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Chris James

Donald Chris James

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: October 4, 1962 in Rusk, TX
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1981. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1986 (Age 23)   vs. MON 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Indians/Giants/Padres/Astros/... 1986-1995
Agents: Randy Hendricks,Alan Hendricks [*]
Final Game: October 1, 1995 (Age 32)   vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
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Career Home Runs

Hit location and pitches data is shown only for seasons after 1988 (completeness summary of pitch data and hit data).

Chris James: 90 Career Home Runs

1 leading off, 1 walk-off, 14 tying, 22 go ahead
7 Tms
PHI39
CLE17
SDP11
TEX10
HOU6
SFG5
KCR2
 
vs LHP46
vs RHP44
 
Home46
Away44
 
Leverage
High Lev12
Medium Lev38
Low Lev40
24 Opps
CHC10
NYM7
ATL7
MON7
SDP6
PIT6
STL5
CIN5
DET5
SFG4
SEA3
KCR3
TOR3
CHW3
OAK2
CAL2
NYY2
BOS2
LAD2
HOU2
74 Pitchers
Randy Johnson3
Sid Fernandez3
Les Lancaster2
David Wells2
Rick Reuschel2
Pascual Perez2
Kirk Dressendorfer2
Neal Heaton2
Randy Myers2
Tom Glavine2
Paul Kilgus2
Zane Smith2
Jamie Moyer2
Mark Langston2
Tim Belcher1
Jack Morris1
Brian Bohanon1
Ron Robinson1
Rick Aguilera1
Ricky Horton1
27 Parks
PHI1220
SAN019
CLE077
HOU026
SFO026
MON025
CHI115
ARL024
NYC173
PIT072
DET042
NYC162
OAK012
ANA012
ATL012
TOR022
LOS031
CHI121
ARL011
BAL121
Where Hit
755
7819
87
94
893
Unk2
General field locations when available.
 
 
Pitches
220
Unk19
115
313
412
66
7+3
52
Pitches in PA when available.
Game Totals
1·HR gms84
2·HR gms3
Gms w/ this # = 0 are not shown.
 
OrderPos
5th31
6th17
7th10
3rd7
1st7
4th6
9th5
2nd4
8th3
Outs
234
128
028
 
DefPos
RF32
LF28
Unk12
PH7
CF6
3B3
1B2
Bases
---57
1--11
-2-9
1-34
12-3
1233
-232
--31
 
138 RBI
RISP22
0 on57
1 on21
2 on9
3 on3
Any on33
Inning
17
213
37
412
511
614
712
86
97
Extra1
 
1-327
4-637
7-end26
RelScore
+4..9
+35
+25
+18
Tied18
-114
-210
-37
-4..14
 
Ahead27
Tied18
Behind45
Before event, for batter
Count
Unk19
1-016
0-015
2-110
1-18
2-26
3-25
0-14
2-03
0-22
1-22

