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.

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1990 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	52 (51)	Jun 8	NYY	@	BAL	L,4-5	GF	11	1.1	0	0	1	1	0	PH 3B
2	53	Jun 9	NYY	@	BAL	L,1-10	GF	7	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
3	54	Jun 10	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-2	GS	28	6.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
4	57 (2)	Jun 14	NYY		BOS	W,3-1	GS	27	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
5	58	Jun 15	NYY		TOR	L,4-5	GS	23	6.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
6	59	Jun 16	NYY		TOR	L,1-2	CG	45	11.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
7	60	Jun 17	NYY		TOR	L,1-8	GS	35	7.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
8	61	Jun 18	NYY	@	MIL	L,2-4	CG	33	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
9	62	Jun 19	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-1	CG	31	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
10	63	Jun 20	NYY	@	MIL	W,5-4	CG	38	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
11	64	Jun 21	NYY	@	TOR	W,7-6	CG	42	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
12	65	Jun 22	NYY	@	TOR	W,8-7	GS	28	7.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
13	66	Jun 23	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-8	CG	39	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
14	67	Jun 24	NYY	@	TOR	L,3-8	CG	40	8.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
15	68	Jun 26	NYY		MIL	W,8-2	CG	35	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
16	69	Jun 27	NYY		MIL	L,4-5	CG	38	9.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
17	70	Jun 28	NYY		MIL	W,3-2	CG	34	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
18	71	Jun 29	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-1	CG	35	8.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
19	72	Jun 30	NYY	@	CHW	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
20	73	Jul 1	NYY	@	CHW	L,0-4	CG	31	8.0	4	0	1	5	0	LF
21	74	Jul 2	NYY	@	KCR	L,5-11	CG	42	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
22	75	Jul 3	NYY	@	KCR	L,1-6	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B C
23	76	Jul 4	NYY	@	KCR	L,6-13	CG	44	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
24	77	Jul 6 (1)	NYY		MIN	L,0-2	CG	44	12.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
25	78	Jul 6 (2)	NYY		MIN	W,5-3	GS	41	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C LF
26	79	Jul 7	NYY		MIN	W,5-4	GS	48	12.0	5	0	0	5	0	C RF
27	80	Jul 8	NYY		MIN	L,3-6	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	RF
28	81	Jul 12	NYY		CHW	L,0-8	CG	31	6.1	0	1	0	1	0	3B
29	82	Jul 13	NYY		CHW	L,2-3	CG	33	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
30	83	Jul 14	NYY		CHW	L,7-8	CG	45	10.0	2	1	0	3	0	3B
31	84	Jul 15	NYY		CHW	L,5-8	CG	42	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
32	85	Jul 16	NYY		KCR	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
33	86	Jul 17	NYY		KCR	L,7-10	CG	43	9.0	2	2	0	4	0	3B
34	87	Jul 18	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	CG	37	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
35	88	Jul 19	NYY	@	MIN	W,2-1	CG	36	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
36	89	Jul 20	NYY	@	MIN	L,1-2	CG	34	8.1	1	2	0	3	0	3B
37	91 (1)	Jul 22	NYY	@	MIN	W,10-6	GS	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
38	93 (1)	Jul 24	NYY	@	TEX	L,1-4	CG	38	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
39	94	Jul 25	NYY	@	TEX	L,7-9	GS	48	10.1	2	1	0	3	0	3B RF
40	95	Jul 27 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,3-0	CG	29	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
41	96	Jul 27 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-1	CG	37	9.0	1	3	0	4	0	3B
