Paul Calvert

Paul Leo Emile Calvert

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: October 6, 1917 in Montreal, Quebec, CAN
Signed as a Free Agent with the Cleveland Indians in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1942
Teams (by GP): Indians/Senators/Tigers 1942-1951

Final Game: May 6, 1951
Died: February 1, 1999 in Sherbrooke, Quebec, CAN
Buried: Cimetière Notre-Dame-des-Neiges, Montreal, Quebec, CAN
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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	Pos	Awards
1938	20	PIT-min	AA	3																							MTL · IL
1940	22	CLE-min	B,A	17	31	31		7	1	0	0						.226	.226	.258	.484		8					CDR,WKB · IIIL,EL
1941	23	CLE-min	B	12	30	30		4	1	0	0						.133	.133	.167	.300		5					CDR · IIIL
1942	24	CLE-min	A	30	79	79		17	1	2	0						.215	.215	.278	.494		22					WKB · EL
1942	24	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1943	25	CLE-min	AA	19	33	29	4	5	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	10	.172	.226	.172	.398		5		0	2		BLT · IL
1943	25	CLE	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1
1944	26	CLE	AL	35	16	15	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.267	.267	.400	.667	92	6	0	0	1	1
1945	27	CLE-min	AA	24	58	44	5	9	0	0	2	8	0	0	4	10	.205	.286	.341	.627		15	1	1	9		BLT · IL
1945	27	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1

1946	28	OAK-CLE-min	AAA	22	29	23	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.087	.250	.087	.337		2	0	1	1		TTO,BLT · IL
1948	30	PHI-min	AAA	4																							TTO · IL
1949	31	WSH	AL	35	58	51	6	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.137	.185	.137	.322	-13	7	1	0	4	1
1950	32	DET	AL	32	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	-40	0	1	1	0	1
1951	33	SLE	AAA	21	32	27	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		2	2	.148	.207	.148	.355		4		0	3		SLE · PCL
1951	33	DET	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1952	34	SLE	Opn	27	23	20	3	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	6	.100	.182	.100	.282		2		0	1		SLE · PCL
1953	35	PHI-min	C	4																							GNB · PROV
1956	38	NYY-min	C	3	0	0		0																			MOD · CALL
7 Yrs				110	84	74	8	11	0	1	0	3	0	0	4	12	.149	.203	.176	.378	3	13	2	1	5
162 Game Avg.				162	124	109	12	16	0	1	0	4	0	0	6	18	.149	.203	.176	.378	3	19	3	1	7

CLE (4 yrs)				42	17	16	0	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	81	6	0	0	1
DET (2 yrs)				33	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	-40	0	1	1	0
WSH (1 yr)				35	58	51	6	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.137	.185	.137	.322	-13	7	1	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
1942	24	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1943	25	CLE	AL	5	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1944	26	CLE	AL	35	16	-0	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.504	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1945	27	CLE	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1949	31	WSH	AL	35	58	-9	0	1	0	6	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$	1
1950	32	DET	AL	32	9	-1	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1951	33	DET	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
7 Seasons				110	84	-11	0	0	0	9	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	0.0	1	$

CLE (4 yrs)				42	17	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
DET (2 yrs)				33	9	-1	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
WSH (1 yr)				35	58	-9	0	1	0	6	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	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
1943	25	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	81	.000	.000	.248	.000	.321	.000	.342	.000	.663	-100	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1944	26	CLE	AL	16	12	2	4.5	88	.333	.267	.263	.267	.329	.400	.359	.667	.689	92	.550	-0.4	-0.0	.545	.133	.133

1949	31	WSH	AL	58	49	1	0.5	104	.167	.137	.267	.185	.358	.137	.388	.322	.747	-13	.020	-8.5	-0.8	.222	.059	.000
1950	32	DET	AL	9	8	0	0.0	116	.000	.000	.282	.222	.370	.000	.423	.222	.792	-40	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.250	.143	.000
7 Yrs				84	70	3	1.1	102	.177	.149	.267	.203	.354	.176	.385	.378	.739	3	.075	-10.6	-1.1	.277	.081	.027
162 Game Avg.				124	103	4	1.1	102	.177	.149	.267	.203	.354	.176	.385	.378	.739	3	.075	-10.6	-1.1	.277	.081	.027

