Jim Lefebvre
James Kenneth Lefebvre
All-Star Player
Bats: Both , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0" , Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 7, 1942 in Inglewood, CA
High School: Morningside (Inglewood, CA)
Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 12, 1965
Final Game: September 19, 1972
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Standard Batting

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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
1965 23 LAD NL 157 631 544 57 136 21 4 12 69 3 5 71 92 .250 .337 .369 .706 106 201 8 2 10 4 7 *4 MVP-21,RoY-1
1966 24 LAD NL 152 610 544 69 149 23 3 24 74 1 1 48 72 .274 .333 .460 .793 126 250 10 3 10 5 6 *45 AS,MVP-18
1967 25 LAD NL 136 553 494 51 129 18 5 8 50 1 5 44 64 .261 .322 .366 .689 105 181 10 3 7 5 11 54/3
1968 26 LAD NL 84 317 286 23 69 12 1 5 31 0 0 26 55 .241 .304 .343 .646 101 98 3 1 1 3 4 45/73
1969 27 LAD NL 95 330 275 29 65 15 2 4 44 2 1 48 37 .236 .349 .349 .698 103 96 8 1 3 3 10 54/3
1970 28 LAD NL 109 351 314 33 79 15 1 4 44 1 1 29 42 .252 .314 .344 .658 81 108 7 1 4 3 2 45/3
1971 29 LAD NL 119 437 388 40 95 14 2 12 68 0 2 39 55 .245 .314 .384 .698 103 149 15 2 4 4 6 4/5
1972 30 LAD NL 70 188 169 11 34 8 0 5 24 0 0 17 30 .201 .271 .337 .609 74 57 3 0 0 2 6 45
8 Seasons 922 3417 3014 313 756 126 18 74 404 8 15 322 447 .251 .323 .378 .701 104 1140 64 13 39 29 52
162 Game Avg. 162 600 530 55 133 22 3 13 71 1 3 57 79 .251 .323 .378 .701 104 200 11 2 7 5 9

Advanced Batting

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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
1965 23 LAD NL 631 435 71 4.4 88 .279 .250 .250 .337 .312 .369 .378 .706 .690 106 .529 6.6 0.7 .646 .246 .119 4.8
1966 24 LAD NL 610 421 84 5.4 89 .276 .274 .255 .333 .312 .460 .384 .793 .697 126 .608 19.4 2.0 .741 .274 .186 1.9
1967 25 LAD NL 553 392 57 3.9 83 .283 .261 .247 .322 .308 .366 .363 .689 .672 105 .495 4.4 0.5 .589 .186 .105 1.8
1968 26 LAD NL 317 224 31 3.8 75 .279 .241 .243 .304 .300 .343 .342 .646 .642 101 .521 1.1 0.1 .568 .192 .101 .0
1969 27 LAD NL 330 225 35 4.2 89 .257 .236 .251 .349 .320 .349 .372 .698 .692 103 .500 3.7 0.4 .667 .291 .113 2.7
1970 28 LAD NL 351 250 34 3.7 99 .277 .252 .261 .314 .333 .344 .399 .658 .732 81 .392 -7.8 -0.8 .568 .185 .092 1.6
1971 29 LAD NL 437 318 44 3.7 87 .255 .245 .253 .314 .318 .384 .370 .698 .688 103 .459 1.5 0.2 .606 .235 .139 .0
1972 30 LAD NL 188 140 16 3.1 90 .213 .201 .254 .271 .322 .337 .376 .609 .698 74 .378 -5.8 -0.6 .536 .237 .136 .0
8 Seasons 3417 2405 372 4.2 87 .270 .251 .252 .323 .315 .378 .374 .701 .688 104 .506 23.2 2.5 .628 .232 .127 14.4
162 Game Avg. 600 423 65 4.2 87 .270 .251 .252 .323 .315 .378 .374 .701 .688 104 .506 4 0 .628 .232 .127 3

