Show classic player card
Don Newcombe League
9-16-2165
Jim "Life of" Riley Shortstop
Retired (1978, Age 36)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .276 Total Rating B-   Bats/Throws L/R
OPS .729 Status Deceased (2014) Option Years 0  
H 615 Age at Death 72 Date of Birth 08-20-1942
HR 36 Drafted Round 2, Pick 21
(1960)		 Majors Svc Time 8 years
(60 games)
RBI 241
SB 96
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R B+ Contact vs. L C+ Endurance B-   Ldrship B+
Power vs. R C+ Power vs. L C  Velocity C-   Mentor vR A+
Speed A- Bunt D+ Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS A+ (100%) Range B+ WS Rings 0
1B D- (9.3%) LF --- Arm B  WS Appearances 0
2B D  (14.7%) CF ---   Health C- LCS Appearances 0
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* 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
1969 3B NYN 34 34 265.2 83 17 59 7 5 0 2.57 .916
SS NYN 15 15 129.0 63 19 39 5 5 -5 4.05 .921
2B NYN 1 1 9.0 3 0 3 0 1 -1 3.00 1.000
1970 SS NYN 85 85 732.1 413 147 248 18 37 -29 4.85 .956
3B NYN 18 16 130.2 30 4 25 1 3 0 2.00 .967
2B NYN 14 14 116.0 60 28 28 4 9 -3 4.34 .933
LF NYN 1 1 9.0 2 2 0 0 0 0 2.00 1.000
RF NYN 1 1 7.0 3 3 0 0 0 0 3.86 1.000
1971 SS NYN 84 84 738.1 410 135 259 16 51 -9 4.80 .961
3B NYN 24 18 161.0 58 16 41 1 4 +4 3.19 .983
2B NYN 5 5 43.2 28 14 13 1 0 0 5.57 .964
LF NYN 2 2 17.0 4 4 0 0 0 -1 2.12 1.000
CF NYN 1 1 11.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.82 1.000
1B NYN 1 1 9.0 11 11 0 0 0 0 11.00 1.000
1972 SS NYN 33 31 290.2 143 48 86 9 12 -5 4.15 .937
3B NYN 20 11 116.0 42 12 28 2 2 +2 3.10 .952
2B NYN 7 7 62.0 38 13 25 0 2 -2 5.52 1.000
RF NYN 5 5 48.2 11 11 0 0 0 0 2.03 1.000
CF NYN 5 5 45.0 18 17 0 1 0 0 3.40 .944
LF NYN 2 2 18.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.50 1.000
1B NYN 2 2 16.1 17 16 1 0 0 +1 9.37 1.000
1973 SS NYN 52 52 458.1 233 68 162 3 26 -3 4.52 .987
3B NYN 31 29 257.1 94 27 64 3 3 +4 3.18 .968
2B NYN 11 11 94.1 54 27 25 2 4 -4 4.96 .963
1B NYN 4 2 20.0 18 18 0 0 0 0 8.10 1.000
CF NYN 1 1 10.1 3 3 0 0 0 0 2.61 1.000
RF NYN 1 0 3.0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3.00 1.000
1974 3B NYN 13 2 45.0 13 4 9 0 0 -1 2.60 1.000
1B NYN 4 4 36.0 36 32 3 1 3 0 8.75 .972
SS NYN 4 4 35.2 27 8 19 0 2 0 6.81 1.000
2B NYN 3 3 26.0 14 9 5 0 2 -1 4.85 1.000
1975 C NYN 2 2 18.0 13 12 1 0 0 0 1 1 50.0% 0 6.50 1.000
3B NYN 6 1 15.0 4 1 3 0 1 0 2.40 1.000
1B NYN 1 1 8.0 7 7 0 0 1 0 7.88 1.000
1976 3B NYN-PIT 14 10 89.2 33 7 25 1 2 +1 3.21 .970
2B NYN-PIT 4 4 35.0 23 8 14 1 2 0 5.66 .957
1B NYN-PIT 2 2 18.0 20 20 0 0 1 0 10.00 1.000
SS NYN-PIT 1 1 9.0 8 2 6 0 1 0 8.00 1.000
1977 3B PIT 33 27 245.2 72 15 53 4 2 0 2.49 .944
SS PIT 1 1 8.0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.00 NaN
Pos Total SS 275 273 2401.1 1297 427 819 51 134 -51 4.67 .961
3B 193 148 1326.0 429 103 307 19 22 +10 2.78 .956
2B 45 45 386.0 220 99 113 8 20 -11 4.94 .964
1B 14 12 107.1 109 104 4 1 5 +1 9.06 .991
CF 7 7 66.1 22 21 0 1 0 0 2.85 .955
RF 7 6 58.2 15 15 0 0 0 0 2.30 1.000
LF 5 5 44.0 7 7 0 0 0 -1 1.43 1.000
C 2 2 18.0 13 12 1 0 0 0 1 1 50.0% 0 6.50 1.000
Total 548 498 4407.2 2112 788 1244 80 181 0 1 1 50.0% -52 4.15 .962
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1978-11-01Jim "Life of" Riley has retired from the Free Agency Pool
1978-04-14The Pittsburgh Crawfords have waived Jim "Life of" Riley.
1978-04-01The Pittsburgh Crawfords have designated Jim "Life of" Riley for assignment.
1976-07-05A trade has been completed between the New York Red Foxx and the Pittsburgh Crawfords. The Pittsburgh Crawfords receive Ray Barone, Jim "Life of" Riley, Dick Plank, Brian Nunamaker from the New York Red Foxx in exchange for Eddie Lucadello, Chuck Swanson.
1970-04-01The New York Red Foxx have renamed Jim Riley to Jim "Life of" Riley.
1969-07-29A trade has been completed between the New York Red Foxx and the Chicago American Giants. The Chicago American Giants receive Red "State" Sivess from the New York Red Foxx in exchange for Jim Riley, Draft Pick - 1972 Round 3 (CHA).