James Ernest Vatcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 165 lb.
Born: May 27, 1965 in Santa Monica, California, US
School: California State University Northridge (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Philadelphia Phillies in the 20th round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from California State University Northridge (Los Angeles, CA).
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | SB | CS | BB | SO | TB | GDP | HBP | SH | SF | IBB | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 22 | Utica | NYPL | A- | PHI | 67 | 282 | 249 | 44 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 31 | .269 | .346 | .382 | .728 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |
| 1988 | 23 | Spartanburg | SALL | A | PHI | 137 | 605 | 496 | 90 | 150 | 32 | 2 | 12 | 72 | 26 | 13 | 89 | 73 | .302 | .414 | .448 | .862 | 222 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | |
| 1989 | 24 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | A-AA | PHI | 140 | 596 | 520 | 78 | 161 | 41 | 8 | 8 | 78 | 9 | 3 | 67 | 78 | .310 | .388 | .465 | .853 | 242 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 1 |
| 1989 | 24 | Clearwater | FLOR | A | PHI | 92 | 394 | 349 | 51 | 105 | 30 | 5 | 4 | 46 | 7 | 3 | 41 | 49 | .301 | .376 | .450 | .825 | 157 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 1989 | 24 | Reading | EL | AA | PHI | 48 | 202 | 171 | 27 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 29 | .327 | .411 | .497 | .908 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |
| 1990 | 25 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | IL | AAA | PHI | 55 | 216 | 181 | 30 | 46 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 1 | 4 | 32 | 33 | .254 | .363 | .448 | .810 | 81 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | |
| 1991 | 26 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | 117 | 456 | 395 | 67 | 105 | 28 | 6 | 17 | 67 | 4 | 12 | 53 | 76 | .266 | .355 | .496 | .852 | 196 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 |
| 1992 | 27 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | 111 | 330 | 280 | 41 | 77 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 35 | 2 | 6 | 39 | 60 | .275 | .367 | .436 | .803 | 122 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 |
| 1993 | 28 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | 103 | 339 | 293 | 36 | 93 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 45 | 3 | 4 | 35 | 46 | .317 | .395 | .461 | .856 | 135 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 29 | Norfolk | IL | AAA | NYM | 112 | 359 | 316 | 41 | 74 | 20 | 1 | 10 | 48 | 2 | 4 | 36 | 56 | .234 | .313 | .399 | .711 | 126 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| 1995 | 30 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AAA | SDP,PHI | 110 | 424 | 380 | 60 | 113 | 32 | 3 | 7 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 50 | .297 | .355 | .453 | .808 | 172 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 1995 | 30 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | 101 | 399 | 356 | 56 | 104 | 31 | 3 | 7 | 43 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 46 | .292 | .353 | .455 | .808 | 162 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 1995 | 30 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | IL | AAA | PHI | 9 | 25 | 24 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | .375 | .400 | .417 | .817 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1996 | 31 | Madison | NORL | Ind | 80 | 364 | 314 | 63 | 90 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 58 | .287 | .356 | .465 | .821 | 146 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | |
| 1999 | 34 | Rimini | ITSA | Fgn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2000 | 35 | Rimini | ITSA | Fgn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2001 | 36 | Rimini | ITSA | Fgn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 13 Seasons | 1032 | 3971 | 3424 | 550 | 976 | 233 | 35 | 86 | 485 | 70 | 58 | 449 | 561 | .285 | .370 | .449 | .818 | 1537 | 47 | 30 | 34 | 34 | 18 | |||||
| AAA (6 seasons) | AAA | 608 | 2124 | 1845 | 275 | 508 | 124 | 19 | 54 | 262 | 16 | 34 | 229 | 321 | .275 | .357 | .451 | .808 | 832 | 33 | 14 | 21 | 15 | 15 | ||||
| Fgn (3 seasons) | Fgn | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| A (2 seasons) | A | 229 | 999 | 845 | 141 | 255 | 62 | 7 | 16 | 118 | 33 | 16 | 130 | 122 | .302 | .399 | .449 | .848 | 379 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 1 | ||||
| AA (1 season) | AA | 48 | 202 | 171 | 27 | 56 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 29 | .327 | .411 | .497 | .908 | 85 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | |||||
| A- (1 season) | A- | 67 | 282 | 249 | 44 | 67 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 28 | 31 | .269 | .346 | .382 | .728 | 95 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | |||||
| Ind (1 season) | Ind | 80 | 364 | 314 | 63 | 90 | 21 | 4 | 9 | 52 | 9 | 3 | 36 | 58 | .287 | .356 | .465 | .821 | 146 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 1 | ||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | W | L | G | GS | GF | CG | SHO | SV | IP | H | R | ER | HR | BB | IBB | SO | HBP | BK | WP | BF | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 26 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.0 | 0.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 0.50 | |
| 1993 | 28 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | 0 | 0 | 9.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3.0 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2.333 | 21.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 | ||
