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Dion James
Dion James

Bats Left, Throws Left
Height 6' 1", Weight 170 lb.

MLB Debut September 16, 1983
Final Game April 21, 1996
Born November 9, 1962 in Philadelphia, PA (age 61)

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 Year Ag Tm  Lg   G   AB    R    H   2B  3B  HR  RBI  SB  CS  BB   SO    BA   OBP   SLG   OPS   OPS+   TB   SH  SF IBB HBP GDP 
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 1984 21 MLA AL  101  339   47  103  12   4   2   26   9   9   29   52  .304  .356  .381  .736   105   129   0   3   0   0   4  
 1985 22 MLA AL    4   17    4    5   2   0   0    1   0   0    2    4  .294  .368  .412  .780   110     7   0   0   0   0   0  
 1986           [Did not play]
 1987 24 OAA AL  147  517   90  157  35   3  14   75   0   0   76   72  .304  .392  .464  .856   118   240   0   6   4   3   6  
 1988 25 OAA AL  129  408   56   98  13   8   5   38   0   1   56   60  .240  .330  .348  .678    98   142   0   3   6   0  14  
 1989 26 OAA AL   32   83   12   31   4   0   2   14   0   0    7   12  .373  .418  .494  .912   126    41   0   1   2   0   1  
         NYA AL   60  176   14   57   9   0   1   22   0   3   12   16  .324  .363  .392  .755   107    69   0   2   2   0   6  
         TOT      92  259   26   88  13   0   3   36   0   3   19   28  .340  .381  .425  .805         110   0   3   4   0   7 
 1990 27 NYA AL   73  249   29   69  16   2   1   37   5   2   30   22  .277  .357  .369  .726   101    92   1   2   4   2   5  
 1991           [Did not play]
 1992 29 NYA AL   49  143   19   35   9   0   1   10   1   1   29   13  .245  .379  .329  .708    98    47   0   0   1   2   1  
 1993 30 NYA AL    4   16    2    4   0   0   0    1   0   0    0    2  .250  .250  .250  .500    67     4   0   0   0   0   0  
         CHA AL   78  268   41   89  17   0   4   38   0   0   24   33  .332  .385  .440  .825   109   118   0   3   1   1   5  
         TOT      82  284   43   93  17   0   4   39   0   0   24   35  .327  .378  .430  .808         122   0   3   1   1   5 
 1994           [Did not play]
 1995 32 SFN NL   48   64    8   20   2   0   0   11   0   0    6    6  .312  .371  .344  .715   100    22   0   0   0   0   2  
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
  9 Seasons      725 2280  322  668 119  17  30  273  15  16  271  292  .293  .367  .400  .767         911   1  20  20   8  44
 Per 600 PA           530   75  155  28   4   7   63   3   4   63   68                                 212   0   5   5   2  10
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
   With OAA      308 1008  158  286  52  11  21  127   0   1  139  144  .284  .369  .420  .789         423   0  10  12   3  21
   With NYA      186  584   64  165  34   2   3   70   6   6   71   53  .283  .362  .363  .725         212   1   4   7   4  12
   With MLA      105  356   51  108  14   4   2   27   9   9   31   56  .303  .356  .382  .738         136   0   3   0   0   4
   With CHA       78  268   41   89  17   0   4   38   0   0   24   33  .332  .385  .440  .825         118   0   3   1   1   5
   With SFN       48   64    8   20   2   0   0   11   0   0    6    6  .312  .371  .344  .715          22   0   0   0   0   2
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 MLB Totals      917 2708  362  781 142  21  32  266  43  38  318  307  .288  .364  .392  .755        1061  22  15  20  11  56
+--------------+----+----+----+----+---+---+---+----+---+---+----+----+-----+-----+-----+-----+------+----+---+---+---+---+---+
 Categories in which this player led his league are indicated in red.

Miscellaneous Stats
 Year Ag Tm  Lg  %L  RC  RC/27  AB  PH PHR  PAvg  E   XTC  XTO  XPct  OSB  OCS SBPct  Pos  Defense  Diff Star
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
 1984 21 MLA AL  31   45   4.9  15   6   0  .400   3   33   22  .667    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e5      8   
 1985 22 MLA AL  21    2   6.2   0   0   0  .000   0    1    1 1.000    0    0  .000  OF   3(0)e8    226   
 1986           [Did not play]
 1987 24 OAA AL  36  100   7.3   3   1   0  .333   1   68   55  .809    0    0  .000  OF   2(+1)e1   -13   
 1988 25 OAA AL   5   46   3.8   8   2   0  .250   5   32   20  .625    0    0  .000  OF   3(+2)e5   -25   
 1989 26 OAA AL   3   17   8.7   7   3   0  .429   0    0    0  .000    0    0  .000  1B   4e25      183   
         NYA AL   6   22   4.8  16   7   0  .438   0    2    0  .000    0    0  .000  DH              26   
         TOT                    23  10   0  .435   0    2    0  .000    0    0  .000
 1990 27 NYA AL   8   34   4.9   6   3   0  .500   1   13    5  .385    0    0  .000  1B   4e6        17   
 1991           [Did not play]
 1992 29 NYA AL   7   20   5.0   6   1   0  .167   0    2    2 1.000    0    0  .000  DH             -30   
 1993 30 NYA AL   0    1   2.2   0   0   0  .000   0    4    3  .750    0    0  .000  OF   5(+2)e10 -356   
         CHA AL   8   46   6.7   7   2   0  .286   4   17    8  .471    0    0  .000  OF   5(+2)e10  -31   
         TOT                     7   2   0  .286   4   21   11  .524    0    0  .000
 1994           [Did not play]
 1995 32 SFN NL  11    8   4.7  27   4   0  .148   1    6    2  .333    0    0  .000  OF   4(+2)e8    15   
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+
  9 Seasons          345   5.5  95  29   0  .305  15  178  118  .663    0    0  .000                  -1   0
+--------------+---+----+-----+---+---+---+-----+---+----+----+-----+----+----+-----+----+---------+----+----+

