Hank Arft

Henry Irven Arft (Bow Wow)

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 28, 1922 in Manchester, MO
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 27, 1948
Team: Browns 1948-1952

Final Game: May 23, 1952
Died: December 14, 2002 in St. Louis, MO
Buried: St. John Cemetery, Manchester, MO
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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	Pos
1940	18	BAL-min	D	121	493	493		147	23	11	18						.298	.298	.499	.797		246					PGD · NEAR
1941	19	-min	C	115	433	433		131	30	3	13						.303	.303	.476	.778		206					SJS · MICH
1942	20	BAL-min	B	96	333	333		84	17	3	12						.252	.252	.429	.682		143					SPR · IIIL
1946	24	BAL-min	B	77	276	276		75	8	6	7						.272	.272	.420	.692		116					SPR · IIIL
1947	25	BAL-min	B	107	377	377		138	29	7	17						.366	.366	.615	.981		232					SPR · IIIL
1948	26	BAL-min	AAA	99	417	366	57	106	18	5	15	67	6		47	48	.290	.372	.489	.861		179		1	3		TOL · AA
1948	26	SLB	AL	69	296	248	25	59	10	3	5	38	1	2	45	43	.238	.355	.363	.718	89	90	7	0	3		3
1949	27	BAL-min	AAA	101	368	295	50	66	11	1	12	41	0		71	47	.224	.376	.390	.766		115		1	1		BLT · IL
1949	27	SLB	AL	6	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	54	2	0	0	0
1950	28	SLB	AL	98	332	280	45	75	16	4	1	32	3	2	46	48	.268	.375	.364	.739	87	102	3	2	4		3
1951	29	SLB	AL	112	390	345	44	90	16	5	7	42	4	6	41	34	.261	.339	.397	.736	96	137	5	0	4		3
1952	30	-min	Opn	80	305	268	37	78	18	3	3	45	5		36	41	.291	.375	.414	.789		111		0	1		POR · PCL
1952	30	SLB	AL	15	33	28	1	4	3	1	0	4	0	0	5	7	.143	.273	.321	.594	63	9	1	0	0		3
1953	31	-min	Opn	141	554	490	80	111	17	5	21	64	2		60	81	.227	.312	.410	.722		201	7	1	3		POR · PCL
1954	32	-min	Opn	128	435	380	45	99	18	4	5	29	4		49	51	.261	.348	.368	.716		140	7	2	4	0	POR · PCL
5 Seasons				300	1056	906	116	229	46	13	13	118	8	10	137	133	.253	.352	.375	.727	90	340	16	2	11
162 Game Avg.				162	570	489	63	124	25	7	7	64	4	5	74	72	.253	.352	.375	.727	90	184	9	1	6

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1948	26	SLB	AL	296	-6	-2	-3	-3	8	-6	-0.7	-3	-0.3	-0.4	$	3
1949	27	SLB	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
1950	28	SLB	AL	332	-4	1	-3	-4	9	-1	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$	3
1951	29	SLB	AL	390	-1	-1	1	-4	11	6	0.6	5	0.5	0.1	$	3
1952	30	SLB	AL	33	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	3
5 Seasons				1056	-13	-2	-5	-11	29	-2	-0.2	3	0.3	-0.5	$

