Bob Babcock

Robert Ernest Babcock

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 25, 1949 in New Castle, PA
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 1979
Team: Rangers 1979-1981

Final Game: June 11, 1981
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1968	18	PIT-min	Rk	0	5	.000	7.00	9	6					27.0	32	31	21	2	21								1.963	10.7	0.7	7.0			PRA · GULF
1969	19	WSN-min	Rk	2	1	.667	3.69	9	7					39.0	34	19	16	0	25								1.513	7.8	0.0	5.8			EXO · GULF
1970	20	WSN-min	A	10	7	.588	2.00	19	19				0	126.0	89	41	28	0	59		70						1.175	6.4	0.0	4.2	5.0	1.19	WPB · FLOR
1971	21	WSN-min	AA	7	9	.438	2.93	27	18		9	1	1	132.0	99	64	43	5	71	1	88	5	0	17			1.288	6.8	0.3	4.8	6.0	1.24	QUE · EL
1972	22	WSN-min	AA,AAA	7	7	.500	3.90	28	17		5	3	0	127.0	92	66	55	2	71	2	83	17	0	8			1.283	6.5	0.1	5.0	5.9	1.17	QUE,PNS · EL,IL
1973	23	WSN-min	AAA	9	12	.429	3.33	35	20		6	2	1	154.0	152	75	57	6	98	5	71	11	1	13			1.623	8.9	0.4	5.7	4.1	0.72	PNS · IL
1974	24	WSN-BAL-min	AA,AAA	1	10	.091	4.62	38	3		0	0	3	74.0	66	48	38	6	63	3	54	5	0	8			1.743	8.0	0.7	7.7	6.6	0.86	QUE,MEM,ROC · EL,IL
1975	25	BAL-min	AA,AAA	11	7	.611	2.97	38	8		3	2	4	118.0	100	45	39	4	48	5	60	7	0	2			1.254	7.6	0.3	3.7	4.6	1.25	AVL,ROC · SOUL,IL
1976	26	BAL-min	AAA	7	6	.538	5.04	34	4		0	0	3	91.0	107	63	51	5	47	3	53	3	2	3			1.692	10.6	0.5	4.6	5.2	1.13	ROC · IL
1977	27	TEX-min	AAA	6	5	.545	4.57	56	1		0	0	6	128.0	125	84	65	4	87	5	84	1	1	8			1.656	8.8	0.3	6.1	5.9	0.97	TUC · PCL
1978	28	TEX-min	AAA	1	0	1.000	3.79	10	0		0	0	1	19.0	15	9	8	0	9	0	18	0	0	0			1.263	7.1	0.0	4.3	8.5	2.00	TUC · PCL
1979	29	TEX-min	AAA	5	3	.625	3.23	41	0		0	0	15	64.0	53	27	23	0	33	1	54	3	0	5			1.344	7.5	0.0	4.6	7.6	1.64	TUC · PCL
1979	29	TEX	AL	0	0		10.13	4	0	1	0	0	0	5.1	7	7	6	1	7	0	6	0	0	1	31	44	2.625	11.8	1.7	11.8	10.1	0.86
1980	30	TEX-min	AAA	6	3	.667	1.52	39	0		0	0	14	65.0	38	13	11	1	26	4	59	2	0	3			0.985	5.3	0.1	3.6	8.2	2.27	CHL · IL
1980	30	TEX	AL	1	2	.333	4.63	19	0	8	0	0	0	23.1	20	13	12	3	8	1	15	2	0	1	98	85	1.200	7.7	1.2	3.1	5.8	1.88
1981	31	TEX	AL	1	1	.500	2.20	16	0	7	0	0	0	28.2	21	7	7	2	16	1	18	1	0	0	117	159	1.291	6.6	0.6	5.0	5.7	1.13
1982	32	TEX-min	AAA,AA	3	2	.600	4.32	23	0	12	0	0	3	41.2	45	23	20	3	21	3	34	3	0	3			1.584	9.7	0.6	4.5	7.3	1.62	DEN,TUL · AA,TL
1983	33	SEA-min	AAA	3	10	.231	3.92	60	0	56	0	0	15	66.2	86	39	29	4	38	7	48	2	0	5			1.860	11.6	0.5	5.1	6.5	1.26	SLC · PCL
1984	34	SEA-min	AAA	2	3	.400	5.44	21	2	12	0	0	0	49.2	66	35	30	4	34	4	19	1	0	1			2.013	12.0	0.7	6.2	3.4	0.56	SLC · PCL
3 Yrs				2	3	.400	3.92	39	0	16	0	0	0	57.1	48	27	25	6	31	2	39	3	0	2	246	96	1.378	7.5	0.9	4.9	6.1	1.26
162 Game Avg.				3	5	.400	3.92	68	0	28	0	0	0	100	84	47	44	10	54	3	68	5	0	3	429	96	1.378	7.5	0.9	4.9	6.1	1.26

