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Joe
Lefebvre		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 185
 
Born: February 22, 1956 in Usa, NH, CONCORD
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Gold Glove 1982   
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
1980 24 BAL AL     5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 6
1981 25 BAL AL     6 6 5 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 5
1982 26 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 6 7 7 6 7 7 5 6 5
1983 27 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 7 7 7 6 7 7 5 5 5
1984 28 BAL AL $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 6 6 7 8 7 6 7 7 5 6 5
1985 29 BAL AL $ 300,000   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 6 5 6 6
1986 30 DET AL $ 964,286   5 5 5 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 6 5 6 6
1987 31 DET AL $ 2,821,429   4 4 4 6 6 6 7 8 8 6 7 6 5 6 6
1988 32 IND AL $ 1,250,000   4 4 4 6 6 6 8 8 8 5 6 6 5 6 6
1989 33 IND AL $ 1,250,000   3 3 3 6 6 6 7 8 7 4 5 5 4 5 5
1990 34 IND AL $ 1,250,000   3 3 2 5 6 6 6 7 7 4 5 4 4 5 4
OOTP6 Min Ratings     3 3 2 5 5 5 6 7 7 4 5 4 4 5 4
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 2,821,429   6 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 6 7 7 5 6 6
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
1980 24 AAA   136 458 66 118 24 7 15 55 10 12 63 77 .258 .347 .439 .786 68.9  
1981 25 AAA   128 466 81 136 31 7 30 96 12 4 80 72 .292 .396 .582 .977 103.2  
1982 26 BAL AL 128 437 62 118 22 3 13 65 8 9 44 71 .270 .342 .423 .765 60.8 12.2
1983 27 BAL AL 137 518 66 111 26 2 9 67 12 7 56 99 .214 .293 .324 .617 49.8 3.6
1984 28 BAL AL 101 306 37 68 11 4 7 56 12 7 30 59 .222 .296 .353 .649 35.1 4.3
    AAA   21 55 7 21 6 2 1 11 0 2 6 5 .382 .443 .618 1.061 12.0  
1985 29 BAL AL 79 188 29 35 9 0 5 21 4 2 17 38 .186 .261 .314 .575 14.1 0.0
1986 30 DET AL 143 518 79 132 45 6 20 70 22 10 54 83 .255 .327 .481 .808 80.2 15.8
1987 31 DET AL 131 417 62 103 28 2 12 49 14 17 51 61 .247 .332 .410 .742 51.9 7.6
1988 32 IND AL 152 495 58 101 39 3 15 64 5 3 66 121 .204 .298 .386 .684 57.9 6.0
1989 33 IND AL 146 496 60 102 33 7 17 68 2 7 45 114 .206 .271 .403 .674 52.4 3.7
1990 34 IND AL 102 244 29 47 11 2 9 27 0 1 15 60 .193 .243 .365 .608 22.8 2.0
9 Years Sim 1119 3619 482 817 224 29 107 487 79 63 378 706 .226 .301 .392 .694 425.1 55.2
3 Years AAA 285 979 154 275 61 16 46 162 22 18 149 154 .281 .375 .517 .892 184.1  
162 Game Average 523 69 118 32 4 15 70 11 9 54 102 .226 .301 .392 .694 61.5  
Career Highs 152 518 79 132 45 7 20 70 22 17 66 121 .270 .342 .481 .808 80.2  
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   2716 373 639 172 20 77 367 62 50 303 481 .235 .314 .398 .713 339.3
vs LH   903 109 178 52 9 30 120 17 13 75 225 .197 .262 .374 .636 88.3
Home 566 1805 248 432 121 16 54 283 41 33 184 347 .239 .312 .414 .726 229.6
Away 553 1814 234 385 103 13 53 204 38 30 194 359 .212 .291 .371 .662 198.0
RISP   897 0 210 58 7 24 353 0 0 108 182 .234 .313 .395 .708 114.9
Pinch Hitting   84 11 21 5 1 1 14 0 0 12 20 .250 .340 .369 .709 11.1
Close/Late   495 64 104 28 4 16 60 0 0 64 99 .210 .305 .380 .685 59.6
Mar/Apr 190 621 88 159 42 4 19 94 16 8 74 117 .256 .334 .428 .762 89.9
May 209 679 82 130 35 9 15 84 13 15 80 134 .191 .280 .336 .616 63.7
June 199 663 89 145 33 4 20 94 14 14 64 147 .219 .289 .371 .660 70.8
July 153 487 59 107 39 3 12 58 11 3 45 82 .220 .292 .386 .678 54.8
August 193 609 85 145 49 7 20 85 13 13 61 121 .238 .307 .440 .747 80.2
Sep/Oct 175 560 79 131 26 2 21 72 12 10 54 105 .234 .307 .400 .707 68.2
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
1982 26 BAL AL C 125 123 1079.3 684 55 6 1 .992 6.16 91 33 .363 2 7.6
1983 27 BAL AL C 133 131 1189.0 777 70 11 0 .987 6.41 136 44 .324 0 5.7
