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Bubba Church

Emory Nicholas Church

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 12, 1924 in Birmingham, AL
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 30, 1950
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Reds/Cubs 1950-1955

Final Game: May 1, 1955
Died: September 17, 2001 in Birmingham, AL
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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
1950 25 PHI NL 39 48 44 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 .182 .200 .227 .427 13 10 2 1 3 1 RoY-4
1951 26 PHI NL 39 94 86 8 22 3 0 1 7 0 0 1 16 .256 .264 .326 .590 59 28 2 0 7 1
1952 27 TOT NL 34 53 51 5 12 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .235 .250 .333 .583 61 17 0 0 1 1
1952 27 PHI NL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1952 27 CIN NL 32 52 50 5 12 2 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .240 .255 .340 .595 64 17 0 0 1 1
1953 28 TOT NL 39 51 48 4 11 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 10 .229 .260 .333 .593 52 16 1 0 1 1
1953 28 CIN NL 12 16 15 3 4 2 0 0 2 0 0 1 4 .267 .313 .400 .713 84 6 0 0 0 1
1953 28 CHC NL 27 35 33 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 .212 .235 .303 .538 38 10 1 0 1 1
1954 29 CHC NL 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1955 30 CHC 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
6 Yrs 162 252 235 21 53 9 0 3 13 0 0 4 42 .226 .242 .302 .544 45 71 5 1 12 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 252 235 21 53 9 0 3 13 0 4 42 .226 .242 .302 .544 45 71 5 1 12
PHI (3 yrs) 80 143 131 12 30 5 0 1 8 0 0 1 25 .229 .241 .290 .531 42 38 4 1 10
CHC (3 yrs) 38 41 39 1 7 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 6 .179 .200 .256 .456 17 10 1 0 1 0 0
CIN (2 yrs) 44 68 65 8 16 4 0 1 4 0 0 2 11 .246 .269 .354 .623 69 23 0 0 1

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
1950 25 PHI NL 39 48 -6 -0 -0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1 RoY-4
1951 26 PHI NL 39 94 -5 -0 0 0 9 4 0.3 3 7 0.3 .509 .502 0.4 -0.0 7 $ 1
1952 27 PHI NL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .495 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1952 27 CIN NL 32 52 -2 -0 0 0 6 4 0.4 2 5 0.4 .512 .502 0.4 0.0 5 $ 1
1953 28 CIN NL 12 16 -0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 0 2 0.2 .513 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ 1
1953 28 CHC NL 27 35 -4 -0 -0 0 4 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1954 29 CHC NL 8 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1955 30 CHC NL 3 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
6 Seasons 162 252 -19 -1 1 0 27 8 0.8 8 16 0.8 .505 .501 0.9 -0.0 16 $
PHI (3 yrs) 80 143 -11 -1 -0 0 15 3 0.3 5 7 0.2 .504 .501 0.3 -0.0 7 $
CHC (3 yrs) 38 41 -4 -0 -0 0 4 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $
CIN (2 yrs) 44 68 -3 -0 1 0 8 5 0.5 2 7 0.6 .512 .502 0.6 -0.0 7 $

