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Steve Boros \BOAR-ohs\

Stephen Boros

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 3, 1936 in Flint, MI
High School: Northern HS (Flint, MI)
School: University of Michigan (Ann Arbor, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 19, 1957 (Age 20)
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Reds/Cubs 1957-1965

Final Game: May 8, 1965 (Age 28)
Died: December 29, 2010 in Deland, FL
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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
1957	20	DET	AL	24	42	41	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.146	.167	.171	.337	-8	7	2	0	0	0	0	/56
1958	21	DET-min	A,AA,AAA	127	420	420		106	10	4	20						.252	.252	.436	.688		183							AUG,BIR,CHL · SALL,SOUA,AA
1958	21	DET	AL	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4

1959	22	DET-min	AA	147	612	522	89	159	24	7	16	85	23		70	77	.305	.393	.469	.862		245		9	6	5	6		BIR · SOUA
1960	23	DET-min	AAA	151	652	571	128	181	42	8	30	119	22		81	91	.317	.402	.576	.978		329							DEN · AA
1961	24	DET	AL	116	485	396	51	107	18	2	5	62	4	2	68	42	.270	.382	.364	.746	99	144	8	8	6	7	2	*5
1962	25	DET	AL	116	416	356	46	81	14	1	16	47	3	1	53	62	.228	.331	.407	.738	95	145	7	3	3	2	3	5/4
1963	26	CHC	NL	41	104	90	9	19	5	1	3	7	0	2	12	19	.211	.304	.389	.693	94	35	1	0	2	0	0	39
1964	27	CIN-min	AAA	26	111	100	18	30	8	0	3	15	1	2	11	13	.300	.369	.470	.839		47		0	0	0			SDG · PCL
1964	27	CIN	NL	117	424	370	31	95	12	3	2	31	4	1	47	43	.257	.342	.322	.664	86	119	12	2	2	2	14	*5
1965	28	CIN-min	AAA	117	475	420	73	113	28	6	12	30	10	9	48	65	.269	.347	.450	.797		189		3	3	1			SDG · PCL
1965	28	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1966	29	CIN-min	AAA	106	362	330	51	92	16	1	13	40	8	2	29	49	.279	.340	.452	.791		149		2	0	1			BFL · IL
1967	30	CIN-min	AAA	107	337	290	29	55	5	0	10	23	0	0	43	71	.190	.301	.310	.611		90		3	1	0			BFL · IL
1968	31	OAK-CIN-min	AAA	100	366	320	24	85	15	0	1	32	3	3	42	33	.266	.352	.322	.674		103		2	0	2			VAN,INA · PCL
1969	32	KCR-min	AAA	103	371	309	56	84	13	5	4	53	0	2	51	45	.272	.377	.385	.762		119		3	5	3			OMA · AA
7 Yrs				422	1473	1255	141	308	50	7	26	149	11	6	181	174	.245	.344	.359	.702	90	450	30	13	13	11	19
162 Game Avg.				162	565	482	54	118	19	3	10	57	4	2	69	67	.245	.344	.359	.702	90	173	12	5	5	4	7

DET (4 yrs)				262	945	795	101	194	33	3	21	111	7	3	122	112	.244	.349	.372	.721	92	296	17	11	9	9	5
CIN (2 yrs)				119	424	370	31	95	12	3	2	31	4	1	47	43	.257	.342	.322	.664	86	119	12	2	2	2	14
CHC (1 yr)				41	104	90	9	19	5	1	3	7	0	2	12	19	.211	.304	.389	.693	94	35	1	0	2	0	0

AL (4 yrs)				262	945	795	101	194	33	3	21	111	7	3	122	112	.244	.349	.372	.721	92	296	17	11	9	9	5
NL (3 yrs)				160	528	460	40	114	17	4	5	38	4	3	59	62	.248	.335	.335	.669	88	154	13	2	4	2	14

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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	Pos
1957	20	DET	AL	24	42	-5	-0	-0	-0	0	-6	-0.7	1	-5	-0.6	.472	.496	-0.5	0.0	-5	/56
1958	21	DET	AL	6	2	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	/4

1961	24	DET	AL	116	485	1	-1	1	-5	2	-2	-0.4	15	13	1.1	.498	.499	1.8	-0.4	18	*5
1962	25	DET	AL	116	416	-1	-1	0	-13	2	-13	-1.5	13	0	-0.2	.488	.492	1.3	-1.3	13	5/4
1963	26	CHC	NL	41	104	-1	-0	0	-3	-1	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.484	.496	0.1	-0.5	1	39
1964	27	CIN	NL	117	424	-8	0	0	6	2	1	0.2	16	17	1.9	.501	.501	1.1	1.0	11	*5
1965	28	CIN	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.512	.500	0.0	0.0	0	/5
7 Seasons				422	1473	-16	-2	1	-16	6	-26	-3.1	49	23	1.9	.493	.497	3.7	-1.1	38

