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Name	Team	Age
Tom James	Retired (1978, Age 36)	Died (2020, Age 79)
Drafted	Position	Bats/Throws
Round 1, Pick 5 (1965)	LF	B/R
League	Option Years	Majors Service Time
Minnie Minoso League	0	13 years (117 games)
Total Rating	Arm	Range
B	B+	B+
Contact vs R	Contact vs L	Speed
B	B+	B-
Power vs R	Power vs L	Bunting
B-	B-	D+
Endurance	Velocity	Control
B-	B-	D-
Leadership	Mentor vs RHP	Mentor vs LHP
C	A-	A-
Health	Injured Days	Birthday
B-	0	11/9/1941
WS Rings	WS Appearances	LCS Appearances
0	1	3
Alt Pos (LF)	Alt Pos (RF)	Alt Pos (2B)
A+ (98.7 %)	A+ (97.0 %)	B+ (74.2 %)

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Year

Type

Chances

Active

GS

Injured

Contact vs R

Power vs R

Contact vs L

Power vs L

Speed

Arm

Range

Total

1965

Minors

11.00

3 / 3

0 / 2

0 / 1

1 / 3

0 / 0

1 / 1

0 / 1

5 / 11

1965

Majors

35.33

5 / 6

1 / 3

4 / 6

3 / 7

2 / 4

1 / 2

6 / 7

22 / 35

1966

Majors

28.75

4 / 7

2 / 3

1 / 4

1 / 4

1 / 1

2 / 5

2 / 4

13 / 28

1967

Majors

54.47

1 / 5

0 / 10

3 / 8

5 / 10

5 / 11

0 / 3

2 / 7

16 / 54

1968

Majors

61.45

3 / 9

3 / 7

6 / 11

1 / 9

5 / 9

2 / 8

5 / 8

25 / 61

1969

Majors

60.74

0 / 7

1 / 7

1 / 9

1 / 8

2 / 11

0 / 12

0 / 6

5 / 60

1970

Majors

31.28

0 / 3

1 / 5

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 6

1 / 31

1971

Majors

52.96

0 / 11

1 / 5

1 / 7

0 / 10

0 / 4

1 / 8

0 / 7

3 / 52

1972

Majors

57.98

162

85

0

0 / 8

0 / 10

0 / 3

0 / 8

1 / 11

2 / 10

0 / 7

3 / 57

1973

Majors

43.00

154

43

8

0 / 8

0 / 6

0 / 5

0 / 5

0 / 6

0 / 6

0 / 7

0 / 43

1974

Majors

31.61

162

27

0

0 / 7

0 / 3

0 / 4

0 / 4

0 / 6

0 / 2

0 / 5

0 / 31

1975

Majors

46.72

162

64

0

-2 / 6

-2 / 11

-1 / 7

-6 / 1

-5 / 7

-3 / 8

-1 / 6

-20 / 46

1976

Majors

32.90

162

27

0

-6 / 6

-4 / 6

-5 / 2

-6 / 4

0 / 7

-1 / 4

-1 / 3

-23 / 32

1977

Majors

44.61

162

68

0

-2 / 8

-1 / 4

-3 / 5

-3 / 9

-8 / 7

1 / 10

0 / 1

-16 / 44

1978

Majors

38.16

162

56

0

-4 / 8

-3 / 6

0 / 3

-1 / 3

-3 / 9

-1 / 5

-1 / 4

-13 / 38

Total

1126

370

8

2 / 102

-1 / 88

7 / 77

-4 / 90

0 / 98

5 / 89

12 / 79

21 / 623

Career Transactions

Date	Transaction
1978-11-01	Tom James has retired from the Chicago Cubs
1973-09-10	Tom James of the Chicago Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 9 days.
1970-09-22	Tom James of the Chicago Cubs is injured and is expected to be out 15 days.
1966-04-01	The Chicago Cubs have promoted Tom James to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have designated Eddie Gibbs for assignment.
1965-09-02	The Chicago Cubs have promoted Ned Ryerson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Tom James to the minors.
1965-07-26	The Chicago Cubs have promoted Tom James to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Ned Ryerson to the minors.
1965-07-06	The Chicago Cubs have promoted Ned Ryerson to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have sent Tom James to the minors.
1965-04-01	The Chicago Cubs have promoted Tom James to the major league team. The Chicago Cubs have designated Eddie Gibbs for assignment.