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Jim Lefebvre

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b. January 7, 1942 · Los Angeles Dodgers 1965–1972

He hit .250 with 12 home runs and 69 runs batted in for the 1965 Dodgers, who won the World Series, and took the award with 14 of the 20 first-place votes. He hit 24 home runs the following year, his best season, playing second base and third base as the club needed.

Eight seasons gave him 756 hits, 126 doubles, 74 home runs, 313 runs batted in and a .251 average, all of it for Los Angeles, with one All-Star selection. He retired at thirty after 1972, young for the era, and moved into coaching.

He managed the Mariners, the Cubs and the Brewers in the major leagues and later managed Japan's national team and China's, spreading the coaching career across three continents. He is not on a Hall of Fame ballot as a player.

Honors

AwardTimesYears
All-Star selection 1 1966
Rookie of the Year 1 1965

Batting, season by season

YearTeam GABR H2B3B HRRBIBB SOSBAVG
1965 LAD 15754457136 21412 6971923 .250
1966 LAD 15254469149 23324 7448721 .274
1967 LAD 13649451129 1858 5044641 .261
1968 LAD 842862369 1215 3126550 .241
1969 LAD 952752965 1524 4448372 .236
1970 LAD 1093143379 1514 4429421 .252
1971 LAD 1193884095 14212 6839550 .245
1972 LAD 701691134 805 2417300 .201
Career 9223014313756 1261874 4043224478 .251

On this day & linked events

1942

Born January 7, 1942

Inglewood, CA, USA

1965

Major-league debut: Jim Lefebvre

Jim Lefebvre made a major-league debut on April 12, 1965.

1972

Final major-league game: Jim Lefebvre

Jim Lefebvre played a final major-league game on September 19, 1972.

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