DET (4 yrs)				262	945	-6	-2	1	-19	5	-22	-2.6	29	8	0.3	.491	.495	2.5	-1.7	26
CIN (2 yrs)				119	424	-8	0	0	6	2	1	0.2	16	17	1.9	.501	.501	1.1	1.0	11
CHC (1 yr)				41	104	-1	-0	0	-3	-1	-6	-0.6	4	-2	-0.2	.484	.496	0.1	-0.5	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
1957	20	DET	AL	42	37	1	0.7	102	.182	.146	.267	.167	.339	.171	.402	.337	.742	-8	.036	-6.3	-0.6	.216	.049	.024
1958	21	DET	AL	2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.270	.000	.340	.000	.410	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1961	24	DET	AL	485	312	61	5.2	106	.287	.270	.267	.382	.343	.364	.416	.746	.759	99	.553	3.4	0.3	.742	.270	.093	4.4
1962	25	DET	AL	416	288	50	4.7	106	.232	.228	.268	.331	.341	.407	.417	.738	.758	95	.511	-2.5	-0.2	.717	.334	.180	5.1
1963	26	CHC	NL	104	76	11	3.9	94	.235	.211	.261	.304	.324	.389	.390	.693	.713	94	.499	-0.7	-0.1	.608	.289	.178	.0
1964	27	CIN	NL	424	292	41	3.8	96	.284	.257	.267	.342	.325	.322	.396	.664	.721	86	.463	-5.2	-0.6	.594	.200	.065	2.7
7 Yrs				1473	1007	164	4.4	102	.265	.245	.267	.344	.336	.359	.408	.702	.744	90	.497	-11.9	-1.3	.660	.261	.113	15.5
162 Game Avg.				565	387	63	4.4	102	.265	.245	.267	.344	.336	.359	.408	.702	.744	90	.497	-11.9	-1.3	.660	.261	.113	6

DET (4 yrs)				945	639	112	4.7	106	.258	.244	.267	.349	.342	.372	.416	.721	.758	92	.510	-6.0	-0.6	.697	.287	.128	10.5
CIN (2 yrs)				424	292	41	3.8	96	.284	.257	.267	.342	.325	.322	.396	.664	.721	86	.462	-5.2	-0.6	.594	.200	.065	2.7
CHC (1 yr)				104	76	11	3.9	94	.235	.211	.261	.304	.324	.389	.390	.693	.713	94	.498	-0.7	-0.1	.608	.289	.178	.0

AL (4 yrs)				945	639	112	4.7	106	.258	.244	.267	.349	.342	.372	.416	.721	.758	92	.510	-6.0	-0.6	.697	.287	.128	10.5
NL (3 yrs)				528	368	52	3.8	96	.276	.248	.266	.335	.325	.335	.395	.669	.720	88	.470	-5.9	-0.6	.597	.217	.087	4.4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	20	DET	AL	42	0.0%	19.1%	2.4%	2.4%	17%	8.00	5.1		20.5	1.33	79%
1958	21	DET	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%

1961	24	DET	AL	485	1.0%	8.7%	14.0%	5.2%	23%	0.62	9.4	79.2	6.4	0.66	73%
1962	25	DET	AL	416	3.9%	14.9%	12.7%	7.5%	38%	1.17	5.7	22.3	7.6	0.90	67%
1963	26	CHC	NL	104	2.9%	18.3%	11.5%	8.7%	47%	1.58	4.7	30.0	12.9	1.12	65%
1964	27	CIN	NL	424	0.5%	10.1%	11.1%	4.0%	18%	0.91	8.6	185.0	11.9	1.39	77%
7 Yrs				1473	1.8%	11.8%	12.3%	5.6%	27%	0.96	7.2	48.3	8.4	0.95	72%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.2%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.68	6.3	38.5	8.6	1.05	73%

Win Probability*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1957	20	DET	AL	-6.3	-0.6	42	-0.6	0.4	-1.0	1.17	-0.5	-0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.96	-5.5	0.02	4
1958	21	DET	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-0.9	-0.1	1.19	-0.7		0

1961	24	DET	AL	3.4	0.3	495	0.7	8.9	-8.2	1.06	0.8	-0.1	13.8	1.3	1.04	9.0		0
1962	25	DET	AL	-2.5	-0.2	421	-1.5	6.6	-8.1	1.03	-0.2	-1.3	-4.6	-0.4	0.98	-0.4	2.09	8
1963	26	CHC	NL	-0.7	-0.1	108	-0.7	1.4	-2.1	1.03	0.1	-0.7	-2.9	-0.3	0.98	-0.5	1.59	17
1964	27	CIN	NL	-5.2	-0.6	433	-1.3	6.0	-7.3	1.04	-0.8	-0.4	-7.3	-0.8	0.98	-8.1	3.50	1
1965	28	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
7 Yrs				-11.9	-1.3	1501	-3.3	23.4	-26.7	1.05	-0.6	-2.6	-6.8	-0.8	1.00	-6.2	1.58	30

