LF George James #42
New York Gothams FABL
Age: 34 | Bats: R | Throws: L | Morale: Normal
03/03/1975
BNN Index | FABL | SCORES | STANDINGS | STATS | TEAMS | PLAYERS | TRANSACTIONS | HISTORY
LF GEORGE JAMES #42 - AGE: 34 - BATS: R - THROWS: L - MORALE: NORMAL
G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI BB K AVG OBP SLG SB WAR
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 0 0.0
GAME LOG, LAST 10 GAMES
Date Vs. Result AB R H BI HR BB K SB
PERSONALITY
Birthday:09/30/1940
Born in:Springfield, MA
Nationality:American
Height:5' 10"
Weight:195 lbs
Local Popularity:Insignificant
National Pop.:Insignificant
STATUS
Contract:Major League Contract
Salary:$49,000
Signed Through:1975 Season
Major Service:8 Years, 136 Days
Service This Yr:None
40-Man Service:11 Years, 6 Days
Pro Service:17 Years
Arbitration Eligibility:Not eligible, free agent after contract expires!
Option Years:Out of option years
Contract Extension: -
Drafted:1958, 13th Pick in Round 2
CAREER BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1963 New York - FABL 22 28 99 13 2 1 1 10 6 4 0 3 20 0 1 .131 .160 .202 .362 -2 -5 -1.5
1964 New York - FABL 23 149 544 162 24 8 17 74 71 35 1 5 105 6 7 .298 .338 .465 .804 134 140 4.5
1965 New York - FABL 24 160 597 167 31 7 5 63 61 47 2 5 78 7 7 .280 .332 .380 .712 109 114 2.4
1966 New York - FABL 25 160 640 169 30 11 14 68 88 38 2 3 78 7 2 .264 .306 .411 .717 109 114 3.0
1967 New York - FABL 26 158 607 143 23 7 7 48 58 22 0 2 84 5 11 .236 .261 .331 .593 81 81 -0.0
1968 New York - FABL 27 25 60 14 0 0 1 6 8 3 0 0 3 2 0 .233 .270 .283 .553 74 80 0.2
1969 New York - FABL 28 13 25 9 0 0 0 1 6 5 0 0 2 2 0 .360 .467 .360 .827 139 154 0.3
1970 New York - FABL 29 31 72 25 4 1 1 15 18 9 3 2 10 0 1 .347 .430 .472 .902 143 150 0.8
1971 New York - FABL 30 81 229 55 9 1 1 27 25 21 1 2 25 2 2 .240 .304 .301 .606 74 82 -0.6
1972 New York - FABL 31 77 244 59 7 2 2 20 18 14 0 1 26 2 1 .242 .282 .311 .593 78 79 -0.1
1973 New York - FABL 32 94 290 86 7 2 8 31 40 26 1 1 27 4 6 .297 .355 .417 .773 114 118 1.0
1974 New York - FABL 33 77 152 38 6 2 0 21 18 19 0 1 23 3 4 .250 .331 .316 .647 86 90 -0.0
Total FABL 1053 3559 940 143 42 57 384 417 243 10 25 481 40 42 .264 .311 .376 .687 100 105 9.9
CAREER MINOR LEAGUE BATTING STATS
Year/Team/League Age G AB H 2B 3B HR RBI R BB HP SF K SB CS AVG OBP SLG OPS OPS+ wRC+ WAR
1958 Fresno - A 17 75 299 75 15 6 6 27 30 12 4 1 42 4 3 .251 .288 .401 .689 97 95 -0.1
1958 Albany - A 17 8 29 6 1 0 2 2 4 2 0 0 3 0 1 .207 .258 .448 .706 116 98 -0.2
1959 Fresno - A 18 51 203 59 11 1 7 26 20 8 1 5 41 3 1 .291 .313 .458 .771 115 121 0.7
1959 Albany - A 18 86 327 73 10 4 7 36 39 40 3 4 63 3 3 .223 .310 .343 .653 95 99 0.7
1960 Fresno - A 19 61 239 69 14 5 8 43 31 11 2 2 31 2 1 .289 .323 .490 .812 126 129 1.5
1960 Albany - A 19 60 220 61 8 1 9 31 34 41 5 1 43 4 3 .277 .401 .445 .846 148 154 2.0
1960 Reading - AA 19 17 64 21 3 4 3 8 13 8 1 1 16 2 0 .328 .405 .641 1.046 203 203 1.6
1961 Albany - A 20 96 356 104 8 3 20 62 58 65 7 2 56 4 5 .292 .409 .500 .909 178 181 4.9
