Johnny Beazley

John Andrew Beazley (Nig)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 25, 1918 in Nashville, TN
High School: Hume-Fogg HS (Nashville, TN)(All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1941
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Braves 1941-1949

Final Game: May 8, 1949
Died: April 21, 1990 in Nashville, TN
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Nashville, TN
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1937	19	LEE,LXN,TAL	D	18	24	24		3	1	0	0					.125	.125	.167	.292		4					LEE,LXN,TAL · FLOR,KITL,GAFL
1938	20	ABB,GVL	D,C	30	61	61		10	2	0	0					.164	.164	.197	.361		12					ABB,GVL · EVAN,CSTL
1939	21	CLE-min	A1,B	12	7	7		0	0	0	0					.000	.000	.000	.000		0					NOR,MTG · SOUA,SEAL
1940	22	STL-min	B,A1	17	38	38		4	1	0	0					.105	.105	.132	.237		5					CBS,NOR,MOB · SALL,SOUA,SEAL
1941	23	STL-min	A1	45	75	75		7	0	0	1					.093	.093	.133	.227		10					NOR · SOUA
1941	23	STL	NL	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1942	24	STL	NL	43	85	73	6	10	2	2	0	9	0	3	37	.137	.171	.219	.390	10	16	0	0	9	1	MVP-13

1946	28	STL	NL	19	38	33	2	8	1	0	0	4	0	2	9	.242	.286	.273	.558	56	9	1	0	3	1
1947	29	BSN	NL	9	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	2	/1
1948	30	BSN	NL	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	/1
1949	31	CLE-CHC-min	B,AA	12	33	33		5	1	0	0					.152	.152	.182	.333		6					SPT,NVL · FLIN,SOUA
1949	31	BSN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1950	32	DAL	AA	9	11	11		2	0	0	0					.182	.182	.182	.364		2					DAL · TL
1951	33	OKC	AA	15	29	29		4	0	0	0					.138	.138	.138	.276		4					OKC · TL
6 Yrs				76	140	120	9	18	3	2	0	13	0	5	55	.150	.184	.208	.392	10	25	1	0	15
162 Game Avg.				162	298	256	19	38	6	4	0	28	0	11	117	.150	.184	.208	.392	10	53	2	0	32

BSN (3 yrs)				13	14	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	3
STL (3 yrs)				63	126	109	8	18	3	2	0	13	0	5	49	.165	.202	.229	.431	21	25	1	0	12

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	Awards
1941	23	STL	NL	1	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.432	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1942	24	STL	NL	43	85	-10	0	0	0	8	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.2	.496	.499	-0.2	-0.0	1	$	1	MVP-13

1946	28	STL	NL	19	38	-2	0	0	0	4	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.510	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1947	29	BSN	NL	9	9	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.482	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/1
1948	30	BSN	NL	3	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.479	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1949	31	BSN	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				76	140	-17	0	0	0	14	-3	-0.3	4	2	-0.4	.496	.500	-0.4	-0.0	2	$

BSN (3 yrs)				13	14	-4	0	0	0	2	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.3	.482	.500	-0.3	0.0	-2	$
STL (3 yrs)				63	126	-13	0	0	0	12	-0	-0.1	4	4	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	3	$

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
1941	23	STL	NL	3	3	0	0.0	100		.000	.274	.000	.345	.000	.386	.000	.731	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1942	24	STL	NL	85	72	3	1.1	93	.278	.137	.265	.171	.338	.219	.368	.390	.706	10	.096	-9.1	-1.0	.302	.123	.082

1946	28	STL	NL	38	29	3	2.8	96	.333	.242	.267	.286	.343	.273	.374	.558	.717	56	.334	-2.0	-0.2	.423	.091	.030
1947	29	BSN	NL	9	9	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.272	.000	.347	.000	.403	.000	.749	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1948	30	BSN	NL	5	5	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.268	.000	.342	.000	.396	.000	.738	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				140	118	6	1.4	95	.277	.150	.266	.184	.340	.208	.373	.392	.713	10	.125	-15.0	-1.6	.291	.100	.058
162 Game Avg.				298	252	13	1.4	95	.277	.150	.266	.184	.340	.208	.373	.392	.713	10	.125	-15.0	-1.6	.291	.100	.058

STL (3 yrs)				126	104	6	1.6	94	.300	.165	.266	.202	.340	.229	.370	.431	.710	21	.157	-11.9	-1.3	.326	.110	.064
BSN (3 yrs)				14	14	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.270	.000	.345	.000	.400	.000	.745	-100	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.000	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1942	24	STL	NL	WS	NYY	W	2	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0

1946	28	STL	NL	WS	BOS	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							3	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							3	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.143	.143	.143	.286	1	0	0	0	0	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%
1941	23	STL	NL	3	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1942	24	STL	NL	85	0.0%	43.5%	3.5%	4.7%	40%	12.33	2.0		8.1		42%

1946	28	STL	NL	38	0.0%	23.7%	5.3%	2.6%	13%	4.50	3.7		8.3		63%
1947	29	BSN	NL	9	0.0%	55.6%	0.0%	0.0%			1.4				22%
1948	30	BSN	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			3.00	60%
6 Yrs				140	0.0%	39.3%	3.6%	3.6%	28%	11.00	2.2		9.2	3.00	46%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.3%	5.9%	26%	0.99	9.7	66.9	8.6	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1941	23	STL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	24	STL	NL	-9.1	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	28	STL	NL	-2.0	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	29	BSN	NL	-2.0	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	30	BSN	NL	-1.1	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.86	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.09	-1.2	0
1949	31	BSN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-15.0	-1.6	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.86	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.09	-1.2	0

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	30	BSN	NL	0	0		0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				0	0	39%	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	30	BSN	NL	5	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				5	0%	18			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	750%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			594%			63%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1941	23	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1942	24	44	88	76	6	10	2	2	9	3	40	.132	.165	.211	.375	6	16	0	9
1943	25	44	88	76	6	10	2	2	9	3	40	.132	.165	.211	.375	6	16	0	9
1944	26	44	88	76	6	10	2	2	9	3	40	.132	.165	.211	.375	6	16	0	9
1945	27	44	88	76	6	10	2	2	9	3	40	.132	.165	.211	.375	6	16	0	9
1946	28	63	126	109	8	18	3	2	13	5	49	.165	.202	.229	.431	21	25	1	12
1947	29	72	135	116	9	18	3	2	13	5	54	.155	.190	.216	.406	14	25	1	14
1948	30	75	140	120	9	18	3	2	13	5	55	.150	.184	.208	.392	10	25	1	15
1949	31	76	140	120	9	18	3	2	13	5	55	.150	.184	.208	.392	10	25	1	15

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
1941	23	1	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1942	24	46	91	78	7	11	2	2	0	10	0	3	39	.141	.173	.218	.391	3	43

1946	28	20	40	35	2	9	1	0	0	5	0	2	9	.257	.297	.286	.583	3	19
1947	29	9	9	7	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1948	30	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
5 Yrs		79	148	127	10	20	3	2	0	15	0	5	57	.157	.189	.213	.402	6	75
162 Game Avg.		162	303	260	21	41	6	4	0	31	0	10	117	.157	.189	.213	.402	12	75

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1942 NL (13, 7%) 0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1942 NL (13, 7%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

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