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James
Easson		  
Bats: Right
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 200
 
Born: March 25, 1982 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Zachary Matthews Award 2010    2011    2015    2016   
All-Star Selections 2012   
Ratings - Batting     Help
  AVG 2B 3B HR BB SO
Year Age Tm Lg Salary vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2006 24 VIR FF   5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2
2007 25 VIR FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 3 3 3
2008 26 VIR FF $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
OOTP5 Min Ratings   5 5 5 3 3 3 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings $ 300,000 6 6 6 4 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3 4 4 4 4 4 4
                                             
  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
2009 27 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
2010 28 IL GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
2011 29 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 5 5 5
2012 30 IL GE $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
2013 31 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6
2014 32 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 6 6 6
2015 33 CO GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6 5 5 5
2016 34 CO GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
2017 35 CO GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 5 5 5
2018 36 CO GE $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
2019 37 CO GE $ 300,000   2 2 2 2 2 2 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 8 5 5 5 4 4 4 6 6 6 6 6 6
Batting Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Tyson Bacon Award or Bick Horizon Award.
Year Age Tm Lg G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR OWS
2006 24 AAA   43 148 11 41 3 0 1 12 3 1 11 39 .277 .327 .318 .645 15.8  
    AA   79 315 27 106 14 1 1 31 1 9 22 46 .337 .380 .397 .777 42.3  
    A   10 43 7 15 0 0 1 4 2 0 2 8 .349 .378 .419 .796 6.8  
2007 25 VIR FF 129 470 40 121 21 2 3 35 2 2 20 97 .257 .291 .330 .620 39.2 3.8
    AAA   8 34 6 12 3 0 0 7 2 2 4 7 .353 .421 .441 .862 5.6  
2008 26 VIR FF 139 537 62 145 15 1 6 50 1 1 37 85 .270 .321 .335 .656 54.8 8.7
2009 27 VIR FF 61 227 35 71 11 3 6 38 1 1 13 33 .313 .352 .467 .819 34.3 7.5
  IL GE 51 208 25 50 5 1 2 15 1 0 10 23 .240 .277 .303 .580 16.6 1.5
  TOT   112 435 60 121 16 4 8 53 2 1 23 56 .278 .317 .389 .705 50.8 9.0
2010 28 IL GE 143 508 59 137 13 1 8 54 2 1 33 68 .270 .313 .346 .660 51.5 8.1
2011 29 IL GE 143 537 57 163 19 2 6 44 1 2 32 63 .304 .344 .380 .724 66.0 15.7
2012 30 IL GE 145 505 71 165 10 2 16 61 1 0 32 64 .327 .367 .450 .817 77.9 19.0
2013 31 IL GE 148 495 61 148 10 0 12 57 3 0 35 54 .299 .344 .392 .736 64.7 14.1
2014 32 IL GE 144 495 37 121 12 0 4 48 2 2 44 68 .244 .301 .293 .594 41.8 2.2
2015 33 IL GE 76 229 27 51 6 0 6 31 1 1 23 30 .223 .290 .328 .618 22.3 2.5
  CO GE 57 188 16 49 5 0 3 19 1 0 18 37 .261 .321 .335 .656 21.1 3.2
  TOT   133 417 43 100 11 0 9 50 2 1 41 67 .240 .304 .331 .635 43.4 5.6
2016 34 CO GE 132 444 39 117 9 1 5 48 2 0 35 71 .264 .319 .322 .641 47.1 7.2
2017 35 CO GE 140 466 54 120 20 2 9 57 3 2 45 79 .258 .327 .367 .694 56.1 10.2
2018 36 CO GE 123 396 40 100 12 3 3 40 0 0 29 85 .253 .304 .321 .624 35.1 3.4
