Don Bryant

Donald Ray Bryant

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: July 13, 1941 in Jasper, FL
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1966
Teams (by GP): Astros/Cubs 1966-1970

Final Game: July 29, 1970
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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	18	DET-min	D	43	117	117		22	5	0	1						.188	.188	.256	.444		30							MTG · ALFL
1961	19	DET-min	D	85	276	276		61	9	0	6						.221	.221	.319	.540		88							MTG,DEC · ALFL,MIDW
1962	20	DET-min	D	113	451	404	57	110	13	7	8	65	1	0	40	71	.272	.336	.399	.735		161		0	5	2			JAM · NYPL
1963	21	DET-min	AA	77	265	243	20	60	9	1	1	21	0	0	22	49	.247	.309	.305	.614		74							KNX · SALL
1964	22	DET-min	AA,AAA	64	209	191	10	53	8	3	1	21	0	0	18	29	.277	.340	.366	.706		70		0	0	0			KNX,SYR · SOUL,IL
1965	23	DET-CHC-min	AAA	86	288	262	19	47	7	3	0	22	0	0	19	61	.179	.232	.229	.461		60		0	4	3			SYR,SLC · IL,PCL
1966	24	CHC-min	AAA	80	257	227	34	71	14	4	6	35	0	0	25	47	.313	.380	.489	.869		111		1	2	2			TAC · PCL
1966	24	CHC	NL	13	28	26	2	8	2	0	0	4	1	0	1	4	.308	.357	.385	.742	106	10	1	1	0	0	0	2

1967	25	SFG-min	AAA	129	492	442	42	129	16	7	7	57	0	3	39	76	.292	.352	.407	.759		180		5	0	6			PHX · PCL
1968	26	SFG-min	AAA	46	166	149	13	35	4	2	1	12	0	0	17	19	.235	.313	.309	.622		46		0	0	0			PHX · PCL
1969	27	HOU	NL	31	65	59	2	11	1	0	1	6	0	0	4	13	.186	.250	.254	.504	43	15	1	1	1	0	1	2
1970	28	HOU-min	AA,AAA	37	126	117	5	25	2	0	2	3	1	0	9	11	.214	.270	.282	.552		33		0	0	0			CBS,OKC · SOUL,AA
1970	28	HOU	NL	15	26	24	2	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	1	8	.208	.231	.208	.439	21	5	0	0	0	1	0	2
1971	29	BOS-min	AAA	69	228	204	20	52	8	0	1	26	1	1	19	42	.255	.321	.309	.630		63		1	4	0			LOU · IL
1972	30	BOS-min	AAA	24	49	40	4	6	0	0	1	7	0	0	9	15	.150	.306	.225	.531		9		0	0	0			LOU · IL
1973	31	BOS-min	AAA	18	51	47	1	8	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	13	.170	.220	.191	.411		9		0	1	0			PAW · IL
3 Yrs				59	119	109	6	24	3	0	1	13	1	0	6	25	.220	.271	.275	.546	53	30	2	2	1	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	327	299	16	66	8	0	3	36	3	0	16	69	.220	.271	.275	.546	53	82	5	5	3	3	3

HOU (2 yrs)				46	91	83	4	16	1	0	1	9	0	0	5	21	.193	.244	.241	.485	37	20	1	1	1	1	1
CHC (1 yr)				13	28	26	2	8	2	0	0	4	1	0	1	4	.308	.357	.385	.742	106	10	1	1	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
1966	24	CHC	NL	13	28	0	0	-0	-1	0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.2	-0.1	2	$	2

1969	27	HOU	NL	31	65	-5	-0	0	-3	1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.5	.475	.495	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	2
1970	28	HOU	NL	15	26	-3	-0	0	-3	0	-6	-0.6	1	-5	-0.5	.462	.496	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$13,500	2
3 Seasons				59	119	-8	-0	0	-7	2	-13	-1.4	4	-9	-0.9	.476	.497	-0.2	-0.5	-2	$13,500

HOU (2 yrs)				46	91	-8	-0	0	-6	1	-12	-1.3	3	-10	-1.0	.471	.496	-0.4	-0.5	-4	$13,500
CHC (1 yr)				13	28	0	0	-0	-1	0	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.1	.497	.500	0.2	-0.1	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
1966	24	CHC	NL	28	19	4	5.7	97	.364	.308	.266	.357	.325	.385	.401	.742	.725	106	.632	0.3	0.0	.684	.154	.077	.0

