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Jim Lefebvre
James Kenneth Lefebvre

Bats Both, Throws Right
Height 6' 0", Weight 185 lb.

Debut April 12, 1965
  vs. NYM 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB
Final Game September 19, 1972
Born January 7, 1942 in Inglewood, CA

Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)

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        You have to like a guy that got fired as a Dodger coach for taking a swing at Tommy Lasorda. You just know Lasorda had it coming. It would be great to see Lefebvre as a manager again; but for a team with some real talent.

Batting  Glossary /
Gamelogs: / Splits: / HR Log / PI Finders:Game / Streak / Event / PI vs. Pitcher
/ Neutralize Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  G   AB    R    H   2B 3B  HR  RBI  SB CS  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG *OPS+  TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1965 23 LAD NL 157  544   57  136  21  4  12   69   3  5  71  92  .250  .337  .369  106  201  10   4   7   2   8 MVP-21,RoY-1
 1966 24 LAD NL 152  544   69  149  23  3  24   74   1  1  48  72  .274  .333  .460  126  250  10   5   6   3  10 MVP-18,AS
 1967 25 LAD NL 136  494   51  129  18  5   8   50   1  5  44  64  .261  .322  .366  105  181   7   5  11   3  10
 1968 26 LAD NL  84  286   23   69  12  1   5   31   0  0  26  55  .241  .304  .343  101   98   1   3   4   1   3
 1969 27 LAD NL  95  275   29   65  15  2   4   44   2  1  48  37  .236  .349  .349  103   96   3   3  10   1   8
 1970 28 LAD NL 109  314   33   79  15  1   4   44   1  1  29  42  .252  .314  .344   81  108   4   3   2   1   7
 1971 29 LAD NL 119  388   40   95  14  2  12   68   0  2  39  55  .245  .314  .384  103  149   4   4   6   2  15
 1972 30 LAD NL  70  169   11   34   8  0   5   24   0  0  17  30  .201  .271  .337   74   57   0   2   6   0   3
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 8 Seasons      922 3014  313  756 126 18  74  404   8 15 322 447  .251  .323  .378  104 1140  39  29  52  13  64
+--------------+---+----+----+----+---+--+---+----+---+--+---+---+-----+-----+-----+----+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 162 Game Avg        530   55  133  22  3  13   71   1  3  57  79  .251  .323  .378  104  200   7   5   9   2  11
 Career High    157  544   69  149  23  5  24   74   3  5  71  92  .274  .349  .460  126  250  10   5  11   3  15
Special Batting  Glossary
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  PA  Outs  RC  RC/G   AIR    BA *lgBA   OBP *lgOBP  SLG *lgSLG  OPS *lgOPS*OPS+  OWP *BtRns BtWin SB% 
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 1965 23 LAD NL  631  435   71   4.4    88| .250  .250| .337  .312| .369  .378| .706  .690| 106  .529   6.6   0.7  37%
 1966 24 LAD NL  610  421   84   5.4    89| .274  .255| .333  .312| .460  .384| .793  .697| 126  .608  19.4   2.0  50%
 1967 25 LAD NL  553  392   57   3.9    83| .261  .247| .322  .308| .366  .363| .688  .672| 105  .495   4.4   0.5  16%
 1968 26 LAD NL  317  224   31   3.8    75| .241  .243| .304  .300| .343  .342| .647  .642| 101  .521   1.1   0.1   0%
 1969 27 LAD NL  330  225   35   4.2    89| .236  .251| .349  .320| .349  .372| .698  .692| 103  .500   3.7   0.4  66%
 1970 28 LAD NL  351  250   34   3.7    99| .252  .261| .314  .333| .344  .399| .658  .732|  81  .392  -7.8  -0.8  50%
 1971 29 LAD NL  437  318   44   3.7    87| .245  .253| .314  .318| .384  .370| .698  .688| 103  .459   1.5   0.2   0%
 1972 30 LAD NL  188  140   16   3.1    90| .201  .254| .271  .322| .337  .376| .608  .698|  74  .378  -5.8  -0.6   0%
+--------------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+-----+-----+-----+----+
 8 Seasons      3417 2405  372   4.2    87| .251  .252| .323  .315| .378  .374| .701  .688| 104  .506  23.2   2.5  34%

