James
Stafford
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2''
Weight: 215
 
Born: October 20, 1954 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 18 MRQ JL   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 4
1974 19 MRQ JL   0 0 0 4 5 5 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 3 4
1975 20 MRQ JL   0 1 0 5 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 4 4
1976 21 MRQ JL   1 1 1 6 6 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 5 4 4
1977 22 CLG FL   2 3 2 6 7 6 2 2 2 2 2 2 5 5 5 6 5 5
1978 23 CLG FL   3 4 3 6 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 7 7 7 7 6 6
1979 24 CLG FL   3 4 4 7 7 7 2 2 2 2 2 2 8 8 8 8 7 7
1980 25 CLG FL $ 300,000 3 4 4 7 8 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 8 8 8 9 7 8
OOTP5 Min Ratings   0 0 0 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 4 3 4
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 3 4 4 7 8 8 2 2 2 3 3 3 8 8 8 9 7 8
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
1981 26 CLG FL $ 300,000   11 11 10 9 9 9 11 12 12 20 20 20 19 17 18
1982 27 CLG FL $ 300,000   10 10 10 9 9 9 11 12 12 20 20 20 19 17 17
1983 28 CLG FL $ 350,000   10 10 9 10 11 10 11 12 12 20 20 20 20 18 18
1984 29 CLG FL $ 350,000   10 10 9 10 11 10 11 12 12 20 20 20 20 18 18
1985 30 CLG FL $ 350,000   10 10 9 10 11 10 11 12 12 19 20 20 20 17 18
1986 31 CLG FL $ 350,000   10 10 9 11 11 11 11 12 12 19 20 19 20 17 18
1987 32 CLG FL $ 350,000   10 10 9 11 11 11 12 13 12 18 19 19 20 17 18
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   10 10 9 9 9 9 11 12 12 18 19 19 19 17 17
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 350,000   11 11 10 11 11 11 12 13 12 20 20 20 20 18 18
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 18 A   162 619 50 120 17 1 10 60 9 7 33 104 .194 .235 .273 .508 36.4  
1974 19 A   136 512 43 112 22 2 7 55 11 9 35 82 .219 .269 .311 .579 41.1  
1975 20 A   130 455 59 119 27 3 9 75 11 5 36 81 .262 .316 .393 .709 55.9  
1976 21 A   137 534 65 148 46 1 12 82 12 5 46 94 .277 .334 .434 .769 75.1  
1977 22 A   137 511 84 143 46 2 14 109 16 6 81 62 .280 .378 .460 .838 89.0  
1978 23 AA   127 486 57 122 38 0 7 50 13 6 63 49 .251 .337 .372 .709 62.8  
    A   9 36 10 14 6 1 0 6 0 0 8 8 .389 .500 .611 1.111 9.5  
1979 24 AAA   131 470 75 116 45 1 8 59 11 8 86 47 .247 .363 .398 .761 70.6  
1980 25 CLG FL 15 43 11 16 5 1 1 8 2 1 3 3 .372 .413 .605 1.018 8.8 2.3
    AAA   136 512 90 153 45 1 8 65 12 9 105 40 .299 .418 .438 .856 95.0  
1981 26 CLG FL 120 416 67 100 24 6 4 48 13 5 55 21 .240 .331 .356 .687 52.8 7.5
1982 27 CLG FL 97 325 50 82 14 1 10 50 9 3 40 29 .252 .334 .394 .728 44.0 6.8
1983 28 CLG FL 55 191 15 37 4 0 5 20 5 3 20 19 .194 .270 .293 .563 16.1 0.3
    AAA   45 142 28 48 11 0 8 35 9 3 40 8 .338 .484 .585 1.068 39.2  
1984 29 CLG FL 18 52 7 14 4 0 0 8 1 1 4 3 .269 .321 .346 .668 4.9 0.7
    AAA   126 434 82 120 17 3 15 66 13 8 113 22 .276 .426 .433 .859 87.5  
1985 30 CLG FL 63 83 12 21 8 0 2 13 1 0 11 9 .253 .347 .422 .769 12.5 2.1
1986 31 CLG FL 86 170 24 48 9 2 6 21 6 6 26 5 .282 .384 .465 .849 29.3 4.8
1987 32 CLG FL 133 313 38 71 17 0 9 37 14 5 37 23 .227 .314 .367 .682 36.9 2.8
8 Years Sim 587 1593 224 389 85 10 37 205 51 24 196 112 .244 .330 .380 .710 205.2 27.4
4 Years AAA 438 1558 275 437 118 5 39 225 45 28 344 117 .280 .409 .438 .847 292.3  
1 Years AA 127 486 57 122 38 0 7 50 13 6 63 49 .251 .335 .372 .707 62.8  
6 Years A 711 2667 311 656 164 10 52 387 59 32 239 431 .246 .309 .373 .682 306.9  
