Jim Lefebvre

Second Base

1965—1972

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Player LeveL
Regular
Top 100 Rank
NR
Second Base RANK
NR

Player Detail

James Kenneth
GIVEN NAME
Lefebvre
SURNAME
January 7, 1942, in Inglewood, CA
BORN
STILL LIVING
DIED
1965—1972
Playing Career
Played from 23-30
PLAYING AGE
Los Angeles Dodgers
Teams Played For
Second Base
PRIMARY POSITION
Los Angeles Dodgers
PRIMARY TEAM
1965
World Series titles
Frenchy
NICKNAME
NA
UNIFORM NUMBER
#5 IN LINEUP
BATTING ORDER
6-0 / 180
HEIGHT / WEIGHT
Both / Right
BATTED / THREW
April 12, 1965
Major League Debut
September 19, 1972
FINAL GAME

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In 1965, Jim was part of an infield for the Dodgers that consisted of four switch hitters. The others were Junior Gilliam, Wes Parker, and Maury Wills.
  • Jim Lefebvre Scouting Report

50

HITTING

40

POWER

40

RUNNING

60

FIELDING

50

THROWING
20 = NOT MLB CALIBER
30 = WELL BELOW AVG
40 = Below Average
50 = MLB AVERAGE
60 = ABOVE AVG
70 = EXCELLENT
80 = RARE, ELITE

Career Stats

GAMES HITS HR RBI AVG
922
756
74
404
.251
1 ALL-STAR SELECTIONS

VS. HALL OF FAMERS

JAWS JAWS BY HOFER
17.2
58.2

PLAYER JAWS COMPARED TO HOF PLAYER AT HIS POSITION. JAWS = AVERAGE OF CAREER WAR & WAR7.

VS. HIS PEERS

OPS LG OPS COMP
.701
.648
108.6

PLAYER OPS COMPARED TO AVERAGE PLAYER AT HIS POSITION IN HIS LEAGUE AND ERA. OPS = ON-BASE + SLUGGING.

SLASH LINE

AVG OBP SLG
.251
.323
.378

FOR THE TRADITIONALISTS.

Contemporaries

Glenn Beckert

HOME BATTING

AVG OBP SLG
UNK
UNK
UNK

TEAMMATE TEAM

CATCHER:
First Base:
Second Base:
Shortstop:
Third Base:
Left Field:
Center Field:
Right Field:
Pitcher:
pitcher:
manager:
John Roseboro
Wes Parker
Junior Gilliam
Maury Wills
Steve Garvey
Frank Howard
Willie Davis
Bill Buckner
Sandy Koufax
Don Drysdale
Walter Alston

Jim Lefebvre Per Season

PER 600 PLATE APPEARANCES COMPARED TO Contemporaries AT HIS POSITION

AB H R 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB TB TRB AVG OBP SLG OPS
Lefebvre
529
133
55
22
3
13
71
57
78
1
200
192
.251
.323
.378
701
AVG 2B
542
137
62
20
4
6
43
62
8
183
184
.254
.311
.337
.648

Jim Lefebvre Rankings

AT Second Base BY THESE SOURCES

BASEBALL EGG HALL OF STATS BASEBALL SCHOLAR JAWS BILL JAMES
NR
115
89
NR
NR
Updated THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2021
Updated THRU 2021
UPDATED THRU 2020

AT Second Base BY VALUE

CAREER LONG PEAK PRIME SHORT PEAK
NR
99
87
80
CAREER WAR
WAR7
WAR 5 CONSECUTIVE
WAR3

Jim Lefebvre PLAYER VALUE

WAR COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WAR7 WAR5C WAR3 WAR PER SN
17.1
17.3
15.4
12.5
3.00
70.8
45.6
33.2
22.8
5.19
BLUE = Jim Lefebvre
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B

WIN SHARES COMPARED TO AVERAGE HALL OF FAMER AT HIS POSITION

CAREER WIN SHARES 7 WIN SHARES 5C WIN SHARES 3 WS PER SN
105.0
102.1
82.4
63.4
18.4
352.5
203.1
147.5
97.5
26.2
BLUE = Jim Lefebvre
GRAY = AVERAGE HALL OF FAME 2B