Paul Burris

Paul Robert Burris

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 21, 1923 in Hickory, NC
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: October 2, 1948
Team: Braves 1948-1953

Final Game: June 4, 1953
Died: October 3, 1999 in Charlotte, NC
Buried: Williams Memorial Presbyterian Church Cemetery, Charlotte, NC
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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	Pos	Awards
1942	18	LAD-min	D,B	77	230	230		43	5	1	0						.187	.187	.217	.404		50						HCK,DHM · NCSL,PIED
1946	22	LAD-min	D	74	227	227		45	12	2	2						.198	.198	.295	.493		67						THM · NCSL
1947	23	LAD-min	B	117	390	390		112	13	2	4						.287	.287	.362	.649		141						DNV · IIIL
1948	24	ATL-min	AAA	111	415	368	47	91	15	2	3	53	2		47	28	.247	.333	.323	.656		119		0	0			MLW · AA
1948	24	BSN	NL	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	2	0	0	0		/2

1949	25	ATL-min	AAA	120	443	384	50	101	11	3	3	44	1		55	30	.263	.357	.331	.688		127	14	1	3			MLW · AA
1950	26	ATL-min	AAA																									MLW · AA
1950	26	BSN	NL	10	25	23	1	4	1	0	0	3	0		1	2	.174	.208	.217	.426	15	5	2	0	1		/2

1951	27	ATL-min	AAA	48	150	129	19	33	3	0	1	12	0		21	12	.256	.360	.302	.662		39	6	0	0			MLW · AA
1952	28	BSN	NL	55	178	168	14	37	4	0	2	21	0	0	7	19	.220	.256	.280	.535	50	47	9	1	2		2
1953	29	MLN	NL	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		/2
1954	30	ATL-min	AAA	108	361	317	28	84	10	0	5	56	1		30	41	.265	.326	.344	.670		109	5	2	5	7		TOL · AA
1955	31	OAK-ATL-min	AAA,A	58	189	172	11	37	6	0	2	13	0		14	24	.215	.275	.285	.560		49	3	1	0	2		CLB,TOL,JCK · IL,AA,SALL
1956	32	MIN-ATL-min	AAA,AA	74	207	190	6	37	5	0	1	17	0	0	11	9	.195	.239	.237	.476		45	0	1	2	3		LOU,ATA,AUS · AA,SOUA,TL
4 Yrs				69	208	196	15	43	5	0	2	24	0	0	8	21	.219	.254	.276	.529	48	54	11	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	488	460	35	101	12	0	5	56	0		19	49	.219	.254	.276	.529	48	127	26	2	7

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
1948	24	BSN	NL	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.1	.521	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2

1950	26	BSN	NL	10	25	-3	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.474	.498	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2

1952	28	BSN	NL	55	178	-11	0	-1	0	2	-10	-1.1	6	-4	-0.5	.479	.493	-0.5	0.2	-4	$	2
1953	29	MLN	NL	2	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.485	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
4 Seasons				69	208	-13	0	-1	0	2	-13	-1.4	7	-6	-0.6	.480	.498	-0.6	0.2	-6	$

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
1948	24	BSN	NL	4	2	1	13.3	101	.500	.500	.268	.500	.342	.500	.396	1.000	.738	172	.881	0.4	0.0	1.000	.000	.000

1950	26	BSN	NL	25	22	1	1.2	103	.190	.174	.262	.208	.338	.217	.407	.426	.745	15	.076	-2.8	-0.3	.286	.087	.043

1952	28	BSN	NL	178	142	12	2.3	95	.238	.220	.258	.256	.330	.280	.384	.535	.714	50	.248	-11.6	-1.2	.393	.101	.060	.0
1953	29	MLN	NL	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.267	.000	.337	.000	.416	.000	.753	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				208	167	14	2.2	96	.237	.219	.259	.254	.332	.276	.387	.529	.719	48	.238	-14.3	-1.5	.384	.097	.056	.0
162 Game Avg.				488	392	33	2.2	96	.237	.219	.259	.254	.332	.276	.387	.529	.719	48	.238	-14.3	-1.5	.384	.097	.056

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	24	BSN	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%

1950	26	BSN	NL	25	0.0%	8.0%	4.0%	4.0%	25%	2.00	11.5		7.7	1.14	84%

1952	28	BSN	NL	178	1.1%	10.7%	3.9%	3.4%	16%	2.71	8.8	84.0	8.0	1.28	83%
1953	29	MLN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
4 Yrs				208	1.0%	10.1%	3.9%	3.4%	16%	2.63	9.3	98.0	8.2	1.28	83%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.0%	9.8%	6.5%	28%	1.02	8.8	46.3	8.0	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	24	BSN	NL	0.4	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1950	26	BSN	NL	-2.8	-0.3	22	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.24	-0.2	-0.3	-1.1	-0.1	1.06	-2.0	2.33	3

1952	28	BSN	NL	-11.6	-1.2	169	-0.7	2.7	-3.4	1.06	-0.6	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.99	-3.9	0.98	5
1953	29	MLN	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.02	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.39	-0.3		0
4 Yrs				-14.3	-1.5	192	-1.2	2.8	-4.0	1.08	-0.8	-0.4	-2.4	-0.2	1.00	-6.2	1.49	8

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
1948	24	BSN	NL		0	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1950	26	BSN	NL	1	0	20%	4	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1952	28	BSN	NL	7	0	28%	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	39%	8	8	0	1	1	0	9	1	7
1953	29	MLN	NL	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				8	0	26%	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	42%	8	8	0	1	1	0	10	1	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
1948	24	BSN	NL	4		2				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0

1950	26	BSN	NL	25	33%	4			3	1	0	1	2.33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	2	29%	5	2	40%	17	2	12%	0	0		5	3	60%	0

1952	28	BSN	NL	178	53%	37			5	1	0	0	0.98	2	0	4	1	1	0	2	0	5	2	40%	38	9	24%	16	5	31%	120	19	16%	10	6	60%	6	2	33%	0
1953	29	MLN	NL	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
4 Yrs				208	50%	43			8	2	0	1	1.49	2	0	4	1	1	0	2	0	6	3	50%	45	11	24%	21	7	33%	137	21	15%	10	6	60%	11	5	45%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			100%			13%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1948	24	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	2	0	0	0
1949	25	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0		0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	172	2	0	0	0
1950	26	12	29	27	1	6	1	0	3		1	2	.222	.250	.259	.509	38	7	2	0	1
1951	27	12	29	27	1	6	1	0	3		1	2	.222	.250	.259	.509	38	7	2	0	1
1952	28	67	207	195	15	43	5	2	24	0	8	21	.221	.255	.277	.532	48	54	11	1	3
1953	29	69	208	196	15	43	5	2	24	0	8	21	.219	.254	.276	.529	48	54	11	1	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
1948	24	2	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	2

1950	26	10	26	24	1	4	1	0	0	3	0	1	2	.167	.200	.208	.408	1	10

1952	28	57	189	178	16	41	4	0	2	24	0	8	20	.230	.267	.287	.554	14	55
1953	29	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
4 Yrs		71	220	207	17	47	5	0	2	27	0	9	22	.227	.263	.280	.543	16	69
162 Game Avg.		162	502	472	39	107	11	0	5	62	0	21	50	.227	.263	.280	.543	37	69

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