11 Years Minors 1276 4711 643 1215 320 15 98 662 117 66 646 597 .258 .347 .395 .742 662.1  
162 Game Average 439 61 107 23 2 10 56 14 6 54 30 .244 .330 .380 .710 56.6  
Career Highs 133 416 67 100 24 6 10 50 14 6 55 29 .372 .413 .605 1.018 52.8  
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   1237 185 320 76 8 31 168 35 23 166 103 .259 .349 .408 .757 177.5
vs LH   356 39 69 9 2 6 37 16 1 30 9 .194 .262 .281 .542 28.4
Home 279 744 110 199 42 2 18 94 26 11 88 53 .267 .348 .402 .750 105.5
Away 308 849 114 190 43 8 19 111 25 13 108 59 .224 .314 .360 .674 100.4
RISP   442 0 130 25 5 13 170 0 0 61 30 .294 .380 .462 .841 76.2
Pinch Hitting   125 19 34 9 2 7 25 3 1 15 8 .272 .350 .544 .894 23.2
Close/Late   237 24 50 12 1 0 23 0 0 23 17 .211 .282 .270 .552 18.0
Mar/Apr 113 266 46 63 17 2 12 40 7 5 47 27 .237 .350 .451 .801 43.8
May 107 319 36 73 15 0 3 36 6 1 31 22 .229 .301 .304 .605 30.3
June 96 266 35 61 10 1 7 29 10 5 35 13 .229 .321 .353 .675 32.2
July 81 242 38 57 14 3 5 27 9 4 34 13 .236 .335 .380 .715 32.0
August 93 255 36 68 11 2 4 43 9 4 25 23 .267 .337 .373 .709 32.1
Sep/Oct 97 245 33 67 18 2 6 30 10 5 24 14 .273 .341 .437 .777 35.5
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
1980 25 CLG FL 3B 9 9 80.3 10 22 0 3 1.000 3.59   0.5
    2B 1 1 8.0 4 2 0 1 1.000 6.75   0.0
1981 26 CLG FL 3B 101 93 856.7 54 200 7 17 .973 2.67   3.5
    2B 8 6 62.0 11 23 0 4 1.000 4.94   0.3
    SS 1 0 2.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1982 27 CLG FL 3B 86 81 709.3 42 149 5 18 .974 2.42   1.0
    2B 3 3 26.7 5 13 1 3 .947 6.08   0.2
    CF 1 0 2.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 11.59   0.0
    SS 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50   0.0
1983 28 CLG FL 3B 53 53 460.0 25 97 1 6 .992 2.39   1.5
1984 29 CLG FL SS 15 15 125.0 23 50 2 7 .973 5.26   0.7
1985 30 CLG FL SS 14 10 94.0 12 32 0 4 1.000 4.21   0.5
    3B 12 4 53.7 8 13 0 1 1.000 3.52   0.4
1986 31 CLG FL SS 19 14 147.0 24 50 2 9 .974 4.53   0.6
    3B 22 14 134.0 13 24 0 1 1.000 2.49   0.4
    2B 12 12 104.7 19 35 1 7 .982 4.64   0.3
1987 32 CLG FL 3B 49 43 362.0 31 71 4 6 .962 2.54   1.2
    2B 25 15 145.7 32 44 2 11 .974 4.70   0.5
    SS 24 10 120.0 14 28 2 3 .955 3.15   0.4
  3B 332 297 2656.0 183 576 17 52 .978 2.57   8.5
  SS 74 49 490.0 74 161 6 23 .975 4.32   2.3
  2B 49 37 347.0 71 117 4 26 .979 4.88   1.3
  CF 1 0 2.3 3 0 0 0 1.000 11.59   0.0
Career Totals   456 383 3495.3 331 854 27 101 .978 3.05   12.1
Career Highs   110 99 920.7 77 224 8 21 1.000 5.26    
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
1981 26 CLG FL 3 10 2 2 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 .200 .200 .200 .400
1984 29 CLG FL 1 1 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 4.000 5.000
Career Post-Season Batting 4 11 3 3 0 0 1 2 1 0 0 2 .273 .273 .545 .818
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History
Drafted in 46th round, 1098th overall pick, by Marquette in 1973
Injured on 8/5/1974 with a Strained Elbow Ligament, out for 1-2 weeks
Injured on 5/3/1975 with a Blister On Finger, out for 4 days
Injured on 5/6/1975 with a Strained Groin Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Marquette to Calgary on 2/10/1977 (Going to MRQ: 3B A. Rawlings. Going to CLG: 2B J. Stafford)
Injured on 7/8/1979 with a Tight Knee, out for one week
Injured on 6/28/1980 with a Pulled Elbow Ligament, out for one week
Had first career hit on 9/9/1980, off Michael Mangual (DM)
Hit first career homerun on 9/27/1980, off Larry Gorton (SEA)