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1984 28 BAL AL C 80 76 687.7 470 27 7 0 .986 6.50 63 22 .349 0 2.1
    RF 4 4 34.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.32 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 1 7.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0  
    3B 2 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1985 29 BAL AL C 37 36 310.3 218 22 1 0 .996 6.96 33 15 .455 2 1.4
    3B 13 1 33.7 3 8 0 0 1.000 2.94 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    RF 5 4 32.0 9 1 0 0 1.000 2.81 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 3 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0  
    CF 2 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
1986 30 DET AL C 135 130 1169.0 634 64 5 2 .993 5.37 106 40 .377 1 6.2
    3B 7 0 16.3 2 7 0 0 1.000 4.96 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 2 0 6.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1987 31 DET AL C 71 69 616.0 341 29 4 0 .989 5.41 58 18 .310 2 3.5
    3B 55 49 441.3 32 110 12 5 .922 2.90 0 0 .000 0 1.4
    LF 1 0 1.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 9.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1988 32 IND AL C 143 133 1221.3 582 57 7 0 .989 4.71 108 33 .306 2 6.1
    3B 3 0 9.0 2 2 0 0 1.000 4.00 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    RF 3 0 5.7 2 0 0 0 1.000 3.18 0 0 .000 0 0.0
1989 33 IND AL C 126 120 1079.3 649 58 11 2 .985 5.90 106 37 .349 1 8.0
    RF 8 8 67.0 15 0 1 0 .938 2.01 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    1B 2 2 11.0 14 1 0 3 1.000 12.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 4 0 5.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
1990 34 IND AL C 37 30 286.3 164 11 0 0 1.000 5.50 36 9 .250 0 1.6
    3B 38 9 142.3 8 35 2 3 .956 2.72 0 0 .000 0 0.6
    RF 16 12 105.0 19 1 1 1 .952 1.71 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 8 6 45.0 6 0 0 0 1.000 1.20 0 0 .000 0  
  C 887 848 7638.3 4519 393 52 5 .990 5.79 737 251 .341 10 42.3
  3B 122 59 650.7 47 162 15 8 .933 2.89 0 0 .000 0 2.4
  RF 36 28 243.7 50 2 2 1 .963 1.92 0 0 .000 0 0.7
  LF 18 7 71.7 10 1 0 0 1.000 1.38 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  1B 2 2 11.0 14 1 0 3 1.000 12.27 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CF 3 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1068 944 8620.3 4641 559 69 17 .987 5.43 737 251 .341 10 45.4
Career Highs   149 133 1236.0 778 139 16 5 .996 6.40 136 44 .455 2  
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.
Slugging Pct
1986-8-.481
 Doubles
1986-3-45
 Triples
1986-7-6
1989-7-7
 Caught Stealing
1987-5-17
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 42)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 203)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 64)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 25th overall pick, by Baltimore in 1980
Injured on 5/30/1981 with a Bruised Ribs, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit (triple) on 4/3/1982, off Balor Moore (TOR)
Hit first career homerun on 5/6/1982, off Don Sutton (BSN)
Injured on 7/24/1982 with a Broken Nose, out for one week
Won Gold Glove at Catcher in 1982
2/2/1986: Gets a new one-year contract worth $964,286 through salary arbitration
Traded from Baltimore to Detroit on 4/3/1986 (Going to DET: 1B Pete Lacock, C Joe Lefebvre. Going to BAL: P Jesse Orosco, RF Tony Armas)
2/2/1987: Gets a new one-year contract worth $2,821,429 through salary arbitration
9/22/1987: Signed a contract extension with Detroit, $1,250,000 per year, for 4 years
Traded from Detroit to Indianapolis on 3/4/1988 (Going to IND: P John Fulgham, LF Ruppert Jones, 3B Joe Lefebvre, P Greg Minton. Going to DET: 1B Eddie Murray, C Tim Blackwell)
 
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