Eddie Bockman

Joseph Edward Bockman

Positions: Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 26, 1920 in Santa Ana, CA
High School: Woodrow Wilson HS (Long Beach, CA) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1946
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Indians/Yankees 1946-1949

Final Game: October 2, 1949
Died: September 29, 2011 in Millbrae, CA
Buried: Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale, CA
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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	Pos	Awards
1939	18	CHC-min	D	77	320	320		83	13	5	2						.259	.259	.350	.609		112						BBE,AMA · AZTX,WTNM
1940	19	NYY-min	C	131	511	511		139	27	11	7						.272	.272	.409	.681		209						JOP · WA
1941	20	NYY-min	C	136	517	517		150	24	20	5						.290	.290	.443	.733		229						JOP · WA
1942	21	NYY-min	B	69	250	250		71	6	5	5						.284	.284	.408	.692		102						NFK · PIED
1946	25	NYY-min	AAA	144	614	528	73	160	27	4	12	95	29		78	59	.303	.394	.438	.831		231	9	1	7			KCY · AA
1946	25	NYY	AL	4	13	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.083	.154	.167	.321	-11	2	0	0	0		/5
1947	26	CLE	AL	46	71	66	8	17	2	2	1	14	0	0	5	17	.258	.310	.394	.704	97	26	0	0	0		5/47O6
1948	27	PIT	NL	70	195	176	23	42	7	1	4	23	2		17	35	.239	.309	.358	.667	79	63	7	1	2		5/4
1949	28	PIT	NL	79	245	220	21	49	6	1	6	19	3		23	31	.223	.296	.341	.637	69	75	3	0	2		5/4
1950	29	PIT-min	AAA	107	415	363	55	89	11	6	11	46	3		45	57	.245	.330	.399	.730		145	8	1	6			INA · AA
1951	30	POR	AAA	79	95	77	8	20	5	0	1	15	0		17	19	.260	.400	.364	.764		28		1	0			POR · PCL
1952	31	SAC,POR	Opn	142	501	442	37	114	24	3	5	44	1		51	53	.258	.336	.360	.696		159		1	7			SAC,POR · PCL
1953	32	SAC	Opn	168	667	590	69	153	24	3	11	64	2		59	79	.259	.328	.366	.694		216	15	1	17			SAC · PCL
1954	33	BAL-min	A,Opn	125	430	414	8	117	21	2	10	9	0		15	14	.283	.307	.415	.722		172	4	0	0	1		LEW,SAC · WINT,PCL
1955	34	ABQ	B	139	504	504		174	36	6	22						.345	.345	.571	.917		288						ABQ · WTNM
1956	35	VIS	C	132	488	488		141	28	5	14						.289	.289	.453	.742		221						VIS · CALL
1957	36	AMA	A	126	425	425		122	26	6	8						.287	.287	.433	.720		184						AMA · WL
1958	37	AMA	A	39	97	97		27	8	0	1						.278	.278	.392	.670		38						AMA · WL
4 Yrs				199	524	474	54	109	16	4	11	56	5	0	46	87	.230	.299	.350	.650	74	166	10	1	4
162 Game Avg.				162	427	386	44	89	13	3	9	46	4		37	71	.230	.299	.350	.650	74	135	8	1	3

PIT (2 yrs)				149	440	396	44	91	13	2	10	42	5		40	66	.230	.302	.348	.651	73	138	10	1	4
CLE (1 yr)				46	71	66	8	17	2	2	1	14	0	0	5	17	.258	.310	.394	.704	97	26	0	0	0
NYY (1 yr)				4	13	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.083	.154	.167	.321	-11	2	0	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				149	440	396	44	91	13	2	10	42	5		40	66	.230	.302	.348	.651	73	138	10	1	4
AL (2 yrs)				50	84	78	10	18	3	2	1	14	0	0	6	21	.231	.286	.359	.645	80	28	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
1946	25	NYY	AL	4	13	-2	0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.421	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/5
1947	26	CLE	AL	46	71	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$	5/47O6
1948	27	PIT	NL	70	195	-6	-0	-0	4	0	-2	-0.2	7	5	0.4	.497	.499	0.0	0.4	1	$	5/4
1949	28	PIT	NL	79	245	-10	0	-0	1	0	-9	-0.9	8	-0	-0.1	.488	.494	-0.2	0.1	-1	$	5/4
4 Seasons				199	524	-18	0	-1	5	0	-13	-1.5	17	4	0.2	.493	.498	-0.3	0.6	-1	$

