Fred Baczewski

Frederic John Baczewski (Lefty)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: May 15, 1926 in St. Paul, MN
High School: Humboldt HS (St. Paul, MN)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1953
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Reds/Cubs 1953-1955

Final Game: April 16, 1955
Died: November 14, 1976 in Culver City, CA
Buried: Holy Cross Cemetery & Mausoleum, Culver City, CA
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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
1947	21	ALX	D	46	97	97		18	2	2	1						.186	.186	.278	.464		27							ALX · EVAN
1948	22	ANN,KIL,SHV	B,C,AA	31	70	70		15	3	2	0						.214	.214	.314	.529		22							ANN,KIL,SHV · SEAL,LONE,TL
1949	23	SHV	AA	42	50	50		7	1	0	0						.140	.140	.160	.300		8							SHV · TL
1950	24	CHC-min	A	24	33	33		4	1	1	0						.121	.121	.212	.333		7							DMO · WL
1951	25	CHC-min	AAA	37	89	76	6	11	3	0	0	5	0		8	32	.145	.226	.184	.410		14		0	5				LOS · PCL
1952	26	CHC-min	AA,Opn	34	43	42	2	6	1	1	0	0	0		1	5	.143	.163	.214	.377		9		0	0				SHV,LOS · TL,PCL
1953	27	TOT	NL	33	52	47	4	9	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	15	.191	.208	.255	.464	20	12	0	0	4			1	RoY-6
1953	27	CHC	NL	9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	160	1	0	0	1			/1
1953	27	CIN	NL	24	49	45	4	8	0	0	1	2	0	0	1	14	.178	.196	.244	.440	14	11	0	0	3			1
1954	28	CIN	NL	29	49	42	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	19	.071	.093	.071	.164	-57	3	1	0	6	0		1
1955	29	LAD-min	AAA	27	36	34	3	4	0	0	0	0	0		2	14	.118	.167	.118	.284		4	0	0	0	0			STP · AA
1955	29	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	30	BAL-CIN-min	Opn	40	36	30	1	7	0	0	0	3	0		3	16	.233	.303	.233	.536		7	0	0	3	0			VAN,SLE · PCL
1957	31	STL-min	AA,AAA	42	75	65	6	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	26	.108	.205	.108	.313		7		0	2	0			SHV,ROC · TL,IL
1958	32	STL-min	AA	56	33	29	2	4	0	0	0	3	0	0	3	16	.138	.219	.138	.357		4		0	1	0			HSN · TL
1959	33	DAL	AAA	68	26	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	10	.182	.208	.182	.390		4		0	2	1	0		DAL · AA
1960	34	BAL-min	AAA	21	4	4	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.250	.250	.500	.750		2							VAN · PCL
1961	35	ATL-min	AAA	4	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							VAN · PCL
3 Yrs				63	101	89	5	12	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	34	.135	.154	.169	.322	-16	15	1	0	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	260	229	13	31	0	0	3	5	0	0	5	87	.135	.154	.169	.322	-16	39	3	0	26

CIN (3 yrs)				54	98	87	5	11	0	0	1	2	0	0	2	33	.126	.146	.161	.307	-20	14	1	0	9	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				9	3	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	.500	1.000	160	1	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
1953	27	CHC	NL	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1	RoY-6
1953	27	CIN	NL	24	49	-7	-0	1	0	5	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	1	$	1	RoY-6
1954	28	CIN	NL	29	49	-11	0	0	0	6	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.6	.480	.496	-0.6	-0.0	-4	$	1
1955	29	CIN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
3 Seasons				63	101	-18	-0	1	0	11	-6	-0.6	3	-2	-0.6	.491	.499	-0.6	-0.0	-2	$

