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Toby Atwell

Maurice Dailey Atwell

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 8, 1924 in Leesburg, VA
High School: Leesburg HS (Leesburg, VA)
School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1952
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Cubs/Braves 1952-1956

Final Game: September 28, 1956
Died: January 25, 2003 in Purcellville, VA
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All-Star

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
1946	22	LAD-min	B	114	387	387		127	19	11	3						.328	.328	.457	.786		177							DNV · IIIL
1947	23	LAD-min	AA,AAA	82	239	239	0	64	7	5	0	0	0				.268	.268	.339	.607		81							FTW,MTL · TL,IL
1948	24	LAD-min	AAA,AA	92	328	295	37	101	18	4	3	39	3		32	11	.342	.407	.461	.868		136		0	1				STP,FTW · AA,TL
1949	25	LAD-min	AAA	52	162	145	14	38	5	0	0	22	5		14	12	.262	.327	.297	.624		43		0	3				MTL · IL
1950	26	LAD-min	AAA	112	408	338	48	93	13	2	9	41	4		65	22	.275	.395	.405	.800		137		2	3				MTL · IL
1951	27	LAD-min	AAA	122	467	395	58	92	18	0	9	45	4		64	24	.233	.343	.347	.690		137		2	6				MTL · IL
1952	28	CHC	NL	107	406	362	36	105	16	3	2	31	2	1	40	22	.290	.362	.367	.730	102	133	11	1	2			2	AS,MVP-38
1953	29	TOT	NL	77	251	213	21	51	8	0	1	25	0	0	33	19	.239	.349	.291	.640	69	62	8	3	3			2
1953	29	CHC	NL	24	87	74	10	17	2	0	1	8	0	0	13	7	.230	.345	.297	.642	68	22	0	0	1			2
1953	29	PIT	NL	53	164	139	11	34	6	0	0	17	0	0	20	12	.245	.352	.288	.640	70	40	8	3	2			2
1954	30	PIT	NL	96	340	287	36	83	8	4	3	26	2	3	43	21	.289	.384	.376	.760	102	108	11	3	4	3		2
1955	31	PIT	NL	71	252	207	21	44	8	0	1	18	0	1	40	16	.213	.337	.266	.603	65	55	4	1	1	4	9	2
1956	32	STL-PHI-min	AAA	32	89	72	3	9	1	1	0	2	0		15	7	.125	.276	.167	.443		12	4	0	2	0			OMA,MIA · AA,IL
1956	32	TOT	NL	27	54	48	2	7	1	0	2	10	0	0	5	6	.146	.226	.292	.518	41	14	2	0	1	0	1	2
1956	32	PIT	NL	12	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	5	.111	.158	.111	.269	-25	2	2	0	1	0	0	/2
1956	32	MLN	NL	15	34	30	2	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	4	1	.167	.265	.400	.665	81	12	0	0	0	0	1	2
1957	33	BAL-ATL-min	Opn,AAA	89	296	254	25	58	9	1	2	28	1		35	26	.228	.327	.295	.622		75	6	3	2	2	2		VAN,WCH · PCL,AA
1958	34	BAL-min	AAA	12	29	23	3	1	0	0	0	1	0		5	3	.043	.214	.043	.258		1		0	1	0	1		LOU · AA
5 Yrs				378	1303	1117	116	290	41	7	9	110	4	5	161	84	.260	.355	.333	.688	86	372	36	8	11	7	10
162 Game Avg.				162	558	479	50	124	18	3	4	47	2	2	69	36	.260	.355	.333	.688	86	159	15	3	5

PIT (4 yrs)				232	776	651	68	163	22	4	4	64	2	4	104	54	.250	.356	.315	.671	80	205	25	7	8	7	9
CHC (2 yrs)				131	493	436	46	122	18	3	3	39	2	1	53	29	.280	.359	.356	.715	96	155	11	1	3
MLN (1 yr)				15	34	30	2	5	1	0	2	7	0	0	4	1	.167	.265	.400	.665	81	12	0	0	0	0	1

