Billy Bates

William Derrick Bates

Positions: Second Baseman and Pinch Runner
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 155 lb.

Born: December 7, 1963 in Houston, TX
High School: Aldine HS (Houston, TX)
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 4th round of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 17, 1989
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Reds 1989-1990

Final Game: October 2, 1990
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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
1985	21	MIL-min	A	59	257	218	36	65	8	1	3	31	18	5	35	27	.298	.396	.385	.781		84		1	2	1	0		STK · CALL
1986	22	MIL-min	AA	122	588	511	104	151	26	4	8	75	23	10	72	64	.295	.385	.409	.794		209		2	3	0	0		ELP · TL
1987	23	MIL-min	AAA	130	591	506	117	160	25	5	3	62	51	13	73	52	.316	.397	.403	.800		204		0	4	8	1		DEN · AA
1988	24	MIL-min	AAA	119	532	472	74	122	16	12	2	44	29	8	51	49	.258	.331	.356	.687		168		2	4	3	2		DEN · AA
1989	25	MIL-min	AAA	95	408	363	50	99	11	2	1	38	13	5	36	26	.273	.340	.322	.662		117		2	5	2	1		DEN · AA
1989	25	MIL	AL	7	14	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	22	3	2	0	0	0	0	/4
1990	26	CIN-MIL-min	AAA	98	399	362	51	106	15	3	0	34	15	8	29	28	.293	.343	.351	.693		127		0	5	3	2		NVL,DEN · AA
1990	26	TOT	MLB	22	40	34	8	3	1	0	0	2	6	1	4	9	.088	.179	.118	.297	-15	4	0	0	1	1	0	4
1990	26	MIL	AL	14	35	29	6	3	1	0	0	2	4	0	4	7	.103	.206	.138	.344	-1	4	0	0	1	1	0	4
1990	26	CIN	NL	8	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1991	27	CIN-min	AAA	49	173	165	22	40	3	3	3	15	1	2	2	17	.242	.249	.352	.600		58	0	0	4	2	0		NVL · AA
1992	28	CHC-min	AAA	90	293	257	30	62	8	1	1	19	2	2	27	13	.241	.310	.292	.602		75	7	0	6	3	2		IWA · AA
2 Yrs				29	54	48	11	6	1	0	0	2	8	1	4	10	.125	.189	.146	.335	-5	7	2	0	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	302	268	61	34	6	0	0	11	45	6	22	56	.125	.189	.146	.335	-5	39	11	0	6	6	0

MIL (2 yrs)				21	49	43	9	6	1	0	0	2	6	0	4	8	.140	.208	.163	.371	6	7	2	0	1	1	0
CIN (1 yr)				8	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				21	49	43	9	6	1	0	0	2	6	0	4	8	.140	.208	.163	.371	6	7	2	0	1	1	0
NL (1 yr)				8	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
1989	25	MIL	AL	7	14	-2	1	-0	1	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$68,000	/4
1990	26	MIL	AL	14	35	-4	1	0	1	0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.491	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$100,000	4
1990	26	CIN	NL	8	5	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.476	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/4
2 Seasons				29	54	-6	2	0	1	0	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.3	0.1	-2	$168,000

MIL (2 yrs)				21	49	-5	2	0	2	0	-1	-0.1	2	0	0.0	.493	.500	-0.2	0.2	-1	$168,000
CIN (1 yr)				8	5	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.476	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-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
1989	25	MIL	AL	14	13	0	0.0	92	.231	.214	.260	.214	.324	.214	.382	.429	.706	22	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.385	.143	.000	.0
1990	26	TOT	MLB	40	34	2	1.6	95	.115	.088	.260	.179	.328	.118	.389	.297	.716	-15	.133	-5.3	-0.5	.406	.294	.029	.0
1990	26	MIL	AL	35	28	2	1.9	94	.130	.103	.258	.206	.326	.138	.386	.344	.712	-1	.180	-3.8	-0.4	.462	.310	.034	.0
1990	26	CIN	NL	5	6	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.270	.000	.337	.000	.406	.000	.743	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.200	.000	.0
2 Yrs				54	47	2	1.1	94	.154	.125	.260	.189	.327	.146	.387	.335	.714	-5	.079	-6.8	-0.7	.400	.250	.021	.0
162 Game Avg.				302	263	11	1.1	94	.154	.125	.260	.189	.327	.146	.387	.335	.714	-5	.079	-6.8	-0.7	.400	.250	.021

MIL (2 yrs)				49	41	2	1.3	93	.167	.140	.259	.208	.326	.163	.385	.371	.710	6	.099	-5.4	-0.5	.436	.256	.023	.0
CIN (1 yr)				5	6	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.270	.000	.337	.000	.406	.000	.743	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.200	.000	.0

