George Canale

George Anthony Canale

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: August 11, 1965 in Memphis, TN
School: Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Blacksburg, VA)
Drafted by the Milwaukee Brewers in the 6th round of the 1986 amateur draft.
Signed June 7, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 3, 1989
Team: Brewers 1989-1991

Final Game: October 5, 1991
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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
1986	20	MIL-min	Rk	65	282	221	48	72	19	0	9	49	6	4	54	65	.326	.450	.534	.984		118		0	2	5	0		HEL · PION
1987	21	MIL-min	AA,A	131	564	499	80	134	28	3	14	84	8	6	58	128	.269	.347	.421	.768		210		3	2	2	4		ELP,STK · TL,CALL
1988	22	MIL-min	AA	132	559	496	77	120	23	2	23	93	9	3	59	152	.242	.324	.435	.759		216	12	2	0	2	5		ELP · TL
1989	23	MIL-min	AAA	144	584	503	80	140	33	9	18	71	5	8	71	134	.278	.366	.487	.853		245		2	2	6	1		DEN · AA
1989	23	MIL	AL	13	29	26	5	5	1	0	1	3	0	1	2	3	.192	.250	.346	.596	68	9	0	0	1	0	0	3
1990	24	MIL-min	AAA	134	544	468	76	119	17	6	12	60	12	5	69	103	.254	.349	.393	.743		184		1	3	3	4		DEN · AA
1990	24	MIL	AL	10	15	13	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	6	.077	.200	.154	.354	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	/3D
1991	25	MIL-min	AAA	88	330	274	36	64	10	2	10	47	6	2	51	49	.234	.355	.394	.749		108	6	2	0	3	0		DEN · AA
1991	25	MIL	AL	21	44	34	6	6	2	0	3	10	0	0	8	6	.176	.318	.500	.818	125	17	5	0	0	2	0	3
1992	26	CLE-min	AA,AAA	100	407	357	80	107	22	3	20	80	2	1	46	64	.300	.378	.546	.925		195	3	1	0	3	2		CAK,CSP · EL,PCL
1993	27	CLE-COL-min	AAA	112	362	323	47	78	17	1	11	42	4	2	36	67	.241	.318	.402	.720		130	5	1	0	2	5		CHR,CSP · IL,PCL
1994	28	KCR-min	AA	114	479	426	54	98	25	2	12	51	7	1	51	79	.230	.311	.383	.694		163	12	0	0	2	8		MEM · SOUL
1995	29	PIT-min	AA	130	545	487	71	140	30	6	21	102	1	3	46	83	.287	.349	.503	.852		245	15	4	0	8	6		CAR · SOUL
1996		Did not play in major leagues (Italy)
1997		Did not play in major leagues (Taiwan)
1998	32	PIT-min	AAA	46	161	151	10	35	8	0	5	29	0	1	8	36	.232	.267	.384	.651		58	1	0	0	2	1		NVL · PCL
1999	33	YUC,HYU	AAA,Fgn																										YUC,HYU · MEX,KBO
3 Yrs				44	88	73	15	12	4	0	4	13	0	2	12	15	.164	.276	.384	.659	84	28	5	0	1	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	324	269	55	44	15	0	15	48	0	7	44	55	.164	.276	.384	.659	84	103	18	0	4	7	0

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
1989	23	MIL	AL	13	29	0	0	0	1	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.510	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	3
1990	24	MIL	AL	10	15	-2	-1	0	1	-1	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.477	.499	-0.3	0.0	-3	$100,000	/3D
1991	25	MIL	AL	21	44	1	-0	-1	-1	-1	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.1	.489	.499	0.0	-0.2	0	$	3
3 Seasons				44	88	-1	-1	-1	1	-2	-3	-0.3	3	-0	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$100,000

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
1989	23	MIL	AL	29	23	2	2.3	92	.182	.192	.260	.250	.324	.346	.382	.596	.707	68	.242	-1.2	-0.1	.455	.192	.154	.0
1990	24	MIL	AL	15	13	0	0.0	94	.143	.077	.258	.200	.326	.154	.386	.354	.712	1	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.231	.154	.077
1991	25	MIL	AL	44	35	4	3.1	95	.111	.176	.258	.318	.326	.500	.391	.818	.717	125	.329	1.5	0.2	.758	.559	.324	.0
3 Yrs				88	71	6	2.3	94	.143	.164	.259	.276	.326	.384	.387	.659	.713	84	.226	-1.5	-0.2	.559	.356	.219	.0
162 Game Avg.				324	261	22	2.3	94	.143	.164	.259	.276	.326	.384	.387	.659	.713	84	.226	-1.5	-0.2	.559	.356	.219

