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James
Lucero		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1''
Weight: 185
 
Born: August 3, 1987 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
World Championships Won 2014    2018   
Rookie of the Year 2012   
Gold Glove Award 2012   
All-Star Selections 2015    2016    2017    2018    2019    2022   
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
  Contact Power Gap Eye Ks
Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2011 23 NYN NL     6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 5 5 7 7 7
2012 24 NYN NL $ 300,000   7 7 7 8 8 8 9 9 9 6 6 6 7 7 7
2013 25 NYN NL $ 300,000   8 8 8 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
2014 26 SEA AL $ 300,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
2015 27 SEA AL $ 4,150,000   10 10 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
2016 28 COL NL $ 4,950,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
2017 29 CHN NL $ 4,950,000   9 9 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
2018 30 CHN NL $ 10,000,000   10 10 9 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
2019 31 SDN NL $ 10,000,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 9 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7
2020 32 SDN NL $ 10,000,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 9 9 9 8 8 8 7 7 7
2021 33 SDN NL $ 10,000,000   10 10 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 8 8 7 7 7
2022 34 SDN NL $ 10,000,000   9 9 9 7 7 7 9 9 9 7 7 7 6 7 7
OOTP6 Min Ratings     6 6 6 4 4 4 8 8 8 4 5 5 6 7 7
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 10,000,000   10 10 10 8 8 8 9 10 10 8 8 8 7 7 7
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won MVP or Rookie of the Year.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2011 23 AA   34 139 21 38 3 1 7 21 11 3 12 27 .273 .331 .460 .792 22.2  
    A   30 87 13 20 2 1 3 11 5 1 9 12 .230 .302 .379 .681 11.0  
2012 24 NYN NL 159 571 104 160 45 7 17 77 45 23 54 105 .280 .356 .473 .829 92.5 17.8
2013 25 NYN NL 154 594 114 160 40 5 23 99 52 21 61 105 .269 .353 .470 .823 100.4 18.3
2014 26 SEA AL 157 599 109 174 35 5 26 98 61 30 76 106 .290 .383 .496 .879 111.2 21.2
2015 27 SEA AL 156 566 106 160 29 4 32 103 51 23 91 109 .283 .398 .518 .916 115.7 21.1
2016 28 COL NL 159 586 120 172 38 13 26 101 48 30 75 118 .294 .384 .536 .920 113.0 24.2
2017 29 COL NL 50 186 32 65 14 4 9 29 23 9 25 29 .349 .440 .613 1.053 45.6 10.3
  CHN NL 111 440 97 120 23 7 17 62 53 20 61 72 .273 .376 .473 .849 80.7 17.3
  TOT   161 626 129 185 37 11 26 91 76 29 86 101 .296 .395 .514 .909 126.3 27.6
2018 30 CHN NL 147 557 120 182 39 6 29 107 66 44 60 87 .327 .402 .575 .977 118.5 23.0
2019 31 SDN NL 154 596 120 186 34 5 27 115 50 17 72 108 .312 .399 .522 .921 122.7 25.8
2020 32 SDN NL 122 485 97 157 26 5 22 71 24 15 52 89 .324 .398 .534 .932 92.4 19.2
2021 33 SDN NL 128 486 89 147 28 5 17 61 35 16 59 110 .302 .389 .486 .874 89.2 17.5
2022 34 SDN NL 152 545 108 173 27 5 20 84 40 17 60 93 .317 .400 .495 .895 100.9 22.3
11 Years Sim 1649 6211 1216 1856 378 71 265 1007 548 265 746 1131 .299 .387 .511 .897 1182.8 238.0
1 Years AA 34 139 21 38 3 1 7 21 11 3 12 27 .273 .369 .460 .829 22.2  
1 Years A 30 87 13 20 2 1 3 11 5 1 9 12 .230 .327 .379 .706 11.0  
2 Years Minors 64 226 34 58 5 2 10 32 16 4 21 39 .257 .352 .429 .782 33.2  
162 Game Average 610 119 182 37 6 26 98 53 26 73 111 .299 .387 .511 .897 116.2  
Career Highs 161 626 129 186 45 13 32 115 76 44 91 118 .327 .402 .575 .977 126.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
Click on a Category to view yearly stats.
Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4772 935 1459 287 53 205 782 436 216 574 853 .306 .393 .517 .910 900.4
vs LH   1439 281 397 91 18 60 225 112 49 172 278 .276 .367 .489 .856 247.6
Home 809 2981 570 903 179 36 129 491 274 137 355 545 .303 .389 .517 .906 558.3
Away 840 3230 646 953 199 35 136 516 274 128 391 586 .295 .385 .505 .890 589.7
RISP   1515 0 440 96 23 50 671 0 0 270 310 .290 .402 .483 .885 289.1
Pinch Hitting   58 7 16 1 1 1 11 2 1 7 15 .276 .348 .379 .728 8.1
Close/Late   715 142 221 55 7 28 116 0 1 113 128 .309 .415 .523 .938 143.4
Mar/Apr 264 1031 205 332 65 11 49 189 89 43 114 189 .322 .402 .549 .951 206.2
May 277 1040 201 311 60 10 40 146 94 56 135 189 .299 .391 .491 .882 186.6
June 256 945 192 279 65 13 34 148 90 33 124 171 .295 .392 .499 .892 176.6
July 270 1059 214 311 60 10 43 154 89 41 119 186 .294 .377 .491 .868 186.1
August 304 1141 235 356 76 15 55 208 108 50 139 210 .312 .402 .550 .952 229.9
Sep/Oct 278 995 169 267 52 12 44 162 78 42 115 186 .268 .355 .477 .833 162.6
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Gold Glove Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2012 24 NYN NL LF 148 147 1305.0 330 12 5 2 .986 2.36 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    RF 8 0 9.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0  
2013 25 NYN NL LF 145 145 1305.7 269 10 7 2 .976 1.92 0 0 .000 0 1.2
    RF 8 3 38.7 5 0 1 0 .833 1.16 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2014 26 SEA AL LF 154 151 1354.0 250 4 1 0 .996 1.69 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2015 27 SEA AL RF 152 152 1338.7 269 7 12 0 .958 1.86 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    2B 2 1 12.7 0 5 0 3 1.000 3.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
    LF 1 0 3.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 6.00 0 0 .000 0  
2016 28 COL NL LF 135 132 1193.0 224 9 8 3 .967 1.76 0 0 .000 0 3.5
    SS 16 16 147.3 19 32 1 8 .981 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.4
    RF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
2017 29 COL NL CF 34 34 298.1 83 2 2 0 .977 2.57 0 0 .000 0 1.7
    LF 15 15 127.7 30 2 1 0 .970 2.26 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CHN NL CF 77 77 705.6 198 5 4 1 .981 2.59 0 0 .000 0 2.9
    LF 34 33 302.3 70 4 1 1 .987 2.20 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   CF 111 111 1003.7 281 7 6 1 .980 2.58   4.6
      LF 49 48 430.0 100 6 2 1 .981 2.22   0.0
2018 30 CHN NL CF 140 133 1202.0 337 5 10 2 .972 2.56 0 0 .000 0 5.6
    LF 3 0 12.0 4 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 3 0 11.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 2.45 0 0 .000 0  
2019 31 SDN NL LF 148 148 1332.0 294 2 10 2 .967 2.00 0 0 .000 0 3.1
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2020 32 SDN NL CF 121 116 1058.3 268 8 6 3 .979 2.35 0 0 .000 0 3.0
    LF 1 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
2021 33 SDN NL CF 117 117 1050.7 297 7 8 1 .974 2.60 0 0 .000 0 2.4
    RF 7 4 39.7 9 0 1 0 .900 2.04 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 2 0 4.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 2.25 0 0 .000 0  
2022 34 SDN NL CF 131 128 1143.7 327 5 12 3 .965 2.61 0 0 .000 0 2.7
    RF 10 3 49.7 17 0 0 0 1.000 3.08 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 9 2 28.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 1.61 0 0 .000 0  
  LF 795 773 6969.7 1480 43 33 10 .979 1.97 0 0 .000 0 13.3
  CF 622 605 5462.4 1510 32 42 10 .973 2.54 0 0 .000 0 18.3
  RF 192 162 1492.6 305 7 14 0 .957 1.88 0 0 .000 0 2.4
  SS 16 16 147.3 19 32 1 8 .981 3.12 0 0 .000 0 0.4
  2B 2 1 12.7 0 5 0 3 1.000 3.55 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  C 1 0 2.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 13.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1628 1557 14086.6 3317 119 90 31 .974 2.20 0 0 .000 0 34.5
Career Highs   160 159 1433.7 381 41 12 11 .996 2.61 0 0 .000 0  
Post-Season Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Post Season MVP Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS
2013 25 NYN NL 7 29 5 9 4 0 0 3 4 2 3 7 .310 .353 .448 .801
2014 26 SEA AL 18 69 22 26 1 0 8 13 7 5 17 15 .377 .500 .739 1.239
2017 29 CHN NL 11 41 7 13 3 0 0 3 4 5 5 6 .317 .417 .390 .807
2018 30 CHN NL 18 77 11 18 5 1 2 8 5 5 2 16 .234 .268 .403 .671
2019 31 SDN NL 11 40 4 9 1 0 0 4 2 0 7 7 .225 .354 .250 .604
Career Post-Season Batting 65 256 49 75 14 1 10 31 22 17 34 51 .293 .383 .473 .855
Batting Leaderboards     Help
Top 10 finishes. Stats are Year-Rank-Value. League leaders are in bold.
(*) indicates hit-less at-bats added to meet minimum plate appearances.
