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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1984 NYY AL 24 P 2 2 7.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0.50 1.000 1.80 0.70
1985 HOU NL 25 P 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.80 0.70
1986 HOU NL 26 P 26 26 144.0 24 9 13 2 0 .917 1.38 0.85 .958 1.94 0.66 RoY-7
1987 HOU NL 27 P 26 25 152.0 28 5 22 1 0 .964 1.60 1.04 .954 1.91 0.62
1988 HOU NL 28 P 31 31 207.0 34 7 25 2 1 .941 1.39 1.03 .956 1.96 0.69
1989 HOU NL 29 P 34 34 225.2 42 8 31 3 2 .929 1.56 1.15 .948 1.87 0.63
1990 HOU NL 30 P 34 34 209.1 37 3 32 2 1 .946 1.50 1.03 .957 1.80 0.58
1991 HOU NL 31 P 28 28 161.0 25 4 18 3 1 .880 1.23 0.79 .960 1.86 0.59
1992 SDP NL 32 P 15 15 96.0 24 2 22 0 1 1.000 2.25 1.60 .950 1.94 0.60
1993 TOT MLB 33 P 32 31 184.1 29 4 25 0 0 1.000 1.42 0.91 .952 1.80 0.56
1993 MIN AL 33 P 27 27 167.1 26 4 22 0 0 1.000 1.40 0.96 .950 1.79 0.56
1993 SFG NL 33 P 5 4 17.0 3 0 3 0 0 1.000 1.59 0.60 .967 1.85 0.54
1994 MIN AL 34 P 25 25 130.1 20 3 16 1 1 .950 1.31 0.76 .955 1.72 0.52
1995 PHI NL 35 P 2 2 5.1 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 0.00 1.86 0.50
12 Seasons P 257 253 1525.0 264 45 205 14 7 .947 1.48 0.97 .954 1.86 0.61
12 Seasons TOT 257 253 1525.0 264 45 205 14 7 .947 1.48 0.97 .901 1.86 0.61

Appearances

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Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1984 NYY AL 24 2 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 HOU NL 25 2 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 HOU NL 26 26 26 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 HOU NL 27 26 25 26 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 HOU NL 28 31 31 31 31 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 HOU NL 29 35 34 35 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
1990 HOU NL 30 34 34 34 34 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1991 HOU NL 31 28 28 28 28 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 SDP NL 32 15 15 15 15 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 MIN AL 33 27 0 27 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 SFG NL 33 5 4 5 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1994 MIN AL 34 25 0 25 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1995 PHI NL 35 2 2 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 258 199 204 257 257 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1954 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1984 NYY AL 24 40 70% 18% 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 HOU NL 25 10 80% 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 HOU NL 26 629 70% 17% 18 78% 0 9 0 6 14 11 1 2 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1987 HOU NL 27 689 77% 20% 19 89% 0 3 0 2 25 14 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 100%
1988 HOU NL 28 901 78% 22% 26 85% 0 6 1 4 27 15 2 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 8 75%
1989 HOU NL 29 972 76% 25% 29 97% 0 9 1 5 31 18 2 2 0 0 2 0 2 1 2 0 8 100%
1990 HOU NL 30 920 77% 23% 30 83% 1 3 1 1 31 22 1 2 0 0 2 0 1 1 1 0 13 85%
1991 HOU NL 31 728 77% 22% 11 100% 0 2 2 0 18 8 0 3 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1992 SDP NL 32 415 81% 22% 14 93% 0 2 1 1 21 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 100%
1993 MIN AL 33 723 81% 24% 19 63% 1 4 0 3 22 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 67%
1993 SFG NL 33 80 85% 26% 2 100% 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1994 MIN AL 34 624 79% 28% 14 86% 0 3 1 1 16 10 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 6 100%
1995 PHI NL 35 34 79% 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Seasons 6765 77% 23% 182 86% 2 41 7 23 209 122 8 13 1 2 10 2 5 4 5 0 61 90%
MLB Averages 77% 30% 91% 87%

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1954 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

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