Leo Cristante

Dante Leo Cristante

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: December 10, 1926 in Detroit, MI
High School: Wyandotte HS (Detroit, MI)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1951
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Phillies 1951-1955

Final Game: September 7, 1955
Died: August 24, 1977 in Dearborn, MI
Buried: Our Lady of Hope Cemetery, Wyandotte, MI
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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
1947	20	PHI-min	B																										TER · IIIL
1948	21	PHI-min	A	29	63	63		13	2	0	2						.206	.206	.333	.540		21							UTI · EL
1949	22	PHI-min	A	38	65	65		15	2	0	0						.231	.231	.262	.492		17							UTI · EL
1950	23	PHI-min	B	41	91	91		20	6	0	5						.220	.220	.451	.670		41							WMT · ISLG
1951	24	PHI-min	AAA	25	20	19	1	2	2	0	0	1	0		0	4	.105	.105	.211	.316		4		0	1				BLT · IL
1951	24	PHI	NL	10	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	1	0	0	1			1

1952	25	CIN-PHI-min	AA,AAA	52	78	78		17	3	1	1						.218	.218	.321	.538		25							TUL,BLT · TL,IL
1953	26	ATL-min	AA	41	64	64		19	5	1	2						.297	.297	.500	.797		32							ATA · SOUA
1954	27	ATL-min	AA	44	111	111		25	7	0	1						.225	.225	.315	.541		35							ATA · SOUA
1955	28	DET-min	AAA	3	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0							BFL · IL
1955	28	DET	AL	20	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1956	29	LAD-min	AAA	37	62	54	0	9	0	0	0	5	0		2	24	.167	.186	.167	.353		9		0	3	3			MTL · IL
1957	30	LAD-min	AAA	53	27	25	1	6	0	0	0	1	0		2	9	.240	.296	.240	.536		6		0	0	0			MTL · IL
1958	31	LAD-min	AAA	36	27	26	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	11	.077	.111	.077	.188		2		0	0	0	0		STP,MTL · AA,IL
1959	32	ATL-LAD-min	AA,AAA	31	39	33	2	3	0	0	0	1	0		4	13	.091	.189	.091	.280		3		0	2	0	0		ATA,STP · SOUA,AA
2 Yrs				30	14	13	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	-58	1	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	76	70	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	32	.077	.077	.077	.154	-58	5	0	0	5

PHI (1 yr)				10	7	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	1	0	0	1
DET (1 yr)				20	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
1951	24	PHI	NL	10	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	1

1955	28	DET	AL	20	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
2 Seasons				30	14	-3	0	0	0	1	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

PHI (1 yr)				10	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
DET (1 yr)				20	7	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-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
1951	24	PHI	NL	7	6	0	0.0	102	.200	.167	.265	.167	.339	.167	.402	.333	.740	-9	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000

1955	28	DET	AL	7	7	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.264	.000	.343	.000	.393	.000	.737	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				14	13	0	0.0	101	.143	.077	.265	.077	.341	.077	.397	.154	.738	-58	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.083	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				76	70	0	0.0	101	.143	.077	.265	.077	.341	.077	.397	.154	.738	-58	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.083	.000	.000

PHI (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	102	.200	.167	.265	.167	.339	.167	.402	.333	.740	-9	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				7	7	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.264	.000	.343	.000	.393	.000	.737	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.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	24	PHI	NL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.0			0.67	71%

1955	28	DET	AL	7	0.0%	71.4%	0.0%	0.0%			1.4			1.00	29%
2 Yrs				14	0.0%	42.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.2			0.75	50%
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	AB
1951	24	PHI	NL	-0.9	-0.1	7	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.41	-0.1	-0.0	-1.5	-0.1	1.19	-1.1	0

1955	28	DET	AL	-2.0	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.76	-0.2	-0.0	-1.5	-0.2	0.78	-1.9	0
2 Yrs				-2.9	-0.3	14	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.08	-0.3	-0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.98	-3.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1951	24	PHI	NL	0	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1955	28	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				0	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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	PHI	NL	7	14%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1955	28	DET	AL	7	14%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				14	14%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	1	33%	9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			86%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH	SF	IBB
1951	24	10	7	6	1	1	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	1	1
1952	25	10	7	6	1	1	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	1	1
1953	26	10	7	6	1	1	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	1	1
1954	27	10	7	6	1	1	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-9	1	1
1955	28	30	14	13	1	1	6	.077	.077	.077	.154	-58	1	1	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	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1951	24	10	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10

1955	28	21	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20
2 Yrs		31	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30
162 Game Avg.		162	73	68	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	31	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	30

* 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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