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Jim
Lefebvre		  
Bats: Both
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 190
 
Born: January 7, 1942 in Usa, CA, INGLEWOOD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1975   
All-Star Selections 1970   
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
1965 23 TOR AL     5 5 6 6 5 5 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 7 7
1966 24 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 5 5 7 6 6 9 8 8 7 7 7
1967 25 TOR AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
1968 26 TOR AL $ 300,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
1969 27 TOR AL $ 2,685,714   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 9 8 8 7 7 7
1970 28 TOR AL $ 2,685,714   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
1971 29 TOR AL $ 2,685,714   5 5 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 8 8 7 6 6
1972 30 TOR AL $ 2,685,714   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 7 8 7 6 6
1973 31 TOR AL $ 4,100,000   5 5 6 6 6 6 6 6 6 8 7 8 7 6 6
1974 32 TOR AL $ 4,100,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 7 8 7 6 6
1975 33 TOR AL $ 4,100,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 6 5 6 8 7 7 7 6 6
1976 34 TOR AL $ 4,100,000   5 5 5 6 5 5 5 4 5 8 6 7 6 6 6
1977 35 COL NL $ 3,300,000   5 5 5 5 4 4 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 5 5
1978 36 CLE AL $ 1,000,000   1 1 2 2 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 2 2 1 1 4 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 4,100,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 7 6 6 9 8 8 8 7 7
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
1965 23 AAA   137 489 58 138 18 2 20 81 4 7 89 80 .282 .393 .450 .843 87.9  
1966 24 TOR AL 156 544 70 138 21 3 14 59 3 2 63 86 .254 .330 .381 .711 68.1 11.3
1967 25 TOR AL 144 481 53 119 28 2 11 62 2 4 57 67 .247 .328 .383 .710 58.2 9.2
1968 26 TOR AL 150 511 80 150 35 0 12 64 3 2 67 66 .294 .377 .432 .809 82.2 17.4
1969 27 TOR AL 142 496 65 134 32 3 9 58 5 1 52 63 .270 .338 .401 .739 63.5 13.2
1970 28 TOR AL 155 563 86 152 29 6 13 71 2 2 70 82 .270 .348 .412 .760 76.4 15.5
1971 29 TOR AL 127 467 49 117 20 1 6 56 5 0 58 78 .251 .332 .336 .668 55.4 9.7
    AAA   28 86 10 27 4 0 2 10 1 1 13 13 .314 .404 .430 .834 14.9  
1972 30 TOR AL 150 525 71 125 16 3 11 59 3 4 57 84 .238 .310 .343 .653 58.6 6.6
1973 31 TOR AL 156 515 56 136 30 5 9 81 0 2 71 85 .264 .350 .394 .744 72.3 11.5
1974 32 TOR AL 145 483 70 128 25 3 16 73 3 5 60 78 .265 .348 .429 .777 69.9 10.2
1975 33 TOR AL 148 473 60 122 17 3 12 63 4 2 80 73 .258 .362 .383 .745 71.5 10.3
1976 34 TOR AL 99 325 34 85 15 2 10 47 1 0 36 59 .262 .332 .412 .745 44.0 7.9
1977 35 COL NL 86 258 38 71 15 1 6 34 0 0 20 37 .275 .326 .411 .737 32.8 6.4
1978 36 CLE AL 64 147 12 30 4 1 1 11 0 2 11 30 .204 .259 .265 .525 7.9 0.0
13 Years Sim 1722 5788 744 1507 287 33 130 738 31 26 702 888 .260 .339 .389 .728 760.6 129.3
2 Years AAA 165 575 68 165 22 2 22 91 5 8 102 93 .287 .393 .447 .840 102.8  
162 Game Average 544 69 141 27 3 12 69 2 2 66 83 .260 .339 .389 .728 71.6  
Career Highs 156 563 86 152 35 6 16 81 5 5 80 86 .294 .377 .432 .809 82.2  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   3826 473 985 190 26 70 482 16 19 455 582 .257 .335 .376 .711 492.9
vs LH   1962 271 522 97 7 60 256 15 7 247 306 .266 .346 .414 .761 288.7
Home 845 2839 377 741 143 14 56 348 9 11 313 430 .261 .334 .380 .714 365.3
Away 877 2949 367 766 144 19 74 390 22 15 389 458 .260 .344 .397 .741 416.4
RISP   1417 0 366 53 7 33 567 0 0 208 230 .258 .345 .375 .721 199.3
Pinch Hitting   100 14 27 4 0 2 13 0 0 7 19 .270 .315 .370 .685 11.6
Close/Late   687 57 164 28 3 14 91 0 0 88 119 .239 .324 .349 .674 82.7
Mar/Apr 284 945 131 258 55 2 23 131 3 0 103 152 .273 .344 .408 .752 133.4
May 281 980 118 250 37 4 20 129 3 7 114 162 .255 .331 .362 .693 121.1
June 305 1028 124 263 59 5 21 121 9 5 137 151 .256 .341 .384 .726 140.1
July 301 1002 144 273 58 7 27 112 9 2 128 160 .272 .353 .425 .778 152.9
August 285 935 113 244 38 5 21 125 4 3 121 142 .261 .345 .380 .724 127.4
Sep/Oct 266 898 114 219 40 10 18 120 3 9 99 121 .244 .319 .371 .690 106.8
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
1966 24 TOR AL 2B 146 146 1286.0 229 496 18 93 .976 5.07   6.3
    3B 4 0 7.0 0 2 0 1 1.000 2.57   0.0
    1B 2 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00   0.0
    RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1967 25 TOR AL 2B 78 73 667.7 130 243 4 39 .989 5.03   2.9
    3B 54 50 456.0 31 98 4 6 .970 2.55   1.6
    RF 2 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1968 26 TOR AL 2B 146 141 1240.0 211 408 12 76 .981 4.49   5.9
