Jim Lira

Positions: Relief Pitcher and Rightfielder

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

6-1, 175lb (185cm, 79kg)

Born: May 19, 1977 in Kingsville, TX us

Draft: Drafted by the Tampa Bay Devil Rays in the 27th round of the 1998 MLB June Amateur Draft from Laredo Community College (Laredo, TX).

School: Laredo Community College (Laredo, TX)

Full Name: James Cruz Lira

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Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
1998	21	0.7	Princeton	APPY	Rk	TBD	4	1	.800	3.75	4.50	29	0	22	0	0	14	36.0	36	18	15	3	19	2	51	1	0	3	161	1.528	9.0	0.8	4.8	12.8	2.68
1999	22	-0.7	St. Petersburg	FLOR	A+	TBD	4	1	.800	3.05	3.65	36	0	13	0	0	0	44.1	45	18	15	1	17	1	25	2	0	4	191	1.398	9.1	0.2	3.5	5.1	1.47
2000	23		2 Teams	2 Lgs	A+-AA	TBD	2	4	.333	2.77	3.09	44	0	22	0	0	2	55.1	51	19	17	3	18	0	43	1	0	2	231	1.247	8.3	0.5	2.9	7.0	2.39
2000	23	-0.9	Orlando	SOUL	AA	TBD	0	0		12.00	12.00	2	0	0	0	0	0	3.0	4	4	4	1	3	0	4	0	0	0	17	2.333	12.0	3.0	9.0	12.0	1.33
2000	23	0.4	St. Petersburg	FLOR	A+	TBD	2	4	.333	2.24	2.58	42	0	22	0	0	2	52.1	47	15	13	2	15	0	39	1	0	2	214	1.185	8.1	0.3	2.6	6.7	2.60
2001	24		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	HOU	2	3	.400	2.43	2.94	52	0	36	0	0	14	70.1	49	23	19	4	22	2	60	3	1	4	281	1.009	6.3	0.5	2.8	7.7	2.73
2001	24	-0.1	Round Rock	TL	AA	HOU	0	1	.000	3.00	3.69	27	0	13	0	0	2	39.0	32	16	13	2	10	0	27	2	1	2	158	1.077	7.4	0.5	2.3	6.2	2.70
2001	24	2.4	Michigan	MIDW	A	HOU	2	2	.500	1.72	2.01	25	0	23	0	0	12	31.1	17	7	6	2	12	2	33	1	0	2	123	0.926	4.9	0.6	3.4	9.5	2.75
2002	25		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA-A	HOU	5	5	.500	2.34	2.92	43	0	29	0	0	9	61.2	42	20	16	6	20	0	57	3	0	8	245	1.005	6.1	0.9	2.9	8.3	2.85
2002	25	1.2	Round Rock	TL	AA	HOU	3	4	.429	3.35	3.77	28	0	15	0	0	3	43.0	35	18	16	5	17	0	30	3	0	3	179	1.209	7.3	1.0	3.6	6.3	1.76
2002	25	3.6	Lexington	SALL	A	HOU	2	1	.667	0.00	0.96	15	0	14	0	0	6	18.2	7	2	0	1	3	0	27	0	0	5	66	0.536	3.4	0.5	1.4	13.0	9.00
2003	26		2 Teams	2 Lgs	AA	SFG	1	6	.143	6.29	6.43	24	8	7	0	0	1	63.0	88	45	44	6	29	2	50	2	0	7	300	1.857	12.6	0.9	4.1	7.1	1.72
2003	26	1.8	Round Rock	TL	AA	HOU	0	5	.000	6.04	6.23	18	5	6	0	0	1	47.2	67	33	32	4	18	2	39	2	0	4	224	1.783	12.7	0.8	3.4	7.4	2.17
