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Dave Cole

David Bruce Cole

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: August 29, 1930 in Williamsport, MD
High School: Williamsport (Williamsport, MD)
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1950
Teams (by GP): Braves/Cubs/Phillies 1950-1955

Final Game: June 6, 1955
Died: October 26, 2011 in Hagerstown, MD
Buried: Greenlawn Memorial Park, Williamsport, MD
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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 19 BSN NL 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1951 20 BSN NL 23 17 17 1 6 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 4 .353 .353 .706 1.059 186 12 0 0 0 1
1952 21 BSN NL 22 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 1
1953 22 MLN NL 10 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 529 4 0 0 0 1
1954 23 CHC NL 19 31 28 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 4 .214 .267 .321 .588 52 9 2 0 1 0 1
1955 24 PHI NL 7 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 /1
6 Seasons 85 64 61 3 14 1 1 3 11 0 0 2 15 .230 .254 .426 .680 79 26 2 0 1 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 122 116 6 27 2 2 6 21 0 4 29 .230 .254 .426 .680 79 50 4 0 2
MLN (4 yrs) 59 28 28 2 7 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 8 .250 .250 .571 .821 121 16 0 0 0
PHI (1 yr) 7 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 8 1 0 0 0 0 0
CHC (1 yr) 19 31 28 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 0 2 4 .214 .267 .321 .588 52 9 2 0 1 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1950 19 BSN NL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ /1
1951 20 BSN NL 17 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $ 1
1952 21 BSN NL 8 -2 0 0 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ 1
1953 22 MLN NL 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ 1
1954 23 CHC NL 31 -2 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1955 24 PHI NL 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /1
6 Seasons 64 -2 -1 0 0 0 4 2 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $
MLN (4 yrs) 28 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 4 0.4 4 0.4 0.0 $
PHI (1 yr) 5 -1 0 0 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $
CHC (1 yr) 31 -2 -1 0 0 0 2 1 0 0.0 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
1950 19 BSN NL 1 1 0 0.0 103 .000 .000 .262 .000 .338 .000 .407 .000 .745 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1951 20 BSN NL 17 11 4 9.8 97 .417 .353 .259 .353 .332 .706 .392 1.059 .724 186 .804 1.7 0.2 1.091 .353 .353 .0
1952 21 BSN NL 8 8 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .258 .000 .330 .000 .384 .000 .714 -100 .000 -2.2 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1953 22 MLN NL 2 1 2 52.9 105 .000 .500 .267 .500 .337 2.000 .416 2.500 .753 529 .988 1.1 0.1 4.000 1.500 1.500 .0
1954 23 CHC NL 31 25 2 2.2 110 .217 .214 .275 .267 .347 .321 .426 .588 .773 52 .187 -2.2 -0.2 .458 .179 .107 .0
1955 24 PHI NL 5 4 0 0.0 104 .500 .200 .263 .200 .334 .200 .417 .400 .751 8 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
6 Seasons 64 50 8 4.3 104 .256 .230 .267 .254 .339 .426 .410 .680 .749 79 .465 -2.4 -0.2 .571 .230 .197 .0
162 Game Avg. 122 95 15 4.3 104 .256 .230 .267 .254 .339 .426 .410 .680 .749 79 .465 -2.4 -0.2 .571 .230 .197
MLN (4 yrs) 28 21 6 7.7 97 .278 .250 .260 .250 .332 .571 .392 .821 .724 121 .731 0.4 0.0 .762 .321 .321 .0
PHI (1 yr) 5 4 0 0.0 104 .500 .200 .263 .200 .334 .200 .417 .400 .751 8 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 31 25 2 2.1 110 .217 .214 .275 .267 .347 .321 .426 .588 .773 52 .187 -2.2 -0.2 .458 .179 .107 .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 19 BSN NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1951 20 BSN NL 17 5.9% 23.5% 0.0% 17.7% 50% 4.3 17.0 2.8 1.33 71%
1952 21 BSN NL 8 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 1.00 50%
1953 22 MLN NL 2 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 100% 2.0 2.0 0.00 50%
1954 23 CHC NL 31 3.2% 12.9% 6.5% 3.2% 17% 2.00 7.0 28.0 7.0 7.50 74%
1955 24 PHI NL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.7 40%
6 Seasons 64 4.7% 23.4% 3.1% 7.8% 36% 7.50 4.1 20.3 5.5 2.63 67%
MLB Averages 2.1% 10.6% 9.6% 6.5% 28% 1.11 8.4 42.7 8.1 0.95 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 19 BSN NL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1951 20 BSN NL 1.7 0.2 17 0.4 0.7 -0.3 1.08 0.3 0.1 3.3 0.3 1.01 2.4 0
1952 21 BSN NL -2.2 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .62 -0.2 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.82 -2.2 0
1953 22 MLN NL 1.1 0.1 2 0.0 0.0 0.0 .00 0.0 0.9 0.1 0.62 0.9 0
1954 23 CHC NL -2.2 -0.2 28 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .99 -0.2 0.0 -2.8 -0.3 1.15 -2.1 0
1955 24 PHI NL -0.7 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.31 -0.0 -0.0 -0.5 -0.0 1.02 -0.4 0
6 Seasons -2.4 -0.2 59 0.0 1.1 -1.1 .95 -0.1 0.2 -1.1 -0.1 1.03 -1.4 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
1951 20 BSN NL 1 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 21 BSN 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
1953 22 MLN 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
1954 23 CHC NL 1 0 0% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 24 PHI NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Seasons 2 0 0% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1951 20 BSN NL 17 35% 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 3 0 0% 13 5 38% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1952 21 BSN NL 8 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1953 22 MLN NL 2 0% 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 23 CHC NL 26 15% 6 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 6 2 33% 8 1 13% 25 3 12% 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 5
1955 24 PHI NL 4 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 1
6 Seasons 57 18% 14 0 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 1 2 0 0 3 1 33% 12 2 17% 15 1 7% 44 8 18% 4 1 25% 2 2 100% 6
MLB Averages 50% 90% 12% 32% 15% 50% 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 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1951 20 27 18 18 1 6 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 4 .333 .333 .667 1.000 170 12 0 0 0
1952 21 49 26 26 1 6 1 1 1 6 0 0 0 8 .231 .231 .462 .692 88 12 0 0 0
1953 22 59 28 28 2 7 1 1 2 7 0 0 0 8 .250 .250 .571 .821 121 16 0 0 0
1954 23 78 59 56 3 13 1 1 3 11 0 0 2 12 .232 .259 .446 .705 85 25 2 0 1 0
1955 24 85 64 61 3 14 1 1 3 11 0 0 2 15 .230 .254 .426 .680 79 26 2 0 1 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 19 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 4
1951 20 24 18 18 1 7 1 1 1 7 0 0 4 .389 .389 .722 1.111 5 23
1952 21 23 8 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 22
1953 22 10 2 2 1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 .500 .500 2.000 2.500 2 10
1954 23 20 31 29 1 6 0 0 1 4 0 2 4 .207 .258 .310 .568 2 19
1955 24 7 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
6 Seasons 88 65 63 3 14 1 1 3 12 0 2 15 .222 .246 .413 .659 9 85
162 Game Avg. 162 120 116 6 26 2 2 6 22 0 4 28 .222 .246 .413 .659 17 85

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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

Youngest s c a p y
1950 NL  born 1930-08-29 (6th)

                                         

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