HOF Standards: Batting - 14.3 (Average HOFer ~ 50)
HOF Monitor: Batting - 5.0 (Likely HOFer ~ 100)


Traditional Fielding   (completed seasons only)

 Year Ag Tm  Lg Pos   G     PO     A     E   DP    FP    GS    Inn     RF  
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
 1984 21 MLA AL  CF    82   223     6    3    1   .987    78   683.0   3.02
                 RF     1     0     0    0    0   .000     0     1.0   0.00
 1985 22 MLA AL  LF     2     4     0    0    0  1.000     2    17.0   2.12
                 CF     1     2     0    0    0  1.000     1     8.1   2.16
 1986           [Did not play]
 1987 24 OAA AL  CF    91   158    15    0    1  1.000    79   660.0   2.36
                 LF    74    77     2    1    0   .988    35   436.0   1.63
                 RF    23    24     1    0    0  1.000    12   106.1   2.12
 1988 25 OAA AL  LF   116   141     3    5    0   .966   101   875.2   1.48
                 RF     4     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     8.0   1.12
                 CF     3     3     0    0    0  1.000     0     7.0   3.86
 1989 26 OAA AL  1B     8    44     2    0    1  1.000     5    42.0   9.86
                 CF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     3.0   3.00
                 LF     1     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     2.0   4.50
         NYA AL  CF     6     8     0    0    0  1.000     5    42.2   1.69
                 LF     2     1     0    0    0  1.000     0     5.0   1.80
 1990 27 NYA AL  1B    39   317    25    1   34   .997    38   332.1   9.26
                 LF     5     9     0    0    0  1.000     5    36.0   2.25
                 CF     3     9     0    0    0  1.000     3    26.0   3.12
 1991           [Did not play]
 1992 29 NYA AL  CF     5    15     2    0    1  1.000     5    45.0   3.40
 1993 30 NYA AL  CF     4    12     0    0    0  1.000     4    31.0   3.48
         CHA AL  LF    55    85     3    3    0   .967    55   430.0   1.84
                 1B    24   122    14    1   16   .993    12   128.0   9.56
                 RF     2     0     0    0    0   .000     0     2.0   0.00
 1994           [Did not play]
 1995 32 SFN NL  RF    17    13     0    1    0   .929     6    67.0   1.75
                 LF     3     5     0    0    0  1.000     2    17.0   2.65
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+
                               CAREER TOTALS BY POSITION
                 LF   258   323     8    9    0   .974   200  1818.2   1.64
                 CF   197   431    23    3    3   .993   175  1506.0   2.71
                 1B    71   483    41    2   51   .996    55   502.1   9.39
                 RF    47    38     1    1    0   .975    18   184.1   1.90
+--------------+---+-----+------+-----+----+----+-----+-----+-------+------+

Postseason Stats   Postseason Register
 Year Round Tm  Opp  W/L   G  AB  R  H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO   BA   OBP   SLG  SB 
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+
 1988 ALCS  OAA BOA   W    5  15  4  4  1  0  1   2  3  2  .267  .389  .533  0
      WS    OAA CIN   L    5  16  0  4  0  0  0   1  0  2  .250  .250  .250  0
 1993 WS    CHA ATN   L    4   7  3  4  0  0  0   0  0  2  .571  .571  .571  0
+------------------+-----+--+---+--+--+--+--+--+---+--+--+-----+-----+-----+--+


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Managers

 Year  Tm    Record  Manager(s)
+----+-----+--------+------------------------------------------------------------+
 1984  MLA   68-94   Mark Simons
 1985  MLA   57-105  Mark Simons
 1987  OAA   99-63   Drew Kennedy
 1988  OAA  102-60   Drew Kennedy
 1989  OAA   97-65   Drew Kennedy
 1989  NYA   74-88   Robert Rescigno
 1990  NYA   84-78   Robert Rescigno
 1992  NYA   73-89   Robert Rescigno
 1993  NYA   98-64   Robert Rescigno
 1993  CHA  101-61   Ben Lea, Jon Fellows
 1995  SFN   86-76   Pat Carr

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