Joe Altobelli

Joseph Salvatore Altobelli

Positions: First Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 26, 1932 in Detroit, MI
High School: Eastern HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1955
Teams (by GP): Indians/Twins 1955-1961

Final Game: October 1, 1961
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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
1951	19	CLE-min	D	140	598	598		204	40	19	8						.341	.341	.512	.853		306							DYB · FLOR
1952	20	CLE-min	A	128	436	436		118	9	7	2						.271	.271	.337	.608		147							REA · EL
1953	21	CLE-min	A	148	528	528		155	28	9	4						.294	.294	.403	.697		213							REA · EL
1954	22	CLE-min	AAA	149	605	551	73	158	31	10	6	79	4		41	59	.287	.338	.412	.750		227	10	4	4	5			INA · AA
1955	23	CLE-min	AAA	98	442	395	58	107	24	1	7	53	3		38	42	.271	.336	.390	.725		154	5	3	1	5			INA · AA
1955	23	CLE	AL	42	84	75	8	15	3	0	2	5	0	1	5	14	.200	.259	.320	.579	53	24	0	1	3	0	0	3

1956	24	CLE-min	AAA	145	586	528	69	134	18	10	19	81	8		36	67	.254	.307	.434	.740		229	18	7	9	6			INA · AA
1957	25	PIT-min	AAA	22	86	77	16	18	5	1	2	10	0		9	16	.234	.314	.403	.717		31		0	0	0			CLB · IL
1957	25	CLE	AL	83	97	87	9	18	3	2	0	9	3	2	5	14	.207	.253	.287	.540	48	25	1	1	2	2	0	3/897

1958	26	CHW-min	AAA	133	506	463	60	133	24	4	12	74	3		34	57	.287	.333	.434	.767		201		0	5	4	5		INA · AA
1959	27	TTO	AAA	148	565	518	71	131	17	6	17	61	3		43	68	.253	.312	.407	.719		211		2	0	2	10		TTO · IL
1960	28	LAD-min	AAA	154	619	552	79	141	25	5	31	105	1	7	56	78	.255	.326	.487	.813		269		4	2	5			MTL · IL
1961	29	MIN-min	AAA	96	385	351	50	90	11	4	10	47	0		34	46	.256	.322	.396	.718		139							SYR · IL
1961	29	MIN	AL	41	109	95	10	21	2	1	3	14	0	0	13	14	.221	.312	.358	.670	76	34	2	0	0	1	0	7/3
1962	30	LAD-min	AAA	141	578	502	81	136	23	7	13	67	3		72	63	.271	.362	.422	.784		212		1	0	3	6		OMA · AA
1963	31	BAL-min	AAA	97	354	315	45	77	13	0	15	44	0	1	39	41	.244	.328	.429	.756		135							ROC · IL
1964	32	BAL-min	AAA	122	386	345	35	86	11	1	11	52	0	6	36	45	.249	.319	.383	.702		132		1	1	3			ROC · IL
1965	33	BAL-min	AAA	117	444	393	51	116	11	3	20	59	0	4	44	59	.295	.371	.491	.862		193		4	2	1			ROC · IL
1966	34	BAL-min	AAA	25	66	60	5	14	5	0	1	5	0	0	4	13	.233	.303	.367	.670		22		2	0	0			ROC · IL
1967	35	BAL-min	AA	3	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.143	.250	.143	.393		1							ELM · EL
1970	38	BAL-min	AA	11	11	11		4	0	0	0						.364	.364	.364	.727		4							DFW · TL
3 Yrs				166	290	257	27	54	8	3	5	28	3	3	23	42	.210	.277	.323	.600	60	83	3	2	5	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	283	251	26	53	8	3	5	27	3	3	22	41	.210	.277	.323	.600	60	81	3	2	5	3	0

CLE (2 yrs)				125	181	162	17	33	6	2	2	14	3	3	10	28	.204	.256	.302	.558	50	49	1	2	5	2	0
MIN (1 yr)				41	109	95	10	21	2	1	3	14	0	0	13	14	.221	.312	.358	.670	76	34	2	0	0	1	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
1955	23	CLE	AL	42	84	-5	-0	0	-2	-1	-8	-0.8	2	-6	-0.6	.480	.495	-0.4	-0.3	-4	$	3

1957	25	CLE	AL	83	97	-6	-0	0	2	-2	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.4	.492	.496	-0.6	0.1	-5	$	3/897

1961	29	MIN	AL	41	109	-4	0	0	1	-1	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.493	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	7/3
3 Seasons				166	290	-15	-0	1	1	-4	-16	-1.8	8	-8	-1.0	.489	.496	-1.1	-0.3	-10	$

CLE (2 yrs)				125	181	-12	-1	1	1	-3	-14	-1.5	5	-9	-1.0	.488	.496	-1.0	-0.2	-9	$
MIN (1 yr)				41	109	-4	0	0	1	-1	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.493	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

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
1955	23	CLE	AL	84	64	6	2.5	106	.220	.200	.271	.259	.351	.320	.404	.579	.755	53	.250	-5.5	-0.6	.475	.173	.120	.0

