Jim Deshaies
James Joseph Deshaies
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 23, 1960 in Massena, NY
High School: Massena (Massena, NY)
School: LeMoyne College
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 21st round of the 1982 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1984
Final Game: July 30, 1995
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Standard Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1985 25 HOU NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1986 26 HOU NL 26 53 43 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 31 .047 .163 .047 .210 -38 2 0 0 4 0 0 1 RoY-7
1987 27 HOU NL 26 64 53 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 7 29 .094 .200 .094 .294 -17 5 1 0 4 0 0 1
1988 28 HOU NL 31 71 63 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 1 2 38 .048 .077 .048 .125 -63 3 1 0 6 0 0 1
1989 29 HOU NL 35 85 75 2 9 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 26 .120 .132 .120 .252 -26 9 0 0 9 0 0 1
1990 30 HOU NL 34 72 63 1 4 0 0 0 3 0 0 2 33 .063 .092 .063 .156 -56 4 0 0 7 0 0 1
1991 31 HOU NL 28 53 41 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 16 .098 .178 .098 .275 -18 4 1 0 8 0 0 1
1992 32 SDP NL 15 35 29 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .207 .233 .207 .440 26 6 0 0 5 0 0 1
1993 33 TOT MLB 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1993 33 SFG NL 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1995 35 PHI NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Seasons 204 440 373 13 33 0 0 0 12 0 1 23 183 .088 .141 .088 .230 -33 33 3 0 44 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 349 296 10 26 0 0 0 10 0 1 18 145 .088 .141 .088 .230 -33 26 2 0 35 0 0
HOU (7 yrs) 182 398 338 10 27 0 0 0 12 0 1 22 173 .080 .136 .080 .216 -37 27 3 0 38 0 0
SFG (1 yr) 5 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
SDP (1 yr) 15 35 29 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .207 .233 .207 .440 26 6 0 0 5 0 0
NL (10 yrs) 204 440 373 13 33 0 0 0 12 0 1 23 186 .088 .141 .088 .230 -33 33 3 0 44 0 0

Advanced Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Outs RC RC/G AIR BAbip BA lgBA OBP lgOBP SLG lgSLG OPS lgOPS OPS+ OWn% BtRuns BtWins TotA SecA ISO PwrSpd
1986 26 HOU NL 53 45 1 0.6 95 .167 .047 .258 .163 .328 .047 .389 .210 .716 -38 .026 -8.2 -0.8 .195 .140 .000
1987 27 HOU NL 64 53 2 1.0 102 .208 .094 .264 .200 .333 .094 .412 .294 .745 -17 .056 -8.9 -0.9 .245 .132 .000
1988 28 HOU NL 71 68 0 0.0 86 .120 .048 .252 .077 .315 .048 .369 .125 .684 -63 .000 -13.2 -1.4 .065 .016 .000
1989 29 HOU NL 85 75 2 0.7 88 .184 .120 .250 .132 .317 .120 .373 .252 .690 -26 .040 -12.4 -1.3 .152 .013 .000
1990 30 HOU NL 72 66 1 0.4 95 .133 .063 .261 .092 .327 .063 .392 .156 .718 -56 .013 -13.4 -1.4 .102 .032 .000
1991 31 HOU NL 53 46 1 0.6 88 .160 .098 .250 .178 .316 .098 .374 .275 .690 -18 .026 -6.2 -0.7 .211 .098 .000
1992 32 SDP NL 35 28 2 1.9 93 .300 .207 .260 .233 .326 .207 .383 .440 .709 26 .199 -3.0 -0.3 .304 .034 .000
1993 33 TOT MLB 6 6 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .267 .000 .332 .000 .407 .000 .739 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1993 33 SFG NL 6 6 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .267 .000 .332 .000 .407 .000 .739 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1995 35 PHI NL 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .271 .000 .340 .000 .421 .000 .761 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
12 Seasons 440 388 9 0.6 92 .174 .088 .256 .141 .323 .088 .384 .230 .707 -33 .029 -66.9 -6.9 .160 .059 .000
162 Game Avg. 349 308 7 0.6 92 .174 .088 .256 .141 .323 .088 .384 .230 .707 -33 .029 -66.9 -6.9 .160 .059 .000
HOU (7 yrs) 398 353 7 0.5 92 .164 .080 .256 .136 .322 .080 .384 .216 .706 -37 .022 -62.2 -6.5 .152 .062 .000
SFG (1 yr) 6 6 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .267 .000 .332 .000 .407 .000 .739 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
PHI (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 107 .000 .271 .000 .340 .000 .421 .000 .761 -100 .000 -0.3 0.0 .000 .000 .000
SDP (1 yr) 35 28 2 1.9 93 .300 .207 .260 .233 .326 .207 .383 .440 .709 26 .199 -3.0 -0.3 .304 .034 .000
NL (10 yrs) 440 388 9 0.6 92 .176 .088 .256 .141 .323 .088 .384 .230 .707 -33 .029 -66.9 -6.9 .160 .059 .000

