Jim Lefebvre

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman

Bats: Both • Throws: Right

6-0, 180lb (183cm, 81kg)

Born: January 7, 1942 in Inglewood, CA us

High School: Morningside HS (Inglewood, CA)

Debut: April 12, 1965 (Age 23-095d, 12,325th in major league history)
vs. NYM 4 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 19, 1972 (Age 30-256d)
vs. SDP 1 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1965 season

Full Name: James Kenneth Lefebvre

Nicknames: Frenchy

Pronunciation: \luh-FEE-ver\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

17.1

3014

756

.251

313

RBI

404

OBP

.323

SLG

.378

OPS

.701

OPS+

104

Many detailed statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by Retrosheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1912 to 1968 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary of data completeness) for some players prior to 1969 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts.

Summary of 74 Home Runs

(For more accurate walk-off HR totals, see the Batting Event Finder)

0 leading off, 1 walk-off, 15 tying, 26 go ahead

1 Tm
LAD	74

Platoon
vs LHP	40
vs RHP	34

Home/Road
Away	44
Home	30

Outs
2	29
0	25
1	20

11 Opps
ATL/MLN	12
CIN	10
SFG	9
STL	9
HOU	8
CHC	7
PIT	5
PHI	5
MON	4
SDP	3
NYM	2

53 Pitchers
Wade Blasingame	3
Jim Bunning	3
Mike McCormick	3
Woodie Fryman	2
Denny Lemaster	2
Ray Sadecki	2
Bob Bruce	2
Bob Gibson	2
Ron Reed	2
Juan Marichal	2
Rob Gardner	2
Joe Hoerner	2
Gerry Arrigo	2
Chris Short	2
Joe Nuxhall	2
Bo Belinsky	2
Fergie Jenkins	2
George Stone	2
Joe Gilbert	1
Jim Merritt	1
Jerry Reuss	1
Sammy Ellis	1
Ed Acosta	1
Bill Stoneman	1
Dick Kelley	1
Fred Norman	1
Gaylord Perry	1
Jim Ray	1
Tony Cloninger	1
Ken Holtzman	1
Bob Veale	1
Ken MacKenzie	1
Ted Abernathy	1
Curt Simmons	1
Ken Johnson	1
Don Cardwell	1
Bob Reynolds	1
Turk Farrell	1
Joe Decker	1
Dan McGinn	1
Larry Dierker	1
John Strohmayer	1
Al Jackson	1
Larry Jaster	1
Don Wilson	1
Joey Jay	1
Rich Nye	1
Don Carrithers	1
Clay Kirby	1
Gary Nolan	1
Charlie Williams	1
John O'Donoghue	1
Phil Niekro	1

13 Parks
Dodger Stad (LOS)	30
Crosley Fld (CIN)	9
3Com Park (SFO)	6
Atl-Fulton (ATL)	5
Wrigley Fld (CHI)	4
Forbes Fld (PIT)	4
Astrodome (HOU)	3
Parc Jarry (MON)	3
County Stad (MIL)	3
Busch Stad 1 (STL)	3
Busch Stad (STL)	2
VeteransStad (PHI)	1
ConnieMackSt (PHI)	1

Where Hit
7	31
9	30
78	4
8	2
89	1

1 Inside the Park

General field locations
when available.

Game Totals
1·HR gms	68
2·HR gms	3

Gms w/ this # = 0
are not shown.

