Greg Booker

Gregory Scott Booker

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 230 lb.

Born: June 22, 1960 in Lynchburg, VA
High School: Cummings HS (Burlington, NC)
School: Elon University (Elon, NC)
Drafted by the San Diego Padres in the 10th round of the 1981 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1983
Teams (by GP): Padres/Twins/Giants 1983-1990
Agents: Jerry Kapstein [*]
Final Game: May 26, 1990
Relatives: Son-In-Law of Jack McKeon
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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
1981	21	SDP-min	A-	31	73	64	8	12	0	0	4	15	1	0	8	18	.188	.274	.375	.649		24		0	0	1	0		WWA · NORW
1982	22	SDP-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		REN · CALL
1983	23	SDP-min	AAA	46	11	9	3	2	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.556	.778		5		0	2	0	0		LVG · PCL
1983	23	SDP	NL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1984	24	SDP-min	AAA	9	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.143	.143	.143	.286		1		0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
1984	24	SDP	NL	32	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.429	.714	99	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	25	SDP-min	AAA	10	7	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452		1		0	0	0	0		LVG · PCL
1985	25	SDP	NL	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1986	26	SDP-min	AAA	36	19	17	3	4	2	0	0	2	0	0	0	2	.235	.235	.353	.588		6		0	2	0	0		LVG · PCL
1986	26	SDP	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1987	27	SDP	NL	44	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1988	28	SDP	NL	34	8	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	.250	.250	.375	.625	79	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	29	MIN-min	AAA	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1989	29	TOT	MLB	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	29	SDP	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1989	29	MIN	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1990	30	SFG-min	AAA	49	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		PHX · PCL
1990	30	SFG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
8 Yrs				161	23	23	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	21	6	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	23	23	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	21	6	0	0	0	0	0

SDP (7 yrs)				153	23	23	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	21	6	0	0	0	0	0
MIN (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (8 yrs)				155	23	23	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	21	6	0	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	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
1983	23	SDP	NL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1984	24	SDP	NL	32	7	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1985	25	SDP	NL	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.504	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1986	26	SDP	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1987	27	SDP	NL	44	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$100,000	1
1988	28	SDP	NL	34	8	-0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$130,000	1
1989	29	SDP	NL	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1989	29	MIN	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1990	30	SFG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
8 Seasons				161	23	-2	0	0	0	3	1	0.2	1	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$230,000

SDP (7 yrs)				153	23	-2	0	0	0	3	1	0.2	1	2	0.2	.501	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$230,000
MIN (1 yr)				6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
SFG (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1983	23	SDP	NL	1	1	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.260	.000	.328	.000	.385	.000	.713	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1984	24	SDP	NL	7	5	1	5.4	94	.400	.286	.263	.286	.328	.429	.383	.714	.711	99	.614	-0.0	0.0	.600	.143	.143
1985	25	SDP	NL	1	1	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.259	.000	.327	.000	.386	.000	.713	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1987	27	SDP	NL	6	6	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.412	.000	.745	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1988	28	SDP	NL	8	6	1	4.5	89	.667	.250	.255	.250	.319	.375	.374	.625	.693	79	.555	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.125	.125
8 Yrs				23	19	2	2.8	94	.286	.174	.260	.174	.326	.261	.388	.435	.714	21	.322	-2.5	-0.3	.316	.087	.087
162 Game Avg.				23	19	2	2.8	94	.286	.174	.260	.174	.326	.261	.388	.435	.714	21	.322	-2.5	-0.3	.316	.087	.087

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	IBB
1984	24	SDP	NL	NLCS	CHC	W	1
1984	24	SDP	NL	WS	DET	L	1	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							2	0
1 NLCS							1
1 WS							1	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GB/FB	GO/AO	IP%	LD%	HR/FB	IF/FB
1983	23	SDP	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							0.00	100%
1984	24	SDP	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	14.3%	50%		3.5				0.50	71%
1985	25	SDP	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%

1987	27	SDP	NL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0				0.33	67%
1988	28	SDP	NL	8	0.0%	62.5%	0.0%	12.5%	50%		1.6		8.0	0.00	0.00	38%	33%	0.0%	33%
8 Yrs				23	0.0%	39.1%	0.0%	8.7%	50%		2.6		23.0	0.00	0.29	61%	33%	0.0%	33%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.6%	8.5%	6.8%	29%	1.71	6.1	40.9	8.4	0.80	1.06	73%	20%	6.6%	26%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1983	23	SDP	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.46	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.2	0
1984	24	SDP	NL	-0.0	0.0	7	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.77	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.73	-0.2	0
1985	25	SDP	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	1.00	0.0	0.0	0.2	0.0	0.74	0.3	0
1986	26	SDP	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1987	27	SDP	NL	-1.7	-0.2	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.27	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.90	-1.6	0
1988	28	SDP	NL	-0.2	-0.0	8	0.1	0.2	-0.0	.59	-0.0	0.3	0.7	0.1	0.89	-0.5	0
1989	29	TOT	MLB	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1989	29	SDP	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1989	29	MIN	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1990	30	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
8 Yrs				-2.5	-0.3	23	0.2	0.3	-0.1	.57	-0.2	0.5	-0.8	-0.1	0.82	-2.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1983	23	SDP	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1984	24	SDP	NL	0	0	50%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1985	25	SDP	NL	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1987	27	SDP	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1988	28	SDP	NL	0	0	50%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
8 Yrs				1	0	50%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	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
1983	23	SDP	NL	1	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1984	24	SDP	NL	7	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1985	25	SDP	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1987	27	SDP	NL	6	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	1	33%	4	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1988	28	SDP	NL	8	13%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
8 Yrs				23	17%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	3	1	33%	10	1	10%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			77%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1988	28	SDP	NL	8	26	3.25	21	81%	19%	57%	10%	14%	81%	0%	65%	29%	75%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	20%	0	0	0
1 Yr				8	26	3.25	21	81%	19%	57%	10%	14%	81%	0%	65%	29%	75%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	20%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.60		62%	24%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	47%	81%	32%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1983	23	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1984	24	38	8	8	1	2	1	0	2	.250	.250	.375	.625	74	3
1985	25	55	9	9	1	2	1	0	2	.222	.222	.333	.556	55	3
1986	26	64	9	9	1	2	1	0	2	.222	.222	.333	.556	55	3
1987	27	108	15	15	1	2	1	0	4	.133	.133	.200	.333	-9	3
1988	28	142	23	23	2	4	2	1	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	21	6
1989	29	159	23	23	2	4	2	1	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	21	6
1990	30	161	23	23	2	4	2	1	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	21	6

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
1983	23	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1984	24	32	7	7	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.429	.714	1	32
1985	25	17	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	17

1987	27	44	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	44
1988	28	34	8	8	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	5	.250	.250	.375	.625	1	34
5 Yrs		133	23	23	2	4	2	0	0	1	0	0	9	.174	.174	.261	.435	2	133
162 Game Avg.		162	28	28	2	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	11	.174	.174	.261	.435	2	133

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