James
Fava
 
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10''
Weight: 200
 
Born: April 3, 1946 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1973 27 SLC FL $ 895,000 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4
1974 28 SLC FL $ 895,000 5 3 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4
1975 29 SLC FL   5 3 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 4 4 4 5 4
1976 30 SLC FL   5 4 4 4 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 6 5 6 5 6 6
1977 31 SLC FL $ 300,000 5 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 4 4 4 7 6 6 5 6 6
1978 32 SLC FL $ 400,000 5 3 4 4 3 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 6 6
1979 33 SLC FL $ 400,000 5 3 4 4 3 3 2 2 2 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 6 6
1980 34 SLC FL $ 400,000 3 1 2 4 3 4 2 2 2 5 4 4 7 6 6 3 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   3 1 2 4 3 3 2 2 2 4 4 4 5 4 4 3 4 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 895,000 5 4 4 4 4 4 3 3 3 5 4 4 7 6 6 5 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Owner's Choice - Hitter Award or Owner's Choice - Rookie Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
1973 27 AAA   160 604 71 154 29 4 19 79 1 1 57 102 .255 .319 .411 .730 79.4  
1974 28 SLC FL 8 21 1 7 0 0 1 8 0 0 0 6 .333 .333 .476 .810 3.1 0.6
    AAA   138 525 73 147 25 3 22 82 2 1 49 78 .280 .341 .465 .806 81.7  
1975 29 AAA   105 265 41 89 17 3 9 45 0 0 25 45 .336 .393 .525 .918 49.9  
1976 30 AAA   138 460 55 123 26 0 7 50 2 2 41 78 .267 .327 .370 .697 55.1  
1977 31 SLC FL 80 131 19 45 9 0 4 17 0 0 20 17 .344 .425 .504 .929 26.8 8.0
1978 32 SLC FL 113 252 33 72 14 0 8 33 1 0 23 55 .286 .341 .437 .777 36.9 7.0
1979 33 SLC FL 55 199 15 34 4 0 4 15 1 1 26 30 .171 .264 .251 .516 12.5 0.0
    AAA   106 421 57 122 18 0 14 82 2 1 49 62 .290 .364 .432 .796 66.1  
1980 34 AAA   37 34 8 9 3 1 1 9 0 0 6 8 .265 .375 .500 .875 6.3  
    AA   73 259 40 85 17 1 14 60 0 1 30 36 .328 .398 .564 .962 53.1  
4 Years Sim 256 603 68 158 27 0 17 73 2 1 69 108 .262 .334 .391 .725 79.3 15.6
6 Years AAA 684 2309 305 644 118 11 72 347 7 5 227 373 .279 .341 .433 .774 338.6  
1 Years AA 73 259 40 85 17 1 14 60 0 1 30 36 .328 .396 .564 .960 53.1  
7 Years Minors 757 2568 345 729 135 12 86 407 7 6 257 409 .284 .347 .446 .793 391.7  
162 Game Average 381 43 99 17 0 10 46 1 0 43 68 .262 .334 .391 .725 50.2  
Career Highs 113 252 33 72 14 0 8 33 1 1 26 55 .344 .425 .504 .929 36.9  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   288 30 64 8 0 11 40 1 0 32 48 .222 .295 .365 .660 33.7
vs LH   315 38 94 19 0 6 33 1 1 37 60 .298 .369 .416 .785 48.0
Home 114 292 35 77 11 0 9 32 1 0 23 52 .264 .314 .394 .708 36.7
Away 142 311 33 81 16 0 8 41 1 1 46 56 .260 .351 .389 .740 45.0
RISP   159 0 39 6 0 3 53 0 0 15 27 .245 .297 .340 .636 17.2
Pinch Hitting   20 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .250 .318 .250 .568 1.7
Close/Late   97 10 23 6 0 4 11 0 0 12 20 .237 .318 .423 .741 13.6
Mar/Apr 31 69 10 25 5 0 1 10 0 0 6 9 .362 .403 .478 .881 12.4
May 28 52 9 16 3 0 2 6 0 0 9 9 .308 .410 .481 .891 10.1
June 34 75 7 18 2 0 4 10 1 0 11 20 .240 .330 .427 .756 11.6
July 35 66 9 23 4 0 4 10 0 0 5 13 .348 .389 .591 .980 13.7
August 58 157 19 40 6 0 3 17 0 1 23 25 .255 .348 .350 .698 20.4
Sep/Oct 70 184 14 36 7 0 3 20 1 0 15 32 .196 .254 .283 .536 13.4
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Slick Fielder Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF   DWS
1974 28 SLC FL SS 5 5 40.0 7 16 0 6 1.000 5.18   0.4
    2B 1 0 2.3 0 1 0 0 1.000 3.86   0.0
1977 31 SLC FL SS 52 13 209.3 41 71 2 15 .982 4.82   1.6
    2B 22 14 141.7 38 43 1 12 .988 5.15   0.5
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 9.00   0.0
1978 32 SLC FL 2B 47 21 229.0 59 92 4 20 .974 5.93   1.2
    SS 41 19 221.0 44 94 2 21 .986 5.62   1.8
    3B 18 18 168.3 6 37 5 6 .896 2.30   0.3
1979 33 SLC FL SS 55 55 488.7 78 162 5 35 .980 4.42   2.1
  SS 153 92 959.0 170 343 9 77 .983 4.81   5.9
  2B 70 35 373.0 97 136 5 32 .979 5.62   1.7
  3B 19 18 169.3 6 38 5 6 .898 2.34   0.3
Career Totals   242 145 1501.3 273 517 19 115 .977 4.74   7.9
Career Highs   106 58 618.3 109 223 11 47 1.000 5.10    
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
1977 31 SLC FL 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
Career Post-Season Batting 2 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .167 .000 .167
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History
Drafted in 38th round, 905th overall pick, by Salt Lake City in 1973
Hit first career homerun on 9/25/1974, off Christian Perras (LV)
Injured on 8/4/1975 with a Inflamed Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Injured on 6/10/1977 with a Tight Elbow, out for 1-2 weeks