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Claude Corbitt

Claude Elliott Corbitt

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 21, 1915 in Sunbury, NC
School: Duke University (Durham, NC) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1945
Teams (by GP): Reds/Dodgers 1945-1949

Final Game: August 21, 1949
Died: May 1, 1978 in Cincinnati, OH
Buried: Arlington Memorial Gardens, Cincinnati, OH
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1937	21	NYY-min	D,C	127	530	530		192	25	11	1					.362	.362	.457	.819		242					PKA,AKR · FLOR,MATL
1938	22	NYY-min	B	134	535	535		181	24	8	2					.338	.338	.424	.763		227					AUG,NFK · SALL,PIED
1939	23	BAL-NYY-min	B,A1,AA	96	363	363		114	20	4	3					.314	.314	.416	.730		151					NFK,SAN,NWK · PIED,TL,IL
1940	24	CHC-min	AA	136	526	526		171	23	10	2					.325	.325	.418	.743		220					MLW · AA
1941	25	LAD-min	AA	150	660	593	98	167	24	7	0	52	18	53	25	.282	.347	.346	.692		205		6	8		MTL · IL
1945	29	BRO	NL	2	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	209	2	0	0	0	/5
1946	30	CIN	NL	82	307	274	25	68	10	1	1	16	3	23	13	.248	.309	.303	.612	76	83	4	1	9	6

1947	31	CIN-min	AAA	134	607	538	84	160	19	5	2	41	13	54	27	.297	.366	.362	.728		195		4	11		SYR · IL
1948	32	CIN	NL	87	284	258	24	66	11	0	0	18	4	14	16	.256	.297	.298	.595	63	77	1	1	11	456
1949	33	CIN-min	AAA	19	72	67	3	8	1	0	0	2	0	4	3	.119	.169	.134	.303		9		0	1		SYR · IL
1949	33	CIN	NL	44	105	94	10	17	1	0	0	3	1	9	1	.181	.252	.191	.444	20	18	3	0	2	64/5
1950	34	CIN-min	AAA	129	539	459	59	102	17	1	2	42	5	71	25	.222	.328	.277	.604		127		1	8		SYR · IL
1951	35	SYR	AAA	135	552	479	72	134	19	3	2	55	2	63	25	.280	.363	.344	.708		165		0	10		SYR · IL
1952	36	SYR	AAA	130	531	467	59	110	10	4	1	23	3	57	21	.236	.321	.281	.602		131		2	5		SYR · IL
1953	37	SFG-NYY-min	AAA	85	286	251	27	50	8	0	1	26	1	30	21	.199	.287	.243	.530		61	8	1	4		MNE,SYR · AA,IL
4 Yrs				215	701	630	60	153	22	1	1	37	8	47	30	.243	.297	.286	.583	63	180	8	2	22
162 Game Avg.				162	528	475	45	115	17	1	1	28	6	35	23	.243	.297	.286	.583	63	136	6	2	17

CIN (3 yrs)				213	696	626	59	151	22	1	1	37	8	46	30	.241	.295	.284	.580	62	178	8	2	22
BRO (1 yr)				2	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	209	2	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
1945	29	BRO	NL	2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.536	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/5
1946	30	CIN	NL	82	307	-8	-0	0	8	5	5	0.6	11	16	1.7	.507	.504	0.8	1.5	8	$	6

1948	32	CIN	NL	87	284	-12	-0	0	-2	3	-11	-1.2	10	-1	-0.2	.487	.493	0.0	0.1	1	$	456
1949	33	CIN	NL	44	105	-10	-0	0	-3	2	-11	-1.1	4	-7	-0.8	.475	.493	-0.4	-0.1	-4	$	64/5
4 Seasons				215	701	-29	-1	1	3	10	-16	-1.6	25	9	0.8	.493	.498	0.5	1.5	6	$

CIN (3 yrs)				213	696	-30	-1	1	3	10	-16	-1.7	25	8	0.7	.492	.497	0.4	1.5	5	$
BRO (1 yr)				2	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.536	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$

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
1945	29	BRO	NL	5	2	1	13.4	96	.500	.500	.272	.600	.342	.500	.376	1.100	.717	209	.890	0.7	0.1	1.500	.250	.000
1946	30	CIN	NL	307	219	25	3.1	90	.258	.248	.259	.309	.334	.303	.363	.612	.697	76	.376	-8.5	-0.9	.524	.150	.055	1.5

