Moe Burtschy

Edward Frank Burtschy

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 208 lb.

Born: April 18, 1922 in Cincinnati, OH
High School: Roger Bacon HS (Cincinnati, OH)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1950
Team: Athletics 1950-1956

Final Game: June 9, 1956
Died: May 2, 2004 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: St. Joseph Old Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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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
1941	19	LAD-min	D,C	20	53	53		18	0	0	0						.340	.340	.340	.679		18							ASH,DAY · MTNS,MATL
1942	20	CIN-min	B	41	110	110		29	4	2	2						.264	.264	.391	.655		43							CLM · SALL
1946	24	PIT-CIN-min	B,AA,A	26	45	45		10	1	1	1						.222	.222	.356	.578		16							ANN,BIR,CLM · SEAL,SOUA,SALL
1947	25	OAK-min	AA,A	17	26	26		3	0	0	0						.115	.115	.115	.231		3							LIN,BIR,SAV · WL,SOUA,SALL
1948	26	OAK-min	A	36	75	75		8	1	1	0						.107	.107	.147	.253		11							SAV · SALL
1949	27	OAK-DET-min	A,AAA	35	69	69		9	2	1	0						.130	.130	.188	.319		13							SAV,BFL · SALL,IL
1950	28	OAK-min	AAA	7	6	6		1									.167	.167											BFL · IL
1950	28	PHA	AL	9	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	-21	0	1	0	0			/1
1951	29	PHA	AL	7	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0			/1

1952	30	OAK-min	AAA	27	36	36	2	8	2	0	0	5	0		0	10	.222	.222	.278	.500		10		0	0				OTT · IL
1953	31	OAK-min	AAA	50	37	30	4	5	0	1	0	3	1		7	8	.167	.324	.233	.558		7		0	0				OTT · IL
1954	32	PHA	AL	46	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.118	.167	.118	.284	-21	2	1	0	0	0		1
1955	33	POR	Opn	29	21	20	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	12	.050	.050	.050	.100		1	0	0	1	0			POR · PCL
1955	33	KCA	AL	7	3	3	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	34	NYY-min	AAA	21	18	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.118	.118	.059	.176		1		0	1	0			RMD,DEN · IL,AA
1956	34	KCA	AL	21	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.125	.125	.125	.250	-34	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	35	PIT-min	AAA	44	27	22	2	2	0	0	0	2	0		2	8	.091	.167	.091	.258		2		0	3	0			CLB · IL
5 Yrs				90	39	36	3	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	13	.139	.205	.139	.344	-6	5	2	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	70	65	5	9	0	0	0	4	0	0	5	23	.139	.205	.139	.344	-6	9	4	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
1950	28	PHA	AL	9	7	-1	0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1951	29	PHA	AL	7	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1954	32	PHA	AL	46	18	-3	0	-0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1955	33	KCA	AL	7	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.518	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1956	34	KCA	AL	21	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
5 Seasons				90	39	-5	0	-0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	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
1950	28	PHA	AL	7	6	0	0.0	112	.000	.000	.276	.286	.363	.000	.414	.286	.776	-21	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.333	.400	.000
1951	29	PHA	AL	3	2	0	0.0	103	1.000	.333	.269	.333	.350	.333	.394	.667	.744	80	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000

1954	32	PHA	AL	18	16	0	0.0	100	.154	.118	.266	.167	.342	.118	.390	.284	.732	-21	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.188	.059	.000
1955	33	KCA	AL	3	2	0	0.0	103	.500	.333	.266	.333	.346	.333	.397	.667	.743	80	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1956	34	KCA	AL	8	7	0	0.0	106	.333	.125	.267	.125	.349	.125	.408	.250	.757	-34	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
5 Yrs				39	33	0	0.0	103	.217	.139	.268	.205	.348	.139	.398	.344	.746	-6	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.242	.083	.000
162 Game Avg.				70	59	0	0.0	103	.217	.139	.268	.205	.348	.139	.398	.344	.746	-6	.000	-5.6	-0.6	.242	.083	.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%
1950	28	PHA	AL	7	0.0%	14.3%	28.6%	0.0%		0.50	5.0			1.00	57%
1951	29	PHA	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.5				33%

1954	32	PHA	AL	18	0.0%	22.2%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	4.00	4.3		17.0	1.00	72%
1955	33	KCA	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		3.0		67%
1956	34	KCA	AL	8	0.0%	62.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.6			1.00	38%
5 Yrs				39	0.0%	33.3%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	4.33	2.8		18.0	1.00	59%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.8%	9.5%	6.5%	28%	1.13	8.2	41.7	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1950	28	PHA	AL	-0.9	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.48	-0.1	-0.2	-0.5	-0.0	0.99	-0.5	0
1951	29	PHA	AL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.21	0.0	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.65	-0.1	0

1954	32	PHA	AL	-2.9	-0.3	18	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.55	-0.2	0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.79	-2.7	0
1955	33	KCA	AL	-0.1	-0.0	3	0.1	0.1	0.0	.86	0.1	0.1	1.3	0.1	1.07	0.7	0
1956	34	KCA	AL	-1.6	-0.2	8	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.49	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.64	-1.5	0
5 Yrs				-5.5	-0.6	37	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.53	-0.3	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.79	-4.1	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
1950	28	PHA	AL	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1951	29	PHA	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1954	32	PHA	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	33	KCA	AL	1	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	34	KCA	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				1	0	38%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	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
1950	28	PHA	AL	7	20%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	29	PHA	AL	3	33%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1954	32	PHA	AL	18	33%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	3	0	0%	7	1	14%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1955	33	KCA	AL	3	67%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1956	34	KCA	AL	8	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				39	38%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	4	0	0%	15	2	13%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			87%			11%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
1950	28	9	7	5	2	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	-21	0	1
1951	29	16	10	8	2	1	0	2	3	.125	.300	.125	.425	14	1	1
1952	30	16	10	8	2	1	0	2	3	.125	.300	.125	.425	14	1	1
1953	31	16	10	8	2	1	0	2	3	.125	.300	.125	.425	14	1	1
1954	32	62	28	25	2	3	1	3	7	.120	.214	.120	.334	-8	3	2	0
1955	33	69	31	28	3	4	2	3	8	.143	.226	.143	.369	1	4	2	0	0
1956	34	90	39	36	3	5	2	3	13	.139	.205	.139	.344	-6	5	2	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
1950	28	9	7	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	9
1951	29	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7

1954	32	48	19	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.053	.000	.053	0	46
1955	33	7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1956	34	22	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	21
5 Yrs		93	40	37	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	.000	.075	.000	.075	0	90
162 Game Avg.		162	70	64	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	23	.000	.075	.000	.075	0	90

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