Player Report for #8 John Lafortune

Player Demographics
	Name:	John Lafortune	Height:	6' 0"
	Nickname:	Frenchy	Weight:	221 lbs
	Date of Birth:	March 6, 1927	Bats:	L
	Drafted:		Throws:	L
	Current Status:	Retired
	Links:	Development History

Honors and Awards
Award	Years	Times Won
All-Star	1959, 1962, 1963	3

Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	WAR	wOBA	OPS+
1952 -	25	138	512	161	31	0	12	81	70	43	4	0	8	84	16	2	.315	.367	.445	.812	3.6	.356
1953 -	26	133	513	177	34	3	23	110	93	51	6	0	5	75	15	3	.345	.407	.557	.965	6.6	.414
1954 -	27	133	499	156	23	9	20	87	86	51	2	0	5	64	5	8	.313	.375	.515	.890	4.9	.383
1955 -	28	145	550	180	36	3	16	84	97	44	7	0	7	76	14	7	.327	.380	.491	.871	5.2	.378
1956 -	29	134	536	173	42	4	21	86	95	57	6	0	2	74	14	14	.323	.393	.534	.926	6.6	.400
1957 - DEN	30	91	355	119	17	4	18	49	69	41	3	1	2	54	12	13	.335	.406	.558	.964	3.9	.413	149
1958 - DEN	31	130	515	146	26	8	24	74	104	59	8	1	5	97	14	5	.283	.363	.505	.868	4.2	.373	127
1959 - OAK	32	60	235	76	17	4	12	55	38	20	1	0	5	45	6	5	.323	.372	.583	.955	2.2	.401	152
1959 - SF (AS)	32	78	284	83	21	2	11	37	68	35	4	1	3	46	8	3	.292	.374	.496	.871	2.2	.376	132
1959 - Tot (AS)	32	138	519	159	38	6	23	92	106	55	5	1	8	91	14	8	.306	.373	.536	.909	4.4	.387	141
1960 - SF	33	48	194	53	13	0	7	30	29	23	2	0	1	41	5	0	.273	.354	.449	.803	1.1	.352	113
1960 - LB	33	89	349	115	20	5	11	54	52	25	10	0	2	71	11	8	.330	.389	.510	.899	3.3	.390	138
1960 - Tot	33	137	543	168	33	5	18	84	81	48	12	0	3	112	16	8	.309	.376	.488	.864	4.4	.377	129
1961 - LB	34	44	170	63	8	1	6	22	32	16	3	0	0	26	1	2	.371	.434	.535	.969	1.9	.424	162
1962 - SEA (AS)	35	124	494	156	32	2	24	87	105	45	7	1	7	78	4	5	.316	.376	.534	.910	4.5	.389	140
1963 - SEA (AS)	36	102	370	113	18	4	10	56	72	57	1	7	3	65	5	3	.305	.397	.457	.854	2.7	.372	122
1963 - WAK	36	32	89	27	4	0	6	13	21	15	1	0	0	21	2	0	.303	.409	.551	.960	1.0	.414	148
1963 - Tot (AS)	36	134	459	140	22	4	16	69	93	72	2	7	3	86	7	3	.305	.399	.475	.874	3.7	.380	127
1964 - WAK	37	92	299	67	12	5	5	28	40	34	4	0	1	68	4	3	.224	.311	.348	.658	-0.1	.297	73
w/ SF (1xAS)		675	2552	810	158	17	89	429	443	247	25	1	29	386	63	23	.317	.379	.497	.876	23.5	.380	124
w/ DEN		355	1406	438	85	16	63	209	268	157	17	2	9	225	40	32	.311	.385	.529	.914	14.7	.393	136
w/ OAK		60	235	76	17	4	12	55	38	20	1	0	5	45	6	5	.323	.372	.583	.955	2.2	.401	152
w/ LB		133	519	178	28	6	17	76	84	41	13	0	2	97	12	10	.343	.404	.518	.922	5.3	.401	146
w/ SEA (2xAS)		226	864	269	50	6	34	143	177	102	8	8	10	143	9	8	.311	.385	.501	.886	7.1	.381	132
w/ WAK		124	388	94	16	5	11	41	61	49	5	0	1	89	6	3	.242	.334	.394	.728	1.0	.325	90
Per 162 games		162	614	192	36	6	23	98	110	63	7	1	6	101	14	8	.313	.380	.504	.884	5.5	.382	131
Totals		1573	5964	1865	354	54	226	953	1071	616	69	11	56	985	136	81	.313	.380	.504	.884	53.7	.382	131

