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Paul Campbell

Paul McLaughlin Campbell

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 1, 1917 in Paw Creek, NC
High School: Paw Creek HS (Paw Creek, NC)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1941
Teams (by GP): Tigers/RedSox 1941-1950

Final Game: May 14, 1950
Died: June 22, 2006 in Charlotte, NC
Buried: Forest Lawn West Cemetery, Charlotte, NC
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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
1941 23 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1942 24 BOS AL 26 16 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 0 0 0 /8O
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1946 28 BOS AL 28 28 26 3 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .115 .179 .154 .332 -9 4 0 0 0 /3
1948 30 DET AL 59 85 83 15 22 1 1 1 11 0 0 1 10 .265 .274 .337 .611 60 28 0 0 1 3
1949 31 DET AL 87 287 255 38 71 15 4 3 30 3 3 24 32 .278 .343 .404 .747 97 103 1 1 7 3
1950 32 DET AL 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 1 0 0
6 Yrs 204 417 380 61 97 17 5 4 41 4 3 28 54 .255 .308 .358 .666 76 136 2 1 8
162 Game Avg. 162 331 302 48 77 14 4 3 33 3 2 22 43 .255 .308 .358 .666 76 108 2 1 6
BOS (3 yrs) 55 44 41 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 12 .098 .159 .122 .281 -22 5 0 0 0
DET (3 yrs) 149 373 339 54 93 16 5 4 41 3 3 25 42 .274 .326 .386 .712 88 131 2 1 8

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
1941 23 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
1942 24 BOS AL 26 16 -3 0 0 -2 0 -5 -0.5 0 -4 -0.5 .481 .497 -0.2 -0.2 -2 $ /8O
1946 28 BOS AL 28 28 -4 0 0 0 -0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.4 .484 .497 -0.4 -0.0 -3 $ /3
1948 30 DET AL 59 85 -5 0 0 0 -1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.3 .491 .497 -0.3 -0.1 -4 $ 3
1949 31 DET AL 87 287 -2 -1 1 0 -3 -5 -0.5 7 2 0.2 .494 .497 0.2 -0.3 2 $ 3
1950 32 DET AL 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .494 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
6 Seasons 204 417 -14 -0 1 -2 -4 -20 -2.1 10 -10 -1.0 .490 .498 -0.7 -0.7 -8 $
BOS (3 yrs) 55 44 -7 0 0 -2 -0 -9 -1.0 1 -8 -0.9 .483 .498 -0.6 -0.2 -6 $
DET (3 yrs) 149 373 -8 -1 1 0 -4 -11 -1.1 9 -2 -0.1 .492 .498 -0.1 -0.4 -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
1942 24 BOS AL 16 14 0 0.0 98 .100 .067 .270 .125 .345 .067 .378 .192 .724 -46 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .214 .133 .000 .0
1946 28 BOS AL 28 23 1 1.2 101 .158 .115 .271 .179 .346 .154 .389 .332 .735 -9 .088 -4.0 -0.4 .261 .115 .038
1948 30 DET AL 85 62 8 3.4 108 .292 .265 .277 .274 .362 .337 .400 .611 .762 60 .369 -5.6 -0.6 .475 .084 .072 .0
1949 31 DET AL 287 195 35 4.8 107 .309 .278 .271 .343 .363 .404 .393 .747 .756 97 .520 -2.0 -0.2 .681 .220 .125 3.0
1950 32 DET AL 1 2 0 0.0 116 .000 .000 .282 .000 .370 .000 .423 .000 .793 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 417 296 44 4.0 106 .289 .255 .272 .308 .361 .358 .394 .666 .755 76 .438 -14.9 -1.5 .576 .179 .103 4.0
162 Game Avg. 331 235 35 4.0 106 .289 .255 .272 .308 .361 .358 .394 .666 .755 76 .438 -14.9 -1.5 .576 .179 .103 3
DET (3 yrs) 373 259 43 4.4 107 .304 .274 .272 .326 .363 .386 .395 .712 .758 88 .483 -7.9 -0.8 .625 .186 .112 3.4
BOS (3 yrs) 44 37 1 0.7 99 .138 .098 .271 .159 .346 .122 .385 .281 .731 -22 .039 -7.0 -0.7 .243 .122 .024 .0

