Jeff Liefer
Bats: Left , Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3" , Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 17, 1974 in Fontana, CA
High School: Upland (Upland, CA)
School: California State University, Long Beach
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1995 amateur draft.
Signed August 18, 1995. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 7, 1999
Final Game: September 30, 2005
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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
1999 CHW AL 24 OF 17 11 116.0 29 28 1 0 1 1.000 0.0 0.0 0.0 -1.5 1.5 0 2.25 1.71 .983 2.30 2.03
1999 CHW AL 24 1B 15 12 107.0 107 96 11 0 11 1.000 -1.7 -19.1 -1.7 -0.3 -1.4 0 9.00 7.13 .992 9.50 8.33
1999 CHW AL 24 LF 14 10 99.0 25 24 1 0 1 1.000 1.7 20.6 1.7 -1.1 2.8 0 2.27 1.79 .984 2.08 1.73
1999 CHW AL 24 DH 9
1999 CHW AL 24 RF 3 1 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -1.7 -120.0 -1.7 -0.4 -1.3 0 2.12 1.33 .975 2.12 1.83
2000 CHW AL 25 OF 5 1 16.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -21.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.08 0.40 1.000 2.38 2.02
2000 CHW AL 25 RF 5 1 16.2 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -21.6 -0.3 -0.3 0.0 0 1.08 0.40 1.000 2.16 1.76
2000 CHW AL 25 1B 1 1 6.0 8 6 1 1 1 .875 -0.9 -180.0 -0.9 0.0 -0.9 0 10.50 7.00 1.000 9.30 8.20
2001 CHW AL 26 OF 38 33 301.0 54 52 2 0 0 1.000 -3.7 -14.8 -4.7 -1.5 -3.2 1 1.61 1.42 .983 2.30 2.01
2001 CHW AL 26 LF 35 31 280.0 49 47 2 0 0 1.000 -3.4 -14.6 -4.4 -1.4 -3.0 1 1.58 1.40 .982 2.14 1.72
2001 CHW AL 26 1B 15 11 98.0 112 100 9 3 12 .973 -2.0 -24.5 -2.0 -1.7 -0.3 0 10.01 7.27 .993 9.39 8.27
2001 CHW AL 26 3B 15 14 107.0 30 7 19 4 2 .867 -1.8 -20.2 -1.8 -0.4 -1.4 0 2.19 1.73 .950 2.73 2.41
2001 CHW AL 26 DH 10
2001 CHW AL 26 RF 4 2 21.0 5 5 0 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -17.1 -0.3 -0.1 -0.2 0 2.14 1.25 .980 2.10 1.82
2002 CHW AL 27 OF 36 31 247.1 55 54 1 0 0 1.000 1.3 6.3 1.3 0.2 1.2 0 2.00 1.53 .985 2.35 2.05
2002 CHW AL 27 1B 31 18 191.0 199 187 10 2 23 .990 2.3 14.5 2.3 0.9 1.4 0 9.28 6.35 .993 9.33 8.02
2002 CHW AL 27 LF 24 22 163.1 35 35 0 0 0 1.000 1.6 11.8 1.6 1.2 0.4 0 1.93 1.46 .983 2.14 1.74
2002 CHW AL 27 RF 12 9 84.0 19 18 1 0 0 1.000 -0.3 -4.3 -0.3 -1.0 0.8 0 2.04 1.58 .984 2.12 1.82
2002 CHW AL 27 DH 5
2003 MON NL 28 1B 21 19 154.2 152 142 7 3 18 .980 -3.3 -25.6 -3.3 -2.8 -0.5 0 8.67 7.10 .993 9.60 7.98
2003 TBD AL 28 3B 6 6 44.0 14 5 8 1 0 .929 0.6 16.4 0.6 1.8 -1.2 0 2.66 2.17 .957 2.68 2.35
2003 TBD AL 28 DH 2
2003 TBD AL 28 LF 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -360.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 2.25 1.80
2003 TBD AL 28 OF 1 0 2.0 2 2 0 0 0 1.000 -0.6 -360.0 -0.6 0.0 -0.6 0 9.00 2.00 1.000 2.25 2.10
2004 MIL NL 29 DH 3
2004 MIL NL 29 OF 3 3 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -24.0 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 1.44 1.33 .975 2.16 1.87
2004 MIL NL 29 RF 3 3 25.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 -0.5 -24.0 -0.5 -0.3 -0.2 0 1.44 1.33 .975 2.09 1.70
2005 CLE AL 30 DH 8
2005 CLE AL 30 1B 5 4 26.0 20 17 2 1 2 .950 -0.7 -32.3 -0.7 -1.0 0.3 0 6.58 3.80 .995 9.59 8.12
2005 CLE AL 30 OF 3 1 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 15.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.25 1.33 .975 2.31 2.03
2005 CLE AL 30 RF 3 1 16.0 4 4 0 0 0 1.000 0.2 15.0 0.2 0.0 0.2 0 2.25 1.33 .975 2.14 1.83
7 Seasons OF 103 80 724.0 150 146 4 0 1 1.000 -3.6 -6.0 -4.6 -3.4 -1.1 1 1.86 1.46 .984 2.31 2.03
6 Seasons 1B 88 65 582.2 598 548 40 10 67 .983 -6.3 -13.0 -6.3 -4.9 -1.4 0 9.08 6.68 .993 9.45 8.11
4 Seasons LF 74 63 544.1 111 108 3 0 1 1.000 -0.7 -1.5 -1.7 -1.3 -0.4 1 1.84 1.50 .983 2.13 1.73
6 Seasons DH 37
6 Seasons RF 30 17 179.2 38 37 1 0 0 1.000 -2.9 -19.4 -2.9 -2.1 -0.7 0 1.90 1.27 .982 2.12 1.80
2 Seasons 3B 21 20 151.0 44 12 27 5 2 .886 -1.2 -9.5 -1.2 1.4 -2.6 0 2.32 1.86 .952 2.72 2.40
7 Seasons TOT 213 165 1457.2 791 705 71 15 70 .981 -11.1 -9.1 -12.1 -6.9 -5.1 1 0 4.79 3.64 .970 5.12 4.44
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
1999 CHW AL 24 45 29 45 32 0 0 15 0 0 0 14 0 3 17 6 9 0
2000 CHW AL 25 5 2 5 5 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 1 0
2001 CHW AL 26 83 67 83 64 0 0 15 0 15 0 35 0 4 38 9 11 0
2002 CHW AL 27 76 53 76 62 0 0 31 0 0 0 24 0 12 36 4 12 3
2003 MON NL 28 35 19 35 21 0 0 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 1
2003 TBD AL 28 9 8 9 7 0 0 0 0 6 0 1 0 0 1 2 0 0
2004 MIL NL 29 16 6 16 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 3 9 1
2005 CLE AL 30 19 12 19 7 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 7 7 0
7 Seasons 288 196 288 201 0 0 88 0 21 0 74 0 30 103 31 64 5
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 -- 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%
1999 CHW AL 24 505 58% 78% 26% 30 87% 0 96 14 80 2 2 11 7 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0 6 0 5 0 5 1 100%
2000 CHW AL 25 34 35% 68% 24% 1 100% 0 6 1 6 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
2001 CHW AL 26 427 58% 76% 30% 22 86% 0 100 8 91 1 3 9 8 0 0 0 3 0 3 0 3 12 0 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0
2002 CHW AL 27 798 51% 74% 30% 43 93% 0 193 8 185 0 31 3 0 2 0 0 2 0 2 0 1 23 0 0 0 22 0 1 1 0 1 0%
2003 MON NL 28 666 57% 71% 30% 33 85% 0 142 9 130 4 13 7 5 2 0 0 3 1 2 0 2 18 0 0 1 17 1 1 1 0 1 100%
2005 CLE AL 30 120 71% 77% 27% 6 100% 0 17 3 14 0 1 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1 100%
6 Seasons 2550 56% 74% 29% 135 89% 0 554 43 506 7 50 33 22 7 0 2 10 2 7 1 6 67 0 0 1 60 1 7 2 5 4 75%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 95% 80%

