Loren Babe

Loren Rolland Babe (Bee Bee)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 11, 1928 in Pisgah, IA
High School: Creighton Prep (Omaha, NE)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 19, 1952
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees 1952-1953

Final Game: September 27, 1953
Died: February 14, 1984 in Omaha, NE
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Omaha, NE
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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
1945	17	NYY-min	B,A,AA	108	408	408	2	129	14	2	1		1				.316	.316	.368	.684		150						NFK,BNG,KCY · PIED,EL,AA
1947	19	NYY-min	A	52	209	209		62	8	7	0						.297	.297	.402	.699		84						DEN · WL
1948	20	NYY-min	AA	133	464	464		106	9	5	1						.228	.228	.276	.504		128						BMT · TL
1949	21	NYY-min	A	102	375	375		103	11	5	3						.275	.275	.355	.629		133						BNG · EL
1950	22	NYY-min	A,AA	129	461	461		153	27	4	10						.332	.332	.473	.805		218						MKG,BMT · CENL,TL
1951	23	-min	AAA	153	686	595	88	162	32	1	8	56	4		84	35	.272	.362	.370	.732		220		0	7			SYR · IL
1952	24	-min	AAA	130	568	498	67	152	19	6	11	73	5		61	25	.305	.382	.434	.816		216		1	8			SYR · IL
1952	24	NYY	AL	12	25	21	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	.095	.240	.143	.383	11	3	0	0	0			/5
1953	25	TOT	AL	108	401	361	36	83	17	2	2	26	0	1	35	22	.230	.302	.305	.606	62	110	9	2	3			5/6
1953	25	NYY	AL	5	18	18	2	6	1	0	2	6	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.722	1.056	182	13	0	0	0			/5
1953	25	PHA	AL	103	383	343	34	77	16	2	0	20	0	1	35	20	.224	.300	.283	.583	55	97	9	2	3			5/6
1954	26	-min	AAA	151	667	582	99	168	27	4	19	73	5		78	43	.289	.371	.447	.818		260		0	4	3		TTO · IL
1955	27	-min	AAA	142	624	528	87	151	22	7	11	64	2		91	40	.286	.388	.417	.805		220		0	1	4		TTO · IL
1956	28	-min	AAA	133	539	454	55	119	21	4	5	54	6		76	33	.262	.368	.359	.727		163		2	3	4		TTO · IL
1957	29	-min	AAA	101	383	328	39	85	10	2	4	32	5		47	26	.259	.350	.338	.688		111		1	3	4		TTO · IL
1958	30	STL-CIN-min	AAA	108	393	360	27	93	13	1	3	34	2		30	23	.258	.317	.325	.642		117	1	1	2	0	0	ROC,SLE · IL,PCL
1961	33	NYY-min	D	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0						AUB · NYPL
2 Seasons				120	426	382	37	85	18	2	2	26	1	1	39	26	.223	.298	.296	.594	59	113	9	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	575	516	50	115	24	3	3	35	1	1	53	35	.223	.298	.296	.594	59	153	12	3	4

NYY (2 yrs)				17	43	39	3	8	2	0	2	6	1	0	4	6	.205	.279	.410	.689	91	16	0	0	0
PHA (1 yr)				103	383	343	34	77	16	2	0	20	0	1	35	20	.224	.300	.283	.583	55	97	9	2	3

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1952	24	NYY	AL	25	-2	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/5
1953	25	NYY	AL	18	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	0.3	3	0.3	0.0	$	/5
1953	25	PHA	AL	383	-22	0	0	0	0	0	11	-11	-1.2	-11	-1.1	-0.1	$	5/6
2 Seasons				426	-22	0	0	0	1	0	13	-8	-1.0	-9	-0.9	-0.1	$

NYY (2 yrs)				43	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	3	0.2	2	0.2	0.0	$
PHA (1 yr)				383	-22	0	0	0	0	0	11	-11	-1.2	-11	-1.1	-0.1	$

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	24	NYY	AL	25	19	1	1.4	92	.118	.095	.254	.240	.333	.143	.371	.383	.704	11	.123	-2.4	-0.2	.421	.286	.048	.0
1953	25	TOT	AL	401	291	32	3.0	106	.240	.230	.274	.302	.351	.305	.403	.606	.754	62	.319	-19.9	-2.0	.507	.169	.075	.0
1953	25	NYY	AL	18	12	4	9.0	100	.286	.333	.266	.333	.342	.722	.392	1.056	.733	182	.782	1.7	0.2	1.083	.389	.389	.0
1953	25	PHA	AL	383	279	28	2.7	106	.238	.224	.274	.300	.351	.283	.404	.583	.755	55	.284	-21.6	-2.2	.482	.157	.058
2 Seasons				426	310	33	2.9	105	.234	.223	.273	.298	.350	.296	.401	.594	.751	59	.309	-22.3	-2.3	.502	.175	.073	1.3
162 Game Avg.				575	419	45	2.9	105	.234	.223	.273	.298	.350	.296	.401	.594	.751	59	.309	-22.3	-2.3	.502	.175	.073	2

