Marty Bystrom

Martin Eugene Bystrom

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

Born: July 26, 1958 in Coral Gables, FL
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1976. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1980
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Yankees 1980-1985

Final Game: September 9, 1985
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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
1977	18	PHI-min	A	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			SPB · WCRS
1978	19	PHI-min	A	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			PNS · CARL
1979	20	PHI-min	AAA	26	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650		1		0	0	0			OKC · AA
1980	21	PHI-min	AAA	19	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.200	.200	.200	.400		1		0	0	0			OKC · AA
1980	21	PHI	NL	6	15	14	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	9	.071	.133	.071	.205	-42	1	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1981	22	PHI-min	AA	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		REA · EL
1981	22	PHI	NL	9	18	17	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	10	.118	.118	.118	.235	-34	2	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1982	23	PHI	NL	19	28	24	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	.125	.160	.167	.327	-9	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
1983	24	PHI-min	A	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		PNS · CARL
1983	24	PHI	NL	24	42	38	2	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	2	14	.237	.268	.263	.531	49	10	1	0	1	1	0	1
1984	25	PHI-min	AAA	5	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		POR · PCL
1984	25	TOT	MLB	18	22	19	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.158	.158	.211	.368	2	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
1984	25	PHI	NL	11	22	19	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	.158	.158	.211	.368	2	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
1984	25	NYY	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1985	26	NYY-min	AAA	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1985	26	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1986	27	NYY-min	AAA	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CLB · IL
1987	28	NYY-min	AA,A	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		ALC,PRW · EL,CARL
1988	29	PHI-SFG-min	AAA	26	26	19	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	6	.211	.375	.211	.586		4		0	2	0	0		MAI,PHX · IL,PCL
1989	30	CLE-min	AAA	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		CSP · PCL
6 Yrs				84	125	112	6	18	3	0	0	5	0	1	4	52	.161	.188	.188	.376	5	21	1	0	8	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	241	216	12	35	6	0	0	10	0	2	8	100	.161	.188	.188	.376	5	41	2	0	15	2	0

PHI (5 yrs)				69	125	112	6	18	3	0	0	5	0	1	4	52	.161	.188	.188	.376	5	21	1	0	8	1	0
NYY (2 yrs)				15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				69	125	112	6	18	3	0	0	5	0	1	4	52	.161	.188	.188	.376	5	21	1	0	8	1	0
AL (2 yrs)				15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	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
1980	21	PHI	NL	6	15	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.485	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1981	22	PHI	NL	9	18	-3	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/1
1982	23	PHI	NL	19	28	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1983	24	PHI	NL	24	42	-3	-0	0	0	5	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.510	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1984	25	PHI	NL	11	22	-2	0	0	0	3	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.509	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1984	25	NYY	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$375,000	/1
1985	26	NYY	AL	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$250,000	/1
6 Seasons				84	125	-14	-1	1	0	14	0	0.1	4	4	0.0	.500	.500	-0.1	0.1	4	$625,000

PHI (5 yrs)				69	125	-14	-1	1	0	14	0	0.1	4	4	0.0	.500	.500	-0.1	0.0	4	$
NYY (2 yrs)				15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$625,000

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
1980	21	PHI	NL	15	13	0	0.0	99	.200	.071	.272	.133	.336	.071	.396	.205	.731	-42	.000	-2.8	-0.3	.154	.071	.000
1981	22	PHI	NL	18	17	0	0.0	96	.286	.118	.268	.118	.334	.118	.384	.235	.719	-34	.000	-3.1	-0.3	.063	-.059	.000
1982	23	PHI	NL	28	24	1	1.1	97	.250	.125	.269	.160	.332	.167	.391	.327	.723	-9	.082	-3.6	-0.4	.238	.083	.042
1983	24	PHI	NL	42	32	3	2.5	96	.360	.237	.262	.268	.330	.263	.388	.531	.719	49	.278	-2.6	-0.3	.400	.079	.026
1984	25	TOT	MLB	22	19	1	1.4	95	.250	.158	.266	.158	.331	.211	.386	.368	.717	2	.122	-2.5	-0.3	.250	.053	.053
1984	25	PHI	NL	22	19	1	1.4	95	.250	.158	.266	.158	.331	.211	.386	.368	.717	2	.122	-2.5	-0.3	.250	.053	.053
6 Yrs				125	105	5	1.3	96	.295	.161	.266	.188	.332	.188	.389	.376	.721	5	.102	-14.6	-1.5	.250	.054	.027
162 Game Avg.				241	203	10	1.3	96	.295	.161	.266	.188	.332	.188	.389	.376	.721	5	.102	-14.6	-1.5	.250	.054	.027

NL (5 yrs)				125	105	5	1.3	96	.295	.161	.266	.188	.332	.188	.389	.376	.721	5	.102	-14.6	-1.5	.250	.054	.027