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1986 26 HOU NL 53 0.0% 58.5% 11.3% 0.0% 0% 5.17 1.4 43.0 1.60 23%
1987 27 HOU NL 64 0.0% 45.3% 10.9% 0.0% 0% 4.14 1.8 17.7 7.00 38%
1988 28 HOU NL 71 0.0% 53.5% 2.8% 0.0% 0% 19.00 1.7 21.0 8.00 12.00 35% 3% 0.0% 50%
1989 29 HOU NL 85 0.0% 30.6% 1.2% 0.0% 0% 26.00 2.9 37.5 4.11 5.25 58% 10% 0.0% 11%
1990 30 HOU NL 72 0.0% 45.8% 2.8% 0.0% 0% 16.50 1.9 21.0 8.00 5.80 42% 6% 0.0% 33%
1991 31 HOU NL 53 0.0% 30.2% 7.6% 0.0% 0% 4.00 2.6 3.80 6.50 47% 6% 0.0% 20%
1992 32 SDP NL 35 0.0% 25.7% 2.9% 0.0% 0% 9.00 3.2 2.17 5.33 57% 20% 0.0% 17%
1993 33 TOT MLB 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 1.00 2.00 33% 33% 0.0% 0%
1993 33 SFG NL 6 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.7 1.00 2.00 33% 33% 0.0% 0%
1995 35 PHI NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
12 Seasons 440 0.0% 42.3% 5.2% 0.0% 0% 8.09 2.0 31.1 4.23 5.42 43% 9% 0.0% 19%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1986 26 HOU NL 1 0 38% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1987 27 HOU NL 2 0 17% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 17% 5 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1988 28 HOU NL 1 0 20% 8 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 1 25% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 29 HOU NL 0 0 20% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 25% 2 1 1 2 2 0 0 0 0
1990 30 HOU NL 0 0 17% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1991 31 HOU NL 0 0 13% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 32 SDP NL 0 0 43% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17% 3 3 0 1 1 0 2 0 1
1993 33 TOT MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 33 SFG NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 35 PHI NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 4 0 23% 75 0 1 0% 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 1 4 7 18% 18 16 2 5 5 0 5 1 3
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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Hits Pinch Hitting Home Runs SH GIDP PrdOut BaseRunners Advances
Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% H Inf Bnt AB H HR RBI PHlev All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd IP Att Suc % Opp DP % Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1986 26 HOU NL 53 55% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 9 0 0% 9 3 33% 50 2 4% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1987 27 HOU NL 64 69% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 57% 17 1 6% 17 3 18% 55 5 9% 6 3 50% 4 0 0% 0
1988 28 HOU NL 71 73% 3 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 10 6 60% 12 1 8% 12 2 17% 44 3 7% 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 0
1989 29 HOU NL 85 85% 9 2 1 1 0 0 0 1.48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 9 82% 16 0 0% 14 5 36% 55 2 4% 0 0 3 3 100% 0
1990 30 HOU NL 71 59% 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 13 0 0% 17 5 29% 53 3 6% 6 2 33% 5 1 20% 1
1991 31 HOU NL 53 83% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 9 8 89% 11 1 9% 12 4 33% 33 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1992 32 SDP NL 35 80% 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 7 0 0% 7 2 29% 18 0 0% 0 0 2 0 0% 0
1993 33 TOT MLB 6 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 33 SFG NL 6 17% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1995 35 PHI NL 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 439 71% 33 13 4 1 0 0 0 1.48 0 0 22 0 0 0 0 0 57 44 77% 87 3 3% 90 24 27% 312 15 5% 16 6 38% 21 6 29% 1
MLB Averages

