Cleo James

Cleo Joel James

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 176 lb.

Born: August 31, 1940 in Clarksdale, MS
High School: Palm Springs HS (Palm Springs, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1968
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Dodgers 1968-1973

Final Game: September 26, 1973
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Standard Batting

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
1962	21	LAD-min	D	120	555	463	98	143	14	4	4	40	36		63	61	.309	.408	.382	.791		177		17	9	3	3		SPT · FLOR
1963	22	LAD-min	A	126	503	503		133	9	7	4						.264	.264	.334	.598		168							SNB · CALL
1964	23	LAD-min	A	128	511	511		164	21	6	7						.321	.321	.427	.748		218							SLM · NORW
1965	24	LAD-min	AA	114	419	400	65	110	16	4	9	52	10	3	19	40	.275	.308	.403	.710		161							ABQ · TL
1966	25	LAD-min	AA	135	538	494	82	152	21	8	6	62	22	8	44	71	.308	.364	.419	.783		207							ABQ · TL
1967	26	LAD-min	AAA	143	566	501	84	149	25	7	6	77	11	5	36	70	.297	.358	.411	.769		206		15	7	7			SPO · PCL
1968	27	LAD-min	AAA	113	444	395	47	106	12	3	5	44	8	4	36	40	.268	.340	.352	.692		139		8	3	2			SPO · PCL
1968	27	LAD	NL	10	10	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.300	.500	54	3	0	0	0	0	0	/7

1969	28	LAD-min	AAA	142	586	505	93	165	22	6	4	70	46	13	53	47	.327	.400	.418	.817		211		11	13	4			SPO · PCL
1970	29	CHC	NL	100	200	176	33	37	7	2	3	14	5	0	17	24	.210	.298	.324	.622	60	57	3	5	2	0	5	8/79
1971	30	CHC-min	AAA	71	303	269	56	99	16	4	4	32	37	8	23	30	.368	.429	.502	.930		135		7	2	2			TAC · PCL
1971	30	CHC	NL	54	172	150	25	43	7	0	2	13	6	2	10	16	.287	.353	.373	.727	96	56	3	6	5	1	0	89/57

1972	31	CHC-min	AAA	132	557	499	78	140	20	3	8	60	39	6	44	49	.281	.339	.381	.720		190		3	5	6			WCH · AA
1973	32	CHC-min	AAA	33	121	121		36	3	0	2						.298	.298	.372	.669		45							WCH · AA
1973	32	CHC	NL	44	47	45	9	5	0	0	0	0	5	0	1	6	.111	.130	.111	.242	-34	5	2	0	1	0	0	7/89
1974	33	CHC-min	AAA	113	456	397	69	99	12	1	11	46	27	11	45	43	.249	.327	.368	.694		146		4	3	7			WCH · AA
4 Yrs				208	429	381	69	87	15	2	5	27	16	2	28	52	.228	.299	.318	.617	63	121	8	11	8	1	5
162 Game Avg.				162	334	297	54	68	12	2	4	21	12	2	22	41	.228	.299	.318	.617	63	94	6	9	6	1	4

CHC (3 yrs)				198	419	371	67	85	14	2	5	27	16	2	28	46	.229	.302	.318	.620	64	118	8	11	8	1	5
LAD (1 yr)				10	10	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.300	.500	54	3	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1968	27	LAD	NL	10	10	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/7

1970	29	CHC	NL	100	200	-12	-0	1	-3	-1	-15	-1.5	6	-9	-0.9	.484	.490	-0.6	-0.3	-6	$	8/79
1971	30	CHC	NL	54	172	2	0	0	-4	-1	-2	-0.3	5	2	0.2	.495	.498	0.6	-0.5	6	$	89/57

1973	32	CHC	NL	44	47	-8	1	-0	0	-1	-7	-0.8	1	-6	-0.6	.482	.495	-0.7	-0.1	-6	$	7/89
4 Seasons				208	429	-18	2	0	-7	-2	-25	-2.7	13	-13	-1.4	.487	.496	-0.8	-0.9	-6	$

CHC (3 yrs)				198	419	-18	2	0	-7	-2	-25	-2.6	12	-12	-1.3	.487	.495	-0.7	-0.9	-5	$
LAD (1 yr)				10	10	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$

Advanced Batting

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
1968	27	LAD	NL	10	8	1	3.4	75	.500	.200	.243	.200	.300	.300	.342	.500	.642	54	.475	-0.5	-0.1	.375	.100	.100

1970	29	CHC	NL	200	144	18	3.4	112	.228	.210	.280	.298	.354	.324	.427	.622	.781	60	.356	-10.9	-1.1	.592	.239	.114	3.8
1971	30	CHC	NL	172	118	21	4.8	102	.308	.287	.274	.353	.342	.373	.401	.727	.744	96	.574	-0.4	-0.0	.679	.180	.087	3.0

1973	32	CHC	NL	47	43	1	0.6	102	.128	.111	.271	.130	.341	.111	.402	.242	.743	-34	.029	-8.6	-0.9	.262	.133	.000	.0
4 Yrs				429	313	41	3.5	106	.252	.228	.275	.299	.347	.318	.412	.617	.758	63	.405	-20.4	-2.1	.572	.199	.089	7.6
162 Game Avg.				334	244	32	3.5	106	.252	.228	.275	.299	.347	.318	.412	.617	.758	63	.405	-20.4	-2.1	.572	.199	.089	6