Play By Play

View Pitches · WE and WPA Explanation
1986 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
1 1 1 1 1986-04-26 PHI @ PIT Larry McWilliams tied 1-1 t 7 1 -2- 2 1 7 0.276 81% Home Run; Jeltz Scores
1987 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
2 2 1 1 1987-06-02 PHI @ SFG Mark Davis tied 0-0 t 3 2 -2- 2 1 8 0.208 69% Home Run; Jeltz Scores
3 3 2 1 1987-06-08 PHI STL Ricky Horton behind 6-12 b 8 2 --- 1 1 8 0.005 1% Home Run
4 4 3 1 1987-06-13 PHI @ MON Neal Heaton behind 1-7 t 8 0 -23 3 1 8 0.038 7% Home Run; Jeltz Scores; Schu Scores
5 5 4 1 1987-06-21 PHI @ NYM Sid Fernandez behind 1-6 t 6 2 --- 1 6 8 0.023 5% Home Run
6 6 5 1 1987-06-27 PHI NYM Jesse Orosco behind 2-5 b 9 0 --- 1 2 PH 0.052 10% Home Run
7 7 6 1 1987-06-29 (1) PHI PIT Brian Fisher behind 0-2 b 2 1 --- 1 6 7 0.101 42% Home Run
8 8 7 1 1987-07-09 PHI @ ATL Zane Smith behind 4-5 t 6 0 -2- 2 7 7 0.219 66% Home Run; Wilson Scores
9 9 8 1 1987-07-20 PHI CIN Ron Robinson ahead 5-0 b 6 1 --- 1 7 7 0.014 98% Home Run
10 10 9 1 1987-07-31 PHI @ CHC Scott Sanderson behind 4-5 t 7 2 --- 1 6 7 0.198 43% Home Run
11 11 10 2 1987-07-31 PHI @ CHC Ed Lynch ahead 7-5 t 9 0 --- 1 6 7 0.042 97% Home Run
12 12 11 1 1987-08-01 PHI @ CHC Les Lancaster behind 0-3 t 4 2 1-- 2 6 7 0.166 33% Home Run; Wilson Scores
13 13 12 1 1987-08-06 PHI STL John Tudor behind 0-5 b 5 2 --- 1 7 7 0.037 9% Home Run
14 14 13 1 1987-08-07 PHI STL Joe Magrane ahead 1-0 b 1 2 1-3 3 6 7 0.201 85% Home Run; Schu Scores; Wilson Scores
15 15 14 1 1987-08-11 PHI CHC Les Lancaster behind 3-6 b 5 0 -23 3 6 7 0.205 57% Home Run; Schmidt Scores; Wilson Scores
16 16 15 1 1987-08-19 PHI SDP Mark Grant ahead 4-0 b 5 1 -2- 2 3 7 0.040 98% Home Run; Samuel Scores
17 17 16 1 1987-08-20 PHI SDP Eric Show behind 0-1 b 2 1 --- 1 6 9 0.110 53% Home Run
18 18 17 1 1987-08-29 PHI @ SDP Eric Nolte behind 0-1 t 6 1 --- 1 3 7 0.169 47% Home Run
1988 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
19 19 1 1 1988-04-18 PHI @ NYM Rick Aguilera tied 2-2 t 4 0 --3 6,(2-2)  2 7 9 0.134 76% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Parrish Scores
20 20 2 1 1988-05-01 PHI ATL Tom Glavine behind 0-1 b 2 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 7 9 0.235 63% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Hayes Scores
21 21 3 1 1988-05-08 PHI @ ATL Pete Smith tied 1-1 t 6 2 -2- 6,(3-2)  2 5 9 0.293 77% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Hayes Scores
22 22 4 1 1988-05-11 PHI CIN Dennis Rasmussen behind 1-3 b 7 0 1-- 4,(2-1)  2 6 9 0.325 58% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Hayes Scores
23 23 5 1 1988-05-16 PHI @ SFG Rick Reuschel ahead 2-0 t 6 2 --- 1,(0-0)  1 7 9 0.089 88% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
24 24 6 1 1988-05-26 PHI LAD Don Sutton behind 1-4 b 6 1 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 5 9 0.191 33% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Schmidt Scores
25 25 7 1 1988-05-29 PHI SFG Mike Krukow ahead 2-1 b 4 2 --- 1,(0-0)  1 5 9 0.117 78% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
26 26 8 1 1988-06-01 PHI SDP Lance McCullers behind 4-5 b 8 1 --- 2,(0-1)  1 6 9 0.338 56% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
27 27 9 1 1988-06-06 PHI @ MON Floyd Youmans tied 0-0 t 2 1 --- 1 5 9 0.116 59% Home Run
28 28 10 1 1988-06-13 PHI MON Neal Heaton behind 0-1 b 2 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 5 8 0.122 55% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
29 29 11 1 1988-06-25 PHI @ STL Jose DeLeon behind 0-4 t 4 0 --- 6,(2-2)  1 5 9 0.060 16% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
30 30 12 1 1988-07-16 PHI HOU Dave Smith ahead 6-5 b 8 2 123 4,(2-1)  4 5 9 0.107 100% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Samuel Scores; Thompson Scores; Schmidt Scores
31 31 13 1 1988-07-19 PHI ATL Zane Smith ahead 1-0 b 1 1 -2- 6,(2-2)  2 4 8 0.142 81% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Schmidt Scores
32 32 14 1 1988-07-26 PHI NYM Terry Leach behind 4-5 b 5 0 --- 2,(0-1)  1 4 9 0.170 56% Home Run (LF-CF)
33 33 15 1 1988-08-07 PHI @ CHC Jamie Moyer tied 0-0 t 2 1 1-- 2,(1-0)  2 6 9 0.194 70% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Schmidt Scores
34 34 16 1 1988-08-23 PHI @ SDP Ed Whitson tied 0-0 t 1 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 3 9 0.113 58% Home Run
35 35 17 1 1988-09-26 PHI NYM Sid Fernandez tied 0-0 b 2 2 1-- 5,(2-2)  2 7 5 0.217 74% Home Run; Jones Scores
36 36 18 1 1988-09-30 PHI @ MON Pascual Perez tied 0-0 t 3 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 7 5 0.123 62% Home Run
