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Buzz Capra

Lee William Capra

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 168 lb.

Born: October 1, 1947 in Chicago, IL
School: Illinois State University (Normal, IL)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 27th round of the 1969 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 15, 1971
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mets 1971-1977

Final Game: September 26, 1977
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All-Star

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
1971 23 NYM NL 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1972 24 NYM NL 14 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .250 .400 .250 .650 92 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
1973 25 NYM NL 24 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 52 0 1 0 1 0 0 1
1974 26 ATL NL 39 82 67 4 11 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 23 .164 .253 .164 .418 17 11 0 0 7 0 0 1 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1975 27 ATL NL 12 31 23 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .043 .080 .043 .123 -65 1 0 0 5 1 0 1
1976 28 ATL NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1977 29 ATL NL 45 42 36 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .111 .179 .111 .291 -23 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
7 Yrs 142 176 141 9 19 0 0 0 5 0 0 17 40 .135 .226 .135 .361 0 19 1 0 16 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 201 161 10 22 0 0 0 6 0 0 19 46 .135 .226 .135 .361 0 22 1 0 18 1 0
ATL (4 yrs) 101 155 126 7 16 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 37 .127 .201 .127 .328 -10 16 0 0 15 1 0
NYM (3 yrs) 41 21 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .200 .400 .200 .600 77 3 1 0 1 0 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 Awards
1971 23 NYM NL 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1972 24 NYM NL 14 15 0 -0 0 0 2 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .511 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 1
1973 25 NYM NL 24 5 0 -0 -0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .502 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1974 26 ATL NL 39 82 -8 -0 0 0 8 0 0.0 2 3 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 3 $ 1 AS,CYA-9,MVP-20
1975 27 ATL NL 12 31 -6 0 0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .481 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1976 28 ATL NL 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1977 29 ATL NL 45 42 -7 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
7 Seasons 142 176 -21 -1 1 0 19 -2 -0.2 5 3 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.2 0.0 3 $
ATL (4 yrs) 101 155 -21 -0 1 0 17 -4 -0.4 5 1 -0.4 .496 .499 -0.4 0.0 1 $
NYM (3 yrs) 41 21 -0 -1 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .504 .500 0.2 0.0 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
1971 23 NYM NL 1 1 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .257 .000 .323 .000 .377 .000 .700 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1972 24 NYM NL 15 9 2 6.0 89 .333 .250 .253 .400 .321 .250 .374 .650 .695 92 .672 0.1 0.0 .667 .250 .000
1973 25 NYM NL 5 4 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .260 .500 .329 .000 .387 .500 .716 52 .000 0.1 0.0 .667 1.000 .000
1974 26 ATL NL 82 63 4 1.7 98 .250 .164 .267 .253 .340 .164 .386 .418 .725 17 .158 -7.6 -0.8 .339 .119 .000
1975 27 ATL NL 31 28 0 0.0 99 .053 .043 .269 .080 .340 .043 .389 .123 .729 -65 .000 -5.3 -0.6 .091 .043 .000
1977 29 ATL NL 42 35 1 0.8 113 .148 .111 .283 .179 .352 .111 .431 .291 .784 -23 .036 -6.8 -0.7 .219 .083 .000
7 Yrs 176 140 7 1.4 101 .186 .135 .270 .226 .341 .135 .397 .361 .738 0 .106 -19.8 -2.0 .293 .121 .000
162 Game Avg. 201 160 8 1.4 101 .186 .135 .270 .226 .341 .135 .397 .361 .738 0 .106 -19.8 -2.0 .293 .121 .000
NYM (3 yrs) 21 14 2 3.9 90 .250 .200 .254 .400 .323 .200 .376 .600 .698 77 .471 -0.0 -0.0 .615 .333 .000
ATL (4 yrs) 155 126 5 1.1 102 .178 .127 .272 .201 .343 .127 .399 .328 .743 -10 .071 -19.8 -2.0 .255 .095 .000