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	20	DET	AL	1	0	57%	22	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	75%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1958	21	DET	AL	0	0		4	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

1961	24	DET	AL	5	0	26%	201	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	0	7	39%	30	23	7	3	3	0	21	7	14
1962	25	DET	AL	6	0	25%	105	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	7	0	4	2	0	6	63%	20	6	12	3	1	2	7	2	5
1963	26	CHC	NL	0	0	21%	39	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	43%	3	1	2	2	2	0	2	1	1
1964	27	CIN	NL	7	1	20%	159	4	1	80%	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	2	0	9	50%	13	7	5	1	0	1	10	3	6
7 Yrs				19	1	24%	530	11	6	65%	11	6	0	0	0	0	2	0	14	0	5	5	0	24	49%	68	38	27	9	6	3	42	13	28

Situational Batting*

						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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1957	20	DET	AL	42	17%	6			4	0	0	0	0.02	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	2	20%	4	0	0%	25	2	8%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	21	DET	AL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1961	24	DET	AL	485	23%	107			0	0	0	0		5	0	21	2	3	3	2	0	6	6	100%	124	8	6%	60	25	42%	393	60	15%	38	22	58%	17	10	59%	0
1962	25	DET	AL	416	31%	81			8	0	0	0	2.09	16	1	14	8	8	6	10	0	4	3	75%	76	7	9%	30	7	23%	285	33	12%	24	7	29%	15	6	40%	0
1963	26	CHC	NL	104	63%	19			17	2	0	1	1.59	3	0	2	2	1	0	3	0	2	2	100%	19	1	5%	11	3	27%	57	4	7%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1964	27	CIN	NL	424	33%	95			1	0	0	0	3.50	2	0	10	1	1	1	1	0	6	2	33%	79	12	15%	36	12	33%	288	31	11%	32	10	31%	14	8	57%	0
7 Yrs				1473	31%	308			30	2	0	1	1.58	26	1	48	13	13	10	16	0	18	13	72%	308	30	10%	142	47	33%	1051	130	12%	100	39	39%	48	24	50%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

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
1957	20	24	42	41	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.146	.167	.171	.337	-8	7	2	0	0	0	0
1958	21	30	44	43	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.140	.159	.163	.322	-13	7	2	0	0	0	0
1959	22	30	44	43	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.140	.159	.163	.322	-13	7	2	0	0	0	0
1960	23	30	44	43	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.140	.159	.163	.322	-13	7	2	0	0	0	0
1961	24	146	529	439	55	113	19	2	5	64	4	2	69	50	.257	.363	.344	.707	89	151	10	8	6	7	2
1962	25	262	945	795	101	194	33	3	21	111	7	3	122	112	.244	.349	.372	.721	92	296	17	11	9	9	5
1963	26	303	1049	885	110	213	38	4	24	118	7	5	134	131	.241	.345	.374	.719	92	331	18	11	11	9	5
1964	27	420	1473	1255	141	308	50	7	26	149	11	6	181	174	.245	.344	.359	.702	90	450	30	13	13	11	19
1965	28	422	1473	1255	141	308	50	7	26	149	11	6	181	174	.245	.344	.359	.702	90	450	30	13	13	11	19

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
1957	20	25	44	43	4	6	1	0	0	2	0	1	8	.140	.159	.163	.322	1	24
1958	21	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6

1961	24	116	478	392	48	103	17	2	5	58	4	65	42	.263	.373	.355	.727	51	116
1962	25	116	412	353	44	78	13	1	15	45	3	51	62	.221	.323	.391	.714	45	116
1963	26	41	106	91	10	20	5	1	3	8	0	13	19	.220	.317	.396	.713	12	41
1964	27	117	427	373	33	98	12	3	2	33	4	48	43	.263	.348	.327	.675	43	117
6 Yrs		421	1469	1254	139	305	48	7	25	146	11	178	174	.243	.341	.352	.693	152	420
162 Game Avg.		162	565	483	53	117	18	3	10	56	4	68	67	.243	.341	.352	.693	58	420

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1961 AL 8 (5th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1961 AL 7 (10th)	Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y 1964 NL 14 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1961 AL 8 (5th)

Sacrifice Flies s c a p y
1961 AL 7 (10th)

Intentional Bases on Balls s c a p y
1964 NL 14 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 6 (2088), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	Third Base (368th), 1.9 career WAR/1.9 7yr-peak WAR/1.9 JAWS Average HOF 3B (out of 13) = 67.4 career WAR/42.6 7yr-peak WAR/55.0 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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