37 37 19 1 1988-10-01 PHI @ MON Randy Johnson behind 1-3 t 6 2 --- 3,(0-2)  1 5 5 0.112 26% Home Run
1989 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
38 38 1 1 1989-04-06 PHI @ CHC Paul Kilgus ahead 5-1 t 7 1 -2- 2,(0-1)  2 5 7 0.033 98% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); Schmidt Scores
39 39 2 1 1989-04-29 PHI CIN Danny Jackson ahead 4-0 b 4 2 123 2,(1-0)  4 5 7 0.059 99% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF); Herr Scores; Samuel Scores; Schmidt Scores
40 40 3 1 1989-07-08 SDP @ PIT Bob Kipper ahead 1-0 t 6 2 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 7 0.138 78% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
41 41 4 1 1989-07-15 SDP CHC Paul Kilgus behind 0-2 b 2 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 7 0.110 43% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
42 42 5 1 1989-07-16 SDP CHC Rick Sutcliffe tied 0-0 b 2 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 7 0.116 66% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF)
43 43 6 1 1989-07-18 SDP PIT Bob Walk behind 3-4 b 5 0 123 2,(1-0)  4 5 7 0.245 90% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Templeton Scores; Gwynn Scores; Clark Scores
44 44 7 1 1989-07-19 SDP PIT Doug Drabek ahead 6-1 b 7 2 12- 1,(0-0)  3 5 7 0.010 100% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Templeton Scores; Clark Scores
45 45 8 1 1989-08-05 SDP @ LAD Tim Belcher ahead 1-0 t 6 2 1-- 3,(1-1)  2 4 7 0.216 87% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Gwynn Scores
46 46 9 1 1989-08-12 SDP ATL Tom Glavine behind 0-5 b 7 1 --- 6,(3-2)  1 5 9 0.021 4% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
47 47 10 1 1989-08-15 SDP @ NYM Sid Fernandez tied 1-1 t 7 1 --- 3,(2-0)  1 5 9 0.235 70% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
48 48 11 1 1989-08-18 SDP @ MON Pascual Perez tied 0-0 t 2 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 9 0.114 61% Home Run
49 49 12 1 1989-08-25 SDP NYM Randy Myers tied 3-3 b 11 2 1-- 2,(0-1)  2 5 9 0.441 100% Walk-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Clark Scores
50 50 13 1 1989-09-17 (2) SDP @ SFG Rick Reuschel tied 1-1 t 4 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 5 7 0.140 64% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1990 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
51 51 1 1 1990-04-13 CLE @ CHW Jack McDowell behind 0-1 t 5 1 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 DH 0.148 47% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep RF)
52 52 2 1 1990-05-08 CLE @ MIN David West ahead 2-0 t 1 2 1-3 1,(0-0)  3 7 7 0.178 86% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF); Maldonado Scores; Jacoby Scores
53 53 3 1 1990-06-06 CLE DET Jack Morris tied 2-2 b 4 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 5 DH 0.132 69% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
54 54 4 1 1990-06-12 CLE @ DET Brian Dubois ahead 1-0 t 3 2 12- 3,(2-0)  3 3 7 0.240 85% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Fermin Scores; Brookens Scores
55 55 5 1 1990-07-04 CLE SEA Randy Johnson behind 1-3 b 4 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 5 DH 0.121 42% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
56 56 6 1 1990-07-31 CLE KCR Steve Crawford behind 2-8 b 9 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 9 PH 0.004 1% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
57 57 7 1 1990-08-05 CLE @ NYY Dave LaPoint behind 0-3 t 5 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 5 DH 0.079 21% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
58 58 8 1 1990-08-11 CLE DET Dan Petry ahead 4-2 b 3 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 DH 0.075 85% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
59 59 9 1 1990-08-13 CLE DET Walt Terrell behind 0-5 b 2 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 DH 0.050 15% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
60 60 10 1 1990-08-27 CLE BOS Mike Boddicker behind 0-10 b 7 2 --- 1,(0-0)  1 5 DH 0.001 0% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
61 61 11 1 1990-09-14 CLE @ KCR Kevin Appier ahead 4-1 t 5 0 --- 4,(1-2)  1 3 DH 0.058 91% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line)
62 62 12 1 1990-09-22 CLE @ TOR Todd Stottlemyre ahead 4-1 t 6 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 DH 0.055 92% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
1991 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
63 63 1 1 1991-04-22 CLE KCR Luis Aquino ahead 5-0 b 4 2 1-- 4,(1-2)  2 4 DH 0.037 98% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Browne Scores; James Scores
