Johnny James
John Phillip James
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 23, 1933 in Bonners Ferry, ID
High School: Hollywood (Hollywood, CA)
School: University of Southern California
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1958
Final Game: October 1, 1961
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Standard Pitching

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Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1958 24 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 12 2.000 6.0 0.0 12.0 3.0 0.25
1960 26 NYY AL 5 1 .833 4.36 28 0 11 0 0 2 43.1 38 22 21 3 26 2 29 3 0 1 189 82 1.477 7.9 0.6 5.4 6.0 1.12
1961 27 TOT AL 0 2 .000 5.20 37 3 10 0 0 0 72.2 67 44 42 12 54 1 43 2 0 5 334 86 1.665 8.3 1.5 6.7 5.3 0.80
1961 27 NYY AL 0 0 0.00 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 4 0.750 6.8 0.0 0.0 13.5
1961 27 LAA AL 0 2 .000 5.30 36 3 10 0 0 0 71.1 66 44 42 12 54 1 41 2 0 5 330 85 1.682 8.3 1.5 6.8 5.2 0.76
3 Seasons 5 3 .625 4.76 66 3 22 0 0 2 119.0 107 66 63 15 84 3 73 5 0 6 535 87 1.605 8.1 1.1 6.4 5.5 0.87
162 Game Avg. 5 3 .625 4.76 65 3 22 0 0 2 117 105 65 62 15 83 3 72 5 0 6 527 87 1.605 8.1 1.1 6.4 5.5 0.87
NYY (3 yrs) 5 1 .833 3.97 30 0 12 0 0 2 47.2 41 22 21 3 30 2 32 3 0 1 205 90 1.490 7.7 0.6 5.7 6.0 1.07
LAA (1 yr) 0 2 .000 5.30 36 3 10 0 0 0 71.1 66 44 42 12 54 1 41 2 0 5 330 85 1.682 8.3 1.5 6.8 5.2 0.76

Batting Against -- Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1958 24 NYY AL 1 12 8 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 4 1 .250 .500 .375 .875 .286 3 1 0 0 0 0
1960 26 NYY AL 28 189 153 22 38 9 0 3 2 3 26 29 .248 .360 .366 .726 .280 56 5 3 3 4 2
1961 27 LAA AL 36 331 269 44 66 9 1 12 6 1 54 41 .245 .374 .420 .794 .249 113 8 2 5 1 1
1961 27 NYY AL 1 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 .250 .250 .250 .500 .500 1 0 0 0 0 0
1961 27 TOT AL 37 335 273 44 67 9 1 12 6 2 54 43 .245 .373 .418 .790 .251 114 8 2 5 1 1
3 Seasons 66 536 434 66 107 19 1 15 8 5 84 73 .247 .371 .399 .770 .262 173 14 5 8 5 3
162 Game Avg. 65 528 428 65 105 19 1 15 8 5 83 72 .247 .371 .399 .770 .262 170 14 5 8 5 3
MLB Averages

Starting Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1961 27 TOT AL 37 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 33% 46 34 19 5 2 1 4.2 5.0 3.1
1961 27 LAA AL 36 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 33% 42 46 34 19 5 2 1 4.2 5.0 3.1
1 Season 36 3 0 1 2 0 0 1 1 .500 0 0 0 0 1 33% 42 46 34 19 5 2 1 4.2 5.0 3.1
MLB Averages

Reliever Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1958 24 NYY AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0.032 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 9.0
1960 26 NYY AL 28 28 11 5 1 4 2 2 50% 6 2 26 7 27% 9 1.000 8 5 14 7 2 19 12 16 17 4 17 6 4.6
1961 27 TOT AL 37 34 10 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 31 8 26% 0.728 6 8 19 5 3 26 15 19 23 8 24 7 5.6
1961 27 NYY AL 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 5 0.606 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 4.0
1961 27 LAA AL 36 33 10 0 1 0 0 0 4 4 29 8 28% 8 0.730 6 7 19 5 3 25 14 19 22 8 23 7 5.6
3 Seasons 66 63 22 5 2 4 2 2 50% 10 6 57 15 26% 0.812 14 13 34 12 5 46 27 36 41 12 42 13 5.2

Ratio Pitching*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1958 24 NYY AL 12 50% 0.0% 8.3% 33.3% 8.3% 50% 1.00 58% 5 1 20%
1960 26 NYY AL 189 34% 1.6% 15.3% 13.8% 6.4% 32% 1.23 66% 48 5 10%
1961 27 TOT AL 335 33% 3.6% 12.8% 16.1% 6.6% 33% 1.13 65% 75 8 11%
1961 27 NYY AL 4 0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 50% 0 0
1961 27 LAA AL 331 33% 3.6% 12.4% 16.3% 6.7% 33% 1.14 66% 75 8 11%
3 Seasons 536 34% 2.8% 13.6% 15.7% 6.5% 33% 1.16 65% 128 14 11%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

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Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1958 24 NYY AL 12 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0% 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 26 NYY AL 189 38 3 1 16 1 2 1 2 14 6 3 43% 2 1 1 90 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 8 0
1961 27 TOT AL 313 67 12 2 18 9 3 8 4 20 11 2 55% 5 5 1 132 6 2 75% 5 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 22
1961 27 NYY AL 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 27 LAA AL 309 66 12 2 18 9 3 8 4 20 11 2 55% 5 5 1 131 6 1 86% 5 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 9 22
3 Seasons 514 107 15 3 34 10 5 9 6 35 17 5 49% 7 6 2 229 8 5 62% 7 5 1 0 0 0 2 0 17 22
MLB Averages

Cumulative Pitching

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Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1958 24 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 12 2.000 6.0 0.0 12.0 3.0 0.25
1959 25 0 0 0.00 1 0 1 0 0 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 4 0 1 0 0 0 12 2.000 6.0 0.0 12.0 3.0 0.25
1960 26 5 1 .833 4.08 29 0 12 0 0 2 46.1 40 22 21 3 30 2 30 3 0 1 201 87 1.511 7.8 0.6 5.8 5.8 1.00 87
1961 27 5 3 .625 4.76 66 3 22 0 0 2 119.0 107 66 63 15 84 3 73 5 0 6 535 87 1.605 8.1 1.1 6.4 5.5 0.87 87

Neutralized Pitching

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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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1958 24 0 0 0.00 2.0 2 0 0 0 4 1 0 3.000 9.0 18.0 4.5 0.25 0.0 1
1960 26 1 3 .250 5.14 42.0 41 27 24 3 28 28 3 1.643 8.8 6.0 6.0 1.00 0.6 28
1961 27 3 5 .375 4.62 72.0 64 41 37 11 52 43 2 1.611 8.0 6.5 5.4 0.83 1.4 37
3 Seasons 4 8 .333 4.73 116.0 107 68 61 14 84 72 5 1.647 8.3 5.6 0.86 1.1 66

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