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1979	29	TEX	AL	5.1	4	7	11.81	4.87	0.36	-0.39	101.9	4.20	-5	-0.4	1.2	-0.1	-0.4	-4	.396	.497	$
1980	30	TEX	AL	23.1	19	13	5.01	4.87	-0.51	-0.39	95.1	4.75	-1	-0.1	1.1	-0.1	0.1	2	.496	.499	$
1981	31	TEX	AL	28.2	16	7	2.20	4.17	0.31	-0.33	96.8	3.41	4	0.4	.7	-0.1	0.6	6	.528	.503	$
3 Seasons				57.1	39	27	4.24	4.52	-0.02	-0.36	96.6	4.03	-1	-0.1	.9	-0.2	0.3	4	.499	.500	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1979	29	TEX	AL	4	31	22	7	7	0	1	1	0	0	7	6	.318	.452	.545	.997	.353	12	0	0	0	2	0	1
1980	30	TEX	AL	19	98	84	13	20	3	0	3	2	0	8	15	.238	.309	.381	.690	.246	32	4	2	1	3	1	1
1981	31	TEX	AL	16	117	96	7	21	4	1	2	1	0	16	18	.219	.333	.344	.677	.247	33	4	1	3	1	1	0
3 Yrs				39	246	202	27	48	7	2	6	3	0	31	39	.238	.339	.381	.720	.258	77	8	3	4	6	2	2
162 Game Avg.				68	429	352	47	84	12	3	10	5	0	54	68	.238	.339	.381	.720	.258	134	14	5	7	10	3	3
MLB Averages																.263	.326	.387	.713	.284

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1979	29	TEX	AL	-3.6	-0.3	32	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.60	-0.4	0.2	-4.2	-0.4	0.60	-3.6	1	0	3
1980	30	TEX	AL	-1.6	-0.2	101	-1.0	0.9	-2.0	.82	-0.1	-1.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.82	-0.8	5	3	10
1981	31	TEX	AL	4.8	0.5	119	-0.4	0.9	-1.3	.45	-0.0	-1.0	2.9	0.3	0.45	-0.0	3	0	11
3 Yrs				-0.4	0.0	252	-1.6	2.1	-3.7	.62	-0.5	-2.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.62	-4.4	9	3	24

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1979	29	TEX	AL	4	4	1	0	0	0	0		0	0	10	4	40%	3	.600	1	0	3	0	1	3	4	0	3	1	3	1	4.0
1980	30	TEX	AL	19	19	8	1	2	1	1	0%	3	1	25	9	36%	8	.823	5	3	10	4	2	13	15	4	9	8	10	3	3.7
1981	31	TEX	AL	16	16	7	1	1	2	2	0%	2	0	17	6	35%	7	.446	3	0	11	7	1	8	10	6	12	3	12	3	5.4
3 Yrs				39	39	16	2	3	3	3	0%	5	1	52	19	37%		.616	9	3	24	11	4	24	29	10	24	12	25	7	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1979	29	TEX	AL	31	68%	3.2%	19.4%	22.6%	6.5%	29%	1.00	55%	7	0	0%
1980	30	TEX	AL	98	65%	3.1%	15.3%	8.2%	6.1%	30%	1.04	70%	29	4	14%
1981	31	TEX	AL	117	57%	1.7%	15.4%	13.7%	6.0%	33%	1.20	66%	25	4	16%
3 Yrs				246	62%	2.4%	15.9%	12.6%	6.1%	31%	1.11	66%	61	8	13%
MLB Averages					44%	1.9%	12.5%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.10	76%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1979	29	TEX	AL	31	7			1	0	8	0	1	1	0	3	2	1	67%	1	1	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
1980	30	TEX	AL	98	20			3	0	9	0	3	3	0	16	9	3	56%	1	1	0	34	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1981	31	TEX	AL	117	21			2	0	2	1	1	1	1	3	2	0	67%	0	0	0	52	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0
3 Yrs				246	48			6	0	19	1	5	5	1	22	13	4	59%	2	2	0	96	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	0
MLB Averages																		54%							66%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1979	29	0	0		10.13	4	1	5.1	7	7	6	1	7	0	6	0	1	31	44	2.625	11.8	1.7	11.8	10.1	0.86	44
1980	30	1	2	.333	5.65	23	9	28.2	27	20	18	4	15	1	21	2	2	129	71	1.465	8.5	1.3	4.7	6.6	1.40	71
1981	31	2	3	.400	3.92	39	16	57.1	48	27	25	6	31	2	39	3	2	246	96	1.378	7.5	0.9	4.9	6.1	1.26	96

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1979	29	0	0		9.00	6.0	7	7	6	1	7	6	0	2.333	10.5	10.5	9.0	0.86	1.5	4
1980	30	1	1	.500	5.32	22.0	21	14	13	3	8	14	2	1.318	8.6	3.3	5.7	1.75	1.2	19
1981	31	3	1	.750	3.16	37.0	36	14	13	3	27	23	2	1.703	8.8	6.6	5.6	0.85	0.7	16
3 Yrs		4	2	.667	4.43	65.0	64	35	32	7	42	43	4	1.631	8.9		6.0	1.02	1.0	39

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