NYY (2 yrs)				43	31	5	4.3	96	.194	.205	.260	.279	.337	.410	.381	.689	.717	91	.507	-0.7	-0.1	.677	.333	.205	1.3
PHA (1 yr)				383	279	28	2.7	106	.238	.224	.274	.300	.351	.283	.404	.583	.755	55	.285	-21.6	-2.2	.482	.157	.058

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	24	NYY	AL	25	0.0%	16.0%	16.0%	4.0%	50%	1.00	5.3			0.50	68%
1953	25	TOT	AL	401	0.5%	5.5%	8.7%	5.2%	25%	0.63	16.4	180.5	13.9	1.14	84%
1953	25	NYY	AL	18	11.1%	11.1%	0.0%	16.7%	50%		9.0	9.0	3.0	4.00	78%
1953	25	PHA	AL	383	0.0%	5.2%	9.1%	4.7%	23%	0.57	17.2		17.2	1.09	84%
2 Seasons				426	0.5%	6.1%	9.2%	5.2%	26%	0.67	14.7	191.0	14.7	1.09	83%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.8%	9.2%	6.4%	28%	1.18	8.2	44.8	8.3	0.96	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1952	24	NYY	AL	-2.4	-0.2	25	-0.3	0.1	-0.5	.90	-0.3	-0.1	-2.3	-0.3	0.86	-2.4	1.20	2
1953	25	TOT	AL	-19.9	-2.0	390	-1.8	5.5	-7.3	1.01	-1.6	-0.2	-18.5	-1.8	0.93	-18.3	2.25	11
1953	25	NYY	AL	1.7	0.2	18	0.1	0.5	-0.4	1.01	0.3	-0.2	2.4	0.2	1.01	3.2		0
1953	25	PHA	AL	-21.6	-2.2	372	-1.9	5.0	-6.9	1.01	-1.9	-0.0	-21.0	-2.1	0.92	-21.6	2.25	11
2 Seasons				-22.3	-2.3	415	-2.1	5.7	-7.8	1.00	-1.8	-0.3	-20.9	-2.1	0.92	-20.7	2.09	13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	24	NYY	AL	0	17%	7	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	25	TOT	AL	4	29%	154	0	1	0%	0	2	8	2	58%	15	10	5	2	2	19	1	16
1953	25	NYY	AL	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	25	PHA	AL	4	30%	149	0	1	0%	0	2	8	2	58%	15	10	5	2	2	19	1	16
2 Seasons				4	28%	161	1	1	50%	1	2	8	2	58%	15	10	5	2	2	19	1	16

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	24	NYY	AL	24	100%	2			2	0	0	0	1.20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		1
1953	25	TOT	AL	388	89%	83			11	2	0	1	2.25	2	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	4	3	75%	86	9	10%	28	11	39%	227	27	12%	13	7	54%	11	9	82%	13
1953	25	NYY	AL	18	100%	6			0	0	0	0		2	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		15	4	27%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1953	25	PHA	AL	370	88%	77			11	2	0	1	2.25	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	83	9	11%	28	11	39%	212	23	11%	12	6	50%	11	9	82%	13
2 Seasons				412	89%	85			13	2	0	1	2.09	2	0	5	2	0	2	0	0	4	3	75%	90	9	10%	30	11	37%	234	27	12%	14	7	50%	11	9	82%	14
MLB Averages					50%																			90%			12%			32%			15%			50%			56%

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	24	12	25	21	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	.095	.240	.143	.383	11	3	0	0	0
1953	25	120	426	382	37	85	18	2	2	26	1	1	39	26	.223	.298	.296	.594	59	113	9	2	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
1952	24	13	29	23	1	3	2	0	0	0	2	6	4	.130	.310	.217	.528	1	12
1953	25	113	415	377	36	86	18	2	2	26	0	36	23	.228	.299	.302	.601	33	108
2 Seasons		126	444	400	37	89	20	2	2	26	2	42	27	.223	.300	.298	.597	34	120
162 Game Avg.		162	571	514	48	114	26	3	3	33	3	54	35	.223	.300	.298	.597	44	120

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