1969 27 TOR AL 2B 91 78 734.7 123 276 7 36 .983 4.89   3.3
    1B 23 18 168.7 167 12 3 20 .984 9.55   0.3
    3B 20 17 157.3 8 32 6 1 .870 2.29   0.4
    RF 2 1 10.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.80   0.0
1970 28 TOR AL 2B 149 146 1303.0 243 475 17 92 .977 4.96   5.4
    RF 2 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00   0.1
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
1971 29 TOR AL 2B 44 44 389.7 76 169 3 31 .988 5.66   2.9
    1B 44 44 381.0 401 38 1 42 .998 10.37   0.6
    3B 37 36 319.7 15 72 3 6 .967 2.45   1.4
1972 30 TOR AL 3B 145 143 1206.0 75 301 18 20 .954 2.81   3.4
    2B 4 0 11.0 0 4 0 1 1.000 3.27   0.0
1973 31 TOR AL 3B 81 78 699.3 42 179 15 10 .936 2.84   1.7
    1B 58 54 482.0 543 49 9 54 .985 11.05   1.2
    2B 9 2 35.0 5 14 1 1 .950 4.89   0.1
    RF 6 1 12.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.50   0.0
1974 32 TOR AL 3B 100 94 835.0 61 220 13 22 .956 3.03   2.7
    2B 41 39 339.0 72 161 3 30 .987 6.19   1.5
    1B 4 0 7.0 7 0 0 2 1.000 9.00   0.0
1975 33 TOR AL 3B 143 142 1202.7 97 297 17 30 .959 2.95   3.2
    2B 2 1 11.0 4 2 0 1 1.000 4.91   0.0
    1B 1 1 9.0 11 0 1 1 .917 11.00   0.0
    RF 3 0 4.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1976 34 TOR AL 2B 97 97 820.3 189 364 11 86 .980 6.07   4.4
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00   0.0
    1B 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1977 35 COL NL 3B 57 50 423.0 26 106 6 8 .957 2.81   1.9
    1B 16 10 96.3 108 4 2 14 .982 10.46   0.2
    RF 11 10 77.0 13 1 0 1 1.000 1.64   0.2
    2B 4 0 8.0 2 4 0 0 1.000 6.75   0.0
    SS 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 36 CLE AL SS 16 15 113.0 15 44 5 9 .922 4.70   0.5
    2B 12 8 77.0 21 33 1 4 .982 6.31   0.4
    3B 16 8 66.3 4 15 1 2 .950 2.58   0.2
    RF 6 5 44.0 8 0 0 0 1.000 1.64   0.1
    1B 9 4 42.3 55 1 0 2 1.000 11.91   0.1
  2B 823 775 6922.3 1305 2649 77 490 .981 5.14   33.2
  3B 659 618 5376.3 359 1322 83 106 .953 2.81   16.6
  1B 159 131 1191.3 1295 104 16 135 .989 10.57   2.4
  RF 34 17 166.0 32 1 0 1 1.000 1.79   0.5
  SS 17 15 114.0 15 45 5 9 .923 4.74   0.5
Career Totals   1692 1556 13769.9 3006 4121 181 741 .975 4.66   53.2
Career Highs   154 146 1317.0 592 498 25 94 .991 6.36    
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
1968 26 TOR AL 5 19 0 6 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .316 .350 .316 .666
1969 27 TOR AL 11 40 4 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 5 .175 .298 .200 .498
1971 29 TOR AL 7 28 5 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 7 .250 .300 .429 .729
1977 35 COL NL 18 56 9 16 3 0 0 4 0 0 4 12 .286 .339 .339 .678
Career Post-Season Batting 41 143 18 36 6 0 1 9 0 0 14 27 .252 .321 .315 .635
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
1968-10-.294
 On-Base Pct
1968-9-.377
 Games
1966-8-156
1970-7-155
1973-6-156
 Doubles
1968-5-35
 Triples
1970-8-6
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 10    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 27    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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  3. Johnny Lucadello (931)
  4. Lou Stringer (930)
  5. Tommy Glaviano (920)
  6. Jim Bucher (920)
  7. Paul Schaal (919)
  8. Pedro Garcia (914)
  9. Dan Driessen (911)
  10. Pete Ward (910)
History
Drafted in 1st round, 10th overall pick, by Toronto in 1965
Injured on 7/21/1965 with a Bruised Hand, out for 2 days
Had first career hit (double) on 4/2/1966, off Bill Singer (WAS)
Hit first career homerun on 4/13/1966, off Dave Boswell (BOS)
Won Player of the Week award on 8/18/1968, hitting .478 with 0 HR, 8 RBI
2/1/1969: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Injured on 3/30/1969 with a Tight Knee, out for 1-2 weeks
2/1/1970: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
Won Player of the Week award on 4/28/1970, hitting .519 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Was selected to the 1970 Allstar game
2/1/1971: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
2/1/1972: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,685,714 through salary arbitration
6/1/1972: Signed a contract extension with Toronto, $4,100,000 per year, for 4 years
Injured on 9/23/1974 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Third Base in 1975
Signed as a free agent by Colorado on 2/4/1977 to a 1-year deal worth $3,300,000 per year
Signed as a free agent by Cleveland (A) on 2/9/1978 to a 2-year deal worth $1,000,000 per year
 
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