Vince Colbert

Vincent Norman Colbert

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: December 20, 1945 in Washington, DC
High School: Eastern HS (Washington, DC)
School: East Carolina University (Greenville, NC)
Drafted by the Cleveland Indians in the 11th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 19, 1970
Team: Indians 1970-1972

Final Game: September 16, 1972
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1968	22	CLE-min	A,AA	10	4	.714	2.38	16	14					106.0	93	39	28	4	39		8						1.245	7.9	0.3	3.3	0.7	0.21	RKH,WBY · WCRS,EL
1969	23	CLE-min	A	7	11	.389	2.69	28	26				0	184.0	196	87	55	11	59		183						1.386	9.6	0.5	2.9	9.0	3.10	REN · CALL
1970	24	CLE-min	AAA	8	3	.727	2.53	28	2		0	0	7	64.0	49	22	18	1	27	5	64	0	0	1			1.188	6.9	0.1	3.8	9.0	2.37	WCH · AA
1970	24	CLE	AL	1	1	.500	7.26	23	0	10	0	0	2	31.0	37	25	25	4	16	2	17	1	1	4	142	54	1.710	10.7	1.2	4.6	4.9	1.06
1971	25	CLE	AL	7	6	.538	3.97	50	10	18	2	0	2	142.2	140	71	63	11	71	9	74	6	2	3	625	96	1.479	8.8	0.7	4.5	4.7	1.04
1972	26	CLE-min	AAA	1	6	.143	5.23	11	7		2	0	1	43.0	47	28	25	1	23	3	33	4	1	6			1.628	9.8	0.2	4.8	6.9	1.43	POR · PCL
1972	26	CLE	AL	1	7	.125	4.58	22	11	2	1	1	0	74.2	74	42	38	8	38	5	36	7	0	6	330	71	1.500	8.9	1.0	4.6	4.3	0.95
1973	27	CLE-min	AA,AAA	8	2	.800	3.09	34	8		5	0	3	99.0	99	37	34	3	49	2	53	4	0	3			1.495	9.0	0.3	4.5	4.8	1.08	SAN,OKC · TL,AA
3 Yrs				9	14	.391	4.57	95	21	30	3	1	4	248.1	251	138	126	23	125	16	127	14	3	13	1097	80	1.514	9.1	0.8	4.5	4.6	1.02
162 Game Avg.				5	8	.391	4.57	56	12	18	2	1	2	146	147	81	74	13	73	9	74	8	2	8	643	80	1.514	9.1	0.8	4.5	4.6	1.02

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1970	24	CLE	AL	31.0	23	0	25	7.26	4.50	0.06	-0.18	103.6	4.41	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.0	-0.8	-7	.456	.494	$
1971	25	CLE	AL	142.2	50	10	71	4.48	3.97	-0.08	-0.07	105.7	4.21	-4	-0.5	.9	-0.2	0.6	9	.491	.497	$
1972	26	CLE	AL	74.2	22	11	42	5.06	3.52	0.33	0.01	104.0	3.33	-14	-1.6	.8	-0.0	-1.0	-8	.427	.490	$
3 Seasons				248.1	95	21	138	5.00	3.90	0.06	-0.06	104.9	3.97	-27	-3.1	.9	-0.2	-1.2	-6	.467	.494	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1970	24	CLE	AL	23	137	124	25	37	4	1	4	1	1	16	17	.298	.380	.444	.824	.317	55	1	1	0	1	2	1
1971	25	CLE	AL	50	624	528	71	140	29	2	11	5	5	71	74	.265	.356	.390	.746	.288	206	15	6	14	5	9	9
1972	26	CLE	AL	22	331	277	42	74	9	1	8	1	4	38	36	.267	.365	.394	.759	.278	109	12	7	4	4	5	5
3 Yrs				95	1092	929	138	251	42	4	23	7	10	125	127	.270	.362	.398	.760	.289	370	28	14	18	10	16	15
162 Game Avg.				56	640	545	81	147	25	2	13	4	6	73	74	.270	.362	.398	.760	.289	217	16	8	11	6	9	9
MLB Averages																.249	.318	.368	.686	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1970	24	CLE	AL	-9.5	-1.0	150	-1.1	1.3	-2.3	.60	-0.6	-1.1	-14.6	-1.4	0.58	-7.4	4	3	15
1971	25	CLE	AL	-2.3	-0.2	642	-0.0	8.8	-8.9	.88	-0.7	0.7	-10.1	-1.0	0.88	-9.0	10	3	25
1972	26	CLE	AL	-9.8	-1.1	344	-1.4	6.1	-7.5	1.15	-1.3	0.1	-10.0	-1.1	1.15	-12.0	1	2	7
3 Yrs				-21.6	-2.3	1136	-2.4	16.2	-18.7	.93	-2.7	0.0	-34.7	-3.5	0.92	-28.4	15	8	47

