Billy Baldwin

Robert Harvey Baldwin

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: June 9, 1948 in Tazewell, VA
High School: John R. Buchtel HS (Akron, OH)
School: Southern University and A&M College (Baton Rouge, LA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1975
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Mets 1975-1976

Final Game: September 28, 1976
Died: June 28, 2011 in Hudson, OH
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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
1972	24	DET-min	A,AA	123	481	423	34	116	14	9	5	47	6	4	40	96	.274	.339	.385	.724		163		3	12	3			LAK,MTG · FLOR,SOUL
1973	25	DET-min	A	120	523	473	66	133	21	2	13	76	14	6	50	65	.281	.350	.416	.766		197							CLI · MIDW
1974	26	DET-min	A	130	552	490	61	150	16	12	7	68	4	5	48	56	.306	.367	.431	.798		211	7	2	7	5	3		LAK · FLOR
1975	27	DET-min	AA,AAA	92	420	384	54	116	11	5	16	55	12	5	26	43	.302	.345	.482	.827		185	4	2	3	5	4		MTG,EVN · SOUL,AA
1975	27	DET	AL	30	101	95	8	21	3	0	4	8	2	1	5	14	.221	.260	.379	.639	77	36	0	0	1	0	0	98/D
1976	28	NYM-min	AAA	133	550	495	66	134	20	5	17	72	18	13	43	61	.271	.327	.434	.762		215		1	6	5			TID · IL
1976	28	NYM	NL	9	24	22	4	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	1	2	.273	.292	.545	.837	142	12	0	0	0	1	0	/79
1977	29	NYM-min	AAA	129	493	453	63	126	16	2	17	76	5	3	33	53	.278	.331	.435	.766		197		4	0	3			TID · IL
1978	30	PIT-min	AAA	97	398	368	50	99	14	2	12	39	5	6	21	47	.269	.311	.416	.727		153		2	6	1			CLB · IL
1980	32	TAB	AAA																										TAB · MEX
2 Yrs				39	125	117	12	27	4	1	5	13	2	1	6	16	.231	.266	.410	.676	89	48	0	0	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	519	486	50	112	17	4	21	54	8	4	25	66	.231	.266	.410	.676	89	199	0	0	4	4	0

NYM (1 yr)				9	24	22	4	6	1	1	1	5	0	0	1	2	.273	.292	.545	.837	142	12	0	0	0	1	0
DET (1 yr)				30	101	95	8	21	3	0	4	8	2	1	5	14	.221	.260	.379	.639	77	36	0	0	1	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
1975	27	DET	AL	30	101	-4	-1	1	-4	-1	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.6	.468	.494	-0.2	-0.5	-2	$	98/D
1976	28	NYM	NL	9	24	1	-0	0	1	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.515	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	/79
2 Seasons				39	125	-3	-1	1	-3	-1	-8	-0.8	4	-4	-0.4	.479	.498	-0.1	-0.4	-1	$

NYM (1 yr)				9	24	1	-0	0	1	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.515	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$
DET (1 yr)				30	101	-4	-1	1	-4	-1	-9	-0.9	3	-6	-0.6	.468	.494	-0.2	-0.5	-2	$

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
1975	27	DET	AL	101	76	10	3.5	95	.221	.221	.261	.260	.332	.379	.384	.639	.716	77	.411	-3.6	-0.4	.560	.221	.158	2.7
1976	28	NYM	NL	24	17	4	6.3	86	.250	.273	.254	.292	.320	.545	.362	.837	.682	142	.690	1.0	0.1	.813	.318	.273	.0
2 Yrs				125	93	14	4.0	93	.227	.231	.260	.266	.329	.410	.380	.676	.709	89	.476	-2.6	-0.3	.604	.239	.179	2.9
162 Game Avg.				519	386	58	4.0	93	.227	.231	.260	.266	.329	.410	.380	.676	.709	89	.476	-2.6	-0.3	.604	.239	.179	12

NYM (1 yr)				24	17	4	6.3	86	.250	.273	.254	.292	.320	.545	.362	.837	.682	142	.690	1.0	0.1	.813	.318	.273	.0
DET (1 yr)				101	76	10	3.5	95	.221	.221	.261	.260	.332	.379	.384	.639	.716	77	.411	-3.6	-0.4	.560	.221	.158	2.7

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1975	27	DET	AL	101	4.0%	13.9%	5.0%	6.9%	33%	2.80	6.8	23.8	11.9	0.42	76%
1976	28	NYM	NL	24	4.2%	8.3%	4.2%	12.5%	50%	2.00	11.0	22.0	4.4	0.60	83%
2 Yrs				125	4.0%	12.8%	4.8%	8.0%	37%	2.67	7.3	23.4	9.0	0.45	78%
MLB Averages					1.7%	12.8%	8.7%	5.9%	26%	1.47	6.9	53.3	8.9	1.08	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1975	27	DET	AL	-3.7	-0.4	105	-1.0	1.2	-2.2	1.13	-0.5	-0.4	-4.5	-0.5	0.92	-3.5		0
1976	28	NYM	NL	1.0	0.1	25	0.4	0.9	-0.5	1.22	0.2	0.1	1.2	0.1	1.02	1.2	1.69	3
2 Yrs				-2.7	-0.3	130	-0.6	2.2	-2.8	1.15	-0.3	-0.3	-3.4	-0.3	0.93	-2.3	1.69	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1975	27	DET	AL	18%	41	2	1	67%	2	1	1	1	63%	6	3	3	0	0	2	2
1976	28	NYM	NL	50%	8	0	0		0	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
2 Yrs				25%	49	2	1	67%	2	1	2	2	67%	6	3	3	1	1	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
1975	27	DET	AL	101	93%	21			0	0	0	0		4	0	2	4	0	2	2	0	1	1	100%	16	0	0%	7	2	29%	54	4	7%	4	1	25%	4	2	50%	0
1976	28	NYM	NL	24	96%	6			3	1	1	2	1.69	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	2	67%	17	4	24%	2	2	100%	2	1	50%	0
2 Yrs				125	94%	27			3	1	1	2	1.69	5	0	2	5	0	3	2	0	1	1	100%	19	0	0%	10	4	40%	71	8	11%	6	3	50%	6	3	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			78%			11%			34%			14%			49%			53%

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
1975	27	30	101	95	8	21	3	0	4	8	2	1	5	14	.221	.260	.379	.639	77	36	0	0	1	0	0
1976	28	39	125	117	12	27	4	1	5	13	2	1	6	16	.231	.266	.410	.676	89	48	0	0	1	1	0

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
1975	27	30	102	96	9	22	3	0	4	9	2	5	14	.229	.267	.385	.653	10	30
1976	28	9	24	22	4	6	1	1	1	5	0	1	2	.273	.292	.545	.837	4	9
2 Yrs		39	126	118	13	28	4	1	5	14	2	6	16	.237	.272	.415	.687	14	39
162 Game Avg.		162	523	490	54	116	17	4	21	58	8	25	66	.237	.272	.415	.687	58	39

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