James Lofton

James O'Neal Lofton

Position: Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 6, 1974 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Fremont (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 13th round of the 1993 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1993. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 2001
Team: RedSox 2001

Final Game: October 5, 2001
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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…

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
1993	19	CIN-min	Rk	50	202	174	26	39	4	2	1	13	11	5	19	41	.224	.296	.287	.583		50	2	0	6	3	0	PRI · APPY
1994	20	CIN-min	Rk	66	316	282	64	91	11	10	4	47	18	5	26	46	.323	.378	.475	.853		134	2	1	4	3	0	BIL · PION
1995	21	CIN-min	A,A+	103	349	315	35	67	15	2	0	28	9	9	26	65	.213	.281	.273	.554		86	2	4	4	0	2	CHL,WSM · SALL,CARL
1996	22	CIN-min	A+	82	312	277	27	62	9	0	3	33	14	8	27	55	.224	.293	.289	.582		80	7	1	5	2	1	WSM · CARL
1997	23	CIN-min	A	129	553	483	83	128	18	3	4	45	20	12	54	89	.265	.342	.340	.681		164	9	4	9	3	1	BUR · MIDW
2001	27	BOS-min	AAA,AA	71	287	262	41	83	15	0	11	24	6	4	20	52	.317	.367	.500	.867		131	4	1	4	0	1	PAW,TRE · IL,EL
2001	27	BOS	AL	8	28	26	1	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	4	.192	.214	.231	.445	17	6	1	0	0	1	0	/6
2002	28	BOS-min	AAA,AA	116	457	426	47	105	15	2	4	38	10	5	25	82	.246	.293	.319	.612		136	10	3	3	0	0	PAW,TRE · IL,EL
2003	29	-min	AAA	83	372	342	37	89	17	0	2	28	7	5	24	55	.260	.308	.327	.636		112	10	1	2	3	3	REY · MEX
2004	30	BAL-min	AA,A-	33	135	114	14	31	4	0	2	15	0	1	10	14	.272	.341	.360	.701		41	1	4	3	4	0	BOW,ADN · EL,NYPL
1 Season				8	28	26	1	5	1	0	0	1	2	1	1	4	.192	.214	.231	.445	17	6	1	0	0	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	567	527	20	101	20	0	0	20	41	20	20	81	.192	.214	.231	.445	17	122	20	0	0	20	0

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
2001	27	BOS	AL	28	-3	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$	/6
1 Season				28	-3	0	0	0	-2	0	1	-4	-0.4	-2	-0.2	-0.2	$

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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
2001	BOS	AL	27	SS	7	6	5	54.0	25	9	14	2	3	.920	-2	-38	3.83	3.29	.973	4.48	4.46
	1 Season			SS	7	6	5	54.0	25	9	14	2	3	.920	-2	-38	3.83	3.29	.973	4.48	4.46
	1 Season			TOT	7	6	5	54.0	25	9	14	2	3	.920	-2	-38	3.83	3.29	.973	4.48	4.46

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-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.
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Transactions

June 3, 1993: Drafted by the Cincinnati Reds in the 13th round of the 1993 amateur draft. Player signed June 7, 1993.
October 23, 1997: Released by the Cincinnati Reds.
June 1, 2001: Purchased by the Boston Red Sox from Sonomo County (Western).
October 15, 2001: Granted Free Agency.
October 27, 2001: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
October 15, 2002: Granted Free Agency.
November 6, 2002: Signed as a Free Agent with the Boston Red Sox.
March 31, 2003: Released by the Boston Red Sox.
June 17, 2004: Purchased by the Baltimore Orioles from Nashua (Atlantic).
September 7, 2004: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
October 18, 2004: Signed as a Free Agent with the Baltimore Orioles.

The transaction information used here was obtained free of charge from and is copyrighted by RetroSheet. We attempt to update transactions throughout the season.

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