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
1950 25 PHI NL 48 41 2 1.3 106 .229 .182 .267 .200 .344 .227 .414 .427 .758 13 .086 -5.6 -0.6 .289 .045 .045
1951 26 PHI NL 94 73 7 2.6 102 .304 .256 .265 .264 .339 .326 .402 .590 .740 59 .264 -5.2 -0.5 .439 .081 .070 .0
1952 27 TOT NL 53 40 4 2.7 96 .256 .235 .260 .250 .333 .333 .388 .583 .721 61 .310 -2.9 -0.3 .462 .118 .098 .0
1952 27 PHI NL 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .260 .000 .333 .000 .388 .000 .721 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1952 27 CIN NL 52 39 4 2.8 96 .262 .240 .260 .255 .333 .340 .388 .595 .721 64 .320 -2.6 -0.3 .474 .120 .100 .0
1953 28 TOT NL 51 39 4 2.7 111 .270 .229 .276 .260 .347 .333 .430 .593 .777 52 .258 -3.5 -0.3 .474 .146 .104 .0
1953 28 CIN NL 16 11 2 4.8 110 .364 .267 .274 .313 .345 .400 .427 .713 .773 84 .498 -0.3 -0.0 .636 .200 .133
1953 28 CHC NL 35 28 2 1.9 112 .231 .212 .277 .235 .348 .303 .431 .538 .779 38 .152 -3.2 -0.3 .407 .121 .091 .0
1954 29 CHC NL 5 5 0 0.0 110 .000 .000 .275 .000 .347 .000 .426 .000 .773 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1955 30 CHC NL 1 1 0 0.0 106 .000 .000 .266 .000 .337 .000 .420 .000 .757 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 252 199 17 2.3 103 .263 .226 .267 .242 .340 .302 .407 .544 .748 45 .222 -19.0 -1.9 .406 .094 .077 .0
162 Game Avg. 252 199 17 2.3 103 .263 .226 .267 .242 .340 .302 .407 .544 .748 45 .222 -19.0 -1.9 .406 .094 .077
PHI (3 yrs) 143 115 9 2.1 103 .276 .229 .266 .241 .340 .290 .406 .531 .746 42 .193 -11.0 -1.1 .381 .069 .061 .0
CHC (3 yrs) 41 34 2 1.6 111 .188 .179 .276 .200 .348 .256 .430 .456 .778 17 .112 -5.0 -0.5 .333 .103 .077 .0
CIN (2 yrs) 68 50 6 3.2 99 .283 .246 .264 .269 .336 .354 .397 .623 .733 69 .368 -2.9 -0.3 .510 .138 .108 .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
1950 25 PHI NL 48 0.0% 18.8% 0.0% 4.2% 25% 4.9 44.0 2.33 73%
1951 26 PHI NL 94 1.1% 17.0% 1.1% 4.3% 18% 16.00 5.4 86.0 12.3 1.94 73%
1952 27 TOT NL 53 1.9% 13.2% 1.9% 5.7% 25% 7.00 7.3 51.0 25.5 3.17 81%
1952 27 PHI NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1952 27 CIN NL 52 1.9% 13.5% 1.9% 5.8% 25% 7.00 7.1 50.0 25.0 3.00 81%
1953 28 TOT NL 51 2.0% 19.6% 3.9% 5.9% 27% 5.00 4.8 48.0 16.0 1.89 73%
1953 28 CIN NL 16 0.0% 25.0% 6.3% 12.5% 50% 4.00 3.8 7.5 6.00 69%
1953 28 CHC NL 35 2.9% 17.1% 2.9% 2.9% 14% 6.00 5.5 33.0 33.0 1.38 74%
1954 29 CHC NL 5 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.00 100%
1955 30 CHC NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
6 Yrs 252 1.2% 16.7% 1.6% 4.8% 23% 10.50 5.6 78.3 18.1 2.14 75%
MLB Averages 2.1% 10.6% 9.6% 6.5% 28% 1.11 8.4 42.7 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1950 25 PHI NL -5.6 -0.6 47 -0.5 0.3 -0.8 .77 -0.6 -0.1 -8.4 -0.8 0.99 -6.9 0
1951 26 PHI NL -5.3 -0.5 83 0.4 1.7 -1.3 1.00 -0.2 0.5 -0.4 -0.0 0.92 -2.2 0
1952 27 TOT NL -2.9 -0.3 41 -0.3 0.4 -0.7 .86 -0.3 -0.1 -2.8 -0.3 0.81 -2.8 0
1952 27 PHI NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .62 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.74 -0.3 0
1952 27 CIN NL -2.6 -0.3 40 -0.3 0.4 -0.6 .86 -0.3 -0.1 -2.6 -0.3 0.81 -2.5 0
1953 28 TOT NL -3.5 -0.3 47 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .82 -0.2 -0.5 -5.2 -0.5 0.89 -2.7 0
1953 28 CIN NL -0.3 -0.0 16 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 .83 -0.0 -0.1 -0.2 -0.0 0.90 -0.2 0
1953 28 CHC NL -3.2 -0.3 31 -0.4 0.2 -0.6 .81 -0.1 -0.3 -5.0 -0.5 0.88 -2.5 0
1954 29 CHC NL -1.5 -0.2 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .81 -0.1 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 1.04 -1.0 0
1955 30 CHC NL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs -19.1 -1.9 223 -1.0 2.8 -3.8 .89 -1.2 0.1 -17.8 -1.8 0.91 -15.6 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
1950 25 PHI NL 0 0 44% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 38% 3 2 1 2 2 0 3 1 2
1951 26 PHI NL 1 0 32% 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 20% 5 4 0 2 2 0 3 1 2
1952 27 TOT NL 1 0 33% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1952 27 PHI 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
1952 27 CIN NL 1 0 33% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 3 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1953 28 TOT NL 0 0 25% 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 2 1 1
1953 28 CIN NL 0 0 60% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 67% 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1953 28 CHC NL 0 0 0% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1954 29 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 30 CHC 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
6 Yrs 3 0 33% 94 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 35% 13 8 3 4 4 0 9 3 6

