Chris James
Philadelphia Phillies 1986–1989; San Diego Padres 1989; Cleveland Indians 1990–1991; San Francisco Giants 1992; Houston Astros 1993; Texas Rangers 1993–1994; Boston Red Sox 1995; Kansas City Royals 1995
Percentile snapshot
1990 season — qualified batters
of 129 qualified 1990 batters (min 502 PA)
Career, era-adjusted
wRC+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; OPS+ measured against qualified careers (3,000+ PA), 2,078 of them; sWAR measured against every career in history, 24,011 of them. Only era-adjusted career stats carry a percentile — a raw career total gets a rank instead, because pooling the 1890s with the 2020s is a choice, not a measurement.
Season by season
Batting
| Season | G | PA | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | CS | BA | OBP | SLG | OPS | wRC+ | OPS+ | wOBA | sWAR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 16 | 48 | 46 | 5 | 13 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 0 | 0 | .283 | .298 | .413 | .711 | 90.5 | 91.7 | .322 | 0.1 |
| 1987 | 115 | 391 | 358 | 48 | 105 | 20 | 6 | 17 | 54 | 27 | 67 | 3 | 1 | .293 | .344 | .525 | .869 | 124.9 | 123.1 | .381 | 2.0 |
| 1988 | 150 | 605 | 566 | 57 | 137 | 24 | 1 | 19 | 66 | 31 | 73 | 7 | 4 | .242 | .283 | .389 | .671 | 87.4 | 89.1 | .306 | 0.6 |
| 1989 | 132 | 516 | 482 | 55 | 117 | 17 | 2 | 13 | 65 | 26 | 68 | 5 | 2 | .243 | .281 | .367 | .648 | 82.7 | 85.0 | .297 | 0.0 |
| 1990 | 140 | 569 | 528 | 62 | 158 | 32 | 4 | 12 | 70 | 31 | 71 | 4 | 3 | .299 | .341 | .443 | .784 | 118.1 | 118.7 | .353 | 1.6 |
| 1991 | 115 | 463 | 437 | 31 | 104 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 41 | 18 | 61 | 3 | 4 | .238 | .273 | .318 | .591 | 59.1 | 63.0 | .270 | -1.8 |
| 1992 | 111 | 267 | 248 | 25 | 60 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 14 | 45 | 2 | 3 | .242 | .285 | .375 | .660 | 86.0 | 90.2 | .299 | 0.1 |
| 1993 | 73 | 182 | 160 | 24 | 44 | 11 | 1 | 9 | 26 | 18 | 40 | 2 | 0 | .275 | .348 | .525 | .873 | 132.5 | 135.0 | .381 | 1.1 |
| 1994 | 52 | 159 | 133 | 28 | 34 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 38 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .361 | .534 | .895 | 128.1 | 128.8 | .388 | 0.9 |
| 1995 | 42 | 94 | 82 | 8 | 22 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 1 | 0 | .268 | .326 | .390 | .716 | 85.3 | 87.2 | .322 | -0.1 |
Career totals
A total is called out only where it ranks in the all-time top 500; hover a figure for its rank and the size of the field it was ranked in. Ranks are absolute facts and carry no percentile — the population for "career home runs" would be an editorial choice, and the rank is not.
Best games
Batting
| Date | Game | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | TB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991-05-04 | CLE @ ATH Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 0 | 10 |
| 1987-07-31 | PHI @ CHC Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| 1987-07-20 | CIN @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 9 |
| 1988-07-16 | HOU @ PHI Gameday | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 8 |
| 1989-07-18 | PIT @ SD Gameday | 5 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
Ranked from our own play-by-play game log, which begins in 1901 — not from the record book, so a career played outside it shows nothing here rather than a short list.