Ted Beard

Cramer Theodore Beard

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: January 7, 1921 in Woodsboro, MD
High School: Walkersville HS (Walkersville, MD)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1948
Teams (by GP): Pirates/WhiteSox 1948-1958

Final Game: May 13, 1958
Died: December 30, 2011 in Fishers, IN
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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
1942	21	PIT-min	D,B	100	341	341		83	12	4	10						.243	.243	.390	.633		133							HRN,HRB · PONY,ISLG
1946	25	PIT-min	B	125	403	403		132	24	13	12						.328	.328	.541	.868		218							YOR · ISLG
1947	26	PIT-min	B,A,AAA	135	452	452	0	142	27	12	14	0	0				.314	.314	.520	.834		235							YOR,ALB,INA · ISLG,EL,AA
1948	27	PIT-min	AAA	142	650	511	131	154	31	17	7	85	13		128	97	.301	.449	.470	.919		240		9	2				INA · AA
1948	27	PIT	NL	25	95	81	15	16	1	3	0	7	5		12	18	.198	.316	.284	.600	62	23	0	2	0			8O
1949	28	PIT-min	AAA	127	564	426	108	118	17	16	5	40	23		132	86	.277	.452	.427	.879		182	4	4	2				INA · AA
1949	28	PIT	NL	14	26	24	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	-35	2	0	0	0			O9
1950	29	PIT-min	AAA	29	122	107	15	25	7	1	0	2	1		14	22	.234	.322	.318	.640		34	1	0	1				INA · AA
1950	29	PIT	NL	61	209	177	32	41	6	2	4	12	3		27	45	.232	.333	.356	.689	79	63	4	0	5			O98/7
1951	30	PIT-min	AAA	117	503	396	101	108	17	9	8	30	17		101	61	.273	.424	.422	.846		167	1	3	3				INA · AA
1951	30	PIT	NL	22	55	48	7	9	1	0	1	3	0	0	6	14	.188	.291	.271	.562	51	13	0	1	0			O7/8
1952	31	PIT-min	Opn	127	469	390	75	105	17	8	11	53	24		75	75	.269	.392	.438	.831		171		4	0				HOL · PCL
1952	31	PIT	NL	15	52	44	5	8	2	1	0	3	2	0	7	9	.182	.294	.273	.567	57	12	1	0	1			O9/8

1953	32	HOL	Opn	134	474	402	91	115	19	13	17	60	21		64	77	.286	.392	.525	.917		211	4	6	2				HOL · PCL
1954	33	PIT-min	Opn	160	677	563	104	169	35	5	11	62	30		99	97	.300	.404	.439	.843		247	4	2	9	4			SFR,HOL · PCL
1955	34	SFR	Opn	159	636	522	91	128	15	8	8	34	13		98	96	.245	.368	.351	.719		183	5	4	11	1			SFR · PCL
1956	35	CLE-min	AAA	116	335	259	56	70	11	5	7	36	11		71	49	.270	.426	.432	.859		112	3	1	2	2			INA · AA
1957	36	CHW-min	AAA	96	427	349	91	121	20	12	10	50	10		68	42	.347	.454	.559	1.013		195		3	4	3	4		INA · AA
1957	36	CHW	AL	38	97	78	15	16	1	0	0	7	3	2	18	14	.205	.354	.218	.572	60	17	1	0	1	0	2	9/8
1958	37	CHW-min	AAA	123	507	414	81	120	18	5	5	31	18		82	72	.290	.408	.394	.801		163		3	4	4	3		INA · AA
1958	37	CHW	AL	19	28	22	5	2	0	0	1	2	3	0	6	5	.091	.286	.227	.513	44	5	0	0	0	0	0	7/89
1959	38	CHW-min	AAA	102	345	290	44	73	7	4	2	22	9		51	43	.252	.367	.324	.691		94		2	2	0	2		INA · AA
1960	39	PHI-min	AAA	115	407	348	55	90	11	7	1	24	12		59	46	.259	.366	.339	.705		118							INA · AA
1961	40	CIN-min	AAA	4	6	6		1									.167	.167											INA · AA
1962	41	CHW-min	AAA	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333		0		0	0	0			INA · AA
1963	42	CHW-min	AAA	2	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							INA · IL
7 Yrs				194	562	474	80	94	11	6	6	35	16	2	78	107	.198	.315	.285	.600	61	135	6	3	7	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	469	396	67	78	9	5	5	29	13		65	89	.198	.315	.285	.600	61	113	5	3	6

