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Joe Lefebvre

Joseph Henry Lefebvre

Positions: Rightfielder, Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 22, 1956 in Concord, NH
High School: Concord HS (Concord, NH)
School: Eckerd College (St. Petersburg, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 3rd round of the 1977 amateur draft.
Signed July 6, 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 22, 1980
Teams (by GP): Padres/Phillies/Yankees 1980-1986

Final Game: May 13, 1986
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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	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1977	21	NYY-min	A,AA	54	221	194	28	61	8	9	2	32	0	2	19	19	.314	.377	.479	.857		93		3	1	4			FTL,WHA · FLOR,EL
1978	22	NYY-min	AA	134	551	459	102	122	21	11	19	70	3	6	76	77	.266	.376	.484	.860		222		7	6	3			WHA · EL
1979	23	NYY-min	AA	138	584	487	85	142	28	10	21	107	5	6	79	61	.292	.389	.520	.908		253		4	5	9			WHA · EL
1980	24	NYY-min	AAA	56	242	198	37	55	11	3	10	26	4	1	44	30	.278	.409	.515	.924		102		0	0	0			CLB · IL
1980	24	NYY	AL	74	178	150	26	34	1	1	8	21	0	0	27	30	.227	.345	.407	.751	108	61	5	0	1	0	3	97/8
1981	25	SDP	NL	86	286	246	31	63	13	4	8	31	6	4	35	33	.256	.352	.439	.791	130	108	12	2	2	1	7	*9/8
1982	26	SDP-min	AAA	8	37	32	7	11	3	1	0	5	1	0	4	5	.344	.405	.500	.905		16		0	0	1	1		HAW · PCL
1982	26	SDP	NL	102	264	239	25	57	9	0	4	21	0	0	18	50	.238	.292	.326	.619	77	78	3	1	4	2	2	579/28
1983	27	TOT	NL	119	317	278	35	85	20	8	8	39	5	3	33	49	.306	.383	.522	.904	150	145	9	3	1	2	6	975/2
1983	27	SDP	NL	18	22	20	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.250	.318	.250	.568	62	5	1	0	0	0	0	/952
1983	27	PHI	NL	101	295	258	34	80	20	8	8	38	5	3	31	46	.310	.388	.543	.930	157	140	8	3	1	2	6	97/52
1984	28	PHI-min	AA	6	15	12	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.333	.467	.417	.883		5		1	0	0	0		REA · EL
1984	28	PHI	NL	52	187	160	22	40	9	0	3	18	0	2	23	37	.250	.348	.363	.710	99	58	5	2	0	2	4	97/5
1985		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1986	30	PHI-min	AAA	2	6	5	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.200	.333	.200	.533		1		0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1986	30	PHI	NL	14	21	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.111	.238	.111	.349	-1	2	3	0	0	0	0	/9
6 Yrs				447	1253	1091	139	281	52	13	31	130	11	9	139	204	.258	.344	.414	.758	114	452	37	8	8	7	22
162 Game Avg.				162	454	395	50	102	19	5	11	47	4	3	50	74	.258	.344	.414	.758	114	164	13	3	3	3	8

PHI (3 yrs)				167	503	436	56	122	29	8	11	56	5	5	57	88	.280	.367	.459	.825	129	200	16	5	1	4	10
SDP (3 yrs)				206	572	505	57	125	22	4	12	53	6	4	55	86	.248	.323	.378	.702	102	191	16	3	6	3	9
NYY (1 yr)				74	178	150	26	34	1	1	8	21	0	0	27	30	.227	.345	.407	.751	108	61	5	0	1	0	3

NL (5 yrs)				373	1075	941	113	247	51	12	23	109	11	9	112	174	.262	.344	.416	.759	115	391	32	8	7	7	19
AL (1 yr)				74	178	150	26	34	1	1	8	21	0	0	27	30	.227	.345	.407	.751	108	61	5	0	1	0	3

