Lefty James

William L. James

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 1, 1889 in Glen Roy, OH (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1912
Team: Naps 1912-1914

Final Game: July 3, 1914
Died: May 3, 1933 in Glen Roy, OH
Buried: Ridgewood Cemetery, Wellston, OH
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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	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1906	16	WST	D																							WST · POML
1911	21	TOL	A	38	79	79		7	1	1	0						.089	.089	.127	.215		10				TOL · AA
1912	22	TOL	AA	33	79	79		7	0	0	0						.089	.089	.089	.177		7				TOL · AA
1912	22	CLE	AL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	/1
1913	23	TOL	AA	30	78	78		10	0	0	0						.128	.128	.128	.256		10				TOL · AA
1913	23	CLE	AL	11	14	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.231	.231	.231	.462	33	3	0	1	1
1914	24	CLV	AA	19	51	51		6	1	1	0						.118	.118	.176	.294		9				CLV · AA
1914	24	CLE	AL	17	14	12	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.000	.143	.000	.143	-57	0	0	0	1
1915	25	CLV	AA	46	92	92		11	1	0	0						.120	.120	.130	.250		12				CLV · AA
1916	26	LOU	AA	33	38	38		4	1	0	0						.105	.105	.132	.237		5				LOU · AA
1917	27	SAN	B	4	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667		1				SAN · TL
1919	29	POR	AA	5																						POR · PCL
1921	31	NOR,BMT	A	35	83	83		13	2	0	0						.157	.157	.181	.337		15				NOR,BMT · SOUA,TL
1922	32	ATA	A	32	76	76		13	1	0	0						.171	.171	.184	.355		14				ATA · SOUA
1923	33	MOB,CNG	A	43	63	63		8	1	0	0						.127	.127	.143	.270		9				MOB,CNG · SOUA
3 Yrs				31	31	28	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.107	.167	.107	.274	-20	3	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	162	146	5	16	0	0	0	5	0		10	73	.107	.167	.107	.274	-20	16	0	5

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1912	22	CLE	AL	3	3	-1	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.482	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1913	23	CLE	AL	11	14	-1	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1914	24	CLE	AL	17	14	-2	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.491	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
3 Seasons				31	31	-4	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.493	.500	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$

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
1912	22	CLE	AL	3	3	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.276	.000	.345	.000	.363	.000	.709	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1913	23	CLE	AL	14	11	1	2.4	90	.375	.231	.268	.231	.340	.231	.352	.462	.692	33	.324	-1.2	-0.1	.300	.000	.000
1914	24	CLE	AL	14	12	0	0.0	85	.000	.000	.261	.143	.335	.000	.342	.143	.677	-57	.000	-2.3	-0.3	.167	.167	.000
3 Yrs				31	26	1	1.0	88	.214	.107	.266	.167	.338	.107	.349	.274	.687	-20	.097	-4.3	-0.5	.200	.071	.000
162 Game Avg.				162	136	5	1.0	88	.214	.107	.266	.167	.338	.107	.349	.274	.687	-20	.097	-4.3	-0.5	.200	.071	.000

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1912	22	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1913	23	14	17	16	0	3	1	0	5	.188	.188	.188	.375	8	3	1
1914	24	31	31	28	1	3	1	2	14	.107	.167	.107	.274	-20	3	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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1912	22	3	3	3	0	0	1	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1913	23	12	16	15	0	4	0	0	5	.267	.267	.267	.533	1	11
1914	24	17	14	12	1	0	0	2	9	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	17
3 Yrs		32	33	30	1	4	1	2	14	.133	.188	.133	.321	1	31
162 Game Avg.		162	167	152	5	20	5	10	71	.133	.188	.133	.321	5	31

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