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James
Aikin		  
Bats: Left
Throws: Left
Height: 6' 4''
Weight: 245
 
Born: June 5, 1989 in Usa
 
Ratings - Batting     Help
                                             
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Year Age Tm Lg Salary   vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA vL vR OA
2012 23 NV GE     5 5 4 2 2 2 5 5 5 2 2 2 5 6 5
2013 24 NV GE     7 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7 3 3 3 5 7 6
2014 25 NV GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 4 5 5 7 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 8
2015 26 NV GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 5 5 5 7 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 8
2016 27 NV GE $ 300,000   8 8 7 5 6 5 7 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 8
2017 28 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 8
2018 29 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 7 6 6 6 7 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 8
2019 30 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 8
2020 31 IL GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 8 3 4 4 7 8 8
2021 32 IL GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 8
2022 33 NV GE $ 300,000   6 6 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 3 3 3 7 8 8
2023 34 NV GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 7 8 7 3 3 3 7 8 8
2024 35 NV GE $ 300,000   7 7 6 6 6 6 6 7 7 3 4 3 6 8 7
2025 36 NV GE $ 300,000   5 5 5 5 5 5 6 7 6 3 3 3 6 7 7
2026 37 NV GE $ 300,000   3 3 2 1 2 2 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
2027 38 NV GE $ 300,000   1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 3 3
OOTP6 Min Ratings     1 1 1 1 1 1 3 4 4 2 2 2 3 3 3
OOTP6 Max Ratings $ 300,000   8 8 7 6 7 7 7 8 8 4 4 4 7 8 8
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
2012 23 AA   136 528 81 158 26 5 12 50 23 10 49 60 .299 .359 .436 .794 80.8  
2013 24 AAA   135 503 61 129 28 2 7 49 14 12 40 58 .256 .311 .362 .673 54.7  
2014 25 NV GE 101 348 42 108 21 4 3 43 16 12 23 33 .310 .355 .420 .774 47.2 11.7
    AAA   35 136 12 43 6 0 5 20 1 4 15 6 .316 .384 .471 .855 22.6  
2015 26 NV GE 150 553 75 157 43 2 11 60 16 16 37 42 .284 .338 .429 .766 74.9 17.9
2016 27 NV GE 158 567 64 135 31 1 12 50 15 8 45 62 .238 .302 .360 .661 59.9 13.5
2017 28 IL GE 157 565 62 155 32 2 13 69 6 5 43 49 .274 .326 .407 .733 71.5 15.1
2018 29 IL GE 155 547 75 156 37 2 16 70 2 4 51 40 .285 .350 .448 .798 82.9 15.9
2019 30 IL GE 154 554 80 179 39 1 14 82 7 4 34 36 .323 .363 .473 .836 84.2 16.2
2020 31 IL GE 153 488 69 138 25 4 19 65 4 0 41 40 .283 .343 .467 .810 72.0 16.4
2021 32 IL GE 147 487 65 123 26 4 18 61 8 3 31 32 .253 .303 .433 .737 61.1 14.9
2022 33 IL GE 13 43 2 7 2 1 0 2 1 0 4 3 .163 .234 .256 .490 2.4 0.0
  NV GE 98 141 24 39 7 1 6 27 5 2 5 7 .277 .306 .468 .774 19.0 3.7
  TOT   111 184 26 46 9 2 6 29 6 2 9 10 .250 .289 .418 .707 21.4 3.7
2023 34 NV GE 80 79 8 29 5 1 1 12 1 2 6 5 .367 .412 .494 .905 14.2 3.8
2024 35 NV GE 57 52 9 17 2 1 1 10 1 1 4 3 .327 .362 .462 .824 8.0 1.5
    AAA   33 123 18 47 11 0 7 25 1 4 10 5 .382 .429 .642 1.071 27.5  
2025 36 NV GE 59 51 7 13 3 1 2 10 0 0 0 6 .255 .250 .471 .721 6.2 0.8
    AAA   25 108 19 39 10 0 8 30 1 6 4 14 .361 .384 .676 1.060 22.2  
2026 37 NV GE 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 0.4 0.0
    AAA   60 250 35 74 12 1 9 38 4 3 14 13 .296 .333 .460 .793 36.3  
2027 38 AAA   136 488 38 77 19 3 3 47 7 3 32 87 .158 .210 .227 .437 18.8  
13 Years Sim 1485 4477 583 1257 273 25 116 561 82 57 324 358 .281 .333 .431 .764 603.9 131.5
6 Years AAA 424 1608 183 409 86 6 39 209 28 32 115 183 .254 .308 .388 .696 182.1  
1 Years AA 136 528 81 158 26 5 12 50 23 10 49 60 .299 .369 .436 .805 80.8  
7 Years Minors 560 2136 264 567 112 11 51 259 51 42 164 243 .265 .324 .400 .724 262.9  
162 Game Average 488 63 137 29 2 12 61 8 6 35 39 .281 .333 .431 .764 65.9  
Career Highs 158 567 80 179 43 4 19 82 16 16 51 62 .500 .500 .500 1.000 84.2  
