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Don Newcombe League
8-23-2164
Jeff Latham Left Field
Retired (1993, Age 35)
CAREER BIOGRAPHICAL DATA
AVG .232 Total Rating   Bats/Throws R/R
OPS .646 Status Deceased (2025) Option Years 0  
H 208 Age at Death 67 Date of Birth 03-15-1958
HR 26 Drafted Round 2, Pick 25
(1981)
Majors Svc Time 3 years
(92 games)
RBI 107
SB 17
OFFENSE PITCHING MENTORING
Contact vs. R Contact vs. L B- Endurance B-   Ldrship B-
Power vs. R A- Power vs. L A- Velocity C+   Mentor vR A+
Speed B+ Bunt Control D-   Mentor vL A+
POSITIONS DEFENSE/HEALTH POSTSEASON
 C * --- SS --- Range B- WS Rings 0
1B --- LF A+ (100%) Arm WS Appearances 0
2B --- CF D+ (21.8%)   Health C- LCS Appearances 1
3B --- RF ---   Injured Days 0 All Star Teams 0
* League requires 50% rating to start at catcher.

Year   Team G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO HBP SF SB CS E OPS OBP SLG ISO AVG Awards
1984 MIL
35
137
22
40
6
2
4
15
12
34 1 2
5
2 0
.801
.349
.453
.161
.292
1985 MIL
22
65
6
13
3
0
2
6
6
14 1 1
1
0 0
.612
.274
.338
.138
.200
1986 MIL
63
203
18
44
5
1
5
22
15
45 0 1
2
0 3
.595
.269
.325
.108
.217
1990 TEX
4
13
1
2
1
0
0
2
0
3 0 0
0
0 0
.385
.154
.231
.077
.154
1991 TEX
39
131
13
27
2
2
2
20
11
31 0 1
1
0 1
.563
.266
.298
.092
.206
1992 TEX
82
309
40
75
7
2
13
39
19
80 2 1
6
2 4
.695
.290
.405
.162
.243
1993 TEX
10
40
2
7
1
0
0
3
1
9 0 1
2
0 0
.390
.190
.200
.025
.175
Total
255
898
102
208
25
7
26
107
64
216 4 7
17
4 8
.646
.284
.362
.130
.232
Career Transactions
DateTransaction
1993-11-01Jeff Latham has retired from the Texas Strangers
1993-05-12The Texas Strangers have designated Jeff Latham for assignment.
1991-05-14Jeff Latham of the Texas Strangers is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1991-03-25The Texas Strangers have promoted Bob Signer to the major league team. The Texas Strangers have promoted Jeff Latham to the major league team. The Texas Strangers have promoted Steve Kilgus to the major league team.
1990-10-03The Texas Strangers have designated Jeff Latham for assignment. The Texas Strangers have designated Bob Swanson for assignment. The Texas Strangers have designated Rey Cotto for assignment.
1990-09-19The Texas Strangers have promoted Bob Swanson to the major league team. The Texas Strangers have promoted Jeff Latham to the major league team.
1990-04-13The Texas Strangers have acquired Jeff Latham from the waiver wire.
1987-04-21The Milwaukee Mean Machine have waived Jeff Latham.
1986-09-26The Milwaukee Mean Machine have promoted Chuck Heath to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mean Machine have sent Jeff Latham to the minors.
1986-08-23The Milwaukee Mean Machine have promoted Jeff Latham to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mean Machine have sent Harry Neff to the minors.
1986-06-28The Milwaukee Mean Machine have promoted Elmer Chamberlain to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mean Machine have sent Jeff Latham to the minors.
1985-08-24The Milwaukee Mean Machine have promoted Jeff Latham to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mean Machine have designated Danny Craft for assignment.
1985-04-19The Milwaukee Mean Machine have promoted Angel Crawford to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mean Machine have sent Jeff Latham to the minors.
1984-08-11The Milwaukee Mean Machine have promoted Jeff Latham to the major league team. The Milwaukee Mean Machine have designated Reggie Blank for assignment.