Bob Borkowski

Robert Vilarian Borkowski

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: January 27, 1926 in Dayton, OH
High School: Kiser HS (Dayton, OH)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1950
Teams (by GP): Reds/Cubs/Redlegs/Dodgers 1950-1955

Final Game: July 10, 1955
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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
1946	20	CHC-min	D	114	406	406		156	23	12	12						.384	.384	.589	.973		239							ELZ · APPY
1947	21	CHC-min	A	119	474	474		132	21	5	6						.278	.278	.382	.660		181							DMO · WL
1948	22	CHC-min	A	124	476	476		141	30	4	7						.296	.296	.420	.716		200							DMO · WL
1949	23	CHC-min	AA	140	471	471		177	34	5	9						.376	.376	.527	.902		248							NVL · SOUA
1950	24	CHC-min	AAA	6	21	21		6									.286	.286											SPF · IL
1950	24	CHC	NL	85	275	256	27	70	7	4	4	29	1		16	30	.273	.319	.379	.698	83	97	9	1	2			O89/73
1951	25	CHC	NL	58	94	89	9	14	1	0	0	10	0	0	3	16	.157	.185	.169	.353	-5	15	5	0	1			O8/97
1952	26	CIN	NL	126	404	377	42	95	11	4	4	24	1	3	26	53	.252	.300	.334	.634	76	126	3	0	1			*O897/3
1953	27	CIN	NL	94	273	249	32	67	11	1	7	29	0	1	21	41	.269	.328	.406	.734	90	101	5	1	2			O9/873
1954	28	CIN	NL	73	175	162	13	43	12	1	1	19	0	2	8	18	.265	.299	.370	.669	72	60	9	1	1	3		97/3
1955	29	LAD-min	AAA	39	148	133	21	45	10	1	3	25	1		13	16	.338	.399	.496	.895		66	3	1	0	1			STP · AA
1955	29	TOT	NL	34	41	37	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	8	.135	.179	.162	.342	-10	6	1	0	1	0	0	7/983
1955	29	CIN	NL	25	21	18	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.167	.211	.222	.433	13	4	1	0	1	0	0	7/3
1955	29	BRO	NL	9	20	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.105	.150	.105	.255	-32	2	0	0	0	0	0	/798
1956	30	LAD-min	Opn	152	622	570	69	165	32	8	16	96	1		41	55	.289	.337	.458	.794		261	27	2	4	5			POR · PCL
1957	31	CHC-LAD-min	Opn	156	559	504	66	153	28	2	12	58	3		47	70	.304	.363	.438	.801		221	13	1	5	2			POR,LOS · PCL
1958	32	CHC-OAK-min	AAA	114	384	338	33	83	13	0	6	36	1		38	39	.246	.324	.337	.661		114	6	2	4	2	6		POR,BFL · PCL,IL
6 Yrs				470	1262	1170	126	294	43	10	16	112	2	6	76	166	.251	.298	.346	.644	71	405	32	3	8	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	435	403	43	101	15	3	6	39	1		26	57	.251	.298	.346	.644	71	140	11	1	3

CIN (4 yrs)				318	873	806	88	208	35	6	12	73	1	6	56	114	.258	.307	.361	.668	79	291	18	2	5	3	0
CHC (2 yrs)				143	369	345	36	84	8	4	4	39	1	0	19	46	.243	.285	.325	.610	61	112	14	1	3
BRO (1 yr)				9	20	19	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.105	.150	.105	.255	-32	2	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
1950	24	CHC	NL	85	275	-6	0	-0	3	-2	-6	-0.6	9	4	0.3	.493	.496	0.0	0.1	0	$	O89/73
1951	25	CHC	NL	58	94	-13	-0	-0	-2	-1	-16	-1.8	3	-13	-1.4	.470	.489	-1.2	-0.3	-11	$	O8/97
1952	26	CIN	NL	126	404	-12	-1	0	-5	-3	-20	-2.2	14	-6	-0.9	.482	.486	-0.2	-0.8	-1	$	*O897/3
1953	27	CIN	NL	94	273	-3	0	0	-0	-3	-6	-0.7	9	3	0.2	.493	.496	0.4	-0.4	3	$	O9/873
1954	28	CIN	NL	73	175	-6	-0	-1	-5	-2	-14	-1.5	6	-9	-0.9	.479	.491	-0.4	-0.7	-4	$	97/3
1955	29	CIN	NL	25	21	-3	0	-0	-1	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.485	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	7/3
1955	29	BRO	NL	9	20	-4	0	0	0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.456	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	/798
6 Seasons				470	1262	-47	-1	-1	-10	-10	-70	-7.6	42	-28	-3.3	.484	.493	-1.9	-2.3	-18	$

