Chris Arnold

Christopher Paul Arnold

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: November 6, 1947 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Arcadia HS (Arcadia, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 11th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1971
Team: Giants 1971-1976

Final Game: October 2, 1976
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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
1965	17	SFG-min	Rk	39	98	98		23	4	1	2						.235	.235	.357	.592		35							MGV · PION
1966	18	SFG-min	A	113	384	384		98	16	2	5						.255	.255	.346	.602		133							LXG · WCRS
1967	19	SFG-min	A	123	517	444	80	116	11	6	3	29	10	8	73	97	.261	.366	.333	.699		148							FRE · CALL
1968	20	SFG-min	A	63	232	232		71	11	4	1						.306	.306	.401	.707		93							FRE · CALL
1970	22	SFG-min	AA,AAA	70	250	248	1	69	9	6	7	2	0	0	2	2	.278	.284	.448	.732		111		0	0	0			AMA,PHX · TL,PCL
1971	23	SFG-min	AAA	120	491	432	71	148	24	10	4	66	8	1	50	69	.343	.412	.472	.884		204		4	1	4			PHX · PCL
1971	23	SFG	NL	6	14	13	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.231	.286	.462	.747	110	6	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1972	24	SFG	NL	51	93	84	8	19	3	1	1	4	0	1	8	12	.226	.293	.321	.615	74	27	3	0	1	0	1	5/46
1973	25	SFG-min	AAA	4	20	17	3	8	2	1	0	7	0	0	1	1	.471	.450	.706	1.156		12		0	0	2			PHX · PCL
1973	25	SFG	NL	49	63	54	7	16	2	0	1	13	0	0	8	11	.296	.381	.389	.770	111	21	2	0	0	1	2	/245
1974	26	SFG	NL	78	192	174	22	42	7	3	1	26	1	1	15	27	.241	.302	.333	.635	75	58	1	1	0	2	1	4/56
1975	27	SFG-min	AAA	35	140	127	24	43	6	1	1	15	1	0	12	15	.339	.396	.425	.821		54		0	1	0			PHX · PCL
1975	27	SFG	NL	29	45	41	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.195	.267	.195	.462	28	8	3	0	0	0	0	/479
1976	28	SFG	NL	60	76	69	4	15	0	1	0	5	0	0	6	16	.217	.276	.246	.523	49	17	4	0	0	1	1	/4536
1977	29	SFG-min	AAA	139	646	566	111	171	35	15	8	90	9	10	72	79	.302	.381	.459	.840		260		3	0	5			PHX · PCL
1978	30	KSU	Fgn																										KSU · JPPL
1979	31	KSU	Fgn																										KSU · JPPL
1980	32	KSU	Fgn																										KSU · JPPL
6 Yrs				273	483	435	47	103	12	5	4	51	1	2	42	76	.237	.303	.315	.618	72	137	13	1	1	4	5
162 Game Avg.				162	287	258	28	61	7	3	2	30	1	1	25	45	.237	.303	.315	.618	72	81	8	1	1	2	3

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
1971	23	SFG	NL	6	14	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.515	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	/4
1972	24	SFG	NL	51	93	-4	-0	-0	-1	1	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.490	.497	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	5/46
1973	25	SFG	NL	49	63	0	1	-0	-2	0	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.497	.499	0.3	-0.2	2	$	/245
1974	26	SFG	NL	78	192	-8	-0	0	-3	1	-10	-1.1	6	-4	-0.5	.486	.493	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$	4/56
1975	27	SFG	NL	29	45	-4	0	-0	0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.484	.497	-0.3	0.0	-3	$	/479
1976	28	SFG	NL	60	76	-5	0	-0	3	0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.496	.499	-0.4	0.4	-3	$	/4536
6 Seasons				273	483	-20	1	-1	-3	3	-21	-2.3	14	-7	-0.9	.492	.498	-0.6	0.1	-4	$