Expanded Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	PA	Outs	EBH	TB	IBB	PS	PS/PA	PA/HR	BB/K	GDP	PwrSpd	SB%	RC	RC/27	BBABIP	ISO
1952 -	25	567	361	43	228	0	0	0.00	47.2	0.51	0	13.7	88.9	91.8	6.9	.351	.131
1953 -	26	575	344	60	286	0	0	0.00	25.0	0.68	0	18.2	83.3	125.0	9.8	.367	.212
1954 -	27	557	356	52	257	0	0	0.00	27.9	0.80	0	8.0	38.5	99.6	7.6	.324	.202
1955 -	28	608	384	55	270	0	0	0.00	38.0	0.58	0	14.9	66.7	108.4	7.6	.353	.164
1956 -	29	601	379	67	286	0	0	0.00	28.6	0.77	0	16.8	50.0	114.8	8.2	.343	.211
1957 - DEN	30	402	252	39	198	1	1426	3.55	22.3	0.76	4	14.4	48.0	78.8	8.4	.354	.223
1958 - DEN	31	588	380	58	260	4	2228	3.79	24.5	0.61	4	17.7	73.7	99.5	7.1	.306	.221
1959 - OAK	32	261	169	33	137	1	967	3.71	21.8	0.44	1	8.0	54.5	51.6	8.2	.350	.260
1959 - SF (AS)	32	327	208	34	141	2	1199	3.67	29.7	0.76	5	9.3	72.7	54.7	7.1	.313	.204
1959 - Tot (AS)	32	588	377	67	278	3	2166	3.68	25.6	0.60	6	17.4	63.6	106.3	7.6	.329	.229
1960 - SF	33	220	142	20	87	2	795	3.61	31.4	0.56	2	5.8	100.0	33.2	6.3	.313	.175
1960 - LB	33	386	244	36	178	2	1382	3.58	35.1	0.35	1	11.0	57.9	70.6	7.8	.387	.180
1960 - Tot	33	606	386	56	265	4	2177	3.59	33.7	0.43	3	16.9	66.7	103.6	7.2	.361	.179
1961 - LB	34	189	109	15	91	5	636	3.37	31.5	0.62	4	1.7	33.3	38.3	9.5	.413	.165
1962 - SEA (AS)	35	554	351	58	264	0	2075	3.75	23.1	0.58	9	6.9	44.4	99.4	7.6	.331	.219
1963 - SEA (AS)	36	438	270	32	169	1	1609	3.67	43.8	0.88	9	6.7	62.5	69.6	7.0	.346	.151
1963 - WAK	36	105	62	10	49	1	432	4.11	17.5	0.71	0	3.0	100.0	22.1	9.6	.339	.247
1963 - Tot (AS)	36	543	332	42	218	2	2041	3.76	33.9	0.84	9	9.7	70.0	91.4	7.4	.344	.170
1964 - WAK	37	338	236	22	104	2	1235	3.65	67.6	0.50	3	4.4	57.1	34.0	3.9	.273	.124
w/ SF (1xAS)		2854	1795	264	1269	4	1994	0.70	32.1	0.64	7	73.8	73.3	511.3	7.7	.342	.180
w/ DEN		1591	1011	164	744	5	3654	2.30	25.3	0.70	8	48.9	55.6	292.8	7.8	.333	.218
w/ OAK		261	169	33	137	1	967	3.71	21.8	0.44	1	8.0	54.5	51.6	8.2	.350	.260
w/ LB		575	353	51	269	7	2018	3.51	33.8	0.42	5	14.1	54.5	108.9	8.3	.396	.175
w/ SEA (2xAS)		992	621	90	433	1	3684	3.71	29.2	0.71	18	14.2	52.9	169.2	7.4	.337	.190
w/ WAK		443	298	32	153	3	1667	3.76	40.3	0.55	3	7.8	66.7	54.5	4.9	.287	.152
Per 162 games		692	437	65	309	2	1440	2.08	29.7	0.63	4	17.5	62.7	122.2	7.5	.341	.191
Totals		6716	4247	634	3005	21	13984	2.08	29.7	0.63	42	169.8	62.7	1186.5	7.5	.341	.191

Postseason Batting Stats

Year/Team	Age	G	AB	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	R	BB	HP	SH	SF	K	SB	CS	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	wOBA
1957 - DEN	30	7	27	10	2	1	0	1	4	1	2	0	0	4	1	1	.370	.433	.518	.952	.419
1958 - DEN	31	6	24	12	1	0	1	3	6	2	0	0	0	1	2	0	.500	.538	.667	1.205	.524
1962 - SEA	35	16	64	16	6	0	0	5	9	4	0	0	1	15	0	0	.250	.290	.344	.634	.280
w/ DEN		13	51	22	3	1	1	4	10	3	2	0	0	5	3	1	.431	.482	.588	1.070	.468
w/ SEA		16	64	16	6	0	0	5	9	4	0	0	1	15	0	0	.250	.290	.344	.634	.280
Per 162 games		162	642	212	50	6	6	50	106	39	11	0	6	112	17	6	.330	.376	.452	.828	.364
Totals		29	115	38	9	1	1	9	19	7	2	0	1	20	3	1	.330	.376	.452	.828	.364

