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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 B  Contact vs. L A- Endurance B-   Ldrship D-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L B+ Velocity D-   Mentor vR C+
Speed B+ Bunt B  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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1976 Minors 20 80.00 6 / 11 10 / 13 6 / 11 5 / 13 6 / 10 12 / 12 10 / 10 55 / 80
1977 Minors 21 65.00 5 / 9 7 / 11 4 / 8 5 / 15 7 / 10 7 / 7 4 / 5 39 / 65
1977 Majors 21 5.04 13 12 0 1 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 1 1 / 2 2 / 5
1977 Pos (3B) 21 35.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 16 / 35
1977 Pos (LF) 21 76.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 7 / 76
1978 Minors 22 21.00 2 / 3 2 / 5 2 / 5 0 / 0 1 / 2 1 / 4 2 / 2 10 / 21
1978 Majors 22 27.03 97 39 0 3 / 4 1 / 3 3 / 7 2 / 4 0 / 3 3 / 5 0 / 1 12 / 27
1978 Pos (LF) 22 43.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 8 / 43
1979 Minors 23 15.00 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 2 0 / 3 1 / 1 4 / 5 0 / 2 5 / 15
1979 Majors 23 53.78 134 94 0 3 / 7 3 / 6 3 / 8 2 / 10 1 / 7 4 / 6 6 / 9 22 / 53
1979 Pos (LF) 23 8.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 3 / 8
1980 Majors 24 61.51 162 138 0 4 / 9 4 / 8 2 / 9 2 / 14 1 / 6 6 / 8 3 / 7 22 / 61
1981 Majors 25 64.22 162 145 0 2 / 13 3 / 9 2 / 10 1 / 6 2 / 9 4 / 10 3 / 7 17 / 64
1982 Majors 26 64.02 162 140 0 0 / 3 2 / 13 1 / 8 0 / 6 2 / 10 3 / 11 2 / 13 10 / 64
1983 Majors 27 65.54 162 145 0 0 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 12 1 / 8 4 / 11 1 / 9 8 / 65
1984 Majors 28 66.18 162 146 0 0 / 9 1 / 16 0 / 7 0 / 8 1 / 8 1 / 9 1 / 9 4 / 66
1985 Majors 29 65.31 162 147 0 0 / 12 0 / 11 0 / 8 0 / 10 0 / 13 1 / 7 0 / 4 1 / 65
1986 Majors 30 53.79 133 122 19 0 / 12 0 / 8 0 / 4 0 / 9 0 / 4 1 / 8 1 / 8 2 / 53
1987 Majors 31 65.55 162 146 0 0 / 10 0 / 11 0 / 15 0 / 8 0 / 11 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 65
1988 Majors 32 65.44 162 148 0 0 / 10 1 / 13 0 / 7 0 / 10 0 / 10 0 / 6 0 / 9 1 / 65
1989 Majors 33 59.67 148 137 14 0 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 14 1 / 13 0 / 3 0 / 7 0 / 9 1 / 59
1990 Majors 34 49.51 112 105 50 -1 / 11 -1 / 6 -1 / 4 -5 / 7 0 / 9 -3 / 5 -3 / 7 -14 / 49
1991 Majors 35 44.59 141 59 19 -2 / 10 -5 / 8 0 / 5 0 / 5 -1 / 8 -1 / 5 -3 / 3 -12 / 44
1992 Majors 36 62.07 162 125 0 -3 / 8 -1 / 9 -3 / 8 -5 / 7 -7 / 10 -2 / 13 -1 / 7 -22 / 62
1993 Majors 37 57.56 162 95 0 -3 / 9 -5 / 9 -3 / 11 -7 / 7 0 / 6 0 / 8 -1 / 7 -19 / 57
1994 Majors 38 27.57 161 27 0 -4 / 5 -7 / 4 -4 / 5 -4 / 1 -2 / 2 -3 / 7 -3 / 3 -27 / 27
Total 2559 1970 102 13 / 172 16 / 178 13 / 165 -3 / 169 13 / 150 42 / 159 23 / 139 151 / 1294
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.