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	Awards
1952	28	CHC	NL	107	406	2	1	0	-3	3	3	0.3	14	17	1.7	.503	.502	2.1	0.0	20	$	2	AS,MVP-38
1953	29	CHC	NL	24	87	-2	0	1	-1	1	-2	-0.2	3	1	0.1	.493	.499	0.2	-0.0	2	$	2
1953	29	PIT	NL	53	164	-6	0	-0	-4	1	-8	-0.9	6	-3	-0.3	.484	.495	0.1	-0.3	1	$	2
1954	30	PIT	NL	96	340	-0	-1	-0	-2	3	-0	-0.1	11	11	1.0	.500	.500	1.3	0.1	13	$	2
1955	31	PIT	NL	71	252	-13	-0	1	-2	2	-12	-1.4	8	-3	-0.5	.483	.492	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	2
1956	32	PIT	NL	12	20	-3	0	-0	-1	0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.461	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/2
1956	32	MLN	NL	15	34	-1	-0	1	1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	2
5 Seasons				378	1303	-24	-0	2	-12	12	-22	-2.6	44	22	1.8	.494	.498	3.3	-0.2	34	$

PIT (4 yrs)				232	776	-22	-1	0	-9	7	-25	-2.8	26	1	-0.2	.489	.496	0.9	-0.3	10	$
CHC (2 yrs)				131	493	-0	1	1	-4	4	2	0.2	17	19	1.8	.502	.501	2.3	0.0	23	$
MLN (1 yr)				15	34	-1	-0	1	1	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.506	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$

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
1952	28	CHC	NL	406	271	48	4.7	98	.305	.290	.263	.362	.336	.367	.391	.730	.727	102	.560	2.1	0.2	.651	.191	.077	2.0
1953	29	TOT	NL	251	173	22	3.4	110	.259	.239	.274	.349	.345	.291	.428	.640	.773	69	.340	-8.1	-0.8	.576	.207	.052	.0
1953	29	CHC	NL	87	58	8	3.6	112	.242	.230	.277	.345	.348	.297	.431	.642	.779	68	.375	-3.1	-0.3	.614	.243	.068	.0
1953	29	PIT	NL	164	115	14	3.2	109	.268	.245	.273	.352	.344	.288	.426	.640	.770	70	.323	-5.0	-0.5	.558	.187	.043
1954	30	PIT	NL	340	225	41	4.9	107	.301	.289	.272	.384	.343	.376	.420	.760	.763	102	.508	2.5	0.2	.702	.233	.087	2.4
1955	31	PIT	NL	252	173	21	3.2	104	.222	.213	.263	.337	.334	.266	.417	.603	.751	65	.339	-8.2	-0.8	.565	.242	.053	.0
1956	32	TOT	NL	54	44	3	1.8	99	.125	.146	.258	.226	.324	.292	.408	.518	.732	41	.162	-4.1	-0.4	.442	.250	.146	.0
1956	32	PIT	NL	20	19	0	0.0	100	.154	.111	.260	.158	.327	.111	.411	.269	.738	-25	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.167	.056	.000
1956	32	MLN	NL	34	25	3	3.2	98	.111	.167	.257	.265	.323	.400	.406	.665	.729	81	.353	-0.9	-0.1	.640	.367	.233	.0
5 Yrs				1303	886	135	4.1	104	.273	.260	.267	.355	.339	.333	.411	.688	.750	86	.447	-15.8	-1.5	.622	.217	.073	5.5
162 Game Avg.				558	380	58	4.1	104	.273	.260	.267	.355	.339	.333	.411	.688	.750	86	.447	-15.8	-1.5	.622	.217	.073	2

PIT (4 yrs)				776	532	76	3.8	106	.265	.250	.269	.356	.340	.315	.420	.671	.760	80	.401	-13.8	-1.4	.607	.221	.065	2.7
CHC (2 yrs)				493	329	56	4.5	100	.295	.280	.265	.359	.338	.356	.398	.715	.736	96	.529	-1.0	-0.1	.644	.200	.076	2.4
MLN (1 yr)				34	25	3	3.2	98	.111	.167	.257	.265	.323	.400	.406	.665	.729	81	.353	-0.9	-0.1	.640	.367	.233	.0

