Don Bosch

Donald John Bosch

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: July 15, 1942 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Saint Ignatius HS (San Francisco, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1966
Teams (by GP): Mets/Expos/Pirates 1966-1969

Final Game: July 9, 1969
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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
1960	17	PIT-min	D-	63	205	205		43	8	1	4						.210	.210	.317	.527		65							KPT · APPY
1961	18	PIT-min	D	123	474	474		119	23	4	11						.251	.251	.386	.637		183							BAT · NYPL
1962	19	PIT-min	C	114	487	407	87	104	13	4	7	43	29		75	85	.256	.373	.359	.732		146		2	2	1	0		GFK · NORL
1963	20	PIT-min	A	144	570	570		189	19	6	6						.332	.332	.418	.749		238							KIN · CARL
1964	21	PIT-min	AA	133	589	530	70	131	27	6	15	54	8	8	59	85	.247	.323	.406	.728		215							AVL · SOUL
1965	22	PIT-min	AA	138	572	490	82	127	20	8	5	37	25	11	82	60	.259	.365	.363	.729		178							AVL · SOUL
1966	23	PIT-min	AAA	144	609	530	68	150	21	8	11	49	17	8	72	77	.283	.370	.415	.785		220		2	3	2			CLB · IL
1966	23	PIT	NL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/8
1967	24	NYM-min	AAA	90	376	327	43	86	10	3	5	31	11	0	41	38	.263	.347	.358	.705		117		2	4	2			JCK · IL
1967	24	NYM	NL	44	101	93	7	13	0	1	0	2	3	1	5	24	.140	.184	.161	.345	1	15	3	0	3	0	0	8
1968	25	NYM-min	AAA	23	81	64	5	19	1	0	0	6	1	2	15	8	.297	.432	.313	.745		20		1	0	1			JCK · IL
1968	25	NYM	NL	50	122	111	14	19	1	0	3	7	0	2	9	33	.171	.231	.261	.493	48	29	2	0	1	1	1	8/7
1969	26	MON	NL	49	121	112	13	20	5	0	1	4	1	0	8	20	.179	.233	.250	.483	36	28	1	0	1	0	0	8/79
1970	27	WSN-HOU-min	AAA	76	299	265	36	64	9	2	7	20	9	6	31	46	.242	.322	.370	.692		98		1	1	1			BUF,OKC · IL,AA
4 Yrs				146	346	318	34	52	6	1	4	13	4	3	22	77	.164	.217	.226	.443	29	72	6	0	5	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	384	353	38	58	7	1	4	14	4	3	24	85	.164	.217	.226	.443	29	80	7	0	6	1	1

NYM (2 yrs)				94	223	204	21	32	1	1	3	9	3	3	14	57	.157	.210	.216	.426	26	44	5	0	4	1	1
PIT (1 yr)				3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
MON (1 yr)				49	121	112	13	20	5	0	1	4	1	0	8	20	.179	.233	.250	.483	36	28	1	0	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
1966	23	PIT	NL	3	2	-0	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	/8
1967	24	NYM	NL	44	101	-8	1	-0	1	-0	-8	-0.9	3	-4	-0.5	.479	.494	-0.6	0.1	-5	$	8
1968	25	NYM	NL	50	122	-7	-1	0	0	-0	-8	-0.9	4	-3	-0.5	.480	.494	-0.6	0.1	-4	$	8/7
1969	26	MON	NL	49	121	-9	0	0	-1	-0	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.7	.478	.493	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$	8/79
4 Seasons				146	346	-24	-0	-0	-0	-1	-26	-2.9	12	-14	-1.8	.479	.495	-1.9	0.0	-14	$

NYM (2 yrs)				94	223	-15	-0	-0	1	-1	-15	-1.8	8	-8	-1.0	.480	.494	-1.2	0.2	-9	$
PIT (1 yr)				3	2	-0	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.474	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$
MON (1 yr)				49	121	-9	0	0	-1	-0	-10	-1.1	4	-6	-0.7	.478	.493	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$

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
1966	23	PIT	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	24	NYM	NL	101	87	3	0.9	89	.188	.140	.256	.184	.318	.161	.376	.345	.694	1	.066	-12.2	-1.3	.262	.097	.022	.0
1968	25	NYM	NL	122	98	6	1.7	81	.211	.171	.252	.231	.310	.261	.355	.493	.666	48	.197	-7.3	-0.8	.375	.153	.090	.0
1969	26	MON	NL	121	94	7	2.0	95	.209	.179	.259	.233	.330	.250	.384	.483	.714	36	.207	-9.8	-1.0	.398	.152	.071	1.0
4 Yrs				346	281	16	1.5	88	.202	.164	.256	.217	.319	.226	.372	.443	.691	29	.154	-29.8	-3.2	.345	.135	.063	4.0
162 Game Avg.				384	312	18	1.5	88	.202	.164	.256	.217	.319	.226	.372	.443	.691	29	.154	-29.8	-3.2	.345	.135	.063	4