CIN (4 yrs)				318	873	-24	-1	-1	-11	-7	-44	-4.8	29	-15	-1.9	.485	.493	-0.4	-2.0	-4	$
CHC (2 yrs)				143	369	-19	-0	-1	1	-3	-22	-2.4	12	-10	-1.1	.484	.493	-1.2	-0.2	-11	$
BRO (1 yr)				9	20	-4	0	0	0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.456	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-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
1950	24	CHC	NL	275	197	31	4.2	107	.297	.273	.268	.319	.345	.379	.416	.698	.761	83	.447	-7.1	-0.7	.590	.172	.105	1.6
1951	25	CHC	NL	94	81	3	1.0	105	.192	.157	.270	.185	.344	.169	.409	.353	.753	-5	.060	-13.6	-1.4	.225	.045	.011
1952	26	CIN	NL	404	289	37	3.4	96	.284	.252	.260	.300	.333	.334	.388	.634	.721	76	.414	-13.0	-1.4	.521	.146	.082	1.6
1953	27	CIN	NL	273	190	33	4.6	110	.299	.269	.274	.328	.345	.406	.427	.734	.773	90	.478	-3.8	-0.4	.649	.217	.137	.0
1954	28	CIN	NL	175	134	17	3.4	111	.288	.265	.277	.299	.348	.370	.428	.669	.776	72	.347	-6.5	-0.6	.515	.142	.105	.0
1955	29	TOT	NL	41	34	1	0.8	109	.172	.135	.271	.179	.343	.162	.429	.342	.771	-10	.037	-6.1	-0.6	.242	.081	.027
1955	29	CIN	NL	21	17	1	1.6	110	.188	.167	.271	.211	.343	.222	.430	.433	.773	13	.119	-2.3	-0.2	.313	.111	.056
1955	29	BRO	NL	20	17	0	0.0	109	.154	.105	.270	.150	.342	.105	.428	.255	.770	-32	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.176	.053	.000
6 Yrs				1262	925	122	3.5	105	.281	.251	.268	.298	.342	.346	.411	.644	.752	71	.384	-50.1	-5.0	.525	.156	.095	3.6
162 Game Avg.				435	319	42	3.5	105	.281	.251	.268	.298	.342	.346	.411	.644	.752	71	.384	-50.1	-5.0	.525	.156	.095	1

CIN (4 yrs)				873	630	88	3.7	104	.287	.258	.268	.307	.340	.361	.409	.668	.749	79	.414	-25.7	-2.6	.553	.166	.103	1.8
CHC (2 yrs)				369	278	34	3.3	107	.271	.243	.269	.285	.345	.325	.414	.610	.759	61	.342	-20.7	-2.1	.484	.139	.081	1.6
BRO (1 yr)				20	17	0	0.0	109	.154	.105	.270	.150	.342	.105	.428	.255	.770	-32	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.176	.053	.000

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	24	CHC	NL	275	1.5%	10.9%	5.8%	5.5%	21%	1.88	8.5	64.0	8.8	1.38	81%
1951	25	CHC	NL	94	0.0%	17.0%	3.2%	1.1%	7%	5.33	5.6		8.9	1.60	78%
1952	26	CIN	NL	404	1.0%	13.1%	6.4%	4.7%	20%	2.04	7.1	94.3	15.7	1.36	79%
1953	27	CIN	NL	273	2.6%	15.0%	7.7%	7.0%	28%	1.95	6.1	35.6	8.6	1.15	74%
1954	28	CIN	NL	175	0.6%	10.3%	4.6%	8.0%	33%	2.25	9.0	162.0	8.5	1.31	83%
1955	29	TOT	NL	41	0.0%	19.5%	4.9%	2.4%	20%	4.00	4.6		37.0	1.08	71%
1955	29	CIN	NL	21	0.0%	9.5%	4.8%	4.8%	33%	2.00	9.0		18.0	1.00	76%
1955	29	BRO	NL	20	0.0%	30.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0%	6.00	3.2			1.20	65%
6 Yrs				1262	1.3%	13.2%	6.0%	5.5%	24%	2.18	7.0	73.1	10.4	1.31	79%
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	24	CHC	NL	-7.1	-0.7	236	-0.6	3.9	-4.5	1.06	0.2	-0.8	0.0	0.0	0.92	2.5	1.43	13
1951	25	CHC	NL	-13.6	-1.4	75	-0.4	1.5	-1.9	1.31	-1.1	0.8	-10.9	-1.1	1.02	-11.6	1.59	19
1952	26	CIN	NL	-13.0	-1.4	309	-1.8	3.7	-5.5	.97	-1.2	-0.6	-13.0	-1.4	0.88	-13.7	1.05	16
1953	27	CIN	NL	-3.8	-0.4	279	-0.5	4.4	-5.0	1.00	0.3	-0.9	2.9	0.3	0.93	3.3	1.64	27
1954	28	CIN	NL	-6.5	-0.6	182	-0.6	4.1	-4.7	1.37	-0.4	0.0	-11.4	-1.1	1.09	-6.8	2.74	34
1955	29	TOT	NL	-6.1	-0.6	41	-0.7	0.3	-1.0	1.06	-0.5	-0.2	-7.6	-0.7	0.99	-6.2	1.32	11
1955	29	CIN	NL	-2.3	-0.2	21	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.12	-0.1	-0.2	-2.9	-0.3	0.96	-2.3	1.32	11
1955	29	BRO	NL	-3.7	-0.4	20	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.00	-0.3	-0.0	-4.6	-0.5	1.02	-3.9		0
6 Yrs				-50.1	-5.0	1122	-4.7	17.9	-22.6	1.09	-2.7	-1.6	-40.0	-4.0	0.95	-32.5	1.81	120

