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Tex Clevenger

Truman Eugene Clevenger

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 9, 1932 in Visalia, CA
School: California State University Fresno (Fresno, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1954
Teams (by GP): Senators/Yankees/RedSox/Angels 1954-1962

Final Game: September 30, 1962
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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
1954 21 BOS AL 25 14 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .286 .500 31 4 0 0 0 0 1
1956 23 WSH AL 20 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 -3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1957 24 WSH AL 52 41 33 2 7 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 12 .212 .270 .273 .543 51 9 0 0 4 1 0 1
1958 25 WSH AL 55 26 22 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 12 .136 .208 .227 .436 21 5 0 0 2 0 0 1
1959 26 WSH AL 50 33 23 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 0 5 9 .174 .310 .217 .528 48 5 0 0 4 1 0 1
1960 27 WSH AL 53 28 22 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 11 .091 .167 .091 .258 -29 2 0 0 4 0 0 1
1961 28 TOT AL 33 7 7 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .286 .429 11 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 28 LAA AL 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1961 28 NYY AL 21 4 4 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .500 .750 100 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1962 29 NYY AL 22 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 310 156 127 8 20 5 1 0 11 0 0 13 53 .157 .232 .213 .445 22 27 0 0 14 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 82 66 4 10 3 1 0 6 0 0 7 28 .157 .232 .213 .445 22 14 0 0 7 1
WSH (5 yrs) 230 131 102 5 16 3 1 0 10 0 0 13 44 .157 .248 .206 .454 26 21 0 0 14 2 0
NYY (2 yrs) 43 8 8 1 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .125 .125 .250 .375 -0 2 0 0 0 0 0
BOS (1 yr) 25 14 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .286 .500 31 4 0 0 0 0
LAA (1 yr) 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .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 Awards
1954 21 BOS AL 25 14 -2 -1 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1956 23 WSH AL 20 3 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1957 24 WSH AL 52 41 -1 0 0 0 4 4 0.4 1 5 0.4 .508 .503 0.4 -0.0 5 $ 1
1958 25 WSH AL 55 26 -3 0 0 0 3 0 0.0 1 1 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
1959 26 WSH AL 50 33 -1 -0 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .505 .502 0.3 -0.0 3 $ 1
1960 27 WSH AL 53 28 -5 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.2 1 -0 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1961 28 LAA AL 12 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ 1
1961 28 NYY AL 21 4 -0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1962 29 NYY AL 22 4 -1 -0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .500 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 1
8 Seasons 310 156 -14 -1 1 0 17 4 0.4 4 8 0.3 .501 .500 0.5 -0.1 8 $
WSH (5 yrs) 230 131 -10 0 1 0 14 5 0.5 4 9 0.4 .502 .501 0.6 -0.1 9 $
NYY (2 yrs) 43 8 -1 -0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $
BOS (1 yr) 25 14 -2 -1 0 0 2 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $
LAA (1 yr) 12 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 -0.0 -0 $

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
1954 21 BOS AL 14 11 1 2.4 108 .333 .214 .278 .214 .355 .286 .406 .500 .762 31 .265 -1.4 -0.2 .364 .071 .071
1956 23 WSH AL 3 2 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .262 .333 .344 .000 .400 .333 .744 -3 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
1957 24 WSH AL 41 31 3 2.6 98 .318 .212 .261 .270 .333 .273 .394 .543 .726 51 .279 -2.1 -0.2 .462 .152 .061
1958 25 WSH AL 26 21 1 1.3 96 .300 .136 .259 .208 .328 .227 .394 .436 .722 21 .097 -2.5 -0.3 .368 .182 .091
1959 26 WSH AL 33 24 2 2.2 98 .267 .174 .260 .310 .332 .217 .398 .528 .729 48 .226 -1.3 -0.1 .526 .261 .043
1960 27 WSH AL 28 24 1 1.1 103 .182 .091 .266 .167 .340 .091 .407 .258 .746 -29 .073 -4.1 -0.4 .200 .091 .000
1961 28 TOT AL 7 6 1 4.4 105 .200 .143 .265 .143 .341 .286 .413 .429 .754 11 .480 -0.9 -0.1 .333 .143 .143
1961 28 LAA AL 3 3 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .275 .000 .352 .000 .428 .000 .780 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1961 28 NYY AL 4 3 1 8.9 100 .333 .250 .258 .250 .332 .500 .402 .750 .734 100 .766 0.0 0.0 .667 .250 .250
1962 29 NYY AL 4 4 0 0.0 101 .000 .000 .261 .000 .332 .000 .406 .000 .739 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
8 Yrs 156 123 9 2.0 100 .263 .157 .264 .232 .336 .213 .400 .445 .735 22 .186 -13.7 -1.4 .374 .157 .055
162 Game Avg. 82 64 5 2.0 100 .263 .157 .264 .232 .336 .213 .400 .445 .735 22 .186 -13.7 -1.4 .374 .157 .055
WSH (5 yrs) 131 102 7 1.8 99 .267 .157 .262 .248 .333 .206 .398 .454 .731 26 .169 -10.3 -1.0 .395 .176 .049
NYY (2 yrs) 8 7 1 3.8 100 .200 .125 .259 .125 .332 .250 .404 .375 .736 -0 .416 -1.1 -0.1 .286 .125 .125
BOS (1 yr) 14 11 1 2.4 108 .333 .214 .278 .214 .355 .286 .406 .500 .762 31 .265 -1.4 -0.2 .364 .071 .071
LAA (1 yr) 3 3 0 0.0 112 .000 .000 .275 .000 .352 .000 .428 .000 .780 -100 .000 -0.9 -0.1 .000 .000 .000

