Luis Aponte

Luis Eduardo (Yuripe) Aponte

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 14, 1953 in El Tigre, Anzoategui, Venezuela
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1980
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Indians 1980-1984

Final Game: July 6, 1984
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1973	20	BOS-min	A-,A	2	7	.222	4.65	20	12					93.0	125	62	48	6	24								1.602	12.1	0.6	2.3			ELM,WHV · NYPL,FLOR
1974	21	BOS-min	A	3	1	.750	3.86	28	1		0	0	1	56.0	49	32	24	4	25	1	36	1	0	4			1.321	7.9	0.6	4.0	5.8	1.44	WSM · CARL
1975	22	BOS-min	A	3	0	1.000	2.76	40	0		0	0	9	62.0	52	20	19	3	37	10	38	1	0	4			1.435	7.5	0.4	5.4	5.5	1.03	WSM · CARL
1976	23	BOS-min	A	3	4	.429	3.46	48	0					78.0	83	42	30	0	23								1.359	9.6	0.0	2.7			WHV · FLOR
1977		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1978		Did not play in major leagues (Did Not Play)
1980	27	BOS-min	AA,AAA	15	3	.833	2.36	60	0		0	0	13	103.0	73	32	27	8	44	12	85	4	1	8			1.136	6.4	0.7	3.8	7.4	1.93	BRI,PAW · EL,IL
1980	27	BOS	AL	0	0		1.29	4	0	3	0	0	0	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	28	347	1.143	7.7	0.0	2.6	1.3	0.50
1981	28	BOS-min	AAA	7	5	.583	1.94	51	0	39	0	0	15	79.0	58	26	17	5	31	8	67	4	1	2			1.127	6.6	0.6	3.5	7.6	2.16	PAW · IL
1981	28	BOS	AL	1	0	1.000	0.57	7	0	3	0	0	1	15.2	11	1	1	0	3	0	11	0	0	0	57	693	0.894	6.3	0.0	1.7	6.3	3.67
1982	29	BOS	AL	2	2	.500	3.18	40	0	28	0	0	3	85.0	78	31	30	5	25	3	44	0	2	1	349	137	1.212	8.3	0.5	2.6	4.7	1.76
1983	30	BOS	AL	5	4	.556	3.63	34	0	18	0	0	3	62.0	74	28	25	7	23	3	32	2	0	1	276	121	1.565	10.7	1.0	3.3	4.6	1.39
1984	31	CLE-min	AAA	1	1	.500	3.07	10	0	9	0	0	2	14.2	13	5	5	1	8	2	9	0	0	2			1.432	8.0	0.6	4.9	5.5	1.13	MAI · IL
1984	31	CLE	AL	1	0	1.000	4.11	25	0	14	0	0	0	50.1	53	25	23	5	15	0	25	1	1	3	218	101	1.351	9.5	0.9	2.7	4.5	1.67
5 Yrs				9	6	.600	3.27	110	0	66	0	0	7	220.0	222	86	80	17	68	7	113	3	3	5	928	131	1.318	9.1	0.7	2.8	4.6	1.66
162 Game Avg.				6	4	.600	3.27	68	0	41	0	0	4	136	137	53	49	11	42	4	70	2	2	3	574	131	1.318	9.1	0.7	2.8	4.6	1.66

BOS (4 yrs)				8	6	.571	3.02	85	0	52	0	0	7	169.2	169	61	57	12	53	7	88	2	2	2	710	143	1.308	9.0	0.6	2.8	4.7	1.66
CLE (1 yr)				1	0	1.000	4.11	25	0	14	0	0	0	50.1	53	25	23	5	15	0	25	1	1	3	218	101	1.351	9.5	0.9	2.7	4.5	1.67

