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Dewey Adkins

John Dewey Adkins

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 11, 1918 in Norcatur, KS(All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1942
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Senators 1942-1949

Final Game: October 2, 1949
Died: December 26, 1998 in Santa Monica, CA
Buried: Wilsonville Cemetery, Wilsonville, NE
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Standard Batting

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB Pos Awards
1942 24 WSH AL 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 1 /1
1943 25 WSH AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1949 31 CHC NL 30 20 20 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 10 .200 .200 .400 .600 60 8 0 0 0 1
3 Yrs 38 23 22 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 10 .227 .227 .409 .636 71 9 0 0 1
162 Game Avg. 162 98 94 9 21 4 0 4 13 0 0 43 .227 .227 .409 .636 71 38 0 0 4
WSH (2 yrs) 8 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 1
CHC (1 yr) 30 20 20 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 10 .200 .200 .400 .600 60 8 0 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 8 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 1
NL (1 yr) 30 20 20 1 4 1 0 1 2 0 0 10 .200 .200 .400 .600 60 8 0 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 Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1942 24 WSH AL 1 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .561 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
1943 25 WSH AL 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1949 31 CHC NL 30 20 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
3 Seasons 38 23 -1 0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .504 .500 0.2 0.0 2 $
WSH (2 yrs) 8 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .508 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $
CHC (1 yr) 30 20 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 0.0 2 $

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
1942 24 WSH AL 3 2 1 13.4 94 .500 .500 .264 .500 .338 .500 .370 1.000 .708 183 .897 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1949 31 CHC NL 20 16 2 3.4 100 .333 .200 .266 .200 .338 .400 .397 .600 .736 60 .361 -1.3 -0.1 .500 .200 .200 .0
3 Yrs 23 18 3 4.5 100 .364 .227 .266 .227 .338 .409 .395 .636 .733 71 .494 -1.1 -0.1 .529 .182 .182 .0
162 Game Avg. 98 77 13 4.5 100 .364 .227 .266 .227 .338 .409 .395 .636 .733 71 .494 -1.1 -0.1 .529 .182 .182
WSH (2 yrs) 3 2 1 13.4 94 .500 .500 .264 .500 .338 .500 .370 1.000 .708 183 .897 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 20 16 2 3.3 100 .333 .200 .266 .200 .338 .400 .397 .600 .736 60 .360 -1.3 -0.1 .500 .200 .200 .0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1942 24 WSH AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 67%
1949 31 CHC NL 20 5.0% 50.0% 0.0% 10.0% 50% 2.0 20.0 10.0 45%
3 Yrs 23 4.4% 43.5% 0.0% 8.7% 40% 2.2 22.0 7.3 48%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.2% 9.3% 5.9% 26% 0.99 9.7 67.2 8.7 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1942 24 WSH AL 0.2 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 25 WSH AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1949 31 CHC NL -1.3 -0.1 10 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .76 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.85 -0.1 0
3 Yrs -1.1 -0.1 10 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .76 -0.0 0.0 -0.3 -0.0 0.85 -0.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1949 31 CHC NL 1 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 1 0 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1949 31 CHC NL 20 40% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
3 Yrs 20 40% 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 52% 533% 56% 34% 15% 51% 56%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1942 24 1 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 1
1943 25 8 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 1
1944 26 8 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 1
1945 27 8 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 1
1946 28 8 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 1
1947 29 8 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 1
1948 30 8 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 183 1 0 0 1
1949 31 38 23 22 2 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 0 10 .227 .227 .409 .636 71 9 0 0 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1942 24 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 1
1949 31 31 22 22 1 5 1 0 1 3 0 0 10 .227 .227 .409 .636 2 30
2 Yrs 32 26 25 3 7 1 0 1 5 0 0 10 .280 .280 .440 .720 3 31
162 Game Avg. 162 132 127 15 35 5 0 5 25 0 0 51 .280 .280 .440 .720 15 31

* 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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