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
1989	23	MIL	AL	29	3.5%	10.3%	6.9%	6.9%	40%	1.50	8.7	26.0	8.7	2.67	3.25	76%	4%	16.7%	0%
1990	24	MIL	AL	15	0.0%	40.0%	13.3%	6.7%	100%	3.00	2.2			1.33	2.00	47%	14%	0.0%	0%
1991	25	MIL	AL	44	6.8%	13.6%	18.2%	11.4%	83%	0.75	5.7	11.3	3.4	0.88	1.90	61%	10%	18.8%	0%
3 Yrs				88	4.6%	17.1%	13.6%	9.1%	67%	1.25	4.9	18.3	5.6	1.36	2.25	64%	8%	16.0%	0%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.9%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.74	6.0	43.8	8.6	0.80	1.05	73%	20%	6.0%	18%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1989	23	MIL	AL	-1.2	-0.1	30	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.85	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	0.92	-0.3		0
1990	24	MIL	AL	-1.7	-0.2	16	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.32	-0.2	-0.1	-1.3	-0.1	1.00	-2.0	0.73	1
1991	25	MIL	AL	1.5	0.2	44	-0.1	0.9	-1.0	.96	0.3	-0.3	-1.1	-0.1	0.98	2.5	4.06	1
3 Yrs				-1.5	-0.2	90	-0.4	1.5	-1.9	.99	0.1	-0.4	-2.4	-0.2	0.96	0.1	2.39	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS3	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1989	23	MIL	AL	2	67%	13	1	0%	1	1	75%	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	1
1990	24	MIL	AL	0	133%	7	1	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1991	25	MIL	AL	0	27%	15	0		0	1	67%	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				2	55%	35	2	0%	2	2	50%	4	2	2	3	2	1	3	1	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
1989	23	MIL	AL	29	90%	5	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	2	1	50%	17	2	12%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1990	24	MIL	AL	15	60%	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	0.73	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1991	25	MIL	AL	44	80%	6	0	0	1	0	0	0	4.06	3	0	2	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		7	5	71%	9	4	44%	28	7	25%	7	3	43%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				88	80%	12	2	0	2	1	0	0	2.39	4	0	2	4	0	1	3	0	1	1	100%	16	5	31%	11	5	45%	52	9	17%	7	3	43%	2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					61%																			72%			10%			36%			14%			52%			56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1989	23	MIL	AL	25	82	3.28	50	61%	14%	26%	20%	40%	86%	0%	52%	70%	48%	0%	0	0	12%	3	1	12%	3	2	33%	4	0	0
1990	24	MIL	AL	15	64	4.27	38	60%	21%	21%	39%	18%	79%	0%	47%	73%	50%	7%	1	0	20%	3	2	13%	2	1	33%	0	1	0
1991	25	MIL	AL	44	166	3.77	92	55%	30%	15%	22%	33%	70%	0%	39%	78%	25%	9%	4	0	20%	9	4	23%	10	7	33%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				84	312	3.71	180	58%	24%	19%	25%	32%	76%	0%	44%	74%	36%	6%	5	0	18%	15	7	18%	15	10	33%	4	1	0
MLB Averages						3.63		62%	25%	14%	27%	34%	75%	2%	46%	81%	31%	6%			16%			9%			26%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1989	23	13	29	26	5	5	1	1	3	1	2	3	.192	.250	.346	.596	68	9	0	1	0
1990	24	23	44	39	9	6	2	1	3	2	4	9	.154	.233	.282	.515	45	11	0	1	0
1991	25	44	88	73	15	12	4	4	13	2	12	15	.164	.276	.384	.659	84	28	5	1	2

Neutralized Batting

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average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1989	23	13	29	26	4	5	1	1	3	2	3	.192	.250	.346	.596	2	13
1990	24	10	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	.000	.133	.000	.133	0	10
1991	25	21	44	34	6	6	2	3	11	8	6	.176	.318	.500	.818	6	21
3 Yrs		44	88	73	10	11	3	4	14	12	15	.151	.264	.356	.621	8	44
162 Game Avg.		162	324	269	37	41	11	15	52	44	55	.151	.264	.356	.621	29	44

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