CIN (3 yrs)				54	98	-18	-0	1	0	11	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.7	.488	.499	-0.7	-0.0	-3	$
CHC (1 yr)				9	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.506	.500	0.1	0.0	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
1953	27	TOT	NL	52	42	3	1.9	110	.258	.191	.274	.208	.346	.255	.428	.464	.773	20	.152	-5.8	-0.6	.342	.085	.064	.0
1953	27	CHC	NL	3	2	1	13.2	112	1.000	.500	.276	.500	.348	.500	.431	1.000	.779	160	.863	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000
1953	27	CIN	NL	49	40	2	1.3	110	.233	.178	.274	.196	.345	.244	.427	.440	.773	14	.085	-5.9	-0.6	.324	.089	.067	.0
1954	28	CIN	NL	49	46	0	0.0	111	.130	.071	.277	.093	.348	.071	.428	.164	.776	-57	.000	-10.0	-1.0	.100	.024	.000
3 Yrs				101	88	3	0.9	110	.204	.135	.275	.154	.347	.169	.428	.322	.774	-16	.045	-15.7	-1.5	.218	.056	.034	.0
162 Game Avg.				260	226	8	0.9	110	.204	.135	.275	.154	.347	.169	.428	.322	.774	-16	.045	-15.7	-1.5	.218	.056	.034

CIN (3 yrs)				98	86	2	0.6	110	.189	.126	.275	.146	.347	.161	.427	.307	.774	-20	.023	-15.9	-1.6	.208	.057	.034	.0
CHC (1 yr)				3	2	1	13.2	112	1.000	.500	.276	.500	.348	.500	.431	1.000	.779	160	.863	0.2	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	27	TOT	NL	52	1.9%	28.9%	1.9%	1.9%	11%	15.00	3.1	47.0	23.5	1.70	60%
1953	27	CHC	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0				33%
1953	27	CIN	NL	49	2.0%	28.6%	2.0%	2.0%	13%	14.00	3.2	45.0	22.5	1.60	61%
1954	28	CIN	NL	49	0.0%	38.8%	2.0%	0.0%	0%	19.00	2.2			2.86	47%
3 Yrs				101	1.0%	33.7%	2.0%	1.0%	8%	17.00	2.6	89.0	44.5	2.18	53%
MLB Averages					2.2%	10.9%	9.4%	6.6%	28%	1.17	8.1	40.5	8.1	0.96	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1953	27	TOT	NL	-5.8	-0.6	52	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	.87	-0.5	-0.1	-8.3	-0.8	1.00	-6.3	0
1953	27	CHC	NL	0.2	0.0	3	0.0	0.1	-0.0	1.21	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.03	-0.0	0
1953	27	CIN	NL	-5.9	-0.6	49	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	.85	-0.5	-0.2	-8.4	-0.8	1.00	-6.3	0
1954	28	CIN	NL	-10.0	-1.0	49	-1.0	0.1	-1.0	.89	-1.0	-0.1	-10.8	-1.1	0.90	-11.4	0
1955	29	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
3 Yrs				-15.7	-1.5	101	-1.6	0.4	-2.0	.88	-1.6	-0.2	-19.1	-1.9	0.95	-17.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1953	27	TOT	NL	33%	19	14%	5	5	2	1	1
1953	27	CHC	NL	0%	2	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1953	27	CIN	NL	38%	17	17%	4	4	2	1	1
1954	28	CIN	NL	25%	11	33%	1	1	2	1	1
3 Yrs				31%	30	20%	6	6	4	2	2

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
1953	27	TOT	NL	52	79%	9			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	5	4	80%	16	0	0%	17	3	18%	37	1	3%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1953	27	CHC	NL	3	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1953	27	CIN	NL	49	84%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	4	3	75%	15	0	0%	16	3	19%	35	1	3%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1954	28	CIN	NL	49	73%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	6	100%	11	1	9%	13	2	15%	29	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				101	76%	12			0	0	0	0		1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	11	10	91%	27	1	4%	30	5	17%	66	1	2%	5	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			84%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1953	27	33	52	47	4	9	1	2	1	15	.191	.208	.255	.464	20	12	0	4
1954	28	62	101	89	5	12	1	2	2	34	.135	.154	.169	.322	-16	15	1	10	0
1955	29	63	101	89	5	12	1	2	2	34	.135	.154	.169	.322	-16	15	1	10	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	27	34	52	47	3	8	1	2	1	16	.170	.188	.234	.422	2	33
1954	28	31	51	44	0	0	0	0	1	20	.000	.022	.000	.022	0	29
2 Yrs		65	103	91	3	8	1	2	2	36	.088	.108	.121	.228	2	62
162 Game Avg.		162	257	227	7	20	2	5	5	90	.088	.108	.121	.228	5	62

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