All-Star Batting

Year	Tm	Lg	Age	GS	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	CHC	NL	28		DNP

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	28	CHC	NL	406	0.5%	5.4%	9.9%	5.2%	20%	0.55	16.5	181.0	11.7	1.23	83%
1953	29	TOT	NL	251	0.4%	7.6%	13.2%	3.6%	18%	0.58	11.2	213.0	8.5	1.19	77%
1953	29	CHC	NL	87	1.2%	8.1%	14.9%	3.5%	18%	0.54	10.6	74.0	9.3	1.16	76%
1953	29	PIT	NL	164	0.0%	7.3%	12.2%	3.7%	18%	0.60	11.6		8.2	1.21	77%
1954	30	PIT	NL	340	0.9%	6.2%	12.7%	4.4%	18%	0.49	13.7	95.7	11.0	1.14	78%
1955	31	PIT	NL	252	0.4%	6.4%	15.9%	3.6%	21%	0.40	12.9	207.0	11.5	1.30	77%
1956	32	TOT	NL	54	3.7%	11.1%	9.3%	5.6%	43%	1.20	8.0	24.0	4.8	0.95	74%
1956	32	PIT	NL	20	0.0%	25.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0%	5.00	3.6		6.0	0.88	65%
1956	32	MLN	NL	34	5.9%	2.9%	11.8%	8.8%	60%	0.25	30.0	15.0	4.3	1.00	79%
5 Yrs				1303	0.7%	6.5%	12.4%	4.4%	20%	0.52	13.3	124.1	10.2	1.19	79%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.2%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.19	7.9	41.1	8.2	0.97	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	28	CHC	NL	2.1	0.2	332	-0.4	5.4	-5.8	1.05	0.0	-0.4	5.2	0.5	0.95	1.2	2.13	4
1953	29	TOT	NL	-8.1	-0.8	185	1.0	3.8	-2.8	1.10	0.2	0.7	7.9	0.8	1.00	1.9	1.22	8
1953	29	CHC	NL	-3.1	-0.3	71	0.6	1.6	-1.0	1.05	0.3	0.3	3.2	0.3	1.05	2.1	0.60	1
1953	29	PIT	NL	-5.0	-0.5	114	0.4	2.2	-1.8	1.12	-0.0	0.4	4.8	0.5	0.97	-0.2	1.31	7
1954	30	PIT	NL	2.5	0.2	268	-0.0	5.0	-5.1	1.17	0.1	-0.1	-3.8	-0.4	1.02	-0.3	2.74	6
1955	31	PIT	NL	-8.2	-0.8	192	-1.4	2.5	-3.9	1.11	-0.8	-0.4	-10.0	-1.0	0.91	-10.5	0.97	5
1956	32	TOT	NL	-4.1	-0.4	51	0.1	1.0	-1.0	1.09	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.97	-1.4	2.18	6
1956	32	PIT	NL	-3.2	-0.3	19	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.42	-0.2	0.1	-2.2	-0.2	1.04	-2.5	2.59	2
1956	32	MLN	NL	-0.9	-0.1	32	0.3	0.7	-0.4	.90	0.1	0.2	2.0	0.2	0.93	1.2	1.98	4
5 Yrs				-15.8	-1.5	1028	-0.7	17.9	-18.6	1.10	-0.6	-0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.97	-9.1	1.82	29

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	28	CHC	NL	2	24%	130	2	1	67%	1	1	0	4	1	38%	22	14	8	6	5	1	12	6	6
1953	29	TOT	NL	3	23%	83	0	0		0	0	0	1	2	38%	10	8	2	1	1	0	5	1	4
1953	29	CHC	NL	2	31%	32	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	33%	7	6	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1953	29	PIT	NL	1	19%	51	0	0		0	0	0	1	2	43%	3	2	1	1	1	0	3	1	2
1954	30	PIT	NL	0	26%	118	2	3	40%	2	1	1	4	4	35%	26	20	6	1	0	1	10	4	6
1955	31	PIT	NL	1	24%	87	0	1	0%	0	1	1	2	2	40%	9	8	1	0	0	0	6	1	5
1956	32	TOT	NL	0	0%	9	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	32	PIT	NL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	32	MLN	NL	0	0%	7	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				6	24%	427	4	5	44%	3	3	2	12	9	37%	68	51	17	8	6	2	33	12	21

