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Ryan Doby League
5-26-2004
John Latham Shortstop
Retired (1994, Age 38)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .290 Total Rating B+   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .843 Status Retired (1994) Option Years 0  
H 2347 Age 47 (OS 48) Date of Birth 09-06-1956
HR 361 Drafted Round 1, Pick 14
(1976)
Majors Svc Time 16 years
(57 games)
RBI 1321
SB 191
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR C+
Speed B+ Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL C+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range C+ WS Rings 0
1B --- LF --- Arm A- WS Appearances 2
2B --- CF ---   Health B- LCS Appearances 5
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 5
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year POS Team G GS INN TC PO A E DP PB SB CS CS% +/- RF   FPCT GG
1977 SS COL 12 12 87.0 45 16 29 0 7 0 4.66 1.000
1978 3B COL 23 23 163.0 38 8 26 4 1 -2 1.88 .895
SS COL 13 10 76.0 33 12 21 0 1 -1 3.91 1.000
LF COL 5 5 33.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 0.55 1.000
2B COL 3 1 16.0 13 3 9 1 2 0 6.75 .923
1979 3B COL-FLA 42 40 366.0 85 15 65 5 3 -5 1.97 .941
2B COL-FLA 26 26 210.0 122 51 68 3 12 -7 5.10 .975
SS COL-FLA 21 20 164.0 76 33 43 0 4 -2 4.17 1.000
LF COL-FLA 8 8 57.0 14 14 0 0 0 0 2.21 1.000
1980 2B FLA 50 50 441.0 247 88 152 7 20 -10 4.90 .972
SS FLA 41 41 342.2 157 61 92 4 17 +1 4.02 .975
3B FLA 37 37 330.2 80 16 62 2 4 -4 2.12 .975
LF FLA 10 10 87.0 31 31 0 0 0 +1 3.21 1.000
1981 SS FLA 77 77 655.1 356 158 187 11 37 -8 4.74 .969
3B FLA 65 65 579.0 128 31 95 2 5 -8 1.96 .984
LF FLA 3 3 27.0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 1.33 1.000
1982 SS FLA 126 123 1106.0 580 221 346 13 58 -9 4.61 .978
3B FLA 17 17 139.2 48 17 29 2 5 0 2.96 .958
1983 SS FLA 135 131 1187.1 573 202 355 16 61 +8 4.22 .972
3B FLA 14 14 122.1 31 7 22 2 3 -1 2.13 .935
1984 SS FLA 147 146 1302.2 695 241 441 13 87 +8 4.71 .981
1985 SS FLA 147 147 1316.2 657 235 407 15 88 -2 4.39 .977
1986 SS FLA 122 122 1087.2 529 190 323 16 54 -6 4.24 .970
1987 SS FLA 148 146 1323.0 643 213 410 20 60 -4 4.24 .969
1988 SS FLA 148 148 1319.0 653 226 415 12 82 +2 4.37 .982
1989 SS FLA 137 137 1223.2 582 212 362 8 72 -12 4.22 .986
1990 SS SF 105 105 953.1 513 180 321 12 72 -4 4.73 .977
1991 SS SF-COL 61 59 538.2 252 99 150 3 32 -1 4.16 .988
1992 SS COL 126 125 1132.0 555 200 344 11 67 -3 4.33 .980
1993 SS COL 96 95 855.0 433 152 274 7 48 +1 4.48 .984
C COL 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 13.50 1.000
1994 SS COL 32 27 239.0 123 41 81 1 14 -3 4.59 .992
Pos Total SS 1694 1671 14909.0 7455 2692 4601 162 861 -35 4.40 .978
3B 198 196 1700.2 410 94 299 17 21 -20 2.08 .959
2B 79 77 667.0 382 142 229 11 34 -17 5.01 .971
LF 26 26 204.0 51 51 0 0 0 0 2.25 1.000
C 1 0 2.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 NaN% 0 13.50 1.000
Total 1998 1970 17482.2 8301 2982 5129 190 916 0 0 0 NaN% -72 4.18 .977
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1994-11-01John Latham has retired from the Colorado Spiders
1991-09-03John Latham of the Colorado Spiders is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1991-06-17Trade #1832289 has been completed between the Colorado Spiders and the San Francisco Gators. The San Francisco Gators receive Ed Libran from the Colorado Spiders in exchange for John Latham.
1990-05-25John Latham of the San Francisco Gators is injured and is expected to be out 33 days.
1990-04-04John Latham of the San Francisco Gators is injured and is expected to be out 24 days.
1989-05-05John Latham of the Florida Gators is injured and is expected to be out 16 days.
1986-08-29John Latham of the Florida Noles is injured and is expected to be out 22 days.
1979-09-22Trade #1714324 has been completed between the Florida Storm and the Colorado Spiders. The Colorado Spiders receive Draft Pick 1980 Round 1 FLA (Colonel Stone) from the Florida Storm in exchange for Brad Fox, John Latham.
1979-06-29The Colorado Spiders have promoted John Latham to the major league team. The Colorado Spiders have designated Yoshimasa Akai for assignment.
1979-06-22The Colorado Spiders have promoted Jakie Mazeroski to the major league team. The Colorado Spiders have sent John Latham to the minors.
1979-04-26The Colorado Spiders have promoted John Latham to the major league team. The Colorado Spiders have designated Nippy Jones for assignment.
1979-04-01The Colorado Spiders have sent John Latham to the minors.
1978-09-21The Colorado Spiders have promoted John Latham to the major league team.
1978-08-05The Colorado Spiders have sent John Latham to the minors.
1978-06-20The Colorado Spiders have promoted John Latham to the major league team.
1978-05-25The Colorado Spiders have promoted Jim Moolic to the major league team. The Colorado Spiders have sent John Latham to the minors.
1978-03-03The Colorado Spiders have promoted John Latham to the major league team. The Colorado Spiders have designated Nippy Jones for assignment.
1977-08-03The Colorado Spiders have sent John Latham to the minors.
1977-07-18The Colorado Spiders have promoted John Latham to the major league team.