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   3492 481 1028 215 19 92 436 74 46 274 238 .294 .350 .446 .796 513.3
vs LH   985 102 229 58 6 24 125 8 11 50 120 .232 .272 .377 .649 95.4
Home 745 2193 280 623 131 14 53 264 41 25 159 178 .284 .336 .429 .765 300.4
Away 740 2284 303 634 142 11 63 297 41 32 165 180 .278 .331 .432 .763 308.2
RISP   993 0 268 62 6 31 409 0 0 136 85 .270 .354 .438 .792 156.7
Pinch Hitting   325 43 102 18 3 8 60 6 4 23 20 .314 .356 .462 .817 50.3
Close/Late   640 73 180 35 7 6 71 0 0 56 46 .281 .343 .386 .729 82.0
Mar/Apr 221 681 74 175 34 2 13 77 8 4 44 54 .257 .306 .370 .676 74.8
May 254 731 98 204 48 3 14 89 13 12 57 68 .279 .335 .410 .745 94.6
June 251 741 89 205 43 2 16 78 15 4 60 53 .277 .334 .405 .739 98.4
July 212 663 87 194 42 5 22 82 16 9 46 50 .293 .346 .471 .817 100.2
August 247 771 107 218 49 4 26 113 13 15 52 63 .283 .328 .458 .786 108.5
Sep/Oct 300 890 128 261 57 9 25 122 17 13 65 70 .293 .347 .462 .809 132.0
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 NV GE RF 86 85 759.0 216 6 2 3 .991 2.63 0 0 .000 0 2.6
    2B 1 0 1.7 0 2 0 0 1.000 10.84 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2015 26 NV GE RF 140 127 1159.0 289 6 4 1 .987 2.29 0 0 .000 0 2.3
    LF 2 2 16.0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.13 0 0 .000 0  
    2B 1 1 9.0 0 1 0 0 1.000 1.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 3.3 6 0 0 1 1.000 16.22 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
2016 27 NV GE RF 137 126 1117.7 281 9 2 2 .993 2.34 0 0 .000 0 0.9
    1B 18 18 158.3 147 9 2 15 .987 8.87 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2017 28 IL GE RF 155 146 1315.0 297 8 2 2 .993 2.09 0 0 .000 0 2.3
2018 29 IL GE RF 149 142 1286.3 266 3 4 2 .985 1.88 0 0 .000 0 2.9
2019 30 IL GE RF 147 137 1246.0 259 7 0 1 1.000 1.92 0 0 .000 0 2.9
2020 31 IL GE RF 144 120 1099.0 272 4 5 0 .982 2.26 0 0 .000 0 2.1
2021 32 IL GE RF 140 122 1121.0 310 9 2 4 .994 2.56 0 0 .000 0 1.9
2022 33 IL GE RF 5 3 54.2 15 1 0 0 1.000 2.66 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    CF 1 1 15.7 5 0 0 0 1.000 2.87 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  NV GE RF 34 20 170.8 46 2 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.8
    CF 6 6 49.3 17 1 1 0 .947 3.29 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  TOT   RF 39 23 225.0 61 3 0 0 1.000 2.56   1.1
      CF 7 7 65.0 22 1 1 0 .958 3.18   0.0
2023 34 NV GE RF 14 4 47.3 11 2 0 1 1.000 2.47 0 0 .000 0 0.2
    LF 1 0 9.0 3 0 0 0 1.000 3.00 0 0 .000 0  
    C 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    CF 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0  
2024 35 NV GE RF 8 3 34.0 7 0 0 0 1.000 1.85 0 0 .000 0 0.1
2025 36 NV GE RF 5 1 10.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 0.90 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    1B 1 0 4.0 5 0 0 1 1.000 11.25 0 0 .000 0 0.0
    LF 1 0 1.7 1 0 0 0 1.000 5.42 0 0 .000 0  
  RF 1164 1036 9419.3 2270 57 21 16 .991 2.22 0 0 .000 0 19.2
  1B 20 18 165.7 158 9 2 17 .988 9.07 0 0 .000 0 0.1
  CF 8 7 66.0 22 1 1 0 .958 3.14 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  LF 4 2 26.7 6 0 0 0 1.000 2.03 0 0 .000 0  
  2B 2 1 10.7 0 3 0 0 1.000 2.53 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  C 1 0 5.0 1 0 0 0 1.000 1.80 0 0 .000 0 0.0
  3B 1 0 1.0 0 0 0 0 .000 0.00 0 0 .000 0 0.0
Career Totals   1200 1064 9694.3 2457 70 24 33 .991 2.35 0 0 .000 0 19.4
Career Highs   155 146 1315.0 428 18 5 17 1.000 4.02 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
2014 25 NV GE 4 18 3 4 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 2 .222 .263 .444 .708
2023 34 NV GE 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000
2024 35 NV GE 11 9 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 .444 .500 .778 1.278
Career Post-Season Batting 18 30 6 8 2 1 1 2 0 1 2 4 .267 .313 .500 .813
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
2019-10-.323
 Games
2016-3-158
 Doubles
2015-2-43
2018-9-37
 Caught Stealing
2015-9-16
    
