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Earl Caldwell

Earl Welton Caldwell (Teach)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 178 lb.

Born: April 9, 1905 in Sparks, TX(All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1928
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns/RedSox/Phillies 1928-1948

Final Game: September 15, 1948
Died: September 15, 1981 in Mission, TX
Buried: Valley Memorial Gardens, McAllen, TX
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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
1928 23 PHI NL 5 11 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1 /1
1935 30 SLB AL 6 13 11 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .182 .250 .182 .432 12 2 0 1 /1
1936 31 SLB AL 41 62 58 5 11 1 0 1 6 0 0 0 16 .190 .190 .259 .448 9 15 0 4 1
1937 32 SLB AL 9 10 9 1 2 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 .222 .222 .333 .556 38 3 0 1 /1
1945 40 CHW AL 27 40 37 4 8 1 0 0 4 0 0 0 8 .216 .216 .243 .459 35 9 1 0 3 1
1946 41 CHW AL 39 25 18 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 4 .167 .348 .167 .514 49 3 0 0 2 1 MVP-14
1947 42 CHW AL 40 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 1
1948 43 TOT AL 33 10 8 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .125 .300 .125 .425 16 1 0 0 0 1
1948 43 CHW AL 25 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 3 .000 .286 .000 .286 -19 0 0 0 0 1
1948 43 BOS AL 8 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 74 1 0 0 0 /1
8 Yrs 200 179 157 14 28 4 0 1 16 0 0 8 43 .178 .218 .223 .441 17 35 1 0 13
162 Game Avg. 162 145 127 11 23 3 0 1 13 0 6 35 .178 .218 .223 .441 17 28 0 11
CHW (4 yrs) 131 80 67 6 11 1 0 0 7 0 0 7 16 .164 .243 .179 .422 23 12 1 0 6
SLB (3 yrs) 56 85 78 7 15 2 0 1 7 0 0 1 25 .192 .203 .256 .459 13 20 0 6
PHI (1 yr) 5 11 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1
BOS (1 yr) 8 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .333 .333 .333 .667 74 1 0 0 0
AL (7 yrs) 195 168 148 13 27 3 0 1 14 0 0 8 42 .182 .224 .223 .447 19 33 1 0 12
NL (1 yr) 5 11 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1

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
1928 23 PHI NL 5 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .486 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1935 30 SLB AL 6 13 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .494 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1936 31 SLB AL 41 62 -10 0 0 0 7 -3 -0.2 2 -1 -0.2 .494 .498 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1937 32 SLB AL 9 10 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1945 40 CHW AL 27 40 -3 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1946 41 CHW AL 39 25 -1 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .504 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 1 MVP-14
1947 42 CHW AL 40 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1948 43 CHW AL 25 7 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1948 43 BOS AL 8 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
8 Seasons 200 179 -22 0 0 0 19 -3 -0.3 5 1 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 -0.0 1 $
CHW (4 yrs) 131 80 -7 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 2 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 $
SLB (3 yrs) 56 85 -13 0 0 0 9 -3 -0.3 3 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $
PHI (1 yr) 5 11 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .486 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $
BOS (1 yr) 8 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $

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
1928 23 PHI NL 11 9 0 0.0 114 .125 .111 .297 .111 .363 .222 .423 .333 .786 -17 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .111 .111
1935 30 SLB AL 13 10 1 2.7 114 .333 .182 .291 .250 .364 .182 .421 .432 .785 12 .240 -1.5 -0.1 .333 .091 .000
1936 31 SLB AL 62 51 3 1.6 123 .244 .190 .301 .190 .377 .259 .442 .448 .819 9 .090 -8.9 -0.8 .319 .069 .069 .0
1937 32 SLB AL 10 8 1 3.3 117 .400 .222 .290 .222 .365 .333 .432 .556 .797 38 .300 -0.9 -0.1 .429 .111 .111
1945 40 CHW AL 40 33 2 1.6 86 .276 .216 .258 .216 .330 .243 .351 .459 .680 35 .170 -3.2 -0.4 .300 .027 .027
1946 41 CHW AL 25 17 1 1.6 92 .214 .167 .259 .348 .333 .167 .372 .514 .705 49 .144 -0.9 -0.1 .533 .278 .000
1947 42 CHW AL 8 8 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .257 .000 .336 .000 .369 .000 .705 -100 .000 -1.9 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1948 43 TOT AL 10 7 0 0.0 105 .250 .125 .272 .300 .356 .125 .394 .425 .750 16 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .429 .250 .000
1948 43 CHW AL 7 5 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .268 .286 .353 .000 .388 .286 .740 -19 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .400 .400 .000
1948 43 BOS AL 3 2 0 0.0 110 .500 .333 .279 .333 .365 .333 .403 .667 .768 74 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
8 Yrs 179 143 8 1.5 107 .239 .178 .281 .218 .355 .223 .404 .441 .759 17 .107 -19.7 -1.9 .331 .096 .045 .0
162 Game Avg. 145 116 6 1.5 107 .239 .178 .281 .218 .355 .223 .404 .441 .759 17 .107 -19.7 -1.9 .331 .096 .045
CHW (4 yrs) 80 63 3 1.3 90 .216 .164 .259 .243 .333 .179 .361 .422 .695 23 .107 -6.7 -0.7 .333 .119 .015
SLB (3 yrs) 85 69 5 1.9 121 .269 .192 .298 .203 .374 .256 .438 .459 .812 13 .131 -11.3 -1.0 .333 .077 .064 .0
PHI (1 yr) 11 9 0 0.0 114 .125 .111 .297 .111 .363 .222 .423 .333 .786 -17 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .111 .111
BOS (1 yr) 3 2 0 0.0 110 .500 .333 .279 .333 .365 .333 .403 .667 .768 74 .000 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .000 .000
AL (7 yrs) 168 134 8 1.6 106 .248 .182 .280 .224 .354 .223 .403 .447 .757 19 .119 -18.1 -1.7 .336 .095 .041 .0
NL (1 yr) 11 9 0 0.0 114 .125 .111 .297 .111 .363 .222 .423 .333 .786 -17 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .250 .111 .111