NYM (2 yrs)				223	185	9	1.3	85	.200	.157	.254	.210	.314	.216	.365	.426	.678	26	.128	-19.5	-2.2	.322	.127	.059	3.0
PIT (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.265	.000	.324	.000	.399	.000	.722	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
MON (1 yr)				121	94	7	2.0	95	.209	.179	.259	.233	.330	.250	.384	.483	.714	36	.206	-9.8	-1.0	.398	.152	.071	1.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1966	23	PIT	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	100%
1967	24	NYM	NL	101	0.0%	23.8%	5.0%	1.0%	8%	4.80	3.9		46.5	0.81	68%
1968	25	NYM	NL	122	2.5%	27.1%	7.4%	3.3%	21%	3.67	3.4	37.0	15.9	0.88	62%
1969	26	MON	NL	121	0.8%	16.5%	6.6%	5.0%	30%	2.50	5.6	112.0	28.0	1.06	75%
4 Yrs				346	1.2%	22.3%	6.4%	3.2%	21%	3.50	4.1	79.5	24.5	0.92	69%
MLB Averages					2.0%	15.6%	8.1%	5.9%	27%	1.92	5.7	45.2	9.5	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	23	PIT	NL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.48	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.96	-0.6	0.96	1
1967	24	NYM	NL	-12.2	-1.3	106	-1.0	0.8	-1.8	.86	-0.9	-0.2	-10.3	-1.1	0.97	-9.1	0.36	4
1968	25	NYM	NL	-7.3	-0.8	125	-0.4	1.6	-2.1	1.00	-0.6	0.1	-6.3	-0.7	0.94	-5.8	1.36	9
1969	26	MON	NL	-9.8	-1.0	123	-0.8	1.5	-2.3	.94	-0.8	-0.1	-6.2	-0.6	0.88	-7.1	0.95	15
4 Yrs				-29.8	-3.2	356	-2.3	3.9	-6.2	.93	-2.3	-0.1	-23.3	-2.5	0.93	-22.6	1.00	29

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1966	23	PIT	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1967	24	NYM	NL	5	39%	31	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	1	3	80%	3	1	2	0	0	0	2	2
1968	25	NYM	NL	1	44%	55	0	2	0%	0	2	0	1	2	2	56%	12	7	5	2	1	1	4	4
1969	26	MON	NL	2	44%	49	1	0	100%	0	0	1	0	1	1	46%	7	4	3	2	2	0	2	2
4 Yrs				8	43%	135	4	3	57%	3	3	1	1	4	6	56%	22	12	10	4	3	1	8	8

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
1966	23	PIT	NL	2	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1967	24	NYM	NL	101	100%	13			4	1	0	0	0.36	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	18	3	17%	7	3	43%	55	3	5%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1968	25	NYM	NL	122	100%	19			9	1	0	0	1.36	3	0	2	2	1	3	0	0	1	1	100%	19	2	11%	8	4	50%	57	6	11%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
1969	26	MON	NL	121	100%	20			15	2	0	0	0.95	1	0	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	1	100%	13	1	8%	8	1	13%	55	5	9%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
4 Yrs				346	100%	52			29	4	0	0	1.00	4	0	8	2	2	3	1	0	5	5	100%	50	6	12%	23	8	35%	168	14	8%	9	3	33%	4	2	50%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			79%			10%			30%			13%			46%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1966	23	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
1967	24	47	103	95	7	13	0	1	0	2	3	1	5	24	.137	.180	.158	.338	-1	15	3	3	0	0
1968	25	97	225	206	21	32	1	1	3	9	3	3	14	57	.155	.208	.214	.422	25	44	5	4	1	1
1969	26	146	346	318	34	52	6	1	4	13	4	3	22	77	.164	.217	.226	.443	29	72	6	5	1	1

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
1966	23	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1967	24	44	102	94	8	14	0	1	0	2	3	5	24	.149	.192	.170	.362	3	44
1968	25	50	125	113	19	22	1	0	3	9	0	10	33	.195	.258	.283	.541	9	50
1969	26	49	122	113	14	21	5	0	1	4	1	8	20	.186	.240	.257	.496	7	49
4 Yrs		146	351	322	41	57	6	1	4	15	4	23	77	.177	.231	.239	.470	19	146
162 Game Avg.		162	389	357	45	63	7	1	4	17	4	26	85	.177	.231	.239	.470	21	146

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