Jim Leyritz

Positions: Catcher, First Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-0, 190lb (183cm, 86kg)

Born: December 27, 1963 in Lakewood, OH us

High School: Turpin HS (Cincinnati, OH)

Schools: Middle Georgia State University (Macon, GA), University of Kentucky (Lexington, KY)

Debut: June 8, 1990 (Age 26-163d, 15,772nd in major league history)
vs. BAL 1 AB, 1 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 13, 2000 (Age 36-261d)
vs. ARI 0 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1990 season

Agents: Tom Reich, Adam Katz • Previously: David Lihn

Full Name: James Joseph Leyritz

Nicknames: The King

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2x World Series

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

7.9

2527

667

.264

325

RBI

387

OBP

.362

SLG

.415

OPS

.777

OPS+

106

Fielding stats are given overall and by position. In some cases, they will be identical.

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1997 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	1	Apr 2	ANA		BOS	L,5-6	GS	35	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
2	3 (1)	Apr 4	ANA		CLE	W,8-6	GS	41	10.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
3	5 (1)	Apr 6	ANA		CLE	L,8-10	GS	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
4	6	Apr 7	ANA		NYY	L,3-5	GS	39	8.0	7	0	0	7	2	1B
5	7	Apr 8	ANA		NYY	W,10-9	CG	54	12.0	8	0	0	8	1	C
6	8	Apr 9	ANA		NYY	L,5-12	CG	50	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	1B
7	10 (1)	Apr 13	ANA	@	CLE	W,8-3	GS	29	6.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
8	11	Apr 14	ANA	@	NYY	W,5-1	CG	34	9.0	9	2	0	11	0	C
9	12	Apr 15	ANA	@	NYY	W,6-5	CG	42	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
10	13	Apr 16	ANA	@	MIN	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
11	14	Apr 17	ANA	@	MIN	L,3-4	GF	5	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	PH C
12	16 (1)	Apr 20	ANA	@	KCR	W,11-1	CG	29	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
13	17	Apr 21	ANA		TOR	W,5-4	CG	50	13.0	13	1	0	14	0	C
14	18	Apr 22	ANA		TOR	L,6-7	CG	39	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
15	19	Apr 23	ANA		TOR	W,5-4	GS	42	10.0	5	0	0	5	0	C 1B
16	20	Apr 25	ANA		DET	W,8-3	GS	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C 1B
17	22 (1)	Apr 27	ANA		DET	W,6-5	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
18	23	Apr 29	ANA	@	BOS	W,5-4	GS	44	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C 1B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
19	25 (1)	May 3 (1)	ANA	@	CHW	W,3-2	CG	40	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
20	27 (1)	May 4	ANA	@	CHW	L,2-4	GS	32	7.0	3	2	0	5	1	C
21	28	May 5	ANA	@	BAL	W,7-2	CG	39	9.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
22	30 (1)	May 7	ANA	@	BAL	L,0-3	CG	31	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
23	31	May 9	ANA	@	MIL	L,4-5	CG	33	8.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
24	32	May 10	ANA	@	MIL	L,3-4	CG	43	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
25	33	May 11	ANA	@	MIL	L,2-5	GF	24	6.1	4	1	0	5	0	C
26	34	May 12	ANA		CHW	W,16-8	CG	45	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
27	35	May 13	ANA		CHW	W,8-7	GS	15	3.0	3	2	0	5	0	C
28	37 (1)	May 15	ANA		BAL	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
29	38	May 16	ANA		MIL	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
30	39	May 17	ANA		MIL	W,6-5	CG	41	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	C
31	41 (1)	May 19	ANA		SEA	L,4-13	CG	46	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
32	42	May 20	ANA		SEA	W,11-9	GS	37	8.0	10	1	0	11	1	1B
33	43	May 21	ANA		SEA	W,18-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
34	44	May 23	ANA	@	TOR	W,12-2	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
35	46 (1)	May 25	ANA	@	TOR	L,3-4	CG	43	10.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
36	48 (1)	May 27	ANA	@	DET	L,2-6	CG	36	8.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
37	49	May 28	ANA	@	OAK	W,14-10	CG	44	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
38	51 (1)	May 30	ANA		MIN	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
