Bud Bulling

Terry Charles Bulling

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 15, 1952 in Lynwood, CA
School: California State University Los Angeles (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the Minnesota Twins in the 14th round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1977
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Twins 1977-1983

Final Game: April 14, 1983
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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
1974	21	MIN-min	A	4	16	12	1	3	0	0	0	3	0	0	4	2	.250	.438	.250	.688		3	0	0	0	0	1		WRA · MIDW
1975	22	MIN-min	A	104	375	296	31	71	11	0	9	40	1	1	77	48	.240	.396	.368	.764		109	10	0	1	1	3		WRA · MIDW
1976	23	MIN-min	A	112	352	352		109	13	2	8						.310	.310	.426	.736		150							WRA · MIDW
1977	24	MIN-min	AA	67	290	253	36	72	13	2	5	36	1	0	32	20	.285	.364	.411	.775		104		0	4	1			ORL · SOUL
1977	24	MIN	AL	15	39	32	2	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	.156	.270	.188	.458	29	6	1	0	2	0	1	2/D

1978	25	MIN-min	AA	110	429	373	43	92	19	1	3	36	2	1	45	32	.247	.331	.327	.658		122		4	3	4			ORL · SOUL
1979	26	SEA-min	AAA	52	184	160	23	54	14	2	2	18	2	2	22	18	.338	.421	.488	.908		78		1	1	0			SPO · PCL
1980	27	SEA-min	AAA	109	389	323	44	90	14	3	4	40	1	1	54	37	.279	.384	.378	.762		122		5	1	6			SPO · PCL
1981	28	SEA	AL	62	180	154	15	38	3	0	2	15	0	0	21	20	.247	.341	.305	.646	85	47	2	1	4	0	0	2
1982	29	SEA	AL	56	173	154	17	34	7	0	1	8	2	1	19	16	.221	.306	.286	.592	62	44	6	0	0	0	2	2
1983	30	SEA-min	AAA	61	206	168	27	44	9	1	3	25	2	0	33	32	.262	.387	.381	.768		64		2	2	1	1		SLC · PCL
1983	30	SEA	AL	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
4 Yrs				138	397	345	34	77	11	0	3	28	2	1	45	41	.223	.315	.281	.596	67	97	9	1	6	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	466	405	40	90	13	0	4	33	2	1	53	48	.223	.315	.281	.596	67	114	11	1	7	0	4

SEA (3 yrs)				123	358	313	32	72	10	0	3	23	2	1	40	36	.230	.319	.291	.610	71	91	8	1	4	0	2
MIN (1 yr)				15	39	32	2	5	1	0	0	5	0	0	5	5	.156	.270	.188	.458	29	6	1	0	2	0	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
1977	24	MIN	AL	15	39	-4	0	-0	-2	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.463	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-2	$	2/D

1981	28	SEA	AL	62	180	-3	-1	1	-3	3	-3	-0.3	6	3	0.2	.495	.498	0.6	0.0	6	$	2
1982	29	SEA	AL	56	173	-6	0	-0	2	3	-1	-0.0	5	5	0.5	.499	.500	0.3	0.5	3	$	2
1983	30	SEA	AL	5	5	-1	0	0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.452	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/2
4 Seasons				138	397	-13	0	0	-4	6	-11	-1.1	12	1	0.1	.492	.498	0.6	0.4	5	$

SEA (3 yrs)				123	358	-10	-0	0	-2	6	-6	-0.5	11	5	0.5	.495	.499	0.8	0.5	7	$
MIN (1 yr)				15	39	-4	0	-0	-2	0	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.463	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-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
1977	24	MIN	AL	39	30	2	1.8	99	.185	.156	.265	.270	.329	.188	.403	.458	.732	29	.149	-3.1	-0.3	.393	.188	.031

1981	28	SEA	AL	180	122	18	4.0	92	.273	.247	.261	.341	.326	.305	.379	.646	.705	85	.485	-2.5	-0.3	.585	.195	.058	.0
1982	29	SEA	AL	173	127	13	2.8	101	.241	.221	.268	.306	.332	.286	.408	.592	.740	62	.281	-7.8	-0.8	.504	.195	.065	1.3
1983	30	SEA	AL	5	5	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.270	.000	.333	.000	.408	.000	.740	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				397	284	33	3.1	97	.246	.223	.264	.315	.329	.281	.395	.596	.723	67	.351	-14.8	-1.5	.518	.191	.058	2.4
162 Game Avg.				466	333	39	3.1	97	.246	.223	.264	.315	.329	.281	.395	.596	.723	67	.351	-14.8	-1.5	.518	.191	.058	3

