Rod Craig

Rodney Paul Craig

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 12, 1958 in Los Angeles, CA
High School: Narbonne HS (Harbor City, CA)
Signed by the Seattle Mariners as an amateur free agent in 1977. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1979
Teams (by GP): Mariners/Indians/WhiteSox 1979-1986

Final Game: May 5, 1986
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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
1977	19	SEA-min	A-	54	238	208	29	59	11	2	4	22	13	3	26	38	.284	.366	.413	.779		86		1	3	0			BLH · NORW
1978	20	SEA-min	A	90	387	342	58	93	12	0	1	21	41	8	39	57	.272	.345	.316	.661		108		1	2	3			STK · CALL
1979	21	SEA-min	A,AAA	110	442	419	36	132	15	7	5	13	16	6	18	18	.315	.344	.420	.764		176		1	3	1			SJO,SPO · CALL,PCL
1979	21	SEA	AL	16	53	52	9	20	8	1	0	6	1	1	1	5	.385	.396	.577	.973	158	30	0	0	0	0	0	9/8
1980	22	SEA-min	AAA	36	144	131	19	39	5	5	1	15	14	4	10	19	.298	.352	.435	.787		57		1	2	0			SPO · PCL
1980	22	SEA	AL	70	264	240	30	57	15	1	3	20	3	6	17	35	.238	.293	.346	.639	74	83	5	2	5	0	3	8/79D

1981	23	CLE-min	AAA	23	87	78	14	20	3	1	2	5	7	3	8	14	.256	.326	.397	.723		31		0	1	0	0		CHL · IL
1982	24	CLE	AL	49	71	65	7	15	2	0	0	1	3	1	4	6	.231	.275	.262	.537	49	17	5	0	2	0	0	7/98D

1983	25	CLE-min	AAA	121	502	413	86	110	20	0	11	56	27	19	75	70	.266	.384	.395	.778		163		6	4	4	5		CHL · IL
1984	26	CLE-min	AAA	122	495	416	71	111	16	0	14	63	21	13	66	56	.267	.367	.406	.773		169		2	7	4	6		MAI · IL
1985	27	NYM-min	AAA	9	25	23	1	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.261	.320	.304	.624		7		0	0	0	0		TID,DLA · IL,MEX
1986	28	CHW-min	AAA	112	474	402	79	109	28	8	11	60	29	13	56	61	.271	.365	.463	.828		186		6	6	4	4		BFL · AA
1986	28	CHW	AL	10	12	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	48	2	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1987	29	BAL-min	AAA	13	46	39	2	7	1	0	0	5	2	1	4	8	.179	.239	.205	.444		8		0	0	3	1		ROC,LEO,DLA · IL,MEX
1990	32	SLS	A+	6	19	14	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	2	5	2	.000	.263	.000	.263		0		0	0	0	0		SLS · CALL
4 Yrs				145	400	367	49	94	25	2	3	27	7	8	24	48	.256	.305	.360	.665	81	132	10	2	7	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	447	410	55	105	28	2	3	30	8	9	27	54	.256	.305	.360	.665	81	147	11	2	8	0	3

SEA (2 yrs)				86	317	292	39	77	23	2	3	26	4	7	18	40	.264	.311	.387	.698	89	113	5	2	5	0	3
CLE (1 yr)				49	71	65	7	15	2	0	0	1	3	1	4	6	.231	.275	.262	.537	49	17	5	0	2	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				10	12	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.200	.333	.200	.533	48	2	0	0	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
1979	21	SEA	AL	16	53	4	0	1	-3	-1	1	0.1	2	3	0.3	.507	.501	0.6	-0.3	6	$	9/8
1980	22	SEA	AL	70	264	-10	-3	-0	-3	-1	-16	-1.6	8	-8	-0.9	.475	.489	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$	8/79D

1982	24	CLE	AL	49	71	-5	-0	-0	-0	-1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.5	.484	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$	7/98D

1986	28	CHW	AL	10	12	0	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/79
4 Seasons				145	400	-11	-3	0	-6	-3	-24	-2.3	12	-11	-1.2	.483	.496	-0.5	-0.8	-5	$

SEA (2 yrs)				86	317	-6	-3	1	-6	-2	-15	-1.5	10	-6	-0.6	.481	.495	0.0	-0.7	0	$
CLE (1 yr)				49	71	-5	-0	-0	-0	-1	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.5	.484	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$
CHW (1 yr)				10	12	0	-0	0	-0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.499	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
1979	21	SEA	AL	53	33	12	9.7	104	.426	.385	.272	.396	.337	.577	.412	.973	.749	158	.790	4.2	0.4	.939	.212	.192	.0
1980	22	SEA	AL	264	199	22	3.0	100	.267	.238	.270	.293	.333	.346	.401	.639	.734	74	.311	-8.7	-0.9	.510	.167	.108	3.0

1982	24	CLE	AL	71	58	4	1.8	99	.254	.231	.264	.275	.328	.262	.402	.537	.730	49	.159	-4.6	-0.5	.411	.123	.031	.0

1986	28	CHW	AL	12	8	1	3.3	104	.250	.200	.266	.333	.335	.200	.415	.533	.750	48	.351	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.200	.000
4 Yrs				400	298	39	3.5	100	.288	.256	.269	.305	.333	.360	.403	.665	.736	81	.379	-9.9	-1.0	.540	.166	.104	4.2
162 Game Avg.				447	333	44	3.5	100	.288	.256	.269	.305	.333	.360	.403	.665	.736	81	.379	-9.9	-1.0	.540	.166	.104	5