 
   Black Ink Test: 0    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 26)
   Gray Ink Test: 9    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 157)
   Hall of Fame Standards: 20    (Avg Batter in HOF ~ 62)
 
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History
Drafted in 1st round, 14th overall pick, by Nevada in 2012
Had first career hit on 4/21/2014, off Leo Cleland (Ill)
Hit first career homerun on 7/11/2014, off Samuel Bylee (Wis)
Had 5 hits with 1 RBI against California on 6/25/2015
Named Nevada Dragons MVP for the 2015 season
Traded from Nevada to Illinois on 4/2/2017 (Going to NV: P Jacob Slinkard, Il's 1st round draft pick in 2017 draft. Going to IL: RF James Aikin, RF Robert Killian, NV's 2nd round pick in 2017 draft, Il's 2nd round pick in 2017 draft)
Won Player of the Week award on 5/10/2019, hitting .524 with 2 HR, 6 RBI
Injured on 6/23/2021 with a Strained Abdominal Muscle, out for one week
Traded from Illinois to Nevada on 4/21/2022 (Going to IL: P David Bonneau, C Carlos Fimenez, CF Dean Lawson, CF Clove Rodriguez, P Benicio Chuquimia. Going to NV: SS Rudy Lareau, 1B Thad Hambro, C Rodney McNamee, RF Robert Roller, RF James Aikin)
Injured on 6/14/2026 with a Torn Rib Cage Muscle, out for 8 weeks
 
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