Player Value--Pitchers

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

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1980	27	BOS	AL	7.0	4	0	1	1.29	4.88	0.06	-0.39	108.5	4.81	3	0.3	.2	-0.1	0.2	3	.574	.502	$
1981	28	BOS	AL	15.2	7	0	1	0.57	4.27	0.04	-0.34	109.1	4.25	6	0.8	1.5	0.1	1.0	7	.610	.505	$
1982	29	BOS	AL	85.0	40	0	31	3.28	4.61	0.00	-0.36	105.3	4.47	12	1.2	.9	-0.2	1.8	20	.531	.508	$
1983	30	BOS	AL	62.0	34	0	28	4.06	4.47	-0.08	-0.36	107.8	4.52	3	0.3	1.5	-0.0	0.8	10	.509	.502	$
1984	31	CLE	AL	50.1	25	0	25	4.47	4.48	-0.05	-0.36	103.1	4.30	-1	-0.1	.6	-0.1	0.3	4	.497	.500	$
5 Seasons				220.0	110	0	86	3.52	4.53	-0.03	-0.36	105.9	4.44	23	2.5	1.1	-0.3	4.1	45	.523	.503	$

BOS (4 yrs)				169.2	85	0	61	3.24	4.54	-0.02	-0.36	106.7	4.48	24	2.6	1.2	-0.2	3.8	41	.531	.504	$
CLE (1 yr)				50.1	25	0	25	4.47	4.48	-0.05	-0.36	103.1	4.30	-1	-0.1	.6	-0.1	0.3	4	.497	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1980	27	BOS	AL	4	28	24	1	6	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	.250	.308	.333	.641	.261	8	1	0	2	0	1	0
1981	28	BOS	AL	7	57	53	1	11	1	0	0	0	0	3	11	.208	.250	.226	.476	.262	12	4	0	1	0	0	0
1982	29	BOS	AL	40	349	317	31	78	13	0	5	3	3	25	44	.246	.299	.334	.634	.270	106	9	0	5	2	3	6
1983	30	BOS	AL	34	276	246	28	74	10	1	7	5	3	23	32	.301	.364	.435	.799	.322	107	9	2	4	1	3	7
1984	31	CLE	AL	25	217	197	25	53	6	0	5	1	1	15	25	.269	.322	.376	.698	.286	74	3	1	4	1	0	2
5 Yrs				110	927	837	86	222	32	1	17	10	7	68	113	.265	.321	.367	.688	.288	307	26	3	16	4	7	15
162 Game Avg.				68	573	517	53	137	20	1	11	6	4	42	70	.265	.321	.367	.688	.288	190	16	2	10	2	4	9
MLB Averages																.261	.324	.385	.709	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1980	27	BOS	AL	2.4	0.2	29	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.22	0.2	-0.2	1.7	0.2	0.22	2.3	0	0	4
1981	28	BOS	AL	5.6	0.6	57	0.8	1.3	-0.4	1.10	0.6	0.1	7.5	0.8	1.10	6.5	4	0	3
1982	29	BOS	AL	11.3	1.2	359	0.4	4.2	-3.7	.66	0.6	0.1	10.6	1.0	0.66	12.6	7	13	18
1983	30	BOS	AL	4.7	0.5	284	-0.7	4.5	-5.1	.94	-0.5	-0.2	-2.4	-0.2	0.94	-1.1	15	7	10
1984	31	CLE	AL	0.5	0.0	225	0.3	1.3	-1.0	.31	0.5	0.3	3.0	0.3	0.31	1.7	3	4	16
5 Yrs				24.5	2.6	954	0.8	11.2	-10.4	.67	1.3	-0.1	20.4	2.1	0.67	22.0	29	24	51