* indicates the value is park adjusted (now all 3-year factors)
Fielding  Glossary / Sort by Position, then Year
 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO    A    E   DP    FP   lgFP  RFg  lgRFg  RF9  lgRF9  GS   Inn  
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+
+---- Fielding Sorted by Year ------+
1965 23 LAD NL 2B 156 349 429 24 91 .970 .974 4.99 4.71 5.02 5.28 154 1395.7 1966 24 LAD NL 2B 119 246 332 12 59 .980 .978 4.86 4.68 5.20 5.33 114 1000.3 AS 3B 40 22 57 4 4 .952 .954 1.98 2.66 2.45 3.04 34 289.7 AS 1967 25 LAD NL 3B 92 49 205 12 12 .955 .950 2.76 2.75 2.79 2.96 89 818.0 2B 34 70 112 6 23 .968 .976 5.35 4.63 5.63 5.26 33 291.0 1B 5 54 4 0 4 1.000 .991 11.60 8.82 11.60 9.96 5 45.0 1968 26 LAD NL 2B 62 126 137 6 29 .978 .977 4.24 4.74 5.04 5.21 53 469.3 3B 16 15 22 2 4 .949 .954 2.31 2.72 2.50 2.93 17 133.0 LF 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.80 1.38 2.13 1.63 5 38.0 1B 3 29 2 0 0 1.000 .990 10.33 8.90 12.13 10.10 3 23.0 1969 27 LAD NL 3B 44 34 98 2 7 .985 .946 3.00 2.63 3.26 2.92 42 364.0 2B 37 62 83 4 16 .973 .974 3.92 4.65 4.61 5.19 32 283.3 1B 6 58 4 0 3 1.000 .992 10.33 8.83 10.94 9.83 6 51.0 1970 28 LAD NL 2B 70 142 177 4 34 .988 .979 4.56 4.67 4.90 5.32 62 586.0 3B 21 20 34 2 4 .964 .946 2.57 2.58 3.59 2.91 14 135.3 1B 1 6 1 0 3 1.000 .986 7.00 8.40 12.60 9.72 0 5.0 1971 29 LAD NL 2B 102 244 260 6 69 .988 .978 4.94 4.86 5.19 5.47 97 874.0 3B 7 3 14 3 2 .850 .950 2.43 2.31 3.80 2.79 4 40.3 1972 30 LAD NL 2B 33 66 82 2 21 .987 .978 4.48 4.88 5.18 5.36 27 257.0 3B 11 4 17 2 3 .913 .946 1.91 2.55 2.56 2.87 8 73.7
+---- Fielding Sorted by Position --+
1967 25 LAD NL 1B 5 54 4 0 4 1.000 .991 11.60 8.82 11.60 9.96 5 45.0 1968 26 LAD NL 1B 3 29 2 0 0 1.000 .990 10.33 8.90 12.13 10.10 3 23.0 1969 27 LAD NL 1B 6 58 4 0 3 1.000 .992 10.33 8.83 10.94 9.83 6 51.0 1970 28 LAD NL 1B 1 6 1 0 3 1.000 .986 7.00 8.40 12.60 9.72 0 5.0 1965 23 LAD NL 2B 156 349 429 24 91 .970 .974 4.99 4.71 5.02 5.28 154 1395.7 1966 24 LAD NL 2B 119 246 332 12 59 .980 .978 4.86 4.68 5.20 5.33 114 1000.3 1967 25 LAD NL 2B 34 70 112 6 23 .968 .976 5.35 4.63 5.63 5.26 33 291.0 1968 26 LAD NL 2B 62 126 137 6 29 .978 .977 4.24 4.74 5.04 5.21 53 469.3 1969 27 LAD NL 2B 37 62 83 4 16 .973 .974 3.92 4.65 4.61 5.19 32 283.3 1970 28 LAD NL 2B 70 142 177 4 34 .988 .979 4.56 4.67 4.90 5.32 62 586.0 1971 29 LAD NL 2B 102 244 260 6 69 .988 .978 4.94 4.86 5.19 5.47 97 874.0 1972 30 LAD NL 2B 33 66 82 2 21 .987 .978 4.48 4.88 5.18 5.36 27 257.0 1966 24 LAD NL 3B 40 22 57 4 4 .952 .954 1.98 2.66 2.45 3.04 34 289.7 1967 25 LAD NL 3B 92 49 205 12 12 .955 .950 2.76 2.75 2.79 2.96 89 818.0 1968 26 LAD NL 3B 16 15 22 2 4 .949 .954 2.31 2.72 2.50 2.93 17 133.0 1969 27 LAD NL 3B 44 34 98 2 7 .985 .946 3.00 2.63 3.26 2.92 42 364.0 1970 28 LAD NL 3B 21 20 34 2 4 .964 .946 2.57 2.58 3.59 2.91 14 135.3 1971 29 LAD NL 3B 7 3 14 3 2 .850 .950 2.43 2.31 3.80 2.79 4 40.3 1972 30 LAD NL 3B 11 4 17 2 3 .913 .946 1.91 2.55 2.56 2.87 8 73.7 1968 26 LAD NL LF 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.80 1.38 2.13 1.63 5 38.0 1968 26 LAD NL OF 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 .978 1.80 1.82 2.13 2.01 5 38.0
+--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Position Total 2B* 613 1305 1612 64 342 .979 .977 4.76 4.73 5.09 5.32 572 5156.7 3B* 231 147 447 27 36 .957 .949 2.57 2.67 2.88 2.95 208 1854.0 1B* 15 147 11 0 10 1.000 .991 10.53 8.81 11.47 9.92 14 124.0 LF* 5 9 0 0 0 1.000 .968 1.80 1.38 2.13 1.63 5 38.0 +--------------+---+----+------+----+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+-----+----+------+ Overall Total 864 1608 2070 91 388 .976 .973 4.26 4.23 4.61 4.77 799 7173
An Important note about our fielding stats