42	97	Jul 28	NYY	@	CLE	L,1-2	CG	38	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
43	98	Jul 29 (1)	NYY	@	CLE	W,8-5	GS	28	7.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
44	100 (1)	Jul 30	NYY		DET	W,6-2	CG	34	9.0	0	4	0	4	0	3B
45	101	Jul 31	NYY		DET	W,10-4	CG	37	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
46	102	Aug 1	NYY		DET	L,4-15	CG	49	9.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
47	103	Aug 2	NYY		DET	L,5-6	CG	64	14.0	1	3	1	5	0	3B
48	104	Aug 3	NYY		CLE	W,6-4	GS	35	8.0	2	0	1	3	0	3B
49	105	Aug 4	NYY		CLE	L,3-17	GS	42	8.0	1	1	0	2	0	3B
50	106	Aug 5	NYY		CLE	W,5-3	CG	38	9.0	1	4	2	7	0	3B
51	107	Aug 6	NYY		CLE	W,2-1	CG	35	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
52	108	Aug 7	NYY	@	SEA	W,3-1	CG	38	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	3B
53	110 (1)	Aug 9	NYY	@	SEA	W,1-0	CG	31	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
54	111	Aug 10	NYY	@	OAK	L,0-3	CG	39	8.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
55	112	Aug 11	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-10	CG	43	8.0	1	0	0	1	1	3B
56	113	Aug 12	NYY	@	OAK	L,1-6	CG	38	8.0	0	5	0	5	0	3B
57	114	Aug 13	NYY	@	CAL	L,2-4	CG	39	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
58	115	Aug 14	NYY	@	CAL	L,5-9	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
59	116	Aug 15	NYY	@	CAL	L,1-8	CG	40	8.0	1	5	1	7	0	3B
60	118 (1)	Aug 18	NYY		SEA	W,6-0	CG	33	9.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
61	119	Aug 19	NYY		SEA	W,3-1	GS	30	8.0	1	0	0	1	0	3B
62	120	Aug 20	NYY		TOR	W,6-5	CG	46	11.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
63	121	Aug 21	NYY		TOR	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	1	3	0	4	1	3B
64	122	Aug 22	NYY		TOR	W,4-2	GS	30	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
65	123	Aug 23	NYY		MIL	L,2-8	CG	42	9.0	0	3	0	3	1	3B
66	124	Aug 24	NYY		MIL	L,0-1	CG	35	9.0	1	2	0	3	0	3B
67	125	Aug 25	NYY		MIL	L,3-5	GS	25	7.0	1	4	0	5	0	3B
68	126	Aug 26	NYY		MIL	W,4-3	CG	43	11.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
69	127	Aug 27	NYY	@	BAL	W,4-0	GS	22	6.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
70	132 (4)	Sep 1	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-15	GF	20	4.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
71	133	Sep 2	NYY	@	BOS	L,1-7	CG	36	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
72	134	Sep 3	NYY		CAL	L,0-7	CG	45	9.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
73	135	Sep 5	NYY		CAL	W,2-1	GS	30	8.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
74	136	Sep 6	NYY		CAL	L,6-12	GS	7	1.0	0	1	0	1	0	LF
75	137	Sep 7	NYY		OAK	L,1-7	CG	40	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	LF
76	139 (1)	Sep 9	NYY		OAK	L,3-7	CG	42	9.0	0	1	0	1	0	3B
77	140	Sep 10	NYY		TEX	L,0-1	CG	40	11.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
78	141	Sep 11	NYY		TEX	W,5-4	GS	31	8.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
79	142	Sep 12	NYY		TEX	L,4-5	CG	46	9.0	0	3	0	3	0	3B
80	143	Sep 13	NYY	@	DET	W,7-3	CG	34	9.0	1	5	0	6	1	3B
81	144	Sep 14	NYY	@	DET	W,5-2	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
82	145	Sep 15	NYY	@	DET	L,3-4	CG	38	8.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
83	146	Sep 16	NYY	@	DET	L,2-5	CG	33	8.0	14	2	0	16	0	C
84	149 (2)	Sep 19	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-7	GS	33	7.0	1	0	1	2	0	C
85	150	Sep 20	NYY		CLE	L,7-12	GS	45	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C 3B
86	151	Sep 21	NYY		BOS	L,0-3	GS	33	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
87	155 (3)	Sep 25	NYY		BAL	W,15-3	CG	36	9.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
88	156	Sep 26	NYY		BAL	W,4-2	GS	33	8.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
89	162 (5)	Oct 3	NYY		DET	L,3-10	CG	45	9.0	2	1	1	4	0	3B
							94gm		739.1	117	107	13	237	5