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%
1999 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 5 4 0 1 0 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 6 6 0 16 13 81.3% 3 0 0.0% 1 454 53% 75% 40% 45 53%
2001 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 14 13 0 10 5 0 2 1 0 3 1 0 4 4 0 33 24 72.7% 9 0 0.0% 2 1240 57% 78% 40% 123 40%
2002 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 0 3 1 0 1 1 0 2 0 0 4 4 0 15 11 73.3% 4 0 0.0% 0 722 45% 76% 41% 70 51%
2003 TBD AL 28 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 9 44% 100% 89% 3 67%
4 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 2 1 0 24 22 0 14 6 0 6 4 0 6 2 0 14 14 0 64 48 75.0% 16 0 0.0% 3 2425 52% 77% 40% 241 46%
MLB Averages 62.5% 2.4% 56% 74% 39% 47%

Advanced Fielding -- RF*

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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%
1999 CHW AL 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 1 33.3% 2 0 0.0% 0 82 44% 73% 44% 8 50%
2000 CHW AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100.0% 0 0 0.0% 0 66 61% 79% 41% 5 40%
2001 CHW AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 3 75.0% 1 0 0.0% 0 102 48% 79% 43% 13 38%
2002 CHW AL 27 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 6 5 0 12 7 58.3% 5 0 0.0% 1 375 49% 74% 38% 34 56%
2004 MIL NL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 109 50% 86% 46% 8 50%
2005 CLE AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 2 0 0.0% 2 0 0.0% 0 61 54% 85% 49% 6 67%
6 Seasons 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 4 3 0 7 3 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 9 5 0 24 12 50.0% 12 0 0.0% 1 795 50% 78% 42% 74 51%
MLB Averages 47.1% 2.3% 56% 74% 39% 50%

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%
2001 CHW AL 26 457 55% 76% 28% 30 83% 0 7 6 0 1 19 15 4 0 1 4 0 3 1 4 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 2 0%
2003 TBD AL 28 191 56% 71% 29% 14 86% 0 5 4 0 1 8 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0%
2 Seasons 648 55% 75% 28% 44 84% 0 12 10 0 2 27 23 4 0 1 5 0 3 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 0 1 3 0%
MLB Averages 56% 74% 30% 89% 60%

* 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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