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1971	25	CLE	AL	50	10	5	4	1	0	1	5	5	.500	0	0	2	0	6	60%	50.1	74	13	21	6	5	5	2.8	3.0	6.2
1972	26	CLE	AL	22	11	1	7	3	0	2	2	9	.182	1	0	1	1	5	45%	44.4	76	18	19	6	5	2	2.8	3.1	5.3
2 Yrs				72	21	6	11	4	0	3	7	14	.333	1	0	3	1	11	52%	47	76	13	40	12	10	7	2.8	3.0	5.8
MLB Averages													.500						57%	54	109	-3					4.0	3.9	6.6

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1970	24	CLE	AL	23	23	10	1	1	4	2	2	50%	4	0	23	13	57%	8	.601	4	3	15	5	3	15	10	13	13	5	13	8	4.0
1971	25	CLE	AL	50	40	18	2	2	4	2	2	50%	6	2	27	11	41%	6	.882	10	3	25	6	5	29	14	26	26	6	27	4	6.0
1972	26	CLE	AL	22	11	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	12	0	0%	9	1.154	1	2	7	0	1	10	5	6	6	3	7	1	4.4
3 Yrs				95	74	30	3	3	8	4	4	50%	10	2	62	24	39%		.929	15	8	47	11	9	54	29	45	45	14	47	13	5.2

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1970	24	CLE	AL	142	65%	2.9%	12.4%	11.7%	6.6%	24%	1.48	76%	23	1	4%
1971	25	CLE	AL	624	58%	1.8%	11.9%	11.4%	6.7%	30%	2.07	72%	129	15	12%
1972	26	CLE	AL	331	56%	2.4%	10.9%	11.5%	5.4%	24%	1.68	72%	78	12	15%
3 Yrs				1097	58%	2.1%	11.6%	11.5%	6.3%	28%	1.86	72%	230	28	12%
MLB Averages					46%	2.0%	14.8%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.11	73%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1970	24	CLE	AL	137	37			4	0	7	4	0	3	1	15	10	2	67%	1	4	0	47	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	5
1971	25	CLE	AL	624	140			11	0	22	5	6	7	4	36	18	2	50%	9	3	0	246	5	5	50%	5	4	0	1	0	0	1	0	15	0
1972	26	CLE	AL	331	74			8	0	11	5	3	6	2	24	8	2	33%	5	6	2	131	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	15	0
3 Yrs				1092	251			23	0	40	14	9	16	7	75	36	6	48%	15	13	2	424	7	10	41%	7	9	0	1	0	0	1	0	40	5
MLB Averages																		49%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1970	24	1	1	.500	7.26	23	0	10	0	0	2	31.0	37	25	25	4	16	2	17	1	1	4	142	54	1.710	10.7	1.2	4.6	4.9	1.06	54
1971	25	8	7	.533	4.56	73	10	28	2	0	4	173.2	177	96	88	15	87	11	91	7	3	7	767	84	1.520	9.2	0.8	4.5	4.7	1.05	84
1972	26	9	14	.391	4.57	95	21	30	3	1	4	248.1	251	138	126	23	125	16	127	14	3	13	1097	80	1.514	9.1	0.8	4.5	4.6	1.02	80

Neutralized Pitching

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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	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1970	24	1	2	.333	7.76	29.0	37	28	25	4	16	16	1	1.828	11.5	5.0	5.0	1.00	1.2	23
1971	25	7	8	.467	4.37	136.0	143	73	66	11	73	70	6	1.588	9.5	4.8	4.6	0.96	0.7	50
1972	26	2	5	.286	6.26	69.0	85	53	48	9	44	33	8	1.870	11.1	5.7	4.3	0.75	1.2	22
3 Yrs		10	15	.400	5.35	234.0	265	154	139	24	133	119	15	1.701	10.2		4.6	0.89	0.9	95

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