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
1950 25 PHI NL 48 23% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 7 2 29% 9 3 33% 38 2 5% 3 0 0% 5 1 20% 0
1951 26 PHI NL 94 25% 22 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 1 0 0 10 7 70% 23 2 9% 18 4 22% 45 6 13% 2 1 50% 2 2 100% 0
1952 27 TOT NL 53 22% 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 7 1 14% 18 1 6% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1952 27 PHI 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
1952 27 CIN NL 52 23% 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 2 1 50% 4 0 0% 7 1 14% 17 1 6% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1953 28 TOT NL 51 32% 11 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 7 1 14% 10 0 0% 25 2 8% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1953 28 CIN NL 16 38% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 4 0 0% 8 2 25% 0 0 0 0 0
1953 28 CHC NL 35 29% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 6 0 0% 17 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1954 29 CHC NL 5 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1955 30 CHC NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 252 26% 53 0 0 0 0 3 0 5 2 1 1 2 0 17 12 71% 41 5 12% 44 8 18% 129 11 9% 6 1 17% 8 3 38% 0
MLB Averages 50% 88% 12% 32% 14% 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
1950 25 39 48 44 4 8 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 .182 .200 .227 .427 13 10 2 1 3
1951 26 78 142 130 12 30 5 0 1 8 0 0 1 25 .231 .242 .292 .535 43 38 4 1 10
1952 27 112 195 181 17 42 7 0 2 10 0 0 2 32 .232 .245 .304 .548 48 55 4 1 11
1953 28 151 246 229 21 53 9 0 3 13 0 0 4 42 .231 .248 .310 .558 49 71 5 1 12
1954 29 159 251 234 21 53 9 0 3 13 0 0 4 42 .226 .243 .303 .546 46 71 5 1 12 0
1955 30 162 252 235 21 53 9 0 3 13 0 0 4 42 .226 .242 .302 .544 45 71 5 1 12 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
1950 25 41 51 47 5 9 2 0 0 1 0 0 9 .191 .208 .234 .442 2 39
1951 26 40 96 88 8 22 3 0 1 7 0 1 17 .250 .258 .318 .577 7 39
1952 27 36 57 55 6 14 2 0 1 2 0 1 7 .255 .268 .345 .613 5 34
1953 28 40 52 49 4 11 2 0 1 3 0 2 10 .224 .255 .327 .581 4 39
1954 29 8 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1955 30 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
6 Yrs 168 262 245 23 56 9 0 3 13 0 4 43 .229 .244 .302 .546 18 162
162 Game Avg. 162 253 236 22 54 9 0 3 13 0 4 41 .229 .244 .302 .546 17 162

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