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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 Type OS Age Chances   Active GS Injured  Contact vs R   Power vs R   Contact vs L   Power vs L   Speed   Arm   Range   Total 
1960 Minors 18 19.00 0 / 0 2 / 2 5 / 5 5 / 5 1 / 3 2 / 2 2 / 2 17 / 19
1961 Minors 19 23.00 3 / 3 4 / 4 1 / 1 8 / 8 0 / 1 3 / 3 2 / 3 21 / 23
1962 Minors 20 17.00 2 / 3 0 / 1 1 / 1 2 / 2 1 / 5 2 / 4 0 / 1 8 / 17
1963 Minors 21 18.00 1 / 3 3 / 3 3 / 4 2 / 2 0 / 1 2 / 3 0 / 2 11 / 18
1964 Minors 22 24.00 1 / 1 3 / 6 2 / 3 3 / 3 1 / 4 3 / 4 0 / 3 13 / 24
1965 Minors 23 30.00 4 / 7 0 / 2 2 / 5 3 / 4 0 / 5 2 / 4 2 / 3 13 / 30
1966 Minors 24 31.00 3 / 8 1 / 3 0 / 2 1 / 3 1 / 5 2 / 6 2 / 4 10 / 31
1967 Minors 25 46.00 5 / 8 1 / 4 7 / 9 4 / 6 1 / 7 5 / 6 2 / 6 25 / 46
1968 Minors 26 44.00 5 / 7 2 / 7 2 / 6 3 / 10 0 / 3 0 / 3 5 / 8 17 / 44
1969 Minors 27 29.00 3 / 5 1 / 2 1 / 2 1 / 5 0 / 3 1 / 5 4 / 7 11 / 29
1969 Majors 27 22.87 60 50 0 1 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 5 1 / 1 2 / 5 0 / 3 1 / 3 5 / 22
1970 Majors 28 62.50 162 117 0 2 / 5 2 / 10 2 / 8 1 / 9 0 / 7 3 / 16 0 / 7 10 / 62
1971 Majors 29 65.71 162 111 0 1 / 9 1 / 7 2 / 8 0 / 6 0 / 14 2 / 16 0 / 5 6 / 65
1972 Majors 30 51.02 162 63 0 1 / 6 1 / 10 0 / 7 0 / 8 0 / 7 0 / 5 0 / 8 2 / 51
1973 Majors 31 60.80 162 95 0 1 / 4 2 / 12 0 / 8 1 / 8 0 / 9 0 / 8 0 / 11 4 / 60
1974 Majors 32 30.91 162 13 0 0 / 4 0 / 6 0 / 6 1 / 3 1 / 5 0 / 3 0 / 3 2 / 30
1975 Majors 33 24.38 162 4 0 0 / 7 0 / 2 0 / 5 0 / 4 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 24
1976 Majors 34 33.33 162 17 0 -5 / 5 -6 / 4 -4 / 4 -2 / 5 -3 / 7 0 / 4 -2 / 4 -22 / 33
1977 Majors 35 33.55 162 28 0 -3 / 4 -8 / 2 -5 / 5 -7 / 8 -8 / 5 0 / 3 -4 / 6 -35 / 33
1978 Minors 36 2.00 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 0 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 2
1978 Majors 36 11.00 0 / 3 0 / 1 0 / 4 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 1 0 / 0 0 / 11
Total 1356 498 0 25 / 96 9 / 89 19 / 98 27 / 101 -3 / 102 27 / 101 14 / 87 118 / 674
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).