Bases
---	42
1--	15
12-	8
-2-	4
1-3	3
--3	1
-23	1

118 RBI
RISP	17
0 on	42
1 on	20
2 on	12
Any on	32

Inning
1	6
2	14
3	2
4	12
5	6
6	7
7	6
8	14
9	6
Extra	1

1-3	22
4-6	25
7-end	27

RelScore
+4..	7
+3	4
+2	6
+1	6
Tied	20
-1	15
-2	4
-3	3
-4..	9

Ahead	23
Tied	20
Behind	31

Before event,
for batter

DefPos
2B	54
3B	17
1B	2
PH	1

OrderPos
6th	29
5th	26
7th	9
4th	5
8th	3
3rd	2

Leverage
High Lev	18
Medium Lev	23
Low Lev	33

Play By Play

WE and WPA Explanation

Play By Play
1965	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
1	1	1	1	1965-04-24	LAD		PHI	Bo Belinsky	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	4	0.127	53%		Home Run (LF-CF)
2	2	2	1	1965-05-04	LAD	@	CIN	Joey Jay	behind 5-6	t 8	0	---	1	6	4	0.254	50%		Home Run (Deep CF)
3	3	3	1	1965-05-12	LAD		HOU	Ken MacKenzie	ahead 3-1	b 8	2	---	1	6	4	0.033	98%		Home Run
4	4	4	1	1965-07-07	LAD	@	CIN	Joe Nuxhall	behind 4-6	t 8	1	1--	2	8	4	0.317	45%		Home Run (Deep RF); L. Johnson Scores
5	5	5	1	1965-07-10	LAD	@	PIT	Don Cardwell	ahead 2-1	t 5	0	---	1	8	4	0.119	77%		Home Run (Deep RF)
6	6	6	1	1965-07-31	LAD	@	STL	Bob Gibson	tied 2-2	t 6	0	---	1	6	4	0.166	67%		Home Run
7	7	7	1	1965-08-01	LAD	@	STL	Ray Sadecki	tied 1-1	t 7	0	---	1	5	4	0.199	70%		Home Run (Deep LF)
8	8	8	1	1965-08-05	LAD	@	MLN	Wade Blasingame	behind 0-1	t 3	1	1--	2	3	4	0.221	60%		Home Run (Deep LF); J. Gilliam Scores
9	9	9	1	1965-08-16	LAD		PHI	Chris Short	behind 0-6	b 9	1	---	1	5	4	0.001	0%		Home Run (Deep LF)
10	10	10	1	1965-09-19	LAD	@	STL	Bob Gibson	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	4	0.112	57%		Home Run
11	11	11	1	1965-09-21	LAD	@	MLN	Denny Lemaster	tied 0-0	t 2	2	---	1	6	4	0.118	58%		Home Run
12	12	12	1	1965-09-22	LAD	@	MLN	Wade Blasingame	behind 1-6	t 4	1	1--	2	6	4	0.079	15%		Home Run (Deep LF); A. Ferrara Scores
1966	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
13	13	1	1	1966-04-13	LAD		HOU	Larry Dierker	tied 0-0	b 1	2	1-3	3	5	5	0.264	81%		Home Run (Deep RF); M. Wills Scores; R. Fairly Scores
14	14	2	1	1966-04-14	LAD		HOU	Bob Bruce	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	5	0.127	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
15	15	3	2	1966-04-14	LAD		HOU	Bob Bruce	tied 1-1	b 4	0	---	1	5	5	0.144	70%		Home Run (Deep RF)
16	16	4	1	1966-04-15	LAD		CHC	Ted Abernathy	behind 1-2	b 8	1	1-3	3	5	5	0.475	94%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Parker Scores; R. Fairly Scores
17	17	5	1	1966-04-28	LAD		ATL	Wade Blasingame	behind 0-1	b 2	0	---	1	5	5	0.125	55%		Home Run (LF-CF)
18	18	6	1	1966-05-03	LAD	@	SFG	Juan Marichal	behind 0-8	t 9	2	---	1	6	4	0.000	0%		Home Run (Deep RF)
19	19	7	1	1966-05-07	LAD	@	CIN	Sammy Ellis	ahead 3-0	t 1	2	---	1	6	4	0.070	81%		Home Run (Deep RF)
20	20	8	2	1966-05-07	LAD	@	CIN	Gerry Arrigo	ahead 7-0	t 4	2	1--	2	6	4	0.020	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Fairly Scores
21	21	9	1	1966-05-12	LAD	@	PHI	Jim Bunning	tied 0-0	t 2	0	---	1	5	4	0.112	61%		Home Run (Deep RF)
22	22	10	1	1966-05-29	LAD		NYM	Rob Gardner	tied 0-0	b 2	0	---	1	5	4	0.120	67%		Home Run (Deep LF)
23	23	11	2	1966-05-29	LAD		NYM	Rob Gardner	behind 3-4	b 8	0	1--	2	5	4	0.512	88%	IPHR	Inside-the-park Home Run to CF (LF-CF); D. Griffith Scores
24	24	12	1	1966-06-07	LAD	@	CHC	Fergie Jenkins	tied 6-6	t 10	0	---	1	5	4	0.347	85%		Home Run (Deep RF)