PIT (2 yrs)				149	440	-16	0	-1	5	0	-11	-1.2	15	4	0.3	.492	.496	-0.2	0.6	-1	$
CLE (1 yr)				46	71	-1	0	0	1	0	1	0.1	2	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.1	0.1	1	$
NYY (1 yr)				4	13	-2	0	0	-1	0	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.421	.498	-0.2	-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
1946	25	NYY	AL	13	11	0	0.0	97	.125	.083	.265	.154	.339	.167	.381	.321	.720	-11	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.273	.167	.083
1947	26	CLE	AL	71	49	8	4.4	94	.333	.258	.259	.310	.339	.394	.373	.704	.711	97	.519	-0.7	-0.1	.633	.212	.136	.0
1948	27	PIT	NL	195	143	19	3.5	104	.277	.239	.271	.309	.346	.358	.402	.667	.748	79	.396	-5.6	-0.6	.589	.227	.119	2.7
1949	28	PIT	NL	245	176	22	3.4	106	.235	.223	.273	.296	.347	.341	.408	.637	.755	69	.361	-10.4	-1.0	.580	.236	.118	4.0
4 Yrs				524	379	49	3.4	103	.261	.230	.270	.299	.345	.350	.400	.650	.745	74	.384	-18.5	-1.9	.581	.228	.120	6.9
162 Game Avg.				427	309	40	3.4	103	.261	.230	.270	.299	.345	.350	.400	.650	.745	74	.384	-18.5	-1.9	.581	.228	.120	6

PIT (2 yrs)				440	319	41	3.4	105	.253	.230	.272	.302	.346	.348	.405	.651	.752	73	.376	-16.0	-1.6	.584	.232	.119	6.7
CLE (1 yr)				71	49	8	4.4	94	.333	.258	.259	.310	.339	.394	.373	.704	.711	97	.520	-0.7	-0.1	.633	.212	.136	.0
NYY (1 yr)				13	11	0	0.0	97	.125	.083	.265	.154	.339	.167	.381	.321	.720	-11	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.273	.167	.083

NL (2 yrs)				440	319	41	3.4	105	.253	.230	.272	.302	.346	.348	.405	.651	.752	73	.376	-16.0	-1.6	.584	.232	.119	6.7
AL (2 yrs)				84	60	8	3.6	95	.304	.231	.260	.286	.339	.359	.374	.645	.713	80	.428	-2.5	-0.3	.567	.205	.128	.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	NYY	AL	13	0.0%	30.8%	7.7%	7.7%	100%	4.00	3.0				62%
1947	26	CLE	AL	71	1.4%	23.9%	7.0%	7.0%	29%	3.40	3.9	66.0	4.7		68%
1948	27	PIT	NL	195	2.1%	18.0%	8.7%	6.2%	29%	2.06	5.0	44.0	7.7	1.10	70%
1949	28	PIT	NL	245	2.5%	12.7%	9.4%	5.3%	27%	1.35	7.1	36.7	11.6	0.84	75%
4 Yrs				524	2.1%	16.6%	8.8%	5.9%	28%	1.89	5.4	43.1	8.5	0.92	72%
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	PHlev	AB
1946	25	NYY	AL	-1.8	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	26	CLE	AL	-0.8	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	27	PIT	NL	-5.6	-0.6	85	0.0	1.7	-1.7	1.15	0.0	0.0	0.9	0.1	1.05	0.6	1.96	2
1949	28	PIT	NL	-10.4	-1.0	141	-0.2	2.2	-2.3	.89	-0.2	-0.0	-5.9	-0.6	0.92	-3.3	0.52	4
4 Yrs				-18.6	-1.9	226	-0.1	3.9	-4.0	.99	-0.2	0.0	-5.0	-0.5	0.97	-2.7	1.00	6

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	27	PIT	NL	0	34%	25	2		2	1	1	0	0	40%	2	2	0	1	1	2	1	1
1949	28	PIT	NL	1	23%	62	3		3	0	0	1	2	20%	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				1	30%	87	5	0	5	1	1	1	2	30%	7	6	1	1	1	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
1948	27	PIT	NL	195	17%	42			2	0	0	0	1.96	4	0	4	4	0	2	2	0	1	2	200%	24	7	29%	10	4	40%	67	11	16%	5	2	40%	6	4	67%	0
1949	28	PIT	NL	245	7%	49			4	1	0	1	0.52	6	0	3	3	1	6	0	0	0	2		21	3	14%	10	0	0%	81	7	9%	5	1	20%	7	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				440	11%	109			6	1	0	1	1.00	11	0	7	7	1	8	2	0	1	4	400%	45	10	22%	20	4	20%	148	18	12%	10	3	30%	13	4	31%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			252%			29%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1946	25	4	13	12	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	4	.083	.154	.167	.321	-11	2	0	0	0
1947	26	50	84	78	10	18	3	2	1	14	0	6	21	.231	.286	.359	.645	80	28	0	0	0
1948	27	120	279	254	33	60	10	3	5	37	2	23	56	.236	.302	.358	.660	79	91	7	1	2
1949	28	199	524	474	54	109	16	4	11	56	5	46	87	.230	.299	.350	.650	74	166	10	1	4

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
1946	25	4	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	4
1947	26	48	76	70	9	19	2	2	1	16	0	6	18	.271	.329	.400	.729	9	46
1948	27	73	205	184	24	44	7	1	4	24	2	18	37	.239	.310	.353	.664	20	70
1949	28	82	252	227	21	49	6	1	6	19	3	23	32	.216	.288	.330	.618	22	79
4 Yrs		207	547	494	54	112	15	4	11	59	5	48	91	.227	.297	.340	.637	51	199
162 Game Avg.		162	428	387	42	88	12	3	9	46	4	38	71	.227	.297	.340	.637	40	199

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