Charlie Beamon

Charles Alfonzo Beamon Jr.

Positions: Pinch Hitter, Pinch Runner and Designated Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: December 4, 1953 in Oakland, CA
Signed by the Kansas City Royals as an amateur free agent in 1973. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1978
Teams (by GP): Mariners/BlueJays 1978-1981

Final Game: September 22, 1981
Relatives: Son of Charlie Beamon
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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
1974	20	KCR-min	Rk	47	182	159	31	49	6	4	0	27	4	4	15	21	.308	.374	.396	.771		63	3	3	3	2	0		RYA · GULF
1975	21	KCR-min	A	109	425	370	57	113	16	4	1	63	14	5	44	45	.305	.385	.378	.763		140	2	5	4	2	10		WLO · MIDW
1976	22	KCR-min	AA	138	567	500	58	143	12	0	1	47	16	6	49	40	.286	.351	.316	.667		158	12	5	6	7	5		JCK · SOUL
1977	23	OAK-KCR-min	AAA	110	414	380	49	90	16	7	4	47	12	6	25	47	.237	.286	.347	.634		132		3	2	4			SJO,OMA · PCL,AA
1978	24	SEA-min	AAA	134	572	518	89	170	25	4	5	62	39	13	41	77	.328	.377	.421	.797		218		4	1	8			SJO · PCL
1978	24	SEA	AL	10	12	11	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	24	2	0	0	0	0	0	/D3
1979	25	SEA-min	AAA	52	219	204	31	72	14	4	2	35	11	3	14	9	.353	.397	.490	.887		100		1	0	0			SPO · PCL
1979	25	SEA	AL	27	25	25	5	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	.200	.200	.240	.440	18	6	1	0	0	0	0	/3D7

1980	26	SEA-TOR-min	AAA	114	431	404	36	95	12	3	7	43	14	7	20	50	.235	.273	.332	.604		134		2	2	3			SPO,SYR · PCL,IL
1981	27	TOR-min	AAA	139	605	536	77	161	34	3	15	95	23	2	58	71	.300	.370	.459	.829		246		5	0	6	18		SYR · IL
1981	27	TOR	AL	8	17	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.200	.294	.267	.561	59	4	0	0	0	0	0	/D3
1982	28	TOR-min	AAA	127	469	416	69	119	23	1	8	53	12	4	47	55	.286	.358	.404	.762		168		2	0	4	3		SYR · IL
1983	29	CMP	AAA																										CMP · MEX
3 Yrs				45	54	51	8	10	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	8	.196	.241	.235	.476	32	12	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	194	184	29	36	7	0	0	0	4	0	11	29	.196	.241	.235	.476	32	43	4	0	0	0	0

SEA (2 yrs)				37	37	36	7	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	.194	.216	.222	.438	20	8	1	0	0	0	0
TOR (1 yr)				8	17	15	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.200	.294	.267	.561	59	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
1978	24	SEA	AL	10	12	-1	-0	0	1	-1	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.494	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/D3
1979	25	SEA	AL	27	25	-3	-0	-0	-0	-1	-4	-0.4	1	-4	-0.4	.483	.497	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	/3D7

1981	27	TOR	AL	8	17	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/D3
3 Seasons				45	54	-5	-0	0	1	-2	-6	-0.6	2	-4	-0.5	.486	.499	-0.6	-0.1	-6	$

SEA (2 yrs)				37	37	-4	-0	0	1	-2	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.486	.498	-0.5	-0.0	-5	$
TOR (1 yr)				8	17	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	-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
1978	24	SEA	AL	12	9	1	3.0	93	.200	.182	.260	.250	.325	.182	.383	.432	.708	24	.335	-1.1	-0.1	.333	.091	.000
1979	25	SEA	AL	25	21	1	1.3	104	.250	.200	.272	.200	.337	.240	.412	.440	.749	18	.083	-3.0	-0.3	.333	.080	.040	.0

1981	27	TOR	AL	17	12	1	2.2	94	.231	.200	.263	.294	.328	.267	.382	.561	.711	59	.249	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.200	.067
3 Yrs				54	42	3	1.9	98	.233	.196	.267	.241	.332	.235	.397	.476	.729	32	.177	-4.8	-0.5	.381	.118	.039	.0
162 Game Avg.				194	151	11	1.9	98	.233	.196	.267	.241	.332	.235	.397	.476	.729	32	.177	-4.8	-0.5	.381	.118	.039

SEA (2 yrs)				37	30	2	1.8	100	.233	.194	.268	.216	.333	.222	.403	.438	.736	20	.150	-4.1	-0.4	.333	.083	.028	.0
TOR (1 yr)				17	12	1	2.2	94	.231	.200	.263	.294	.328	.267	.382	.561	.711	59	.249	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.200	.067

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	24	SEA	AL	12	0.0%	8.3%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	11.0			1.00	83%
1979	25	SEA	AL	25	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	4.0%	20%		5.0			2.20	80%

1981	27	TOR	AL	17	0.0%	11.8%	11.8%	5.9%	33%	1.00	7.5			4.00	76%
3 Yrs				54	0.0%	14.8%	5.6%	3.7%	20%	2.67	6.4			2.09	80%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.5%	8.4%	6.5%	28%	1.49	7.1	46.5	8.6	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
1978	24	SEA	AL	-1.1	-0.1	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.86	-0.1	-0.1	-1.7	-0.2	1.01	-1.0	1.75	1
1979	25	SEA	AL	-3.0	-0.3	26	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.78	-0.2	0.0	-3.9	-0.4	0.99	-3.7	0.88	14

1981	27	TOR	AL	-0.8	-0.1	17	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	1.05	-0.1	-0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.83	-1.2	1.52	3
3 Yrs				-4.9	-0.5	55	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	.88	-0.4	-0.3	-7.3	-0.7	0.94	-5.9	1.03	18

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
1978	24	SEA	AL	0	0	67%	16	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1979	25	SEA	AL	0	0	100%	15	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	29%	4	3	1	1	1	0	2	1	1

1981	27	TOR	AL	0	0	20%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				0	0	62%	38	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	22%	5	4	1	2	2	0	2	1	1

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
1978	24	SEA	AL	12	92%	2			1	0	0	0	1.75	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1979	25	SEA	AL	25	96%	5			14	3	0	0	0.88	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	0	0%	19	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1981	27	TOR	AL	17	100%	3			3	0	0	0	1.52	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				54	96%	10			18	3	0	0	1.03	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	3	1	33%	36	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1978	24	10	12	11	2	2	0	0	1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	24	2	0
1979	25	37	37	36	7	7	1	1	1	6	.194	.216	.222	.438	20	8	1
1980	26	37	37	36	7	7	1	1	1	6	.194	.216	.222	.438	20	8	1
1981	27	45	54	51	8	10	2	1	3	8	.196	.241	.235	.476	32	12	1

Neutralized Batting

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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
1978	24	10	14	12	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.250	.357	.250	.607	1	10
1979	25	27	25	25	4	5	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	.200	.200	.240	.440	1	27

1981	27	12	25	22	1	4	1	0	0	0	0	3	3	.182	.280	.227	.507	2	8
3 Yrs		49	64	59	9	12	2	0	0	0	1	5	9	.203	.266	.237	.503	4	45
162 Game Avg.		162	212	195	30	40	7	0	0	0	3	17	30	.203	.266	.237	.503	13	45

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