25	25	13	1	1966-06-12	LAD	@	SFG	Juan Marichal	behind 0-2	t 7	1	---	1	6	4	0.114	25%		Home Run (Deep RF)
26	26	14	1	1966-06-18	LAD		SFG	Ray Sadecki	ahead 2-1	b 7	0	---	1	6	5	0.097	90%		Home Run (Deep LF)
27	27	15	1	1966-06-21	LAD	@	HOU	Turk Farrell	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	6	5	0.119	48%		Home Run (CF-RF)
28	28	16	1	1966-08-02	LAD	@	PIT	Woodie Fryman	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--	2	6	4	0.248	72%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Davis Scores
29	29	17	1	1966-08-08	LAD	@	ATL	Ken Johnson	behind 1-5	t 2	1	---	1	7	4	0.061	19%		Home Run (Deep RF)
30	30	18	1	1966-08-09	LAD	@	ATL	Denny Lemaster	behind 0-1	t 8	0	---	1	6	4	0.257	50%		Home Run (Deep LF)
31	31	19	1	1966-08-10	LAD	@	ATL	Dick Kelley	behind 0-1	t 2	1	---	1	6	4	0.111	48%		Home Run (Deep LF)
32	32	20	1	1966-08-14 (1)	LAD		CHC	Curt Simmons	behind 0-2	b 4	2	1--	2	5	4	0.265	51%		Home Run (Deep CF); T. Davis Scores
33	33	21	1	1966-08-20	LAD		STL	Al Jackson	behind 0-1	b 5	0	---	1	5	4	0.175	56%		Home Run
34	34	22	1	1966-08-28	LAD	@	SFG	Gaylord Perry	tied 1-1	t 4	0	---	1	5	4	0.130	63%		Home Run (Deep RF)
35	35	23	1	1966-09-04	LAD	@	CIN	Joe Nuxhall	ahead 6-3	t 8	1	1--	2	5	4	0.050	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Fairly Scores
36	36	24	1	1966-09-19	LAD		PHI	Jim Bunning	behind 0-1	b 2	1	---	1	5	4	0.127	53%		Home Run (Deep RF)
1967	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
37	37	1	1	1967-04-24	LAD		STL	Larry Jaster	behind 0-1	b 1	2	-2-	2	4	5	0.223	63%		Home Run (LF-CF); J. Hickman Scores
38	38	2	1	1967-06-11 (1)	LAD	@	STL	Joe Hoerner	behind 4-7	t 9	1	12-	3	5	5	0.375	45%		Home Run (Deep LF); R. Hunt Scores; W. Davis Scores
39	39	3	1	1967-06-13	LAD	@	CHC	Rich Nye	behind 0-2	t 6	0	-2-	2	4	5	0.217	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Davis Scores
40	40	4	1	1967-06-23	LAD		SFG	Mike McCormick	behind 0-6	b 4	2	---	1	3	5	0.020	4%		Home Run (Deep LF)
41	41	5	1	1967-06-28	LAD	@	CIN	Gary Nolan	behind 0-5	t 7	0	---	1	5	5	0.025	5%		Home Run (Deep RF)
42	42	6	1	1967-07-01	LAD	@	HOU	Bo Belinsky	ahead 1-0	t 1	2	---	1	4	5	0.106	69%		Home Run (Deep LF)
43	43	7	1	1967-07-05	LAD	@	PIT	Woodie Fryman	ahead 4-2	t 5	0	---	1	4	5	0.085	86%		Home Run (Deep LF)
44	44	8	1	1967-09-13	LAD		SFG	Mike McCormick	ahead 4-1	b 5	2	---	1	5	3	0.045	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1968	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
45	45	1	1	1968-04-15	LAD		PIT	Bob Veale	behind 1-2	b 9	2	-2-	2	4	4	0.882	100%	Walk-Off	Home Run; W. Davis Scores
46	46	2	1	1968-04-24	LAD	@	PIT	Jim Bunning	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	4	0.293	79%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Parker Scores; W. Davis Scores
47	47	3	1	1968-08-21	LAD	@	HOU	Don Wilson	tied 0-0	t 3	0	---	1	7	4	0.140	64%		Home Run (Deep RF)
48	48	4	1	1968-09-06 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	Gerry Arrigo	behind 1-4	t 6	0	12-	3	5	4	0.283	50%		Home Run (Deep LF); T. Savage Scores; K. Boyer Scores
49	49	5	1	1968-09-08	LAD	@	CIN	Dan McGinn	ahead 2-0	t 8	2	---	1	6	4	0.064	94%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1969	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
50	50	1	1	1969-07-07	LAD		ATL	George Stone	behind 0-5	b 8	2	---	1	7	4	0.008	1%		Home Run (Deep LF)