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
1971	23	SFG	NL	14	10	2	5.4	92	.200	.231	.259	.286	.325	.462	.379	.747	.703	110	.625	0.0	0.0	.700	.308	.231	.0
1972	24	SFG	NL	93	70	7	2.7	93	.254	.226	.259	.293	.327	.321	.382	.615	.710	74	.322	-3.1	-0.3	.493	.179	.095	.0
1973	25	SFG	NL	63	41	8	5.3	100	.349	.296	.267	.381	.337	.389	.397	.770	.734	111	.593	1.2	0.1	.725	.241	.093	.0
1974	26	SFG	NL	192	136	19	3.8	99	.277	.241	.268	.302	.341	.333	.388	.635	.728	75	.444	-6.4	-0.7	.552	.178	.092	1.0
1975	27	SFG	NL	45	36	2	1.5	99	.242	.195	.270	.267	.342	.195	.390	.462	.732	28	.126	-4.1	-0.4	.333	.098	.000
1976	28	SFG	NL	76	59	4	1.8	93	.278	.217	.265	.276	.332	.246	.378	.523	.709	49	.187	-4.8	-0.5	.397	.116	.029
6 Yrs				483	352	42	3.2	97	.276	.237	.266	.303	.336	.315	.386	.618	.722	72	.381	-17.2	-1.8	.516	.172	.078	1.6
162 Game Avg.				287	209	25	3.2	97	.276	.237	.266	.303	.336	.315	.386	.618	.722	72	.381	-17.2	-1.8	.516	.172	.078	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	23	SFG	NL	14	7.1%	14.3%	7.1%	7.1%	33%	2.00	6.5	13.0	4.3	1.00	71%
1972	24	SFG	NL	93	1.1%	12.9%	8.6%	5.4%	26%	1.50	7.0	84.0	21.0	1.38	76%
1973	25	SFG	NL	63	1.6%	17.5%	12.7%	4.8%	19%	1.38	4.9	54.0	4.2	1.07	68%
1974	26	SFG	NL	192	0.5%	14.1%	7.8%	5.7%	26%	1.80	6.4	174.0	6.7	0.95	77%
1975	27	SFG	NL	45	0.0%	17.8%	8.9%	0.0%	0%	2.00	5.1			1.33	73%
1976	28	SFG	NL	76	0.0%	21.1%	7.9%	1.3%	7%	2.67	4.3		13.8	0.91	71%
6 Yrs				483	0.8%	15.7%	8.7%	4.4%	20%	1.81	5.7	108.8	8.5	1.07	74%
MLB Averages					1.8%	13.6%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.57	6.5	48.7	9.1	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1971	23	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	14	0.1	0.4	-0.3	1.22	0.2	-0.1	0.4	0.0	1.02	1.6	1.28	3
1972	24	SFG	NL	-3.1	-0.3	94	-0.4	1.7	-2.0	1.15	-0.5	0.2	-3.2	-0.3	0.89	-4.5	1.08	21
1973	25	SFG	NL	1.2	0.1	66	-0.2	1.6	-1.8	1.72	0.1	-0.2	2.0	0.2	1.23	1.3	1.95	36
1974	26	SFG	NL	-6.4	-0.7	194	-0.1	3.3	-3.4	1.02	-0.6	0.5	3.0	0.3	0.94	-4.9	1.30	38
1975	27	SFG	NL	-4.1	-0.4	47	-0.5	0.5	-1.0	1.22	-0.5	0.0	-4.4	-0.4	0.86	-4.6	1.31	20
1976	28	SFG	NL	-4.9	-0.5	77	-0.1	1.7	-1.8	1.32	-0.4	0.3	-4.0	-0.4	1.07	-4.0	1.48	45
6 Yrs				-17.3	-1.8	492	-1.2	9.2	-10.4	1.21	-1.8	0.8	-6.1	-0.6	0.99	-15.1	1.46	163

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	23	SFG	NL	33%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	24	SFG	NL	27%	29	0	1	0%	0	1	0	3	33%	4	2	2	2	2	0	3	2	1
1973	25	SFG	NL	26%	29	0	0		0	0	0	4	43%	4	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1974	26	SFG	NL	37%	59	1	1	50%	1	1	1	4	39%	10	9	1	3	2	1	10	3	7
1975	27	SFG	NL	33%	15	0	0		0	0	0	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1976	28	SFG	NL	19%	21	0	0		0	0	0	2	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
6 Yrs				30%	159	1	2	33%	1	2	1	15	40%	23	18	5	5	4	1	20	7	13

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
1971	23	SFG	NL	14	21%	3			3	1	0	1	1.28	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	2	18%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1972	24	SFG	NL	93	39%	19			21	4	0	0	1.08	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	17	3	18%	8	1	13%	46	3	7%	3	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1973	25	SFG	NL	63	62%	16			36	12	1	7	1.95	1	1	6	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		15	2	13%	11	3	27%	71	13	18%	12	4	33%	3	1	33%	0
1974	26	SFG	NL	192	36%	42			38	9	0	3	1.30	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		30	1	3%	17	6	35%	117	25	21%	11	9	82%	9	5	56%	0
1975	27	SFG	NL	45	82%	8			20	3	0	0	1.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	3	30%	3	1	33%	22	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1976	28	SFG	NL	76	72%	15			45	12	0	4	1.48	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		18	4	22%	6	2	33%	61	6	10%	5	2	40%	3	1	33%	0
6 Yrs				483	49%	103			163	41	1	15	1.46	4	1	13	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	100%	92	13	14%	46	13	28%	328	49	15%	32	15	47%	19	9	47%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			75%			11%			32%			14%			48%			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	IBB
1971	23	6	14	13	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	1	2	.231	.286	.462	.747	110	6	0	0	0	0	0
1972	24	57	107	97	10	22	3	1	2	7	0	1	9	14	.227	.292	.340	.633	79	33	3	0	1	0	1
1973	25	106	170	151	17	38	5	1	3	20	0	1	17	25	.252	.325	.358	.683	91	54	5	0	1	1	3
1974	26	184	362	325	39	80	12	4	4	46	1	2	32	52	.246	.313	.345	.658	82	112	6	1	1	3	4
1975	27	213	407	366	43	88	12	4	4	46	1	2	36	60	.240	.308	.328	.636	76	120	9	1	1	3	4
1976	28	273	483	435	47	103	12	5	4	51	1	2	42	76	.237	.303	.315	.618	72	137	13	1	1	4	5

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
1971	23	6	14	13	2	3	0	0	1	3	0	1	2	.231	.286	.462	.747	2	6
1972	24	53	99	89	9	21	3	1	1	5	0	9	13	.236	.306	.326	.632	9	51
1973	25	49	63	54	7	16	2	0	1	13	0	8	11	.296	.381	.389	.770	8	49
1974	26	78	193	175	23	43	7	3	1	27	1	15	27	.246	.306	.337	.643	18	78
1975	27	29	45	41	4	8	0	0	0	0	0	4	8	.195	.267	.195	.462	2	29
1976	28	60	76	69	4	15	0	1	0	5	0	6	16	.217	.276	.246	.523	5	60
6 Yrs		275	490	441	49	106	12	5	4	53	1	43	77	.240	.307	.317	.624	44	273
162 Game Avg.		162	289	260	29	62	7	3	2	31	1	25	45	.240	.307	.317	.624	26	273

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