Midwest League Managers

Jim Napier

Three Midwest League seasons:

Manager, Quad Cities [Cubs] (1979-80)
Manager, Appleton [White Sox] (1976)

Playing Career

Drafted/Signed: White Sox, free agent, 1958
Professional Career: Fourteen professional seasons, almost entirely in the White Sox system, largely at the Triple-A level.
Midwest League: Played for Dubuque in 1958.

Management style

Napier called for quite a few bunts, and was pretty aggressive on the basepaths if his talent supported it.

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Year	Team	League (Class)	Affiliate	G	CG	IBB	SBA	SB%	SH	W	L	PCT
James Carol Napier
DOB: August 2, 1938			Wasco, California


1986	Maine	International (AAA)	Indians	140	18	27	171	.58	51	58	82	.414
1985	Cleveland	American (ML)	Indians	Director of Player Development
1984	Iowa	American Association (AAA)	Cubs	154	24	34	277	.70	36	80	74	.519
1983	Iowa	American Association (AAA)	Cubs	136	27	38	276	.65	59	71	65	.522
			Playoff Qualifier
1982	Iowa	American Association (AAA)	Cubs	135	19	33	204	.63	58	73	62	.541
1981	Chicago	National (ML)	Cubs	Minor League Pitching Instructor
1980	Quad Cities	Midwest (A)	Cubs	139	38	32	279	.70	41	74	65	.532
			Playoff Qualifier
1979	Quad Cities	Midwest (A)	Cubs	134	29	24	309	.74	61	77	56	.579
			Playoff Qualifier; Playoff Champion
1978				Out of Baseball
1977	Knoxville	Southern (AA)	White Sox	137	24	26	200	.63	70	50	87	.365
1976	Appleton	Midwest (A)	White Sox	130	20	41	382	.71	47	56	74	.431
1975	Knoxville	Southern (AA)	White Sox	138	29	26	161	.52	53	63	75	.457
1974	Knoxville	Southern (AA)	White Sox	137	23	25	204	.65	32	72	63	.533
			Playoff Qualifier; Playoff Champion
1973	Knoxville	Southern (AA)	White Sox	139	40	30	185	.70	40	70	69	.504
1958-72				Playing Career

Front Office		1 Season
Minors		11 Seasons		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Coach		1 Season

Total		11 (13) Seasons		-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Some statistics are not currently available.

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Key to the Manager Statistics
G	= games
CG	= complete games
IBB	= intentional walks
SBA	= stolen base attempts
SB%	= stolen base percentage
SH	= sacrifice hits (bunts)
W	= wins
L	= losses
PCT	= won/lost percent
A note about using stats to compare managers.
Sources My standard sources are described here.

1980 Midwest League Managers
Cato	Emery	Espy	Lett
Lund	Martinez	Napier	Stelmaszek

1979 Midwest League Managers
Breazeale	Cato	Emery	Espy
McLaughlin	Napier	Robson	Stelmaszek

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Midwest League Managers

Jim Napier

Playing Career

Management style

James Carol Napier

Key to the Manager Statistics

Sources