Postseason Batting

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Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1965 23 LAD NL WS MIN W 3 10 10 2 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .400 .800 4 0 0 0 0 0
1966 24 LAD NL WS BAL L 4 15 12 1 2 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .167 .333 .417 .750 5 0 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons (2 Series) 7 25 22 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .273 .360 .409 .769 9 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 7 25 22 3 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 3 4 .273 .360 .409 .769 9 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

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Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1966 LAD NL 24 as 2B 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1965 23 LAD NL 631 1.9% 14.6% 11.3% 5.9% 27% 1.30 5.9 45.3 7.9 1.44 70%
1966 24 LAD NL 610 3.9% 11.8% 7.9% 8.2% 34% 1.50 7.6 22.7 7.4 0.98 74%
1967 25 LAD NL 553 1.5% 11.6% 8.0% 5.6% 24% 1.45 7.7 61.8 9.9 0.92 77%
1968 26 LAD NL 317 1.6% 17.4% 8.2% 5.7% 26% 2.12 5.2 57.2 9.2 0.93 72%
1969 27 LAD NL 330 1.2% 11.2% 14.6% 6.4% 32% 0.77 7.4 68.8 6.3 1.18 72%
1970 28 LAD NL 351 1.1% 12.0% 8.3% 5.7% 25% 1.45 7.5 78.5 7.1 0.80 77%
1971 29 LAD NL 437 2.8% 12.6% 8.9% 6.4% 30% 1.41 7.1 32.3 5.7 0.86 74%
1972 30 LAD NL 188 2.7% 16.0% 9.0% 6.9% 38% 1.76 5.6 33.8 7.0 0.67 72%
8 Seasons 3417 2.2% 13.1% 9.4% 6.4% 29% 1.39 6.7 40.7 7.5 0.99 74%
MLB Averages

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1965 23 LAD NL 10 0 23% 230 3 5 38% 3 4 0 0 0 1 1 0 9 15 41% 33 22 11 3 1 1 23 8 12
1966 24 LAD NL 10 0 26% 242 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 8 6 43% 29 19 10 5 3 1 19 5 12
1967 25 LAD NL 8 0 26% 214 1 5 17% 1 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 9 44% 24 16 8 7 4 3 12 4 8
1968 26 LAD NL 2 0 20% 105 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 40% 10 7 2 3 1 2 7 3 4
1969 27 LAD NL 1 0 23% 115 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 8 37% 15 8 7 4 4 0 11 6 4
1970 28 LAD NL 2 0 28% 143 1 1 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 8 31% 23 15 8 6 5 1 7 4 2
1971 29 LAD NL 3 0 23% 164 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 9 36% 24 14 10 4 4 0 16 9 6
1972 30 LAD NL 0 0 13% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 57% 6 3 3 0 0 0 1 0 1
8 Seasons 36 0 24% 1241 8 15 35% 8 14 0 0 0 1 6 0 37 60 40% 164 104 59 32 22 8 96 39 49
MLB Averages