64 64 2 1 1991-05-04 CLE @ OAK Kirk Dressendorfer tied 0-0 t 1 2 1-3 3,(2-0)  3 5 3 0.254 75% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF); Lewis Scores; Allred Scores; James Scores
65 65 3 2 1991-05-04 CLE @ OAK Kirk Dressendorfer ahead 5-1 t 2 2 1-3 6,(3-2)  3 5 3 0.099 95% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Lewis Scores/unER; Allred Scores/unER; James Scores/unER
66 66 4 1 1991-06-21 CLE @ TOR David Wells behind 3-4 t 5 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 3 9 0.140 47% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF Line); James Scores
67 67 5 1 1991-08-07 CLE @ TEX Brian Bohanon ahead 5-2 t 4 1 --- 1,(0-0)  1 2 DH 0.066 87% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line); James Scores
1992 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
68 68 1 1 1992-06-15 SFG @ CIN Norm Charlton behind 4-7 t 9 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 8 PH 0.007 1% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF); James Scores
69 69 2 1 1992-06-27 SFG @ SDP Andy Benes behind 2-3 t 7 1 --- 4,(2-1)  1 9 PH 0.217 46% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); James Scores
70 70 3 1 1992-07-12 SFG MON Mark Gardner ahead 3-0 b 3 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 4 7 0.055 91% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); James Scores
71 71 4 1 1992-07-31 SFG ATL Steve Avery behind 0-2 b 5 0 --- 1,(0-0)  1 4 7 0.136 38% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); James Scores
72 72 5 1 1992-09-10 SFG HOU Ryan Bowen behind 0-1 b 3 2 1-- 1,(0-0)  2 3 7 0.269 65% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Thompson Scores; James Scores
1993 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
73 73 1 1 1993-04-27 HOU STL Tom Urbani ahead 6-2 b 6 0 --- 3,(1-1)  1 6 9 0.021 98% Home Run (Fly Ball)
74 74 2 1 1993-04-29 HOU CHC Greg Hibbard tied 0-0 b 2 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 9 0.110 66% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF)
75 75 3 1 1993-05-02 HOU PIT Steve Cooke behind 0-4 b 7 0 --- 4,(2-1)  1 6 9 0.053 12% Home Run (Fly Ball)
76 76 4 1 1993-05-08 HOU CIN John Smiley ahead 3-0 b 1 1 -2- 2,(1-0)  2 6 9 0.083 91% Home Run (Fly Ball); Anthony Scores
77 77 5 1 1993-07-24 HOU CHC Randy Myers behind 3-7 b 9 1 12- 4,(2-1)  3 9 PH 0.067 11% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF); Anthony Scores; Parker Scores
78 78 6 1 1993-07-31 HOU ATL Mike Stanton behind 2-4 b 9 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 9 PH 0.031 4% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
79 79 7 1 1993-09-18 TEX @ CAL Mark Langston tied 0-0 t 1 0 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 9 0.094 59% Lead-Off Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
80 80 8 2 1993-09-18 TEX @ CAL Mark Langston ahead 5-1 t 7 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 9 0.033 96% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF)
81 81 9 1 1993-09-24 TEX @ CHW Roberto Hernandez behind 2-4 t 9 2 1-- 8,(2-2)  2 2 7 0.358 39% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep CF-RF); Dascenzo Scores
1994 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
82 82 1 1 1994-04-08 TEX @ BAL Jamie Moyer ahead 4-2 t 8 1 --- 5,(2-2)  1 2 9 0.079 90% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
83 83 2 1 1994-05-20 TEX @ SEA Randy Johnson behind 0-14 t 5 1 --- 7,(3-2)  1 8 9 0.000 0% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep RF Line)
84 84 3 1 1994-07-06 TEX CLE Derek Lilliquist behind 3-13 b 8 1 --- 2,(1-0)  1 5 9 0.001 0% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
85 85 4 1 1994-07-10 TEX @ DET David Wells ahead 4-3 t 7 2 --- 2,(1-0)  1 1 9 0.138 77% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF)
86 86 5 1 1994-07-15 TEX TOR Juan Guzman behind 2-7 b 6 0 --- 10,(3-2)  1 7 9 0.045 11% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF)
87 87 6 1 1994-08-03 TEX CHW Kirk McCaskill behind 5-7 b 6 2 -2- 3,(1-1)  2 9 PH 0.269 52% Home Run (Fly Ball to Deep LF-CF); Lee Scores
88 88 7 1 1994-08-09 TEX SEA John Cummings behind 0-2 b 3 1 --- 3,(0-2)  1 8 9 0.102 42% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF-CF)
1995 HRs #car #yr #gm Date @Bat   Pitcher Score Inn Out RoB Pit(cnt) RBI BOP Pos WPA bWE Notes Play Description
89 89 1 1 1995-07-18 KCR @ BOS Roger Clemens behind 0-1 t 4 1 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 7 0.114 47% Home Run (Line Drive to Deep LF Line)
90 90 2 1 1995-07-19 KCR @ NYY Sterling Hitchcock behind 1-4 t 4 2 --- 3,(1-1)  1 5 DH 0.076 23% Home Run (Line Drive)

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