James Loney

James Anthony Loney (twitter: @jamesloney_7)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: May 7, 1984 in Houston, TX
High School: Lawrence E Elkins HS (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
Team: Dodgers 2006-2012
2012 Contract Status: 3rd-Year Arb Eligible, 1 yr/$6.38M (12) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2012): 5.012, Free Agent: 2013 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Joe Urbon) [*]
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Standard Batting

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 158 652 576 73 162 25 2 13 90 7 3 70 68 .281 .357 .399 .756 104 230 16 0 1 4 10 *3
2010 26 LAD NL 161 648 588 67 157 41 2 10 88 10 5 52 95 .267 .329 .395 .723 98 232 14 4 0 4 9 *3
2011 27 LAD NL 158 582 531 56 153 30 1 12 65 4 0 42 67 .288 .339 .416 .755 110 221 8 1 3 5 7 *3/D
2012 28 LAD NL 48 168 151 13 38 11 0 2 15 0 2 17 21 .252 .327 .364 .692 92 55 7 0 0 0 5 *3
7 Yrs 830 3187 2887 336 825 166 20 69 433 29 15 262 394 .286 .345 .429 .774 108 1238 84 10 5 22 43
162 Game Avg. 162 622 563 66 161 32 4 13 85 6 3 51 77 .286 .345 .429 .774 108 242 16 2 1 4 8

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg G PA Rbat Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
2006 22 LAD NL 48 111 4 1 -1 4 -2 6 0.6 3 9 0.9 .513 .504 0.5 0.2 5 $ 3/9
2007 23 LAD NL 96 375 16 -2 2 1 -6 11 1.1 10 21 2.1 .511 .507 2.0 -0.4 20 $ 3/9 RoY-6
2008 24 LAD NL 161 651 2 0 -4 1 -10 -10 -1.1 17 7 0.6 .494 .494 0.6 -0.9 6 $411,000 *3
2009 25 LAD NL 158 652 8 -2 -1 5 -9 1 0.1 18 19 1.8 .501 .501 1.3 -0.4 14 $465,000 *3
2010 26 LAD NL 161 648 -4 -1 -2 4 -9 -12 -1.3 18 6 0.4 .492 .492 0.0 -0.6 2 $3,100,000 *3
2011 27 LAD NL 158 582 4 0 0 11 -9 7 0.9 16 23 2.4 .505 .505 1.2 0.3 12 $4,875,000 *3/D
2012 28 LAD NL 48 168 -3 -2 -1 5 -2 -4 -0.4 5 1 0.1 .490 .497 -0.5 0.3 -4 $ *3
7 Seasons 830 3187 28 -6 -7 31 -47 -1 -0.1 87 86 8.3 .500 .500 5.1 -1.4 55 $8,851,000

Advanced Batting

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 652 438 82 5.0 102 .299 .281 .260 .357 .332 .399 .413 .756 .745 104 .520 5.3 0.5 .702 .247 .118 9.1
2010 26 LAD NL 648 454 75 4.4 99 .302 .267 .257 .329 .327 .395 .405 .723 .732 98 .483 -0.5 -0.1 .651 .224 .128 10.0
2011 27 LAD NL 582 394 76 5.2 96 .309 .288 .256 .339 .323 .416 .398 .755 .720 110 .571 7.3 0.7 .694 .215 .128 6.0
2012 28 LAD NL 168 122 16 3.5 97 .281 .252 .255 .327 .322 .364 .403 .692 .725 92 .388 -1.2 -0.1 .574 .212 .113 .0
7 Yrs 3187 2188 416 5.1 102 .309 .286 .261 .345 .331 .429 .414 .774 .745 108 .533 33.1 3.1 .705 .239 .143 40.8
162 Game Avg. 622 427 81 5.1 102 .309 .286 .261 .345 .331 .429 .414 .774 .745 108 .533 6 1 .705 .239 .143 8

Postseason Batting

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 Yrs (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*

