Duke Carmel

Leon James Carmel

Positions: Outfielder and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 202 lb.

Born: April 23, 1937 in New York, NY
High School: Ben Franklin HS (Manhattan, NY)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1959
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Mets/Yankees 1959-1965

Final Game: May 2, 1965
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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
1955	18	STL-min	D	24	65	65		19	2	0	1						.292	.292	.369	.662		24							ABY · GAFL
1956	19	STL-min	D	109	398	398		102	20	4	10						.256	.256	.402	.658		160							DEC,ABY · MIDW,GAFL
1957	20	STL-min	C	126	454	454		147	21	12	29						.324	.324	.615	.938		279							BIL · PION
1958	21	STL-min	AA,AAA	120	434	362	58	84	19	3	15	36	2	1	64	81	.232	.346	.425	.772		154		2	1	5	3		HSN,ROC,OMA · TL,IL,AA
1959	22	STL-min	AA,AAA	126	502	425	86	116	24	8	23	71	10	3	71	65	.273	.377	.529	.906		225		1	3	2	0		TUL,ROC · TL,IL
1959	22	STL	NL	10	24	23	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	6	.130	.167	.174	.341	-11	4	0	0	0	0	0	/897
1960	23	LAD-STL-min	AAA	126	436	383	48	89	11	7	10	38	10	1	53	90	.232	.326	.376	.702		144		0	0	0			STP,ROC · AA,IL
1960	23	STL	NL	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26	0	0	0	0	0	0	/39

1961	24	LAD-STL-min	AAA	109	405	335	52	76	13	4	14	57	2	6	70	73	.227	.360	.415	.775		139							SPO,POR · PCL
1962	25	CLE-min	AAA	134	487	419	69	102	18	7	20	74	2	0	62	103	.243	.340	.463	.803		194		1	2	3			JCK · IL
1963	26	TOT	NL	104	220	193	20	45	6	3	4	20	2	2	25	48	.233	.320	.358	.677	93	69	0	0	1	1	2	873/9
1963	26	STL	NL	57	53	44	9	10	1	0	1	2	0	0	9	11	.227	.358	.318	.677	89	14	0	0	0	0	0	7/983
1963	26	NYM	NL	47	167	149	11	35	5	3	3	18	2	2	16	37	.235	.307	.369	.676	94	55	0	0	1	1	2	83

1964	27	NYM-min	AAA	137	554	447	95	121	20	5	35	99	6	3	100	113	.271	.404	.573	.977		256		3	0	4			BFL · IL
1965	28	NYM-SFG-min	AAA	121	425	343	40	60	6	2	12	38	4	1	75	123	.175	.329	.309	.638		106		4	3	0			BFL,TAC · IL,PCL
1965	28	NYY	AL	6	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1966	29	NYM-CIN-min	AAA	110	374	306	52	76	12	2	17	52	5	1	58	73	.248	.369	.467	.837		143		3	3	4			JCK,BFL · IL
1967	30	CIN-min	AAA	124	411	348	36	58	8	1	12	34	7	0	55	100	.167	.279	.299	.578		104		1	3	4			BFL · IL
4 Yrs				124	256	227	22	48	7	3	4	23	3	4	27	60	.211	.294	.322	.616	74	73	0	0	1	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	334	297	29	63	9	4	5	30	4	5	35	78	.211	.294	.322	.616	74	95	0	0	1	1	3

STL (3 yrs)				71	81	70	11	13	2	0	1	5	1	2	11	18	.186	.296	.257	.553	52	18	0	0	0	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				47	167	149	11	35	5	3	3	18	2	2	16	37	.235	.307	.369	.676	94	55	0	0	1	1	2
NYY (1 yr)				6	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				118	248	219	22	48	7	3	4	23	3	4	27	55	.219	.304	.333	.637	80	73	0	0	1	1	2
AL (1 yr)				6	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	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
1959	22	STL	NL	10	24	-3	-0	0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.461	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	/897
1960	23	STL	NL	4	4	-0	-0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.472	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/39

