Born January 7, 1942
Inglewood, CA, USA
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.
| Award | Times | Years |
|---|---|---|
| All-Star selection | 1 | 1966 |
| Rookie of the Year | 1 | 1965 |
| Year | Team | G | AB | R | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | SB | AVG |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | LAD | 157 | 544 | 57 | 136 | 21 | 4 | 12 | 69 | 71 | 92 | 3 | .250 |
| 1966 | LAD | 152 | 544 | 69 | 149 | 23 | 3 | 24 | 74 | 48 | 72 | 1 | .274 |
| 1967 | LAD | 136 | 494 | 51 | 129 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 50 | 44 | 64 | 1 | .261 |
| 1968 | LAD | 84 | 286 | 23 | 69 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 31 | 26 | 55 | 0 | .241 |
| 1969 | LAD | 95 | 275 | 29 | 65 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 44 | 48 | 37 | 2 | .236 |
| 1970 | LAD | 109 | 314 | 33 | 79 | 15 | 1 | 4 | 44 | 29 | 42 | 1 | .252 |
| 1971 | LAD | 119 | 388 | 40 | 95 | 14 | 2 | 12 | 68 | 39 | 55 | 0 | .245 |
| 1972 | LAD | 70 | 169 | 11 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 30 | 0 | .201 |
| Career | — | 922 | 3014 | 313 | 756 | 126 | 18 | 74 | 404 | 322 | 447 | 8 | .251 |
Inglewood, CA, USA
Jim Lefebvre made a major-league debut on April 12, 1965.
Jim Lefebvre played a final major-league game on September 19, 1972.
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