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
1928 23 PHI NL 11 0.0% 9.1% 0.0% 9.1% 100% 9.0 4.5 73%
1935 30 SLB AL 13 0.0% 38.5% 7.7% 0.0% 0% 5.00 2.2 46%
1936 31 SLB AL 62 1.6% 25.8% 0.0% 3.2% 18% 3.6 58.0 9.7 66%
1937 32 SLB AL 10 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 10.0% 50% 2.3 9.0 50%
1945 40 CHW AL 40 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 2.5% 13% 4.6 9.3 73%
1946 41 CHW AL 25 0.0% 16.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 0.80 4.5 9.0 56%
1947 42 CHW AL 8 0.0% 12.5% 0.0% 0.0% 7.0 75%
1948 43 TOT AL 10 0.0% 40.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.0 8.0 40%
1948 43 CHW AL 7 0.0% 42.9% 28.6% 0.0% 1.50 1.7 5.0 29%
1948 43 BOS AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 67%
8 Yrs 179 0.6% 24.0% 4.5% 2.8% 18% 5.38 3.7 157.0 9.8 63%
MLB Averages 1.4% 8.7% 8.6% 6.6% 27% 1.01 10.3 66.1 8.0 0.97 79%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1928 23 PHI NL -1.6 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1935 30 SLB AL -1.5 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1936 31 SLB AL -8.9 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1937 32 SLB AL -0.9 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 40 CHW AL -3.2 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 41 CHW AL -0.9 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 42 CHW AL -1.9 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 43 TOT AL -0.9 -0.1 5 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 2.77 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.21 -0.8 0
1948 43 CHW AL -0.8 -0.1 2 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 3.78 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 1.30 -0.6 0
1948 43 BOS AL -0.1 -0.0 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 2.10 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.15 -0.2 0
8 Yrs -19.7 -1.9 5 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 2.77 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.21 -0.8 0

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 43 TOT AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 43 CHW AL 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
1948 43 BOS AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 0 0 37% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1948 43 TOT AL 10 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1948 43 CHW AL 7 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1948 43 BOS AL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 10 0% 28 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 0 1 1 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 51% 3616% 212% 35% 15% 52% 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
1928 23 5 11 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1
1929 24 5 11 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1
1930 25 5 11 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1
1931 26 5 11 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1
1932 27 5 11 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1
1933 28 5 11 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1
1934 29 5 11 9 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 .111 .111 .222 .333 -17 2 0 1
1935 30 11 24 20 2 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 6 .150 .190 .200 .390 -0 4 0 2
1936 31 52 86 78 7 14 2 0 1 8 0 0 1 22 .179 .190 .244 .433 7 19 0 6
1937 32 61 96 87 8 16 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 26 .184 .193 .253 .446 10 22 0 7
1938 33 61 96 87 8 16 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 26 .184 .193 .253 .446 10 22 0 7
1939 34 61 96 87 8 16 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 26 .184 .193 .253 .446 10 22 0 7
1940 35 61 96 87 8 16 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 26 .184 .193 .253 .446 10 22 0 7
1941 36 61 96 87 8 16 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 26 .184 .193 .253 .446 10 22 0 7
1942 37 61 96 87 8 16 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 26 .184 .193 .253 .446 10 22 0 7
1943 38 61 96 87 8 16 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 26 .184 .193 .253 .446 10 22 0 7
1944 39 61 96 87 8 16 3 0 1 9 0 0 1 26 .184 .193 .253 .446 10 22 0 7
1945 40 88 136 124 12 24 4 0 1 13 0 0 1 34 .194 .200 .250 .450 16 31 1 0 10
1946 41 127 161 142 14 27 4 0 1 15 0 0 6 38 .190 .223 .239 .462 22 34 1 0 12
1947 42 167 169 149 14 27 4 0 1 15 0 0 6 39 .181 .213 .228 .441 16 34 1 0 13
1948 43 200 179 157 14 28 4 0 1 16 0 0 8 43 .178 .218 .223 .441 17 35 1 0 13

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
1928 23 5 10 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1935 30 6 14 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .077 .000 .077 0 6
1936 31 43 62 58 4 9 1 0 1 4 0 0 17 .155 .155 .224 .379 2 41
1937 32 9 11 10 2 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 4 .300 .300 .500 .800 1 9
1945 40 29 43 40 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 8 .225 .225 .250 .475 2 27
1946 41 41 26 19 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 5 4 .158 .333 .158 .491 1 39
1947 42 42 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 40
1948 43 34 10 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 33
8 Yrs 209 184 163 12 24 4 0 1 12 0 8 44 .147 .187 .190 .377 6 200
162 Game Avg. 162 143 126 9 19 3 0 1 9 0 6 34 .147 .187 .190 .377 5 200

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1946 AL (14, 5%)
0.05 Career Shares (1113th)

Oldest s c a p y
1945 AL  born 1905-04-09 (10th)
1946 AL  born 1905-04-09 (5th)
1947 AL  born 1905-04-09 (1st)
1948 AL  born 1905-04-09 (1st)

                           

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