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1980	21	PHI	NL	NLCS	HOU	W	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1980	21	PHI	NL	WS	KCR	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	0

1983	24	PHI	NL	WS	BAL	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (3 Series)							3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 NLCS							1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0	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%
1980	21	PHI	NL	15	0.0%	60.0%	6.7%	0.0%	0%	9.00	1.6		14.0	1.50	33%
1981	22	PHI	NL	18	0.0%	55.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.7			5.00	39%
1982	23	PHI	NL	28	0.0%	42.9%	3.6%	3.6%	33%	12.00	2.0			3.33	43%
1983	24	PHI	NL	42	0.0%	33.3%	4.8%	2.4%	11%	7.00	2.7		9.5	3.50	60%
1984	25	TOT	MLB	22	0.0%	31.8%	0.0%	4.6%	33%		2.7			1.20	55%
1984	25	PHI	NL	22	0.0%	31.8%	0.0%	4.6%	33%		2.7			1.20	55%
6 Yrs				125	0.0%	41.6%	3.2%	2.4%	17%	13.00	2.2		22.4	2.53	49%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.3%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.60	6.7	44.2	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1980	21	PHI	NL	-2.8	-0.3	15	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.49	-0.3	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.11	-2.6	0
1981	22	PHI	NL	-3.1	-0.3	19	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.78	-0.4	0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.86	-3.5	0
1982	23	PHI	NL	-3.6	-0.4	28	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.92	-0.4	-0.0	-4.1	-0.4	0.88	-4.1	0
1983	24	PHI	NL	-2.6	-0.3	42	-0.6	0.2	-0.8	.88	-0.4	-0.2	-3.8	-0.4	0.97	-4.5	0
1984	25	TOT	MLB	-2.5	-0.3	22	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.90	-0.3	-0.0	-3.6	-0.4	0.96	-2.8	0
1984	25	PHI	NL	-2.5	-0.3	22	-0.3	0.1	-0.4	.90	-0.3	-0.0	-3.6	-0.4	0.96	-2.8	0
1984	25	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
1985	26	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0
6 Yrs				-14.6	-1.5	126	-1.6	0.6	-2.2	.83	-1.7	-0.2	-16.7	-1.7	0.95	-17.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1980	21	PHI	NL	0	50%	6	0		0	25%	3	3	1	0	1
1981	22	PHI	NL	0	0%	4	1	0%	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1982	23	PHI	NL	0	50%	8	0		0	100%	0	0	1	0	1
1983	24	PHI	NL	0	18%	14	0		0	0%	3	3	0	0	0
1984	25	TOT	MLB	1	33%	6	0		0	0%	1	1	1	1	0
1984	25	PHI	NL	1	33%	6	0		0	0%	1	1	1	1	0
6 Yrs				1	27%	38	1	0%	1	18%	8	8	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
1980	21	PHI	NL	15	7%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	11	1	9%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1981	22	PHI	NL	18	33%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1982	23	PHI	NL	28	29%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	60%	5	0	0%	5	2	40%	16	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1983	24	PHI	NL	42	17%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	8	1	13%	9	3	33%	30	4	13%	6	2	33%	4	2	50%	0
1984	25	TOT	MLB	22	14%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	7	0	0%	7	2	29%	16	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1984	25	PHI	NL	22	14%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	7	0	0%	7	2	29%	16	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				125	20%	18			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	12	8	67%	24	1	4%	27	8	30%	79	5	6%	8	2	25%	6	3	50%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			84%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1980	21	6	15	14	1	1	0	1	0	1	9	.071	.133	.071	.205	-42	1	0	0	0
1981	22	15	33	31	1	3	0	1	1	1	19	.097	.125	.097	.222	-38	3	0	1	0
1982	23	34	61	55	3	6	1	1	1	2	31	.109	.140	.127	.268	-25	7	0	4	0
1983	24	58	103	93	5	15	2	5	1	4	45	.161	.194	.183	.377	5	17	1	5	1
1984	25	76	125	112	6	18	3	5	1	4	52	.161	.188	.188	.376	5	21	1	8	1
1985	26	84	125	112	6	18	3	5	1	4	52	.161	.188	.188	.376	5	21	1	8	1

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1980	21	6	15	14	0	0	0	0	1	9	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	6
1981	22	14	28	26	0	0	0	0	0	15	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1982	23	19	29	25	3	4	1	0	1	12	.160	.192	.200	.392	1	19
1983	24	24	42	38	2	9	1	4	2	14	.237	.268	.263	.531	3	24
1984	25	18	23	20	2	4	1	0	0	7	.200	.200	.250	.450	1	18
5 Yrs		81	137	123	7	17	3	4	4	57	.138	.164	.163	.327	5	76
162 Game Avg.		162	274	246	14	34	6	8	8	114	.138	.164	.163	.327	10	76

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