Mike James
Michael Elmo James
Bats: Right , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4" , Weight: 215 lb.

Born: August 15, 1967 in Fort Walton Beach, FL
High School: Fort Walton Beach (Fort Walton Beach, FL)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 43rd round of the 1987 amateur draft.
Signed May 21, 1988. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 29, 1995
Final Game: May 5, 2002
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Standard Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1995 CAL AL 27 P 46 0 55.2 10 2 8 0 0 1.000 1.62 0.22 .960 1.79 0.53
1996 CAL AL 28 P 69 0 81.0 18 6 12 0 2 1.000 2.00 0.26 .956 1.77 0.52
1997 ANA AL 29 P 58 0 62.2 11 2 9 0 0 1.000 1.58 0.19 .955 1.71 0.49
1998 ANA AL 30 P 11 0 14.0 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.64 0.09 1.000 1.80 0.50
2000 STL NL 32 P 51 0 51.1 7 2 5 0 0 1.000 1.23 0.14 .957 1.74 0.48
2001 STL NL 33 P 40 0 38.0 7 3 4 0 1 1.000 1.66 0.18 .957 1.75 0.46
2002 COL NL 34 P 13 0 11.1 1 0 1 0 0 1.000 0.79 0.08 1.000 1.83 0.48
7 Seasons P 288 0 314.0 55 15 40 0 3 1.000 1.58 0.19 .958 1.76 0.50
7 Seasons TOT 288 0 314.0 55 15 40 0 3 1.000 1.58 0.19 .958 1.76 0.50

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
1995 CAL AL 27 46 0 46 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1996 CAL AL 28 69 0 69 69 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1997 ANA AL 29 58 0 4 58 58 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1998 ANA AL 30 11 0 11 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 32 52 0 50 51 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
2001 STL NL 33 40 0 38 40 40 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2002 COL NL 34 13 0 13 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 289 0 105 288 288 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
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 -- P*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt 31 Tot 1B 2B Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 163 GB LD bFld bF2O%
1995 CAL AL 27 239 73% 33% 13 85% 0 2 0 0 9 6 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1996 CAL AL 28 362 68% 28% 13 92% 0 6 1 5 12 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 2 0 3 100%
1997 ANA AL 29 293 69% 30% 12 75% 0 2 0 2 9 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 100%
1998 ANA AL 30 57 67% 26% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2000 STL NL 32 220 69% 28% 4 100% 0 2 0 2 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2001 STL NL 33 182 73% 37% 4 100% 1 3 0 3 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 1 100%
2002 COL NL 34 51 69% 20% 1 100% 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 1404 70% 30% 48 88% 1 15 1 12 41 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 0 8 100%
MLB Averages 74% 30% 91% 84%

* 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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