Season Rankings are League Based.
Batting Average
2018-2-.327
2020-4-.324
CAR-47-.299
 On-Base Pct
2017-8-.395
2018-5-.402
2020-9-.398
2021-10-.389
2022-8-.400
CAR-23-.387
 Slugging Pct
2016-6-.536
2017-8-.514
2018-4-.575
2020-9-.534
CAR-23-.511
 OPS
2015-10-.916
2016-6-.920
2017-7-.909
2018-3-.977
2019-9-.921
2020-9-.932
2022-8-.895
CAR-19-.897
 XR
2015-8-115.7
2016-6-113.0
2017-4-126.3
2018-3-118.5
2019-5-122.7
CAR-31-1182.8
 Games
2012-5-159
2014-4-157
2015-9-156
2016-3-159
2017-3-161
At-Bats
2017-6-626
 Runs
2012-5-104
2013-5-114
2014-10-109
2016-1-120
2017-2-129
2018-1-120
2019-2-120
CAR-24-1216
 Hits
2017-9-185
2018-9-182
2019-8-186
 Total Bases
2015-10-293
2016-7-314
2017-4-322
2018-4-320
2019-8-311
 Doubles
2012-9-45
2018-7-39
 Triples
2012-6-7
2013-8-5
2014-10-5
2016-1-13
2017-1-11
2018-1-6
2019-4-5
2020-9-5
2021-8-5
2022-8-5
CAR-9-71
Homeruns
2015-7-32
 RBIs
2018-10-107
2019-9-115
 Stolen Bases
2013-5-52
2014-3-61
2015-6-51
2016-7-48
2017-1-76
2018-1-66
2019-8-50
CAR-16-548
 Caught Stealing
2012-3-23
2013-4-21
2014-2-30
2015-5-23
2016-1-30
2017-2-29
2018-1-44
2019-8-17
2021-9-16
2022-10-17
CAR-9-265
 Walks
2015-10-91
2017-8-86
  
 
   Black Ink Test: 13    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 11)
   Gray Ink Test: 100    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 108)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 62    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 61)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 46th overall pick, by Los Angeles in 2004
Released by Los Angeles on 2/28/2010
Drafted in 1st round, 13th overall pick, by New York (N) in 2011
Injured on 7/6/2011 with a Fractured Wrist, out for 3 weeks
Won Rookie of the Year in 2012, hitting .280 with 17 HR, 77 RBI
Won Gold Glove Award at Leftfield in 2012
Had 21-game hitting streak snapped on 7/8/2013
Traded from New York (N) to Seattle on 4/4/2014 (Going to NYN: P Joe Morgan Jr., P David Fuquay, SS Juan Uribe, P Lewis Washburn. Going to SEA: LF James Lucero, P Julian Abeyta, 2B Manuel Santora)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/30/2014, hitting .500 with 3 HR, 5 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 6/1/2014, hitting .343 with 10 HR, 23 RBI
Won World Championship with Seattle in 2014
Drove in 6 runs against Toronto on 4/14/2015
Won Player of the Week award on 5/2/2015, hitting .450 with 3 HR, 13 RBI
Was selected to the 2015 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 7/25/2015, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 11 RBI
1/29/2016: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,950,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Seattle to Colorado on 2/19/2016 (Going to COL: LF James Lucero, P Julian Abeyta, P Everett Cortese. Going to SEA: 2B Eusebio Fermoso, LF Michael Dupree, CF Amado Nuņez, P Carl Moore, P Wayne Thibeault)
Was selected to the 2016 Allstar game
1/29/2017: Gets a new one-year contract worth $4,950,000 through salary arbitration
Traded from Colorado to Chicago (N) on 5/30/2017 (Going to COL: CF Randy Bergeron, 2B Ronald Gibson. Going to CHN: LF James Lucero)
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
8/3/2017: Signed a contract extension with Chicago (N), $10,000,000 per year, for 5 years
Won Player of the Week award on 4/11/2018, hitting .423 with 2 HR, 8 RBI
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2018, hitting .350 with 8 HR, 29 RBI
Injured on 5/10/2018 with a Pulled Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game
Won Player of the Week award on 9/26/2018, hitting .464 with 1 HR, 7 RBI
Won World Championship with Chicago (N) in 2018
Traded from Chicago (N) to San Diego on 2/28/2019 (Going to SDN: CF James Lucero, P Chris Addington, 2B Edward Bohanan, 3B Osvaldo Nevarez. Going to CHN: 3B Juan Santiago, P Richard Molina, CF Miguel Martinez)
Was selected to the 2019 Allstar game
Drove in 8 runs against Chicago (N) on 8/5/2019
Injured on 5/21/2020 with a Pulled Calf Muscle, out for 6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 8/22/2021, hitting .417 with 4 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 9/2/2021 with a Fractured Hip, out for 5 weeks
Was selected to the 2022 Allstar game
 
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