Monty Basgall

Romanus Basgall

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: February 8, 1922 in Pfeifer, KS
High School: Pfeifer HS (Pfeifer, KS)
School: Sterling University (Sterling, KS)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1948
Team: Pirates 1948-1951

Final Game: August 11, 1951
Died: September 22, 2005 in Sierra Vista, AZ
Buried: Mother Teresa Columbarium, Sierra Vista, AZ
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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	Pos	Awards
1942	20	LAD-min	D	126	502	502		127	14	7	1						.253	.253	.315	.568		158						VDS · GAFL
1943		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946	24	LAD-min	AA	155	545	545		123	22	2	1						.226	.226	.279	.505		152						FTW · TL
1947	25	LAD-min	AA	153	599	599		163	30	5	3						.272	.272	.354	.626		212						FTW · TL
1948	26	PIT-min	AA	23	94	94		34	9	1	1						.362	.362	.511	.872		48						NOR · SOUA
1948	26	PIT	NL	38	56	51	12	11	1	0	2	6	0		3	5	.216	.259	.353	.612	63	18	1	0	0		4
1949	27	PIT	NL	107	344	308	25	67	9	1	2	26	1		31	32	.218	.291	.273	.564	51	84	7	1	4		4/5

1950	28	PIT-min	AAA	133	526	462	63	130	29	4	13	58	5		52	58	.281	.360	.446	.806		206	15	5	7			INA · AA
1951	29	PIT-min	AAA	37	124	106	15	27	5	1	1	13	0		15	11	.255	.363	.349	.712		37	3	3	0			INA · AA
1951	29	PIT	NL	55	169	153	15	32	5	2	0	9	0	0	12	14	.209	.271	.268	.539	44	41	9	1	3		4
1952	30	PIT-min	Opn	149	639	578	80	161	22	0	8	63	6		31	51	.279	.319	.358	.677		207		3	27			HOL · PCL
1953	31	HOL	Opn	162	655	578	63	144	28	3	10	77	2		59	52	.249	.322	.360	.682		208	16	3	15			HOL · PCL
1954	32	PIT-min	Opn	145	534	457	57	115	18	1	4	59	9		55	33	.252	.332	.322	.654		147	10	3	13	6		HOL · PCL
1955	33	SLE	Opn	132	469	420	50	103	25	1	8	42	5		33	36	.245	.302	.367	.668		154	12	3	8	5		SLE · PCL
1956	34	PIT-min	B	54	154	154		50	8	0	4						.325	.325	.455	.779		70						WAC · BSTL
1957	35	PIT-min	B	36	80	80		27	4	1	0						.338	.338	.413	.750		33						BMT · BSTL
1958	36	PIT-min	A	6	10	10		2	1	0	0						.200	.200	.300	.500		3						LIN · WL
3 Yrs				200	569	512	52	110	15	3	4	41	1	0	46	51	.215	.282	.279	.561	50	143	17	2	7
162 Game Avg.				162	461	415	42	89	12	2	3	33	1		37	41	.215	.282	.279	.561	50	116	14	2	6

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
1948	26	PIT	NL	38	56	-3	-0	-0	0	1	-2	-0.2	2	-0	0.0	.494	.499	0.0	0.1	-0	$	4
1949	27	PIT	NL	107	344	-21	1	1	-2	4	-17	-1.9	12	-5	-0.7	.483	.489	-0.4	0.2	-3	$	4/5

1951	29	PIT	NL	55	169	-12	-1	-2	-3	2	-15	-1.6	6	-10	-1.1	.471	.490	-0.7	-0.1	-7	$	4
3 Seasons				200	569	-35	-0	-1	-5	6	-35	-3.7	20	-15	-1.8	.482	.493	-1.1	0.1	-10	$

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
1948	26	PIT	NL	56	41	5	3.2	104	.205	.216	.271	.259	.346	.353	.401	.612	.747	63	.359	-3.0	-0.3	.512	.196	.137	.0
1949	27	PIT	NL	344	252	24	2.6	106	.237	.218	.273	.291	.347	.273	.408	.564	.755	51	.255	-21.7	-2.2	.472	.159	.055	1.3

