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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 Fielding

Adv Fielding w/ run summary
Year Tm Lg Age Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
1980 NYY AL 24 OF 71 39 28 398.0 80 75 3 2 1 .975 -5 -16 1.76 1.10 .979 2.47 2.46
1980 NYY AL 24 RF 51 24 18 256.0 51 48 2 1 0 .980 0 0 1.76 0.98 .975 2.13 2.12
1980 NYY AL 24 LF 21 15 10 135.0 28 26 1 1 1 .964 -6 -51 1.80 1.29 .980 2.35 2.35
1980 NYY AL 24 CF 3 0 0 7.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 34 2.57 0.67 .985 2.96 2.90
1981 SDP NL 25 OF 84 70 52 645.2 174 167 6 1 2 .994 5 10 2.41 2.06 .980 2.33 2.34
1981 SDP NL 25 RF 83 70 52 641.2 168 162 5 1 2 .994 5 9 2.34 2.01 .978 2.08 2.08
1981 SDP NL 25 CF 3 0 0 4.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 1 210 9.00 1.33 .988 2.70 2.80
1982 SDP NL 26 3B 39 35 28 306.2 108 32 73 3 6 .972 4 15 3.08 2.69 .951 2.77 2.78
1982 SDP NL 26 OF 36 14 10 197.1 39 38 1 0 0 1.000 -1 -4 1.78 1.08 .978 2.25 2.26
1982 SDP NL 26 LF 19 9 6 108.0 20 20 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -3 1.67 1.05 .973 2.08 2.08
1982 SDP NL 26 RF 17 5 4 84.1 17 16 1 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.81 1.00 .978 2.01 2.02
1982 SDP NL 26 C 3 0 0 5.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 0 0 3.60 0.67 .985 6.30 6.30 0 1 1 0 0% 32% 0
1982 SDP NL 26 CF 1 0 0 5.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -120 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.70
1983 TOT NL 27 OF 80 57 39 521.0 99 93 5 1 0 .990 -2 -5 1.69 1.23 .980 2.27 2.26
1983 TOT NL 27 RF 64 43 27 389.0 77 73 3 1 0 .987 -3 -8 1.76 1.19 .979 2.01 2.00
1983 TOT NL 27 3B 13 8 6 79.1 25 4 17 4 0 .840 -2 -27 2.38 1.62 .949 2.70 2.69
1983 TOT NL 27 C 5 0 0 6.0 8 8 0 0 1 1.000 -1 -200 12.00 1.60 .984 6.60 6.54 0 1 4 0 0% 33% 0
1983 SDP NL 27 OF 6 1 1 20.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 0.90 0.33 .980 2.25 2.27
1983 SDP NL 27 RF 6 1 1 20.0 2 1 1 0 0 1.000 -0 -30 0.90 0.33 .980 2.02 2.00
1983 SDP NL 27 3B 4 1 1 13.0 5 1 4 0 0 1.000 1 74 3.46 1.25 .948 2.70 2.70
1983 SDP NL 27 C 2 0 0 3.0 3 3 0 0 1 1.000 0 0 9.00 1.50 .983 6.60 6.55 0 1 1 0 0% 33% 0
1983 PHI NL 27 OF 74 56 38 501.0 97 92 4 1 0 .990 -2 -4 1.72 1.30 .980 2.27 2.26
1983 PHI NL 27 RF 58 42 26 369.0 75 72 2 1 0 .987 -2 -7 1.80 1.28 .979 2.01 2.00
1983 PHI NL 27 LF 21 14 12 132.0 24 22 2 0 0 1.000 0 3 1.64 1.14 .977 2.03 2.02
1983 PHI NL 27 3B 9 7 5 66.1 20 3 13 4 0 .800 -3 -47 2.17 1.78 .949 2.70 2.69
1983 PHI NL 27 C 3 0 0 3.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -400 15.00 1.67 .984 6.60 6.53 0 0 3 0 0% 33% 0
1984 PHI NL 28 OF 47 41 31 366.2 89 82 4 3 1 .966 1 2 2.11 1.83 .979 2.27 2.26
1984 PHI NL 28 RF 34 29 22 253.2 69 65 3 1 1 .986 3 15 2.41 2.00 .979 2.07 2.06
1984 PHI NL 28 LF 16 12 9 113.0 21 18 1 2 0 .905 -2 -27 1.51 1.19 .971 2.03 2.02
1984 PHI NL 28 3B 1 1 1 8.0 1 1 0 0 0 1.000 -0 -45 1.12 1.00 .940 2.81 2.80
1986 PHI NL 30 OF 3 3 0 19.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -63 1.89 1.33 .980 2.18 2.20
1986 PHI NL 30 RF 3 3 0 19.0 3 3 0 0 0 1.000 -1 -63 1.42 1.00 .977 1.99 2.00
6 Seasons OF 321 224 160 2147.2 485 459 19 7 4 .986 -3 -2 2.00 1.49 .979 2.32 2.32
6 Seasons RF 252 174 123 1643.2 385 367 14 4 3 .990 5 3 2.09 1.51 .978 2.07 2.06
4 Seasons LF 77 50 37 488.0 93 86 4 3 1 .968 -8 -20 1.66 1.17 .976 2.13 2.12
3 Seasons 3B 53 44 35 394.0 134 37 90 7 6 .948 2 5 2.90 2.40 .951 2.76 2.76
2 Seasons C 8 0 0 11.0 10 10 0 0 1 1.000 -1 -109 8.18 1.25 .984 6.46 6.45 0 2 5 0 0% 33% 0
3 Seasons CF 7 0 0 16.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 3.38 0.86 .987 2.81 2.83
6 Seasons TOT 382 268 195 2552.2 629 506 109 14 11 .978 -2 -1 2.17 1.61 .973 2.41 2.47 0 2 5 0 0% 33% 0
Lg Pos G GS CG Inn Ch PO A E DP Fld% Rtot Rtot/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG PB WP SB CS CS% lgCS% PO Awards
Note: Fielding stats are a combination of official records and RetroSheet records. Both are likely to have substantial errors and will not match perfectly.
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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.
  • Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
  • CG & GS come from the retrosheet data and should be complete and pretty accurate from 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) is taken from play-by-play or box score data as available.
  • Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
  • For detailed information on which games retrosheet is missing play-by-play from 1948 to 1973, please see their most wanted games list
  • For detailed information on the availability of data on this site by year, see our data coverage page