Postseason Batting

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
1946 28 BOS AL WS STL L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1942 24 BOS AL 16 0.0% 31.3% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 5.00 3.0 63%
1946 28 BOS AL 28 0.0% 25.0% 7.1% 3.6% 33% 3.50 3.7 68%
1948 30 DET AL 85 1.2% 11.8% 1.2% 3.5% 14% 10.00 8.3 83.0 7.5 0.80 85%
1949 31 DET AL 287 1.1% 11.2% 8.4% 7.7% 31% 1.33 8.0 85.0 8.5 0.89 77%
1950 32 DET AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
6 Yrs 417 1.0% 13.0% 6.7% 6.2% 27% 1.93 7.0 95.0 9.3 0.87 77%
MLB Averages 1.4% 9.3% 9.4% 6.0% 26% 0.99 9.6 62.9 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 PHlev AB
1941 23 BOS AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 24 BOS AL -3.0 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 28 BOS AL -4.0 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 30 DET AL -5.6 -0.6 40 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 1.13 -0.2 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 1.00 -3.0 1.48 5
1949 31 DET AL -2.3 -0.2 199 0.2 3.3 -3.0 .99 0.0 0.2 2.9 0.3 0.91 0.1 1.02 7
1950 32 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs -15.2 -1.5 239 -0.2 3.8 -4.0 1.01 -0.2 0.0 1.7 0.2 0.93 -2.9 1.22 12

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 30 DET AL 0 0 64% 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 4 3 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1949 31 DET AL 1 0 38% 83 3 3 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 52% 11 7 4 2 1 1 8 2 6
1950 32 DET AL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1 0 47% 109 4 3 57% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 1 48% 15 10 5 2 1 1 10 3 7

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 30 DET AL 85 65% 22 5 0 0 0 1.48 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 5 2 40% 29 5 17% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1949 31 DET AL 287 63% 71 7 5 1 2 1.02 3 0 6 1 0 1 2 0 5 7 140% 33 1 3% 16 10 63% 107 19 18% 11 8 73% 3 3 100% 0
1950 32 DET AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 373 63% 97 12 5 1 2 1.22 4 0 8 2 0 2 2 0 6 8 133% 42 2 5% 21 12 57% 136 24 18% 12 8 67% 5 3 60% 0
MLB Averages 51% 419% 44% 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
1942 24 27 16 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 0 0 0
1943 25 27 16 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 0 0 0
1944 26 27 16 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 0 0 0
1945 27 27 16 15 4 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 5 .067 .125 .067 .192 -46 1 0 0 0
1946 28 55 44 41 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 12 .098 .159 .122 .281 -22 5 0 0 0
1947 29 55 44 41 7 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 3 12 .098 .159 .122 .281 -22 5 0 0 0
1948 30 114 129 124 22 26 2 1 1 11 1 0 4 22 .210 .234 .266 .501 33 33 0 0 1
1949 31 201 416 379 60 97 17 5 4 41 4 3 28 54 .256 .309 .359 .668 77 136 1 1 8
1950 32 204 417 380 61 97 17 5 4 41 4 3 28 54 .255 .308 .358 .666 76 136 2 1 8

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
1942 24 28 17 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 5 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 26
1946 28 29 31 28 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 3 7 .143 .226 .179 .404 1 28
1948 30 62 88 86 14 22 1 1 1 10 0 1 10 .256 .264 .326 .590 7 59
1949 31 91 296 264 37 72 15 4 3 30 3 24 33 .273 .336 .394 .730 34 87
1950 32 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
5 Yrs 213 433 395 56 98 17 5 4 40 4 29 55 .248 .301 .347 .648 42 203
162 Game Avg. 162 329 300 43 75 13 4 3 30 3 22 42 .248 .301 .347 .648 32 203

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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