Chris James

Positions: Outfielder and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 195lb (185cm, 88kg)

Born: October 4, 1962 in Rusk, TX us

School: Blinn College (Brenham, TX)

Debut: April 23, 1986 (Age 23-201d, 15,154th in major league history)
vs. MON 3 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: October 1, 1995 (Age 32-362d)
vs. MIL 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1987 season

Agents: Randy Hendricks, Alan Hendricks

Full Name: Donald Chris James

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

5.0

3040

794

.261

343

RBI

386

OBP

.307

SLG

.413

OPS

.721

OPS+

Standard Batting

Games by Position

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
1982	19	PHI-min	A-	63	253	227	47	72	19	3	12	50	10	4	20	56	.317	.381	.586	.967		133		4	1	1	0		BND · NORW
1983	20	PHI-min	A	129	562	499	94	148	23	4	26	121	11	3	41	93	.297	.358	.515	.873		257		12	1	9	1		SPB · SALL
1984	21	PHI-min	AA	128	507	457	66	117	19	12	8	57	19	5	40	74	.256	.317	.403	.720		184		3	3	4	1		REA · EL
1985	22	PHI-min	AAA	135	555	507	78	160	35	8	11	73	23	10	33	72	.316	.364	.481	.845		244		7	5	3	1		POR · PCL
1986	23	PHI-min	AAA	69	288	266	30	64	6	2	12	41	3	6	17	45	.241	.284	.414	.698		110		0	3	2	1		POR · PCL
1986	23	PHI	NL	16	48	46	5	13	3	0	1	5	0	0	1	13	.283	.298	.413	.711	92	19	1	0	1	0	0	/8H7
1987	24	PHI-min	AAA	13	45	40	5	9	2	1	0	3	0	0	3	9	.225	.267	.325	.592		13		0	0	2	1		MAI · IL
1987	24	PHI	NL	115	391	358	48	105	20	6	17	54	3	1	27	67	.293	.344	.525	.869	124	188	4	2	1	3	0	78H/9	RoY-6
1988	25	PHI	NL	150	605	566	57	137	24	1	19	66	7	4	31	73	.242	.283	.389	.671	91	220	15	3	0	5	2	*958/7H
1989	26	TOT	NL	132	516	482	55	117	17	2	13	65	5	2	26	68	.243	.281	.367	.648	84	177	20	1	4	3	2	*795/H
1989	26	PHI	NL	45	185	179	14	37	4	0	2	19	3	1	4	23	.207	.223	.263	.485	39	47	9	0	1	1	0	75/H
1989	26	SDP	NL	87	331	303	41	80	13	2	11	46	2	1	22	45	.264	.314	.429	.743	110	130	11	1	3	2	2	79/H5
1990	27	CLE	AL	140	569	528	62	158	32	4	12	70	4	3	31	71	.299	.341	.443	.784	119	234	11	4	3	3	4	*D7/H89
1991	28	CLE	AL	115	463	437	31	104	16	2	5	41	3	4	18	61	.238	.273	.318	.591	63	139	9	4	2	2	2	D793/H
1992	29	SFG	NL	111	267	248	25	60	10	4	5	32	2	3	14	45	.242	.285	.375	.660	90	93	2	2	0	3	2	7H/9
1993	30	TOT	MLB	73	182	160	24	44	11	1	9	26	2	0	18	40	.275	.348	.525	.873	136	84	2	1	1	2	2	H97
1993	30	HOU	NL	65	148	129	19	33	10	1	6	19	2	0	15	34	.256	.333	.488	.822	122	63	2	1	1	2	2	H97
1993	30	TEX	AL	8	34	31	5	11	1	0	3	7	0	0	3	6	.355	.412	.677	1.089	193	21	0	0	0	0	0	/79H
1994	31	TEX	AL	52	159	133	28	34	8	4	7	19	0	0	20	38	.256	.361	.534	.895	129	71	3	3	1	2	0	9H/7
1995	32	KCR-min	AAA	3	13	12	3	2	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.500	.731		6	0	0	0	0	0		OMA · AA
1995	32	TOT	AL	42	94	82	8	22	4	0	2	8	1	0	7	14	.268	.326	.390	.716	85	32	2	1	2	2	0	DH/79
1995	32	KCR	AL	26	67	58	6	18	3	0	2	7	1	0	6	10	.310	.373	.466	.839	117	27	1	1	0	2	0	D/H7
1995	32	BOS	AL	16	27	24	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.200	.208	.408	6	5	1	0	2	0	0	/HD79
10 Yrs				946	3294	3040	343	794	145	24	90	386	27	17	193	490	.261	.307	.413	.721	99	1257	69	21	15	25	14
162 Game Avg.				162	564	521	59	136	25	4	15	66	5	3	33	84	.261	.307	.413	.721	99	215	12	4	3	4	2

PHI (4 yrs)				326	1229	1149	124	292	51	7	39	144	13	6	63	176	.254	.294	.413	.706	94	474	29	5	3	9	2
TEX (2 yrs)				60	193	164	33	45	9	4	10	26	0	0	23	44	.274	.370	.561	.931	140	92	3	3	1	2	0
CLE (2 yrs)				255	1032	965	93	262	48	6	17	111	7	7	49	132	.272	.311	.387	.697	94	373	20	8	5	5	6
KCR (1 yr)				26	67	58	6	18	3	0	2	7	1	0	6	10	.310	.373	.466	.839	117	27	1	1	0	2	0
SFG (1 yr)				111	267	248	25	60	10	4	5	32	2	3	14	45	.242	.285	.375	.660	90	93	2	2	0	3	2
BOS (1 yr)				16	27	24	2	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.167	.200	.208	.408	6	5	1	0	2	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				87	331	303	41	80	13	2	11	46	2	1	22	45	.264	.314	.429	.743	110	130	11	1	3	2	2
HOU (1 yr)				65	148	129	19	33	10	1	6	19	2	0	15	34	.256	.333	.488	.822	122	63	2	1	1	2	2

NL (6 yrs)				589	1975	1829	209	465	84	14	61	241	19	10	114	300	.254	.299	.416	.714	98	760	44	9	7	16	8
AL (5 yrs)				357	1319	1211	134	329	61	10	29	145	8	7	79	190	.272	.320	.410	.731	100	497	25	12	8	9	6

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