Jeff Cross

Joffre James Cross

Positions: Pinch Runner, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 28, 1918 in Tulsa, OK
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 27, 1942
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Cubs 1942-1948

Final Game: June 8, 1948
Died: July 23, 1997 in Huntsville, TX
Buried: Memorial Oaks Cemetery, Houston, TX
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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	Pos	Awards
1938	19	STL-min	A1	23	73	73		14	0	0	0						.192	.192	.192	.384		14					HSN · TL
1939	20	STL-min	B,D	134	469	469		133	17	9	4						.284	.284	.384	.667		180					MOB,NIB · SEAL,EVAN
1940	21	STL-min	A1	115	348	348		81	11	4	1						.233	.233	.296	.529		103					HSN · TL
1941	22	STL-min	A1	152	547	547		129	13	10	2						.236	.236	.307	.543		168					HSN · TL
1942	23	STL-min	A1,AA	140	534	525	10	145	21	5	1	2	1	1	8	9	.276	.287	.341	.628		179	1	0	1		HSN,ROC · TL,IL
1942	23	STL	NL	1	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	42	1	0	0	0	/6

1946	27	STL	NL	49	80	69	17	15	3	0	0	6	4		10	8	.217	.316	.261	.577	62	18	1	0	1	6/45
1947	28	STL	NL	51	59	49	4	5	1	0	0	3	0		10	6	.102	.254	.122	.377	1	6	2	0	0	56/4
1948	29	SHV	AA	81	194	194		38	1	3	2						.196	.196	.263	.459		51					SHV · TL
1948	29	TOT	NL	18	20	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	2	0	0	0	/64
1948	29	STL	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0						0	0	0	0
1948	29	CHC	NL	16	20	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	2	0	0	0	/64
4 Yrs				119	163	142	22	23	4	0	0	10	4		20	18	.162	.265	.190	.456	25	27	3	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	222	193	30	31	5	0	0	14	5		27	25	.162	.265	.190	.456	25	37	4	0	1

STL (4 yrs)				103	143	122	21	21	4	0	0	10	4		20	14	.172	.289	.205	.494	36	25	3	0	1
CHC (1 yr)				16	20	20	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		0	4	.100	.100	.100	.200	-45	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
1942	23	STL	NL	1	4	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.477	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/6

1946	27	STL	NL	49	80	-3	0	0	1	2	-0	-0.0	3	2	0.3	.499	.500	0.1	0.3	2	$	6/45
1947	28	STL	NL	51	59	-7	0	0	1	1	-5	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.491	.497	-0.4	0.2	-4	$	56/4
1948	29	STL	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
1948	29	CHC	NL	16	20	-4	-0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.470	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/64
4 Seasons				119	163	-14	0	0	1	3	-10	-1.0	6	-4	-0.4	.492	.499	-0.6	0.5	-5	$

STL (4 yrs)				103	143	-10	1	0	2	3	-5	-0.5	5	-0	0.0	.495	.499	-0.3	0.5	-2	$
CHC (1 yr)				16	20	-4	-0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.470	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$

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
1942	23	STL	NL	4	3	0	0.0	93	.250	.250	.265	.250	.338	.250	.368	.500	.706	42	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.333	.000	.000

1946	27	STL	NL	80	56	6	2.9	96	.246	.217	.267	.316	.343	.261	.374	.577	.717	62	.348	-3.2	-0.3	.582	.246	.043	.0
1947	28	STL	NL	59	46	2	1.2	109	.116	.102	.279	.254	.355	.122	.413	.377	.768	1	.072	-7.0	-0.7	.348	.224	.020
1948	29	TOT	NL	20	18	0	0.0	98	.125	.100	.263	.100	.336	.100	.389	.200	.726	-45	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.111	.000	.000
1948	29	CHC	NL	20	18	0	0.0	98	.125	.100	.263	.100	.336	.100	.389	.200	.726	-45	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.111	.000	.000
4 Yrs				163	123	8	1.7	101	.185	.162	.270	.265	.347	.190	.390	.456	.736	25	.159	-14.5	-1.5	.418	.197	.028	.0
162 Game Avg.				222	167	11	1.7	101	.185	.162	.270	.265	.347	.190	.390	.456	.736	25	.159	-14.5	-1.5	.418	.197	.028

STL (4 yrs)				143	105	8	2.0	101	.194	.172	.272	.289	.348	.205	.390	.494	.738	36	.204	-10.5	-1.1	.471	.230	.033	.0
CHC (1 yr)				20	18	0	0.0	98	.125	.100	.263	.100	.336	.100	.389	.200	.726	-45	.000	-4.0	-0.4	.111	.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%
1942	23	STL	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%				4.0		100%

1946	27	STL	NL	80	0.0%	10.0%	12.5%	3.8%	20%	0.80	8.6		11.5		76%
1947	28	STL	NL	59	0.0%	10.2%	17.0%	1.7%	20%	0.60	8.2		16.3		73%
1948	29	TOT	NL	20	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			4.00	80%
1948	29	CHC	NL	20	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			4.00	80%
4 Yrs				163	0.0%	11.0%	12.3%	2.5%	17%	0.90	7.9		14.2	4.00	76%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.8%	25%	1.01	9.7	70.8	8.8	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
1942	23	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	27	STL	NL	-3.2	-0.3	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	28	STL	NL	-7.0	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	29	TOT	NL	-4.0	-0.4	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.72	-0.1	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.75	-1.4	0.43	3
1948	29	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	29	CHC	NL	-4.0	-0.4	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.72	-0.1	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.75	-1.4	0.43	3
4 Yrs				-14.5	-1.5	8	-0.0	0.1	-0.1	.72	-0.1	0.1	-0.6	-0.1	0.75	-1.4	0.43	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	SB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1948	29	TOT	NL	50%	3	0	0%	1	1
1948	29	CHC	NL	50%	2	0		0	0
4 Yrs				51%	3	4	0%	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
1948	29	TOT	NL	20	0%	2			3	0	0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1948	29	CHC	NL	20	0%	2			3	0	0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				20	0%	23			3	0	0	0	0.43	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	3	300%	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			1103%			112%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1942	23	1	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	42	1	0	0
1943	24	1	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	42	1	0	0
1944	25	1	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	42	1	0	0
1945	26	1	4	4	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	42	1	0	0
1946	27	50	84	73	17	16	3	7	4	10	8	.219	.313	.260	.574	61	19	1	1
1947	28	101	143	122	21	21	4	10	4	20	14	.172	.289	.205	.494	36	25	3	1
1948	29	119	163	142	22	23	4	10	4	20	18	.162	.265	.190	.456	25	27	3	1

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
1942	23	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1

1946	27	51	84	72	19	16	3	0	0	7	4	11	8	.222	.325	.264	.589	6	49
1947	28	53	58	50	3	4	1	0	0	2	0	8	6	.080	.207	.100	.307	1	51
1948	29	19	21	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	18
4 Yrs		124	167	147	22	20	4	0	0	9	4	19	18	.136	.235	.163	.398	7	119
162 Game Avg.		162	218	192	29	26	5	0	0	12	5	25	24	.136	.235	.163	.398	9	119

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