| 1994 | 29 | Norfolk | IL | AAA | NYM | 1 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0.500 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 1.00 |
| 1996 | 31 | Madison | NORL | Ind | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.200 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 2.00 | ||
| 4 Seasons | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.79 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9.2 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 33 | 1.345 | 8.4 | 0.0 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 1.75 | |||||
| AAA (3 seasons) | AAA | 2 | 0 | 1.000 | 3.38 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8.0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 25 | 1.375 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 3.4 | 5.6 | 1.67 | ||||
| Ind (1 season) | Ind | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.200 | 5.4 | 0.0 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 2.00 | |||||
| Year | Age | Tm | Lg | Lev | Aff | G | CG | Ch | PO | A | E | DP | Fld% | RF/G | SB | CS | CS% | lgCS% | PO | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 22 | Utica | NYPL | A- | PHI | OF | 63 | 130 | 116 | 11 | 3 | 3 | .977 | 2.02 | ||||||
| 1987 | 22 | Utica | NYPL | A- | PHI | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | ||||||
| 1988 | 23 | Spartanburg | SALL | A | PHI | OF | 129 | 241 | 224 | 13 | 4 | 2 | .983 | 1.84 | ||||||
| 1989 | 24 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | A-AA | PHI | OF | 133 | 249 | 229 | 14 | 6 | 2 | .976 | 1.83 | ||||||
| 1989 | 24 | Clearwater | FLOR | A | PHI | OF | 85 | 167 | 153 | 9 | 5 | 1 | .970 | 1.91 | ||||||
| 1989 | 24 | Clearwater | FLOR | A | PHI | 3B | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | .600 | 1.50 | ||||||
| 1989 | 24 | Clearwater | FLOR | A | PHI | 2B | 7 | 34 | 10 | 23 | 1 | 4 | .971 | 4.71 | ||||||
| 1989 | 24 | Reading | EL | AA | PHI | OF | 48 | 82 | 76 | 5 | 1 | 1 | .988 | 1.69 | ||||||
| 1990 | 25 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | IL | AAA | PHI | OF | 43 | 87 | 82 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.02 | ||||||
| 1990 | 25 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | IL | AAA | PHI | 3B | 12 | 27 | 6 | 19 | 2 | 2 | .926 | 2.08 | ||||||
| 1991 | 26 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | OF | 114 | 229 | 204 | 18 | 7 | 3 | .969 | 1.95 | ||||||
| 1991 | 26 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | 2B | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .667 | 2.00 | ||||||
| 1991 | 26 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | P | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
| 1992 | 27 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | OF | 96 | 197 | 178 | 13 | 6 | 3 | .970 | 1.99 | ||||||
| 1993 | 28 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | OF | 79 | 155 | 139 | 11 | 5 | 3 | .968 | 1.90 | ||||||
| 1993 | 28 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | P | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.50 | ||||||
| 1994 | 29 | Norfolk | IL | AAA | NYM | OF | 97 | 191 | 175 | 13 | 3 | 2 | .984 | 1.94 | ||||||
| 1994 | 29 | Norfolk | IL | AAA | NYM | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |||||||
| 1995 | 30 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AAA | SDP,PHI | OF | 99 | 181 | 172 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .994 | 1.82 | ||||||
| 1995 | 30 | 2 Teams | 2 Lgs | AAA | SDP,PHI | RF | 91 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 30 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | IL | AAA | PHI | OF | 4 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 2.00 | ||||||
| 1995 | 30 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | IL | AAA | PHI | RF | 3 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 30 | Scranton/Wilkes-Barre | IL | AAA | PHI | LF | 2 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 30 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | OF | 95 | 173 | 164 | 8 | 1 | 3 | .994 | 1.81 | ||||||
| 1995 | 30 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | RF | 88 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | 30 | Las Vegas | PCL | AAA | SDP | CF | 8 | 0.00 | ||||||||||||
| 1996 | 31 | Madison | NORL | Ind | OF | 80 | 197 | 186 | 9 | 2 | 2 | .990 | 2.44 | |||||||
| 1996 | 31 | Madison | NORL | Ind | CF | 80 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||
| 1996 | 31 | Madison | NORL | Ind | P | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | 0 | 0 | ||||||
| 10 Seasons | 963 | 1928 | 1724 | 161 | 43 | 29 | .978 | 1.96 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| OF (10 seasons) | OF | 933 | 1857 | 1705 | 115 | 37 | 23 | .980 | 1.95 | |||||||||||
| P (4 seasons) | P | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 0.14 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| CF (2 seasons) | CF | 88 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| RF (1 season) | RF | 91 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| 2B (2 seasons) | 2B | 8 | 37 | 12 | 23 | 2 | 4 | .946 | 4.38 | |||||||||||
| 3B (2 seasons) | 3B | 14 | 32 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 2 | .875 | 2.00 | |||||||||||
| LF (1 season) | LF | 2 | 0.00 | |||||||||||||||||
| SS (1 season) | SS | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1.000 | 1.00 | |||||||||||
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