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.

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)

1996 Fielding Game Log (overall)
Rk	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
1	2 (1)	Apr 3	NYY	@	CLE	W,5-1	CG	37	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
2	4 (1)	Apr 7 (1)	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-7	CG	40	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
3	7 (2)	Apr 11	NYY		KCR	W,5-3	GS	28	7.0	0	0	0	0	0	LF
4	9 (1)	Apr 13	NYY		TEX	L,6-10	CG	47	9.0	3	0	0	3	0	LF
5	10	Apr 14	NYY		TEX	W,12-3	CG	38	9.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
6	11	Apr 16	NYY	@	MIL	L,3-6	CG	36	8.0	0	2	0	2	0	3B
7	12	Apr 17	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-8	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	PH LF
8	14 (1)	Apr 20	NYY	@	MIN	W,7-6	GS	31	7.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
9	19 (4)	Apr 25	NYY		CLE	L,3-4	CG	37	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
10	20	Apr 26	NYY		MIN	W,5-4	CG	40	9.0	5	1	0	6	0	C
11	21	Apr 27	NYY		MIN	L,6-8	GS	47	10.0	3	3	0	6	0	3B C
12	23 (1)	Apr 30	NYY	@	BAL	W,13-10	GS	32	6.0	1	0	1	2	0	3B
May			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
13	25 (1)	May 2	NYY		CHW	W,5-1	CG	32	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
14	27 (1)	May 4	NYY		CHW	L,5-11	GS	27	7.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
15	28	May 5	NYY		CHW	W,7-1	CG	33	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
16	32 (3)	May 9	NYY		DET	L,2-4	GF	3	1.0	1	0	0	1	0	PH 2B
17	33	May 10	NYY	@	CHW	L,2-5	GS	35	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C 3B
18	34	May 11	NYY	@	CHW	L,5-7	CG	41	8.0	0	1	1	2	0	3B
19	37 (2)	May 15	NYY		SEA	L,5-10	GF	16	3.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 2B
20	38	May 17	NYY		CAL	W,8-5	GS	24	6.0	0	0	0	0	0	3B
21	39	May 18	NYY		CAL	W,7-3	CG	41	9.0	6	1	0	7	1	C
22	40	May 19	NYY		CAL	L,1-10	GS	44	9.0	2	0	0	2	0	3B 1B
23	43 (2)	May 23	NYY		OAK	W,4-3	CG	38	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
24	47 (3)	May 27	NYY	@	CAL	W,16-5	CG	38	9.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
25	48	May 28	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-1	CG	31	8.1	6	0	0	6	0	C
26	49	May 29	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	37	8.0	0	0	1	1	0	3B
Jun			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
27	51 (1)	Jun 1	NYY	@	OAK	W,6-3	CG	42	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
28	54 (2)	Jun 5	NYY		TOR	L,7-12	GF	8	2.0	2	0	0	2	0	1B
29	55	Jun 6	NYY		TOR	W,8-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
30	56	Jun 7	NYY	@	DET	L,5-6	GF	19	4.2	6	0	0	6	0	C
31	57	Jun 8	NYY	@	DET	L,7-9	CG	38	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
32	58	Jun 9	NYY	@	DET	W,3-2	CG	33	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
33	59	Jun 10	NYY	@	TOR	W,5-3	GS	34	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	3B C
34	60	Jun 11	NYY	@	TOR	W,6-4	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
35	61	Jun 12	NYY	@	TOR	L,4-7	CG	40	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
36	64 (2)	Jun 15	NYY		CLE	L,3-10	CG	44	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
37	67 (2)	Jun 18	NYY		MIN	W,2-0	CG	34	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
38	69 (1)	Jun 21 (2)	NYY	@	CLE	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
39	72 (2)	Jun 24	NYY	@	MIN	L,0-3	CG	36	8.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
40	74 (1)	Jun 25 (2)	NYY	@	MIN	W,6-2	CG	35	9.0	9	0	1	10	1	C
41	78 (3)	Jun 29	NYY		BAL	W,4-3	GS	13	4.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
Jul			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
42	81 (2)	Jul 2	NYY		BOS	W,7-5	GF	11	3.0	3	0	0	3	1	PH 1B
43	82	Jul 4	NYY		MIL	W,4-1	CG	32	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
44	87 (4)	Jul 13 (1)	NYY	@	BAL	W,3-2	GS	35	8.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
45	90 (2)	Jul 15	NYY	@	BOS	L,6-8	GS	39	8.0	6	1	0	7	0	C 3B
46	92 (1)	Jul 17	NYY	@	BOS	L,11-12	GS	36	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
47	93	Jul 18	NYY	@	MIL	L,4-16	GF	11	2.0	1	1	0	2	0	PH 3B
48	94	Jul 19	NYY	@	MIL	L,5-7	GS	35	7.0	3	0	0	3	0	C
49	99 (4)	Jul 24	NYY		TEX	W,4-2	CG	36	9.0	9	0	0	9	0	C
50	103 (3)	Jul 28	NYY		KCR	W,3-2	CG	32	9.0	4	1	0	5	0	C
51	104	Jul 30	NYY	@	TEX	L,2-15	CG	47	8.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
Aug			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
52	108 (3)	Aug 3	NYY	@	KCR	L,4-11	GF	15	4.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
53	109	Aug 4	NYY	@	KCR	W,5-3	CG	36	9.0	14	1	0	15	0	C
54	115 (5)	Aug 10	NYY		DET	L,7-13	CG	46	9.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
55	119 (3)	Aug 14	NYY	@	CHW	W,3-1	CG	34	9.0	11	0	0	11	0	C
56	120	Aug 16	NYY		SEA	L,5-6	GF	3	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	C
57	123 (2)	Aug 19	NYY		SEA	W,10-4	CG	33	9.0	4	0	0	4	0	C
58	124	Aug 20	NYY		CAL	W,17-6	CG	40	9.0	7	2	0	9	0	C
59	126 (1)	Aug 22	NYY		CAL	L,3-12	GS	48	9.0	4	2	0	6	0	3B 1B
60	129 (2)	Aug 25	NYY		OAK	L,4-6	GS	29	7.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
61	130	Aug 26	NYY	@	SEA	L,1-2	CG	34	8.0	7	0	0	7	0	C
62	134 (3)	Aug 30	NYY	@	CAL	W,6-2	CG	38	9.0	8	1	0	9	0	C
September			Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	BF	Inn	PO	A	E	Ch	DP	Pos
63	136 (1)	Sep 1	NYY	@	CAL	L,0-4	CG	33	8.0	3	1	0	4	0	C
64	139 (2)	Sep 4	NYY	@	OAK	W,10-3	CG	35	9.0	10	0	0	10	0	C
65	142 (2)	Sep 8	NYY		TOR	L,2-4	CG	35	9.0	8	2	0	10	0	C
66	146 (3)	Sep 13	NYY	@	TOR	W,4-1	CG	34	9.0	8	0	0	8	0	C
67	149 (2)	Sep 16	NYY	@	TOR	W,10-0	CG	28	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
68	150	Sep 18	NYY		BAL	W,3-2	GS	27	7.0	6	1	0	7	0	C
69	151	Sep 19 (1)	NYY		BAL	W,9-3	CG	38	9.0	5	0	0	5	0	C
70	156 (4)	Sep 23	NYY		BOS	L,3-4	CG	49	11.0	8	0	1	9	0	C
71	161 (4)	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,4-2	GS	20	5.0	6	0	0	6	0	C
72	162	Sep 29	NYY	@	BOS	L,5-6	GF	16	3.1	6	0	0	6	1	1B
							78gm		543.1	387	31	6	424	4