Charlie James
Charles Wesley James
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1" , Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 22, 1937 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Webster Groves (Webster Groves, MO)
Schools: University of Missouri, Washington University in Saint Louis
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 2, 1960
Final Game: September 27, 1965
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1960 STL NL 22 OF 37 7 115.1 24 21 1 2 1 .917 -0.4 -4.2 0.6 0.5 0.0 -1 1.72 0.59 .979 2.20 1.92
1960 STL NL 22 LF 24 1 47.1 7 7 0 0 0 1.000 -0.4 -10.1 -0.4 -0.5 0.1 0 1.33 0.29 .971 1.98 1.54
1960 STL NL 22 RF 9 6 55.0 14 11 1 2 1 .857 -0.6 -13.1 0.4 0.7 -0.3 -1 1.96 1.33 .979 2.00 1.76
1960 STL NL 22 CF 7 0 13.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.6 55.4 0.6 0.3 0.2 0 2.77 0.57 .975 2.56 2.31
1961 STL NL 23 OF 90 84 754.0 160 151 3 6 1 .963 4.6 7.3 2.6 4.3 -1.7 2 1.84 1.71 .978 2.16 1.86
1961 STL NL 23 RF 54 50 439.2 88 83 2 3 1 .966 4.0 10.9 0.0 -0.1 0.1 4 1.74 1.57 .974 1.93 1.60
1961 STL NL 23 LF 41 32 296.1 68 64 1 3 0 .956 0.6 2.4 2.6 4.7 -2.1 -2 1.97 1.59 .974 1.88 1.50
1961 STL NL 23 CF 4 2 18.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -0.3 0.3 0 2.50 1.25 .980 2.65 2.28
1962 STL NL 24 OF 116 95 877.0 165 156 7 2 1 .988 6.4 8.8 1.4 4.5 -3.2 5 1.67 1.41 .973 2.07 1.79
1962 STL NL 24 RF 104 86 797.0 150 140 8 2 1 .987 3.2 4.8 -0.8 3.7 -4.5 4 1.67 1.42 .975 1.90 1.65
1962 STL NL 24 LF 17 9 80.0 18 18 0 0 0 1.000 3.2 48.0 2.2 0.8 1.3 1 2.02 1.06 .967 1.81 1.37
1963 STL NL 25 OF 101 78 754.2 174 169 4 1 1 .994 6.5 10.3 6.5 1.8 4.7 0 2.06 1.71 .976 2.01 1.75
1963 STL NL 25 LF 84 56 571.2 126 123 3 0 0 1.000 3.5 7.3 3.5 1.1 2.4 0 1.98 1.50 .970 1.80 1.38
1963 STL NL 25 RF 23 21 175.0 45 43 1 1 1 .978 2.8 19.2 2.8 0.7 2.1 0 2.26 1.91 .976 1.83 1.61
1963 STL NL 25 CF 1 1 8.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 30.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.25 2.00 1.000 2.36 2.10
1964 STL NL 26 OF 60 52 443.1 82 76 3 3 0 .963 -0.3 -0.8 -2.3 -2.6 0.4 2 1.60 1.32 .973 1.99 1.72
1964 STL NL 26 LF 45 40 351.1 66 60 3 3 0 .955 0.8 2.7 -1.2 -2.7 1.6 2 1.61 1.40 .965 1.71 1.34
1964 STL NL 26 RF 15 12 92.0 16 16 0 0 0 1.000 -1.1 -14.3 -1.1 0.1 -1.2 0 1.57 1.07 .975 1.90 1.62
1965 CIN NL 27 OF 7 6 51.0 11 10 0 1 0 .909 0.3 7.1 0.3 -0.3 0.7 0 1.76 1.43 .973 1.99 1.74
1965 CIN NL 27 RF 4 3 29.0 6 5 0 1 0 .833 -0.4 -16.6 -0.4 -0.4 0.1 0 1.55 1.25 .983 1.96 1.72
1965 CIN NL 27 LF 3 3 22.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 0.7 38.2 0.7 0.1 0.6 0 2.05 1.67 .960 1.72 1.37
6 Seasons OF 411 322 2995.1 616 583 18 15 4 .976 17.1 6.9 9.1 8.2 0.9 8 1.81 1.46 .975 2.07 1.80
6 Seasons LF 214 141 1368.2 290 277 7 6 0 .979 8.4 7.4 7.4 3.5 3.9 1 1.87 1.33 .969 1.80 1.41
6 Seasons RF 209 178 1587.2 319 298 12 9 4 .972 7.9 6.0 0.9 4.7 -3.7 7 1.76 1.48 .975 1.91 1.64
3 Seasons CF 12 3 39.0 11 11 0 0 0 1.000 0.8 24.6 0.8 0.0 0.7 0 2.54 0.92 .982 2.56 2.28
6 Seasons TOT 411 322 2995.1 616 583 18 15 4 .976 17.1 6.9 9.1 8.2 0.9 8 1.81 1.46 .951 2.07 1.80