1957	25	CLE	AL	97	76	7	2.5	99	.240	.207	.263	.253	.335	.287	.397	.540	.733	48	.262	-6.5	-0.7	.444	.149	.080	.0

1961	29	MIN	AL	109	77	11	3.8	108	.228	.221	.270	.312	.346	.358	.420	.670	.765	76	.410	-3.6	-0.4	.618	.274	.137	.0
3 Yrs				290	217	24	3.0	105	.230	.210	.268	.277	.344	.323	.407	.600	.751	60	.314	-15.6	-1.6	.517	.202	.113	3.8
162 Game Avg.				283	212	23	3.0	105	.230	.210	.268	.277	.344	.323	.407	.600	.751	60	.314	-15.6	-1.6	.517	.202	.113	4

CLE (2 yrs)				181	140	13	2.5	102	.231	.204	.267	.256	.343	.302	.400	.558	.743	50	.256	-12.0	-1.2	.459	.160	.099	2.4
MIN (1 yr)				109	77	11	3.8	108	.228	.221	.270	.312	.346	.358	.420	.670	.765	76	.410	-3.6	-0.4	.618	.274	.137	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	23	CLE	AL	84	2.4%	16.7%	6.0%	6.0%	33%	2.80	5.4	37.5	15.0	0.67	70%

1957	25	CLE	AL	97	0.0%	14.4%	5.2%	5.2%	28%	2.80	6.2		9.7	0.79	77%

1961	29	MIN	AL	109	2.8%	12.8%	11.9%	5.5%	29%	1.08	6.8	31.7	6.8	0.88	72%
3 Yrs				290	1.7%	14.5%	7.9%	5.5%	30%	1.83	6.1	51.4	9.2	0.78	73%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.8%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.43	6.9	37.4	8.3	1.01	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	23	CLE	AL	-5.5	-0.6	85	-0.3	1.0	-1.4	.87	-0.7	0.3	-7.2	-0.7	0.97	-6.6	0.08	1

1957	25	CLE	AL	-6.5	-0.7	103	-0.7	1.4	-2.2	1.13	-0.6	-0.1	-7.8	-0.8	1.04	-7.1	1.72	22

1961	29	MIN	AL	-3.7	-0.4	114	0.4	1.9	-1.6	.97	-0.3	0.7	-0.6	-0.1	0.97	-3.1	1.83	13
3 Yrs				-15.7	-1.6	302	-0.7	4.4	-5.1	1.00	-1.6	0.9	-15.6	-1.6	1.00	-16.8	1.72	36

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	23	CLE	AL	1	0	32%	33	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	3	33%	4	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1

1957	25	CLE	AL	1	0	38%	50	3	2	60%	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	50%	6	3	2	0	0	0	4	1	3

1961	29	MIN	AL	1	0	23%	34	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	38%	6	3	3	2	2	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				3	0	30%	117	3	3	50%	3	1	0	2	0	0	0	0	3	10	42%	16	9	6	3	3	0	5	1	4

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
1955	23	CLE	AL	84	54%	15			1	0	0	0	0.08	2	0	2	1	1	0	2	0	3	3	100%	22	0	0%	13	3	23%	50	3	6%	5	1	20%	2	1	50%	0

1957	25	CLE	AL	97	81%	18			22	4	0	2	1.72	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	20	1	5%	9	5	56%	73	9	12%	7	4	57%	4	4	100%	0

1961	29	MIN	AL	109	99%	21			13	4	1	2	1.83	3	0	2	3	0	2	1	0	0	0		21	2	10%	8	3	38%	81	12	15%	7	6	86%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				290	80%	54			36	8	1	4	1.72	5	0	8	4	1	2	3	0	5	5	100%	63	3	5%	30	11	37%	204	24	12%	19	11	58%	7	6	86%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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
1955	23	42	84	75	8	15	3	0	2	5	0	1	5	14	.200	.259	.320	.579	53	24	0	1	3	0
1956	24	42	84	75	8	15	3	0	2	5	0	1	5	14	.200	.259	.320	.579	53	24	0	1	3	0
1957	25	125	181	162	17	33	6	2	2	14	3	3	10	28	.204	.256	.302	.558	50	49	1	2	5	2
1958	26	125	181	162	17	33	6	2	2	14	3	3	10	28	.204	.256	.302	.558	50	49	1	2	5	2
1959	27	125	181	162	17	33	6	2	2	14	3	3	10	28	.204	.256	.302	.558	50	49	1	2	5	2
1960	28	125	181	162	17	33	6	2	2	14	3	3	10	28	.204	.256	.302	.558	50	49	1	2	5	2
1961	29	166	290	257	27	54	8	3	5	28	3	3	23	42	.210	.277	.323	.600	60	83	3	2	5	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	23	44	88	79	8	16	3	0	2	5	0	5	15	.203	.259	.316	.575	6	42

1957	25	87	104	93	11	20	3	2	0	11	3	6	15	.215	.265	.290	.555	7	83

1961	29	41	107	94	9	20	2	1	3	13	0	12	14	.213	.299	.351	.650	10	41
3 Yrs		172	299	266	28	56	8	3	5	29	3	23	44	.211	.276	.320	.595	23	166
162 Game Avg.		162	282	251	26	53	8	3	5	27	3	22	41	.211	.276	.320	.595	22	166

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