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	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1980	24	NYY	AL	74	178	1	0	-0	-5	-3	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.490	.495	0.4	-0.8	4	$	97/8
1981	25	SDP	NL	86	286	7	-1	-1	5	-3	7	0.9	9	15	1.8	.509	.505	1.0	0.3	10	$	*9/8
1982	26	SDP	NL	102	264	-8	-0	1	3	-1	-5	-0.5	8	3	0.3	.494	.496	-0.2	0.3	-1	$	579/28
1983	27	SDP	NL	18	22	-1	-0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	-0	0.0	.494	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/952
1983	27	PHI	NL	101	295	20	-2	-0	-5	-4	8	0.9	9	17	1.8	.508	.505	2.4	-1.0	22	$	97/52
1984	28	PHI	NL	52	187	-1	-1	-0	0	-2	-4	-0.4	6	1	0.1	.491	.497	0.0	-0.2	1	$	97/5

1986	30	PHI	NL	14	21	-2	0	-1	-1	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.467	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/9
6 Seasons				447	1253	15	-4	-2	-2	-14	-8	-0.5	38	31	3.4	.498	.499	3.2	-1.4	33	$

PHI (3 yrs)				167	503	16	-3	-2	-6	-6	-1	-0.0	16	15	1.5	.499	.500	2.1	-1.2	21	$
SDP (3 yrs)				206	572	-2	-2	-1	9	-5	0	0.2	17	18	2.1	.500	.500	0.7	0.7	9	$
NYY (1 yr)				74	178	1	0	-0	-5	-3	-7	-0.7	5	-2	-0.2	.490	.495	0.4	-0.8	4	$

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	PwrSpd
1980	24	NYY	AL	178	122	21	4.6	97	.232	.227	.267	.345	.329	.407	.396	.751	.724	108	.504	1.7	0.2	.727	.360	.180	.0
1981	25	SDP	NL	286	202	35	4.7	87	.267	.256	.255	.352	.320	.439	.366	.791	.686	130	.560	10.1	1.0	.739	.333	.183	6.9
1982	26	SDP	NL	264	191	24	3.4	91	.283	.238	.261	.292	.323	.326	.379	.619	.702	77	.401	-7.4	-0.8	.524	.163	.088	.0
1983	27	TOT	NL	317	208	55	7.1	96	.345	.306	.262	.383	.330	.522	.388	.904	.718	150	.720	19.1	1.9	.893	.342	.216	6.2
1983	27	SDP	NL	22	16	2	3.4	94	.294	.250	.260	.318	.328	.250	.385	.568	.712	62	.395	-1.0	-0.1	.438	.100	.000
1983	27	PHI	NL	295	192	53	7.4	96	.350	.310	.262	.388	.330	.543	.388	.930	.719	157	.736	20.1	2.0	.931	.360	.233	6.2
1984	28	PHI	NL	187	129	20	4.2	95	.303	.250	.266	.348	.331	.363	.386	.710	.717	99	.499	0.8	0.1	.638	.244	.113	.0

1986	30	PHI	NL	21	19	0	0.0	100	.154	.111	.265	.238	.336	.111	.399	.349	.735	-1	.000	-2.5	-0.3	.263	.167	.000
6 Yrs				1253	871	155	4.8	93	.290	.258	.261	.344	.326	.414	.382	.758	.708	114	.555	21.7	2.2	.702	.286	.157	16.2
162 Game Avg.				454	316	56	4.8	93	.290	.258	.261	.344	.326	.414	.382	.758	.708	114	.555	8	1	.702	.286	.157	6

PHI (3 yrs)				503	340	73	5.8	96	.326	.280	.263	.367	.331	.459	.388	.825	.719	129	.640	18.4	1.9	.782	.310	.179	6.9
SDP (3 yrs)				572	409	61	4.0	89	.276	.248	.258	.323	.322	.378	.373	.702	.695	102	.485	1.7	0.2	.628	.244	.131	8.0
NYY (1 yr)				178	122	21	4.6	97	.232	.227	.267	.345	.329	.407	.396	.751	.724	108	.504	1.7	0.2	.727	.360	.180	.0

NL (5 yrs)				1075	749	134	4.8	92	.298	.262	.261	.344	.326	.416	.380	.759	.706	115	.564	20.0	2.0	.698	.274	.153	14.9
AL (1 yr)				178	122	21	4.6	97	.232	.227	.267	.345	.329	.407	.396	.751	.724	108	.504	1.7	0.2	.727	.360	.180	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1980	24	NYY	AL	ALCS	KCR	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

