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Dion
James		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 170
 
Born: November 9, 1962 in Usa, PA, PHILADELPHIA
 
Awards & Accomplishments
All-Star Selections 1989   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1983 20 MON NL     7 7 6 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 7 8 8
1984 21 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 2 3 3 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 7
1985 22 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 6 6 7 7
1986 23 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 6 7 7 7 7 7
1987 24 MON NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 8 9 9 6 7 7
1988 25 MON NL $ 2,442,857   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 9 6 7 7
1989 26 MON NL $ 2,442,857   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 10 6 7 7
1990 27 MON NL $ 4,135,714   7 7 7 2 2 2 6 7 7 9 10 10 6 7 6
OOTP6 Min Ratings     7 7 6 2 2 2 6 7 7 5 6 6 6 7 6
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,135,714   8 8 7 3 3 3 6 7 7 9 10 10 7 8 8
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Silver Slugger or Bronze Rookie.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1983 20 AAA   137 513 66 152 29 0 11 72 8 7 57 36 .296 .367 .417 .784 76.6  
1984 21 MON NL 82 245 33 55 15 1 4 25 3 0 24 33 .224 .298 .343 .641 24.9 4.0
1985 22 MON NL 50 159 18 40 5 0 2 13 1 1 16 20 .252 .320 .321 .641 15.8 3.0
    AAA   24 87 16 23 5 0 1 6 0 0 7 14 .264 .319 .356 .675 9.8  
1986 23 MON NL 120 374 46 96 21 1 6 44 2 3 36 45 .257 .321 .366 .687 42.1 7.0
    AAA   25 87 15 26 4 2 1 9 4 1 17 10 .299 .413 .425 .839 16.2  
1987 24 MON NL 136 408 48 119 25 5 6 59 4 2 51 68 .292 .371 .422 .792 62.4 14.1
1988 25 MON NL 150 497 74 137 38 3 6 54 1 6 87 75 .276 .386 .400 .786 76.4 17.8
1989 26 MON NL 144 495 70 155 28 0 14 75 6 0 96 79 .313 .422 .455 .876 97.2 27.0
1990 27 MON NL 120 439 54 123 17 1 8 69 5 7 53 76 .280 .356 .378 .734 56.9 9.7
7 Years Sim 802 2617 343 725 149 11 46 339 22 19 363 396 .277 .365 .395 .760 375.7 82.6
3 Years AAA 186 687 97 201 38 2 13 87 12 8 81 60 .293 .368 .410 .778 102.6  
162 Game Average 528 69 146 30 2 9 68 4 3 73 79 .277 .365 .395 .760 75.9  
Career Highs 150 497 74 155 38 5 14 75 6 7 96 79 .313 .422 .455 .876 97.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   1973 271 579 119 10 34 257 18 14 288 280 .293 .383 .416 .799 315.9
vs LH   644 72 146 30 1 12 82 4 5 75 116 .227 .307 .332 .640 68.2
Home 395 1260 169 352 73 6 21 146 14 6 180 187 .279 .369 .397 .766 189.7
Away 407 1357 174 373 76 5 25 193 8 13 183 209 .275 .361 .394 .755 194.5
RISP   694 0 195 32 2 15 279 0 0 126 113 .281 .387 .398 .785 114.7
Pinch Hitting   54 5 17 0 0 1 8 0 0 1 6 .315 .321 .370 .692 6.2
Close/Late   316 29 88 12 0 9 44 0 0 52 41 .278 .384 .402 .786 50.9
Mar/Apr 134 451 64 126 27 3 12 64 6 3 65 77 .279 .369 .432 .801 72.9
May 155 490 49 132 29 3 6 61 3 5 72 67 .269 .362 .378 .739 68.7
June 145 487 66 145 29 3 11 85 4 4 64 72 .298 .380 .437 .818 79.2
July 111 366 43 96 18 1 5 43 0 3 45 58 .262 .343 .358 .701 45.6
August 129 417 55 119 25 0 4 42 6 3 57 72 .285 .374 .374 .749 59.7
Sep/Oct 128 406 66 107 21 1 8 44 3 1 60 50 .264 .357 .379 .737 58.1
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1984 21 MON NL 2B 81 76 644.7 142 299 4 66 .991 6.16   3.0
1985 22 MON NL 2B 49 48 393.0 91 164 5 32 .981 5.84   1.9
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1986 23 MON NL 2B 118 115 982.0 225 386 7 77 .989 5.60   4.4
1987 24 MON NL 2B 123 108 982.7 232 442 6 101 .991 6.17   5.8
