Don Bollweg

Donald Raymond Bollweg

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: February 12, 1921 in Wheaton, IL
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 28, 1950
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees/Cardinals 1950-1955

Final Game: May 10, 1955
Died: May 26, 1996 in Wheaton, IL
Buried: St. Michael Cemetery, Wheaton, IL
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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	STL-min	D	112	427	427		126	18	3	25						.295	.295	.527	.822		225							WST · PASA
1946	25	STL-min	A	127	437	437		97	16	10	7						.222	.222	.352	.574		154							CBS · SALL
1947	26	STL-min	A	145	536	536		157	26	15	18						.293	.293	.498	.791		267							CBS · SALL
1948	27	STL-min	AA	142	494	494		118	24	9	13						.239	.239	.403	.642		199							HSN · TL
1949	28	STL-min	AA	142	494	494		128	26	10	10						.259	.259	.413	.672		204							HSN · TL
1950	29	STL-min	AAA	92	300	256	61	80	18	0	17	60	6		42	29	.313	.411	.582	.993		149		1	1				ROC · IL
1950	29	STL	NL	4	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	14	2	1	0	0			/3
1951	30	NYY-min	AAA	122	536	426	109	129	26	12	20	69	1		106	56	.303	.442	.561	1.003		239	7	0	4				KCY · AA
1951	30	STL	NL	6	9	9	1	1	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.222	.333	-13	2	0	0	0			/3

1952	31	NYY-min	AAA	126	567	464	108	151	27	14	23	81	10		96	64	.325	.448	.593	1.041		275	3	7	0				KCY · AA
1953	32	NYY	AL	70	178	155	24	46	6	4	6	24	1	0	21	31	.297	.384	.503	.887	142	78	0	1	1			3
1954	33	PHA	AL	103	307	268	35	60	15	3	5	24	1	0	35	33	.224	.319	.358	.677	85	96	4	3	0	1		3
1955	34	SFG-CLE-min	AAA,Opn	88	363	318	54	84	21	5	13	43	2		40	30	.264	.345	.484	.830		154	2	1	1	3			MNE,INA,SDG · AA,PCL
1955	34	KCA	AL	12	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.111	.333	.111	.444	24	1	0	0	0	0	2	/3
1956	35	ATL-SFG-min	AAA	125	506	431	66	107	13	5	19	73	4		65	69	.248	.347	.434	.780		187	12	2	4	4			WCH,MNE · AA
5 Yrs				195	518	452	62	110	22	7	11	53	2	0	60	68	.243	.337	.396	.733	100	179	5	4	1	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	430	376	52	91	18	6	9	44	2		50	56	.243	.337	.396	.733	100	149	4	3	1

STL (2 yrs)				10	21	20	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.150	.190	.200	.390	3	4	1	0	0
KCA (2 yrs)				115	319	277	36	61	15	3	5	26	1	0	38	35	.220	.320	.350	.670	83	97	4	3	0	1	2
NYY (1 yr)				70	178	155	24	46	6	4	6	24	1	0	21	31	.297	.384	.503	.887	142	78	0	1	1

AL (3 yrs)				185	497	432	60	107	21	7	11	50	2	0	59	66	.248	.343	.405	.748	104	175	4	4	1	1	2
NL (2 yrs)				10	21	20	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.150	.190	.200	.390	3	4	1	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
1950	29	STL	NL	4	12	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.464	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3
1951	30	STL	NL	6	9	-1	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.473	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3

1953	32	NYY	AL	70	178	8	0	1	-1	-2	7	0.7	5	12	1.2	.510	.504	1.3	-0.3	12	$	3
1954	33	PHA	AL	103	307	-4	2	1	-3	-3	-8	-0.9	8	0	-0.1	.492	.495	0.3	-0.7	4	$	3
1955	34	KCA	AL	12	12	-2	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/3
5 Seasons				195	518	-1	2	2	-4	-5	-6	-0.6	14	9	0.8	.497	.499	1.3	-1.0	13	$

STL (2 yrs)				10	21	-3	0	0	0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.470	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$
KCA (2 yrs)				115	319	-6	2	1	-3	-3	-9	-1.0	9	-1	-0.2	.491	.497	0.2	-0.7	3	$
NYY (1 yr)				70	178	8	0	1	-1	-2	7	0.7	5	12	1.2	.510	.504	1.3	-0.3	12	$

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
1950	29	STL	NL	12	10	1	2.7	111	.200	.182	.274	.250	.352	.182	.425	.432	.777	14	.260	-1.4	-0.1	.300	.091	.000
1951	30	STL	NL	9	8	0	0.0	103	.125	.111	.268	.111	.342	.222	.405	.333	.747	-13	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.250	.111	.111

1953	32	NYY	AL	178	110	30	7.3	99	.339	.297	.265	.384	.340	.503	.390	.887	.730	142	.712	8.9	0.9	.927	.348	.206	1.7
1954	33	PHA	AL	307	213	30	3.8	100	.238	.224	.266	.319	.342	.358	.390	.677	.732	85	.446	-5.4	-0.6	.637	.269	.134	1.7
1955	34	KCA	AL	12	8	0	0.0	103	.143	.111	.266	.333	.346	.111	.397	.444	.743	24	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.333	.000
5 Yrs				518	349	61	4.7	100	.265	.243	.266	.337	.342	.396	.391	.733	.733	100	.534	-0.2	-0.0	.706	.290	.153	3.4
162 Game Avg.				430	290	51	4.7	100	.265	.243	.266	.337	.342	.396	.391	.733	.733	100	.534	-0.2	-0.0	.706	.290	.153	3

