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Mike James
Michael Elmo James

Bats Right, Throws Right
Height 6' 4", Weight 215 lb.

Debut April 29, 1995
  vs. TOR 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER
Final Game May 5, 2002
Born August 15, 1967 in Fort Walton Beach, FL

Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 43rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 1988. (All Transactions)

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Pitching  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Batter
/ Neutralize Stats
 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
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 1995 27 CAL AL   3   0  46   0   0   0  11  1   55.7   49   27   24   6   26   36   3   1   237   2   0  3.88  4.67  120 1.347
 1996 28 CAL AL   5   5  69   0   0   0  23  1   81.0   62   27   24   7   42   65  10   5   353   7   0  2.67  4.90  184 1.284
 1997 29 ANA AL   5   5  58   0   0   0  22  7   62.7   69   32   30   3   28   57   5   1   284   4   0  4.31  4.66  108 1.548
 1998 30 ANA AL   0   0  11   0   0   0   3  0   14.0   10    3    3   0    7   12   0   0    55   0   0  1.93  4.75  246 1.214
 2000 32 STL NL   2   2  51   0   0   0  10  2   51.3   40   22   18   7   24   41   3   2   213   2   0  3.16  4.68  148 1.247
 2001 33 STL NL   1   2  40   0   0   0  11  0   38.0   43   24   22   5   17   26   5   3   173   2   0  5.21  4.32   83 1.579
 2002 34 COL NL   0   0  13   0   0   0   6  0   11.3   12    9    7   2    5   10   1   0    51   0   0  5.56  4.77   86 1.500
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
  7 Yr WL% .533  16  14 288   0   0   0  86 11  314.0  285  144  128  30  149  247  27  12  1366  17   0  3.67  4.70  128 1.382
+--------------+---+---+---+---+---+---+---+--+------+----+----+----+---+----+----+---+---+-----+---+---+-----+-----+----+-----+
 162 Game Avg     3   3  68   0   0   0  20  2   74.0   67   34   30   7   35   58   6   2   322   4   0  3.67  4.70  128 1.382
 Career High      5   5  69   0   0   0  23  7   81.0   69   32   30   7   42   65  10   5   353   7   0  2.67  4.90  184 1.247

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Batting  Glossary / Minors /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 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 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 2000 32 STL NL  50    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 2001 33 STL NL  38    1    0    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 7 Seasons      285    2    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg          1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 -100    0   0   0   0   0   0
 Career High     69    1    1    0   0  0   0    0   0  0   0   0                           0   0   0   0   0   0
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 2000 32 STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   118| .000  .276| .000  .353| .000  .450| .000  .803|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
 2001 33 STL NL    1    1    0   0.0   111| .000  .268| .000  .340| .000  .440| .000  .780|-100  .000  -0.3   0.0   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 7 Seasons         2    2    0   0.0   115| .000  .272| .000  .347| .000  .445| .000  .792|-100  .000  -0.6   0.0   0%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)

Pitch Data Summary (Show or Hide)

Fielding  Glossary / Minors
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1995 27 CAL AL P 46 2 8 0 0 1.000 .962 0.22 0.53 1.62 1.79 0 55.7 1996 28 CAL AL P 69 6 12 0 2 1.000 .957 0.26 0.52 2.00 1.77 0 81.0 1997 29 ANA AL P 58 2 9 0 0 1.000 .957 0.19 0.49 1.58 1.71 0 62.7 1998 30 ANA AL P 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.09 0.50 0.64 1.80 0 14.0 2000 32 STL NL P 51 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.14 0.48 1.23 1.74 0 51.3 2001 33 STL NL P 40 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 0.17 0.46 1.66 1.75 0 38.0 2002 34 COL NL P 13 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.08 0.48 0.80 1.83 0 11.3
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1995 27 CAL AL P 46 2 8 0 0 1.000 .962 0.22 0.53 1.62 1.79 0 55.7 1996 28 CAL AL P 69 6 12 0 2 1.000 .957 0.26 0.52 2.00 1.77 0 81.0 1997 29 ANA AL P 58 2 9 0 0 1.000 .957 0.19 0.49 1.58 1.71 0 62.7 1998 30 ANA AL P 11 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.09 0.50 0.64 1.80 0 14.0 2000 32 STL NL P 51 2 5 0 0 1.000 .959 0.14 0.48 1.23 1.74 0 51.3 2001 33 STL NL P 40 3 4 0 1 1.000 .959 0.17 0.46 1.66 1.75 0 38.0 2002 34 COL NL P 13 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.000 0.08 0.48 0.80 1.83 0 11.3
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total P* 288 15 40 0 3 1.000 .960 0.19 0.50 1.58 1.76 0 314.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 288 15 40 0 3 1.000 .960 0.19 0.50 1.58 1.76 0 314
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Pitching Gamelogs / Vs. Batter

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   GS   ERA   W  L SV CG   IP   H   ER  BB  SO
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
 2000   NLDS  STL ATL     W   2   0   0.00  1  0  0  0   4.1   1   0   1   1 
        NLCS  STL NYM     L   4   0  15.43  0  0  0  0   2.1   5   4   1   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Ser      1-1   6   0   5.40  1  0  0  0   6.2   6   4   2   1 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+------+--+--+--+--+-----+---+---+---+---+
Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 2000   NLDS  STL ATL     W   2   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
        NLCS  STL NYM     L   4   0   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0                     0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 Postseason Series   1-1   6   1   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   1  .000  .000  .000   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

Hit Batsmen
1996 AL-10-8

HOF Monitor: Pitching - 2.0 (1587) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

June 2, 1987: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 43rd round of the 1987 amateur draft. Player signed May 21, 1988.

October 26, 1993: Traded by the Los Angeles Dodgers to the California Angels for Reggie Williams.

September 7, 1999: Released by the Anaheim Angels.

October 15, 1999: Signed as a Free Agent with the St. Louis Cardinals.

November 5, 2001: Granted Free Agency.

January 29, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Colorado Rockies.


The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. Last transaction is September 30, 2007.
Salaries Leaders
1995California Angels$109,000
1996California Angels$150,000
1997Anaheim Angels$330,000
1998Anaheim Angels$700,000
1999Anaheim Angels$805,000
2001St. Louis Cardinals$1,525,000
2002Colorado Rockies$500,000
Career (may be incomplete)$4,119,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, member of SABR.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
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