James Loney
James Anthony Loney
Bats: Left , Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2" , Weight: 220 lb.

Born: May 7, 1984 in Houston, TX
High School: Elkins (Missouri City, TX)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 2002 amateur draft.
Signed June 11, 2002. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 4, 2006
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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
2006 22 LAD NL 48 111 102 20 29 6 5 4 18 1 0 8 10 .284 .342 .559 .901 125 57 8 1 0 0 1 3/9
2007 23 LAD NL 96 375 344 41 114 18 4 15 67 0 1 28 48 .331 .381 .538 .919 134 185 6 1 0 2 5 3/9 RoY-6
2008 24 LAD NL 161 651 595 66 172 35 6 13 90 7 4 45 85 .289 .338 .434 .772 103 258 25 3 1 7 6 *3
2009 25 LAD NL 158 651 576 73 162 25 2 13 90 7 3 70 68 .281 .357 .399 .756 104 230 16 0 1 4 10 *3
4 Seasons 463 1788 1617 200 477 84 17 45 265 15 8 151 211 .295 .354 .451 .806 112 730 55 5 2 13 22
162 Game Avg. 162 626 566 70 167 29 6 16 93 5 3 53 74 .295 .354 .451 .806 112 255 19 2 1 5 8

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
2006 22 LAD NL 111 81 16 5.3 114 .284 .284 .273 .342 .344 .559 .444 .901 .788 125 .517 3.0 0.3 .827 .363 .275 1.6
2007 23 LAD NL 375 239 70 7.9 112 .350 .331 .274 .381 .343 .538 .438 .919 .781 134 .690 16.5 1.5 .899 .285 .206 .0
2008 24 LAD NL 651 460 81 4.7 106 .315 .289 .265 .338 .336 .434 .423 .772 .759 103 .483 2.6 0.2 .684 .225 .145 9.1
2009 25 LAD NL 651 438 82 5.0 102 .299 .281 .260 .357 .332 .399 .413 .756 .745 104 .520 5.3 0.5 .702 .247 .118 9.1
4 Seasons 1788 1218 249 5.5 106 .314 .295 .266 .354 .337 .451 .424 .806 .760 112 .550 27.4 2.5 .742 .254 .156 22.5
162 Game Avg. 626 426 87 5.5 106 .314 .295 .266 .354 .337 .451 .424 .806 .760 112 .550 10 1 .742 .254 .156 8

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
2006 22 LAD NL NLDS NYM L 1 5 4 0 3 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 .750 .800 .750 1.550 3 1 0 0 0 0
2008 24 LAD NL NLDS CHC W 3 14 14 2 3 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 2 .214 .214 .500 .714 7 0 0 0 0 0
2008 24 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 5 19 16 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 5 .438 .526 .563 1.089 9 0 0 0 0 1
2009 25 LAD NL NLDS STL W 3 13 12 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .250 .308 .250 .558 3 0 0 0 0 0
2009 25 LAD NL NLCS PHI L 5 19 17 3 6 0 0 2 3 0 0 2 2 .353 .421 .706 1.127 12 1 0 0 0 0
3 Seasons (5 Series) 17 70 63 5 22 3 0 3 14 0 0 7 10 .349 .414 .540 .954 34 2 0 0 0 1
3 NLDS 7 32 30 2 9 1 0 1 9 0 0 2 3 .300 .344 .433 .777 13 1 0 0 0 0
2 NLCS 10 38 33 3 13 2 0 2 5 0 0 5 7 .394 .474 .636 1.110 21 1 0 0 0 1

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
2006 22 LAD NL 111 3.6% 9.0% 7.2% 13.5% 52% 1.25 10.2 25.5 5.7 1.04 1.56 79% 11% 9.8% 9%
2007 23 LAD NL 375 4.0% 12.8% 7.5% 9.9% 33% 1.71 7.2 22.9 5.1 0.74 1.03 75% 23% 10.1% 13%
2008 24 LAD NL 651 2.0% 13.1% 6.9% 8.3% 31% 1.89 7.0 45.8 6.6 0.79 1.14 77% 21% 4.9% 9%
2009 25 LAD NL 651 2.0% 10.5% 10.8% 6.1% 25% 0.97 8.5 44.3 6.4 0.78 1.12 77% 21% 5.2% 12%
4 Seasons 1788 2.5% 11.8% 8.5% 8.2% 31% 1.40 7.7 35.9 6.1 0.79 1.14 77% 21% 6.4% 11%
MLB Averages 2.7% 18.0% 8.9% 7.9% 34% 2.02 4.9 32.9 7.8 0.78 1.06 69% 19% 7.8% 13%

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
2006 22 LAD NL 2 0 47% 42 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 47% 12 8 4 1 0 1 4 1 3
2007 23 LAD NL 2 0 20% 143 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 5 32% 23 18 5 6 2 4 8 4 3
2008 24 LAD NL 5 0 26% 252 7 4 64% 7 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 9 15 43% 28 21 7 5 1 4 20 6 12
2009 25 LAD NL 10 1 27% 252 7 3 70% 7 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 37% 37 27 9 13 8 5 17 6 11
4 Seasons 19 1 26% 689 15 8 65% 15 8 0 0 0 0 2 0 25 33 39% 100 74 25 25 11 14 49 17 29
MLB Averages 31% 72% 39%

