ESPN.com: Jim Leyritz Career Notes

Jim Leyritz
#18 | Designated Hitter | New York Mets | Roster

Career Notes

1996
Played in 88 games (72 starts) at four different positions for the world champion New York Yankees ... Batted .305 after the All-Star break ... Belted eighth-inning three-run home run off Atlanta's Mark Wholers in Game 4 of World Series in the Yankees' 8-6 10-inning win ... Traded by the New York Yankees to the Anaheim Angels for Jeremy Blevins and Ryank Kane on Dec. 5.

1995
Led the Yankees in hit by pitch, least GDPs per GDP situation (6.5%), batting average vs. left-handed pitchers, on-base percentage vs. left-handed pitchers and batting average on a 3-2 count ... Finished ninth in the AL in on-base percentage vs. left-handed pitchers ... Made 68 starts, including 42 at C, 16 at 1B and ten at DH ... Filled in for Mattingly starting nine-thirteen games without making an error (May 6-May 23) ... Committed one error in 138 total chances at 1B (.993) ... Had season-high five-game hitting streaks three times (May 13-May 21, June 3-June 7, July 6-July 14)

1993
Had a career year with the Yankees, hitting .309 with 14 homers and 53 RBI ... Appeared at first, catcher, right field, left field and designated hitter .... Had an April to remember when he batted .484 with four home runs and 12 RBI in 11 games ... Slugged his first big league grand slam April 9 ... His playing time increased dramatically in May with the injury to Don Mattingly ... Notched a 10-game hitting streak May 25-June 4 ... Hit his eighth homer in only his 35th game of the season ... Hit .312 with 17 RBI and five home runs Sept./Oct.

1992
Hit .257 with seven home runs and 26 RBI in only 144 at-bats ... Hit .409 in his limited playing time in May ...Carried a .263 average with five home runs and 16 RBI in 80 at-bats before the All-Star break ... Reached base safely in 32-42 starts on the year ... Threw out 38 percent of would-be base runners from behind the plate.

1991
Began the year with the Yankees, but was sent down to Class AAA Columbus of the International League May 17 ... Played in 32 games on the year for the Bronx Bombers with 20 starts at catcher ... Finished the year with a .182 average in only 32 games for the club.

1990
Saw time at third, in the outfield and at catcher for the Yankees ... His contract was purchased by the Bronx Bombers June 8, after starting the year with Columbus ... Registered a hit in his major league debut on the same day ... Hit in nine straight games June 18-27 ... Was batting .313 at the All-Star break ... Was tossed from the game after stroking a two-run homer that was called foul, after originally being signaled fair by the umpire.

1985
Signed by the New York Yankees as a free agent to a minor-league contract on Aug. 24, 1985.


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