Mike James

Position: Pitcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-4, 216lb (193cm, 97kg)

Born: August 15, 1967 in Fort Walton Beach, FL us

Draft: Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 43rd round of the 1987 MLB June Amateur Draft from Lurleen B. Wallace Community College (Andalusia, AL).

High School: Fort Walton Beach HS (Fort Walton Beach, FL)

Schools: Lurleen B. Wallace Community College (Andalusia, AL), Santa Fe College (Gainesville, FL)

Debut: April 29, 1995 (Age 27-257d, 16,619th in major league history)
vs. TOR 2.0 IP, 1 H, 1 SO, 1 BB, 1 ER

Last Game: May 5, 2002 (Age 34-263d)
vs. PHI 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 SO, 0 BB, 1 ER

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1995 season

Full Name: Michael Elmo James

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

4.7

ERA

3.67

288

314.0

247

WHIP

1.382

Standard Pitching

Standard Pitching
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	FIP	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W	Awards
1988	20	LAD-min	Rk	7	1	.875	3.76	14	12	0	0	0	0	67.0	61	36	28	7	41	0	59	2	5	2				1.522	8.2	0.9	5.5	7.9	1.44	GRF PION
1989	21	LAD-min	A	11	8	.579	3.78	27	27	0	1	1	0	159.2	144	82	67	11	78	1	127	12	0	13				1.390	8.1	0.6	4.4	7.2	1.63	BAK CALL
1990	22	LAD-min	AA	11	4	.733	3.32	26	26	0	3	0	0	157.0	144	73	58	14	78	1	97	9	0	10				1.414	8.3	0.8	4.5	5.6	1.24	SAN TL
1991	23	LAD-min	AA,AAA	10	8	.556	5.23	28	23	3	2	1	0	134.1	139	90	78	17	81	1	113	6	1	9	610			1.638	9.3	1.1	5.4	7.6	1.40	SAN,ABQ TL,PCL
1992	24	LAD-min	AA,AAA	4	2	.667	4.02	26	14	3	0	0	1	100.2	94	51	45	7	42	0	85	3	1	5	425			1.351	8.4	0.6	3.8	7.6	2.02	SAN,ABQ TL,PCL
1993	25	LAD-min	A+,AAA	3	3	.500	5.79	46	1	20	0	0	7	91.2	92	65	59	7	52	8	92	9	1	7	425			1.571	9.0	0.7	5.1	9.0	1.77	VRO,ABQ FLOR,PCL
1994	26	CAL-min	AAA	5	3	.625	5.22	37	10	18	0	0	8	91.1	101	56	53	15	34	1	66	6	0	3	402			1.478	10.0	1.5	3.4	6.5	1.94	VAN PCL
1995	27	CAL-min	A+	0	0		9.53	5	1	1	0	0	0	5.2	9	6	6	1	3	0	8	0	0	0	29			2.118	14.3	1.6	4.8	12.7	2.67	LEL CALL
1995	27	CAL	AL	3	0	1.000	3.88	46	0	11	0	0	1	55.2	49	27	24	6	26	2	36	3	0	1	237	121	4.77	1.347	7.9	1.0	4.2	5.8	1.38
1996	28	CAL	AL	5	5	.500	2.67	69	0	23	0	0	1	81.0	62	27	24	7	42	7	65	10	0	5	353	184	4.62	1.284	6.9	0.8	4.7	7.2	1.55
1997	29	ANA	AL	5	5	.500	4.31	58	0	22	0	0	7	62.2	69	32	30	3	28	4	57	5	0	1	284	109	3.49	1.548	9.9	0.4	4.0	8.2	2.04
1998	30	ANA	AL	0	0		1.93	11	0	3	0	0	0	14.0	10	3	3	0	7	0	12	0	0	0	55	252	2.92	1.214	6.4	0.0	4.5	7.7	1.71

1999	31	ANA-min	A+,AAA	1	2	.333	7.13	11	4	0	0	0	0	17.2	28	20	14	3	2	0	9	2	0	1	84			1.698	14.3	1.5	1.0	4.6	4.50	LEL,EDM CALL,PCL
2000	32	STL-min	AAA	2	1	.667	0.93	8	0	1	0	0	1	9.2	6	3	1	1	4	0	8	1	0	1	39			1.034	5.6	0.9	3.7	7.4	2.00	MEM PCL
2000	32	STL	NL	2	2	.500	3.16	51	0	10	0	0	2	51.1	40	22	18	7	24	2	41	3	0	2	213	149	4.89	1.247	7.0	1.2	4.2	7.2	1.71
2001	33	STL-min	AAA	0	2	.000	4.00	10	0	1	0	0	0	9.0	10	6	4	1	4	1	9	2	0	0	42			1.556	10.0	1.0	4.0	9.0	2.25	MEM PCL
2001	33	STL	NL	1	2	.333	5.21	40	0	11	0	0	0	38.0	43	24	22	5	17	2	26	5	0	3	173	84	5.13	1.579	10.2	1.2	4.0	6.2	1.53
2002	34	COL-min	AAA	1	1	.500	8.13	24	0	7	0	0	1	31.0	38	31	28	5	16	0	25	2	0	3	146			1.742	11.0	1.5	4.6	7.3	1.56	CSP PCL
2002	34	COL	NL	0	0		5.56	13	0	6	0	0	0	11.1	12	9	7	2	5	0	10	1	0	0	51	88	5.08	1.500	9.5	1.6	4.0	7.9	2.00
7 Yrs				16	14	.533	3.67	288	0	86	0	0	11	314.0	285	144	128	30	149	17	247	27	0	12	1366	129	4.47	1.382	8.2	0.9	4.3	7.1	1.66
162 Game Avg.				4	3	.533	3.67	68	0	20	0	0	3	74	67	34	30	7	35	4	58	6	0	3	323	129	4.47	1.382	8.2	0.9	4.3	7.1	1.66

ANA (4 yrs)				13	10	.565	3.42	184	0	59	0	0	9	213.1	190	89	81	16	103	13	170	18	0	7	929	140	4.22	1.373	8.0	0.7	4.3	7.2	1.65
STL (2 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.03	91	0	21	0	0	2	89.1	83	46	40	12	41	4	67	8	0	5	386	113	4.99	1.388	8.4	1.2	4.1	6.8	1.63
COL (1 yr)				0	0		5.56	13	0	6	0	0	0	11.1	12	9	7	2	5	0	10	1	0	0	51	88	5.08	1.500	9.5	1.6	4.0	7.9	2.00

AL (4 yrs)				13	10	.565	3.42	184	0	59	0	0	9	213.1	190	89	81	16	103	13	170	18	0	7	929	140	4.22	1.373	8.0	0.7	4.3	7.2	1.65
NL (3 yrs)				3	4	.429	4.20	104	0	27	0	0	2	100.2	95	55	47	14	46	4	77	9	0	5	437	110	5.00	1.401	8.5	1.3	4.1	6.9	1.67

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