2003	26	1.8	Norwich	EL	AA	SFG	1	1	.500	7.04	7.04	6	3	1	0	0	0	15.1	21	12	12	2	11	0	11	0	0	3	76	2.087	12.3	1.2	6.5	6.5	1.00
2003	26	0.6	Coastal Bend	CENL	Ind		1	0	1.000	0.00	0.00	8	0	7	0	0	5	12.2	6	0	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	0	44	0.553	4.3	0.0	0.7	12.8	18.00
2004	27	1.1	Coastal Bend	CENL	Ind		1	1	.500	0.00	4.50	3	0	3	0	0	0	4.0	3	2	0	0	2	0	3	0	0	0	17	1.250	6.8	0.0	4.5	6.8	1.50
2005	28	2.4	Coastal Bend	CENL	Ind		5	1	.833	2.49	2.49	34	1	25	0	0	7	47.0	32	13	13	1	18	1	60	1	0	3	193	1.064	6.1	0.2	3.4	11.5	3.33
2006	29		2 Teams	2 Lgs	Ind		2	0	1.000	1.95	2.28	23	0	15	0	0	12	27.2	19	7	6	1	11	1	28	0	1	2	110	1.084	6.2	0.3	3.6	9.1	2.55
2006	29	1.9	Macoto	CPBL	Fgn		0	2	.000	3.78	5.13	18	4		0	0	5	33.1	37	19	14	3	8	0	20	1	0	2	144	1.350	10.0	0.8	2.2	5.4	2.50
2006	29	3.1	Coastal Bend	AA	Ind		2	0	1.000	2.00	2.00	16	0	13	0	0	11	18.0	13	4	4	0	7	1	18	0	1	1	72	1.111	6.5	0.0	3.5	9.0	2.57
2006	29	-0.3	Lancaster	ATLL	Ind		0	0		1.86	2.79	7	0	2	0	0	1	9.2	6	3	2	1	4	0	10	0	0	1	38	1.034	5.6	0.9	3.7	9.3	2.50
2007	30	1.0	Lancaster	ATLL	Ind		7	8	.467	6.37	7.08	27	14	8	0	0	2	87.2	105	69	62	15	54	2	57	3	0	5	411	1.814	10.8	1.5	5.5	5.9	1.06
Year	Age	AgeDif	Tm	Lg	Lev	Aff	W	L	W-L%	ERA	RA9	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	WHIP	H9	HR9	BB9	SO9	SO/W
Minors (6 seasons)					Minors		18	20	.474	3.43	3.89	228	8	129	0	0	40	330.2	311	143	126	23	125	7	286	12	1	28	1409	1.319	8.5	0.6	3.4	7.8	2.29
Foreign (1 season)					Foreign		0	2	.000	3.78	5.13	18	4		0	0	5	33.1	37	19	14	3	8	0	20	1	0	2	144	1.350	10.0	0.8	2.2	5.4	2.50
Other (5 seasons)					Other		16	10	.615	4.07	4.58	95	15	58	0	0	26	179.0	165	91	81	17	86	4	166	4	1	10	775	1.402	8.3	0.9	4.3	8.3	1.93
All Levels (10 Seasons)							34	32	.515	3.66	4.19	341	27	187	0	0	71	543.0	513	253	221	43	219	11	472	17	2	40	2328	1.348	8.5	0.7	3.6	7.8	2.16

AA (4 seasons)					Minors		4	11	.267	4.68	5.05	81	8	35	0	0	6	148.0	159	83	77	14	59	2	111	7	1	12	654	1.473	9.7	0.9	3.6	6.8	1.88
A+ (2 seasons)					Minors		6	5	.545	2.61	3.07	78	0	35	0	0	2	96.2	92	33	28	3	32	1	64	3	0	6	405	1.283	8.6	0.3	3.0	6.0	2.00
A (2 seasons)					Minors		4	3	.571	1.08	1.62	40	0	37	0	0	18	50.0	24	9	6	3	15	2	60	1	0	7	189	0.780	4.3	0.5	2.7	10.8	4.00
Rk (1 season)					Minors		4	1	.800	3.75	4.50	29	0	22	0	0	14	36.0	36	18	15	3	19	2	51	1	0	3	161	1.528	9.0	0.8	4.8	12.8	2.68