Fielding Stats

Year/Team	Age	Pos	G	GS	PO	A	DP	TC	E	Pct	Inn	Rng	ZR	PB	SBA	RTO	RTO%
1957 - DEN	30	LF	60	58	129	3	0	132	0	1.000	522.7	2.27	0.0
1957 - DEN	30	CF	31	30	69	1	0	70	0	1.000	252.0	2.50	0.0
1957 - DEN	30	RF	1	1	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	9.0	2.00	0.0
1958 - DEN	31	LF	49	48	100	2	0	103	1	.990	423.7	2.17	0.0
1958 - DEN	31	CF	80	79	203	2	1	206	1	.995	703.3	2.62	0.0
1959 - SF	32	SS	1	0	1	1	2	2	0	1.000	2.0	9.00	0.0
1959 - SF	32	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1.0	0.00	0.0
1959 - OAK	32	LF	47	47	88	1	0	91	2	.978	415.7	1.93	0.0
1959 - LF Tot (AS)	32	LF	48	47	88	1	0	91	2	.978	416.7	1.92	0.0
1959 - OAK	32	CF	13	13	29	0	0	30	1	.967	114.7	2.28	0.0
1959 - SF	32	RF	70	68	131	8	0	142	3	.979	604.3	2.07	0.0
1960 - LB	33	CF	88	88	219	3	1	222	0	1.000	774.7	2.58	0.0
1960 - SF	33	RF	48	48	82	4	0	87	1	.989	443.3	1.75	0.0
1961 - LB	34	2B	1	0	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	8.0	4.50	0.0
1961 - LB	34	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	4.0	0.00	0.0
1961 - LB	34	CF	30	29	65	2	0	70	3	.957	261.0	2.31	0.0
1961 - LB	34	RF	12	11	15	3	1	18	0	1.000	99.0	1.64	0.0
1962 - SEA	35	LF	2	1	3	0	0	3	0	1.000	16.0	1.69	0.0
1962 - SEA	35	CF	8	6	8	1	0	10	1	.900	59.0	1.37	0.0
1962 - SEA	35	RF	110	110	171	6	0	182	5	.973	970.7	1.64	0.0
1963 - WAK	36	LF	18	18	30	4	0	36	2	.944	150.0	2.04	0.0
1963 - SEA	36	LF	35	34	40	1	0	41	0	1.000	295.0	1.25	0.0
1963 - LF Tot (AS)	36	LF	53	52	70	5	0	77	2	.974	445.0	1.52	0.0
1963 - WAK	36	CF	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	4.3	4.15	0.0
1963 - SEA	36	CF	8	5	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	46.0	1.37	0.0
1963 - CF Tot (AS)	36	CF	10	5	9	0	0	9	0	1.000	50.3	1.61	0.0
1963 - WAK	36	RF	5	4	7	0	0	7	0	1.000	37.0	1.70	0.0
1963 - SEA	36	RF	55	53	103	6	0	111	2	.982	473.3	2.07	0.0
1963 - RF Tot (AS)	36	RF	60	57	110	6	0	118	2	.983	510.3	2.05	0.0
1964 - WAK	37	SS	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1.000	2.0	4.50	0.0
1964 - WAK	37	LF	63	63	114	8	0	127	5	.961	561.0	1.96	0.0
1964 - WAK	37	CF	13	5	18	0	0	18	0	1.000	50.7	3.20	0.0
1964 - WAK	37	RF	2	0	2	0	0	2	0	1.000	3.0	6.00	0.0
Second Base			1	0	2	2	0	4	0	1.000	8.0	4.50	0.0
Shortstop			2	0	2	1	2	3	0	1.000	4.0	6.75	0.0
Left Field			276	269	504	19	0	533	10	.981	2389.0	1.97	0.0
Center Field			273	255	620	9	2	635	6	.991	2265.7	2.50	0.0
Right Field			303	295	513	27	1	551	11	.980	2639.7	1.84	0.0

Leaderboard Appearances

Year	GS	Rank
1960	136	9

Year	H	Rank
1959	159	9
1960	168	9

Year	K	Rank
1960	112	8

Year	TB	Rank
1959	278	5

Year	2B	Rank
1959	38	3

Year	3B	Rank
1958	8	8
1959	6	7

Year	HR	Rank
1959	23	10

Year	RBI	Rank
1959	92	6

Year	R	Rank
1958	104	8
1959	106	1
1962	105	6

Year	HBP	Rank
1960	12	10

Year	SF	Rank
1959	8	4
1962	7	10

Year	EBH	Rank
1959	67	2

Year	SLG	Rank
1959	.536	8

Year	RC	Rank
1959	105.2	8

Year	RC/27	Rank
1959	7.4	10

Year	ISO	Rank
1959	.229	5

Year	OPS	Rank
1959	.909	10

Year	wRC+	Rank
1959	46.6321	10
1962	44.0682	10

Career Metrics
Black Ink	3
Gray Ink	28
HOF Standards (batting)	37

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