Germán Barranca

German (Costales) Barranca

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 19, 1956 in Veracruz, Veracruz, Mexico (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1979
Teams (by GP): Reds/Royals 1979-1982

Final Game: July 11, 1982
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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
1975	18	KCR-min	A,Rk	87	315	254	40	60	7	3	0	26	13	5	53	34	.236	.375	.287	.662		73	5	4	3	1	3		WLO,ROY · MIDW,GULF
1976	19	KCR-min	A	92	319	319		89	14	3	0						.279	.279	.342	.621		109							WLO · MIDW
1977	20	KCR-min	AA	118	469	409	47	106	9	4	0	36	29	8	43	57	.259	.333	.301	.634		123		3	13	1			JCK · SOUL
1978	21	KCR-min	AAA,AA	110	466	411	45	98	8	2	2	30	25	10	48	48	.238	.317	.282	.600		116		1	3	3			OMA,JCK · AA,SOUL
1979	22	KCR-min	AAA	122	549	472	79	120	18	7	8	49	75	17	66	42	.254	.344	.373	.717		176		1	6	4			OMA · AA
1979	22	KCR	AL	5	5	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	272	4	0	0	0	0	0	/45D
1980	23	KCR-min	AAA	93	349	305	39	69	10	3	3	26	28	5	37	41	.226	.306	.308	.615		94		0	3	4			OMA · AA
1980	23	KCR	AL	7	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
1981	24	CIN-min	AAA	125	532	482	68	137	22	3	5	34	22	9	42	62	.284	.342	.373	.715		180		1	5	2	6		INA · AA
1981	24	CIN	NL	9	6	6	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	89	2	0	0	0	0	0
1982	25	CIN-min	AAA	36	125	107	18	32	4	0	3	7	7	6	17	16	.299	.395	.421	.816		45		0	1	0	1		INA · AA
1982	25	CIN	NL	46	54	51	11	13	1	3	0	2	2	0	2	9	.255	.283	.392	.675	86	20	1	0	1	0	0	/4
1983	26	BAL-STL-DET-min	AA,AAA	113	435	370	57	89	14	2	14	47	29	14	54	71	.241	.336	.403	.738		149		2	3	6	3		ROC,ARK,EVN · IL,TL,AA
1984	27	TEX-min	AAA	62	206	179	28	50	7	4	3	26	9	0	20	22	.279	.341	.413	.755		74		0	1	6	1		OKC · AA
1985	28	CLE-min	AA	64	222	197	27	48	6	1	0	13	7	9	22	19	.244	.321	.284	.606		56		1	1	1	1		WBY · EL
1988	31	CMP	AAA																										CMP · MEX
1990	33	MVA	AAA																										MVA · MEX
1994	37	MNY	AAA																										MNY · MEX
4 Yrs				67	65	62	19	18	2	3	0	3	5	1	2	9	.290	.313	.419	.732	102	26	1	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	157	150	46	44	5	7	0	7	12	2	5	22	.290	.313	.419	.732	102	63	2	0	2	0	0

KCR (2 yrs)				12	5	5	6	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	272	4	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (2 yrs)				55	60	57	13	15	1	3	0	3	2	0	2	9	.263	.288	.386	.674	86	22	1	0	1	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				55	60	57	13	15	1	3	0	3	2	0	2	9	.263	.288	.386	.674	86	22	1	0	1	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				12	5	5	6	3	1	0	0	0	3	1	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	272	4	0	0	0	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
1979	22	KCR	AL	5	5	1	0	0	1	-0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.536	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	/45D
1980	23	KCR	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.506	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
1981	24	CIN	NL	9	6	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$
1982	25	CIN	NL	46	54	-2	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.496	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$	/4
4 Seasons				67	65	-0	1	1	-0	0	1	0.1	2	3	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.0	3	$

KCR (2 yrs)				12	5	1	1	0	1	-0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.518	.501	0.1	0.1	2	$
CIN (2 yrs)				55	60	-2	1	1	-1	0	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.0	.497	.500	0.1	-0.0	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
1979	22	KCR	AL	5	3	2	17.8	104	.600	.600	.272	.600	.337	.800	.412	1.400	.749	272	.919	1.2	0.1	2.000	.600	.200	.0

