Jack Crimian

John Melvin Crimian

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: February 17, 1926 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Olney HS (Philadelphia, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 3, 1951
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Cardinals/Tigers 1951-1957

Final Game: May 6, 1957
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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
1944	18	PHI-min	D,B	36	76	76		9	2	0	0						.118	.118	.145	.263		11							BDF,WMT · PONY,ISLG
1946	20	PHI-min	B	30	61	61		10	0	0	0						.164	.164	.164	.328		10							WMT · ISLG
1947	21	STL-min	A	34	62	62		7	0	0	0						.113	.113	.113	.226		7							OMA · WL
1948	22	STL-min	AAA	43	58	50	5	5	0	0	0	0	0		4	10	.100	.167	.100	.267		5		0	4				CLB · AA
1949	23	STL-min	AAA	51	67	62	5	14	0	0	0	3	0		4	7	.226	.273	.226	.499		14	1	0	1				CLB · AA
1950	24	STL-min	AAA	43	39	36	3	6	0	1	0	2	0		3	8	.167	.231	.222	.453		8	1	0	0				CLB · AA
1951	25	STL-min	AAA,AA	48	21	19	1	4	1	0	0	3	0		0	3	.211	.211	.263	.474		5	1	0	2				CLB,HSN · AA,TL
1951	25	STL	NL	11	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0	0			1
1952	26	STL-min	AAA	56	20	18	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.111	.158	.111	.269		2		0	1				ROC · IL
1952	26	STL	NL	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	49	0	0	0	0			/1

1953	27	STL-min	AAA	62	25	22	2	3	1	0	0	0	0		2	9	.136	.208	.182	.390		4		0	1				ROC · IL
1954	28	TTO	AAA	56	33	27	1	5	1	1	0	0	0		1	8	.185	.214	.296	.511		8		0	5	0			TTO · IL
1955	29	TTO	AAA	40	78	67	3	14	0	1	0	7	0		4	9	.209	.254	.239	.492		16		0	7	0			TTO · IL
1956	30	KCA	AL	55	30	22	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.227	.320	.227	.547	47	5	1	0	5	0	0	1
1957	31	TTO	AAA	46	37	33	4	4	0	0	0	0	1		2	9	.121	.194	.121	.316		4		1	1	0			TTO · IL
1957	31	DET	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	32	TTO	AAA	47	58	50	2	6	2	0	0	0	0		5	9	.120	.200	.160	.360		8		0	3	0	0		TTO · IL
1959	33	TTO,DAL	AAA	22	16	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.083	.154	.083	.237		1		0	3	0	0		TTO,DAL · IL,AA
4 Yrs				75	35	26	4	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.231	.333	.231	.564	53	6	1	0	5	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	76	56	9	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	15	.231	.333	.231	.564	53	13	2	0	11

STL (2 yrs)				16	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	80	1	0	0	0
KCA (1 yr)				55	30	22	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.227	.320	.227	.547	47	5	1	0	5	0	0
DET (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				59	30	22	4	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	6	.227	.320	.227	.547	47	5	1	0	5	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				16	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	80	1	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
1951	25	STL	NL	11	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1952	26	STL	NL	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1956	30	KCA	AL	55	30	-2	-0	-0	0	3	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1957	31	DET	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
4 Seasons				75	35	-2	-0	-0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	2	$

STL (2 yrs)				16	5	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$
KCA (1 yr)				55	30	-2	-0	-0	0	3	1	0.1	1	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
DET (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	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
1951	25	STL	NL	3	2	0	0.0	103	.333	.333	.267	.333	.342	.333	.405	.667	.747	80	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.500	.000	.000
1952	26	STL	NL	2	1	0	0.0	97		.000	.262	.500	.334	.000	.389	.500	.724	49	.000	0.1	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

1956	30	KCA	AL	30	23	2	2.3	106	.313	.227	.267	.320	.349	.227	.408	.547	.757	47	.210	-1.6	-0.2	.444	.136	.000
4 Yrs				35	26	2	2.1	105	.316	.231	.267	.333	.348	.231	.407	.564	.754	53	.178	-1.7	-0.2	.476	.154	.000
162 Game Avg.				76	56	4	2.1	105	.316	.231	.267	.333	.348	.231	.407	.564	.754	53	.178	-1.7	-0.2	.476	.154	.000

STL (2 yrs)				5	3	0	0.0	101	.333	.250	.266	.400	.339	.250	.401	.650	.740	80	.000	-0.0	-0.0	.667	.250	.000
KCA (1 yr)				30	23	2	2.3	106	.313	.227	.267	.320	.349	.227	.408	.547	.757	47	.210	-1.6	-0.2	.444	.136	.000

NL (2 yrs)				5	3	0	0.0	101	.333	.250	.266	.400	.339	.250	.401	.650	.740	80	.000	-0.0	-0.0	.667	.250	.000
AL (2 yrs)				30	23	2	2.3	106	.313	.227	.267	.320	.349	.227	.408	.547	.757	47	.210	-1.6	-0.2	.444	.136	.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%
1951	25	STL	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	100%
1952	26	STL	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	50.0%	0.0%		1.00	1.0				0%

1956	30	KCA	AL	30	0.0%	20.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.7			2.40	53%
4 Yrs				35	0.0%	20.0%	11.4%	0.0%	0%	1.75	3.7			2.17	54%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.2%	9.3%	6.5%	28%	1.20	7.9	41.3	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	AB
1951	25	STL	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.27	-0.0	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.98	-0.3	0
1952	26	STL	NL	0.1	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.04	0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.12	0.1	0

1956	30	KCA	AL	-1.6	-0.2	30	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	.87	-0.2	0.0	-4.4	-0.4	0.93	-3.1	0
1957	31	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
4 Yrs				-1.7	-0.2	35	-0.1	0.3	-0.5	.83	-0.2	0.1	-5.0	-0.5	0.95	-3.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1951	25	STL	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	26	STL	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	0

1956	30	KCA	AL	0	0	50%	16	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	20%	3	3	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
4 Yrs				0	0	40%	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	33%	4	3	1	0	0	0	2	1	1

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	25	STL	NL	3	67%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	26	STL	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1956	30	KCA	AL	30	30%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	6	1	17%	6	3	50%	15	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				35	31%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	8	1	13%	7	3	43%	19	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1951	25	11	3	3	0	1	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	80	1	0	0
1952	26	16	5	4	0	1	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	80	1	0	0
1953	27	16	5	4	0	1	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	80	1	0	0
1954	28	16	5	4	0	1	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	80	1	0	0
1955	29	16	5	4	0	1	1	1	.250	.400	.250	.650	80	1	0	0
1956	30	71	35	26	4	6	4	7	.231	.333	.231	.564	53	6	1	5	0	0
1957	31	75	35	26	4	6	4	7	.231	.333	.231	.564	53	6	1	5	0	0

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
1951	25	11	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	11
1952	26	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	5

1956	30	57	33	24	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	4	6	.250	.357	.250	.607	2	55
3 Yrs		73	38	28	5	6	0	0	0	0	0	5	7	.214	.333	.214	.548	2	71
162 Game Avg.		162	84	62	11	13	0	0	0	0	0	11	16	.214	.333	.214	.548	4	71

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