Hank Behrman

Henry Bernard Behrman

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 174 lb.

Born: June 27, 1921 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Cleveland HS (Brooklyn, NY)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1946
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Giants/Pirates 1946-1949

Final Game: September 18, 1949
Died: January 20, 1987 in New York, NY
Buried: Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY
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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
1941	20	LAD-min	D	44	109	109		18	3	1	1					.165	.165	.239	.404		26					VDS · GAFL
1942	21	LAD-min	B	31	80	80		12	1	0	0					.150	.150	.163	.313		13					DHM · PIED
1946	25	BRO	NL	47	48	42	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	2	23	.095	.136	.095	.232	-34	4	0	0	4	1
1947	26	TOT	NL	50	38	32	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	11	.188	.212	.219	.431	13	7	0	0	5	1
1947	26	BRO	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1947	26	PIT	NL	10	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	1
1947	26	BRO	NL	38	31	26	1	6	1	0	0	1	0	1	9	.231	.259	.269	.528	39	7	0	0	4	1
1948	27	LAD-min	AAA	14	42	34	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	9	.029	.083	.029	.113		1		0	6		MTL · IL
1948	27	BRO	NL	34	33	28	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	1	12	.107	.138	.107	.245	-34	3	0	0	4	1
1949	28	NYG	NL	43	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.077	.143	.077	.220	-39	1	0	0	0	1
1950	29	OLD	AAA	62	74	62	3	9	0	0	0	4	1	4	18	.145	.197	.145	.342		9		0	8		OLD · PCL
1951	30	NYY-min	AA,AAA	40	40	39	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.077	.077	.077	.154		3		0	1		OKC,SFR,OLD · TL,PCL
1952	31	CHW-min	AAA	31	64	51	3	6	0	0	0	4	0	5	14	.118	.196	.118	.314		6	2	0	8		TOL · AA
1953	32	CHW-min	AAA	39	41	35	1	6	0	0	0	5	0	3	12	.171	.237	.171	.408		6	0	0	3		CHL · AA
4 Yrs				174	133	115	4	14	1	0	0	4	0	5	50	.122	.158	.130	.289	-21	15	0	0	13
162 Game Avg.				162	124	107	4	13	1	0	0	4	0	5	47	.122	.158	.130	.289	-21	14	0	0	12

BRO (3 yrs)				121	112	96	4	13	1	0	0	4	0	4	44	.135	.170	.146	.316	-14	14	0	0	12
NYG (1 yr)				43	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.077	.143	.077	.220	-39	1	0	0	0
PIT (1 yr)				10	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1

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
1946	25	BRO	NL	47	48	-8	0	0	0	5	-3	-0.4	2	-2	-0.4	.492	.498	-0.4	0.0	-2	$	1
1947	26	BRO	NL	40	31	-3	0	0	0	3	0	0.1	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$	/1
1947	26	PIT	NL	10	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1948	27	BRO	NL	34	33	-6	-0	0	0	4	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.492	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1949	28	NYG	NL	43	14	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
4 Seasons				174	133	-22	0	0	0	14	-7	-0.8	5	-3	-0.8	.495	.499	-0.8	0.0	-3	$

BRO (3 yrs)				121	112	-17	-0	0	0	12	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.6	.495	.499	-0.6	0.0	-1	$
NYG (1 yr)				43	14	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
PIT (1 yr)				10	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.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
1946	25	BRO	NL	48	42	1	0.6	94	.211	.095	.264	.136	.339	.095	.369	.232	.709	-34	.033	-7.6	-0.8	.158	.048	.000
1947	26	TOT	NL	38	31	2	1.7	108	.286	.188	.278	.212	.353	.219	.412	.431	.765	13	.139	-4.1	-0.4	.308	.063	.031
1947	26	PIT	NL	7	7	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.278	.000	.354	.000	.412	.000	.765	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1947	26	BRO	NL	31	24	2	2.2	108	.353	.231	.278	.259	.353	.269	.412	.528	.765	39	.205	-2.4	-0.2	.400	.077	.038
1948	27	BRO	NL	33	29	0	0.0	105	.188	.107	.274	.138	.349	.107	.405	.245	.754	-34	.000	-5.5	-0.6	.160	.036	.000
1949	28	NYG	NL	14	12	0	0.0	104	.111	.077	.270	.143	.344	.077	.405	.220	.749	-39	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.167	.077	.000
4 Yrs				133	114	3	0.7	102	.215	.122	.271	.158	.346	.130	.394	.289	.740	-21	.034	-19.8	-2.0	.198	.052	.009
162 Game Avg.				124	106	3	0.7	102	.215	.122	.271	.158	.346	.130	.394	.289	.740	-21	.034	-19.8	-2.0	.198	.052	.009

