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James Loney    \Low-nee\

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 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Rays/RedSox 2006-2013
2013 Contract Status: Signed thru 2013, 1 yr/$2M (13) (details) [*]
Service Time (01/2013): 6.012, Free Agent: 2014 [*], Agents: CAA Sports (Joe Urbon) [*]
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Fine Details  · Last updated May 16, 2013 4:17AM
All-Time Rank (among batters): #1473. Quilvio Veras… #1474. Joe Orsulak… #1475. Rich Rollins… #1476. JAMES LONEY… #1477. Bill Spiers… #1478. Jose Oquendo… #1479. Tony Womack… 

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 158 652 576 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 TOT MLB 144 465 434 37 108 20 0 6 41 0 3 28 51 .249 .293 .336 .630 73 146 21 0 1 2 7 *3
2012 28 LAD NL 114 359 334 32 85 18 0 4 33 0 3 23 39 .254 .302 .344 .646 79 115 16 0 1 1 7 3
2012 28 BOS AL 30 106 100 5 23 2 0 2 8 0 0 5 12 .230 .264 .310 .574 54 31 5 0 0 1 0 3
2013 29 TBR AL 38 124 113 17 43 12 0 3 20 2 1 10 12 .381 .431 .566 .997 177 64 2 0 1 0 1 *3/D
8 Yrs 964 3608 3283 377 938 187 20 76 479 31 17 283 436 .286 .342 .424 .766 106 1393 100 10 7 24 46
162 Game Avg. 162 606 552 63 158 31 3 13 80 5 3 48 73 .286 .342 .424 .766 106 234 17 2 1 4 8
LAD (7 yrs) 896 3378 3070 355 872 173 20 71 451 29 16 268 412 .284 .341 .423 .764 105 1298 93 10 6 23 45
TBR (1 yr) 38 124 113 17 43 12 0 3 20 2 1 10 12 .381 .431 .566 .997 177 64 2 0 1 0 1
BOS (1 yr) 30 106 100 5 23 2 0 2 8 0 0 5 12 .230 .264 .310 .574 54 31 5 0 0 1 0
NL (7 yrs) 896 3378 3070 355 872 173 20 71 451 29 16 268 412 .284 .341 .423 .764 105 1298 93 10 6 23 45
AL (2 yrs) 68 230 213 22 66 14 0 5 28 2 1 15 24 .310 .354 .446 .800 119 95 7 0 1 1 1

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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 10 0.9 .513 .504 0.6 0.2 6 3/9
2007 23 LAD NL 96 375 16 -2 2 1 -5 11 1.1 12 23 2.2 .512 .507 2.1 -0.4 22 3/9 RoY-6
2008 24 LAD NL 161 651 2 0 -3 1 -9 -9 -1.1 20 11 0.9 .494 .494 0.8 -0.9 10 $411,000 *3
2009 25 LAD NL 158 652 7 -2 -1 5 -9 1 0.0 20 21 2.0 .501 .501 1.4 -0.4 16 $465,000 *3
2010 26 LAD NL 161 648 -3 -1 -2 4 -9 -11 -1.3 20 9 0.7 .493 .493 0.3 -0.6 5 $3,100,000 *3
2011 27 LAD NL 158 582 5 0 0 11 -8 8 0.9 18 26 2.7 .506 .506 1.4 0.3 15 $4,875,000 *3/D
2012 28 LAD NL 114 359 -12 -2 -2 4 -5 -17 -1.9 11 -6 -0.8 .484 .488 -1.3 -0.1 -10 $6,375,000 3
2012 28 BOS AL 30 106 -6 0 -1 2 -1 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.3 .478 .496 -0.5 0.1 -4 3
2013 29 TBR AL 38 124 11 0 0 -1 -2 9 0.9 4 13 1.4 .524 .506 1.5 -0.2 14 $2,000,000 *3/D
8 Seasons 964 3608 24 -5 -8 31 -49 -8 -1.3 114 106 9.7 .499 .499 6.2 -2.0 75 $17,226,000
LAD (7 yrs) 896 3378 19 -6 -8 30 -45 -10 -1.6 105 95 8.6 .499 .499 5.2 -1.8 65 $15,226,000
TBR (1 yr) 38 124 11 0 0 -1 -2 9 0.9 4 13 1.4 .524 .506 1.5 -0.2 14 $2,000,000
BOS (1 yr) 30 106 -6 0 -1 2 -1 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.3 .478 .496 -0.5 0.1 -4

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
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

