Ed Armbrister

Edison Rosanda Armbrister

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 4, 1948 in Nassau, Bahamas
Signed by the Houston Astros as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1973
Team: Reds 1973-1977

Final Game: October 2, 1977
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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
1967	18	HOU-min	A	100	345	336	27	71	8	5	1	32	6	2	9	63	.211	.232	.274	.506		92							COC · FLOR
1968	19	HOU-min	A	129	472	472		123	17	3	2						.261	.261	.322	.583		152							COC · FLOR
1969	20	HOU-min	A	126	452	420	59	114	11	8	8	30	26	7	32	69	.271	.323	.393	.716		165							PNS · CARL
1970	21	HOU-min	AA	127	428	428		102	13	8	8						.238	.238	.362	.600		155							CBS · SOUL
1971	22	HOU-min	AA	121	441	403	58	120	21	2	9	42	16	8	25	52	.298	.349	.427	.776		172		8	3	2			CBS · SOUL
1972	23	CIN-min	AAA	133	498	460	69	138	26	11	7	43	16	9	26	79	.300	.345	.450	.795		207		7	3	2			INA · AA
1973	24	CIN-min	AAA	125	448	448		138	22	8	10						.308	.308	.460	.768		206							INA · AA
1973	24	CIN	NL	18	41	37	5	8	3	1	1	5	0	0	2	8	.216	.250	.432	.682	90	16	0	0	1	1	0	/987
1974	25	CIN-min	AAA	125	486	427	64	123	22	8	13	73	20	3	41	91	.288	.360	.468	.828		200		9	5	4			INA · AA
1974	25	CIN	NL	9	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	88	2	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1975	26	CIN	NL	59	72	65	9	12	1	0	0	2	3	1	5	19	.185	.254	.200	.454	26	13	1	1	1	0	0	7/98
1976	27	CIN	NL	73	90	78	20	23	3	2	2	7	7	3	6	22	.295	.341	.462	.803	125	36	0	0	5	1	0	79
1977	28	CIN	NL	65	91	78	12	20	4	3	1	5	5	6	10	21	.256	.337	.423	.760	101	33	3	0	2	1	0	7/9
1978	29	CIN-min	AAA	117	485	431	67	119	23	6	8	53	32	13	33	102	.276	.337	.413	.750		178		9	7	5			INA · AA
1979	30	YUC,TPC	AAA																										YUC,TPC · MEX
1980	31	NLA	AAA																										NLA · MEX
5 Yrs				224	302	265	46	65	11	6	4	19	15	10	24	71	.245	.307	.377	.685	88	100	4	1	9	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	218	192	33	47	8	4	3	14	11	7	17	51	.245	.307	.377	.685	88	72	3	1	7	2	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
1973	24	CIN	NL	18	41	-0	0	0	2	-1	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.512	.501	0.1	0.2	1	$	/987
1974	25	CIN	NL	9	8	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/79
1975	26	CIN	NL	59	72	-6	0	0	-3	-1	-9	-1.0	2	-7	-0.8	.482	.494	-0.5	-0.4	-4	$	7/98
1976	27	CIN	NL	73	90	2	0	1	3	-1	4	0.4	3	6	0.7	.506	.503	0.4	0.2	4	$	79
1977	28	CIN	NL	65	91	0	-1	-0	-3	-1	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.490	.496	0.0	-0.4	-0	$	7/9
5 Seasons				224	302	-4	-1	0	-2	-4	-10	-1.1	9	-1	-0.2	.495	.499	0.0	-0.5	0	$

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
1973	24	CIN	NL	41	31	4	3.5	92	.241	.216	.257	.250	.325	.432	.382	.682	.706	90	.405	-0.6	-0.1	.621	.270	.216	.0
1974	25	CIN	NL	8	5	1	5.4	94	.333	.286	.261	.375	.333	.286	.378	.661	.711	88	.607	-0.1	-0.0	.600	.143	.000
1975	26	CIN	NL	72	56	4	1.9	98	.261	.185	.268	.254	.339	.200	.387	.454	.726	26	.186	-6.6	-0.7	.382	.123	.015	.0
1976	27	CIN	NL	90	64	13	5.5	93	.382	.295	.265	.341	.332	.462	.378	.803	.709	125	.630	2.2	0.2	.793	.295	.167	3.1
1977	28	CIN	NL	91	70	9	3.5	105	.333	.256	.272	.337	.340	.423	.414	.760	.754	101	.372	0.1	0.0	.627	.282	.167	1.7
5 Yrs				302	226	31	3.7	98	.316	.245	.266	.307	.335	.377	.391	.685	.726	88	.428	-5.1	-0.5	.607	.242	.132	6.3
162 Game Avg.				218	163	22	3.7	98	.316	.245	.266	.307	.335	.377	.391	.685	.726	88	.428	-5.1	-0.5	.607	.242	.132	5

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1973	24	CIN	NL	NLCS	NYM	L	3	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.167	.333	1	0	0	0	0	0

