Chris James stats
Left Fielder · #22
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1986
Bio
- Height
- 6' 1"
- Debut
- 1986
Stats
Standard
Career regular season
- GP
- 946
- AB
- 3,040
- R
- 343
- H
- 794
- HR
- 90
- RBI
- 386
- SB
- 27
- AVG
- .261
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (AB, R, H, HR, RBI, SB: 40+ games; AVG: 300+ AB) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| GP: Games the player appeared in, however briefly. | AB: At-bats: trips to the plate that ended in a hit, an out or an error. Walks and sacrifices are not counted. | R: Runs — scored by the batter, or allowed by the pitcher. | H: Times the batter reached base by hitting the ball, without help from an error. | HR: Home runs hit. | RBI: Runs that scored because of this batter's plate appearance. | SB: Bases taken while the pitcher was delivering. Being caught is counted separately. | AVG: Hits per at-bat. .300 is the traditional line between a good hitter and a great one. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | PHI | 16 | 46 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 0 | .283 |
| 1987 | PHI | 115 | 358 | 48 | 105 | 17 | 54 | 3 | .293 |
| 1988 | PHI | 150 | 566 | 57 | 137 | 19 | 66 | 7 | .242 |
| 1989 |  PHI/SD | 132 | 482 | 55 | 117 | 13 | 65 | 5 | .243 |
| 1990 | CLE | 140 | 528 | 62 | 158 | 12 | 70 | 4 | .299 |
| 1991 | CLE | 115 | 437 | 31 | 104 | 5 | 41 | 3 | .238 |
| 1992 | SF | 111 | 248 | 25 | 60 | 5 | 32 | 2 | .242 |
| 1993 |  HOU/TEX | 73 | 160 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 26 | 2 | .275 |
| 1994 | TEX | 52 | 133 | 28 | 34 | 7 | 19 | 0 | .256 |
| 1995 |  BOS/KC | 42 | 82 | 8 | 22 | 2 | 8 | 1 | .268 |
Expanded
Career regular season
- PA
- 3,294
- TB
- 1,257
- XBH
- 259
- HBP
- 21
- IBB
- 14
- GIDP
- 69
- P/PA
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players who qualify (PA: 100+ AB; TB, XBH, HBP, IBB: 300+ AB; P/PA: 300+ PA) that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| PA: Plate appearances — every trip to the plate, walks and sacrifices included. | TB: Total bases — one for a single, four for a home run. | XBH: Extra-base hits: doubles, triples and home runs. | HBP: Times the batter was hit by a pitch and took first base. | IBB: Walks the other team issued on purpose. | GIDP: Times the batter grounded into a double play — lower is better. | P/PA: Pitches the batter saw per trip to the plate. Above 4.0 is a patient hitter. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | PHI | 48 | 19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 1987 | PHI | 391 | 188 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| 1988 | PHI | 605 | 220 | 44 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| 1989 | PHI/SD | 516 | 177 | 32 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 0 |
| 1990 | CLE | 569 | 234 | 48 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 0 |
| 1991 | CLE | 463 | 139 | 23 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 0 |
| 1992 | SF | 267 | 93 | 19 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | HOU/TEX | 182 | 84 | 21 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | TEX | 159 | 71 | 19 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 1995 | BOS/KC | 94 | 32 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
What the columns mean: PA · TB · XBH · HBP · IBB · GIDP · P/PA
Advanced
Career regular season
- WAR
- 3.8
- RC
- 375.9
- RC/27
- 4.30
- ISOP
- .152
- SECA
- .219
- BB/K
- 0.39
- AB/HR
- 33.8
- GO/FO
- 0.00
Ranked among MLB players with 300+ AB that season; only the top 50 are shown. How each stat qualifies: glossary.
| WAR: Wins above replacement — wins the player added over a freely available fill-in. | RC: Runs created — an estimate of how many runs the batter's hitting produced. | RC/27: Runs a lineup of this batter would score in a full game of 27 outs. | ISOP: Isolated power: slugging minus batting average, so only extra bases count. | SECA: Secondary average: bases from walks, steals and extra-base hits, per at-bat. | BB/K: Walks for every strikeout, a measure of plate discipline. | AB/HR: At-bats per home run — lower means more power. | GO/FO: Ground-ball outs for every fly-ball out. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | PHI | 0.1 | 5.3 | 4.1 | .130 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 46 | 0 |
| 1987 | PHI | 2.7 | 63.8 | 6.6 | .232 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 21.1 | 0 |
| 1988 | PHI | 0.4 | 59 | 3.5 | .147 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 29.8 | 0 |
| 1989 | PHI/SD | -2.4 | 44.4 | 3 | .124 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 37.1 | 0 |
| 1990 | CLE | 2.2 | 77.2 | 5.3 | .144 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 44 | 0 |
| 1991 | CLE | -2.0 | 34.5 | 2.7 | .080 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 87.4 | 0 |
| 1992 | SF | -0.2 | 26.2 | 3.6 | .133 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 49.6 | 0 |
| 1993 | HOU/TEX | 1.7 | 29.7 | 6.6 | .250 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 17.8 | 0 |
| 1994 | TEX | 1.1 | 25.7 | 6.6 | .278 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 19 | 0 |
| 1995 | BOS/KC | 0.2 | 10.9 | 4.4 | .122 | 0.2 | 0.5 | 41 | 0 |
What the columns mean: WAR · RC · RC/27 · ISOP · SECA · BB/K · AB/HR
What were Chris James's career stats?
Chris James played 10 seasons for the Phillies, the Guardians, the Giants and the Rangers. He was a career .261 hitter with 794 hits, 90 home runs and 386 RBI. His best season was 1990: a .299 batting average, 12 home runs and 70 RBI.
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