Postseason Batting Gamelogs / Vs. Pitcher / Event Finder

 Year   Round Tm  Opp WLser  G   AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO   BA   OBP   SLG   SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
 1965   WS    LAD MIN     W   3  10   2   4  0  0  0   0   0   0  .400  .400  .400   0  0   0   0   0 
 1966   WS    LAD BAL     L   4  12   1   2  0  0  1   1   3   4  .167  .333  .417   0  0   0   0   0 
+------+-----+---+---+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+
  2 World Series        1-1   7  22   3   6  0  0  1   1   3   4  .273  .360  .409   0  0   0   0   0 
+--------------------+-----+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+---+--+---+---+---+

WLser shows whether the player's team Won or Lost the series.
All-Star Game Batting 

 Year   Tm  Lg  GS  AB  R   H  2B 3B HR RBI  BB  SO  SB CS  SH  SF HBP
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 1966   LAD NL   *   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0 Starting 2B 
+------+---+--+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+---------+
 Played 1/1      1   2   0   0  0  0  0   0   0   0   0  0   0   0   0  .000  .000  .000 
+-------------+---+---+---+---+--+--+--+---+---+---+---+--+---+---+---+-----+-----+-----+
Appearances on Leaderboards and Awards   Glossary

Awards are Year-League-Award, Stats are Year-Value-Rank, (Pos) for All-Star indicates starter & * indicates they played.

All-Star
1966 (2B)

Awards
1965-NL-ROY

MVP (YrLg-Rk-Shr)
1965-NL-21-0.02
1966-NL-18-0.03
Car-1085-0.05 shares

Sac. Hits
1965 NL-10-9
1966 NL-10-9

HOF Standards: Batting - 5.0 (2504) (Average HOFer ≈ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 12.0 (1030) (Likely HOFer > 100)
Overall Rank in parentheses.

Act.- Denotes rank among active players, Car. - Denotes career rank
Click on the Car, Act or Year to see the career, active, or league leaderboard.


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Transactions 

Before 1962 Season: Signed by the Los Angeles Dodgers as an amateur free agent.

November 27, 1972: Released by the Los Angeles Dodgers.


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