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
1954 21 BOS AL 14 0.0% 35.7% 0.0% 7.1% 33% 2.8 1.00 64%
1956 23 WSH AL 3 0.0% 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.00 67%
1957 24 WSH AL 41 0.0% 29.3% 7.3% 4.9% 29% 4.00 2.8 6.6 1.67 54%
1958 25 WSH AL 26 0.0% 46.2% 7.7% 3.9% 33% 6.00 1.8 1.25 38%
1959 26 WSH AL 33 0.0% 27.3% 15.2% 3.0% 25% 1.80 2.6 5.8 2.50 45%
1960 27 WSH AL 28 0.0% 39.3% 7.1% 0.0% 0% 5.50 2.0 22.0 3.33 39%
1961 28 TOT AL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 14.3% 100% 3.5 7.0 71%
1961 28 LAA AL 3 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 67%
1961 28 NYY AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 25.0% 100% 4.0 4.0 75%
1962 29 NYY AL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 0.00 50%
8 Yrs 156 0.0% 34.0% 8.3% 3.9% 30% 4.08 2.4 11.5 2.00 49%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.8% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.42 6.9 37.9 8.2 1.01 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 21 BOS AL -1.4 -0.2 14 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.04 -0.1 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.86 -1.5 0
1956 23 WSH AL -0.2 -0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .22 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.2 0
1957 24 WSH AL -2.1 -0.2 42 0.0 0.5 -0.5 .95 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.93 -0.6 0
1958 25 WSH AL -2.5 -0.3 26 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 1.01 -0.2 -0.1 -2.2 -0.2 0.77 -2.6 0
1959 26 WSH AL -1.3 -0.1 33 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 .83 -0.2 0.2 -0.2 -0.0 1.06 -1.5 0
1960 27 WSH AL -4.1 -0.4 28 -0.5 0.1 -0.5 .93 -0.4 -0.1 -5.0 -0.5 0.96 -4.4 0
1961 28 TOT AL -0.9 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .75 0.0 -0.1 -0.7 -0.1 0.94 -0.3 0
1961 28 LAA AL -0.9 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .96 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.87 -0.9 0
1961 28 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .60 0.1 -0.1 0.1 0.0 1.00 0.6 0
1962 29 NYY AL -1.1 -0.1 4 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.45 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.76 -1.1 0
8 Yrs -13.7 -1.4 157 -1.3 1.3 -2.5 .93 -1.1 -0.3 -10.6 -1.1 0.92 -12.3 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
1954 21 BOS AL 0 0 67% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1
1956 23 WSH AL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 24 WSH AL 2 0 20% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 25 WSH AL 0 0 20% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 26 WSH AL 1 0 22% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1960 27 WSH AL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 28 TOT AL 0 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1961 28 LAA AL 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1961 28 NYY AL 0 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1962 29 NYY AL 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 3 0 24% 60 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 43% 3 2 1 1 1 0 3 0 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
1954 21 BOS AL 14 21% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1956 23 WSH AL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 24 WSH AL 41 24% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 9 0 0% 10 7 70% 25 7 28% 5 5 100% 0 0 0
1958 25 WSH AL 26 12% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 4 2 50% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 26 WSH AL 33 6% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 5 0 0% 5 3 60% 26 4 15% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
1960 27 WSH AL 28 14% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 6 0 0% 7 2 29% 18 1 6% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1961 28 TOT AL 7 57% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 2 1 50% 4 1 25% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1961 28 LAA AL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 28 NYY AL 4 75% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 3 1 33% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1962 29 NYY AL 4 50% 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
8 Yrs 156 19% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 15 14 93% 28 0 0% 31 15 48% 86 13 15% 10 8 80% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 49% 77% 10% 31% 14% 50% 54%

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
1954 21 25 14 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .286 .500 31 4 0 0 0 0
1955 22 25 14 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .286 .500 31 4 0 0 0 0
1956 23 45 17 16 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .188 .235 .250 .485 28 4 0 0 0 0 0
1957 24 97 58 49 4 10 3 0 0 5 0 0 4 17 .204 .259 .265 .525 43 13 0 0 4 1 0
1958 25 152 84 71 5 13 3 1 0 5 0 0 6 29 .183 .244 .254 .497 37 18 0 0 6 1 0
1959 26 202 117 94 7 17 4 1 0 9 0 0 11 38 .181 .262 .245 .506 40 23 0 0 10 2 0
1960 27 255 145 116 7 19 4 1 0 10 0 0 13 49 .164 .244 .216 .460 27 25 0 0 14 2 0
1961 28 288 152 123 8 20 5 1 0 11 0 0 13 51 .163 .239 .220 .459 26 27 0 0 14 2 0
1962 29 310 156 127 8 20 5 1 0 11 0 0 13 53 .157 .232 .213 .445 22 27 0 0 14 2 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
1954 21 26 14 14 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 .214 .214 .286 .500 1 25
1956 23 21 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 20
1957 24 55 43 35 3 8 2 0 0 6 0 3 13 .229 .282 .286 .568 3 52
1958 25 57 27 23 1 3 0 1 0 0 0 2 13 .130 .200 .217 .417 1 55
1959 26 52 36 25 3 5 1 0 0 5 0 6 9 .200 .344 .240 .584 2 50
1960 27 56 29 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 12 .000 .080 .000 .080 0 53
1961 28 33 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 33
1962 29 22 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
8 Yrs 322 163 133 9 19 4 1 0 11 0 14 56 .143 .221 .188 .409 7 310
162 Game Avg. 162 82 67 5 10 2 1 0 6 0 7 28 .143 .221 .188 .409 4 310

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