1963	26	STL	NL	57	53	-1	0	0	2	-1	0	0.0	2	2	0.2	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	7/983
1963	26	NYM	NL	47	167	-0	-0	1	2	-1	0	0.1	6	6	0.6	.501	.500	0.4	0.1	5	$8,000	83

1965	28	NYY	AL	6	8	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.457	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$12,500	/3
4 Seasons				124	256	-6	-1	1	3	-3	-6	-0.6	9	2	0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	0.1	-1	$20,500

STL (3 yrs)				71	81	-4	-0	0	2	-2	-4	-0.5	3	-2	-0.2	.493	.499	-0.4	0.1	-3	$
NYM (1 yr)				47	167	-0	-0	1	2	-1	0	0.1	6	6	0.6	.501	.500	0.4	0.1	5	$8,000
NYY (1 yr)				6	8	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.457	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$12,500

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
1959	22	STL	NL	24	21	1	1.3	110	.176	.130	.277	.167	.344	.174	.429	.341	.773	-11	.086	-3.8	-0.4	.190	.043	.043
1960	23	STL	NL	4	4	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.272	.250	.340	.000	.418	.250	.757	-26	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.250	.333	.000	.0

1963	26	TOT	NL	220	152	24	4.2	91	.289	.233	.257	.320	.319	.358	.384	.677	.703	93	.538	-1.4	-0.2	.627	.254	.124	2.7
1963	26	STL	NL	53	34	6	4.8	97	.281	.227	.265	.358	.328	.318	.396	.677	.725	89	.588	-0.2	-0.0	.676	.295	.091	.0
1963	26	NYM	NL	167	118	18	4.1	89	.291	.235	.254	.307	.316	.369	.380	.676	.696	94	.523	-1.2	-0.1	.612	.242	.134	2.4

1965	28	NYY	AL	8	8	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.250	.000	.319	.000	.382	.000	.702	-100	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				256	185	25	3.6	93	.268	.211	.259	.294	.322	.322	.389	.616	.710	74	.458	-7.8	-0.8	.541	.225	.110	3.4
162 Game Avg.				334	242	33	3.6	93	.268	.211	.259	.294	.322	.322	.389	.616	.710	74	.458	-7.8	-0.8	.541	.225	.110	4

STL (3 yrs)				81	59	7	3.2	102	.235	.186	.269	.296	.334	.257	.408	.553	.742	52	.382	-4.6	-0.5	.475	.214	.071	1.0
NYM (1 yr)				167	118	18	4.1	89	.291	.235	.254	.307	.316	.369	.380	.676	.696	94	.522	-1.2	-0.1	.612	.242	.134	2.4
NYY (1 yr)				8	8	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.250	.000	.319	.000	.382	.000	.702	-100	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

NL (3 yrs)				248	177	25	3.8	93	.273	.219	.259	.304	.322	.333	.389	.637	.711	80	.478	-5.8	-0.6	.566	.233	.114	3.4
AL (1 yr)				8	8	0	0.0	91	.000	.000	.250	.000	.319	.000	.382	.000	.702	-100	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.000	.000	.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%
1959	22	STL	NL	24	0.0%	25.0%	4.2%	4.2%	33%	6.00	3.8		7.7	0.86	71%
1960	23	STL	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%		1.00	3.0			1.00	50%

1963	26	TOT	NL	220	1.8%	21.8%	11.4%	5.9%	29%	1.92	4.0	48.3	9.7	0.68	65%
1963	26	STL	NL	53	1.9%	20.8%	17.0%	3.8%	20%	1.22	4.0	44.0	22.0	0.64	60%
1963	26	NYM	NL	167	1.8%	22.2%	9.6%	6.6%	31%	2.31	4.0	49.7	8.3	0.69	66%

1965	28	NYY	AL	8	0.0%	62.5%	0.0%	0.0%			1.6			0.00	38%
4 Yrs				256	1.6%	23.4%	10.6%	5.5%	29%	2.22	3.8	56.8	9.9	0.67	64%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.6%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	1.73	6.1	38.7	8.6	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	22	STL	NL	-3.8	-0.4	25	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	.83	-0.3	0.2	-1.9	-0.2	0.95	-3.0		0
1960	23	STL	NL	-0.5	-0.1	6	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.34	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	1.01	-0.6		0