1961 Reading - AA 20 39 142 38 10 4 6 26 26 21 4 2 21 4 3 .268 .373 .521 .894 157 152 1.8
1962 Reading - AA 21 115 449 129 17 7 26 89 87 64 2 7 62 11 6 .287 .374 .530 .904 163 158 5.0
1963 Toledo - AAA 22 90 343 107 17 4 14 50 51 27 1 5 39 9 1 .312 .359 .507 .866 133 137 3.9
1968 New Orleans - AAA 27 86 330 98 18 11 6 38 53 37 5 1 32 3 3 .297 .375 .473 .848 129 120 1.6
1969 New Orleans - AAA 28 1 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .600 .333 .933 185 182 -0.0
1970 Reading - AA 29 38 125 42 7 4 1 20 25 32 2 1 11 3 2 .336 .475 .480 .955 145 138 1.1
Total EA 209 780 230 37 19 36 143 151 125 9 11 110 20 11 .295 .394 .529 .923 162 157
Total MAL 250 932 244 27 8 38 131 135 148 15 7 165 11 12 .262 .369 .430 .800 141 144
Total COW 187 741 203 40 12 21 96 81 31 7 8 114 9 5 .274 .306 .445 .752 111 113
Total CL 177 676 206 35 15 20 89 104 66 6 6 71 12 4 .305 .369 .490 .858 131 129
CAREER FIELDING STATS
Year/Team/League POS G GS PO A DP TC E PCT INN RNG ZR EFF PB RSTA RTO RTO%
1958 Albany - A LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1958 Fresno - A LF 59 57 99 1 1 102 2 .980 513.1 1.75 +0.8 1.015
1958 Albany - A CF 6 6 12 0 0 12 0 1.000 51.0 2.12 -1.1 .920
1958 Fresno - A CF 15 15 32 0 0 32 0 1.000 131.2 2.19 -7.6 .793
1958 Albany - A RF 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 18.0 1.50 -0.8 .964
1958 Fresno - A RF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 9.0 3.00 -0.4 .964
1959 Albany - A LF 7 0 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 14.0 1.93 +0.0 .972
1959 Fresno - A LF 9 8 17 0 0 18 1 .944 68.0 2.25 -0.5 .954
1959 Albany - A CF 82 81 202 3 0 206 1 .995 701.0 2.63 -6.7 .963
1959 Fresno - A CF 40 40 96 0 0 100 4 .960 351.0 2.46 -6.2 .936
1959 Albany - A RF 1 1 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 9.0 2.00 -0.0 .972
1959 Fresno - A RF 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 .667 8.0 2.25 +0.1 .969
1960 Albany - A 1B 1 1 8 0 1 8 0 1.000 8.0 9.00 +0.0 .000
1960 Fresno - A 1B 9 9 73 3 6 79 3 .962 76.2 8.92 -1.3 .826
1960 Reading - AA LF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1960 Albany - A LF 4 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 18.0 1.50 -0.1 .964
1960 Fresno - A LF 12 7 16 0 0 17 1 .941 70.1 2.05 +0.8 1.107
1960 Reading - AA CF 12 12 29 4 0 33 0 1.000 103.0 2.88 +2.8 1.129
1960 Albany - A CF 50 48 117 3 0 122 2 .984 415.2 2.60 -5.6 .973
1960 Fresno - A CF 39 39 101 4 0 106 1 .991 343.1 2.75 -2.2 .983
1960 Reading - AA RF 4 4 15 0 0 15 0 1.000 36.0 3.75 +0.3 .991
1960 Albany - A RF 6 6 13 0 0 13 0 1.000 50.0 2.34 -0.1 .981
1960 Fresno - A RF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 8.0 3.38 -0.0 .965
1961 Reading - AA LF 5 3 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 29.0 1.24 +0.8 1.324
1961 Albany - A LF 21 5 18 0 0 18 0 1.000 81.1 1.99 +1.6 1.019
1961 Reading - AA CF 33 32 107 2 0 109 0 1.000 287.1 3.41 +1.3 1.015
1961 Albany - A CF 77 77 195 4 0 204 5 .975 641.2 2.79 -7.6 .958
1961 Reading - AA RF 1 1 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 8.0 3.38 +0.0 .986
