James
Salabie
 
Bats: Left
Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0''
Weight: 225
 
Born: September 29, 1988 in Usa
 
Awards & Accomplishments
Zachary Matthews Award 2020    2025   
All-Star Selections 2017    2018    2025    2026   
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
2008 19 MA FF   1 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Min Ratings   1 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
OOTP5 Max Ratings   1 2 2 4 4 4 0 0 0 1 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 2
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2009 20 MA FF     3 3 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
2010 21 MA FF     4 4 3 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
2011 22 MA FF     4 4 4 2 2 2 4 5 5 2 2 2 4 4 4
2012 23 MA FF     5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 3 2 5 5 5
2013 24 MA FF     5 5 5 3 3 3 5 5 5 2 3 3 5 5 5
2014 25 MA FF $ 300,000   5 5 5 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2015 26 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 4 4 4 5 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2016 27 MA FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 4 5 5 3 3 3 6 6 6
2017 28 MA FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 4 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
2018 29 MA FF $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 3 4 4 6 6 6
2019 30 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
2020 31 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
2021 32 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
2022 33 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 4 4 4 5 5 5
2023 34 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 6 6 6
2024 35 MA FF $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
2025 36 NV GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
2026 37 NV GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 6 6 4 4 4 3 4 4 5 5 5
2027 38 NV GE $ 300,000   3 3 3 2 2 2 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
2028 39 NV GE $ 300,000   2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 4 4 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     2 2 2 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 4 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
2008 19 A   136 512 50 147 19 0 5 60 0 0 30 102 .287 .327 .354 .680 57.5  
2009 20 A   124 419 41 106 24 3 5 41 2 2 37 58 .253 .314 .360 .674 46.9  
2010 21 A   135 452 49 127 31 2 3 42 3 2 41 45 .281 .341 .378 .719 56.9  
2011 22 A   134 482 59 142 24 2 6 54 2 2 51 54 .295 .362 .390 .752 67.4  
2012 23 AA   124 467 58 145 22 1 7 57 2 1 56 50 .310 .384 .407 .791 72.6  
    A   14 51 2 17 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 .333 .382 .373 .754 7.0  
2013 24 AAA   69 284 36 78 11 0 9 37 2 0 17 28 .275 .316 .408 .724 36.2  
    AA   68 269 29 74 9 0 8 37 0 0 28 24 .275 .343 .398 .741 37.3  
2014 25 MA FF 105 338 20 77 12 1 5 42 0 1 17 68 .228 .268 .314 .582 26.6 1.5
2015 26 MA FF 118 407 36 100 13 0 11 50 0 0 16 48 .246 .278 .359 .637 37.6 4.3
2016 27 MA FF 96 300 32 87 13 0 3 37 0 0 16 30 .290 .334 .363 .698 35.1 7.4
2017 28 MA FF 147 445 59 142 22 2 15 59 1 0 32 53 .319 .374 .479 .852 74.3 21.0
2018 29 MA FF 142 453 61 145 15 3 9 78 0 1 29 40 .320 .365 .426 .791 64.7 14.0
2019 30 MA FF 111 332 48 103 14 1 8 41 0 0 21 24 .310 .357 .431 .788 49.1 10.0
2020 31 MA FF 136 392 39 122 11 3 4 53 0 1 21 42 .311 .343 .385 .728 47.3 8.4
2021 32 MA FF 135 388 42 113 14 0 8 51 0 0 26 46 .291 .337 .389 .727 45.9 7.8
2022 33 MA FF 110 258 28 79 7 0 11 52 0 0 17 34 .306 .354 .461 .815 40.3 9.5
2023 34 MA FF 145 387 40 102 8 2 8 44 0 1 30 58 .264 .318 .357 .674 41.3 5.2
2024 35 MA FF 151 359 39 96 9 2 11 47 0 0 26 49 .267 .326 .396 .721 45.8 7.4
2025 36 NV GE 138 510 61 151 18 1 15 76 1 0 31 79 .296 .335 .424 .759 71.7 13.6
2026 37 NV GE 115 386 41 108 16 0 8 60 1 0 19 60 .280 .315 .383 .698 45.0 7.6
2027 38 NV GE 109 363 39 85 9 1 11 57 1 0 24 68 .234 .281 .355 .636 36.3 5.5
2028 39 AAA   134 429 41 83 19 0 2 49 0 1 30 80 .193 .246 .252 .498 24.2  
14 Years Sim 1758 5318 585 1510 181 16 127 747 4 4 325 699 .284 .328 .396 .724 660.9 123.3
2 Years AAA 203 713 77 161 30 0 11 86 2 1 47 108 .226 .284 .314 .598 60.5  
2 Years AA 192 736 87 219 31 1 15 94 2 1 84 74 .298 .375 .404 .778 109.9  
5 Years A 543 1916 201 539 100 7 19 197 7 6 163 261 .281 .342 .371 .713 235.7  
9 Years Minors 938 3365 365 919 161 8 45 377 11 8 294 443 .273 .337 .366 .703 406.1  
162 Game Average 490 53 139 16 1 11 68 0 0 29 64 .284 .328 .396 .724 60.9  
Career Highs 151 510 61 151 22 3 15 78 1 1 32 79 .320 .374 .479 .852 74.3  
Career Batting Splits     Help
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Category G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO AVG OBP SLG OPS XR
vs RH   4677 529 1360 169 15 113 659 3 3 297 596 .291 .337 .406 .742 613.6
vs LH   641 56 150 12 1 14 88 1 1 28 103 .234 .266 .321 .588 53.6
Home 872 2590 287 745 97 5 51 346 3 2 162 334 .288 .334 .388 .722 322.3
Away 886 2728 298 765 84 11 76 401 1 2 163 365 .280 .323 .403 .726 344.9