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 652 2.0% 10.4% 10.7% 6.1% 25% 0.97 8.5 44.3 6.4 0.78 1.12 77% 21% 5.2% 12%
2010 26 LAD NL 648 1.5% 14.7% 8.0% 8.2% 34% 1.83 6.2 58.8 6.7 0.78 1.11 75% 23% 4.0% 10%
2011 27 LAD NL 582 2.1% 11.5% 7.2% 7.4% 28% 1.60 7.9 44.3 8.2 0.66 0.86 79% 20% 4.7% 10%
2012 28 LAD NL 168 1.2% 12.5% 10.1% 7.7% 34% 1.24 7.2 75.5 10.1 0.79 1.02 76% 19% 3.3% 17%
7 Yrs 3187 2.2% 12.4% 8.2% 8.0% 31% 1.50 7.3 41.8 6.7 0.76 1.07 77% 21% 5.4% 11%
MLB Averages 2.6% 17.8% 8.5% 7.8% 34% 2.09 5.0 34.0 7.8 0.80 1.07 69% 19% 7.6% 13%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
2006 22 LAD NL 3.0 0.3 113 0.4 2.0 -1.6 .85 0.4 0.0 3.5 0.3 0.94 3.4 0.81 10
2007 23 LAD NL 16.5 1.5 379 2.8 8.2 -5.5 .99 2.0 0.8 28.0 2.6 0.96 24.5 0.96 6
2008 24 LAD NL 2.6 0.2 677 -1.8 11.1 -12.9 1.06 -0.0 -1.7 -3.3 -0.3 1.02 -2.4 2.84 5
2009 25 LAD NL 4.4 0.4 670 0.6 12.8 -12.2 1.09 0.6 -0.0 18.4 1.8 1.01 8.3 2.78 5
2010 26 LAD NL -0.5 -0.1 669 -0.3 11.2 -11.5 1.01 -0.6 0.3 7.6 0.8 0.99 -4.0 0.87 3
2011 27 LAD NL 7.3 0.7 594 1.0 10.4 -9.5 .98 0.8 0.2 8.6 0.9 1.04 9.7 1.32 12
2012 28 LAD NL -1.2 -0.1 170 -0.1 2.9 -2.9 1.05 -0.4 0.3 -4.8 -0.5 1.02 -3.8 1.09 5
7 Yrs 32.2 3.1 3272 2.5 58.6 -56.1 1.02 2.8 -0.4 57.9 5.5 1.01 35.7 1.43 46

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

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
2010 26 LAD NL 3 0 28% 222 10 5 67% 7 4 3 1 0 0 3 3 4 18 48% 32 18 12 7 4 3 21 6 14
2011 27 LAD NL 3 0 24% 222 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 16 43% 21 13 8 7 3 4 9 5 4
2012 28 LAD NL 1 0 21% 64 0 2 0% 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 38% 10 8 2 4 3 1 7 2 5
7 Yrs 26 1 26% 1197 29 15 66% 26 14 3 1 0 0 5 3 38 68 41% 163 113 47 43 21 22 86 30 52

Situational Hitting*

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 0.96 15 0 6 13 2 5 10 0 1 0 0% 82 6 7% 28 11 39% 258 52 20% 25 16 64% 18 11 61% 0
2008 24 LAD NL 651 71% 172 13 0 5 0 0 0 2.84 13 0 33 9 4 5 8 0 1 1 100% 132 25 19% 65 15 23% 491 79 16% 52 27 52% 32 18 56% 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% 34 27 79% 0
2010 26 LAD NL 648 71% 157 10 0 3 2 0 1 0.87 10 0 20 8 2 6 4 0 0 0 118 14 12% 45 12 27% 463 78 17% 43 21 49% 21 13 62% 0
2011 27 LAD NL 582 76% 153 10 0 12 2 1 1 1.32 12 1 18 10 2 7 5 0 3 3 100% 104 8 8% 62 19 31% 381 54 14% 30 15 50% 36 15 42% 0
2012 28 LAD NL 168 75% 38 2 0 5 1 0 0 1.09 2 0 7 2 0 0 2 0 1 0 0% 28 7 25% 14 3 21% 120 14 12% 17 8 47% 10 6 60% 0
7 Yrs 3187 74% 825 54 0 46 7 1 3 1.43 69 2 117 55 14 25 44 0 7 5 71% 617 84 14% 278 84 30% 2270 372 16% 213 114 54% 157 94 60% 0
MLB Averages 54% 68% 11% 32% 15% 51% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