1951	29	PIT	NL	169	133	11	2.2	105	.230	.209	.270	.271	.344	.268	.409	.539	.753	44	.214	-12.4	-1.2	.415	.137	.059
3 Yrs				569	426	40	2.5	105	.232	.215	.272	.282	.346	.279	.408	.561	.754	50	.252	-37.2	-3.7	.458	.156	.064	1.6
162 Game Avg.				461	345	32	2.5	105	.232	.215	.272	.282	.346	.279	.408	.561	.754	50	.252	-37.2	-3.7	.458	.156	.064	1

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	26	PIT	NL	56	3.6%	8.9%	5.4%	5.4%	27%	1.67	10.2	25.5	8.5	0.78	79%
1949	27	PIT	NL	344	0.6%	9.3%	9.0%	3.5%	18%	1.03	9.6	154.0	11.8	0.78	80%

1951	29	PIT	NL	169	0.0%	8.3%	7.1%	4.1%	22%	1.17	10.9		17.0	0.73	82%
3 Yrs				569	0.7%	9.0%	8.1%	3.9%	20%	1.11	10.0	128.0	12.5	0.76	80%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.6%	10.1%	6.5%	28%	0.95	9.2	47.1	7.9	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	26	PIT	NL	-3.0	-0.3	25	0.1	0.5	-0.3	.94	0.1	0.0	0.7	0.1	0.94	0.4	0.93	1
1949	27	PIT	NL	-21.7	-2.2	199	-1.2	2.4	-3.6	1.00	-1.2	0.0	-13.3	-1.3	0.95	-13.1	0.30	2

1951	29	PIT	NL	-12.4	-1.2	130	-1.5	1.1	-2.6	.92	-1.3	-0.3	-15.1	-1.5	0.93	-13.9		0
3 Yrs				-37.2	-3.7	354	-2.5	4.0	-6.5	.96	-2.4	-0.2	-27.7	-2.8	0.94	-26.6	0.51	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1948	26	PIT	NL	1	0	83%	18	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17%	5	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1949	27	PIT	NL	2	0	24%	79	1		0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	2	5	35%	9	7	2	1	0	0	7	3	4

1951	29	PIT	NL	1	0	33%	43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	27%	6	5	0	1	0	1	4	2	2
3 Yrs				4	0	31%	140	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	0	3	5	29%	20	17	2	3	0	2	11	5	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
1948	26	PIT	NL	56	8%	11			1	0	0	0	0.93	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		3	1	33%	2	0	0%	10	1	10%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1949	27	PIT	NL	344	14%	67			2	0	0	0	0.30	2	0	5	0	0	1	1	0	4	4	100%	39	7	18%	15	6	40%	119	14	12%	9	5	56%	2	1	50%	0

1951	29	PIT	NL	169	14%	32			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	150%	21	9	43%	9	2	22%	81	8	10%	5	3	60%	2	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				569	14%	110			3	0	0	0	0.51	4	0	9	2	0	2	2	0	6	7	117%	63	17	27%	26	8	31%	210	23	11%	14	8	57%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			107%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

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
1948	26	38	56	51	12	11	1	0	2	6	0		3	5	.216	.259	.353	.612	63	18	1	0	0
1949	27	145	400	359	37	78	10	1	4	32	1		34	37	.217	.287	.284	.571	53	102	8	1	4
1950	28	145	400	359	37	78	10	1	4	32	1		34	37	.217	.287	.284	.571	53	102	8	1	4
1951	29	200	569	512	52	110	15	3	4	41	1	0	46	51	.215	.282	.279	.561	50	143	17	2	7

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
1948	26	40	57	54	13	12	1	0	2	7	0	3	5	.222	.263	.352	.615	5	38
1949	27	111	353	317	25	67	9	1	2	26	1	31	33	.211	.284	.265	.549	24	107

1951	29	57	175	159	16	33	5	2	0	9	0	12	15	.208	.267	.264	.532	11	55
3 Yrs		208	585	530	54	112	15	3	4	42	1	46	53	.211	.277	.274	.550	40	200
162 Game Avg.		162	456	413	42	87	12	2	3	33	1	36	41	.211	.277	.274	.550	31	200

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