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1974 ATL NL 26 DNP

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
1971 23 NYM NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1972 24 NYM NL 15 0.0% 20.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 4.0 12.0 5.00 60%
1973 25 NYM NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.00 40%
1974 26 ATL NL 82 0.0% 28.1% 9.8% 0.0% 0% 2.88 2.9 67.0 4.86 54%
1975 27 ATL NL 31 0.0% 16.1% 3.2% 0.0% 0% 5.00 4.6 23.0 1.63 61%
1977 29 ATL NL 42 0.0% 21.4% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.0 18.0 1.45 64%
7 Yrs 176 0.0% 22.7% 9.7% 0.0% 0% 2.35 3.5 28.2 2.70 58%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.6% 8.6% 6.1% 27% 1.57 6.6 47.0 8.9 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 23 NYM NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .32 -0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.74 -0.3 0
1972 24 NYM NL 0.1 0.0 16 -0.0 0.3 -0.3 1.06 0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.90 0.0 0
1973 25 NYM NL 0.1 0.0 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .78 -0.0 -0.0 -0.3 -0.0 1.07 -0.2 0
1974 26 ATL NL -7.6 -0.8 83 -0.8 0.4 -1.2 .80 -0.9 -0.1 -9.5 -1.0 0.95 -9.5 0
1975 27 ATL NL -5.3 -0.6 31 -0.5 0.2 -0.6 1.18 -0.4 0.0 -3.6 -0.4 1.09 -4.3 0
1976 28 ATL NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1977 29 ATL NL -6.8 -0.7 42 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 1.10 -0.6 0.2 -6.3 -0.6 0.96 -7.1 0
7 Yrs -19.8 -2.0 178 -1.7 1.3 -3.0 .96 -2.0 0.2 -20.2 -2.0 0.97 -21.4 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
1971 23 NYM NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 24 NYM NL 0 0 17% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 25 NYM NL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1974 26 ATL NL 0 0 21% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 60% 2 0 2 0 0 0 3 2 1
1975 27 ATL NL 1 1 100% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 29 ATL NL 0 0 14% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 40% 2 1 1 2 1 1 1 1 0
7 Yrs 1 1 25% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 43% 7 3 4 3 2 1 4 3 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
1971 23 NYM NL 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1972 24 NYM NL 15 7% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 9 1 11% 0 0 0 0 0
1973 25 NYM NL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1974 26 ATL NL 82 33% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 10 0 0% 14 4 29% 47 1 2% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1975 27 ATL NL 31 45% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 10 0 0% 10 2 20% 26 1 4% 1 1 100% 4 2 50% 0
1977 29 ATL NL 42 17% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 8 0 0% 8 1 13% 29 2 7% 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 0
7 Yrs 176 28% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 20 16 80% 31 1 3% 35 8 23% 116 5 4% 6 3 50% 7 3 43% 0
MLB Averages 55% 76% 11% 33% 14% 48% 53%

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
1971 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 24 17 16 13 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .231 .375 .231 .606 79 3 0 0 0 0 0
1973 25 41 21 15 2 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 3 .200 .400 .200 .600 77 3 1 0 1 0 0
1974 26 80 103 82 6 14 0 0 0 2 0 0 13 26 .171 .284 .171 .455 29 14 1 0 8 0 0
1975 27 92 134 105 8 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 31 .143 .242 .143 .385 9 15 1 0 13 1 0
1976 28 97 134 105 8 15 0 0 0 3 0 0 14 31 .143 .242 .143 .385 9 15 1 0 13 1 0
1977 29 142 176 141 9 19 0 0 0 5 0 0 17 40 .135 .226 .135 .361 0 19 1 0 16 1 0

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
1971 23 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1972 24 15 15 12 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 3 3 .250 .400 .250 .650 1 14
1973 25 24 5 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 24
1974 26 39 82 67 4 11 0 0 0 1 0 8 23 .164 .253 .164 .418 3 39
1975 27 12 30 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .040 .000 .040 0 12
1977 29 45 44 37 1 5 0 0 0 3 0 4 9 .135 .220 .135 .355 1 45
6 Yrs 138 177 142 7 19 0 0 0 5 0 18 40 .134 .230 .134 .364 5 137
162 Game Avg. 162 208 167 8 22 0 0 0 6 0 21 47 .134 .230 .134 .364 6 137

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1974

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1974 NL (20, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1974 NL (9, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (283rd)

              

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