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1980	27	BOS	AL	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	9	.221	0	0	4	0	0	4	1	3	1	0	1	0	5.3
1981	28	BOS	AL	7	7	3	1	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	7	2	29%	6	1.098	4	0	3	1	1	5	4	3	5	1	5	0	6.7
1982	29	BOS	AL	40	40	28	2	2	4	3	1	75%	4	0	44	14	32%	6	.662	7	13	18	6	5	29	25	15	30	5	31	2	6.4
1983	30	BOS	AL	34	34	18	5	4	4	3	1	75%	5	1	44	19	43%	8	.941	15	7	10	7	9	18	23	11	21	9	21	3	5.5
1984	31	CLE	AL	25	25	14	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	16	4	25%	5	.306	3	4	16	2	3	20	10	15	18	1	19	6	6.0
5 Yrs				110	110	66	9	6	9	7	2	78%	10	1	113	41	36%		.675	29	24	51	16	18	76	63	47	75	16	77	11	6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1980	27	BOS	AL	28	36%	0.0%	3.6%	7.1%	7.1%	33%	4.00	82%	5	1	20%
1981	28	BOS	AL	57	54%	0.0%	19.3%	5.3%	1.8%	9%	2.60	74%	17	4	24%
1982	29	BOS	AL	349	55%	1.4%	12.6%	7.2%	5.2%	23%	1.40	77%	76	9	12%
1983	30	BOS	AL	276	59%	2.5%	11.6%	8.3%	6.5%	24%	2.02	75%	57	9	16%
1984	31	CLE	AL	218	62%	2.3%	11.5%	6.9%	5.1%	21%	1.07	77%	39	3	8%
5 Yrs				928	58%	1.8%	12.2%	7.3%	5.4%	23%	1.56	77%	194	26	13%
MLB Averages					42%	2.0%	13.2%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.09	75%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1980	27	BOS	AL	28	6			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	0%	0	0	0	9	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	28	BOS	AL	57	11			0	0	2	0	0	0	0	4	2	0	50%	0	0	0	23	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	29	BOS	AL	349	78			5	0	11	3	2	4	1	27	15	4	56%	6	1	1	142	3	3	50%	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0
1983	30	BOS	AL	276	74			7	1	23	6	1	3	4	27	13	5	48%	7	1	0	109	5	3	63%	4	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1984	31	CLE	AL	217	53			5	0	2	2	3	1	4	9	5	1	56%	2	3	1	94	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	1
5 Yrs				927	222			17	1	40	11	6	8	9	69	35	10	51%	15	5	2	377	10	7	59%	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	17	1
MLB Averages																		54%							67%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1980	27	0	0		1.29	4	3	0	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	1	1	0	0	0	28	347	1.143	7.7	0.0	2.6	1.3	0.50	347
1981	28	1	0	1.000	0.79	11	6	1	22.2	17	2	2	0	5	1	12	0	0	0	85	520	0.971	6.8	0.0	2.0	4.8	2.40	520
1982	29	3	2	.600	2.67	51	34	4	107.2	95	33	32	5	30	4	56	0	2	1	434	161	1.161	7.9	0.4	2.5	4.7	1.87	161
1983	30	8	6	.571	3.02	85	52	7	169.2	169	61	57	12	53	7	88	2	2	2	710	143	1.308	9.0	0.6	2.8	4.7	1.66	143
1984	31	9	6	.600	3.27	110	66	7	220.0	222	86	80	17	68	7	113	3	3	5	928	131	1.318	9.1	0.7	2.8	4.6	1.66	131

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1980	27	0	0		1.29	7.0	6	1	1	0	2	1	0	1.143	7.7	2.6	1.3	0.50	0.0	4
1981	28	2	0	1.000	0.86	21.0	18	2	2	0	5	15	0	1.095	7.7	2.1	6.4	3.00	0.0	7
1982	29	5	4	.556	3.29	82.0	78	33	30	5	25	42	0	1.256	8.6	2.7	4.6	1.68	0.5	40
1983	30	3	3	.500	3.66	59.0	73	27	24	7	23	31	2	1.627	11.1	3.5	4.7	1.35	1.1	34
1984	31	2	3	.400	4.41	49.0	54	27	24	5	15	25	1	1.408	9.9	2.8	4.6	1.67	0.9	25
5 Yrs		12	10	.545	3.34	218.0	229	90	81	17	70	114	3	1.372	9.5		4.7	1.63	0.7	110

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