Pat Bourque

Patrick Daniel Bourque

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 23, 1947 in Worcester, MA
High School: St. Johns HS (Worcester, MA)
School: College of the Holy Cross (Worcester, MA)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 33rd round of the 1969 amateur draft.
Signed June 9, 1969. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1971
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cubs/Twins 1971-1974

Final Game: September 28, 1974
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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
1969	22	CHC-min	A-	65	266	221	34	62	15	4	5	34	5	3	42	27	.281	.398	.452	.851		100		2	0	1			HUR · NORL
1970	23	CHC-min	A	107	359	359		117	18	2	13						.326	.326	.496	.822		178							QUI · MIDW
1971	24	CHC-min	AA,AAA	129	564	458	77	128	16	6	19	97	7	1	91	56	.279	.406	.465	.871		213		10	0	5			SAN,TAC · TL,PCL
1971	24	CHC	NL	14	41	37	3	7	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	9	.189	.250	.324	.574	54	12	1	0	1	0	0	3
1972	25	CHC-min	AAA	119	504	412	73	115	12	2	20	87	1	2	79	53	.279	.399	.464	.862		191		7	0	6			WCH · AA
1972	25	CHC	NL	11	29	27	3	7	1	0	0	5	0	0	2	2	.259	.310	.296	.607	67	8	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1973	26	CHC-min	AAA	35	124	124		43	11	1	9						.347	.347	.669	1.016		83							WCH · AA
1973	26	TOT	MLB	80	217	181	19	37	10	1	9	29	1	1	31	31	.204	.323	.420	.742	102	76	1	2	0	3	3	3D
1973	26	CHC	NL	57	158	139	11	29	6	0	7	20	1	1	16	21	.209	.297	.403	.700	88	56	0	2	0	1	1	3
1973	26	OAK	AL	23	59	42	8	8	4	1	2	9	0	0	15	10	.190	.390	.476	.866	149	20	1	0	0	2	2	D/3
1974	27	OAK-min	AAA	9	59	34	6	10	3	0	1	4	0	0	5	10	.294	.254	.471	.725		16		0	0	20			TUC · PCL
1974	27	TOT	AL	96	184	160	11	36	6	0	2	24	0	2	22	31	.225	.315	.300	.615	80	48	3	0	0	2	1	3/D
1974	27	OAK	AL	73	113	96	6	22	4	0	1	16	0	2	15	20	.229	.327	.302	.630	88	29	1	0	0	2	1	3/D
1974	27	MIN	AL	23	71	64	5	14	2	0	1	8	0	0	7	11	.219	.296	.297	.593	69	19	2	0	0	0	0	3
1975	28	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1976	29	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1977	30	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
1978	31	MXD	AAA																										MXD · MEX
4 Yrs				201	471	405	36	87	17	2	12	61	1	3	58	73	.215	.313	.356	.668	87	144	5	2	1	5	4
162 Game Avg.				162	380	326	29	70	14	2	10	49	1	2	47	59	.215	.313	.356	.668	87	116	4	2	1	4	3

CHC (3 yrs)				82	228	203	17	43	7	1	8	28	1	1	21	32	.212	.291	.374	.665	79	76	1	2	1	1	1
OAK (2 yrs)				96	172	138	14	30	8	1	3	25	0	2	30	30	.217	.349	.355	.704	107	49	2	0	0	4	3
MIN (1 yr)				23	71	64	5	14	2	0	1	8	0	0	7	11	.219	.296	.297	.593	69	19	2	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				119	243	202	19	44	10	1	4	33	0	2	37	41	.218	.333	.337	.670	95	68	4	0	0	4	3
NL (3 yrs)				82	228	203	17	43	7	1	8	28	1	1	21	32	.212	.291	.374	.665	79	76	1	2	1	1	1

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
1971	24	CHC	NL	14	41	-2	0	-0	-0	-1	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.3	.472	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$	3
1972	25	CHC	NL	11	29	-1	-0	0	2	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.510	.501	0.0	0.2	-0	$	/3
1973	26	CHC	NL	57	158	-2	1	1	2	-2	-1	-0.1	5	4	0.4	.498	.499	0.2	-0.0	2	$	3
1973	26	OAK	AL	23	59	2	0	0	0	-2	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.503	.500	0.3	-0.2	3	$	D/3
1974	27	OAK	AL	73	113	-2	-1	0	0	-2	-4	-0.4	4	0	0.0	.494	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$17,500	3/D
1974	27	MIN	AL	23	71	-2	0	-0	2	-1	-2	-0.2	2	1	0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	3
4 Seasons				201	471	-7	-0	1	6	-8	-8	-0.8	14	7	0.7	.495	.499	0.0	-0.1	1	$17,500