1961 Albany - A RF 9 9 21 0 0 21 0 1.000 73.0 2.59 +1.6 1.081
1962 Reading - AA 1B 1 0 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 2.0 18.00 0.0 .000
1962 Reading - AA LF 23 14 34 2 0 37 1 .973 138.1 2.34 +2.0 1.082
1962 Reading - AA CF 94 93 244 8 2 256 4 .984 815.0 2.78 -5.7 .963
1962 Reading - AA RF 3 3 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 20.0 1.35 -0.1 .964
1963 New York - MLB LF 5 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 10.0 0.90 +0.0 .971
1963 Toledo - AAA LF 2 2 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 16.0 2.25 +0.4 1.333
1963 New York - MLB CF 26 26 60 1 1 62 1 .984 213.1 2.57 -5.4 .886
1963 Toledo - AAA CF 87 82 228 8 1 237 1 .996 725.1 2.93 +6.9 .950
1963 New York - MLB RF 2 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 4.0 2.25 +0.0 .997
1964 New York - MLB LF 143 143 210 4 0 216 2 .991 1190.1 1.62 +5.6 1.034
1964 New York - MLB CF 23 3 21 1 0 22 0 1.000 70.0 2.83 -0.4 .943
1964 New York - MLB RF 2 0 2 0 0 2 0 1.000 6.2 2.70 +0.0 1.006
1965 New York - MLB LF 152 152 232 3 0 240 5 .979 1296.1 1.63 -1.2 1.001
1965 New York - MLB CF 21 2 14 0 0 14 0 1.000 60.1 2.09 -0.0 .989
1966 New York - MLB LF 157 157 240 9 0 253 4 .984 1365.2 1.64 +0.4 1.003
1966 New York - MLB CF 15 0 13 1 0 14 0 1.000 31.1 4.02 +0.6 .991
1967 New York - MLB LF 148 148 223 5 0 236 8 .966 1248.0 1.64 -0.6 .995
1967 New York - MLB CF 24 2 17 3 0 21 1 .952 68.2 2.62 +0.5 .989
1968 New York - MLB LF 12 8 16 0 0 16 0 1.000 87.2 1.64 +0.3 .988
1968 New Orleans - AAA LF 55 54 103 1 0 105 1 .990 494.1 1.89 +1.3 1.000
1968 New York - MLB CF 10 0 8 0 0 8 0 1.000 26.1 2.73 +0.6 .999
1968 New York - MLB RF 1 1 4 1 0 5 0 1.000 8.0 5.62 +0.1 .990
1968 New Orleans - AAA RF 26 25 40 0 0 40 0 1.000 220.0 1.64 -3.1 .870
1969 New York - MLB LF 2 2 3 0 0 3 0 1.000 16.0 1.69 +0.2 .994
1969 New York - MLB CF 5 3 5 0 0 5 0 1.000 28.2 1.57 -1.0 1.002
1969 New Orleans - AAA RF 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 9.0 1.00 -1.0 .504
1970 New York - MLB LF 13 9 18 1 0 19 0 1.000 86.2 1.97 +0.2 .995
1970 Reading - AA LF 34 34 47 1 0 49 1 .980 297.1 1.45 +0.6 1.010
1970 New York - MLB CF 10 6 17 1 0 19 1 .947 57.1 2.83 -0.1 .995
1970 Reading - AA CF 2 0 1 1 0 2 0 1.000 4.0 4.50 +0.0 1.022
1970 New York - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1970 Reading - AA RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1971 New York - MLB LF 47 38 73 0 0 78 5 .936 362.2 1.81 -4.6 .931
1971 New York - MLB CF 28 15 34 0 0 34 0 1.000 145.1 2.11 -2.5 .907
1971 New York - MLB RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 1.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1972 New York - MLB LF 58 50 86 2 0 89 1 .989 441.1 1.79 +0.1 1.038
1972 New York - MLB CF 19 13 29 1 0 31 1 .968 119.1 2.26 -1.6 .939
1973 New York - MLB LF 30 28 41 1 0 44 2 .955 227.1 1.66 -0.9 .974
1973 New York - MLB CF 52 36 105 5 0 113 3 .973 366.2 2.70 -4.5 .943
1973 New York - MLB RF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.0 0.00 0.0 .000
