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 Fielding

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Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
1965 LAD NL 23 2B 156 154 1395.2 802 349 429 24 91 .970 9.2 7.9 11.2 2.2 9.0 -2 5.02 4.99 .974 5.28 4.71 MVP-21,RoY-1
1966 LAD NL 24 2B 119 114 1000.1 590 246 332 12 59 .980 5.7 6.8 7.7 -0.6 8.3 -2 5.20 4.86 .978 5.33 4.68 AS,MVP-18
1966 LAD NL 24 3B 40 34 289.2 83 22 57 4 4 .952 -3.3 -13.7 -2.3 -3.0 0.7 -1 2.45 1.98 .954 3.04 2.66 AS,MVP-18
1967 LAD NL 25 3B 92 89 818.0 266 49 205 12 12 .955 -3.9 -5.7 -3.9 -5.4 1.5 0 2.79 2.76 .950 2.96 2.75
1967 LAD NL 25 2B 34 33 291.0 188 70 112 6 23 .968 4.4 18.1 3.4 -0.7 4.1 1 5.63 5.35 .976 5.26 4.63
1967 LAD NL 25 1B 5 5 45.0 58 54 4 0 4 1.000 -0.1 -2.7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 0 11.60 11.60 .991 9.96 8.82
1968 LAD NL 26 2B 62 53 469.1 269 126 137 6 29 .978 -1.6 -4.1 -0.6 0.2 -0.9 -1 5.04 4.24 .977 5.21 4.74
1968 LAD NL 26 3B 16 17 133.0 39 15 22 2 4 .949 -3.3 -29.8 -3.3 -2.1 -1.1 0 2.50 2.31 .954 2.93 2.72
1968 LAD NL 26 LF 5 5 38.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.2 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 2.13 1.80 .967 1.63 1.38
1968 LAD NL 26 OF 5 5 38.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.2 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 2.13 1.80 .978 2.01 1.82
1968 LAD NL 26 1B 3 3 23.0 31 29 2 0 0 1.000 0.3 15.7 0.3 -0.2 0.5 0 12.13 10.33 .994 10.10 8.90
1969 LAD NL 27 3B 44 42 364.0 134 34 98 2 7 .985 7.9 26.0 7.9 5.0 2.9 0 3.26 3.00 .944 2.92 2.63
1969 LAD NL 27 2B 37 32 283.1 149 62 83 4 16 .973 0.9 3.8 -0.1 2.1 -2.3 1 4.61 3.92 .974 5.19 4.65
1969 LAD NL 27 1B 6 6 51.0 62 58 4 0 3 1.000 0.1 2.4 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 10.94 10.33 .992 9.83 8.83
1970 LAD NL 28 2B 70 62 586.0 323 142 177 4 34 .988 -0.4 -0.8 1.6 -2.1 3.7 -2 4.90 4.56 .979 5.32 4.67
1970 LAD NL 28 3B 21 14 135.1 56 20 34 2 4 .964 1.9 16.8 1.9 1.9 0.1 0 3.59 2.57 .945 2.91 2.58
1970 LAD NL 28 1B 1 0 5.0 7 6 1 0 3 1.000 0.1 24.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0 12.60 7.00 .986 9.72 8.40
1971 LAD NL 29 2B 102 97 874.0 510 244 260 6 69 .988 -2.8 -3.8 -3.8 -1.1 -2.8 1 5.19 4.94 .978 5.47 4.86
1971 LAD NL 29 3B 7 4 40.1 20 3 14 3 2 .850 0.2 6.0 0.2 -0.6 0.8 0 3.79 2.43 .955 2.79 2.31
1972 LAD NL 30 2B 33 27 257.0 150 66 82 2 21 .987 0.9 4.2 1.9 3.7 -1.8 -1 5.18 4.48 .978 5.36 4.88
1972 LAD NL 30 3B 11 8 73.2 23 4 17 2 3 .913 0.3 4.9 0.3 1.3 -1.1 0 2.57 1.91 .948 2.87 2.55
8 Seasons 2B 613 572 5156.2 2981 1305 1612 64 342 .979 16.3 3.8 21.3 3.7 17.3 -5 5.09 4.76 .977 5.32 4.73
7 Seasons 3B 231 208 1854.0 621 147 447 27 36 .957 -0.2 -0.1 0.8 -2.9 3.8 -1 2.88 2.57 .949 2.95 2.67
4 Seasons 1B 15 14 124.0 158 147 11 0 10 1.000 0.4 3.9 0.4 -0.2 0.6 0 11.47 10.53 .992 9.92 8.81
1 Season LF 5 5 38.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.2 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 2.13 1.80 .967 1.63 1.38
1 Season OF 5 5 38.0 9 9 0 0 0 1.000 0.1 3.2 0.1 0.3 -0.2 0 2.13 1.80 .978 2.01 1.82
8 Seasons TOT 864 799 7172.2 3769 1608 2070 91 388 .976 16.6 2.8 22.6 0.9 21.5 0 -6 4.62 4.26 .949 4.77 4.23
Pos G GS Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzrd Rtzhm Rof Rdp RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards

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
1965 LAD NL 23 157 154 157 157 0 0 0 156 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
1966 LAD NL 24 152 148 152 152 0 0 0 119 40 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
1967 LAD NL 25 136 127 136 136 0 0 5 34 92 0 0 0 0 0 9 0
1968 LAD NL 26 84 78 84 84 0 0 3 62 16 0 5 0 0 5 4 0
1969 LAD NL 27 95 80 95 95 0 0 6 37 44 0 0 0 0 0 13 0
1970 LAD NL 28 109 76 109 109 0 0 1 70 21 0 0 0 0 0 24 0
1971 LAD NL 29 119 101 119 119 0 0 0 102 7 0 0 0 0 0 16 0
1972 LAD NL 30 70 35 70 70 0 0 0 33 11 0 0 0 0 0 29 1
8 Seasons 922 799 922 922 0 0 15 613 231 0 5 0 0 5 100 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 -- 2B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 643 543 463 43 GB GBs GBr LD LDs LDf
1965 LAD NL 23 5817 71% 75% 28% 559 91% 1 352 142 153 57 427 363 54 0 1 24 0 23 1 22 93 26 20 29 4 84 33 47 6 3 3
1966 LAD NL 24 4179 70% 76% 28% 426 91% 0 242 100 90 52 330 274 48 1 4 12 0 12 0 10 59 23 8 22 1 56 24 31 2 1 0
1967 LAD NL 25 1237 66% 78% 29% 127 88% 0 67 20 34 13 110 99 5 0 1 6 1 3 2 3 23 11 3 4 1 21 5 14 2 1 1
1968 LAD NL 26 1983 67% 76% 27% 175 91% 1 125 40 56 29 133 109 21 1 1 6 0 6 0 4 30 8 2 12 1 25 15 10 4 1 3
1969 LAD NL 27 1215 66% 77% 27% 100 93% 0 65 23 25 17 82 73 8 0 3 4 0 4 0 3 17 2 8 3 1 15 5 10 0 0 0
1970 LAD NL 28 2553 67% 78% 27% 213 94% 0 142 44 65 33 178 159 18 0 5 4 0 4 0 4 33 11 10 10 0 31 10 21 2 0 2
1971 LAD NL 29 3744 67% 79% 28% 302 92% 0 239 68 118 54 266 230 29 0 5 6 2 3 1 3 71 36 12 13 3 64 16 48 5 1 4
1972 LAD NL 30 1093 69% 78% 30% 92 96% 0 66 20 32 14 82 73 9 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 21 7 5 5 0 20 5 14 0 0 0
8 Seasons 21821 69% 77% 28% 1994 92% 2 1298 457 573 269 1608 1380 192 2 20 64 3 57 4 50 347 124 68 98 11 316 113 195 21 7 13
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 543 53 GB LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1966 LAD NL 24 1226 67% 76% 26% 90 87% 0 21 17 4 0 61 44 14 0 1 4 0 3 1 3 4 3 0 3 1 0 1 3 67%
1967 LAD NL 25 3542 64% 78% 28% 286 84% 3 48 38 5 5 203 166 29 2 1 12 0 11 1 9 13 11 0 13 0 0 0 8 75%
1968 LAD NL 26 580 71% 77% 25% 40 85% 0 15 9 2 4 24 18 5 1 1 2 0 2 0 1 4 1 0 2 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 LAD NL 27 1541 69% 77% 30% 134 93% 1 34 23 9 2 97 81 14 0 1 2 0 2 0 1 7 7 0 7 0 0 0 3 33%
1970 LAD NL 28 605 65% 79% 24% 63 86% 1 20 18 1 1 35 27 7 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 4 4 0 4 0 0 0 2 50%
1971 LAD NL 29 169 69% 80% 31% 20 80% 0 3 2 0 1 14 8 6 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0
1972 LAD NL 30 320 64% 76% 28% 24 83% 0 4 3 0 1 18 14 3 0 0 2 0 2 0 2 3 2 0 3 0 0 0 0
7 Seasons 7983 66% 77% 27% 657 86% 5 145 110 21 14 452 358 78 3 4 27 0 25 2 20 37 30 0 34 1 0 1 17 65%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 89% 66%

Advanced Fielding -- 1B*

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Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA RHB% BIP% GBIP% Fld F2O% FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag 3U Tot 1B 2B Hm Rly Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 363 361 36 GB GBs LD LDs LDf bFld bF2O%
1967 LAD NL 25 198 62% 77% 28% 10 90% 1 55 2 53 0 4 4 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 1 3 67%
1968 LAD NL 26 100 70% 82% 33% 4 100% 0 29 0 29 0 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1969 LAD NL 27 214 58% 81% 31% 10 90% 0 58 3 54 1 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
1970 LAD NL 28 18 61% 89% 39% 1 100% 0 6 0 6 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
4 Seasons 530 62% 80% 31% 25 92% 1 148 5 142 1 8 11 8 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 10 0 0 0 9 0 1 0 1 4 75%
MLB Averages 62% 77% 27% 94% 88%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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Errors Assists Single w/ Runner on 1st Single w/ Runner on 2nd Double w/ Runner on 1st Flyout, <2out, Runner on 3rd Flyout, <2out, Runner on 2nd Baserunning Totals
Year Tm Lg Age Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 1B 2B 3B Hm Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Kill Opp Held Held% Adv Kill Kill% Aother PA RHB% BIP% FBIP% Fld F2O%
1968 LAD NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 170 68% 77% 25% 23 39%
1 Season 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 6 3 50.0% 3 0 0.0% 0 170 68% 77% 25% 23 39%
MLB Averages 57.4% 2.7% 62% 77% 25% 47%

* 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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