CHC (3 yrs)				82	228	-5	0	1	4	-3	-3	-0.4	7	3	0.3	.495	.499	-0.1	0.1	-1	$
OAK (2 yrs)				96	172	1	-1	1	0	-4	-3	-0.3	6	3	0.3	.496	.499	0.2	-0.3	2	$17,500
MIN (1 yr)				23	71	-2	0	-0	2	-1	-2	-0.2	2	1	0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	0.1	-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
1971	24	CHC	NL	41	32	3	2.5	103	.222	.189	.274	.250	.342	.324	.401	.574	.744	54	.294	-2.7	-0.3	.484	.216	.135	.0
1972	25	CHC	NL	29	20	3	4.1	100	.280	.259	.268	.310	.337	.296	.395	.607	.733	67	.499	-1.2	-0.1	.500	.111	.037
1973	26	TOT	MLB	217	149	27	4.9	99	.194	.204	.267	.323	.335	.420	.395	.742	.731	102	.558	1.2	0.1	.747	.387	.215	1.8
1973	26	CHC	NL	158	112	18	4.3	102	.196	.209	.271	.297	.341	.403	.402	.700	.743	88	.505	-2.8	-0.3	.667	.309	.194	1.8
1973	26	OAK	AL	59	37	9	6.5	89	.188	.190	.254	.390	.322	.476	.373	.866	.694	149	.679	3.9	0.4	1.000	.643	.286	.0
1974	27	TOT	AL	184	131	16	3.3	87	.264	.225	.256	.315	.320	.300	.368	.615	.688	80	.397	-3.2	-0.3	.527	.200	.075	.0
1974	27	OAK	AL	113	79	10	3.4	84	.273	.229	.251	.327	.315	.302	.361	.630	.676	88	.412	-0.6	-0.1	.545	.208	.073	.0
1974	27	MIN	AL	71	52	6	3.1	92	.250	.219	.263	.296	.328	.297	.378	.593	.706	69	.372	-2.6	-0.3	.500	.188	.078	.0
4 Yrs				471	332	49	4.0	95	.231	.215	.263	.313	.330	.356	.385	.668	.715	87	.475	-5.9	-0.6	.620	.279	.141	1.8
162 Game Avg.				380	268	39	4.0	95	.231	.215	.263	.313	.330	.356	.385	.668	.715	87	.475	-5.9	-0.6	.620	.279	.141	1

CHC (3 yrs)				228	164	24	4.0	102	.213	.212	.271	.291	.340	.374	.401	.665	.742	79	.470	-6.6	-0.7	.611	.266	.163	1.8
OAK (2 yrs)				172	116	19	4.4	86	.248	.217	.252	.349	.317	.355	.365	.704	.682	107	.521	3.4	0.3	.688	.341	.138	.0
MIN (1 yr)				71	52	6	3.1	92	.250	.219	.263	.296	.328	.297	.378	.593	.706	69	.372	-2.6	-0.3	.500	.188	.078	.0

AL (2 yrs)				243	168	25	4.0	88	.248	.218	.255	.333	.320	.337	.369	.670	.689	95	.480	0.7	0.1	.628	.292	.119	.0
NL (3 yrs)				228	164	24	4.0	102	.213	.212	.271	.291	.340	.374	.401	.665	.742	79	.470	-6.6	-0.7	.611	.266	.163	1.8

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	IBB
1973	26	OAK	AL	ALCS	BAL	W	2	3	1	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	1
1973	26	OAK	AL	WS	NYM	W	2	2	2	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							4	5	3	1	2	1	.333	.600	.333	.933	1	1
1 ALCS							2	3	1	0	2	1	.000	.667	.000	.667	0	1
1 WS							2	2	2	1	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	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%
1971	24	CHC	NL	41	2.4%	22.0%	7.3%	4.9%	29%	3.00	4.1	37.0	12.3	0.77	66%
1972	25	CHC	NL	29	0.0%	6.9%	6.9%	3.5%	14%	1.00	13.5		5.4	0.89	86%
1973	26	TOT	MLB	217	4.2%	14.3%	14.3%	9.2%	54%	1.00	5.8	20.1	6.2	0.58	66%
1973	26	CHC	NL	158	4.4%	13.3%	10.1%	8.2%	45%	1.31	6.6	19.9	7.0	0.53	71%
1973	26	OAK	AL	59	3.4%	17.0%	25.4%	11.9%	88%	0.67	4.2	21.0	4.7	0.75	54%
1974	27	TOT	AL	184	1.1%	16.9%	12.0%	4.4%	22%	1.41	5.2	80.0	6.7	0.83	70%
1974	27	OAK	AL	113	0.9%	17.7%	13.3%	4.4%	23%	1.33	4.8	96.0	6.0	0.75	68%
1974	27	MIN	AL	71	1.4%	15.5%	9.9%	4.2%	21%	1.57	5.8	64.0	8.0	0.95	73%
4 Yrs				471	2.6%	15.5%	12.3%	6.6%	36%	1.26	5.5	33.8	6.6	0.70	69%
MLB Averages					1.9%	14.0%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.62	6.4	46.6	9.1	1.10	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1971	24	CHC	NL	-2.7	-0.3	41	-0.3	0.8	-1.1	1.32	-0.1	-0.2	-4.1	-0.4	1.00	-1.4	2.39	3
1972	25	CHC	NL	-1.2	-0.1	29	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.83	-0.0	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.96	1.0	1.41	4
1973	26	TOT	MLB	1.2	0.1	223	-0.6	3.7	-4.3	1.11	0.4	-0.9	1.2	0.1	1.00	5.4	1.51	22
1973	26	CHC	NL	-2.8	-0.3	163	-0.9	2.6	-3.5	1.14	-0.1	-0.7	-2.3	-0.2	0.99	-0.2	1.69	17
1973	26	OAK	AL	3.9	0.4	60	0.3	1.1	-0.8	1.03	0.4	-0.2	3.4	0.4	1.01	5.6	0.89	5
1974	27	TOT	AL	-3.2	-0.3	187	-0.7	2.7	-3.4	1.11	-0.4	-0.2	5.8	0.6	1.01	-0.1	1.56	38
1974	27	OAK	AL	-0.6	-0.1	116	-0.5	1.6	-2.0	1.13	0.0	-0.4	5.3	0.6	1.04	3.1	1.46	33
1974	27	MIN	AL	-2.6	-0.3	71	-0.3	1.1	-1.3	1.06	-0.5	0.2	0.5	0.1	0.97	-3.2	2.17	5
4 Yrs				-5.9	-0.6	480	-1.6	7.6	-9.2	1.11	-0.1	-1.3	3.7	0.4	1.00	5.0	1.57	67