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 28 HOU NL 70 286 4.09 203 71% 33% 19% 33% 15% 67% 0% 48% 71% 30% 0% 0 0 6% 4 0 0% 0 0 49% 1 0 0
1989 29 HOU NL 83 299 3.60 227 76% 24% 13% 38% 25% 76% 0% 58% 83% 41% 2% 2 0 11% 9 2 4% 3 0 35% 2 0 0
1990 30 HOU NL 51 192 3.76 134 71% 29% 19% 32% 20% 71% 0% 49% 74% 42% 2% 1 0 6% 3 1 4% 2 0 55% 21 2 0
1991 31 HOU NL 53 176 3.32 129 73% 22% 19% 33% 26% 78% 0% 57% 75% 47% 6% 3 0 9% 5 2 4% 2 1 25% 0 0 0
1992 32 SDP NL 35 120 3.43 92 77% 34% 11% 28% 27% 66% 0% 51% 84% 34% 0% 0 0 3% 1 1 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1993 33 TOT MLB 6 24 4.00 19 79% 32% 21% 32% 16% 68% 0% 54% 69% 17% 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1993 33 SFG NL 6 24 4.00 19 79% 32% 21% 32% 16% 68% 0% 54% 69% 17% 0% 0 0 17% 1 0 0% 0 0 33% 0 0 0
1995 35 PHI NL 1 3 3.00 3 100% 0% 33% 67% 0% 100% 100% 67% 100% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
7 Seasons 299 1100 3.68 807 73% 28% 17% 34% 22% 72% 0% 53% 77% 39% 2% 6 0 8% 23 6 2% 7 1 41% 24 2 0
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1986 26 28 53 43 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 6 31 .047 .163 .047 .210 -38 2 0 0 4 0 0
1987 27 54 117 96 5 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 13 60 .073 .183 .073 .256 -26 7 1 0 8 0 0
1988 28 85 188 159 6 10 0 0 0 7 0 1 15 98 .063 .144 .063 .207 -40 10 2 0 14 0 0
1989 29 120 273 234 8 19 0 0 0 9 0 1 16 124 .081 .140 .081 .221 -35 19 2 0 23 0 0
1990 30 154 345 297 9 23 0 0 0 12 0 1 18 157 .077 .130 .077 .208 -40 23 2 0 30 0 0
1991 31 182 398 338 10 27 0 0 0 12 0 1 22 173 .080 .136 .080 .216 -37 27 3 0 38 0 0
1992 32 197 433 367 13 33 0 0 0 12 0 1 23 182 .090 .144 .090 .234 -32 33 3 0 43 0 0
1993 33 202 439 372 13 33 0 0 0 12 0 1 23 182 .089 .142 .089 .230 -33 33 3 0 44 0 0
1994 34 202 439 372 13 33 0 0 0 12 0 1 23 182 .089 .142 .089 .230 -33 33 3 0 44 0 0
1995 35 204 440 373 13 33 0 0 0 12 0 1 23 183 .088 .141 .088 .230 -33 33 3 0 44 0 0

Neutralized Batting

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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1986 26 26 57 45 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 12 31 .089 .281 .089 .370 1 26
1987 27 26 65 55 3 7 0 0 0 4 0 10 29 .127 .262 .127 .389 2 26
1988 28 31 65 63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 38 .000 .031 .000 .031 0 31
1989 29 35 79 78 2 12 0 0 0 2 0 1 26 .154 .165 .154 .318 2 35
1990 30 34 70 66 1 7 0 0 0 4 0 4 33 .106 .157 .106 .263 1 34
1991 31 28 47 42 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 16 .119 .213 .119 .332 1 28
1992 32 15 31 30 3 7 0 0 0 0 0 1 9 .233 .258 .233 .491 2 15
1993 33 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1995 35 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
9 Seasons 202 420 385 14 42 0 0 0 11 0 35 186 .109 .183 .109 .292 9 202
162 Game Avg. 162 337 309 11 34 0 0 0 9 0 28 149 .109 .183 .109 .292 7 202

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