PIT (5 yrs)				137	437	374	60	76	10	6	5	26	10	0	54	88	.203	.309	.302	.611	62	113	5	3	6
CHW (2 yrs)				57	125	100	20	18	1	0	1	9	6	2	24	19	.180	.339	.220	.559	56	22	1	0	1	0	2

NL (5 yrs)				137	437	374	60	76	10	6	5	26	10	0	54	88	.203	.309	.302	.611	62	113	5	3	6
AL (2 yrs)				57	125	100	20	18	1	0	1	9	6	2	24	19	.180	.339	.220	.559	56	22	1	0	1	0	2

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	27	PIT	NL	25	95	-4	1	0	2	-0	-1	-0.2	3	2	0.2	.495	.499	0.0	0.2	0	$	8O
1949	28	PIT	NL	14	26	-4	0	0	-2	-0	-7	-0.7	1	-6	-0.6	.450	.496	-0.4	-0.2	-4	$	O9
1950	29	PIT	NL	61	209	-6	0	0	0	-1	-6	-0.7	7	1	0.0	.489	.496	0.0	-0.2	1	$	O98/7
1951	30	PIT	NL	22	55	-3	0	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.479	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	O7/8
1952	31	PIT	NL	15	52	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.481	.498	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	O9/8

1957	36	CHW	AL	38	97	-3	1	-0	1	-1	-3	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.492	.498	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	9/8
1958	37	CHW	AL	19	28	-1	1	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	1	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	7/89
7 Seasons				194	562	-25	4	1	0	-4	-25	-2.7	18	-6	-0.8	.487	.498	-0.8	-0.4	-7	$

PIT (5 yrs)				137	437	-21	2	1	-1	-3	-21	-2.3	15	-7	-0.8	.484	.497	-0.7	-0.4	-5	$
CHW (2 yrs)				57	125	-4	1	-0	1	-1	-3	-0.4	3	0	0.0	.494	.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
1948	27	PIT	NL	95	65	7	2.9	104	.254	.198	.271	.316	.346	.284	.402	.600	.748	62	.308	-4.4	-0.4	.646	.296	.086	.0
1949	28	PIT	NL	26	22	0	0.0	106	.091	.083	.273	.154	.347	.083	.408	.237	.755	-35	.000	-4.7	-0.5	.182	.083	.000
1950	29	PIT	NL	209	145	21	3.9	111	.289	.232	.273	.333	.351	.356	.423	.689	.774	79	.409	-5.4	-0.5	.664	.294	.124	3.4
1951	30	PIT	NL	55	39	4	2.8	105	.242	.188	.270	.291	.344	.271	.409	.562	.753	51	.288	-3.4	-0.3	.513	.208	.083	.0
1952	31	PIT	NL	52	38	4	2.8	99	.229	.182	.264	.294	.337	.273	.393	.567	.730	57	.330	-2.5	-0.3	.568	.295	.091	.0

1957	36	CHW	AL	97	66	7	2.9	100	.250	.205	.264	.354	.337	.218	.399	.572	.736	60	.314	-3.5	-0.4	.554	.256	.013	.0
1958	37	CHW	AL	28	20	2	2.7	97	.063	.091	.260	.286	.329	.227	.396	.513	.725	44	.296	-1.6	-0.2	.700	.545	.136	1.5
7 Yrs				562	395	45	3.0	105	.244	.198	.270	.315	.344	.285	.409	.600	.754	61	.327	-25.5	-2.6	.593	.281	.086	8.7
162 Game Avg.				469	330	38	3.0	105	.244	.198	.270	.315	.344	.285	.409	.600	.754	61	.327	-25.5	-2.6	.593	.281	.086	7