1981	24	CIN	NL	6	4	1	6.8	93	.333	.333	.265	.333	.330	.333	.380	.667	.710	89	.713	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1982	25	CIN	NL	54	40	6	4.1	96	.310	.255	.268	.283	.331	.392	.389	.675	.721	86	.481	-1.5	-0.2	.615	.216	.137	.0
4 Yrs				65	47	9	5.2	97	.340	.290	.268	.313	.332	.419	.390	.732	.722	102	.588	-0.4	-0.1	.696	.226	.129	.0
162 Game Avg.				157	114	22	5.2	97	.340	.290	.268	.313	.332	.419	.390	.732	.722	102	.588	-0.4	-0.1	.696	.226	.129

CIN (2 yrs)				60	44	7	4.3	96	.313	.263	.268	.288	.331	.386	.388	.674	.719	86	.509	-1.6	-0.2	.605	.193	.123	.0
KCR (2 yrs)				5	3	2	17.8	104	.600	.600	.272	.600	.337	.800	.412	1.400	.749	272	.919	1.2	0.1	2.000	.600	.200	.0

NL (2 yrs)				60	44	7	4.3	96	.313	.263	.268	.288	.331	.386	.388	.674	.719	86	.509	-1.6	-0.2	.605	.193	.123	.0
AL (2 yrs)				5	3	2	17.8	104	.600	.600	.272	.600	.337	.800	.412	1.400	.749	272	.919	1.2	0.1	2.000	.600	.200	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	22	KCR	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	33%					0.00	100%

1981	24	CIN	NL	6	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				6.0	3.00	100%
1982	25	CIN	NL	54	0.0%	16.7%	3.7%	7.4%	31%	4.50	5.7		25.5	0.63	78%
4 Yrs				65	0.0%	13.9%	3.1%	7.7%	28%	4.50	6.9		20.7	0.68	82%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.7%	8.3%	6.5%	28%	1.53	7.0	45.0	8.5	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1979	22	KCR	AL	1.2	0.1	12	0.1	0.3	-0.3	1.75	0.1	-0.1	1.4	0.1	1.06	1.2		0
1980	23	KCR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1981	24	CIN	NL	-0.1	-0.0	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.54	-0.0	-0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.15	-0.7	0.54	6
1982	25	CIN	NL	-1.5	-0.2	56	-0.6	0.6	-1.2	1.07	-0.1	-0.5	-3.3	-0.3	0.93	-1.9	1.17	39
4 Yrs				-0.4	-0.1	74	-0.6	0.9	-1.5	1.14	0.0	-0.5	-2.6	-0.3	0.97	-1.3	1.09	45

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1979	22	KCR	AL	0	0	100%	7	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1981	24	CIN	NL	0	0	100%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1982	25	CIN	NL	0	0	73%	29	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	70%	5	3	2	0	0	0	5	0	5
4 Yrs				0	0	95%	51	5	1	83%	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	69%	10	5	5	0	0	0	6	0	6

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
1979	22	KCR	AL	5	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1981	24	CIN	NL	6	100%	2			6	2	0	1	0.54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1982	25	CIN	NL	54	85%	13			39	9	0	0	1.17	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	1	10%	6	1	17%	24	2	8%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				65	88%	18			45	11	0	1	1.09	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	13	1	8%	6	1	17%	33	3	9%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			80%			11%			36%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1979	22	5	5	5	3	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	272	4	0	0
1980	23	12	5	5	6	3	1	0	0	3	1	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	272	4	0	0
1981	24	21	11	11	8	5	1	0	1	3	1	0	0	.455	.455	.545	1.000	175	6	0	0
1982	25	67	65	62	19	18	2	3	3	5	1	2	9	.290	.313	.419	.732	102	26	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	22	5	5	5	3	3	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	2	5

1981	24	14	10	10	5	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	.400	.400	.400	.800	2	9
1982	25	46	54	51	12	13	1	3	0	2	2	2	9	.255	.283	.392	.675	6	46
3 Yrs		65	69	66	20	20	2	3	0	4	5	2	9	.303	.324	.424	.748	10	60
162 Game Avg.		162	172	164	50	50	5	7	0	10	12	5	22	.303	.324	.424	.748	25	60

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