Cliff Aberson

Clifford Alexander Aberson (Kif)

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: August 28, 1921 in Chicago, IL
High School: Senn HS (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1947
Team: Cubs 1947-1949

Final Game: May 9, 1949
Died: June 23, 1973 in Vallejo, CA
Buried: Suisun-Fairfield Cemetery, Fairfield, CA
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1941	19	CHC-min	D	96	395	336	55	78	15	3	14	57	5	53	120	.232	.340	.420	.760		141		2	4		JAN · WISL
1942	20	CHC-min	D	109	391	391		110	18	2	22					.281	.281	.506	.788		198					JAN · WISL
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946		Did not play in major leagues (Pro Football)
1947	25	CHC-min	A,AA	67	238	238		73	13	6	20					.307	.307	.664	.971		158					DMO,TUL · WL,TL
1947	25	CHC	NL	47	161	140	24	39	6	3	4	20	0	20	32	.279	.369	.450	.819	120	63	5	0	0	O7
1948	26	CHC-min	AAA	116	470	389	94	128	22	4	34	103	1	76	99	.329	.442	.668	1.111		260		3	2		LOS · PCL
1948	26	CHC	NL	12	37	32	1	6	1	0	1	6	0	5	10	.188	.297	.313	.610	69	10	0	0	0	/7O
1949	27	CHC-min	AAA	103	368	313	43	72	15	3	17	49	1	54	86	.230	.343	.460	.803		144		0	1		LOS · PCL
1949	27	CHC	NL	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	/O9
1950	28	LAD-min	AAA,AA	127	402	343	39	87	24	5	21	28	2	53	52	.254	.357	.536	.893		184	6	2	4		STP,MOB,HOL · AA,SOUA,PCL
1954	32	LAD-min	A	20	67	67		16	3	1	3					.239	.239	.448	.687		30					PBO · WL
3 Yrs				63	205	179	25	45	7	3	5	26	0	25	44	.251	.343	.408	.751	103	73	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	527	460	64	116	18	8	13	67	0	64	113	.251	.343	.408	.751	103	188	15	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	Rbat	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1947	25	CHC	NL	47	161	4	0	-4	-2	-2	-0.2	6	4	0.4	.495	.499	0.8	-0.6	7	$	O7
1948	26	CHC	NL	12	37	-2	0	-1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.475	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/7O
1949	27	CHC	NL	4	7	-2	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.444	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/O9
3 Seasons				63	205	0	-0	-5	-2	-7	-0.7	7	0	0.0	.488	.498	0.5	-0.7	5	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
1947	25	CHC	NL	161	106	23	5.8	102	.337	.279	.269	.369	.344	.450	.399	.819	.743	120	.599	4.1	0.4	.783	.314	.171	.0
1948	26	CHC	NL	37	26	3	3.1	98	.238	.188	.263	.297	.336	.313	.389	.610	.725	69	.335	-1.3	-0.1	.577	.281	.125	.0
1949	27	CHC	NL	7	8	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.266	.000	.339	.000	.397	.000	.736	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				205	140	26	4.9	102	.308	.251	.268	.343	.342	.408	.397	.751	.740	103	.532	0.8	0.1	.700	.296	.156	.0
162 Game Avg.				527	360	67	4.9	102	.308	.251	.268	.343	.342	.408	.397	.751	.740	103	.532	2	0	.700	.296	.156

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	25	CHC	NL	161	2.5%	19.9%	12.4%	8.1%	33%	1.60	4.4	35.0	7.0		65%
1948	26	CHC	NL	37	2.7%	27.0%	13.5%	5.4%	33%	2.00	3.2	32.0	5.3	0.00	57%
1949	27	CHC	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%			3.5				71%
3 Yrs				205	2.4%	21.5%	12.2%	7.3%	33%	1.76	4.1	35.8	6.9	2.00	63%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.4%	10.0%	6.3%	27%	0.94	9.3	52.5	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	25	CHC	NL	4.1	0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	26	CHC	NL	-1.3	-0.1	2	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.83	0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.50	0.2	0.83	1
1949	27	CHC	NL	-2.0	-0.2	1	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	5.67	-0.1	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	2.25	-0.7	5.67	1
3 Yrs				0.8	0.1	3	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	2.44	-0.0	-0.1	-1.4	-0.1	1.08	-0.5	3.25	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%
1948	26	CHC	NL	0%
1949	27	CHC	NL
3 Yrs				31%

Situational Hitting*

						Hits			Pinch Hitting					Home Runs								SH			GIDP			PrdOut			BaseRunners			Advances
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	H	Inf	Bnt	AB	H	HR	RBI	PHlev	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	IP	Att	Suc	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1948	26	CHC	NL	37	0%	6			1	0	0	0	0.83	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1949	27	CHC	NL	7	100%	0			1	0	0	0	5.67	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				44	33%	45			2	0	0	0	3.25	5	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		1	6	600%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			182%			22%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1947	25	47	161	140	24	39	6	3	4	20	20	32	.279	.369	.450	.819	120	63	5
1948	26	59	198	172	25	45	7	3	5	26	25	42	.262	.355	.424	.780	111	73	5
1949	27	63	205	179	25	45	7	3	5	26	25	44	.251	.343	.408	.751	103	73	6

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	25	49	168	147	25	41	6	3	4	21	21	33	.279	.369	.442	.811	24	47
1948	26	13	38	33	1	6	1	0	1	6	5	10	.182	.289	.303	.593	3	12
1949	27	4	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
3 Yrs		66	213	187	26	47	7	3	5	27	26	45	.251	.343	.401	.744	27	63
162 Game Avg.		162	523	459	64	115	17	7	12	66	64	110	.251	.343	.401	.744	66	63

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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