39	52	May 31	ANA		MIN	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
40	53	Jun 1	ANA		MIN	L,4-5	CG	44	9.0	7	1	0	8	3	1B
41	54	Jun 3	ANA		KCR	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
42	56 (1)	Jun 5	ANA	@	MIN	W,3-0	CG	32	9.0	6	2	0	8	0	C
43	57	Jun 6	ANA	@	MIN	L,7-9	CG	42	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
44	59 (1)	Jun 8	ANA	@	MIN	W,8-6	GS	34	8.0	10	1	0	11	3	1B
45	60	Jun 9	ANA	@	KCR	W,12-5	CG	37	9.0	5	2	0	7	1	C
46	62 (1)	Jun 11	ANA	@	KCR	L,1-6	CG	35	8.0	11	1	0	12	0	C
47	64 (1)	Jun 13	ANA		SDP	L,7-8	GF	17	4.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
48	65	Jun 14	ANA		SFG	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
49	66	Jun 15	ANA		SFG	L,1-4	CG	41	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
50	67	Jun 17	ANA	@	LAD	L,3-4	CG	38	8.2	8	0	0	8	1	1B
51	68	Jun 18	ANA	@	LAD	L,5-7	CG	35	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	C
52	69	Jun 19	ANA		OAK	W,4-3	CG	39	9.0	5	1	1	7	0	1B
53	70	Jun 20	ANA		OAK	W,5-2	CG	35	9.0	12	1	0	13	1	C
54	74 (3)	Jun 24	ANA	@	TEX	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
55	75	Jun 25	ANA	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS	18	4.0	3	0	0	3	1	1B
56	76	Jun 26	ANA	@	SEA	L,3-6	CG	41	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
57	77	Jun 27	ANA	@	SEA	L,1-8	CG	36	8.0	5	1	0	6	2	1B
58	79 (1)	Jun 29	ANA	@	SEA	L,2-3	CG	36	8.2	6	0	0	6	0	1B
59	80	Jun 30	ANA	@	COL	L,7-11	CG	42	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
60	81	Jul 1	ANA	@	COL	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	82	Jul 2	ANA		LAD	L,4-5	CG	43	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
62	85 (2)	Jul 5	ANA		SEA	W,5-4	CG	41	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
63	88 (2)	Jul 11	ANA	@	OAK	W,14-4	CG	39	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
64	92 (3)	Jul 15	ANA		TEX	W,6-2	CG	36	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
65	94 (1)	Jul 17	ANA		DET	W,9-4	CG	35	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
66	96 (1)	Jul 19	ANA		TOR	W,5-4	CG	39	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
67	98 (1)	Jul 22	ANA	@	NYY	L,2-9	CG	40	8.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
68	100 (1)	Jul 25 (1)	ANA	@	BOS	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	13	0	0	13	0	C
69	104 (3)	Jul 28 (1)	ANA	@	CLE	W,2-0	GS	32	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
70	105	Jul 28 (2)	ANA	@	CLE	W,10-7	GS	30	6.0	5	0	1	6	2	1B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
				Player went from Anaheim Angels to Texas Rangers
71	107	Aug 1	TEX		CLE	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	110 (2)	Aug 4	TEX		BOS	L,5-11	CG	42	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
73	111	Aug 5	TEX		BOS	L,1-17	GF	15	3.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
74	116 (4)	Aug 9 (2)	TEX	@	CLE	L,2-4	CG	32	8.0	4	1	1	6	0	C
75	118 (1)	Aug 11	TEX	@	BOS	W,8-3	CG	36	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
76	119	Aug 12	TEX	@	BOS	W,12-2	GF	26	6.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
77	120	Aug 13	TEX	@	BOS	W,7-6	CG	45	9.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
78	122 (1)	Aug 16	TEX	@	NYY	W,8-5	GS	43	10.0	9	1	0	10	0	C 1B
79	124 (1)	Aug 18 (1)	TEX		MIL	L,5-8	CG	43	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	1B
80	125	Aug 18 (2)	TEX		MIL	W,2-0	CG	29	9.0	5	2	0	7	0	C
81	129 (3)	Aug 23	TEX		CHW	W,13-8	GS	38	8.0	16	0	0	16	0	1B
82	131 (1)	Aug 25	TEX	@	MIL	L,2-7	CG	36	8.0	12	0	0	12	1	1B
83	133 (1)	Aug 27	TEX	@	MIL	W,7-1	CG	36	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
84	134	Aug 28	TEX	@	SFG	W,11-5		6	1.1	1	1	0	2	0	1B
85	135	Aug 29	TEX	@	SFG	L,4-5	GF	10	1.1	1	0	0	1	0	1B
86	136	Aug 30	TEX	@	SDP	L,1-4	CG	31	8.0	2	1	0	3	0	C
87	137	Aug 31	TEX	@	SDP	L,3-5	CG	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	1	1B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
88	138	Sep 2	TEX		LAD	W,13-12	GS	44	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
89	143 (4)	Sep 7	TEX	@	TOR	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
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