Johnny James

John Phillip James

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 23, 1933 in Bonners Ferry, ID
High School: Hollywood HS (Hollywood, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1958
Teams (by GP): Angels/Yankees 1958-1961

Final Game: October 1, 1961
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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
1953	19	NYY-min	C	35	69	69		16	0	0	0						.232	.232	.232	.464		16							BOI · PION
1954	20	NYY-min	C	40	59	59		9	0	0	0						.153	.153	.153	.305		9							MOD · CALL
1955	21	NYY-min	A	44	29	29		5	0	0	0						.172	.172	.172	.345		5							BNG · EL
1956	22	NYY-min	A,AA	54	25	25		4	0	0	0						.160	.160	.160	.320		4							BNG,BIR · EL,SOUA
1957	23	NYY-min	AAA	50	21	16	2	5	0	0	0	0	0		3	4	.313	.421	.313	.734		5		0	2	0			RMD · IL
1958	24	NYY-min	AAA	39	43	35	4	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	11	.057	.108	.057	.165		2		0	6	0	0		RMD · IL
1958	24	NYY	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1959	25	NYY-min	AAA	70	27	21	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	2	.048	.130	.048	.178		1		0	4	0	0		RMD · IL
1960	26	NYY-min	AAA	22	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.200	.429	.200	.629		1		0	0	0			RMD · IL
1960	26	NYY	AL	28	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1961	27	TOT	AL	44	15	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.071	.000	.071	-80	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
1961	27	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1961	27	LAA	AL	43	15	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.071	.000	.071	-80	0	1	1	0	0	0	1
1962	28	ANA-ANA/PHI-min	B,AAA	27	25	24	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	13	.083	.083	.083	.167		2		0	1	0	0		TRI,HAW,DFW · NORW,PCL,AA
3 Yrs				73	19	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.056	.000	.056	-84	0	1	1	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	42	38	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	.000	.056	.000	.056	-84	0	2	2	0	0	0

NYY (3 yrs)				30	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
LAA (1 yr)				43	15	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.071	.000	.071	-80	0	1	1	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
1958	24	NYY	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.478	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1960	26	NYY	AL	28	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1961	27	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1961	27	LAA	AL	43	15	-4	0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	1
3 Seasons				73	19	-5	0	-0	0	2	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.496	.500	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$

NYY (3 yrs)				30	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
LAA (1 yr)				43	15	-4	0	-0	0	2	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$

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
1958	24	NYY	AL	1	1	0	0.0	95		.000	.257	.000	.325	.000	.390	.000	.715	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1960	26	NYY	AL	3	3	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.257	.000	.330	.000	.394	.000	.724	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1961	27	TOT	AL	15	14	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.275	.071	.352	.000	.428	.071	.780	-80	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.071	.000	.000
1961	27	LAA	AL	15	14	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.275	.071	.352	.000	.428	.071	.780	-80	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.071	.000	.000
3 Yrs				19	18	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.271	.056	.347	.000	.420	.056	.767	-84	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.056	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				42	40	0	0.0	109	.000	.000	.271	.056	.347	.000	.420	.056	.767	-84	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.056	.000	.000

NYY (3 yrs)				4	4	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.257	.000	.329	.000	.393	.000	.722	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
LAA (1 yr)				15	14	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.275	.071	.352	.000	.428	.071	.780	-80	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.071	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	24	NYY	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1960	26	NYY	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
1961	27	TOT	AL	15	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.6				53%
1961	27	LAA	AL	15	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.6				53%
3 Yrs				19	0.0%	42.1%	0.0%	0.0%			2.1				47%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.4%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.52	6.6	37.4	8.3	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1958	24	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.2	0

1960	26	NYY	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.17	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.45	-0.8	0
1961	27	TOT	AL	-3.6	-0.4	16	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	.65	-0.3	0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.86	-2.8	0
1961	27	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1961	27	LAA	AL	-3.6	-0.4	16	-0.2	0.1	-0.2	.65	-0.3	0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.86	-2.8	0
3 Yrs				-4.7	-0.5	20	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.70	-0.4	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.77	-3.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1958	24	NYY	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1960	26	NYY	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	27	TOT	AL	0	0	300%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1961	27	LAA	AL	0	0	300%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				0	0	300%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

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
1958	24	NYY	AL	1	100%	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

1960	26	NYY	AL	3	100%	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
1961	27	TOT	AL	15	93%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1961	27	LAA	AL	15	93%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				19	95%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	GDP	HBP
1958	24	1	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1959	25	1	1	1	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1960	26	29	4	4	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1961	27	73	19	17	3	8	.000	.056	.000	.056	-84	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1958	24	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1960	26	29	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	28
1961	27	44	14	13	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	44
3 Yrs		74	18	17	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	73
162 Game Avg.		162	39	37	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	18	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	73

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