    LF 4 0 13.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.70   0.1
    CF 3 1 12.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 3.75    
    RF 1 0 0.3 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00    
1988 25 MON NL RF 124 121 1055.7 202 5 0 2 1.000 1.76   2.2
    2B 22 22 189.0 46 81 2 13 .984 6.05   1.0
    LF 2 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00    
    CF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1989 26 MON NL 2B 123 121 1070.3 230 415 11 107 .983 5.42   4.3
    RF 17 16 139.7 31 0 0 0 1.000 2.00   0.3
    CF 3 0 7.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.57    
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00    
1990 27 MON NL 2B 111 109 956.3 206 444 10 101 .985 6.12   5.3
    LF 4 1 16.7 3 0 0 0 1.000 1.62   0.0
    CF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25    
  2B 627 599 5218.0 1172 2231 45 497 .987 5.87   25.8
  RF 142 137 1195.7 233 5 0 2 1.000 1.79   2.4
  LF 11 1 42.0 11 0 0 0 1.000 2.36   0.1
  CF 10 1 27.0 10 0 0 0 1.000 3.33   0.0
Career Totals   790 738 6482.6 1426 2236 45 499 .988 5.08   28.3
Career Highs   149 143 1256.7 265 444 11 107 .994 6.16    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1985 22 MON NL 3 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667
1986 23 MON NL 10 25 3 6 0 0 1 2 0 0 3 3 .240 .321 .360 .681
1988 25 MON NL 10 37 5 8 5 0 0 3 0 0 4 11 .216 .293 .351 .644
Career Post-Season Batting 23 65 9 15 5 0 1 6 0 0 7 15 .231 .306 .354 .659
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
1989-5-.313
 On-Base Pct
1988-5-.386
1989-1-.422
 OPS
1989-5-.876
 XR
1989-7-97.2
 Walks
1988-2-87
1989-2-96
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 8    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  6. Bob Johnson (938)
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  8. Red Schoendienst (934)
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History
Drafted in 5th round, 85th overall pick, by Cleveland (A) in 1971
Injured on 8/27/1975 with a Inflamed Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Injured on 6/15/1978 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 4 days
Injured on 8/9/1978 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 7/19/1981 with a Bruised Jaw, out for 6 days
Traded from Cleveland (A) to Toronto on 3/4/1982 (Going to CLE: P Rick Camp. Going to TOR: P Steve Luebber)
Released by Toronto on 10/13/1982
Drafted in 1st round, 11th overall pick, by Montreal in 1983
Injured on 5/4/1983 with a Sore Shoulder, out for 5 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/3/1984, off Dwight Gooden (BSN)
Hit first career homerun on 4/24/1984, off Eduardo Rodriguez (NYG)
Injured on 6/26/1984 with a Ruptured Bicep Tendon, out for 6 weeks
Injured on 5/3/1985 with a Strained Rotator Cuff Muscle, out for 4 weeks
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against San Diego on 7/12/1986
2/2/1988: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
2/2/1989: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,442,857 through salary arbitration
Won Batter of the Month award on 7/1/1989, hitting .354 with 6 HR, 22 RBI
Was selected to the 1989 Allstar game
Injured on 7/12/1989 with a Sore Back, out for 1-2 weeks
2/2/1990: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,135,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 8/21/1990 with a Broken Ankle, out for full season
10/29/1990: Signed a contract extension with Montreal, $4,500,000 per year, for 4 years
 
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