Joe Caffie

Joseph Clifford Caffie (Rabbit)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 14, 1931 in Ramer, AL
High School: Montgomery County HS (Ramer, AL)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 13, 1956
Team: Indians 1956-1957

Final Game: September 28, 1957
Died: August 1, 2011 in Warren, 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
1951	20	CLE-min	C,B	125	469	469		135	26	10	5						.288	.288	.418	.706		196							DUL,HRB · NORL,ISLG
1952	21	DUL	C	120	500	500		171	34	18	10						.342	.342	.542	.884		271							DUL · NORL
1953	22	CLE-min	A,AAA	143	564	544	19	159	25	12	11	13	2		14	27	.292	.315	.443	.758		241	2	4	2				REA,INA · EL,AA
1954	23	CLE-min	AAA	42	130	118	19	34	5	0	3	10	8		9	13	.288	.333	.407	.740		48	0	0	1	2			INA · AA
1955	24	PHI-CLE-min	AAA	120	442	395	50	103	11	3	4	30	28		41	84	.261	.333	.334	.668		132	0	3	1	2			SYR,INA · IL,AA
1956	25	CLE-min	AAA,Opn	147	578	529	89	161	19	6	8	48	21		42	61	.304	.357	.408	.765		216	0	1	6	0			BFL,SDG · IL,PCL
1956	25	CLE	AL	12	44	38	7	13	0	0	0	1	3	2	4	8	.342	.432	.342	.774	106	13	0	2	0	0	0	7
1957	26	OAK-min	AAA	108	486	440	69	145	33	5	8	41	7		35	71	.330	.378	.482	.860		212		3	2	6			BFL · IL
1957	26	CLE	AL	32	95	89	14	24	2	1	3	10	0	1	4	11	.270	.301	.416	.717	94	37	1	0	2	0	2	9/7
1958	27	OAK-min	AAA	151	672	603	89	178	39	5	9	48	14		62	94	.295	.363	.421	.784		254		3	2	2	10		BFL · IL
1959	28	LAD-PHI-min	AAA	111	405	365	49	96	17	5	11	42	6		35	64	.263	.327	.427	.754		156		1	1	3	7		STP,BFL · AA,IL
1960	29	LAD-BAL-min	AAA	80	229	206	21	45	11	0	4	24	4	1	19	39	.218	.288	.330	.618		68		1	3	0			MTL,MIA · IL
1961	30	MIN-min	A,B	74	252	242	22	59	11	1	4	11	2		10	19	.244	.274	.347	.621		84							CHR,WLS · SALL,CARL
2 Yrs				44	139	127	21	37	2	1	3	11	3	3	8	19	.291	.343	.394	.737	99	50	1	2	2	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	512	468	77	136	7	4	11	41	11	11	29	70	.291	.343	.394	.737	99	184	4	7	7	0	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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1956	25	CLE	AL	12	44	1	-0	0	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.507	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$	7
1957	26	CLE	AL	32	95	-1	-0	-1	-1	-4	-0.4	3	-1	-0.2	.487	.497	-0.1	-0.2	-0	$	9/7
2 Seasons				44	139	-0	-1	-1	-1	-3	-0.4	4	1	0.0	.493	.499	0.1	-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
1956	25	CLE	AL	44	27	6	6.0	108	.433	.342	.270	.432	.352	.342	.412	.774	.764	106	.596	0.7	0.1	.741	.132	.000	.0
1957	26	CLE	AL	95	69	11	4.3	99	.280	.270	.263	.301	.335	.416	.397	.717	.733	94	.492	-1.4	-0.1	.597	.180	.146	.0
2 Yrs				139	96	17	4.8	102	.324	.291	.265	.343	.341	.394	.402	.737	.742	99	.525	-0.7	-0.1	.638	.165	.102	3.0
162 Game Avg.				512	353	63	4.8	102	.324	.291	.265	.343	.341	.394	.402	.737	.742	99	.525	-0.7	-0.1	.638	.165	.102	11

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	25	CLE	AL	44	0.0%	18.2%	9.1%	0.0%	0%	2.00	4.8		38.0	1.67	68%
1957	26	CLE	AL	95	3.2%	11.6%	4.2%	6.3%	25%	2.75	8.1	29.7	8.9	1.04	79%
2 Yrs				139	2.2%	13.7%	5.8%	4.3%	16%	2.38	6.7	42.3	11.5	1.15	76%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.3%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.37	7.2	37.5	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1956	25	CLE	AL	0.6	0.1	51	0.2	0.9	-0.7	.98	0.1	0.1	0.8	0.1	0.88	1.7	1.68	1
1957	26	CLE	AL	-1.4	-0.1	95	-0.2	1.6	-1.8	1.10	0.1	-0.3	0.6	0.1	0.96	1.2	2.27	8
2 Yrs				-0.8	-0.1	146	-0.0	2.5	-2.5	1.06	0.2	-0.3	1.4	0.1	0.93	2.9	2.21	9

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1956	25	CLE	AL	1	37%	31	3	2	60%	3	2	2	1	1	3	50%	3	2	1	1	1	0	0
1957	26	CLE	AL	1	44%	42	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	50%	7	5	2	1	1	2	2
2 Yrs				2	41%	73	3	3	50%	3	3	2	1	1	3	50%	10	7	3	2	2	2	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
1956	25	CLE	AL	44	82%	13			1	1	0	0	1.68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	1	0	0%	14	1	7%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	26	CLE	AL	95	90%	24			8	0	0	0	2.27	3	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	2	2	100%	19	1	5%	8	5	63%	54	8	15%	5	3	60%	3	3	100%	0
2 Yrs				139	88%	37			9	1	0	0	2.21	3	0	1	3	0	1	2	0	2	2	100%	25	1	4%	9	5	56%	68	9	13%	5	3	60%	3	3	100%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			78%			11%			32%			14%			49%			54%

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
1956	25	12	44	38	7	13	0	0	0	1	3	2	4	8	.342	.432	.342	.774	106	13	0	2	0	0	0
1957	26	44	139	127	21	37	2	1	3	11	3	3	8	19	.291	.343	.394	.737	99	50	1	2	2	0	2

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
1956	25	13	45	39	7	13	0	0	0	1	3	4	8	.333	.422	.333	.756	5	12
1957	26	34	100	94	16	26	2	1	3	11	0	4	12	.277	.306	.415	.721	13	32
2 Yrs		47	145	133	23	39	2	1	3	12	3	8	20	.293	.343	.391	.734	18	44
162 Game Avg.		162	500	458	79	134	7	3	10	41	10	28	69	.293	.343	.391	.734	62	44

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