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Johnny James
John Phillip James

Bats Left, Throws Right
Height 5' 10", Weight 160 lb.
School University of Southern California

Debut September 6, 1958
  vs. WSH 3.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 4 BB, 0 ER
Final Game October 1, 1961
Born July 23, 1933 in Bonners Ferry, ID

Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  W   L   G   GS  CG SHO  GF SV   IP     H    R   ER   HR  BB   SO  HBP  WP  BFP  IBB  BK  ERA *lgERA *ERA+ WHIP
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1958 24 NYY AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   1  0    3.0    2    0    0   0    4    1   0   0    12   0   0  0.00  3.54  inf 2.000
 1960 26 NYY AL   5   1  28   0   0   0  11  2   43.3   38   22   21   3   26   29   3   1   189   2   0  4.36  3.56   82 1.477
 1961 27 TOT AL   0   2  37   3   0   0  10  0   72.7   67   44   42  12   54   43   2   5   334   1   0  5.20  4.49   86 1.665
         NYY AL   0   0   1   0   0   0   0  0    1.3    1    0    0   0    0    2   0   0     4   0   0  0.00  3.74  inf 0.750
         LAA AL   0   2  36   3   0   0  10  0   71.3   66   44   42  12   54   41   2   5   330   1   0  5.30  4.51   85 1.682
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  3 Yr WL% .625   5   3  66   3   0   0  22  2  119.0  107   66   63  15   84   73   5   6   535   3   0  4.76  4.13   87 1.605
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     4   2  65   2   0   0  21  1  117.0  105   65   62  14   82   71   4   5   527   2   0  4.76  4.13   87 1.605
 Career High      5   2  37   3   0   0  11  2   72.7   67   44   42  12   54   43   3   5   334   2   0  4.36  4.49   86 1.477

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons /
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 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1958 24 NYY AL   1    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   1  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1960 26 NYY AL  28    3    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   2  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 1961 27 TOT AL  44   13    3    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .071  .000  -80    0   0   0   0   1   1
         LAA AL  43   13    3    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5  .000  .071  .000  -80    0   0   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 3 Seasons       73   17    3    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   8  .000  .056  .000  -84    0   0   0   0   1   1
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg         38    7    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0  18  .000  .056  .000  -84    0   0   0   0   2   2
 Career High     44   13    3    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   5                           0   0   0   0   1   1
Special Batting  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1958 24 NYY AL    1    1    0   0.0    95| .000  .257| .000  .325| .000  .390| .000  .715|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 1960 26 NYY AL    3    3    0   0.0    96| .000  .256| .000  .329| .000  .392| .000  .721|-100  .000  -0.8  -0.1   0%
 1961 27 TOT AL   14   14    0   0.0   113| .000  .276| .071  .353| .000  .430| .071  .783| -80  .000  -3.6  -0.3   0%
         LAA AL   14   14    0   0.0   113| .000  .276| .071  .353| .000  .430| .071  .783| -80  .000  -3.6  -0.3   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 3 Seasons        18   18    0   0.0   109| .000  .272| .056  .348| .000  .421| .056  .769| -84  .000  -4.7  -0.4   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Hide Partial Seasons
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1958 24 NYY AL P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.80 3.00 1.80 0 3.0 1960 26 NYY AL P 28 2 9 0 0 1.000 .965 0.39 0.78 2.29 1.95 0 43.3 1961 27 TOT AL P 37 1 12 0 1 1.000 .956 0.35 0.83 1.61 2.05 3 72.6 NYY AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.08 0 1.3 LAA AL P 36 1 12 0 1 1.000 .956 0.36 0.83 1.64 2.04 3 71.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1958 24 NYY AL P 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.00 0.80 3.00 1.80 0 3.0 1960 26 NYY AL P 28 2 9 0 0 1.000 .965 0.39 0.78 2.29 1.95 0 43.3 1961 27 TOT AL P 37 1 12 0 1 1.000 .956 0.35 0.83 1.61 2.05 3 72.6 NYY AL P 1 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.80 0.00 2.08 0 1.3 LAA AL P 36 1 12 0 1 1.000 .956 0.36 0.83 1.64 2.04 3 71.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 66 4 21 0 1 1.000 .962 0.38 0.81 1.89 2.00 3 119.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 66 4 21 0 1 1.000 .962 0.38 0.81 1.89 2.00 3 119
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Transactions 

Before 1953 Season: Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent.

May 8, 1961: Traded by the New York Yankees with Ryne Duren and Lee Thomas to the Los Angeles Angels for Tex Clevenger and Bob Cerv.


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