Dick Brodowski

Richard Stanley Brodowski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 182 lb.

Born: July 26, 1932 in Bayonne, NJ
High School: Sweeney HS (Bayonne, NJ)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 15, 1952
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Indians/Senators 1952-1959

Final Game: July 4, 1959
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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
1951	18	BOS-min	D	74	185	185		51	11	6	3						.276	.276	.449	.724		83							MAR · OHIN
1952	19	BOS-min	AAA	11	40	38	6	11	2	1	0	9	0		2	2	.289	.325	.395	.720		15	0	0	0				LOU · AA
1952	19	BOS	AL	20	41	39	4	8	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	7	.205	.225	.308	.533	43	12	1	0	1			1
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	22	BOS	AL	16	10	10	3	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.500	.500	.900	1.400	258	9	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	23	MIN-min	AAA	36	81	71	10	16	4	1	0	6	0		7	14	.225	.295	.310	.605		22	0	0	3	0			LOU · AA
1956	23	WSH	AL	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	24	CLE-min	Opn	32	70	63	3	16	3	0	0	6	0		3	11	.254	.279	.302	.581		19	2	0	2	2			SDG · PCL
1957	24	WSH	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	25	CLE-min	AAA	54	42	36	1	6	0	0	0	4	0		2	3	.167	.211	.167	.377		6	0	0	4	0			SDG · PCL
1958	25	CLE	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	26	TTO	AAA	26	16	13	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		3	8	.077	.250	.077	.327		1		0	0	0	0		TTO · IL
1959	26	CLE	AL	18	8	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	87	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1960	27	CLE-min	A	1	2	2		1	0	0	0						.500	.500	.500	1.000		1							REA · EL
6 Yrs				72	66	62	9	15	2	0	2	5	0	0	1	11	.242	.254	.371	.625	67	23	1	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	149	140	20	34	5	0	5	11	0	0	2	25	.242	.254	.371	.625	67	52	2	0	7

WSH (2 yrs)				13	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
BOS (2 yrs)				36	51	49	7	13	2	0	2	5	0	0	1	9	.265	.280	.429	.709	88	21	1	0	1	0	0
CLE (2 yrs)				23	9	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	60	2	0	0	2	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
1952	19	BOS	AL	20	41	-3	-0	-0	0	5	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.506	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1

1955	22	BOS	AL	16	10	2	0	0	0	1	3	0.3	0	3	0.3	.520	.502	0.3	0.0	3	$	1
1956	23	WSH	AL	7	5	-1	0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1957	24	WSH	AL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1958	25	CLE	AL	5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1959	26	CLE	AL	18	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.512	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
6 Seasons				72	66	-2	0	-0	0	7	5	0.5	2	7	0.5	.507	.501	0.5	0.0	6	$

WSH (2 yrs)				13	6	-2	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.490	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
BOS (2 yrs)				36	51	-1	-0	-0	0	6	4	0.4	1	6	0.4	.512	.501	0.4	0.0	6	$
CLE (2 yrs)				23	9	0	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.508	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$

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
1952	19	BOS	AL	41	33	3	2.4	102	.226	.205	.268	.225	.349	.308	.391	.533	.740	43	.276	-3.3	-0.4	.406	.128	.103	.0

1955	22	BOS	AL	10	5	5	26.8	110	.571	.500	.277	.500	.358	.900	.412	1.400	.770	258	.962	2.1	0.2	1.800	.400	.400	.0
1956	23	WSH	AL	5	5	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.262	.000	.344	.000	.401	.000	.744	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1957	24	WSH	AL	1	1	0	0.0	98		.000	.261	.000	.333	.000	.394	.000	.727	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1958	25	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.260	.000	.329	.000	.396	.000	.725	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1959	26	CLE	AL	8	6	1	4.5	96	.400	.333	.257	.333	.328	.333	.393	.667	.720	87	.508	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
6 Yrs				66	51	9	4.8	103	.265	.242	.268	.254	.347	.371	.396	.625	.743	67	.545	-3.3	-0.4	.500	.145	.129	.0
162 Game Avg.				149	115	20	4.8	103	.265	.242	.268	.254	.347	.371	.396	.625	.743	67	.545	-3.3	-0.4	.500	.145	.129