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1960 STL NL 22 43 7 43 43 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 7 9 37 10 3
1961 STL NL 23 108 84 108 108 0 0 0 0 0 0 41 4 54 90 19 3
1962 STL NL 24 129 95 129 129 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 0 104 116 15 5
1963 STL NL 25 116 78 116 116 0 0 0 0 0 0 84 1 23 101 18 5
1964 STL NL 26 88 52 88 88 0 0 0 0 0 0 45 0 15 60 35 1
1965 CIN NL 27 26 6 26 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 7 20 0
6 Seasons 510 322 510 510 0 0 0 0 0 0 214 12 209 411 117 17
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 -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 STL NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 211 64% 76% 27% 23 30%
1961 STL NL 23 3 0 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 14 13 0 15 1 1 7 3 0 6 2 0 3 3 0 45 22 48.9% 22 1 2.2% 0 1297 56% 79% 25% 142 46%
1962 STL NL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 1 0 0 0 4 4 0 1 0 0 3 3 0 12 10 83.3% 1 1 8.3% -1 341 57% 74% 31% 34 56%
1963 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 3 0 4 0 0 2 1 1 7 1 0 9 9 0 25 14 56.0% 10 1 4.0% 2 2497 60% 75% 28% 148 84%
1964 STL NL 26 3 0 3 0 1 3 0 3 0 0 15 11 0 10 5 0 10 7 0 4 2 0 2 1 0 41 26 63.4% 15 0 0.0% 3 1519 63% 81% 30% 172 37%
1965 CIN NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 89 56% 71% 30% 12 42%
6 Seasons 6 0 6 0 1 7 0 4 0 2 40 34 1 31 6 1 24 15 1 18 5 0 17 16 0 130 76 58.5% 51 3 2.3% 4 5954 60% 77% 28% 531 54%
MLB Averages 57.0% 2.2% 61% 77% 27% 48%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 STL NL 22 2 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 2 22.2% 7 0 0.0% 1 227 63% 81% 40% 29 38%
1961 STL NL 23 3 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 1 23 17 0 15 5 0 12 6 0 7 4 1 8 8 0 65 40 61.5% 24 1 1.5% 1 1951 63% 76% 27% 193 44%
1962 STL NL 24 2 0 2 0 1 8 1 4 1 2 37 19 1 23 6 1 15 10 1 6 3 0 10 6 1 91 44 48.4% 42 4 4.4% 4 3462 59% 77% 25% 308 47%
1963 STL NL 25 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 4 0 2 0 0 3 3 0 2 1 0 4 2 0 17 10 58.8% 7 0 0.0% 1 759 57% 77% 31% 75 59%
1964 STL NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 5 2 0 2 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 11 5 45.5% 6 0 0.0% 0 402 62% 80% 26% 34 47%
1965 CIN NL 27 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 123 44% 76% 30% 6 83%
6 Seasons 9 0 7 2 3 12 1 4 2 3 73 43 1 47 13 1 33 20 1 17 8 1 24 18 1 194 102 52.6% 86 5 2.6% 7 6924 60% 77% 27% 645 47%
MLB Averages 42.0% 3.1% 61% 77% 27% 54%

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1960 STL NL 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 55 62% 73% 27% 8 50%
1961 STL NL 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 2 50.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 79 73% 80% 24% 11 45%
1963 STL NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 39% 82% 33% 2 100%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 5 3 60.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 167 63% 78% 27% 21 52%
MLB Averages 40.7% 2.0% 61% 77% 27% 56%

* 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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