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John Boozer

John Morgan Boozer

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 6, 1938 in Columbia, SC
School: Wofford College (Spartanburg, SC)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 22, 1962
Team: Phillies 1962-1969

Final Game: October 1, 1969
Died: January 24, 1986 in Lexington, SC
Buried: Pilgrim Lutheran Church Cemetery, Lexington, SC
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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
1962 23 PHI NL 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1963 24 PHI NL 26 21 21 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .143 .143 .143 .286 -17 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1964 25 PHI NL 23 13 13 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .077 .077 .077 .154 -56 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1966 27 PHI NL 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1967 28 PHI NL 28 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .211 .250 .211 .461 33 4 0 0 0 0 0 1
1968 29 PHI NL 38 11 9 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .111 .111 .111 .222 -33 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1969 30 PHI NL 46 12 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 .333 .400 .333 .733 110 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
7 Yrs 172 80 74 2 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 24 .162 .184 .162 .346 0 12 0 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 75 70 2 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 23 .162 .184 .162 .346 0 11 0 0 4 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 Awards
1962 23 PHI NL 9 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1963 24 PHI NL 26 21 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1964 25 PHI NL 23 13 -3 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1966 27 PHI NL 2 2 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .494 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1967 28 PHI NL 28 20 -2 -1 0 0 2 -0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1968 29 PHI NL 38 11 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.0 0.1 1 $ 1
1969 30 PHI NL 46 12 1 -0 0 0 1 2 0.3 0 3 0.3 .506 .502 0.3 0.0 3 $ 1
7 Seasons 172 80 -8 -1 1 0 9 0 0.1 3 3 0.2 .500 .500 0.1 0.2 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 PwrSpd
1962 23 PHI NL 1 1 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .266 .000 .333 .000 .404 .000 .737 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1963 24 PHI NL 21 18 0 0.0 89 .231 .143 .253 .143 .315 .143 .378 .286 .693 -17 .000 -3.2 -0.3 .167 .000 .000
1964 25 PHI NL 13 12 0 0.0 93 .125 .077 .262 .077 .320 .077 .389 .154 .709 -56 .000 -2.7 -0.3 .083 .000 .000
1966 27 PHI NL 2 2 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .265 .000 .324 .000 .399 .000 .722 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1967 28 PHI NL 20 15 1 1.8 91 .286 .211 .259 .250 .322 .211 .381 .461 .702 33 .190 -1.7 -0.2 .333 .053 .000
1968 29 PHI NL 11 10 0 0.0 81 .200 .111 .252 .111 .310 .111 .355 .222 .666 -33 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .125 .000 .000
1969 30 PHI NL 12 8 1 3.4 93 .375 .333 .257 .400 .327 .333 .381 .733 .708 110 .401 0.2 0.0 .667 .111 .000
7 Yrs 80 66 2 0.8 90 .240 .162 .257 .184 .319 .162 .379 .346 .698 0 .053 -9.7 -1.0 .226 .027 .000
162 Game Avg. 75 62 2 0.8 90 .240 .162 .257 .184 .319 .162 .379 .346 .698 0 .053 -9.7 -1.0 .226 .027 .000

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
1962 23 PHI NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
1963 24 PHI NL 21 0.0% 38.1% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.6 1.00 62%
1964 25 PHI NL 13 0.0% 38.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.6 6.00 62%
1966 27 PHI NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 50%
1967 28 PHI NL 20 0.0% 25.0% 5.0% 0.0% 0% 5.00 3.8 19.0 1.00 70%
1968 29 PHI NL 11 0.0% 36.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 45%
1969 30 PHI NL 12 0.0% 8.3% 8.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 9.0 9.0 2.00 67%
7 Yrs 80 0.0% 30.0% 2.5% 0.0% 0% 12.00 3.1 37.0 1.79 63%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.4% 8.1% 6.1% 28% 1.89 5.8 42.2 9.2 1.10 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1962 23 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .19 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.3 0
1963 24 PHI NL -3.2 -0.3 21 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 .96 -0.4 -0.1 -4.0 -0.4 0.90 -3.6 0
1964 25 PHI NL -2.7 -0.3 13 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .82 -0.2 -0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.99 -2.8 0
1966 27 PHI NL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.46 -0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.32 -0.5 0
1967 28 PHI NL -1.7 -0.2 20 0.1 0.2 -0.2 .62 -0.2 0.3 -1.3 -0.1 0.97 -1.6 0
1968 29 PHI NL -1.5 -0.2 11 0.1 0.2 -0.1 .94 -0.1 0.1 -0.8 -0.1 1.10 -1.1 0
1969 30 PHI NL 0.2 0.0 12 -0.0 0.1 -0.1 .63 0.1 -0.1 1.5 0.2 0.88 0.6 0
7 Yrs -9.7 -1.0 80 -0.7 0.6 -1.3 .80 -0.8 -0.0 -8.6 -0.9 0.96 -9.2 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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1962 23 PHI 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
1963 24 PHI NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1964 25 PHI NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 27 PHI 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
1967 28 PHI NL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 1 0
1968 29 PHI NL 1 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1969 30 PHI NL 1 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
7 Yrs 2 0 14% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 29% 4 3 1 1 1 0 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
1962 23 PHI 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 0 0 0 0
1963 24 PHI NL 21 48% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 12 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1964 25 PHI NL 13 54% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1966 27 PHI NL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1967 28 PHI NL 20 50% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 15 1 7% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1968 29 PHI NL 11 27% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 9 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1969 30 PHI NL 12 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 2 40% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
7 Yrs 80 43% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 67% 12 0 0% 11 0 0% 53 3 6% 5 1 20% 3 1 33% 0
MLB Averages 52% 77% 10% 30% 14% 47% 52%

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
1962 23 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 24 35 22 22 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .136 .136 .136 .273 -21 3 0 0 0 0 0
1964 25 58 35 35 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .114 .114 .114 .229 -34 4 0 0 0 0 0
1965 26 58 35 35 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 .114 .114 .114 .229 -34 4 0 0 0 0 0
1966 27 60 37 37 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 .108 .108 .108 .216 -38 4 0 0 0 0 0
1967 28 88 57 56 0 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 19 .143 .158 .143 .301 -13 8 0 0 0 0 0
1968 29 126 68 65 0 9 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 23 .138 .152 .138 .290 -16 9 0 0 2 0 0
1969 30 172 80 74 2 12 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 24 .162 .184 .162 .346 0 12 0 0 4 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1962 23 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1963 24 26 23 23 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 .217 .217 .217 .435 1 26
1964 25 23 13 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 23
1966 27 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1967 28 28 20 19 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .211 .250 .211 .461 1 28
1968 29 38 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 38
1969 30 46 12 9 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .333 .400 .333 .733 1 46
7 Yrs 172 82 76 2 12 0 0 0 2 0 2 24 .158 .179 .158 .337 3 172
162 Game Avg. 162 77 72 2 11 0 0 0 2 0 2 23 .158 .179 .158 .337 3 172

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