PIT (5 yrs)				437	309	36	3.1	107	.253	.203	.271	.309	.347	.302	.412	.611	.759	62	.332	-20.4	-2.0	.594	.270	.099	6.7
CHW (2 yrs)				125	86	9	2.8	100	.213	.180	.264	.339	.335	.220	.398	.559	.733	56	.310	-5.1	-0.5	.588	.320	.040	1.7

NL (5 yrs)				437	309	36	3.1	107	.253	.203	.271	.309	.347	.302	.412	.611	.759	62	.332	-20.4	-2.0	.594	.270	.099	6.7
AL (2 yrs)				125	86	9	2.8	100	.213	.180	.264	.339	.335	.220	.398	.559	.733	56	.310	-5.1	-0.5	.588	.320	.040	1.7

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	27	PIT	NL	95	0.0%	19.0%	12.6%	4.2%	25%	1.50	4.5		11.6	0.70	66%
1949	28	PIT	NL	26	0.0%	7.7%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	12.0		24.0	0.10	85%
1950	29	PIT	NL	209	1.9%	21.5%	12.9%	5.7%	29%	1.67	3.9	44.3	14.8	1.42	61%
1951	30	PIT	NL	55	1.8%	25.5%	10.9%	3.6%	22%	2.33	3.4	48.0	16.0	0.75	60%
1952	31	PIT	NL	52	0.0%	17.3%	13.5%	5.8%	38%	1.29	4.9		14.7	0.43	67%

1957	36	CHW	AL	97	0.0%	14.4%	18.6%	1.0%	6%	0.78	5.6		11.1	0.75	66%
1958	37	CHW	AL	28	3.6%	17.9%	21.4%	3.6%	50%	0.83	4.4	22.0	11.0	0.75	57%
7 Yrs				562	1.1%	19.0%	13.9%	4.1%	25%	1.37	4.4	79.0	13.5	0.85	64%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.9%	9.5%	6.5%	28%	1.15	8.1	42.4	8.1	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	27	PIT	NL	-4.4	-0.4	32	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.08	-0.2	0.1	-2.3	-0.2	0.89	-2.5	0.36	1
1949	28	PIT	NL	-4.7	-0.5	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.89	-0.3	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.91	-2.8	0.42	2
1950	29	PIT	NL	-5.4	-0.5	175	-0.3	2.5	-2.8	.96	-0.3	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.89	-4.2	0.93	7
1951	30	PIT	NL	-3.4	-0.3	32	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	1.03	-0.1	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.87	-1.3	1.03	4
1952	31	PIT	NL	-2.5	-0.3	38	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.81	-0.1	-0.3	-0.8	-0.1	0.95	-1.0	0.33	1

1957	36	CHW	AL	-3.5	-0.4	106	0.2	1.9	-1.7	1.08	-0.2	0.4	0.6	0.1	1.03	-0.2	2.13	4
1958	37	CHW	AL	-1.6	-0.2	31	0.1	0.5	-0.4	1.02	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.94	0.0	1.13	3
7 Yrs				-25.5	-2.6	426	-0.8	6.2	-7.0	.99	-1.2	0.4	-6.0	-0.6	0.93	-11.9	1.10	22

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
1948	27	PIT	NL	0	0	50%	17	5			3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	60%	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1949	28	PIT	NL	0	0	25%	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	29	PIT	NL	1	0	44%	62	3			2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	58%	7	5	2	1	0	1	4	0	4
1951	30	PIT	NL	1	0	40%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	2	0	2	0	0	0
1952	31	PIT	NL	2	0	33%	15	2	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1957	36	CHW	AL	2	0	44%	48	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	42%	6	5	1	0	0	0	6	1	4
1958	37	CHW	AL	1	0	57%	21	3	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	4	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
7 Yrs				7	0	44%	177	16	2	160%	10	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	1	7	54%	21	15	6	3	0	3	15	2	12