1983	27	PHI	NL	NLCS	LAD	W	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0
1983	27	PHI	NL	WS	BAL	L	3	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.167	.400	.567	2	0	0	0	1	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							6	9	7	0	1	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	2	.143	.111	.286	.397	2	0	0	0	2	0
1 NLCS							2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	1	0
1 ALCS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	6	5	0	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.167	.400	.567	2	0	0	0	1	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1980	24	NYY	AL	178	4.5%	16.9%	15.2%	5.6%	29%	1.11	5.0	18.8	7.1	0.77	63%
1981	25	SDP	NL	286	2.8%	11.5%	12.2%	8.7%	40%	0.94	7.5	30.8	7.9	0.98	72%
1982	26	SDP	NL	264	1.5%	18.9%	6.8%	4.9%	23%	2.78	4.8	59.8	11.4	1.19	71%
1983	27	TOT	NL	317	2.5%	15.5%	10.4%	11.4%	42%	1.48	5.7	34.8	7.1	1.17	70%
1983	27	SDP	NL	22	0.0%	13.6%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	1.50	6.7		20.0	2.25	77%
1983	27	PHI	NL	295	2.7%	15.6%	10.5%	12.2%	45%	1.48	5.6	32.3	6.8	1.10	70%
1984	28	PHI	NL	187	1.6%	19.8%	12.3%	6.4%	30%	1.61	4.3	53.3	8.9	0.85	65%

1986	30	PHI	NL	21	0.0%	23.8%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	1.67	3.6			1.80	62%
6 Yrs				1253	2.5%	16.3%	11.1%	7.7%	34%	1.47	5.3	35.2	8.4	1.02	69%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.6%	8.4%	6.6%	29%	1.62	6.5	43.0	8.5	1.08	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1980	24	NYY	AL	1.7	0.2	179	-0.2	2.8	-3.0	.97	-0.0	-0.2	1.1	0.1	0.96	2.1	1.46	4
1981	25	SDP	NL	10.5	1.1	298	0.1	5.3	-5.1	1.05	0.4	-0.3	7.2	0.8	0.96	6.5	1.14	5
1982	26	SDP	NL	-7.4	-0.8	268	1.2	5.7	-4.5	1.08	-0.5	1.6	-2.2	-0.2	0.96	-5.9	1.20	34
1983	27	TOT	NL	19.1	1.9	326	2.8	8.3	-5.6	1.15	1.5	0.9	17.7	1.8	1.00	16.3	1.76	40
1983	27	SDP	NL	-1.0	-0.1	22	-0.5	0.3	-0.8	1.55	-0.2	-0.2	-2.2	-0.2	1.11	-1.2	2.26	10
1983	27	PHI	NL	20.1	2.0	304	3.3	8.0	-4.7	1.12	1.6	1.3	19.9	2.0	0.99	17.5	1.59	30
1984	28	PHI	NL	0.8	0.1	190	-0.6	2.3	-2.9	.93	-0.0	-0.6	-0.2	-0.0	0.97	0.7	1.50	8

1986	30	PHI	NL	-2.6	-0.3	21	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	1.42	-0.3	-0.1	-6.2	-0.6	1.22	-3.6	1.76	9
6 Yrs				22.1	2.2	1282	2.6	24.6	-21.9	1.06	1.0	1.5	17.4	1.8	0.98	16.1	1.51	100

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1980	24	NYY	AL	1	0	34%	57	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	52%	10	5	5	5	3	2	6	2	4
1981	25	SDP	NL	1	0	25%	102	6	4	60%	6	3	0	1	0	0	2	1	5	8	46%	13	4	9	7	6	0	8	4	4
1982	26	SDP	NL	2	0	29%	93	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	29%	16	12	3	4	2	2	4	1	2
1983	27	TOT	NL	5	0	24%	123	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	24%	21	17	4	2	1	1	11	7	3
1983	27	SDP	NL	0	0	14%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1983	27	PHI	NL	5	0	25%	112	5	3	63%	5	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	6	2	27%	17	13	4	2	1	1	11	7	3
1984	28	PHI	NL	1	0	31%	67	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	45%	11	6	5	5	3	2	4	2	2