BRO (3 yrs)				112	95	3	0.8	101	.250	.135	.270	.170	.346	.146	.391	.316	.737	-14	.048	-15.4	-1.6	.217	.052	.010
NYG (1 yr)				14	12	0	0.0	104	.111	.077	.270	.143	.344	.077	.405	.220	.749	-39	.000	-2.6	-0.3	.167	.077	.000
PIT (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	108	.000	.000	.278	.000	.354	.000	.412	.000	.765	-100	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.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
1947	26	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					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%
1946	25	BRO	NL	48	0.0%	47.9%	4.2%	0.0%	0%	11.50	1.8		21.0		40%
1947	26	TOT	NL	38	0.0%	29.0%	2.6%	2.6%	17%	11.00	2.9		32.0		55%
1947	26	BRO	NL	31	0.0%	29.0%	3.2%	3.2%	17%	9.00	2.9		26.0		55%
1947	26	PIT	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0				57%
1948	27	BRO	NL	33	0.0%	36.4%	3.0%	0.0%	0%	12.00	2.3		28.0	2.20	48%
1949	28	NYG	NL	14	0.0%	28.6%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	4.00	3.3			1.50	64%
4 Yrs				133	0.0%	37.6%	3.8%	0.8%	7%	10.00	2.3		28.8	2.00	49%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.6%	9.9%	6.2%	27%	0.98	9.2	55.9	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1946	25	BRO	NL	-7.6	-0.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	26	TOT	NL	-4.2	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	26	BRO	NL	-2.4	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	26	PIT	NL	-1.8	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	27	BRO	NL	-5.5	-0.6	33	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	.54	-0.5	-0.1	-5.9	-0.6	1.02	-6.1	0
1949	28	NYG	NL	-2.6	-0.3	11	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.58	-0.2	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.62	-2.0	0
4 Yrs				-19.9	-2.0	44	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.55	-0.6	-0.1	-7.3	-0.7	0.92	-8.1	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1948	27	BRO	NL	1	50%	6	0	25%	3	3	1	1
1949	28	NYG	NL	0	0%	2	1		0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	21%	8	1	25%	3	3	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
1948	27	BRO	NL	33	27%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	6	0	0%	6	4	67%	29	1	3%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1949	28	NYG	NL	14	10%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				47	23%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	13	260%	7	0	0%	7	4	57%	32	1	3%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			252%			29%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1946	25	47	48	42	1	4	0	2	2	23	.095	.136	.095	.232	-34	4	4
1947	26	97	86	74	2	10	1	3	3	34	.135	.169	.149	.317	-13	11	9
1948	27	131	119	102	4	13	1	4	4	46	.127	.160	.137	.298	-19	14	13
1949	28	174	133	115	4	14	1	4	5	50	.122	.158	.130	.289	-21	15	13

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1946	25	49	53	46	2	6	0	4	3	24	.130	.184	.130	.314	1	47
1947	26	52	40	34	1	7	1	1	1	11	.206	.229	.235	.464	2	50
1948	27	36	34	29	0	0	0	0	1	13	.000	.033	.000	.033	0	34
1949	28	45	15	14	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	43
4 Yrs		182	142	123	3	13	1	5	6	52	.106	.147	.114	.261	3	174
162 Game Avg.		162	126	109	3	12	1	4	5	46	.106	.147	.114	.261	3	174

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