Al Corwin

Elmer Nathan Corwin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 3, 1926 in Newburgh, NY
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 25, 1951
Team: Giants 1951-1955

Final Game: May 29, 1955
Died: October 23, 2003 in Geneva, IL
Buried: River Hills Memorial Park Cemetery, Batavia, IL
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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
1948	21	SFG-min	C	57	146	146		40	6	1	1						.274	.274	.349	.623		51							REN · SUSE
1949	22	SFG-min	B	54	134	134		37	6	2	1						.276	.276	.373	.649		50							TRE · ISLG
1950	23	SFG-min	A,AAA	49	96	96		18	3	0	1						.188	.188	.240	.427		23							JCK,JER · SALL,IL
1951	24	SFG-min	AAA	24	34	34	4	9	1	1	0	2	0		0	5	.265	.265	.353	.618		12		0	0				OTT · IL
1951	24	NYG	NL	15	22	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.050	.050	.100	.150	-61	2	1	0	2			1
1952	25	SFG-min	AAA	48	66	66	15	16	1	1	2	9	0		0	10	.242	.242	.379	.621		25	0	0	0				MNE · AA
1952	25	NYG	NL	23	23	21	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	7	.095	.136	.095	.232	-35	2	1	0	1			1
1953	26	NYG	NL	54	33	32	5	9	1	1	2	4	0	0	0	12	.281	.281	.563	.844	110	18	1	0	2			1
1954	27	SFG-min	AAA	21	38	32	8	6	1	0	1	2	0		1	9	.188	.212	.313	.525		10	0	0	5	0			MNE · AA
1954	27	NYG	NL	23	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0		1
1955	28	SFG-min	AAA	47	54	52	9	11	1	0	0	3	0		0	11	.212	.212	.231	.442		12	0	0	2	0			MNE · AA
1955	28	NYG	NL	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	29	SFG-min	AAA	38	37	32	4	5	0	0	0	2	0		1	5	.156	.182	.156	.338		5	0	0	4	0			MNE · AA
1957	30	SFG-min	AAA	26	36	35	3	4	0	1	0	0	0		1	10	.114	.139	.171	.310		6		0	0	0	0		MNE,LOU · AA
1958	31	BAL-DET-min	AAA	38	62	55	7	6	0	0	0	0	0		2	15	.109	.140	.109	.249		6		0	5	0	0		LOU,CHL · AA
1959	32	DAL	AAA	45	68	58	4	4	0	0	0	2	0		1	19	.069	.085	.069	.154		4		0	9	0	0		DAL · AA
1960	33	BAL-OAK-min	AAA	9	3	3		1	0	0	0						.333	.333	.333	.667		1							VAN,DFW · PCL,AA
5 Yrs				128	84	79	9	12	2	1	2	5	0	0	1	27	.152	.163	.278	.441	14	22	3	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	106	100	11	15	3	1	3	6	0	0	1	34	.152	.163	.278	.441	14	28	4	0	6

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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1951	24	NYG	NL	15	22	-5	-0	0	2	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.482	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1952	25	NYG	NL	23	23	-4	0	-0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1953	26	NYG	NL	54	33	-0	-0	-0	4	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.506	.502	0.3	-0.0	4	$	1
1954	27	NYG	NL	23	3	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1955	28	NYG	NL	13	3	-1	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
5 Seasons				128	84	-11	-0	-0	9	-2	-0.2	3	1	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	-0.1	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
1951	24	NYG	NL	22	22	0	0.0	104	.071	.050	.269	.050	.343	.100	.407	.150	.750	-61	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.100	.050	.050
1952	25	NYG	NL	23	21	0	0.0	98	.143	.095	.263	.136	.336	.095	.391	.232	.727	-35	.000	-3.9	-0.4	.150	.048	.000
1953	26	NYG	NL	33	26	5	5.1	113	.389	.281	.278	.281	.350	.563	.433	.844	.782	110	.524	0.1	0.0	.750	.281	.281	.0
1954	27	NYG	NL	3	3	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.275	.000	.347	.000	.426	.000	.772	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1955	28	NYG	NL	3	3	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.267	.000	.338	.000	.422	.000	.760	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				84	75	5	1.8	106	.200	.152	.271	.163	.344	.278	.415	.441	.758	14	.152	-10.2	-1.0	.329	.139	.127	.0
162 Game Avg.				106	95	6	1.8	106	.200	.152	.271	.163	.344	.278	.415	.441	.758	14	.152	-10.2	-1.0	.329	.139	.127