SEA (2 yrs)				317	232	34	3.9	100	.297	.264	.271	.311	.334	.387	.403	.698	.736	89	.428	-4.6	-0.5	.573	.175	.123	3.4
CLE (1 yr)				71	58	4	1.9	99	.254	.231	.264	.275	.328	.262	.402	.537	.730	49	.160	-4.6	-0.5	.411	.123	.031	.0
CHW (1 yr)				12	8	1	3.3	104	.250	.200	.266	.333	.335	.200	.415	.533	.750	48	.351	-0.7	-0.1	.500	.200	.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%
1979	21	SEA	AL	53	0.0%	9.4%	1.9%	17.0%	45%	5.00	10.4		8.7	1.45	89%
1980	22	SEA	AL	264	1.1%	13.3%	6.4%	7.2%	33%	2.06	6.9	80.0	12.0	1.11	77%

1982	24	CLE	AL	71	0.0%	8.5%	5.6%	2.8%	13%	1.50	10.8		65.0	1.74	83%

1986	28	CHW	AL	12	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.0			1.50	67%
4 Yrs				400	0.8%	12.0%	6.0%	7.5%	32%	2.00	7.6	122.3	13.6	1.26	79%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.5%	8.4%	6.7%	29%	1.60	6.6	42.8	8.4	1.08	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1979	21	SEA	AL	4.2	0.4	56	-0.0	0.8	-0.8	.79	0.4	-0.4	3.0	0.3	0.94	3.5	1.54	1
1980	22	SEA	AL	-8.7	-0.9	277	-1.4	4.1	-5.5	1.07	-1.4	0.0	-12.7	-1.3	0.94	-13.8	1.27	2

1982	24	CLE	AL	-4.7	-0.5	75	-1.2	0.6	-1.8	1.15	-0.6	-0.4	-13.8	-1.4	1.04	-8.9	1.84	20

1986	28	CHW	AL	-0.7	-0.1	12	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.82	0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.90	0.5	1.86	8
4 Yrs				-10.0	-1.0	420	-2.6	5.8	-8.4	1.07	-1.5	-1.0	-23.6	-2.4	0.95	-18.8	1.80	31

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1979	21	SEA	AL	0	0	43%	35	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	38%	4	3	1	0	0	0	4	2	2
1980	22	SEA	AL	2	0	37%	82	3	6	33%	3	6	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	5	68%	8	4	4	1	0	1	10	2	8

1982	24	CLE	AL	0	0	37%	48	3	1	75%	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	0	29%	5	4	1	1	0	1	1	1	0

1986	28	CHW	AL	1	0	75%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	67%	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	1
4 Yrs				3	0	39%	170	7	8	47%	7	8	0	0	0	0	4	2	5	8	54%	18	11	7	2	0	2	17	5	11

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
1979	21	SEA	AL	53	100%	20			1	0	0	0	1.54	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		12	0	0%	6	2	33%	27	6	22%	1	1	100%	3	1	33%	0
1980	22	SEA	AL	264	100%	57			2	1	0	1	1.27	3	0	3	2	1	2	1	0	6	5	83%	43	5	12%	28	7	25%	164	18	11%	7	1	14%	9	3	33%	0

1982	24	CLE	AL	71	100%	15			20	3	0	0	1.84	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	18	5	28%	12	3	25%	56	1	2%	7	1	14%	3	2	67%	0

1986	28	CHW	AL	12	100%	2			8	2	0	0	1.86	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	1	100%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				400	100%	94			31	6	0	1	1.80	3	0	7	2	1	2	1	0	8	7	88%	75	10	13%	47	13	28%	256	25	10%	15	3	20%	16	7	44%	0
MLB Averages					58%																			81%			11%			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	IBB
1979	21	16	53	52	9	20	8	1	0	6	1	1	1	5	.385	.396	.577	.973	158	30	0	0	0	0
1980	22	86	317	292	39	77	23	2	3	26	4	7	18	40	.264	.311	.387	.698	89	113	5	2	5	3
1981	23	86	317	292	39	77	23	2	3	26	4	7	18	40	.264	.311	.387	.698	89	113	5	2	5	3
1982	24	135	388	357	46	92	25	2	3	27	7	8	22	46	.258	.304	.364	.669	82	130	10	2	7	3
1983	25	135	388	357	46	92	25	2	3	27	7	8	22	46	.258	.304	.364	.669	82	130	10	2	7	3
1984	26	135	388	357	46	92	25	2	3	27	7	8	22	46	.258	.304	.364	.669	82	130	10	2	7	3
1985	27	135	388	357	46	92	25	2	3	27	7	8	22	46	.258	.304	.364	.669	82	130	10	2	7	3
1986	28	145	400	367	49	94	25	2	3	27	7	8	24	48	.256	.305	.360	.665	81	132	10	2	7	3

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	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	21	16	53	52	9	20	8	1	0	6	1	1	5	.385	.396	.577	.973	12	16
1980	22	70	267	242	31	59	16	1	3	21	3	18	35	.244	.302	.355	.657	25	70

1982	24	49	72	66	7	16	2	0	0	1	3	4	6	.242	.286	.273	.558	5	49

1986	28	10	14	11	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.273	.429	.273	.701	1	10
4 Yrs		145	406	371	51	98	26	2	3	28	7	26	48	.264	.316	.369	.685	43	145
162 Game Avg.		162	454	414	57	109	29	2	3	31	8	29	54	.264	.316	.369	.685	48	145

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