Situational Hitting*

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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
1965 23 LAD NL 631 100% 136 2 1 0 1 1.56 12 0 20 4 8 3 9 0 10 10 100% 100 8 8% 46 22 48% 384 60 16% 36 17 47% 41 16 39% 0
1966 24 LAD NL 610 100% 149 3 1 0 0 3.05 24 0 13 13 11 11 13 1 12 10 83% 120 10 8% 63 24 38% 372 54 15% 27 18 67% 38 15 39% 0
1967 25 LAD NL 553 100% 129 6 1 0 1 2.58 8 0 10 1 7 3 5 0 7 7 100% 97 10 10% 44 20 45% 345 48 14% 35 15 43% 23 8 35% 0
1968 26 LAD NL 316 100% 69 4 1 0 1 1.00 5 0 5 2 3 1 4 0 1 1 100% 50 3 6% 20 6 30% 187 27 14% 13 6 46% 16 7 44% 1
1969 27 LAD NL 330 100% 65 11 4 0 3 1.58 4 0 7 1 3 3 1 0 3 3 100% 64 8 13% 35 13 37% 216 41 19% 33 17 52% 19 6 32% 0
1970 28 LAD NL 351 100% 79 17 3 0 1 1.91 4 0 9 2 2 1 3 0 5 4 80% 71 7 10% 31 13 42% 242 41 17% 22 14 64% 25 11 44% 0
1971 29 LAD NL 437 100% 95 15 4 0 3 2.18 12 0 16 8 4 5 7 0 5 4 80% 103 15 15% 50 15 30% 338 58 17% 36 19 53% 27 9 33% 0
1972 30 LAD NL 188 100% 34 24 6 1 3 2.47 5 0 7 3 2 3 2 0 0 0 30 3 10% 17 4 24% 156 19 12% 14 4 29% 16 2 13% 0
8 Seasons 3416 100% 756 82 21 1 13 2.12 74 0 87 34 40 30 44 1 43 39 91% 635 64 10% 306 117 38% 2240 348 16% 216 110 51% 205 74 36% 1
MLB Averages

Cumulative Batting

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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
1965 23 157 631 544 57 136 21 4 12 69 3 5 71 92 .250 .337 .369 .706 106 201 8 2 10 4 7
1966 24 309 1241 1088 126 285 44 7 36 143 4 6 119 164 .262 .335 .415 .749 116 451 18 5 20 9 13
1967 25 445 1794 1582 177 414 62 12 44 193 5 11 163 228 .262 .331 .399 .731 113 632 28 8 27 14 24
1968 26 529 2111 1868 200 483 74 13 49 224 5 11 189 283 .259 .327 .391 .718 111 730 31 9 28 17 28
1969 27 624 2441 2143 229 548 89 15 53 268 7 12 237 320 .256 .330 .385 .715 110 826 39 10 31 20 38
1970 28 733 2792 2457 262 627 104 16 57 312 8 13 266 362 .255 .328 .380 .708 106 934 46 11 35 23 40
1971 29 852 3229 2845 302 722 118 18 69 380 8 15 305 417 .254 .326 .381 .707 106 1083 61 13 39 27 46
1972 30 922 3417 3014 313 756 126 18 74 404 8 15 322 447 .251 .323 .378 .701 104 1140 64 13 39 29 52

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
1965 23 156 644 558 67 153 24 4 14 81 3 80 91 .274 .365 .407 .772 82 157
1966 24 152 620 559 81 164 25 3 26 87 1 53 72 .293 .355 .488 .843 98 152
1967 25 136 571 513 65 148 21 6 9 64 1 50 64 .288 .352 .405 .757 73 136
1968 26 83 340 303 32 87 15 1 6 44 0 33 55 .287 .356 .403 .759 44 84
1969 27 95 341 283 34 73 17 2 4 51 2 54 37 .258 .375 .375 .750 41 95
1970 28 109 348 315 34 80 15 1 4 45 1 29 42 .254 .316 .346 .662 35 109
1971 29 119 443 395 48 102 15 2 13 82 0 42 55 .258 .330 .405 .735 53 119
1972 30 73 202 180 13 39 9 0 6 29 0 20 31 .217 .292 .367 .659 19 70
8 Seasons 923 3509 3106 374 846 141 19 82 483 8 361 447 .272 .348 .409 .757 445 922
162 Game Avg. 162 616 545 66 148 25 3 14 85 1 63 78 .272 .348 .409 .757 78 922

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

All-Star Games
1966 (2B)

Awards (yr-lg-award)
1965-NL-Rookie of the Year

MVP (yr-lg-rk-shr)
1965-NL-21-2%
1966-NL-18-3%
0.05 Career Shares (1085th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1965 NL--10--9th
1966 NL--10--9th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 12 (1037), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 5 (2562), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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