Joe Lefebvre
Joseph Henry Lefebvre
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10" , Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 22, 1956 in Concord, NH
High School: Concord (Concord, NH)
School: Eckerd College
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
Final Game: May 13, 1986
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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
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 .791 131 108 12 2 2 1 7 *9/8
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 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
1986 30 PHI NL 14 21 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 5 .111 .238 .111 .349 -2 2 3 0 0 0 0 /9
6 Seasons 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

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
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 86 .267 .256 .254 .352 .318 .439 .364 .791 .682 131 .560 10.5 1.1 .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 0.0 101 .154 .111 .266 .238 .337 .111 .401 .349 .738 -2 .000 -2.6 -0.3 .263 .167 .000
6 Seasons 1253 871 155 4.8 93 .290 .258 .261 .344 .326 .414 .382 .758 .708 114 .555 22.1 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 .264 .367 .331 .459 .388 .825 .719 129 .640 18.4 1.8 .782 .310 .179 6.9
SDP (3 yrs) 572 409 61 4.0 89 .276 .248 .257 .323 .321 .378 .372 .702 .693 102 .485 2.1 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 .260 .344 .326 .416 .379 .759 .705 115 .564 20.4 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

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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
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 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 Seasons (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 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*

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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
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 Seasons 1253 2.5% 16.3% 11.1% 7.7% 34% 1.47 5.4 35.2 8.4 1.02 69%
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
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 Seasons 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
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
1980 24 NYY AL 178 88% 34 4 2 1 1 1.50 8 0 3 8 0 4 4 0 3 1 33% 42 5 12% 19 6 32% 122 13 11% 4 2 50% 15 2 13% 0
1981 25 SDP NL 286 87% 63 5 2 2 3 1.13 8 0 4 7 1 0 8 0 4 2 50% 54 12 22% 27 6 22% 162 24 15% 12 6 50% 20 10 50% 0
1982 26 SDP NL 264 81% 57 34 8 1 3 1.27 4 0 4 4 0 2 2 0 4 4 100% 50 3 6% 31 10 32% 160 22 14% 16 7 44% 17 3 18% 0
1983 27 TOT NL 317 83% 85 40 11 2 2 1.78 8 1 11 8 0 5 3 0 2 1 50% 73 9 12% 20 6 30% 216 32 15% 18 9 50% 11 2 18% 0
1983 27 SDP NL 22 77% 5 10 3 0 0 2.19 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 4 1 25% 20 2 10% 5 2 40% 1 0 0% 0
1983 27 PHI NL 295 83% 80 30 8 2 2 1.64 8 1 9 8 0 5 3 0 2 1 50% 66 8 12% 16 5 31% 196 30 15% 13 7 54% 10 2 20% 0
1984 28 PHI NL 187 92% 40 8 4 0 1 1.65 3 0 6 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 38 5 13% 12 3 25% 129 17 13% 8 5 63% 8 4 50% 0
1986 30 PHI NL 21 100% 2 9 1 0 0 1.78 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 Seasons 1253 86% 281 100 28 6 10 1.55 31 1 29 30 1 12 19 0 13 8 62% 264 37 14% 110 31 28% 814 108 13% 59 29 49% 71 21 30% 0
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
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 .776 122 169 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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Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1980 24 74 181 152 28 36 1 1 8 23 0 29 30 .237 .359 .414 .774 23 74
1981 25 130 442 380 57 103 21 7 13 57 10 57 50 .271 .369 .466 .835 65 86
1982 26 102 268 245 29 63 10 0 4 24 0 20 50 .257 .313 .347 .660 27 102
1983 27 119 322 282 38 89 21 8 8 42 5 35 49 .316 .394 .532 .926 59 119
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 Seasons 491 1423 1238 175 332 62 16 36 165 15 168 221 .268 .358 .431 .789 195 447
162 Game Avg. 162 470 408 58 110 20 5 12 54 5 55 73 .268 .358 .431 .789 64 447

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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

                           

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Gray InkBatting - 1 (2250), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1849), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1840), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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