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	27	PIT	NL	95	100%	16			1	0	0	0	0.36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	15	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1949	28	PIT	NL	26	100%	2			2	0	0	0	0.42	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	9	1	11%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1950	29	PIT	NL	209	92%	41			7	2	0	0	0.93	4	0	3	2	1	2	2	0	6	5	83%	34	4	12%	15	6	40%	79	8	10%	4	2	50%	7	3	43%	0
1951	30	PIT	NL	55	97%	9			4	1	0	1	1.03	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0		6	0	0%	0	0		13	1	8%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1952	31	PIT	NL	52	100%	8			1	0	0	0	0.33	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	9	1	11%	4	3	75%	25	3	12%	3	2	67%	3	1	33%	0

1957	36	CHW	AL	97	60%	16			4	1	0	1	2.13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	16	1	6%	8	2	25%	65	8	12%	7	1	14%	3	2	67%	0
1958	37	CHW	AL	28	93%	2			3	0	0	0	1.13	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		14	1	7%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
7 Yrs				562	86%	94			22	4	0	2	1.10	6	0	5	3	1	3	3	0	10	7	70%	74	6	8%	30	13	43%	220	22	10%	18	6	33%	14	7	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			89%			12%			32%			14%			50%			54%

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
1948	27	25	95	81	15	16	1	3	0	7	5		12	18	.198	.316	.284	.600	62	23	0	2	0
1949	28	39	121	105	16	18	1	3	0	8	5		14	20	.171	.281	.238	.519	40	25	0	2	0
1950	29	100	330	282	48	59	7	5	4	20	8		41	65	.209	.314	.312	.626	65	88	4	2	5
1951	30	122	385	330	55	68	8	5	5	23	8	0	47	79	.206	.311	.306	.617	63	101	4	3	5
1952	31	137	437	374	60	76	10	6	5	26	10	0	54	88	.203	.309	.302	.611	62	113	5	3	6
1953	32	137	437	374	60	76	10	6	5	26	10	0	54	88	.203	.309	.302	.611	62	113	5	3	6
1954	33	137	437	374	60	76	10	6	5	26	10	0	54	88	.203	.309	.302	.611	62	113	5	3	6
1955	34	137	437	374	60	76	10	6	5	26	10	0	54	88	.203	.309	.302	.611	62	113	5	3	6
1956	35	137	437	374	60	76	10	6	5	26	10	0	54	88	.203	.309	.302	.611	62	113	5	3	6
1957	36	175	534	452	75	92	11	6	5	33	13	2	72	102	.204	.317	.288	.604	62	130	6	3	7	0	2
1958	37	194	562	474	80	94	11	6	6	35	16	2	78	107	.198	.315	.285	.600	61	135	6	3	7	0	2

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	27	26	100	85	16	17	1	3	0	7	5	13	19	.200	.320	.282	.602	7	25
1949	28	15	27	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.074	.000	.074	0	14
1950	29	64	213	182	30	40	6	2	4	11	3	26	47	.220	.317	.341	.658	20	61
1951	30	23	58	50	8	10	1	0	1	3	0	7	15	.200	.310	.280	.590	4	22
1952	31	16	56	47	6	9	2	1	0	4	2	8	9	.191	.309	.277	.586	4	15

1957	36	40	102	82	16	17	1	0	0	7	3	19	15	.207	.356	.220	.576	6	38
1958	37	20	33	24	7	3	0	0	2	3	4	9	5	.125	.364	.375	.739	2	19
7 Yrs		204	589	495	83	96	11	6	7	35	17	84	112	.194	.314	.283	.597	43	194
162 Game Avg.		162	468	393	66	76	9	5	6	28	14	67	89	.194	.314	.283	.597	34	194

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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Name and misspellings: Cramer Ted teddy Theodore Beard

Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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