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Putsy Caballero

Ralph Joseph Caballero

Positions: Second Baseman, Third Baseman and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 5, 1927 in New Orleans, LA
High School: Jesuit HS (New Orleans, LA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1944
Team: Phillies 1944-1952

Final Game: September 27, 1952
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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
1944 16 PHI NL 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /5
1945 17 PHI NL 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /5
1947 19 PHI NL 2 8 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .143 .250 .143 .393 9 1 0 0 0 /45
1948 20 PHI NL 113 382 351 33 86 12 1 0 19 7 24 18 .245 .293 .285 .578 59 100 9 0 5 54
1949 21 PHI NL 29 69 68 8 19 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 .279 .279 .324 .603 63 22 2 0 1 4/6
1950 22 PHI NL 46 26 24 12 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .167 .231 .167 .397 7 4 0 0 0 /456
1951 23 PHI NL 84 173 161 15 30 3 2 1 11 1 2 12 7 .186 .243 .248 .491 34 40 6 0 0 4/56
1952 24 PHI NL 35 45 42 10 10 3 0 0 6 1 0 2 3 .238 .273 .310 .582 62 13 5 0 1 /645
8 Yrs 322 708 658 81 150 21 3 1 40 10 2 41 34 .228 .273 .274 .547 50 180 22 0 7
162 Game Avg. 162 356 331 41 75 11 2 1 20 5 21 17 .228 .273 .274 .547 50 91 11 0 4

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 Awards
1944 16 PHI NL 4 4 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .446 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /5
1945 17 PHI NL 9 1 -0 0 0 -1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .486 .499 0.0 -0.1 -0 $ /5
1947 19 PHI NL 2 8 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .463 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /45
1948 20 PHI NL 113 382 -18 -0 -1 -2 1 -20 -2.2 13 -7 -0.9 .481 .487 -0.6 -0.1 -5 $ 54
1949 21 PHI NL 29 69 -3 0 -0 -1 1 -4 -0.4 2 -1 -0.1 .487 .498 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ 4/6
1950 22 PHI NL 46 26 -3 -0 0 -1 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .491 .498 -0.2 -0.1 -2 $ /456
1951 23 PHI NL 84 173 -14 -1 -1 -4 2 -18 -1.9 6 -12 -1.3 .478 .488 -0.9 -0.2 -8 $ 4/56
1952 24 PHI NL 35 45 -2 0 -1 -2 1 -4 -0.4 2 -2 -0.3 .488 .497 -0.1 -0.1 -0 $ /645
8 Seasons 322 708 -43 -1 -3 -12 5 -54 -5.8 24 -30 -3.2 .482 .496 -1.9 -0.7 -18 $

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
1944 16 PHI NL 4 4 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .263 .000 .330 .000 .370 .000 .700 -100 .000 -1.0 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1945 17 PHI NL 1 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .268 .000 .338 .000 .370 .000 .708 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1947 19 PHI NL 8 6 0 0.0 102 .143 .143 .268 .250 .342 .143 .397 .393 .740 9 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .143 .000
1948 20 PHI NL 382 279 29 2.8 99 .258 .245 .265 .293 .339 .285 .393 .578 .732 59 .294 -20.0 -2.0 .478 .128 .040 .0
1949 21 PHI NL 69 52 6 3.1 101 .292 .279 .267 .279 .340 .324 .399 .603 .739 63 .327 -3.7 -0.4 .431 .044 .044
1950 22 PHI NL 26 20 1 1.3 106 .182 .167 .267 .231 .344 .167 .414 .397 .758 7 .090 -3.2 -0.3 .350 .125 .000 .0
1951 23 PHI NL 173 139 9 1.7 102 .190 .186 .265 .243 .339 .248 .402 .491 .740 34 .148 -15.5 -1.6 .367 .130 .062 1.0
1952 24 PHI NL 45 38 4 2.8 96 .256 .238 .260 .273 .333 .310 .388 .582 .721 62 .330 -2.2 -0.2 .432 .143 .071 .0
8 Yrs 708 539 49 2.4 100 .239 .228 .265 .273 .339 .274 .396 .547 .735 50 .247 -46.8 -4.7 .430 .120 .046 1.8
162 Game Avg. 356 271 25 2.4 100 .239 .228 .265 .273 .339 .274 .396 .547 .735 50 .247 -46.8 -4.7 .430 .120 .046 1