2019 37 CO GE 3 12 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .083 .083 .083 .167 -0.5 0.0
    AAA   127 424 26 67 5 2 3 18 3 2 31 81 .158 .215 .200 .416 14.7  
13 Years Sim 1634 5717 623 1559 168 18 89 597 21 12 406 860 .273 .321 .355 .676 628.0 106.9
3 Years AAA 178 606 43 120 11 2 4 37 8 5 46 127 .198 .258 .243 .501 36.1  
1 Years AA 79 315 27 106 14 1 1 31 1 9 22 46 .337 .379 .397 .776 42.3  
1 Years A 10 43 7 15 0 0 1 4 2 0 2 8 .349 .391 .419 .810 6.8  
5 Years Minors 267 964 77 241 25 3 6 72 11 14 70 181 .250 .304 .301 .604 85.2  
162 Game Average 566 61 154 16 1 8 59 2 1 40 85 .273 .321 .355 .676 62.3  
Career Highs 148 537 71 165 21 4 16 61 3 2 45 97 .327 .367 .450 .817 77.9  
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   4192 478 1141 124 12 67 432 19 8 296 629 .272 .321 .355 .676 475.8
vs LH   1525 145 418 44 6 22 165 2 4 110 231 .274 .323 .354 .677 172.8
Home 789 2666 305 736 84 9 37 255 6 8 203 399 .276 .329 .356 .685 308.4
Away 845 3051 318 823 84 9 52 342 15 4 203 461 .270 .315 .354 .669 340.3
RISP   1364 0 372 39 5 21 488 0 0 118 216 .273 .326 .355 .681 161.9
Pinch Hitting   133 22 43 10 0 2 21 0 0 12 23 .323 .377 .444 .820 21.0
Close/Late   815 99 211 21 3 13 88 0 0 64 146 .259 .312 .340 .652 87.7
Mar/Apr 232 828 102 240 28 2 12 90 3 1 60 126 .290 .338 .372 .710 102.7
May 281 1011 102 278 38 4 14 96 2 2 75 163 .275 .324 .362 .687 117.5
June 271 928 99 250 25 1 17 103 4 1 48 122 .269 .306 .353 .660 98.7
July 255 904 91 237 22 3 18 114 5 1 63 146 .262 .312 .353 .664 99.8
August 295 1043 120 287 34 3 16 115 6 4 74 144 .275 .325 .360 .684 120.0
Sep/Oct 300 1003 109 267 21 5 12 79 1 3 86 159 .266 .323 .333 .656 109.9
Fielding Stats     Help
Bold lines indicate player won Zachary Matthews Award.
Year Age Tm Lg Pos G GS IP PO A E DP FPct RF RSA RTO RTO% PB DWS
2007 25 VIR FF C 120 112 1000.7 721 67 17 2 .979 7.09 122 39 .320 7 5.0
    RF 1 1 9.0 5 0 0 0 1.000 5.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2008 26 VIR FF C 133 125 1113.3 713 65 9 2 .989 6.29 129 32 .248 4 3.9
    RF 1 0 7.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2009 27 VIR FF C 59 58 495.0 215 30 5 0 .980 4.45 56 19 .339 2 2.8
    RF 1 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  IL GE C 50 48 446.3 194 27 4 0 .982 4.46 51 17 .333 1 1.7
    RF 0 0 0.5 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 109 106 941.3 409 57 9 0 .981 4.46 107 36 .336 3 4.5
      RF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2010 28 IL GE C 139 135 1206.7 585 78 8 3 .988 4.95 141 56 .397 4 10.9
2011 29 IL GE C 135 130 1202.0 653 74 11 2 .985 5.44 130 51 .392 7 9.1
    RF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2012 30 IL GE C 133 122 1121.7 669 59 9 1 .988 5.84 132 39 .295 3 6.2
    RF 3 0 3.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2013 31 IL GE C 125 117 1088.0 652 53 11 0 .985 5.83 115 37 .322 7 6.0
    RF 13 6 76.0 14 1 0 1 1.000 1.78 0 0 .000 0 0.2
2014 32 IL GE C 133 125 1173.0 738 66 10 0 .988 6.17 119 43 .361 4 9.7
2015 33 IL GE C 64 61 539.1 389 34 6 1 .986 7.06 67 24 .358 3 4.3
    1B 2 2 13.7 14 2 0 0 1.000 10.51 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 1.1 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  CO GE C 48 46 441.9 319 28 5 0 .986 7.07 55 19 .345 3 2.4
    1B 1 1 11.3 11 1 0 0 1.000 9.56 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 0.9 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   C 112 107 981.0 708 62 11 1 .986 7.06 122 43 .352 6 6.7
