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.

1995 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1995 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	3 (2)	Apr 29	NYY	@	KCR	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
2	4	Apr 30	NYY	@	KCR	L,3-9	GF	6	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PR C
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
3	5	May 1	NYY		BOS	W,5-3	CG	35	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
4	6	May 2	NYY		BOS	L,0-8	CG	40	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
5	7	May 3	NYY		BOS	W,4-3	CG	51	13.0	10	1	0	11	0	C
6	9 (1)	May 5	NYY		MIL	W,6-4	GF	31	7.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
7	10	May 6	NYY		MIL	L,2-5	CG	37	9.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
8	11	May 7	NYY		MIL	L,1-9	CG	45	9.0	7	0	0	7	1	1B
9	12	May 9	NYY	@	TOR	L,6-9	CG	41	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
10	13	May 10	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-4	GS	30	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	1B
11	14	May 11	NYY	@	TOR	W,12-11	CG	46	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	1B
12	15	May 12	NYY	@	BOS	W,12-2	CG	33	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
13	17 (1)	May 14	NYY	@	BOS	L,2-3	GS	31	8.0	9	1	0	10	1	1B
14	19 (1)	May 19	NYY		BAL	L,5-7	CG	38	9.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
15	20	May 20	NYY		BAL	W,7-2	CG	37	9.0	13	0	0	13	1	1B
16	21	May 21	NYY		BAL	W,5-0	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
17	22	May 23	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-10	CG	44	8.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
18	25 (2)	May 26	NYY	@	OAK	L,3-4	CG	30	8.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
19	27 (1)	May 28	NYY	@	OAK	W,4-1	CG	40	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
20	29 (1)	May 30	NYY	@	SEA	L,3-7	CG	36	8.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
21	30	May 31	NYY	@	SEA	L,9-11	CG	43	8.0	10	0	1	11	0	C
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
22	32 (1)	Jun 3	NYY		CAL	L,2-4	CG	37	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
23	34 (1)	Jun 5	NYY		OAK	L,5-11	CG	47	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
24	35	Jun 6	NYY		OAK	L,6-8	CG	41	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
25	36	Jun 7	NYY		OAK	W,6-1	CG	34	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
26	39 (2)	Jun 10	NYY		SEA	L,2-3	CG	37	9.0	6	0	1	7	0	C
27	40	Jun 11	NYY		SEA	W,10-7	CG	41	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	C
28	41	Jun 12	NYY	@	DET	L,1-6	CG	41	8.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
29	45 (3)	Jun 16	NYY	@	CLE	W,4-2	GS	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C 1B
30	49 (3)	Jun 20	NYY	@	BAL	L,7-8	CG	38	8.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
31	53 (3)	Jun 25	NYY		TOR	W,8-2	CG	32	9.0	8	2	0	10	1	C
32	55 (1)	Jun 27	NYY		DET	W,7-1	CG	38	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	1B
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
33	58 (2)	Jul 1	NYY	@	MIL	W,3-1	GS	42	11.0	7	1	0	8	0	C
34	63 (4)	Jul 6	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-5	CG	35	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
35	65 (1)	Jul 8	NYY	@	TEX	W,7-3	GS	22	6.0	8	0	1	9	0	1B
36	66	Jul 9	NYY	@	TEX	L,4-5	GS	46	11.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
37	67	Jul 12	NYY		KCR	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
38	69 (1)	Jul 14	NYY		MIN	L,4-11	CG	45	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
39	74 (4)	Jul 18 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,4-11	CG	48	9.0	9	1	0	10	0	C
40	77 (2)	Jul 21	NYY		TEX	W,8-3	GS	31	8.0	8	2	0	10	2	1B
41	78	Jul 22	NYY		TEX	W,7-4	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
42	82 (3)	Jul 26	NYY	@	KCR	L,5-6	CG	43	8.2	5	1	0	6	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
43	87 (4)	Aug 1	NYY		MIL	W,7-5	GS	37	7.0	11	0	0	11	0	1B
44	91 (3)	Aug 5	NYY	@	DET	W,7-1	CG	31	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
45	92	Aug 6	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	GS	53	11.2	5	1	0	6	1	1B C
46	94 (1)	Aug 8	NYY		BAL	W,11-4	GF	17	3.0	2	0	0	2	0	PR C
47	97 (2)	Aug 10 (2)	NYY		CLE	L,2-5	CG	40	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
48	100 (2)	Aug 13	NYY		CLE	W,4-1	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
49	102 (1)	Aug 15	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-2	CG	37	9.0	5	1	0	6	1	C
50	103	Aug 16	NYY	@	BOS	L,4-7	GS	20	5.0	4	0	0	4	1	1B
51	105 (1)	Aug 19	NYY	@	CAL	L,3-5	CG	39	8.0	9	0	0	9	1	1B
52	106	Aug 20	NYY	@	CAL	L,5-10	GF	27	6.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
53	107	Aug 21	NYY	@	OAK	L,4-13	CG	44	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
54	116 (8)	Aug 30	NYY		CAL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
55	121 (4)	Sep 4	NYY		SEA	W,13-3	GS	33	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
56	125 (3)	Sep 9	NYY		BOS	W,9-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
57	128 (2)	Sep 12	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-2	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	130 (1)	Sep 14	NYY	@	BAL	W,5-4	CG	34	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
59	135 (4)	Sep 19	NYY		TOR	W,5-3	CG	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
60	139 (3)	Sep 23 (2)	NYY		DET	W,3-1	CG	33	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
61	140	Sep 24	NYY		DET	L,3-8	CG	39	9.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
62	143 (2)	Sep 29	NYY	@	TOR	W,4-3	GS	32	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
							64gm		524.1	417	24	3	444	13