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Jack Conway

Jack Clements Conway

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 30, 1918 in Bryan, TX
School: University of Texas at Austin (Austin, TX) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1941
Teams (by GP): Indians/Giants 1941-1948

Final Game: July 31, 1948
Died: June 11, 1993 in Waco, TX
Buried: Rosemound Cemetery, Waco, TX
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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
1941 22 CLE AL 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 171 1 0 0 0 /6
1946 27 CLE AL 68 282 258 24 58 6 2 0 18 2 2 20 36 .225 .281 .264 .544 57 68 5 0 4 46/5
1947 28 CLE AL 34 56 50 3 9 2 0 0 5 0 0 3 8 .180 .226 .220 .446 26 11 4 0 3 6/45
1948 29 NYG NL 24 56 49 8 12 2 1 1 3 0 5 10 .245 .315 .388 .703 88 19 1 0 0 4/65
4 Yrs 128 396 359 35 80 10 3 1 27 2 2 28 54 .223 .279 .276 .555 58 99 10 0 7
162 Game Avg. 162 501 454 44 101 13 4 1 34 3 35 68 .223 .279 .276 .555 58 125 13 0 9
CLE (3 yrs) 104 340 310 27 68 8 2 0 24 2 2 23 44 .219 .273 .258 .531 53 80 9 0 7
NYG (1 yr) 24 56 49 8 12 2 1 1 3 0 5 10 .245 .315 .388 .703 88 19 1 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 104 340 310 27 68 8 2 0 24 2 2 23 44 .219 .273 .258 .531 53 80 9 0 7
NL (1 yr) 24 56 49 8 12 2 1 1 3 0 5 10 .245 .315 .388 .703 88 19 1 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
1941 22 CLE AL 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .510 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /6
1946 27 CLE AL 68 282 -14 -0 0 -4 3 -14 -1.6 7 -7 -0.9 .476 .490 -0.4 -0.1 -3 $ 46/5
1947 28 CLE AL 34 56 -5 0 0 -1 1 -5 -0.5 1 -3 -0.4 .485 .497 -0.3 0.0 -2 $ 6/45
1948 29 NYG NL 24 56 -1 -1 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .500 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $ 4/65
4 Seasons 128 396 -19 -1 0 -5 6 -19 -2.1 11 -8 -1.1 .484 .497 -0.5 0.1 -3 $
CLE (3 yrs) 104 340 -18 0 0 -5 4 -19 -2.1 9 -10 -1.3 .480 .496 -0.7 -0.0 -5 $
NYG (1 yr) 24 56 -1 -1 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.2 .500 .500 0.2 0.1 2 $

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
1941 22 CLE AL 2 1 1 26.7 102 .500 .500 .270 .500 .345 .500 .397 1.000 .742 171 .960 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1946 27 CLE AL 282 211 19 2.4 90 .261 .225 .255 .281 .328 .264 .367 .544 .696 57 .269 -14.6 -1.5 .425 .116 .039 .0
1947 28 CLE AL 56 48 2 1.1 94 .214 .180 .259 .226 .338 .220 .373 .446 .711 26 .082 -5.0 -0.5 .311 .100 .040
1948 29 NYG NL 56 38 6 4.2 103 .289 .245 .270 .315 .345 .388 .400 .703 .744 88 .472 -1.0 -0.1 .632 .245 .143 .0
4 Yrs 396 298 28 2.5 92 .260 .223 .258 .279 .332 .276 .373 .555 .705 58 .280 -20.4 -2.1 .436 .131 .053 1.3
162 Game Avg. 501 377 35 2.5 92 .260 .223 .258 .279 .332 .276 .373 .555 .705 58 .280 -20.4 -2.1 .436 .131 .053 2
CLE (3 yrs) 340 260 22 2.3 91 .256 .219 .256 .273 .330 .258 .368 .531 .698 53 .246 -19.4 -2.0 .407 .113 .039 .0
NYG (1 yr) 56 38 6 4.2 103 .289 .245 .270 .315 .345 .388 .400 .703 .744 88 .473 -1.0 -0.1 .632 .245 .143 .0
AL (3 yrs) 340 260 22 2.3 91 .256 .219 .256 .273 .330 .258 .368 .531 .698 53 .246 -19.4 -2.0 .407 .113 .039 .0
NL (1 yr) 56 38 6 4.2 103 .289 .245 .270 .315 .345 .388 .400 .703 .744 88 .473 -1.0 -0.1 .632 .245 .143 .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
1941 22 CLE AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 100%
1946 27 CLE AL 282 0.0% 12.8% 7.1% 2.8% 14% 1.80 7.2 14.3 79%
1947 28 CLE AL 56 0.0% 14.3% 5.4% 3.6% 22% 2.67 6.3 10.0 75%
1948 29 NYG NL 56 1.8% 17.9% 8.9% 7.1% 33% 2.00 4.9 49.0 16.3 1.00 68%
4 Yrs 396 0.3% 13.6% 7.1% 3.5% 18% 1.93 6.6 359.0 13.3 1.00 77%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.2% 9.1% 5.9% 26% 1.00 9.7 70.0 8.7 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1941 22 CLE AL 0.2 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 27 CLE AL -14.6 -1.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 28 CLE AL -5.1 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 29 NYG NL -1.0 -0.1 40 0.8 1.3 -0.5 1.03 0.5 0.3 2.4 0.2 0.99 4.1 0
4 Yrs -20.4 -2.1 40 0.8 1.3 -0.5 1.03 0.5 0.3 2.4 0.2 0.99 4.1 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
1948 29 NYG NL 1 0 44% 24 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 57% 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 0 2
4 Yrs 1 0 32% 24 2 2 50% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 57% 4 3 1 1 0 1 2 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
1948 29 NYG NL 56 23% 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 4 2 50% 22 4 18% 3 2 67% 2 2 100% 0
4 Yrs 56 23% 80 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 7 7 10 143% 4 2 50% 22 4 18% 3 2 67% 2 2 100% 0
MLB Averages 51% 1247% 128% 35% 15% 52% 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
1941 22 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 171 1 0 0 0
1942 23 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 171 1 0 0 0
1943 24 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 171 1 0 0 0
1944 25 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 171 1 0 0 0
1945 26 2 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .500 .500 .500 1.000 171 1 0 0 0
1946 27 70 284 260 24 59 6 2 0 19 2 2 20 36 .227 .282 .265 .548 58 69 5 0 4
1947 28 104 340 310 27 68 8 2 0 24 2 2 23 44 .219 .273 .258 .531 53 80 9 0 7
1948 29 128 396 359 35 80 10 3 1 27 2 2 28 54 .223 .279 .276 .555 58 99 10 0 7

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
1941 22 2 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1946 27 71 302 275 29 66 7 2 0 22 2 23 38 .240 .299 .280 .579 23 68
1947 28 35 59 53 4 10 2 0 0 6 0 3 8 .189 .232 .226 .459 3 34
1948 29 25 57 52 8 13 2 1 1 3 0 5 10 .250 .316 .385 .700 6 24
4 Yrs 133 420 382 41 89 11 3 1 31 2 31 56 .233 .291 .285 .576 32 128
162 Game Avg. 162 512 465 50 108 13 4 1 38 2 38 68 .233 .291 .285 .576 39 128

* 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.

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