SEA (3 yrs)				358	254	31	3.3	97	.252	.230	.264	.319	.329	.291	.394	.610	.723	71	.375	-11.7	-1.2	.532	.192	.061	2.4
MIN (1 yr)				39	30	2	1.8	99	.185	.156	.265	.270	.329	.188	.403	.458	.732	29	.149	-3.1	-0.3	.393	.188	.031

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	24	MIN	AL	39	0.0%	12.8%	12.8%	2.6%	20%	1.00	6.4		6.4	2.43	69%

1981	28	SEA	AL	180	1.1%	11.1%	11.7%	2.8%	13%	0.95	7.7	77.0	10.3	1.64	73%
1982	29	SEA	AL	173	0.6%	9.3%	11.0%	4.6%	24%	0.84	9.6	154.0	19.3	2.09	79%
1983	30	SEA	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.67	100%
4 Yrs				397	0.8%	10.3%	11.3%	3.5%	18%	0.91	8.4	115.0	12.3	1.86	76%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.9%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.54	6.9	44.2	8.5	1.10	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1977	24	MIN	AL	-3.1	-0.3	41	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	1.04	-0.3	-0.1	-1.4	-0.1	1.00	-2.1	1.93	1

1981	28	SEA	AL	-2.7	-0.3	185	0.2	3.4	-3.2	1.03	-0.1	0.3	0.5	0.0	0.96	-2.2	2.08	4
1982	29	SEA	AL	-7.8	-0.8	179	-1.2	2.2	-3.4	1.05	-0.8	-0.4	-7.6	-0.7	0.90	-8.6	0.98	1
1983	30	SEA	AL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.02	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.90	-1.4		0
4 Yrs				-14.9	-1.5	410	-1.4	5.9	-7.4	1.04	-1.3	-0.1	-9.9	-1.0	0.94	-14.4	1.87	6

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
1977	24	MIN	AL	0	0	20%	8	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	67%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1

1981	28	SEA	AL	1	0	22%	85	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	31%	11	9	2	2	1	1	3	0	2
1982	29	SEA	AL	5	0	31%	61	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	39%	9	7	2	1	1	0	8	3	5
1983	30	SEA	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
4 Yrs				6	0	26%	154	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	12	38%	22	17	5	3	2	1	12	3	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
1977	24	MIN	AL	39	85%	5			1	0	0	0	1.93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	1	14%	2	1	50%	27	5	19%	1	1	100%	2	2	100%	0

1981	28	SEA	AL	180	58%	38			4	0	0	0	2.08	2	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	4	4	100%	37	2	5%	13	5	38%	106	14	13%	8	5	63%	3	2	67%	0
1982	29	SEA	AL	173	62%	34			1	0	0	0	0.98	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		21	6	29%	6	1	17%	91	7	8%	5	2	40%	2	1	50%	0
1983	30	SEA	AL	5	60%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				397	62%	77			6	0	0	0	1.87	3	0	4	2	1	3	0	0	6	6	100%	66	9	14%	21	7	33%	226	26	12%	14	8	57%	7	5	71%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			81%			11%			36%			15%			51%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1977	24	15	39	32	2	5	1	0	5	0	0	5	5	.156	.270	.188	.458	29	6	1	0	2	1
1978	25	15	39	32	2	5	1	0	5	0	0	5	5	.156	.270	.188	.458	29	6	1	0	2	1
1979	26	15	39	32	2	5	1	0	5	0	0	5	5	.156	.270	.188	.458	29	6	1	0	2	1
1980	27	15	39	32	2	5	1	0	5	0	0	5	5	.156	.270	.188	.458	29	6	1	0	2	1
1981	28	77	219	186	17	43	4	2	20	0	0	26	25	.231	.329	.285	.614	75	53	3	1	6	1
1982	29	133	392	340	34	77	11	3	28	2	1	45	41	.226	.319	.285	.604	69	97	9	1	6	3
1983	30	138	397	345	34	77	11	3	28	2	1	45	41	.223	.315	.281	.596	67	97	9	1	6	3

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
1977	24	15	41	33	2	6	1	0	0	6	0	6	5	.182	.308	.212	.520	2	15

1981	28	94	280	238	26	62	5	0	3	26	0	34	30	.261	.358	.319	.677	27	62
1982	29	56	175	155	18	35	7	0	1	8	2	20	16	.226	.314	.290	.605	14	56
1983	30	5	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
4 Yrs		170	501	431	46	103	13	0	4	40	2	60	51	.239	.335	.297	.632	43	138
162 Game Avg.		162	477	411	44	98	12	0	4	38	2	57	49	.239	.335	.297	.632	41	138

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