STL (2 yrs)				21	18	1	1.5	108	.167	.150	.271	.190	.347	.200	.416	.390	.764	3	.111	-2.8	-0.3	.278	.100	.050
KCA (2 yrs)				319	221	30	3.6	100	.235	.220	.266	.320	.342	.350	.390	.670	.732	83	.427	-6.3	-0.6	.632	.271	.130	1.7
NYY (1 yr)				178	110	30	7.3	99	.339	.297	.265	.384	.340	.503	.390	.887	.730	142	.712	8.9	0.9	.927	.348	.206	1.7

AL (3 yrs)				497	331	60	4.9	99	.270	.248	.266	.343	.342	.405	.390	.748	.732	104	.552	2.6	0.2	.729	.299	.157	3.4
NL (2 yrs)				21	18	1	1.5	108	.167	.150	.271	.190	.347	.200	.416	.390	.764	3	.111	-2.8	-0.3	.278	.100	.050

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
1953	32	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	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%
1950	29	STL	NL	12	0.0%	8.3%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	1.00	11.0		11.0		83%
1951	30	STL	NL	9	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	11.1%	100%		9.0		4.5	2.50	89%

1953	32	NYY	AL	178	3.4%	17.4%	11.8%	9.0%	35%	1.48	5.0	25.8	6.5	0.48	66%
1954	33	PHA	AL	307	1.6%	10.8%	11.4%	7.5%	38%	0.94	8.1	53.6	11.2	0.85	75%
1955	34	KCA	AL	12	0.0%	16.7%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	0.67	4.5		4.5	1.00	58%
5 Yrs				518	2.1%	13.1%	11.6%	7.7%	36%	1.13	6.6	41.1	8.5	0.76	72%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.6%	9.6%	6.5%	28%	1.11	8.4	42.7	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1950	29	STL	NL	-1.4	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0		0
1951	30	STL	NL	-1.4	-0.1	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.58	-0.1	-0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.80	-0.8	0.63	4

1953	32	NYY	AL	8.7	0.9	167	0.3	3.5	-3.2	1.18	0.8	-0.5	2.6	0.3	1.05	7.5	1.66	20
1954	33	PHA	AL	-5.1	-0.5	309	-0.1	5.3	-5.4	.99	0.2	-0.2	-1.6	-0.2	0.94	-1.3	1.42	28
1955	34	KCA	AL	-0.8	-0.1	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.03	-0.1	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	1.03	-1.3	1.12	9
5 Yrs				-0.1	-0.0	497	0.1	8.9	-8.8	1.05	0.7	-0.7	-0.6	-0.1	0.97	4.1	1.41	61

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
1950	29	STL	NL	0	0	33%	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	30	STL	NL	0	0	100%	3	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953	32	NYY	AL	1	0	29%	67	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	2	50%	15	8	7	1	0	0	6	2	4
1954	33	PHA	AL	5	0	32%	112	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	6	53%	20	14	6	1	0	1	9	0	9
1955	34	KCA	AL	0	0	25%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	1	0	1	1	1	0
5 Yrs				6	0	31%	188	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	6	8	52%	35	22	13	3	0	2	16	3	13

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
1950	29	STL	NL	12		2			0	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1951	30	STL	NL	9	78%	1			4	1	0	0	0.63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	2	100%	3	2	67%	2	2	100%	0	0		0

1953	32	NYY	AL	178	64%	46			20	5	0	3	1.66	6	0	9	5	1	5	1	0	1	1	100%	36	0	0%	16	2	13%	118	16	14%	5	2	40%	7	2	29%	0
1954	33	PHA	AL	307	86%	60			28	6	0	2	1.42	5	0	9	4	1	1	4	0	1	0	0%	50	4	8%	21	7	33%	191	20	10%	8	5	63%	13	8	62%	0
1955	34	KCA	AL	12	100%	1			9	1	0	1	1.12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	2	18%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
5 Yrs				518	79%	110			61	13	0	6	1.41	11	0	19	9	2	6	5	0	2	1	50%	90	5	6%	40	11	28%	323	40	12%	17	10	59%	20	10	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			88%			12%			32%			14%			51%			55%

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
1950	29	4	12	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0		1	1	.182	.250	.182	.432	14	2	1	0	0
1951	30	10	21	20	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.150	.190	.200	.390	3	4	1	0	0
1952	31	10	21	20	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	2	.150	.190	.200	.390	3	4	1	0	0
1953	32	80	199	175	26	49	7	4	6	27	1	0	22	33	.280	.364	.469	.832	126	82	1	1	1
1954	33	183	506	443	61	109	22	7	11	51	2	0	57	66	.246	.337	.402	.738	101	178	5	4	1	1
1955	34	195	518	452	62	110	22	7	11	53	2	0	60	68	.243	.337	.396	.733	100	179	5	4	1	1	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
1950	29	4	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.083	.000	.083	0	4
1951	30	6	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

1953	32	73	187	163	26	49	6	4	6	26	1	22	32	.301	.387	.497	.884	32	70
1954	33	108	322	281	38	64	16	3	5	26	1	37	34	.228	.323	.359	.682	32	103
1955	34	13	12	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	12
5 Yrs		204	542	473	64	113	22	7	11	52	2	63	70	.239	.333	.385	.717	64	195
162 Game Avg.		162	430	376	51	90	17	6	9	41	2	50	56	.239	.333	.385	.717	51	195

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