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Bob Chesnes

Robert Vincent Chesnes

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 6, 1921 in Oakland, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: May 6, 1948
Team: Pirates 1948-1950

Final Game: September 27, 1950
Died: May 23, 1979 in Everett, WA
Buried: Evergreen Cemetery, Everett, WA
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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
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)
1948 27 PIT NL 39 98 91 15 25 1 1 1 8 0 7 11 .275 .327 .341 .667 79 31 3 0 0 1 MVP-21
1949 28 PIT NL 42 73 68 11 17 5 2 1 5 0 5 6 .250 .301 .426 .728 91 29 2 0 0 1
1950 29 PIT NL 9 14 13 2 2 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 .154 .214 .154 .368 -3 2 0 0 0 /1
3 Yrs 90 185 172 28 44 6 3 2 15 0 13 18 .256 .308 .360 .669 78 62 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 333 310 50 79 11 5 4 27 0 23 32 .256 .308 .360 .669 78 112 9 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
1948 27 PIT NL 39 98 -3 -1 0 0 10 7 0.7 3 11 0.7 .519 .505 0.7 0.0 11 $ 1 MVP-21
1949 28 PIT NL 42 73 -1 0 -0 0 8 7 0.7 2 9 0.7 .516 .504 0.7 0.0 9 $ 1
1950 29 PIT NL 9 14 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
3 Seasons 90 185 -6 -0 -0 0 20 13 1.4 6 20 1.4 .515 .503 1.4 0.0 20 $

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
1948 27 PIT NL 98 69 10 3.8 104 .304 .275 .271 .327 .346 .341 .402 .667 .748 79 .434 -2.9 -0.3 .551 .143 .066 .0
1949 28 PIT NL 73 53 9 4.5 106 .262 .250 .273 .301 .347 .426 .408 .728 .755 91 .496 -1.2 -0.1 .642 .250 .176 .0
1950 29 PIT NL 14 11 0 0.0 111 .167 .154 .273 .214 .351 .154 .424 .368 .774 -3 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .273 .077 .000
3 Yrs 185 133 19 3.8 105 .276 .256 .272 .308 .347 .360 .406 .669 .752 78 .422 -6.1 -0.6 .564 .180 .105 .0
162 Game Avg. 333 239 34 3.8 105 .276 .256 .272 .308 .347 .360 .406 .669 .752 78 .422 -6.1 -0.6 .564 .180 .105

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
1948 27 PIT NL 98 1.0% 11.2% 7.1% 3.1% 12% 1.57 8.3 91.0 11.4 0.58 81%
1949 28 PIT NL 73 1.4% 8.2% 6.9% 11.0% 47% 1.20 11.3 68.0 13.6 1.45 84%
1950 29 PIT NL 14 0.0% 7.1% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 1.00 13.0 6.5 0.60 86%
3 Yrs 185 1.1% 9.7% 7.0% 6.0% 25% 1.38 9.6 86.0 11.5 0.93 82%
MLB Averages 1.9% 9.5% 10.3% 6.5% 28% 0.93 9.2 47.6 7.8 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1948 27 PIT NL -2.9 -0.3 39 0.1 0.8 -0.7 1.00 0.2 -0.1 3.1 0.3 0.96 1.7 2.04 5
1949 28 PIT NL -1.2 -0.1 39 0.3 0.9 -0.6 .88 -0.2 0.6 -3.3 -0.3 0.90 -2.9 1.26 6
1950 29 PIT NL -2.0 -0.2 13 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.05 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.98 -0.8 0
3 Yrs -6.1 -0.6 91 0.4 1.8 -1.4 .96 -0.1 0.5 -0.9 -0.1 0.94 -2.0 1.61 11

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 27 PIT NL 1 0 45% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 30% 8 6 1 0 0 0 2 0 2
1949 28 PIT NL 0 0 48% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 29 PIT NL 1 0 67% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
3 Yrs 2 0 47% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 9 7 1 0 0 0 3 0 3

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 27 PIT NL 98 100% 25 5 1 0 0 2.04 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 9 3 33% 4 0 0% 20 2 10% 4 1 25% 1 1 100% 0
1949 28 PIT NL 73 100% 17 6 2 0 1 1.26 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0% 6 2 33% 7 1 14% 22 3 14% 5 2 40% 0 0 0
1950 29 PIT NL 14 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 10 2 20% 2 2 100% 2 1 50% 0
3 Yrs 185 100% 44 11 3 0 1 1.61 2 0 1 1 0 0 2 0 1 0 0% 16 5 31% 12 2 17% 52 7 13% 11 5 45% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages 51% 113% 14% 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
1948 27 39 98 91 15 25 1 1 1 8 0 7 11 .275 .327 .341 .667 79 31 3 0 0
1949 28 81 171 159 26 42 6 3 2 13 0 12 17 .264 .316 .377 .693 85 60 5 0 0
1950 29 90 185 172 28 44 6 3 2 15 0 13 18 .256 .308 .360 .669 78 62 5 0 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
1948 27 41 102 95 15 26 1 1 1 8 0 7 11 .274 .324 .337 .660 10 39
1949 28 44 75 70 10 17 5 2 1 5 0 5 6 .243 .293 .414 .708 8 42
1950 29 9 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 9
3 Yrs 94 192 179 25 43 6 3 2 13 0 13 18 .240 .292 .341 .632 18 90
162 Game Avg. 162 331 308 43 74 10 5 3 22 0 22 31 .240 .292 .341 .632 31 90

* 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

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 NL (21, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

                                          

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