RISP   1455 0 409 43 4 42 602 0 0 119 191 .281 .332 .403 .735 195.6
Pinch Hitting   333 35 100 6 1 7 54 1 0 29 38 .300 .353 .387 .741 46.1
Close/Late   691 71 196 22 0 20 101 0 0 46 91 .284 .330 .402 .732 89.8
Mar/Apr 240 728 89 223 26 1 19 102 1 0 40 99 .306 .348 .423 .771 100.9
May 268 822 90 245 27 5 16 130 2 0 50 116 .298 .341 .401 .742 108.1
June 284 921 113 293 37 5 25 147 0 0 48 111 .318 .355 .451 .805 136.9
July 298 931 90 247 30 1 21 122 1 0 65 120 .265 .315 .367 .683 107.0
August 325 944 98 262 33 1 17 111 0 4 61 135 .278 .325 .369 .694 108.8
Sep/Oct 343 972 105 240 28 3 29 135 0 0 61 118 .247 .294 .371 .665 105.5
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
2014 25 MA FF C 100 98 853.0 383 45 9 1 .979 4.52 107 33 .308 2 2.4
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2015 26 MA FF C 117 117 1021.0 507 44 10 0 .982 4.86 101 32 .317 2 3.3
2016 27 MA FF C 83 82 698.0 383 28 7 2 .983 5.30 58 15 .259 2 2.9
    CF 2 0 4.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 2 0 2.0 0 0 1 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2017 28 MA FF C 116 116 951.7 610 52 11 0 .984 6.26 90 31 .344 3 3.6
2018 29 MA FF C 113 113 917.0 599 33 3 0 .995 6.20 84 23 .274 4 4.8
    CF 3 0 6.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    RF 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0  
2019 30 MA FF C 90 89 723.7 498 34 4 0 .993 6.62 67 23 .343 0 3.6
2020 31 MA FF C 101 101 813.3 563 37 6 0 .990 6.64 63 20 .317 4 3.5
    RF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2021 32 MA FF C 99 98 814.7 552 39 6 0 .990 6.53 84 27 .321 5 2.8
    CF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
    LF 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2022 33 MA FF C 59 58 492.3 300 26 1 0 .997 5.96 44 16 .364 1 3.3
    CF 1 0 8.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2023 34 MA FF C 95 95 822.3 521 46 3 1 .995 6.21 73 31 .425 1 5.8
    LF 1 0 3.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2024 35 MA FF C 106 60 615.3 289 41 3 1 .991 4.83 82 27 .329 3 3.6
    LF 16 16 142.0 22 5 4 0 .871 1.71 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2025 36 NV GE C 136 132 1196.3 667 75 13 0 .983 5.58 146 56 .384 6 7.8
2026 37 NV GE C 112 99 891.3 509 48 4 0 .993 5.62 86 29 .337 1 6.0
2027 38 NV GE C 105 102 885.7 522 47 8 0 .986 5.78 97 30 .309 1 4.3
    RF 1 0 2.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 4.50 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1432 1360 11695.6 6903 595 88 5 .988 5.77 1182 393 .332 35 57.8
  LF 21 16 150.0 22 5 5 0 .844 1.62 0 0 .000 0 0.2
  CF 8 0 21.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 0.86 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  RF 3 0 9.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 2.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 2.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  2B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1466 1376 11878.6 6929 600 93 5 .988 5.70 1182 393 .332 35 58.0
Career Highs   136 132 1196.3 667 75 13 2 .997 6.62 146 56 .425 6  
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
2016 27 MA FF 7 25 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .120 .185 .160 .345
2017 28 MA FF 12 37 4 10 0 0 1 4 0 0 3 4 .270 .341 .351 .693
2018 29 MA FF 12 27 1 10 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 .370 .452 .481 .933
2019 30 MA FF 5 16 2 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 1 .375 .421 .563 .984
2020 31 MA FF 3 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000
2021 32 MA FF 16 55 7 14 2 0 1 6 0 0 5 10 .255 .339 .345 .684
2022 33 MA FF 5 17 1 5 0 0 1 4 0 0 1 5 .294 .333 .471 .804
2026 37 NV GE 6 15 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .200 .250 .267 .517
Career Post-Season Batting 66 198 15 51 7 0 4 19 0 0 18 26 .258 .327 .354 .681
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
2017-3-.309*
Slugging Pct
2017-6-.463*
OPS
2017-7-.826*
     
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 7    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 32    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 2nd round, 40th overall pick, by Massachusetts in 2008
Injured on 5/8/2009 with a Inflamed Hip Muscle, out for 1-2 weeks
Had first career hit on 4/12/2014, off Damien Holcombe (Mry)
Hit first career homerun on 5/28/2014, off Mark Trowers (Fla)
Injured on 4/25/2016 with a Broken Ribs, out for 4-5 weeks
Was selected to the 2017 Allstar game
Drove in 7 runs against Maryland on 6/24/2018
Was selected to the 2018 Allstar game
Injured on 4/9/2019 with a Broken Cheekbone, out for 5-6 weeks
Won Player of the Week award on 9/27/2019, hitting .500 with 2 HR, 5 RBI
Had 5 hits with 3 RBI against New York on 8/16/2020
Won Mays Award at Catcher in 2020
Traded from Massachusetts to Nevada on 4/2/2025 (Going to NV: 2B Davis Shear, C James Salabie. Going to MA: LF Marcos Briceno, P Joseph Clark)
Drove in 6 runs against Minnesota on 4/24/2025
Was selected to the 2025 Allstar game
Won Mays Award at Catcher in 2025
Was selected to the 2026 Allstar game