René Arocha

Rene (Magaly) Arocha

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 24, 1966 in La Habana, La Habana, Cuba
High School: Regla (Havana, CU)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 9, 1993
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Giants 1993-1997
Agents: Gus Dominguez [*]
Final Game: June 6, 1997
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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
1992	26	STL-min	AAA	25	37	33	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	15	.061	.088	.091	.179		3		0	3	0	0		LOU · AA
1993	27	STL	NL	32	67	58	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	24	.103	.133	.121	.254	-30	7	0	0	7	0	0	1
1994	28	STL	NL	45	13	9	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.111	.200	.222	.422	11	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1995	29	STL	NL	41	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1996		Did not play in major leagues (Injured)
1997	31	SFG-NYY-min	AAA	22	14	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000		0	0	0	3	0	0		PHX,CLB · PCL,IL
1997	31	SFG	NL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1998	32	HOU-min	AAA	11	19	17	2	4	1	1	0	2	0	0	0	2	.235	.235	.412	.647		7	1	0	2	0	0		NOR · PCL
1999	33	YUC,MTY	AAA																										YUC,MTY · MEX
4 Yrs				124	82	69	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	31	.101	.139	.130	.269	-27	9	0	0	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	107	90	4	9	3	0	0	4	0	0	4	41	.101	.139	.130	.269	-27	12	0	0	13	0	0

STL (3 yrs)				118	81	68	3	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	30	.103	.141	.132	.273	-25	9	0	0	10	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	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
1993	27	STL	NL	32	67	-10	0	0	0	9	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	1	$109,000	1
1994	28	STL	NL	45	13	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$160,000	1
1995	29	STL	NL	41	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$195,000	1

1997	31	SFG	NL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
4 Seasons				124	82	-12	0	0	0	11	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$464,000

STL (3 yrs)				118	81	-12	0	0	0	11	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$464,000
SFG (1 yr)				6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-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
1993	27	STL	NL	67	59	1	0.4	101	.176	.103	.267	.133	.332	.121	.407	.254	.739	-30	.014	-10.7	-1.1	.173	.052	.017
1994	28	STL	NL	13	11	1	2.4	108	.250	.111	.272	.200	.339	.222	.426	.422	.764	11	.217	-1.2	-0.1	.375	.222	.111
1995	29	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	105		.000	.268	.000	.337	.000	.418	.000	.755	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1997	31	SFG	NL	1	1	0	0.0	107		.000	.268	.000	.340	.000	.421	.000	.761	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				82	72	2	0.7	102	.184	.101	.268	.139	.333	.130	.410	.269	.743	-27	.033	-12.5	-1.2	.194	.072	.029
162 Game Avg.				107	94	3	0.7	102	.184	.101	.268	.139	.333	.130	.410	.269	.743	-27	.033	-12.5	-1.2	.194	.072	.029

STL (3 yrs)				81	71	2	0.8	102	.184	.103	.268	.141	.333	.132	.410	.273	.743	-25	.034	-12.2	-1.2	.197	.074	.029
SFG (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	107		.000	.268	.000	.340	.000	.421	.000	.761	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1993	27	STL	NL	67	0.0%	35.8%	3.0%	1.5%	17%	12.00	2.4		19.3	4.80	5.80	51%	2%	0.0%	20%
1994	28	STL	NL	13	0.0%	38.5%	7.7%	7.7%	100%	5.00	1.8			0.33	2.00	31%	29%	0.0%	0%
1995	29	STL	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%

1997	31	SFG	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0					0%
4 Yrs				82	0.0%	37.8%	3.7%	2.4%	29%	10.33	2.2		23.0	3.13	4.71	46%	6%	0.0%	13%
MLB Averages					2.6%	16.2%	8.9%	7.6%	32%	1.81	5.5	34.1	7.5	0.83	1.10	71%	21%	7.9%	16%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1993	27	STL	NL	-10.8	-1.1	67	-1.0	0.4	-1.4	.98	-1.0	-0.1	-10.3	-1.0	1.03	-11.4	0
1994	28	STL	NL	-1.2	-0.1	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.91	-0.1	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.99	-1.7	0
1995	29	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.94	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.26	-0.3	0

1997	31	SFG	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.25	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0
4 Yrs				-12.6	-1.2	82	-1.2	0.4	-1.6	.97	-1.2	-0.1	-12.6	-1.3	1.03	-13.8	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1993	27	STL	NL	2	0	38%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0
1994	28	STL	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	29	STL	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1997	31	SFG	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				2	0	30%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	20%	3	2	1	0	0	0	2	2	0

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
1993	27	STL	NL	67	30%	6	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	12	7	58%	13	0	0%	15	4	27%	52	4	8%	4	1	25%	2	2	100%	0
1994	28	STL	NL	13	38%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	4	0	0%	3	1	33%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1995	29	STL	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1997	31	SFG	NL	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				82	30%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	15	10	67%	18	0	0%	19	5	26%	62	4	6%	4	1	25%	3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	27	STL	NL	67	209	3.12	154	74%	30%	27%	17%	27%	70%	0%	52%	62%	40%	4%	3	1	6%	4	0	3%	2	0	33%	0	0	0
1994	28	STL	NL	12	45	3.75	31	69%	26%	29%	26%	19%	74%	0%	51%	61%	50%	8%	1	0	17%	2	0	8%	1	0	0%	1	0	0
1995	29	STL	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	0%	33%	67%	0%	100%		100%	67%	100%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

1997	31	SFG	NL	1	3	3.00	3	100%	33%	67%	0%	0%	67%		67%	0%	0%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
4 Yrs				81	260	3.21	191	73%	29%	28%	19%	25%	71%	0%	52%	61%	42%	5%	4	1	7%	6	0	4%	3	0	26%	1	0	0
MLB Averages						3.69		61%	26%	15%	27%	33%	74%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1993	27	32	67	58	3	6	1	3	2	24	.103	.133	.121	.254	-30	7	7
1994	28	77	80	67	3	7	2	3	3	29	.104	.143	.134	.277	-24	9	10
1995	29	118	81	68	3	7	2	3	3	30	.103	.141	.132	.273	-25	9	10
1996	30	118	81	68	3	7	2	3	3	30	.103	.141	.132	.273	-25	9	10
1997	31	124	82	69	3	7	2	3	3	31	.101	.139	.130	.269	-27	9	10

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
1993	27	32	67	58	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	2	24	.103	.133	.121	.254	1	32
1994	28	63	18	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	45
1995	29	46	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	41

1997	31	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
4 Yrs		147	87	73	3	6	1	0	0	3	0	3	33	.082	.118	.096	.214	1	124
162 Game Avg.		162	96	80	3	7	1	0	0	3	0	3	36	.082	.118	.096	.214	1	124

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