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
1948	26	SLB	AL	296	201	32	4.2	108	.270	.238	.277	.355	.362	.363	.400	.718	.762	89	.462	-3.5	-0.4	.677	.302	.125	1.7
1949	27	SLB	AL	5	4	0	0.0	111	.250	.200	.277	.200	.370	.400	.402	.600	.772	54	.000	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.200	.200
1950	28	SLB	AL	332	214	38	4.7	117	.320	.268	.283	.375	.371	.364	.424	.739	.796	87	.476	-4.3	-0.4	.719	.264	.096	1.5
1951	29	SLB	AL	390	270	45	4.5	105	.273	.261	.271	.339	.353	.397	.398	.736	.750	96	.497	-2.6	-0.3	.662	.249	.136	5.1
1952	30	SLB	AL	33	25	2	2.2	99	.190	.143	.264	.273	.344	.321	.385	.594	.729	63	.232	-1.4	-0.2	.560	.357	.179
5 Seasons				1056	714	117	4.4	109	.284	.253	.276	.352	.361	.375	.406	.727	.767	90	.471	-12.2	-1.2	.679	.272	.123	9.9
162 Game Avg.				570	386	63	4.4	109	.284	.253	.276	.352	.361	.375	.406	.727	.767	90	.471	-12.2	-1.2	.679	.272	.123	5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	26	SLB	AL	296	1.7%	14.5%	15.2%	6.1%	31%	0.96	5.8	49.6	6.5		68%
1949	27	SLB	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	100%		5.0		2.5		80%
1950	28	SLB	AL	332	0.3%	14.5%	13.9%	6.3%	28%	1.04	5.8	280.0	8.8	0.58	70%
1951	29	SLB	AL	390	1.8%	8.7%	10.5%	7.2%	31%	0.83	10.1	49.3	8.2	0.70	78%
1952	30	SLB	AL	33	0.0%	21.2%	15.2%	12.1%	100%	1.40	4.0		7.0	2.00	64%
5 Seasons				1056	1.2%	12.6%	13.0%	6.8%	31%	0.97	6.8	69.7	7.7	0.71	72%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.9%	9.9%	6.4%	28%	0.99	9.0	47.5	8.0	0.96	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	26	SLB	AL	-3.5	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	27	SLB	AL	-0.4	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1950	28	SLB	AL	-4.3	-0.4	201	-0.6	2.8	-3.4	.98	0.0	-0.6	-1.3	-0.1	0.98	-1.0	0.87	9
1951	29	SLB	AL	-2.6	-0.3	266	0.4	4.5	-4.1	.98	0.8	-0.3	9.0	0.9	0.92	9.7	1.31	10
1952	30	SLB	AL	-1.4	-0.2	34	-0.4	0.4	-0.8	1.42	-0.2	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.01	-2.1	1.71	5
5 Seasons				-12.2	-1.2	501	-0.5	7.8	-8.3	1.01	0.6	-1.1	6.7	0.7	0.95	6.6	1.23	24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	28	SLB	AL	6	36%	91	3	2	60%	2	0	0	0	3	3	50%	9	7	2	3	3	0	10	0	9
1951	29	SLB	AL	3	30%	114	4	6	40%	2	3	1	1	5	5	52%	10	7	2	3	0	3	8	1	6
1952	30	SLB	AL	0	11%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Seasons				9	29%	212	8	10	44%	4	3	1	1	8	9	49%	21	16	4	6	3	3	18	1	15

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
1950	28	SLB	AL	193	80%	75			9	2	0	1	0.87	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	200%	36	3	8%	20	6	30%	135	18	13%	9	5	56%	9	2	22%	139
1951	29	SLB	AL	254	72%	90			10	4	2	3	1.31	7	0	3	4	0	2	2	0	2	4	200%	42	5	12%	14	6	43%	143	24	17%	10	7	70%	7	5	71%	136
1952	30	SLB	AL	33	82%	4			5	0	0	0	1.71	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	1	0	0%	27	4	15%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
5 Seasons				480	76%	229			24	6	2	4	1.23	13	0	7	4	0	2	2	0	4	11	275%	85	16	19%	35	12	34%	305	46	15%	21	13	62%	16	7	44%	275
MLB Averages					51%																			163%			21%			32%			15%			51%			55%

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
1948	26	69	296	248	25	59	10	3	5	38	1	2	45	43	.238	.355	.363	.718	89	90	7	0	3
1949	27	75	301	253	26	60	11	3	5	40	1	2	45	44	.237	.352	.364	.716	88	92	7	0	3
1950	28	173	633	533	71	135	27	7	6	72	4	4	91	92	.253	.364	.364	.728	87	194	10	2	7
1951	29	285	1023	878	115	225	43	12	13	114	8	10	132	126	.256	.355	.377	.732	91	331	15	2	11
1952	30	300	1056	906	116	229	46	13	13	118	8	10	137	133	.253	.352	.375	.727	90	340	16	2	11

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	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	26	72	300	256	24	58	10	3	5	36	1	44	45	.227	.340	.348	.688	30	69
1949	27	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1950	28	102	331	285	40	71	15	4	1	28	3	44	50	.249	.353	.340	.694	33	98
1951	29	118	399	358	43	90	16	5	7	41	4	41	36	.251	.328	.383	.711	45	112
1952	30	16	36	30	1	5	4	1	0	5	0	6	7	.167	.306	.367	.672	3	15
5 Seasons		314	1071	934	108	224	45	13	13	110	8	135	139	.240	.337	.358	.695	111	300
162 Game Avg.		162	553	482	56	116	23	7	7	57	4	70	72	.240	.337	.358	.695	57	300

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