1975	26	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		.000			0	0	0	0	1	0
1975	26	CIN	NL	WS	BOS	W	4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	1	0	0
1976	27	CIN	NL	NLCS	PHI	W	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	1	0	0
3 Yrs (4 Series)							10	12	7	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	5	.143	.300	.143	.443	1	0	0	2	1	0
3 NLCS							6	8	6	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.167	.143	.167	.310	1	0	0	1	1	0
1 WS							4	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	0	0	1	0	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%
1973	24	CIN	NL	41	2.4%	19.5%	4.9%	12.2%	63%	4.00	4.6	37.0	7.4	1.00	71%
1974	25	CIN	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.00	7.0			3.00	75%
1975	26	CIN	NL	72	0.0%	26.4%	6.9%	1.4%	8%	3.80	3.4		32.5	1.69	64%
1976	27	CIN	NL	90	2.2%	24.4%	6.7%	7.8%	30%	3.67	3.5	39.0	11.1	1.50	61%
1977	28	CIN	NL	91	1.1%	23.1%	11.0%	8.8%	40%	2.10	3.7	78.0	15.6	2.50	63%
5 Yrs				302	1.3%	23.5%	8.0%	7.0%	32%	2.96	3.7	66.3	13.9	1.70	64%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.2%	8.7%	6.2%	27%	1.52	6.7	46.9	8.7	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1973	24	CIN	NL	-0.6	-0.1	42	0.2	0.8	-0.5	.96	-0.1	0.3	0.3	0.0	0.90	-0.5	1.51	5
1974	25	CIN	NL	-0.1	-0.0	8	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.68	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.07	-0.3	0.77	6
1975	26	CIN	NL	-6.6	-0.7	75	-0.9	0.8	-1.7	1.12	-0.5	-0.3	-6.7	-0.7	0.97	-6.8	1.39	28
1976	27	CIN	NL	2.2	0.2	102	-0.4	1.3	-1.8	1.12	0.2	-0.5	-1.9	-0.2	1.06	1.3	1.27	27
1977	28	CIN	NL	0.1	0.0	104	-0.6	1.3	-1.8	.96	0.1	-0.7	-6.2	-0.6	0.98	-2.1	1.07	23
5 Yrs				-5.1	-0.5	331	-1.7	4.2	-5.9	1.04	-0.3	-1.3	-14.9	-1.5	0.99	-8.4	1.24	89

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SBH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1973	24	CIN	NL	1	44%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	2	75%	2	1	1	1	1	1	0	1
1974	25	CIN	NL	0	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	26	CIN	NL	1	50%	28	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	50%	7	5	2	0	0	3	0	3
1976	27	CIN	NL	0	67%	43	7	3	70%	6	3	1	1	0	3	1	40%	9	7	2	1	0	5	1	4
1977	28	CIN	NL	1	38%	57	5	6	45%	5	6	0	2	2	1	4	40%	7	5	2	0	0	3	1	2
5 Yrs				3	49%	150	15	10	60%	14	10	1	3	2	4	8	46%	25	18	7	2	1	12	2	10

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
1973	24	CIN	NL	41	83%	8			5	1	0	2	1.51	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	2	2	100%	24	4	17%	2	2	100%	1	1	100%	0
1974	25	CIN	NL	8	50%	2			6	2	0	0	0.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1975	26	CIN	NL	72	60%	12			28	7	0	2	1.39	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	12	1	8%	3	0	0%	43	2	5%	3	2	67%	0	0		0
1976	27	CIN	NL	90	69%	23			27	7	0	0	1.27	2	0	2	0	2	2	0	0	6	5	83%	17	0	0%	13	6	46%	59	5	8%	3	1	33%	5	3	60%	0
1977	28	CIN	NL	91	87%	20			23	4	0	1	1.07	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	2	100%	11	3	27%	8	4	50%	52	4	8%	1	1	100%	6	3	50%	0
5 Yrs				302	74%	65			89	21	0	5	1.24	4	0	10	0	4	2	2	0	10	9	90%	48	4	8%	28	12	43%	185	15	8%	11	6	55%	12	7	58%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			33%			14%			49%			53%

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
1973	24	18	41	37	5	8	3	1	1	5	0	0	2	8	.216	.250	.432	.682	90	16	0	0	1	1
1974	25	27	49	44	5	10	3	1	1	5	0	0	3	9	.227	.271	.409	.680	90	18	0	0	1	1
1975	26	86	121	109	14	22	4	1	1	7	3	1	8	28	.202	.261	.284	.545	52	31	1	1	2	1
1976	27	159	211	187	34	45	7	3	3	14	10	4	14	50	.241	.294	.358	.652	82	67	1	1	7	2
1977	28	224	302	265	46	65	11	6	4	19	15	10	24	71	.245	.307	.377	.685	88	100	4	1	9	3

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
1973	24	18	42	38	6	9	3	1	1	6	0	2	8	.237	.268	.447	.716	5	18
1974	25	9	8	7	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.286	.375	.286	.661	1	9
1975	26	59	72	65	9	12	1	0	0	2	3	5	19	.185	.254	.200	.454	3	59
1976	27	73	93	80	23	25	3	2	2	8	8	7	22	.313	.364	.475	.839	14	73
1977	28	65	91	78	12	20	4	3	1	5	5	10	21	.256	.337	.423	.760	11	65
5 Yrs		224	306	268	50	68	11	6	4	21	16	25	71	.254	.316	.384	.701	34	224
162 Game Avg.		162	221	194	36	49	8	4	3	15	12	18	51	.254	.316	.384	.701	25	224

* 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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