1986	30	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				10	0	27%	444	11	9	55%	11	8	0	1	0	0	4	1	17	25	38%	71	44	26	23	15	7	33	16	15

Situational Hitting*

						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
1980	24	NYY	AL	178	88%	34			4	2	1	1	1.46	8	0	3	8	0	4	4	0	3	1	33%	42	5	12%	19	6	32%	122	13	11%	4	2	50%	10	4	40%	0
1981	25	SDP	NL	286	87%	63			5	2	2	3	1.14	8	0	4	7	1	0	8	0	4	2	50%	54	12	22%	27	6	22%	162	24	15%	12	6	50%	11	5	45%	0
1982	26	SDP	NL	264	81%	57			34	8	1	3	1.20	4	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	4	4	100%	50	3	6%	31	10	32%	160	22	14%	16	7	44%	9	4	44%	0
1983	27	TOT	NL	317	83%	85			40	11	2	2	1.76	8	1	11	8	0	5	3	0	2	1	50%	73	9	12%	20	6	30%	216	32	15%	18	9	50%	6	2	33%	0
1983	27	SDP	NL	22	77%	5			10	3	0	0	2.26	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	4	1	25%	20	2	10%	5	2	40%	0	0		0
1983	27	PHI	NL	295	83%	80			30	8	2	2	1.59	8	1	9	8	0	5	3	0	2	1	50%	66	8	12%	16	5	31%	196	30	15%	13	7	54%	6	2	33%	0
1984	28	PHI	NL	187	92%	40			8	4	0	1	1.50	3	0	6	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		38	5	13%	12	3	25%	129	17	13%	8	5	63%	5	3	60%	0

1986	30	PHI	NL	21	100%	2			9	1	0	0	1.76	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	3	43%	1	0	0%	25	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				1253	86%	281			100	28	6	10	1.51	31	1	29	30	1	12	19	0	13	8	62%	264	37	14%	110	31	28%	814	108	13%	59	29	49%	41	18	44%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

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
1980	24	74	178	150	26	34	1	1	8	21	0	0	27	30	.227	.345	.407	.751	108	61	5	0	1	0	3
1981	25	160	464	396	57	97	14	5	16	52	6	4	62	63	.245	.349	.427	.776	121	169	17	2	3	1	10
1982	26	262	728	635	82	154	23	5	20	73	6	4	80	113	.243	.329	.389	.718	105	247	20	3	7	3	12
1983	27	381	1045	913	117	239	43	13	28	112	11	7	113	162	.262	.345	.429	.775	119	392	29	6	8	5	18
1984	28	433	1232	1073	139	279	52	13	31	130	11	9	136	199	.260	.346	.419	.765	116	450	34	8	8	7	22
1985	29	433	1232	1073	139	279	52	13	31	130	11	9	136	199	.260	.346	.419	.765	116	450	34	8	8	7	22
1986	30	447	1253	1091	139	281	52	13	31	130	11	9	139	204	.258	.344	.414	.758	114	452	37	8	8	7	22

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	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1980	24	74	180	151	27	35	1	1	8	22	0	28	30	.232	.352	.411	.763	22	74
1981	25	130	450	383	56	106	22	7	13	56	10	59	50	.277	.376	.473	.848	68	86
1982	26	102	271	244	29	62	10	0	4	24	0	20	50	.254	.311	.344	.655	26	102
1983	27	119	324	283	38	90	21	8	8	42	5	35	49	.318	.396	.534	.930	60	119
1984	28	52	189	161	23	41	9	0	3	19	0	24	37	.255	.354	.366	.721	21	52

1986	30	14	21	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	14
6 Yrs		491	1435	1240	173	334	63	16	36	163	15	169	221	.269	.359	.433	.792	197	447
162 Game Avg.		162	473	409	57	110	21	5	12	54	5	56	73	.269	.359	.433	.792	65	447

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 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. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1983 NL 8 (7th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1981 NL 12 (5th)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1983 NL 2.8 (10th)

Triples s c a p y
1983 NL 8 (7th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1981 NL 12 (5th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1983 NL 2.8 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1948-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 2 (1919), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 9 (1691), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

Similar Batters

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Dustan Mohr (975) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
Allie Clark (972) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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