Dion James
Milwaukee Brewers 1983–1985; Atlanta Braves 1987–1989; Cleveland Indians 1989–1990; New York Yankees 1992–1993; New York Yankees 1995–1996
Percentile snapshot
1987 season — qualified batters
of 134 qualified 1987 batters (min 499 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 11 | 22 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .100 | .182 | .100 | .282 | -14.4 | -16.9 | .150 | -0.3 |
| 1984 | 128 | 431 | 387 | 52 | 114 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 30 | 32 | 41 | 10 | 10 | .295 | .351 | .377 | .728 | 108.2 | 105.7 | .334 | 1.5 |
| 1985 | 18 | 55 | 49 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | .224 | .309 | .245 | .554 | 60.3 | 55.0 | .268 | -0.1 |
| 1987 | 134 | 574 | 494 | 80 | 154 | 37 | 6 | 10 | 61 | 70 | 63 | 10 | 8 | .312 | .397 | .472 | .869 | 129.9 | 123.8 | .392 | 4.1 |
| 1988 | 132 | 449 | 386 | 46 | 99 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 58 | 59 | 9 | 9 | .256 | .353 | .350 | .703 | 103.1 | 97.9 | .332 | 1.3 |
| 1989 | 134 | 471 | 415 | 41 | 119 | 18 | 0 | 5 | 40 | 49 | 49 | 2 | 7 | .287 | .363 | .366 | .729 | 108.8 | 105.4 | .340 | 1.3 |
| 1990 | 87 | 280 | 248 | 28 | 68 | 15 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 5 | 3 | .274 | .347 | .363 | .709 | 100.8 | 99.7 | .328 | 0.4 |
| 1992 | 67 | 170 | 145 | 24 | 38 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 22 | 15 | 1 | 0 | .262 | .359 | .379 | .738 | 114.1 | 108.5 | .348 | 0.7 |
| 1993 | 115 | 378 | 343 | 62 | 114 | 21 | 2 | 7 | 36 | 31 | 31 | 0 | 0 | .332 | .390 | .466 | .856 | 136.7 | 133.5 | .389 | 2.5 |
| 1995 | 85 | 231 | 209 | 22 | 60 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 26 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | .287 | .346 | .354 | .700 | 85.3 | 84.9 | .319 | -0.1 |
| 1996 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .167 | .231 | .167 | .397 | 5.1 | 3.9 | .196 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1989-07-23 | CLE @ KC Gameday | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 8 |
| 1987-07-28 | HOU @ ATL Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1987-06-24 | ATL @ LAD Gameday | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 |
| 1987-08-02 | LAD @ ATL Gameday | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
| 1988-08-12 | ATL @ CIN Gameday | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 7 |
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.