WSH (2 yrs)				6	6	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.262	.000	.342	.000	.400	.000	.742	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
BOS (2 yrs)				51	38	8	5.7	104	.289	.265	.270	.280	.351	.429	.396	.709	.746	88	.631	-1.2	-0.1	.595	.184	.163	.0
CLE (2 yrs)				9	7	1	3.8	96	.333	.286	.257	.286	.328	.286	.393	.571	.721	60	.439	-0.4	-0.0	.400	.000	.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%
1952	19	BOS	AL	41	2.4%	17.1%	2.4%	4.9%	25%	7.00	5.6	39.0	13.0	1.56	76%

1955	22	BOS	AL	10	10.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	40%		5.0	10.0	5.0	2.00	70%
1956	23	WSH	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						5.00	100%
1957	24	WSH	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1958	25	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
1959	26	CLE	AL	8	0.0%	12.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.0			3.00	63%
6 Yrs				66	3.0%	16.7%	1.5%	6.1%	27%	11.00	5.6	31.0	12.4	1.85	74%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.8%	9.1%	6.6%	29%	1.30	7.5	39.8	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1952	19	BOS	AL	-3.4	-0.4	40	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	.65	-0.1	-0.3	-0.6	-0.1	0.77	-1.3	0

1955	22	BOS	AL	2.1	0.2	10	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.40	0.2	-0.1	2.4	0.2	0.79	3.0	0
1956	23	WSH	AL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.13	-0.1	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	1.05	-1.6	0
1957	24	WSH	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.66	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.60	-0.2	0
1958	25	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.00	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.3	0
1959	26	CLE	AL	-0.1	-0.0	8	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.94	0.0	-0.0	0.2	0.0	1.06	-0.0	0
6 Yrs				-3.4	-0.4	65	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.69	-0.0	-0.6	0.1	-0.0	0.82	-0.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1952	19	BOS	AL	3	0	38%	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1955	22	BOS	AL	0	0	50%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
1956	23	WSH	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	24	WSH	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	25	CLE	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	26	CLE	AL	1	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				4	0	50%	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	25%	3	3	0	1	0	1	0	0	0

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
1952	19	BOS	AL	41	30%	8			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	13	2	15%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0

1955	22	BOS	AL	10	50%	5			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	2	50%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	23	WSH	AL	5	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	24	WSH	AL	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
1958	25	CLE	AL	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
1959	26	CLE	AL	8	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				66	32%	15			0	0	0	0		2	0	0	1	1	2	0	0	3	3	100%	7	1	14%	7	3	43%	25	4	16%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			80%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	19	20	41	39	4	8	1	1	3	1	7	.205	.225	.308	.533	43	12	1	1
1953	20	20	41	39	4	8	1	1	3	1	7	.205	.225	.308	.533	43	12	1	1
1954	21	20	41	39	4	8	1	1	3	1	7	.205	.225	.308	.533	43	12	1	1
1955	22	36	51	49	7	13	2	2	5	1	9	.265	.280	.429	.709	88	21	1	1	0	0
1956	23	43	56	54	7	13	2	2	5	1	9	.241	.255	.389	.643	71	21	1	1	0	0
1957	24	49	57	55	7	13	2	2	5	1	10	.236	.250	.382	.632	68	21	1	1	0	0
1958	25	54	58	56	7	13	2	2	5	1	10	.232	.246	.375	.621	65	21	1	1	0	0
1959	26	72	66	62	9	15	2	2	5	1	11	.242	.254	.371	.625	67	23	1	3	0	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
1952	19	21	43	41	5	9	1	0	1	3	0	1	7	.220	.238	.317	.555	3	20

1955	22	17	10	10	3	5	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	.500	.500	.900	1.400	4	16
1956	23	7	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1957	24	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1958	25	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1959	26	19	9	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.429	.429	.429	.857	1	18
6 Yrs		75	69	65	11	17	2	0	2	5	0	1	11	.262	.273	.385	.657	8	72
162 Game Avg.		162	149	140	24	37	4	0	4	11	0	2	24	.262	.273	.385	.657	17	72

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Youngest s c a p y 1952 AL born 1932-07-26 (3rd)

Youngest s c a p y
1952 AL born 1932-07-26 (3rd)

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