1963	26	TOT	NL	-1.4	-0.2	226	0.3	3.9	-3.7	1.01	-0.0	0.3	2.4	0.3	0.95	0.4	1.17	19
1963	26	STL	NL	-0.2	-0.0	53	0.6	1.2	-0.6	.91	0.0	0.7	0.7	0.1	0.91	0.0	1.06	12
1963	26	NYM	NL	-1.2	-0.1	173	-0.4	2.7	-3.1	1.05	-0.0	-0.3	1.8	0.2	0.97	0.4	1.35	7

1965	28	NYY	AL	-2.1	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.77	-0.2	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.04	-2.0	0.76	4
4 Yrs				-7.8	-0.8	265	-0.0	4.3	-4.4	1.00	-0.5	0.5	-2.0	-0.2	0.96	-5.1	1.10	23

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	22	STL	NL	1	0	50%	6	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	23	STL	NL	0	0	0%	5	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1963	26	TOT	NL	4	0	24%	89	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	39%	13	9	4	4	3	1	9	3	5
1963	26	STL	NL	0	0	44%	39	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	36%	5	5	0	3	2	1	3	0	3
1963	26	NYM	NL	4	0	17%	50	2	2	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	40%	8	4	4	1	1	0	6	3	2

1965	28	NYY	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
4 Yrs				5	0	25%	100	3	4	43%	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	5	6	37%	14	10	4	4	3	1	9	3	5

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
1959	22	STL	NL	24	63%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	13	3	23%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
1960	23	STL	NL	4	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

1963	26	TOT	NL	220	77%	45			19	4	1	1	1.17	4	0	5	3	1	3	1	0	1	1	100%	44	0	0%	17	4	24%	132	17	13%	15	8	53%	8	4	50%	0
1963	26	STL	NL	53	89%	10			12	3	1	1	1.06	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		11	0	0%	4	1	25%	27	1	4%	0	0		3	1	33%	0
1963	26	NYM	NL	167	74%	35			7	1	0	0	1.35	3	0	4	2	1	2	1	0	1	1	100%	33	0	0%	13	3	23%	105	16	15%	15	8	53%	5	3	60%	0

1965	28	NYY	AL	8	100%	0			4	0	0	0	0.76	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				256	75%	48			23	4	1	1	1.10	4	0	5	3	1	3	1	0	1	1	100%	49	0	0%	19	4	21%	151	20	13%	17	9	53%	9	5	56%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1959	22	10	24	23	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	1	1	6	.130	.167	.174	.341	-11	4	0	0	0
1960	23	14	28	26	2	3	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	7	.115	.179	.154	.332	-12	4	0	0	0
1961	24	14	28	26	2	3	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	7	.115	.179	.154	.332	-12	4	0	0	0
1962	25	14	28	26	2	3	1	0	0	3	1	2	2	7	.115	.179	.154	.332	-12	4	0	0	0
1963	26	118	248	219	22	48	7	3	4	23	3	4	27	55	.219	.304	.333	.637	80	73	1	1	2
1964	27	118	248	219	22	48	7	3	4	23	3	4	27	55	.219	.304	.333	.637	80	73	1	1	2
1965	28	124	256	227	22	48	7	3	4	23	3	4	27	60	.211	.294	.322	.616	74	73	1	1	2

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
1959	22	10	26	25	3	4	1	0	0	5	0	1	6	.160	.192	.200	.392	1	10
1960	23	4	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	4

1963	26	104	225	196	23	48	6	3	4	23	2	27	48	.245	.335	.367	.702	25	104

1965	28	6	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
4 Yrs		124	263	232	26	52	7	3	4	28	3	29	60	.224	.309	.332	.641	26	124
162 Game Avg.		162	344	303	34	68	9	4	5	37	4	38	78	.224	.309	.332	.641	34	124

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