CLE (4 yrs)				17	13	2	4.2	88	.308	.250	.262	.250	.329	.375	.358	.625	.687	81	.516	-0.6	-0.1	.500	.125	.125
WSH (1 yr)				58	49	1	0.5	104	.167	.137	.267	.185	.358	.137	.388	.322	.747	-13	.020	-8.5	-0.8	.222	.059	.000
DET (2 yrs)				9	8	0	0.0	116	.000	.000	.282	.222	.370	.000	.423	.222	.792	-40	.000	-1.5	-0.1	.250	.143	.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%
1943	25	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1944	26	CLE	AL	16	0.0%	18.8%	0.0%	6.3%	25%		5.0		15.0		75%

1949	31	WSH	AL	58	0.0%	15.5%	5.2%	0.0%	0%	3.00	5.7		51.0	2.17	72%
1950	32	DET	AL	9	0.0%	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%		0.00			7.0	2.00	78%
7 Yrs				84	0.0%	14.3%	4.8%	1.2%	9%	3.00	6.2		24.7	2.14	74%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.3%	9.4%	6.0%	26%	0.99	9.5	60.5	8.5	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1942	24	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1943	25	CLE	AL	-0.2	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	26	CLE	AL	-0.4	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	27	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	31	WSH	AL	-8.6	-0.8	58	-0.8	0.4	-1.2	.99	-0.7	-0.0	-7.3	-0.7	0.96	-7.8	0
1950	32	DET	AL	-1.5	-0.1	7	0.0	0.1	-0.1	.57	-0.1	0.1	-0.5	-0.1	1.08	-0.8	0
1951	33	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
7 Yrs				-10.7	-1.1	65	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	.94	-0.8	0.0	-7.8	-0.8	0.98	-8.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1949	31	WSH	AL	1	60%	23	43%	4	4	2	2	1	1
1950	32	DET	AL	0	100%	3		0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				1	50%	26	43%	4	4	2	2	1	1

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
1949	31	WSH	AL	58	29%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	100%	16	1	6%	15	2	13%	43	3	7%	3	2	67%	1	0	0%	0
1950	32	DET	AL	9	29%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	6	1	17%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
7 Yrs				67	29%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	125%	18	2	11%	16	2	13%	49	4	8%	4	3	75%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			299%			32%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1943	25	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1944	26	41	17	16	0	4	1	1	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	81	6	0	0	1
1945	27	42	17	16	0	4	1	1	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	81	6	0	0	1
1946	28	42	17	16	0	4	1	1	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	81	6	0	0	1
1947	29	42	17	16	0	4	1	1	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	81	6	0	0	1
1948	30	42	17	16	0	4	1	1	0	3	.250	.250	.375	.625	81	6	0	0	1
1949	31	77	75	67	6	11	1	2	3	12	.164	.200	.194	.394	8	13	1	0	5
1950	32	109	84	74	8	11	1	3	4	12	.149	.203	.176	.378	3	13	2	1	5
1951	33	110	84	74	8	11	1	3	4	12	.149	.203	.176	.378	3	13	2	1	5

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
1943	25	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
1944	26	37	17	16	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	.313	.313	.438	.750	2	35

1949	31	37	59	52	5	6	0	0	0	1	0	3	9	.115	.164	.115	.279	1	35
1950	32	33	9	7	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	.000	.222	.000	.222	0	32
4 Yrs		112	86	76	7	11	0	1	0	3	0	4	12	.145	.198	.171	.369	3	107
162 Game Avg.		162	124	110	10	16	0	1	0	4	0	6	17	.145	.198	.171	.369	4	107

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