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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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Fine Details  · Last Updated May 30, 2012, 12:11AM
All-Time Rank (among Batters): #1263. Gus Mancuso… #1264. Jose Oquendo… #1265. Bobby Byrne… #1266. JAMES LONEY… #1267. Nick Etten… #1268. Davy Force… #1269. Mike Devereaux… 

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 LAD NL 47 164 147 13 38 11 0 2 15 0 2 17 21 .259 .335 .374 .710 97 55 7 0 0 0 5 *3
7 Yrs 829 3183 2883 336 825 166 20 69 433 29 15 262 394 .286 .345 .429 .775 108 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 .775 108 242 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 47 164 -2 -2 -1 5 -2 -3 -0.3 5 2 0.2 .493 .498 -0.4 0.3 -3 $ *3
7 Seasons 829 3183 29 -6 -7 31 -47 0 -0.0 86 87 8.4 .500 .500 5.2 -1.4 56 $8,851,000

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

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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 -1200 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 4 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 LAD NL 28 1B 45 37 34 347.1 354 321 31 2 28 .994 2 5 8 17 9.12 7.82 .993 9.41 9.33
7 Seasons 1B 800 722 691 6596.2 6812 6306 465 41 558 .994 3 32 0 5 9.24 8.46 .993 9.30 9.24
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
7 Seasons TOT 803 722 691 6603.2 6812 6306 465 41 558 .994 1 30 0 5 9.23 8.43 .993 9.29 9.21
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-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
  • From 1948 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 1948 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 1918 on.
  • Innings played (like SB and CS) come from the retrosheet play-by-play data and should be considered mostly complete from 1948 to 1973 and complete from then on.
  • Stats (PO,A,G, etc) for LF-CF-RF positions (since 1918) 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 1948 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
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)

Putouts† s c a p y
2008 NL  1,364 (3rd)
2010 NL  1,286 (3rd)
Active  6,306 (19th)

Def. Games as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  158 (3rd)
2009 NL  155 (5th)
2010 NL  160 (1st)
2012 NL  45 (4th)
Active  800 (14th)

Putouts as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  1,364 (3rd)
2010 NL  1,286 (3rd)
Active  6,306 (14th)

Assists as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  121 (5th)
2012 NL  31 (5th)
Active  465 (16th)

Errors Committed as 1B s c a p y
2008 NL  13 (3rd)
Active  41 (15th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
2008 NL  9.81 (4th)
Active  9.24 (15th)
Career  9.24 (97th)

Range Factor/Game as 1B s c a p y
Active  8.46 (18th)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
2010 NL  .997 (3rd)
2011 NL  .996 (4th)
Active  .994 (13th)
Career  .994 (46th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray InkBatting - 5 (1784), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 2 (2146), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 12 (1389), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores
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  6. Mike Ivie (938)
  7. Sam Leslie (937)
  8. Rico Brogna (930)
  9. Casey Kotchman (929)
  10. Beau Bell (929)
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  1. Ted Kluszewski (962)
  2. High Pockets Kelly (955) *
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  6. Sean Casey (936)
  7. Joe Rudi (935)
  8. Steve Garvey (934)
  9. Alvin Davis (932)
  10. Tito Francona (932)
* - Signifies Hall of Famer
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  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
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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
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$6,375,000
2013 Status3rd-Year Arb Eligible, Earliest Free Agent: 2013
Career to date (may be incomplete)$8,851,000Does not include future salaries
Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
Salaries for mid-season call-ups or traded players may not be shown.

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