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
1952	28	CHC	NL	406	94%	105			4	0	0	1	2.13	2	0	5	0	0	0	2	0	4	2	50%	77	11	14%	29	10	34%	202	24	12%	24	10	42%	13	4	31%	0
1953	29	TOT	NL	251	82%	51			8	2	0	2	1.22	1	0	10	1	0	0	1	0	2	3	150%	33	8	24%	16	6	38%	130	23	18%	2	2	100%	5	2	40%	0
1953	29	CHC	NL	87	85%	17			1	0	0	1	0.60	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	15	0	0%	9	3	33%	55	7	13%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1953	29	PIT	NL	164	81%	34			7	2	0	1	1.31	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	200%	18	8	44%	7	3	43%	75	16	21%	1	1	100%	4	2	50%	0
1954	30	PIT	NL	340	91%	83			6	3	0	1	2.74	3	0	11	2	0	1	2	0	3	4	133%	64	11	17%	34	12	35%	201	19	9%	22	10	45%	12	5	42%	0
1955	31	PIT	NL	254	97%	44			5	0	0	0	0.97	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	1		36	4	11%	21	9	43%	101	13	13%	9	6	67%	5	3	60%	-2
1956	32	TOT	NL	54	92%	7			6	0	0	2	2.18	2	0	2	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	15	2	13%	8	3	38%	35	9	26%	4	2	50%	4	3	75%	0
1956	32	PIT	NL	20	95%	2			2	0	0	0	2.59	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	2	50%	3	1	33%	12	3	25%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1956	32	MLN	NL	34	91%	5			4	0	0	2	1.98	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		11	0	0%	5	2	40%	23	6	26%	3	2	67%	3	2	67%	0
5 Yrs				1305	91%	290			29	5	0	6	1.82	9	0	30	6	0	2	7	0	10	11	110%	225	36	16%	108	40	37%	669	88	13%	61	30	49%	39	17	44%	-2
MLB Averages					49%																			84%			11%			32%			14%			50%			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	SF	IBB
1952	28	107	406	362	36	105	16	3	2	31	2	1	40	22	.290	.362	.367	.730	102	133	11	1	2
1953	29	184	657	575	57	156	24	3	3	56	2	1	73	41	.271	.357	.339	.696	89	195	19	4	5
1954	30	280	997	862	93	239	32	7	6	82	4	4	116	62	.277	.366	.352	.718	93	303	30	7	9	3
1955	31	351	1249	1069	114	283	40	7	7	100	4	5	156	78	.265	.360	.335	.695	88	358	34	8	10	7	9
1956	32	378	1303	1117	116	290	41	7	9	110	4	5	161	84	.260	.355	.333	.688	86	372	36	8	11	7	10

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
1952	28	112	428	382	39	113	17	3	2	34	2	43	23	.296	.369	.372	.740	52	107
1953	29	80	258	219	21	51	8	0	1	25	0	33	20	.233	.341	.283	.624	21	77
1954	30	101	357	302	38	87	8	4	3	27	2	45	22	.288	.382	.371	.753	43	96
1955	31	75	267	218	22	47	9	0	1	19	0	43	17	.216	.342	.271	.613	20	71
1956	32	28	58	51	2	8	1	0	2	12	0	6	6	.157	.246	.294	.540	4	27
5 Yrs		396	1368	1172	122	306	43	7	9	117	4	170	88	.261	.357	.333	.689	140	378
162 Game Avg.		162	560	479	50	125	18	3	4	48	2	70	36	.261	.357	.333	.689	57	378

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1952	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1952 NL (38, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1955 NL 9 (9th)

All-Star Games
1952

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1952 NL (38, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1955 NL 9 (9th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2065), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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