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	24	CHC	NL	4	28%	107	1			1	2	1	5	1	46%	14	10	4	5	1	2	5	0	5
1951	25	CHC	NL	1	53%	27	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	22%	6	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	2
1952	26	CIN	NL	4	33%	117	1	3	25%	2	3	1	1	1	36%	24	20	4	5	2	2	13	4	9
1953	27	CIN	NL	4	31%	111	0	1	0%	0	1	1	1	3	44%	14	12	2	3	1	2	10	2	8
1954	28	CIN	NL	3	24%	54	0	2	0%	0	2	3	1	4	40%	5	5	0	3	0	3	2	1	1
1955	29	TOT	NL	0	43%	11	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1955	29	CIN	NL	0	25%	4	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1955	29	BRO	NL	0	67%	7	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
6 Yrs				16	31%	427	2	6	29%	3	8	6	9	9	40%	64	54	10	16	4	9	35	8	27

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	24	CHC	NL	275	52%	70			13	3	0	2	1.43	4	0	9	1	3	0	4	0	1	2	200%	38	9	24%	17	9	53%	136	24	18%	13	11	85%	6	3	50%	0
1951	25	CHC	NL	94	35%	14			19	3	0	2	1.59	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		22	5	23%	11	1	9%	54	6	11%	8	3	38%	4	0	0%	0
1952	26	CIN	NL	404	48%	95			16	3	0	0	1.05	4	0	4	3	1	1	3	1	2	1	50%	37	3	8%	13	4	31%	120	10	8%	8	4	50%	2	0	0%	0
1953	27	CIN	NL	273	59%	67			27	9	1	6	1.64	7	0	5	4	3	3	4	0	2	2	100%	56	5	9%	24	8	33%	156	23	15%	11	7	64%	12	9	75%	0
1954	28	CIN	NL	175	38%	43			34	9	0	9	2.74	1	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	48	9	19%	15	5	33%	153	22	14%	9	6	67%	2	1	50%	0
1955	29	TOT	NL	41	46%	5			11	2	0	0	1.32	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	2	1	50%	32	1	3%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1955	29	CIN	NL	21	67%	3			11	2	0	0	1.32	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	1	1	100%	16	1	6%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	29	BRO	NL	20	25%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	16	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				1262	49%	294			120	29	1	19	1.81	16	0	30	9	7	5	11	1	7	8	114%	207	32	15%	82	28	34%	651	86	13%	50	31	62%	26	13	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	24	85	275	256	27	70	7	4	4	29	1		16	30	.273	.319	.379	.698	83	97	9	1	2
1951	25	143	369	345	36	84	8	4	4	39	1	0	19	46	.243	.285	.325	.610	61	112	14	1	3
1952	26	269	773	722	78	179	19	8	8	63	2	3	45	99	.248	.293	.330	.623	69	238	17	1	4
1953	27	363	1046	971	110	246	30	9	15	92	2	4	66	140	.253	.302	.349	.651	74	339	22	2	6
1954	28	436	1221	1133	123	289	42	10	16	111	2	6	74	158	.255	.302	.352	.654	74	399	31	3	7	3
1955	29	470	1262	1170	126	294	43	10	16	112	2	6	76	166	.251	.298	.346	.644	71	405	32	3	8	3	0

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
1950	24	89	284	265	27	71	7	4	4	29	1	16	31	.268	.312	.370	.682	30	85
1951	25	60	97	93	10	15	1	0	0	11	0	3	17	.161	.188	.172	.360	3	58
1952	26	132	427	398	46	103	12	4	4	27	1	28	55	.259	.308	.339	.647	42	126
1953	27	98	280	256	31	67	11	1	7	28	0	21	43	.262	.320	.395	.715	32	94
1954	28	77	182	169	13	44	12	1	1	19	0	8	19	.260	.293	.361	.654	18	73
1955	29	36	42	39	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	2	8	.128	.171	.154	.325	1	34
6 Yrs		492	1312	1220	130	305	44	10	16	115	2	78	173	.250	.296	.342	.638	126	470
162 Game Avg.		162	432	402	43	100	14	3	5	38	1	26	57	.250	.296	.342	.638	41	470

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Hall of Fame Standards

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