CHC (3 yrs)				419	305	40	3.5	107	.249	.229	.276	.302	.348	.318	.414	.620	.761	64	.403	-19.8	-2.0	.578	.202	.089	7.6
LAD (1 yr)				10	8	1	3.4	75	.500	.200	.243	.200	.300	.300	.342	.500	.642	54	.475	-0.5	-0.1	.375	.100	.100

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1968	27	LAD	NL	10	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	10.0%	50%		1.7			1.00	40%

1970	29	CHC	NL	200	1.5%	12.0%	8.5%	6.0%	32%	1.41	7.3	58.7	12.6	0.90	75%
1971	30	CHC	NL	172	1.2%	9.3%	5.8%	5.2%	21%	1.60	9.4	75.0	11.5	1.20	77%

1973	32	CHC	NL	47	0.0%	12.8%	2.1%	0.0%	0%	6.00	7.5			1.00	83%
4 Yrs				429	1.2%	12.1%	6.5%	5.1%	25%	1.86	7.3	76.2	14.1	1.02	76%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.8%	8.6%	5.9%	27%	1.71	6.0	44.6	9.2	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1968	27	LAD	NL	-0.5	-0.1	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.01	-0.1	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.80	-0.7	0.86	6

1970	29	CHC	NL	-10.9	-1.1	207	-1.5	2.0	-3.5	.87	-0.8	-0.9	-9.5	-0.9	0.99	-8.1	0.80	6
1971	30	CHC	NL	-0.4	-0.0	188	0.9	3.7	-2.8	1.07	0.4	0.4	10.1	1.0	0.96	4.8	1.72	3

1973	32	CHC	NL	-8.6	-0.9	54	-0.8	0.3	-1.1	.89	-0.6	-0.3	-6.2	-0.6	0.95	-6.7	1.36	10
4 Yrs				-20.4	-2.1	459	-1.5	6.0	-7.6	.96	-1.1	-0.6	-6.4	-0.6	0.97	-10.6	1.15	25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1968	27	LAD	NL	0	0	100%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	1

1970	29	CHC	NL	2	0	54%	90	5	0	100%	5	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	2	64%	9	6	3	3	1	2	13	2	11
1971	30	CHC	NL	4	0	40%	86	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	6	9	55%	12	8	4	2	0	2	8	2	6

1973	32	CHC	NL	1	0	150%	29	5	0	100%	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	38%	6	5	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
4 Yrs				7	0	53%	211	16	2	89%	15	2	1	0	0	0	5	1	11	14	55%	28	20	8	7	2	5	23	4	19

Situational Hitting*

						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
1968	27	LAD	NL	10	80%	2			6	1	0	0	0.86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1970	29	CHC	NL	200	29%	37			6	0	0	0	0.80	3	0	9	3	0	3	0	0	6	2	33%	41	3	7%	20	8	40%	136	12	9%	14	5	36%	9	8	89%	0
1971	30	CHC	NL	172	41%	43			3	1	0	0	1.72	2	0	6	1	1	1	1	0	8	5	63%	34	3	9%	10	5	50%	88	14	16%	7	6	86%	5	5	100%	0

1973	32	CHC	NL	47	83%	5			10	1	0	0	1.36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	2	29%	5	2	40%	26	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				429	41%	87			25	3	0	0	1.15	5	0	15	4	1	4	1	0	15	8	53%	83	8	10%	35	15	43%	253	26	10%	21	11	52%	16	13	81%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

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
1968	27	10	10	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.300	.500	54	3	0	0	0	0	0
1969	28	10	10	10	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.200	.200	.300	.500	54	3	0	0	0	0	0
1970	29	110	210	186	35	39	8	2	3	14	5	0	17	30	.210	.293	.323	.616	60	60	3	5	2	0	5
1971	30	164	382	336	60	82	15	2	5	27	11	2	27	46	.244	.320	.345	.665	76	116	6	11	7	1	5
1972	31	164	382	336	60	82	15	2	5	27	11	2	27	46	.244	.320	.345	.665	76	116	6	11	7	1	5
1973	32	208	429	381	69	87	15	2	5	27	16	2	28	52	.228	.299	.318	.617	63	121	8	11	8	1	5

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
1968	27	10	11	11	3	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	.273	.273	.455	.727	1	10

1970	29	100	196	173	29	34	6	2	3	12	5	16	24	.197	.284	.306	.590	14	100
1971	30	54	173	151	26	44	7	0	2	13	6	10	16	.291	.357	.377	.735	19	54

1973	32	44	48	46	14	6	0	0	0	0	6	1	6	.130	.149	.130	.279	1	44
4 Yrs		208	428	381	72	87	15	2	5	25	17	27	52	.228	.298	.318	.615	35	208
162 Game Avg.		162	333	297	56	68	12	2	4	19	13	21	41	.228	.298	.318	.615	27	208

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Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1971 NL 6 (7th)

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1971 NL 6 (7th)

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