Sabermetric Fielding

Year Tm Lg Age Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP
1980 NYY AL 24 RF 0 0 -1 -1 0 1
1980 NYY AL 24 LF -6 -51 -5 -3 -2 -1
1980 NYY AL 24 CF 0 34 0 -0 0 0
1981 SDP NL 25 RF 5 9 1 0 0 4
1981 SDP NL 25 CF 1 210 1 0 0 0
1982 SDP NL 26 3B 4 15 4 0 4 0
1982 SDP NL 26 LF -0 -3 -0 -0 -0 0
1982 SDP NL 26 RF 0 3 -1 -0 -0 1
1982 SDP NL 26 C 0 0 0
1982 SDP NL 26 CF -0 -120 -0 -0 0 0
1983 SDP NL 27 RF -0 -30 -0 -0 0 0
1983 SDP NL 27 3B 1 74 1 0 0 0
1983 SDP NL 27 C 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 27 RF -2 -7 -3 -1 -2 1
1983 PHI NL 27 LF 0 3 -1 1 -2 1
1983 PHI NL 27 3B -3 -47 -2 0 -2 -1
1983 PHI NL 27 C -1 -400 -1
1984 PHI NL 28 RF 3 15 3 1 2 0
1984 PHI NL 28 LF -2 -27 -2 -3 0 0
1984 PHI NL 28 3B -0 -45 -0 0 -0
1986 PHI NL 30 RF -1 -63 -1 -1 -0 0
6 Seasons RF 5 3 -2 -3 0 7
4 Seasons LF -8 -20 -8 -5 -3 0
3 Seasons 3B 2 5 3 1 2 -1
2 Seasons C -1 -109 -1
3 Seasons CF 0 30 0 -0 1 0
6 Seasons TOT -2 -1 -7 -7 -0 -1 7 -1
Lg Pos Rtot Rtot/yr Rtz Rtzhm Rtzrd Rdp Rof Rctch Rdrs Rdrs/yr Rpm Rdp Rbnt Rof Rhr RerC RsbC RsbP

Appearances

Year Tm Lg Age G GS Batting Defense P C 1B 2B 3B SS LF CF RF OF DH PH PR
1980 NYY AL 24 74 39 74 71 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 3 51 75 0 6 4
1981 SDP NL 25 86 70 86 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 83 86 0 7 2
1982 SDP NL 26 102 49 102 74 0 3 0 0 39 0 19 1 17 37 0 38 1
1983 PHI NL 27 101 63 101 81 0 3 0 0 9 0 21 0 58 79 0 32 0
1983 SDP NL 27 18 2 18 11 0 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 6 6 0 10 1
1984 PHI NL 28 52 42 52 48 0 0 0 0 1 0 16 0 34 50 0 8 0
1986 PHI NL 30 14 3 14 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 11 0
6 Seasons 447 268 447 372 0 7 0 0 53 0 77 7 252 336 0 112 8
Appearances table is calculated solely from full RetroSheet play-by-play data available from 1973 on. A combination of RetroSheet (starting with the 1918 season) and non-RetroSheet data is used for other seasons.