Standard Fielding

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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 Rdrs Rtot/yr Rdrs/yr RF/9 RF/G lgFld% lgRF9 lgRFG Awards
2006 LAD NL 22 1B 39 20 18 228.2 228 212 15 1 17 .996 1 4 7 21 8.93 5.82 .994 9.43 9.36
2006 LAD NL 22 OF 2 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0 -300 0 0.00 0.00 2.25 2.20
2006 LAD NL 22 RF 2 0 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 0 -300 0 0.00 0.00 2.10 2.10
2007 LAD NL 23 1B 93 85 81 774.2 795 725 61 9 87 .989 -4 2 -7 3 9.13 8.45 .993 9.21 9.17 RoY-6
2007 LAD NL 23 OF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -1 -120 -1200 0.00 0.00 2.70 2.30 RoY-6
2007 LAD NL 23 RF 1 0 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 0 -0 -1 -120 -1320 0.00 0.00 1.80 2.20 RoY-6
2008 LAD NL 24 1B 158 150 149 1362.2 1498 1364 121 13 123 .991 -3 1 -3 1 9.81 9.40 .992 9.34 9.28
2009 LAD NL 25 1B 155 147 140 1341.0 1361 1269 85 7 110 .995 7 5 6 5 9.09 8.74 .993 9.29 9.21
2010 LAD NL 26 1B 160 149 144 1338.2 1368 1286 78 4 103 .997 3 4 2 4 9.17 8.53 .993 9.23 9.13
2011 LAD NL 27 1B 150 134 125 1203.2 1208 1129 74 5 90 .996 -3 11 -3 11 9.00 8.02 .994 9.33 9.31
2011 LAD NL 27 DH 1 0
2012 TOT MLB 28 1B 133 107 91 982.1 995 915 74 6 85 .994 6 6 8 7 9.06 7.44 .992 9.29 9.19
2012 LAD NL 28 1B 105 81 66 752.2 764 703 55 6 64 .992 2 4 4 6 9.06 7.22 .992 9.29 9.18
2012 BOS AL 28 1B 28 26 25 229.2 231 212 19 0 21 1.000 4 2 20 10 9.05 8.25 .994 9.27 9.22
2013 TBR AL 29 1B 36 29 26 264.1 264 242 21 1 21 .996 -0 -1 -2 -5 8.95 7.31 .995 8.81 8.76
2013 TBR AL 29 DH 1 0
8 Seasons 1B 924 821 774 7496.0 7717 7142 529 46 636 .994 6 33 1 5 9.21 8.30 .993 9.27 9.21
2 Seasons OF 3 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -1 -274 -171 0.00 0.00 2.31 2.23
2 Seasons RF 3 0 0 7.0 0 0 0 0 0 -2 -1 -274 -171 0.00 0.00 2.06 2.13
8 Seasons TOT 927 821 774 7503.0 7717 7142 529 46 636 .994 5 31 1 4 9.20 8.28 .993 9.27 9.18
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-1945 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1945 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 1945 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 1916 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1945 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1916) 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 1945 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

Batting Average s c a p y
2013 AL  .381 (1st)
Active  .286 (35th)

On-Base% s c a p y
2013 AL  .431 (3rd)

Slugging % s c a p y
2013 AL  .566 (7th)

On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y
2013 AL  .997 (5th)

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)
2013 AL  12 (8th)

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

Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y
2013 AL  177 (4th)

Adj. Batting Runs s c a p y
2013 AL  12 (6th)

Adj. Batting Wins s c a p y
2013 AL  1.2 (6th)

Offensive Win % s c a p y
2013 AL  .793 (4th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
Active  46 (41st)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
2008 NL  25 (3rd)
2012 ML  21 (7th)

AB per SO s c a p y
2009 NL  8.5 (10th)
2013 AL  9.4 (7th)
Active  7.5 (27th)

Base-Out Runs Added (RE24)† s c a p y
2013 AL  15.10 (6th)

Base-Out Wins Added (REW)† s c a p y
2013 AL  1.5 (5th)

Putouts† s c a p y
2008 NL  1,364 (3rd)
2010 NL  1,286 (3rd)
Active  7,142 (16th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  158 (3rd)
2009 NL  155 (5th)
2010 NL  160 (1st)
2013 AL  36 (3rd)
Active  924 (13th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  1,364 (3rd)
2010 NL  1,286 (3rd)
Active  7,142 (13th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  121 (5th)
Active  529 (15th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  13 (3rd)
Active  46 (11th)

Double Plays Turned as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  123 (4th)
Active  636 (14th)

Total Zone Runs as 1B s c a p y
2012 AL  4 (3rd)
Active  6 (22nd)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2008 NL  9.81 (4th)
Active  9.21 (14th)
Career  9.21 (98th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
Active  8.30 (17th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2010 NL  .997 (2nd)
2011 NL  .996 (4th)
Active  .994 (11th)
Career  .994 (44th)

                           

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1945-1973, 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 (·)

Black InkBatting - 4 (428), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 14 (1241), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 8 (1293), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 10 (1605), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS First Base (209th), 8.4 career WAR/9.4 7yr-peak WAR/8.9 JAWS
Average HOF 1B (out of 19) = 68.2 career WAR/43.2 7yr-peak WAR/55.7 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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  1. Nick Etten (954)
  2. Sid Bream (947)
  3. Dee Fondy (941)
  4. Rico Brogna (936)
  5. Casey Kotchman (935)
  6. Doug Mientkiewicz (933)
  7. Delmon Young (933)
  8. Phil Todt (932)
  9. Lamar Johnson (930)
  10. Greg Colbrunn (926)
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  1. Chris Chambliss (955)
  2. Willie Montanez (950)
  3. Sean Casey (935)
  4. Tito Francona (932)
  5. Joe Rudi (928)
  6. Wally Joyner (927)
  7. Mark Grace (927)
  8. George Burns (927)
  9. Phil Todt (926)
  10. Travis Lee (924)
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  1. Sean Casey (968)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  2. Jeff Bagwell (975)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  3. Ted Kluszewski (974)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  4. Ted Kluszewski (962)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
  5. Chris Chambliss (955)  2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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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/Other Sources
200824Los Angeles Dodgers$411,000
200925Los Angeles Dodgers$465,000
201026Los Angeles Dodgers$3,100,000
201127Los Angeles Dodgers$4,875,000
201228Los Angeles Dodgers$6,375,000contracts
201329Tampa Bay Rays$2,000,000
2013 StatusSigned thru 2013, Earliest Free Agent: 2014
Career to date (may be incomplete)$17,226,000
Primary salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Additional 1915-1969 salaries researched via Baseball Hall of Fame contract archives by Dr. Michael Haupert of UW-LaCrosse.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.
Salaries converted to alternate years using Consumer Price Index (CPI) data courtesty of the Minneapolis Federal Reserve Board.

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