1974 New York - MLB LF 21 10 20 0 0 21 1 .952 109.0 1.65 +0.2 .995
1974 New York - MLB CF 18 17 42 0 0 43 1 .977 162.1 2.33 -3.9 .895
1974 New York - MLB RF 1 1 4 0 0 4 0 1.000 8.0 4.50 -0.8 .800
TOTAL 1B 11 10 85 3 7 91 3 .967 86.2 9.14 -1.2 .826
TOTAL LF 1021 931 1511 30 1 1576 35 .978 8183.0 1.69 +7.4 1.006
TOTAL CF 788 648 1729 50 4 1805 26 .986 5919.2 2.70 -49.5 .956
TOTAL RF 64 57 120 1 0 122 1 .992 496.2 2.19 -4.1 .940
PLAYER HISTORY
06/19/1958 Drafted in the 1958 first-year player draft out of high school (Ansonia; Ansonia, CT) by the New York Gothams. (Round 2, Pick 13, 29th overall pick).
08/15/1960 Wins the COW Player of the Week Award.
08/29/1960 Wins the COW Player of the Week Award.
09/12/1960 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
04/18/1961 Named the #73 prospect in the FABL
06/01/1961 Wins the MAL Batter of the Month Award.
07/03/1961 Injured (bruised elbow),day-to-day for one week.
08/04/1961 Goes 5-5 against the Allentown Cokers, with 1 2B, 0 RBI and 2 R.
08/14/1961 Wins the MAL Player of the Week Award.
08/18/1961 Goes 5-6 against the Trenton Eagles, with 2 HR, 4 RBI and 2 R.
09/01/1961 Wins the MAL Batter of the Month Award.
09/18/1961 Wins the 1961 Championship with the Reading Coal Barons!
10/20/1961 Named the #81 prospect in the FABL
04/17/1962 Named the #88 prospect in the FABL
04/19/1962 Injured (gout),out for one week.
05/22/1962 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 2 days.
05/25/1962 Injured (fractured foot),out for 3 weeks.
06/25/1962 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
07/09/1962 Wins the EA Player of the Week Award.
07/10/1962 Named the #84 prospect in the FABL
09/24/1962 Wins the 1962 Championship with the Reading Coal Barons!
10/13/1962 Named the #89 prospect in the FABL
01/01/1963 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 3; Eye: 3.
04/08/1963 Named the #87 prospect in the FABL
05/02/1963 Injured (sprained ankle),day-to-day for 5 days.
05/12/1963 Injured (sprained ankle),out for 6 weeks.
07/29/1963 Wins the CL Player of the Week Award.
01/01/1964 OSA scouting updated ratings: Contact: 3; Power: 3; Eye: 3.
05/06/1964 Injured (back spasms),day-to-day for 4 days.
10/24/1964 Finished 3rd in 1964 FABL FA Kellogg Award voting.
04/25/1965 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 1 day.
03/29/1966 Unsuccessfully completed training to improve his running mechanics at the New York Gothams development complex.
07/20/1966 Injured (back stiffness),day-to-day for 2 days.
08/07/1966 Injured (finger blister),day-to-day for 2 days.
06/10/1968 Wins the GWL Player of the Week Award.
08/19/1970 Goes 6-6 against the Baltimore Clippers, with 1 3B, 0 RBI and 2 R.
LEADERBOARD APPEARANCES
Year GS Rank
1966 157 1
Year PA Rank
1966 685 5
Year AB Rank
1966 640 3
1967 607 9
Year H Rank
1965 167 9
1966 169 10
Year 2B Rank
1965 31 10
1966 30 8
Year 3B Rank
1964 8 7
1966 11 2
1967 7 6
Year SF Rank
1964 5 10
Year AVG Rank
1964 .298 9
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