1948	32	CIN	NL	284	204	23	3.0	99	.273	.256	.265	.297	.339	.298	.393	.595	.732	63	.326	-13.0	-1.3	.497	.112	.043	.0
1949	33	CIN	NL	105	82	5	1.6	105	.183	.181	.272	.252	.345	.191	.406	.444	.752	20	.131	-10.8	-1.1	.350	.117	.011	.0
4 Yrs				701	507	54	2.8	96	.254	.243	.264	.297	.338	.286	.382	.583	.719	63	.320	-31.6	-3.2	.489	.130	.043	1.8
162 Game Avg.				528	382	41	2.8	96	.254	.243	.264	.297	.338	.286	.382	.583	.719	63	.320	-31.6	-3.2	.489	.130	.043	1

CIN (3 yrs)				696	505	53	2.8	96	.252	.241	.264	.295	.338	.284	.382	.580	.719	62	.314	-32.3	-3.3	.484	.129	.043	1.8
BRO (1 yr)				5	2	1	13.4	96	.500	.500	.272	.600	.342	.500	.376	1.100	.717	209	.890	0.7	0.1	1.500	.250	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1945	29	BRO	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00					80%
1946	30	CIN	NL	307	0.3%	4.2%	7.5%	3.9%	18%	0.57	21.1	274.0	17.1		85%

1948	32	CIN	NL	284	0.0%	5.6%	4.9%	3.9%	17%	1.14	16.1		14.3	1.13	85%
1949	33	CIN	NL	105	0.0%	1.0%	8.6%	1.0%	6%	0.11	94.0		31.3	1.71	89%
4 Yrs				701	0.1%	4.3%	6.7%	3.4%	16%	0.64	21.0	630.0	17.0	1.35	85%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.4%	9.6%	6.1%	26%	0.98	9.4	59.9	8.4	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
1945	29	BRO	NL	0.7	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1946	30	CIN	NL	-8.5	-0.9	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1948	32	CIN	NL	-13.0	-1.3	126	-0.2	1.6	-1.9	.92	-0.6	0.4	-2.7	-0.3	0.88	-6.8	1.16	5
1949	33	CIN	NL	-10.8	-1.1	92	-0.4	1.0	-1.4	.88	-0.4	-0.1	-5.7	-0.6	0.95	-6.1	0.81	2
4 Yrs				-31.6	-3.2	218	-0.6	2.6	-3.3	.90	-1.0	0.3	-8.4	-0.8	0.91	-12.9	1.06	7

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB2	CS2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	32	CIN	NL	5	30%	55	4	1	0	0	20%	7	6	1	3	2	1	0	0	0
1949	33	CIN	NL	1	39%	57	1	1	1	1	43%	6	4	2	1	1	0	7	3	4
4 Yrs				6	29%	112	8	2	1	1	33%	13	10	3	4	3	1	7	3	4

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	32	CIN	NL	284	55%	66			5	2	0	0	1.16	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	6	11	183%	20	1	5%	11	6	55%	54	6	11%	1	1	100%	4	3	75%	0
1949	33	CIN	NL	105	39%	17			2	0	0	0	0.81	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	19	3	16%	10	4	40%	47	4	9%	2	1	50%	4	1	25%	0
4 Yrs				389	49%	153			7	2	0	0	1.06	1	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	8	22	275%	39	8	21%	21	10	48%	101	10	10%	3	2	67%	8	4	50%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			324%			36%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1945	29	2	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	209	2	0	0	0
1946	30	84	312	278	26	70	10	1	1	16	3	24	13	.252	.314	.306	.619	78	85	4	1	9
1947	31	84	312	278	26	70	10	1	1	16	3	24	13	.252	.314	.306	.619	78	85	4	1	9
1948	32	171	596	536	50	136	21	1	1	34	7	38	29	.254	.306	.302	.608	71	162	5	2	20
1949	33	215	701	630	60	153	22	1	1	37	8	47	30	.243	.297	.286	.583	63	180	8	2	22

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1945	29	2	5	4	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.500	.600	.500	1.100	1	2
1946	30	86	328	292	30	77	11	1	1	19	3	26	14	.264	.326	.318	.645	30	82

1948	32	91	298	271	25	70	12	0	0	19	4	15	17	.258	.300	.303	.602	24	87
1949	33	46	106	96	9	16	1	0	0	3	1	8	1	.167	.231	.177	.408	4	44
4 Yrs		225	737	663	65	165	24	1	1	41	8	50	32	.249	.303	.293	.596	59	215
162 Game Avg.		162	531	477	47	119	17	1	1	30	6	36	23	.249	.303	.293	.596	42	215

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1946 NL 1.5 (5th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1948 NL 11 (3rd)

Defensive WAR† s c a p y
1946 NL 1.5 (5th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1948 NL 11 (3rd)

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