AL (2 yrs)				49	41	2	1.3	93	.167	.140	.259	.208	.326	.163	.385	.371	.710	6	.099	-5.4	-0.5	.436	.256	.023	.0
NL (1 yr)				5	6	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.270	.000	.337	.000	.406	.000	.743	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.167	.200	.000	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
1990	26	CIN	NL	NLCS	PIT	W	2	0	0	1	0	1					0
1990	26	CIN	NL	WS	OAK	W	1	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							3	1	1	2	1	1	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0
1 NLCS							2	0	0	1	0	1					0
1 WS							1	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1989	25	MIL	AL	14	0.0%	7.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		14.0			1.00	1.40	93%	31%	0.0%	0%
1990	26	TOT	MLB	40	0.0%	22.5%	10.0%	2.5%	33%	2.25	3.8		17.0	1.89	2.29	65%	22%	0.0%	11%
1990	26	MIL	AL	35	0.0%	20.0%	11.4%	2.9%	33%	1.75	4.1		14.5	1.88	2.33	66%	25%	0.0%	0%
1990	26	CIN	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.5			2.00	2.00	60%	0%		100%
2 Yrs				54	0.0%	18.5%	7.4%	1.9%	17%	2.50	4.8		24.0	1.53	1.92	72%	25%	0.0%	7%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.8%	8.6%	6.5%	29%	1.74	6.0	44.6	8.6	0.80	1.04	73%	20%	6.0%	19%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	25	MIL	AL	-1.5	-0.2	17	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.12	-0.1	-0.2	-1.8	-0.2	0.99	-1.4	0.35	1
1990	26	TOT	MLB	-5.3	-0.5	49	-0.3	0.6	-0.8	1.08	-0.2	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	1.04	-3.2	0.52	1
1990	26	MIL	AL	-3.8	-0.4	40	-0.2	0.5	-0.6	1.00	-0.1	-0.0	0.3	0.0	1.02	-1.4		0
1990	26	CIN	NL	-1.4	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.40	-0.1	0.0	-2.0	-0.2	1.13	-1.7	0.52	1
2 Yrs				-6.8	-0.7	66	-0.6	0.7	-1.3	1.09	-0.4	-0.2	-3.4	-0.3	1.03	-4.6	0.43	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	SB3	SBH	CSH	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1989	25	MIL	AL	0	100%	5	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	1	67%	0	0	1	1	2	2
1990	26	TOT	MLB	1	114%	22	6	1	86%	4	1	1	1	5	75%	1	1	1	1	2	2
1990	26	MIL	AL	1	86%	11	4	0	100%	3	0	1	0	4	67%	1	1	1	1	1	1
1990	26	CIN	NL	0		11	2	1	67%	1	1	0	1	1	100%	0	0	0	0	1	1
2 Yrs				1	110%	27	8	1	89%	6	1	1	1	6	71%	1	1	2	2	4	4

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
1989	25	MIL	AL	14	93%	3	1	0	1	1	0	0	0.35	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	4	2	50%	3	1	33%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1990	26	TOT	MLB	40	88%	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.52	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	11	0	0%	3	2	67%	30	4	13%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1990	26	MIL	AL	35	91%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	10	0	0%	2	2	100%	25	4	16%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1990	26	CIN	NL	5	60%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				54	89%	6	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.43	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	15	2	13%	6	3	50%	38	4	11%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					61%																			71%			10%			35%			14%			51%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	25	MIL	AL	13	28	2.15	23	82%	35%	0%	13%	52%	65%	0%	54%	100%	38%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	100%	1	0	0
1990	26	TOT	MLB	40	156	3.90	96	62%	23%	15%	33%	28%	76%	0%	47%	80%	30%	8%	3	0	23%	9	1	8%	3	1	22%	0	0	1
1990	26	MIL	AL	35	135	3.86	78	58%	23%	15%	29%	31%	76%	0%	44%	78%	26%	9%	3	0	23%	8	1	9%	3	1	14%	0	0	1
1990	26	CIN	NL	5	21	4.20	18	86%	22%	11%	50%	17%	78%	0%	67%	86%	60%	0%	0	0	20%	1	0	0%	0	0	50%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				53	184	3.47	119	65%	25%	12%	29%	33%	74%	0%	48%	83%	32%	6%	3	0	17%	9	1	6%	3	1	30%	1	0	1
MLB Averages						3.61		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

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
1989	25	7	14	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	.214	.214	.214	.429	22	3	2	0	0	0	0
1990	26	29	54	48	11	6	1	0	0	2	8	1	4	10	.125	.189	.146	.335	-5	7	2	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	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1989	25	7	15	15	5	4	0	0	3	0	1	.267	.267	.267	.533	1	7
1990	26	22	42	35	9	4	1	2	8	5	9	.114	.220	.143	.362	1	22
2 Yrs		29	57	50	14	8	1	2	11	5	10	.160	.232	.180	.412	2	29
162 Game Avg.		162	318	279	78	45	6	11	61	28	56	.160	.232	.180	.412	11	29

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