51	51	2	1	1969-08-12	LAD		STL	Joe Hoerner	tied 2-2	b 8	2	1-3	3	7	3	0.373	97%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Davis Scores; B. Sudakis Scores
52	52	3	1	1969-09-14	LAD		SDP	Clay Kirby	ahead 1-0	b 4	1	1--	2	7	5	0.171	87%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Parker Scores
53	53	4	1	1969-09-23 (1)	LAD	@	CIN	Jim Merritt	behind 1-6	t 7	2	---	1	6	5	0.016	3%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1970	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
54	54	1	1	1970-07-05	LAD	@	SFG	Mike McCormick	ahead 2-0	t 2	0	---	1	7	4	0.081	78%		Home Run (Deep LF)
55	55	2	1	1970-08-14	LAD	@	CHC	Joe Decker	ahead 11-7	t 8	2	1--	2	6	4	0.034	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Davis Scores
56	56	3	1	1970-08-26	LAD		CHC	Ken Holtzman	tied 0-0	b 2	0	-23	3	6	4	0.133	83%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Parker Scores; A. Kosco Scores
57	57	4	1	1970-09-01 (1)	LAD	@	ATL	Phil Niekro	tied 1-1	t 4	2	1--	2	6	4	0.227	69%		Home Run (Deep RF); T. Haller Scores
1971	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
58	58	1	1	1971-05-06	LAD		CIN	Tony Cloninger	ahead 4-0	b 5	1	---	1	6	4	0.026	97%		Home Run (Deep RF)
59	59	2	1	1971-05-12	LAD		ATL	George Stone	ahead 3-0	b 6	0	1--	2	6	4	0.043	98%		Home Run (Deep LF); W. Parker Scores
60	60	3	1	1971-05-23	LAD	@	CHC	Fergie Jenkins	behind 2-3	t 9	0	--3	2	6	4	0.373	84%		Home Run (Deep RF); V. Joshua Scores
61	61	4	1	1971-06-02	LAD		MON	John O'Donoghue	ahead 5-1	b 8	0	---	1	6	4	0.005	100%		Home Run (Deep LF)
62	62	5	1	1971-06-08	LAD	@	PHI	Chris Short	ahead 1-0	t 6	1	-2-	2	6	4	0.174	88%		Home Run (Deep LF); D. Allen Scores
63	63	6	1	1971-06-12	LAD	@	MON	Bill Stoneman	tied 0-0	t 1	2	12-	3	5	4	0.272	77%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Crawford Scores; D. Allen Scores
64	64	7	1	1971-06-24	LAD		STL	Bob Reynolds	ahead 8-1	b 4	2	12-	3	7	4	0.010	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Parker Scores; D. Sims Scores
65	65	8	1	1971-07-04	LAD	@	SFG	Don Carrithers	ahead 11-4	t 8	2	1--	2	7	4	0.002	100%		Home Run (Deep RF); D. Sims Scores
66	66	9	1	1971-07-15	LAD	@	ATL	Ron Reed	ahead 2-0	t 4	2	1--	2	7	4	0.152	88%		Home Run (Deep RF); W. Crawford Scores
67	67	10	1	1971-07-24	LAD		ATL	Ron Reed	tied 0-0	b 5	0	---	1	6	4	0.166	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
68	68	11	1	1971-08-08	LAD	@	STL	Jerry Reuss	tied 1-1	t 8	2	12-	3	5	4	0.443	93%		Home Run (Deep LF); M. Wills Scores; D. Allen Scores
69	69	12	1	1971-08-23	LAD	@	MON	John Strohmayer	behind 3-8	t 6	1	---	1	6	4	0.024	5%		Home Run (Deep LF)
1972	#car	#yr	#gm	Date	@Bat			Pitcher	Score	Inn	Out	RoB	RBI	BOP	Pos	WPA	bWE	Notes	Play Description
70	70	1	1	1972-04-21	LAD		SDP	Ed Acosta	ahead 7-0	b 2	2	1--	2	5	4	0.016	99%		Home Run (Deep RF); F. Robinson Scores
71	71	2	1	1972-04-22	LAD		SDP	Fred Norman	tied 0-0	b 7	1	---	1	5	4	0.246	79%		Home Run (Deep LF)
72	72	3	1	1972-05-29	LAD	@	SFG	Charlie Williams	ahead 2-1	t 4	1	---	1	6	4	0.119	73%		Home Run (Deep RF)
73	73	4	1	1972-06-29	LAD		HOU	Jim Ray	behind 2-5	b 6	2	12-	3	8	PH	0.385	52%		Home Run (Deep RF); S. Garvey Scores; C. Cannizzaro Scores
74	74	5	1	1972-07-06	LAD	@	MON	Joe Gilbert	ahead 5-3	t 9	2	12-	3	6	5	0.060	99%		Home Run (Deep LF); B. Valentine Scores; W. Crawford Scores

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