      1B 3 3 25.0 25 3 0 0 1.000 10.08   0.1
      RF 2 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 .00   0.0
2016 34 CO GE C 129 125 1139.7 838 58 11 0 .988 7.08 102 40 .392 9 8.3
2017 35 CO GE C 132 128 1147.0 795 53 9 1 .989 6.65 88 28 .318 5 6.4
2018 36 CO GE C 115 112 968.3 654 50 18 1 .975 6.54 102 31 .304 8 4.1
    RF 4 1 13.3 4 0 0 0 1.000 2.70 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2019 37 CO GE C 3 3 24.0 15 2 0 0 1.000 6.38 3 2 .667 0 0.2
  C 1518 1447 13106.6 8150 744 133 13 .985 6.11 1412 477 .338 67 80.9
  RF 27 8 115.3 25 1 0 1 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0 0.3
  1B 3 3 25.0 25 3 0 0 1.000 10.08 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
Career Totals   1549 1458 13247.9 8200 748 133 14 .985 6.08 1412 477 .338 67 81.3
Career Highs   139 135 1206.7 838 78 18 3 1.000 7.13 141 56 .667 9  
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
2009 27 IL GE 14 45 3 11 3 0 0 3 0 0 6 8 .244 .333 .311 .644
2010 28 IL GE 8 32 0 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .094 .121 .094 .215
2011 29 IL GE 14 54 4 15 1 0 0 8 0 1 4 7 .278 .322 .296 .618
2012 30 IL GE 12 45 4 12 1 0 1 4 0 0 6 8 .267 .353 .356 .708
2013 31 IL GE 16 60 7 22 2 0 1 10 0 1 1 5 .367 .375 .450 .825
2014 32 IL GE 18 65 7 19 1 0 2 6 0 0 8 6 .292 .370 .400 .770
2015 33 CO GE 11 40 1 11 1 0 0 4 0 0 1 3 .275 .293 .300 .593
2016 34 CO GE 16 68 8 25 3 0 4 17 0 1 1 9 .368 .386 .588 .974
2017 35 CO GE 6 19 1 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .316 .350 .368 .718
2018 36 CO GE 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000
Career Post-Season Batting 116 429 35 124 13 0 8 54 0 3 29 55 .289 .335 .375 .710
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
2011-9-.304
2012-6-.327
 Hits
2011-10-163
 Singles
2011-4-136
2012-8-137
      
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 11    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 28    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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  3. Jose Tarango (923)
  4. David Freels (919)
  5. James Salabie (912)
  6. Enigma Smoot (911)
  7. Barry Price (907)
  8. Matthew Strom (906)
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 4th overall pick, by Virginia in 2006
Had first career hit on 4/12/2007, off Lee Jarboe (NC)
Hit first career homerun on 5/1/2007, off Skip Burns (DC)
Injured on 5/23/2009 with a Torn Thigh Muscle, out for 4-5 weeks
Traded from Virginia to Illinois on 7/28/2009 (Going to Vir: P Dirk Carr, 1B Val Echols. Going to Ill: C James Easson, 1B John Gleaves, 2B Joshua Heavener)
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2009
Won Mays Award at Catcher in 2010
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2011
Won Mays Award at Catcher in 2011
Won Batter of the Month award on 5/1/2012, hitting .434 with 3 HR, 11 RBI
Had 24-game hitting streak snapped on 5/14/2012
Was selected to the 2012 Allstar game
Won National Cup with Illinois in 2013
Traded from Illinois to Colorado on 7/11/2015 (Going to Ill: P John Laidlaw. Going to Col: P Billy-Bob Suggs, C James Easson)
Won Mays Award at Catcher in 2015
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against Wisconsin on 5/24/2016
Won National Cup with Colorado in 2016
Won Mays Award at Catcher in 2016
 
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