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CSH	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	24	CHC	NL	0	22%	13	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1972	25	CHC	NL	1	33%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	1
1973	26	TOT	MLB	2	16%	67	1	1	50%	1	1	0	2	5	50%	11	4	7	0	0	7	3	2
1973	26	CHC	NL	2	10%	48	1	1	50%	1	1	0	2	3	58%	9	3	6	0	0	3	2	1
1973	26	OAK	AL	0	29%	19	0	0		0	0	0	0	2	33%	2	1	1	0	0	4	1	1
1974	27	TOT	AL	2	16%	45	0	2	0%	0	1	1	2	1	42%	8	5	3	2	2	2	0	2
1974	27	OAK	AL	1	14%	34	0	2	0%	0	1	1	1	1	17%	4	3	1	2	2	0	0	0
1974	27	MIN	AL	1	20%	11	0	0		0	0	0	1	0	67%	4	2	2	0	0	2	0	2
4 Yrs				5	18%	140	1	3	25%	1	2	1	4	7	46%	23	12	11	2	2	10	3	5

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
1971	24	CHC	NL	41	85%	7			3	1	0	1	2.39	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	6	1	17%	4	1	25%	30	2	7%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1972	25	CHC	NL	29	76%	7			4	0	0	0	1.41	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	1	50%	22	5	23%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0
1973	26	TOT	MLB	217	90%	37			22	5	1	3	1.51	9	0	7	9	0	5	4	0	0	0		42	1	2%	21	7	33%	152	20	13%	14	5	36%	11	4	36%	0
1973	26	CHC	NL	158	87%	29			17	4	1	3	1.69	7	0	5	7	0	5	2	0	0	0		32	0	0%	15	3	20%	109	13	12%	9	2	22%	6	2	33%	0
1973	26	OAK	AL	59	98%	8			5	1	0	0	0.89	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	0		10	1	10%	6	4	67%	43	7	16%	5	3	60%	5	2	40%	0
1974	27	TOT	AL	184	95%	36			38	7	1	6	1.56	2	0	7	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		37	3	8%	13	4	31%	127	24	19%	6	4	67%	4	3	75%	0
1974	27	OAK	AL	113	94%	22			33	7	1	6	1.46	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		21	1	5%	9	4	44%	82	17	21%	5	4	80%	2	2	100%	0
1974	27	MIN	AL	71	97%	14			5	0	0	0	2.17	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		16	2	13%	4	0	0%	45	7	16%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
4 Yrs				471	91%	87			67	13	2	10	1.57	12	0	17	12	0	7	5	0	1	1	100%	87	5	6%	40	13	33%	331	51	15%	24	10	42%	18	9	50%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			74%			11%			32%			14%			48%			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
1971	24	14	41	37	3	7	0	1	1	3	0	0	3	9	.189	.250	.324	.574	54	12	1	0	1	0	0
1972	25	25	70	64	6	14	1	1	1	8	0	0	5	11	.219	.275	.313	.588	59	20	1	0	1	0	0
1973	26	105	287	245	25	51	11	2	10	37	1	1	36	42	.208	.311	.392	.703	91	96	2	2	1	3	3
1974	27	201	471	405	36	87	17	2	12	61	1	3	58	73	.215	.313	.356	.668	87	144	5	2	1	5	4

Neutralized Batting

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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
1971	24	14	41	37	3	7	0	1	1	3	0	3	9	.189	.250	.324	.574	3	14
1972	25	11	31	29	4	8	1	0	0	6	0	2	2	.276	.323	.310	.633	3	11
1973	26	80	219	182	20	38	10	1	9	30	1	32	31	.209	.329	.423	.752	25	80
1974	27	96	190	164	13	40	7	0	2	28	0	24	31	.244	.337	.323	.660	18	96
4 Yrs		201	481	412	40	93	18	2	12	67	1	61	73	.226	.325	.367	.692	49	201
162 Game Avg.		162	388	332	32	75	15	2	10	54	1	49	59	.226	.325	.367	.692	39	201

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