1969	27	HOU	NL	65	50	4	2.1	93	.222	.186	.257	.250	.327	.254	.381	.504	.708	43	.228	-4.6	-0.5	.408	.136	.068	.0
1970	28	HOU	NL	26	20	1	1.3	100	.294	.208	.262	.231	.334	.208	.401	.439	.735	21	.093	-2.6	-0.3	.316	.042	.000
3 Yrs				119	89	9	2.7	95	.274	.220	.260	.271	.328	.275	.390	.546	.718	53	.303	-6.9	-0.7	.448	.119	.055	1.0
162 Game Avg.				327	244	25	2.7	95	.274	.220	.260	.271	.328	.275	.390	.546	.718	53	.303	-6.9	-0.7	.448	.119	.055	3

HOU (2 yrs)				91	70	5	1.9	95	.242	.193	.259	.244	.329	.241	.387	.485	.716	37	.185	-7.2	-0.7	.382	.108	.048	.0
CHC (1 yr)				28	19	4	5.7	97	.364	.308	.266	.357	.325	.385	.401	.742	.725	106	.632	0.3	0.0	.684	.154	.077	.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	24	CHC	NL	28	0.0%	14.3%	3.6%	7.1%	25%	4.00	6.5		6.5	2.00	79%

1969	27	HOU	NL	65	1.5%	20.0%	6.2%	3.1%	18%	3.25	4.5	59.0	9.8	1.11	69%
1970	28	HOU	NL	26	0.0%	30.8%	3.9%	0.0%	0%	8.00	3.0		8.0	1.00	65%
3 Yrs				119	0.8%	21.0%	5.0%	3.4%	17%	4.17	4.4	109.0	8.4	1.24	71%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.4%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.85	5.8	43.5	9.2	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	24	CHC	NL	0.3	0.0	29	-0.2	0.4	-0.6	1.17	-0.0	-0.2	1.6	0.2	1.09	0.1	3.26	3

1969	27	HOU	NL	-4.6	-0.5	65	-0.8	0.7	-1.5	1.01	-0.6	-0.3	-6.6	-0.7	1.09	-5.8	1.11	3
1970	28	HOU	NL	-2.6	-0.3	26	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.91	-0.2	-0.0	-2.9	-0.3	1.00	-2.6	1.18	4
3 Yrs				-6.9	-0.7	120	-1.3	1.3	-2.6	1.03	-0.8	-0.4	-7.8	-0.8	1.07	-8.3	1.78	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	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
1966	24	CHC	NL	0	0	20%	11	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1969	27	HOU	NL	0	0	7%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	28	HOU	NL	0	0	33%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
3 Yrs				0	0	16%	36	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40%	2	2	0	0	0	0	3	1	2

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	24	CHC	NL	28	39%	8			3	0	0	0	3.26	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	2	1	50%	22	4	18%	0	0		0	0		0

1969	27	HOU	NL	65	69%	11			3	0	0	0	1.11	1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	15	1	7%	10	3	30%	56	5	9%	8	2	25%	4	2	50%	0
1970	28	HOU	NL	26	62%	5			4	0	0	1	1.18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	2	2	100%	21	3	14%	3	3	100%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				119	61%	24			10	0	0	1	1.78	1	0	5	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	27	2	7%	14	6	43%	99	12	12%	11	5	45%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1966	24	13	28	26	2	8	2	0	4	1	1	4	.308	.357	.385	.742	106	10	1	1	0	0	0
1967	25	13	28	26	2	8	2	0	4	1	1	4	.308	.357	.385	.742	106	10	1	1	0	0	0
1968	26	13	28	26	2	8	2	0	4	1	1	4	.308	.357	.385	.742	106	10	1	1	0	0	0
1969	27	44	93	85	4	19	3	1	10	1	5	17	.224	.283	.294	.577	63	25	2	2	1	0	1
1970	28	59	119	109	6	24	3	1	13	1	6	25	.220	.271	.275	.546	53	30	2	2	1	1	1

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
1966	24	13	29	27	2	9	2	0	0	5	1	1	4	.333	.379	.407	.787	4	13

1969	27	31	66	60	2	12	1	0	1	7	0	4	13	.200	.262	.267	.528	4	31
1970	28	15	26	24	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	1	8	.208	.231	.208	.439	1	15
3 Yrs		59	121	111	6	26	3	0	1	14	1	6	25	.234	.283	.288	.572	9	59
162 Game Avg.		162	332	305	16	71	8	0	3	38	3	16	69	.234	.283	.288	.572	25	59

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