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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 (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
Teams (by GP): Padres/Phillies/Yankees 1980-1986

Final Game: May 13, 1986
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All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1. Babe Ruth… #2. Ted Williams… #3. Willie Mays… #4. Ty Cobb… #5. Lou Gehrig… #6. Rogers Hornsby… #7. Stan Musial… 

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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

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1980 24 NYY AL 178 1 0 0 0 -5 -2 6 -1 -0.1 5 0.5 -0.6 $ 97/8
1981 25 SDP NL 286 10 -1 -1 -1 5 -4 9 18 1.9 12 1.3 0.6 $ *9/8
1982 26 SDP NL 264 -4 0 -1 1 3 -1 8 6 0.6 3 0.3 0.3 $ 579/28
1983 27 SDP NL 22 -1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /952
1983 27 PHI NL 295 22 -2 1 -1 -5 -3 9 20 2.3 26 2.8 -0.5 $ 97/52
1984 28 PHI NL 187 -2 -1 0 0 0 -2 6 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 97/5
1986 30 PHI NL 21 -2 0 0 -1 -1 0 1 -3 -0.4 -2 -0.2 -0.2 $ /9
6 Seasons 1253 24 -4 -1 -2 -2 -12 40 41 4.4 45 4.8 -0.4 $
PHI (3 yrs) 503 18 -3 1 -2 -6 -5 16 18 2.0 25 2.7 -0.7 $
SDP (3 yrs) 572 5 -1 -2 0 9 -5 18 24 2.5 15 1.6 0.9 $
NYY (1 yr) 178 1 0 0 0 -5 -2 6 -1 -0.1 5 0.5 -0.6 $

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 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
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

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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% 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 .985 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% 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% 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% 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% 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% 0
3 Seasons CF 7 0 0 16.0 6 6 0 0 0 1.000 0 30 3.38 0.86 .985 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% 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% 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.
View Complete Notes on Fielding Data
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-1950 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1950 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 1950 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 1919 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1950 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1919) 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 1950 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

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1981 NL  0.6 (9th)

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)

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

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)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, 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 InkBatting - 1 (2367), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (1908), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 9 (1684), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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  4. Allie Clark (972)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

Transactions

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses
Year Age Team Salary Sources Notes
198529Philadelphia Phillies$310,0003/3/86 TSN
Career to date (may be incomplete)$310,000
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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