / Cy Young / Rookie of the Year voting history come from the same database; the year pages live under MLB award voting history. Official transactions (2011 to the current season) come from the MLB StatsAPI feed on our transactions archive.