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
1950 22 PHI NL WS NYY L 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1944 16 PHI NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 4.0 75%
1945 17 PHI NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 100%
1947 19 PHI NL 8 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0% 0.00 88%
1948 20 PHI NL 382 0.0% 4.7% 6.3% 3.4% 15% 0.75 19.5 18.5 0.85 87%
1949 21 PHI NL 69 0.0% 4.4% 0.0% 4.4% 16% 22.7 22.7 0.82 94%
1950 22 PHI NL 26 0.0% 7.7% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 1.00 12.0 0.88 85%
1951 23 PHI NL 173 0.6% 4.1% 6.9% 3.5% 20% 0.58 23.0 161.0 14.6 1.08 88%
1952 24 PHI NL 45 0.0% 6.7% 4.4% 6.7% 30% 1.50 14.0 7.0 1.67 87%
8 Yrs 708 0.1% 4.8% 5.8% 3.5% 17% 0.83 19.4 658.0 16.5 0.98 88%
MLB Averages 1.6% 9.6% 9.5% 6.2% 27% 1.01 9.3 55.5 8.4 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1944 16 PHI NL -1.0 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 17 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 19 PHI NL -0.9 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 20 PHI NL -20.4 -2.1 176 -1.9 1.6 -3.5 .94 -1.3 -0.7 -20.2 -2.1 0.93 -15.5 1.05 4
1949 21 PHI NL -3.7 -0.4 54 -0.8 0.5 -1.4 1.10 -0.5 -0.2 -7.5 -0.8 1.02 -6.5 2.07 4
1950 22 PHI NL -3.2 -0.3 28 -0.0 0.5 -0.5 1.10 -0.1 0.1 -2.1 -0.2 0.87 -1.9 1.05 5
1951 23 PHI NL -15.7 -1.6 151 -1.6 1.8 -3.5 1.15 -1.1 -0.4 -11.9 -1.2 0.96 -12.3 0.63 3
1952 24 PHI NL -2.2 -0.2 46 0.3 1.0 -0.6 1.00 -0.2 0.5 -1.9 -0.2 1.12 -2.4 0.00 1
8 Yrs -47.4 -4.8 455 -4.1 5.4 -9.5 1.05 -3.2 -0.7 -43.6 -4.4 0.97 -38.6 1.15 17

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 20 PHI NL 3 1 30% 65 7 1 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 27% 7 6 1 3 2 1 5 2 2
1949 21 PHI NL 1 0 42% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 1 2
1950 22 PHI NL 2 0 200% 50 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 56% 5 3 2 0 0 0 4 1 3
1951 23 PHI NL 4 0 34% 72 1 2 33% 0 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 33% 4 3 1 1 1 0 4 2 2
1952 24 PHI NL 1 0 83% 28 1 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 30% 5 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 1
8 Yrs 11 1 42% 240 10 2 250% 2 6 0 1 0 0 3 0 5 4 35% 24 18 6 5 4 1 20 9 10

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 20 PHI NL 382 24% 86 4 2 0 0 1.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 500% 36 9 25% 15 5 33% 95 6 6% 8 3 38% 4 1 25% 0
1949 21 PHI NL 69 43% 19 4 1 0 0 2.07 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 11 2 18% 3 1 33% 37 2 5% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1950 22 PHI NL 26 54% 4 5 2 0 0 1.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1951 23 PHI NL 173 33% 30 3 0 0 0 0.63 1 0 7 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 29 6 21% 13 5 38% 90 10 11% 8 5 63% 8 6 75% 0
1952 24 PHI NL 45 14% 10 1 1 0 0 0.00 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 5 42% 5 3 60% 37 7 19% 4 4 100% 3 3 100% 0
8 Yrs 695 30% 150 17 6 0 0 1.15 1 0 15 1 0 0 1 0 3 7 233% 90 22 24% 37 14 38% 265 25 9% 22 12 55% 16 11 69% 0
MLB Averages 51% 200% 23% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1944 16 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1945 17 13 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1946 18 13 5 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1947 19 15 13 12 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 .083 .154 .083 .237 -33 1 0 0 0
1948 20 128 395 363 36 87 12 1 0 20 7 25 19 .240 .289 .278 .567 56 101 9 0 5
1949 21 157 464 431 44 106 15 1 0 23 7 25 22 .246 .287 .285 .573 57 123 11 0 6
1950 22 203 490 455 56 110 15 1 0 23 8 27 24 .242 .284 .279 .563 54 127 11 0 6
1951 23 287 663 616 71 140 18 3 1 34 9 2 39 31 .227 .273 .271 .544 49 167 17 0 6
1952 24 322 708 658 81 150 21 3 1 40 10 2 41 34 .228 .273 .274 .547 50 180 22 0 7

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1944 16 4 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1945 17 9 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 9
1947 19 2 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .125 .000 .125 0 2
1948 20 118 398 368 35 91 13 1 0 20 7 25 19 .247 .295 .288 .583 31 113
1949 21 30 71 70 8 19 3 0 0 3 0 0 3 .271 .271 .314 .586 6 29
1950 22 48 27 25 14 4 0 0 0 0 1 2 2 .160 .222 .160 .382 1 46
1951 23 87 181 168 16 32 3 2 1 12 1 13 7 .190 .249 .250 .499 10 84
1952 24 37 47 44 12 11 3 0 0 7 1 2 3 .250 .283 .318 .601 4 35
8 Yrs 335 737 687 86 157 22 3 1 43 10 43 35 .229 .274 .274 .548 52 322
162 Game Avg. 162 356 332 42 76 11 1 0 21 5 21 17 .229 .274 .274 .548 25 322

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Youngest s c a p y
1944 NL  born 1927-11-05 (3rd)
1945 NL  born 1927-11-05 (3rd)
1947 NL  born 1927-11-05 (4th)
1948 NL  born 1927-11-05 (8th)
1949 NL  born 1927-11-05 (9th)

                                         

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