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
2006 22 LAD NL 111 82% 29 1 0 10 0 0 0 0.81 4 1 5 4 0 1 3 0 0 0 20 8 40% 11 3 27% 77 15 19% 5 2 40% 6 4 67% 0
2007 23 LAD NL 375 72% 114 6 0 6 2 0 1 0.97 15 0 6 13 2 5 10 0 1 0 0% 82 6 7% 28 11 39% 258 52 20% 25 16 64% 28 12 43% 0
2008 24 LAD NL 651 71% 172 13 0 5 0 0 0 2.87 13 0 33 9 4 5 8 0 1 1 100% 132 25 19% 65 15 23% 491 79 16% 52 27 52% 46 25 54% 0
2009 25 LAD NL 652 78% 162 12 0 5 0 0 0 2.78 13 0 28 9 4 1 12 0 1 1 100% 133 16 12% 53 21 40% 480 80 17% 41 25 61% 41 25 61% 0
4 Seasons 1789 74% 477 32 0 26 2 0 1 1.62 45 1 72 35 10 12 33 0 3 2 67% 367 55 15% 157 50 32% 1306 226 17% 123 70 57% 121 66 55% 0
MLB Averages 55% 72% 11% 32% 14% 51% 43%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
2006 22 LAD NL 111 423 3.81 269 64% 26% 12% 28% 34% 74% 1% 47% 84% 29% 6% 7 0 14% 15 5 14% 16 8 10% 0 0 0
2007 23 LAD NL 375 1370 3.65 877 64% 29% 9% 27% 34% 71% 4% 45% 87% 24% 6% 23 2 15% 55 22 9% 32 19 33% 0 0 0
2008 24 LAD NL 651 2468 3.79 1567 63% 30% 10% 27% 33% 70% 3% 44% 86% 22% 5% 31 1 18% 117 35 8% 51 25 29% 0 0 0
2009 25 LAD NL 652 2491 3.82 1496 60% 32% 9% 25% 34% 68% 4% 41% 87% 17% 7% 46 3 18% 117 34 10% 62 27 29% 0 0 1
4 Seasons 1789 6752 3.77 4209 62% 30% 9% 26% 34% 70% 3% 43% 86% 21% 6% 107 6 17% 304 96 9% 161 79 29% 0 0 1
MLB Averages 3.83 62% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 26% 5% 15% 9% 25%

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
2006 22 48 111 102 20 29 6 5 4 18 1 0 8 10 .284 .342 .559 .901 125 57 8 1 0 0 1
2007 23 144 486 446 61 143 24 9 19 85 1 1 36 58 .321 .372 .543 .915 132 242 14 2 0 2 6
2008 24 305 1137 1041 127 315 59 15 32 175 8 5 81 143 .303 .353 .480 .833 116 500 39 5 1 9 12
2009 25 463 1788 1617 200 477 84 17 45 265 15 8 151 211 .295 .354 .451 .806 112 730 55 5 2 13 22

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works
Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
2006 22 48 106 98 19 25 5 4 3 17 1 7 10 .255 .311 .480 .791 15 48
2007 23 96 368 338 38 108 17 4 14 62 0 27 48 .320 .370 .518 .887 65 96
2008 24 161 640 587 66 164 33 6 12 90 7 43 85 .279 .328 .417 .746 81 161
2009 25 158 649 575 73 161 25 2 13 90 7 70 68 .280 .356 .398 .754 82 158
4 Seasons 463 1763 1598 196 458 80 16 42 259 15 147 211 .287 .346 .436 .782 243 463
162 Game Avg. 162 617 559 69 160 28 6 15 91 5 51 74 .287 .346 .436 .782 85 463

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank, Glossary

Games Played s c a p y
2008 NL--161--3rd

Singles s c a p y
2008 NL--118--8th
2009 NL--122--9th

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2008 NL--25--3rd

AB per SO s c a p y
2009 NL--8.5--10th

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 1 (2323), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 1 (2170), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 15 (1004), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  1. Billy Butler (957)
  2. Ryan Garko (956)
  3. Phil Weintraub (956)
  4. Ron Blomberg (954)
  5. Conor Jackson (949)
  6. Randall Simon (947)
  7. Alex McKinnon (944)
  8. Frank Brower (937)
  9. Josh Phelps (936)
  10. Dave Revering (936)
Similar Batters through 25 
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  1. Jeff Bagwell (975)
  2. Ted Kluszewski (974)
  3. Alvin Davis (960)
  4. Joe Hauser (948)
  5. Babe Young (943)
  6. Rafael Palmeiro (939)
  7. George Kelly (939) *
  8. Steve Garvey (939)
  9. Joe Adcock (936)
  10. Adrian Gonzalez (935)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
Most Similar by Ages 
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  1. Babe Herman (971)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jeff Bagwell (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
* - Signifies Hall of Famer

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