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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%
1980 NYY AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 17 7 0 8 1 1 2 1 1 2 2 0 4 3 0 33 14 42.4% 17 2 6.1% 0 1052 60% 79% 25% 107 47%
1981 SDP NL 25 1 0 1 0 1 5 0 0 0 2 29 15 0 24 10 2 7 5 0 14 7 0 19 15 0 93 52 55.9% 39 2 2.2% 3 2781 65% 84% 26% 317 52%
1982 SDP NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 2 0 10 5 50.0% 4 1 10.0% 0 358 58% 84% 26% 36 47%
1983 PHI NL 27 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 1 1 15 7 0 11 4 1 8 6 0 2 1 0 7 5 0 43 23 53.5% 19 1 2.3% 1 1565 61% 78% 22% 168 44%
1983 SDP NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0% 1 0 0.0% 1 74 36% 80% 27% 3 67%
1984 PHI NL 28 1 0 1 0 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 6 4 0 10 5 50.0% 5 0 0.0% 3 1048 62% 82% 27% 68 97%
1986 PHI NL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 95 88% 80% 24% 7 43%
6 Seasons 4 0 3 1 1 14 1 3 1 6 68 32 0 47 17 5 18 13 1 21 10 0 38 29 0 192 101 52.6% 85 6 3.1% 8 6973 63% 82% 25% 706 53%
MLB Averages 42.1% 3.2% 59% 82% 27% 59%

Advanced Fielding -- LF*

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%
1980 NYY AL 24 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 6 4 0 5 3 0 5 2 0 4 0 1 4 2 0 24 11 45.8% 12 1 4.2% 0 600 67% 83% 24% 80 33%
1982 SDP NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 5 4 0 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 3 0 15 11 73.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 452 68% 84% 27% 49 41%
1983 PHI NL 27 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 8 6 1 2 1 0 3 1 1 1 1 0 2 2 0 16 11 68.8% 3 2 12.5% 0 537 57% 81% 24% 46 52%
1984 PHI NL 28 2 0 2 0 2 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 1 479 63% 81% 27% 21 86%
4 Seasons 3 0 3 0 2 4 0 0 2 2 18 13 1 12 8 0 12 4 1 6 1 1 10 8 0 58 34 58.6% 21 3 5.2% 1 2068 63% 82% 25% 196 45%
MLB Averages 60.0% 3.0% 59% 82% 27% 56%

Advanced Fielding -- 3B*

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%
1982 SDP NL 26 1280 63% 81% 26% 108 93% 0 32 25 0 7 76 64 11 0 8 3 0 3 0 2 6 5 0 5 1 0 1 4 50%
1983 PHI NL 27 278 63% 80% 26% 18 78% 0 3 3 0 0 13 8 1 2 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100%
1983 SDP NL 27 54 43% 89% 31% 4 100% 0 1 0 0 1 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1984 PHI NL 28 35 29% 91% 26% 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons 1647 62% 81% 26% 130 91% 0 37 28 0 9 93 76 12 2 8 7 0 6 1 4 6 5 0 5 1 0 1 5 60%
MLB Averages 59% 82% 27% 90% 76%

Advanced Fielding -- C*

Pitching Stats Putouts Assists Errors Double Plays
Year Tm Lg Age PA ERA RAvg Fld F2O% XI FC Tot Cgt Frc Tag SO Tot 1B 2B 3B K23 Tot Cch Fld Thr ROE Tot 263 n23 GB bFld bF2O%
1982 SDP NL 26 25 5.40 5.40 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 PHI NL 27 14 6.00 6.00 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 SDP NL 27 16 6.00 6.00 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
2 Seasons 55 5.73 5.73 0 0 0 10 0 0 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 3.84 4.30 96% 91%

Advanced Fielding -- C Baserunning*

Year Tm Lg Age PB WP SBO SB CS CSctch CS% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS RBA RK SBlev CSlev
1982 SDP NL 26 0 1 13 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.22
1983 PHI NL 27 0 0 5 3 0 0 0% 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0.46
1983 SDP NL 27 0 1 6 1 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 5.43
2 Seasons 0 2 24 5 0 0 0% 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 1.41
MLB Averages 33% 1.30 1.29

Advanced Fielding -- CF*

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%
1980 NYY AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 47% 63% 23% 4 50%
1981 SDP NL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 16 75% 88% 38% 4 100%
1982 SDP NL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 24 50% 83% 17% 2 0%
3 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 70 54% 76% 24% 10 60%
MLB Averages 44.1% 2.5% 59% 82% 27% 65%

* 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

Def. Games as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  83 (3rd)

Putouts as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  162 (3rd)

Total Zone Runs as 3B s c a p y
1982 NL  4 (5th)

Total Zone Runs as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  5 (2nd)
1984 NL  3 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as RF (s.1954)† s c a p y
1981 NL  2.34 (1st)

Range Factor/Game as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  2.01 (3rd)

Fielding % as RF (s.1954) s c a p y
1981 NL  .994 (2nd)

Total Zone Runs as OF s c a p y
1981 NL  5 (5th)

Fielding % as OF s c a p y
1981 NL  .994 (5th)

                                         

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