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 376 1373 3.65 878 64% 29% 9% 27% 34% 71% 4% 45% 87% 24% 6% 23 2 15% 55 22 9% 32 19 33% -1 0 0
2008 24 LAD NL 653 2470 3.78 1567 63% 30% 10% 27% 33% 70% 3% 44% 86% 21% 5% 31 1 18% 117 35 8% 51 25 29% -2 0 0
2009 25 LAD NL 654 2493 3.81 1499 60% 32% 9% 25% 34% 68% 4% 41% 87% 17% 7% 46 3 18% 117 34 9% 62 27 29% -2 0 0
2010 26 LAD NL 653 2511 3.85 1552 62% 32% 9% 27% 32% 68% 3% 42% 86% 22% 7% 44 6 16% 105 35 9% 59 30 40% -5 0 0
2011 27 LAD NL 583 2208 3.79 1377 62% 26% 9% 30% 34% 74% 3% 46% 87% 26% 7% 40 5 17% 100 32 9% 52 29 28% -1 0 0
2012 28 LAD NL 168 625 3.72 377 60% 24% 12% 29% 34% 76% 8% 46% 84% 24% 11% 18 2 19% 32 9 12% 20 13 24% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 3198 12103 3.78 7519 62% 30% 10% 27% 34% 70% 3% 44% 86% 22% 7% 209 19 17% 541 172 9% 292 151 31% -11 0 0
MLB Averages 3.80 63% 28% 15% 27% 30% 72% 2% 45% 80% 27% 5% 15% 9% 25%

Cumulative Batting

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 1789 1617 200 477 84 17 45 265 15 8 151 211 .295 .354 .451 .806 112 730 55 5 2 13 22
2010 26 624 2437 2205 267 634 125 19 55 353 25 13 203 306 .288 .348 .436 .784 108 962 69 9 2 17 31
2011 27 782 3019 2736 323 787 155 20 67 418 29 13 245 373 .288 .346 .432 .778 108 1183 77 10 5 22 38
2012 28 830 3187 2887 336 825 166 20 69 433 29 15 262 394 .286 .345 .429 .774 108 1238 84 10 5 22 43

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 48 110 101 19 28 6 5 4 17 1 8 10 .277 .336 .554 .891 18 48
2007 23 96 369 339 38 109 17 4 14 63 0 27 48 .322 .371 .519 .890 66 96
2008 24 161 650 594 66 171 35 6 13 90 7 45 85 .288 .337 .433 .770 87 161
2009 25 158 658 581 77 167 26 2 13 95 7 72 68 .287 .364 .406 .770 87 158
2010 26 161 656 594 72 163 43 2 10 94 10 54 95 .274 .337 .404 .741 81 161
2011 27 158 593 540 62 162 32 1 13 72 4 44 67 .300 .351 .435 .786 83 158
2012 28 48 171 153 14 40 12 0 2 17 0 18 21 .261 .339 .379 .718 20 48
7 Yrs 830 3207 2902 348 840 171 20 69 448 29 268 394 .289 .349 .433 .783 442 830
162 Game Avg. 162 626 566 68 164 33 4 13 87 6 52 77 .289 .349 .433 .783 86 830

* 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

Batting Average s c a p y
Active  .286 (38th)

Games Played s c a p y
2008 NL  161 (3rd)
2010 NL  161 (2nd)
2011 NL  158 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
2010 NL  41 (5th)

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

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
2012 NL  5 (4th)
Active  43 (50th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2008 NL  25 (3rd)
2012 NL  7 (4th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2009 NL  8.5 (10th)
Active  7.3 (33rd)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1779), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1389), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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