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	24	NYG	NL	WS	NYY	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1951	24	NYG	NL	22	0.0%	27.3%	0.0%	4.6%	100%		3.3			6.50	64%
1952	25	NYG	NL	23	0.0%	30.4%	4.4%	0.0%	0%	7.00	3.0		21.0	1.33	61%
1953	26	NYG	NL	33	6.1%	36.4%	0.0%	12.1%	44%		2.7	16.0	8.0	1.60	55%
1954	27	NYG	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5			0.00	33%
1955	28	NYG	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
5 Yrs				84	2.4%	32.1%	1.2%	6.0%	42%	27.00	2.9	39.5	15.8	2.21	60%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.7%	9.4%	6.4%	28%	1.14	8.3	43.0	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1951	24	NYG	NL	-4.6	-0.5	23	-0.7	0.1	-0.7	1.15	-0.5	-0.1	-8.2	-0.8	1.23	-5.6
1952	25	NYG	NL	-3.9	-0.4	20	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.86	-0.3	0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.89	-3.0
1953	26	NYG	NL	0.1	0.0	33	0.0	0.5	-0.5	.74	0.2	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	1.08	0.7
1954	27	NYG	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.62	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.70	-0.9
1955	28	NYG	NL	-0.9	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.47	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.50	-0.6
5 Yrs				-10.2	-1.0	81	-0.9	0.7	-1.6	.87	-0.7	-0.3	-12.2	-1.2	1.05	-9.3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	PO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS3
1951	24	NYG	NL	100%	2	1		0	0
1952	25	NYG	NL	67%	7	0	100%	1	1
1953	26	NYG	NL	43%	11	0	100%	1	1
1954	27	NYG	NL		4	0		0	0
1955	28	NYG	NL		0	0		0	0
5 Yrs				64%	24	1	100%	2	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
1951	24	NYG	NL	22	18%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	10	1	10%	10	3	30%	24	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	0
1952	25	NYG	NL	23	10%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	5	2	40%	11	1	9%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1953	26	NYG	NL	33	30%	9			0	0	0	0		2	0	2	1	1	2	0	0	3	2	67%	8	1	13%	7	0	0%	26	2	8%	1	0	0%	2	2	100%	0
1954	27	NYG	NL	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
1955	28	NYG	NL	3	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		0
5 Yrs				84	21%	12			0	0	0	0		2	0	4	1	1	2	0	0	6	5	83%	23	3	13%	22	5	23%	61	3	5%	4	1	25%	5	3	60%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			86%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	24	15	22	20	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	6	.050	.050	.100	.150	-61	2	1	2
1952	25	38	45	41	3	3	1	0	0	1	1	13	.073	.095	.098	.193	-47	4	2	3
1953	26	92	78	73	8	12	2	1	2	5	1	25	.164	.176	.301	.477	24	22	3	5
1954	27	115	81	76	9	12	2	1	2	5	1	27	.158	.169	.289	.458	19	22	3	5	0
1955	28	128	84	79	9	12	2	1	2	5	1	27	.152	.163	.278	.441	14	22	3	5	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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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	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	24	16	23	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	15
1952	25	24	24	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	7	.000	.043	.000	.043	0	23
1953	26	56	35	33	5	9	1	1	2	4	0	12	.273	.273	.545	.818	5	54
1954	27	24	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23
1955	28	14	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	13
5 Yrs		134	88	82	6	9	1	1	2	4	1	27	.110	.120	.220	.340	5	128
162 Game Avg.		162	106	99	7	11	1	1	2	5	1	33	.110	.120	.220	.340	6	128

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