Pete Daley

Peter Harvey Daley

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 14, 1930 in Grass Valley, CA
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 3, 1955
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Athletics/Senators 1955-1961

Final Game: October 1, 1961
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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	18	BOS-min	C	47	160	160		36	5	2	2						.225	.225	.319	.544		51							SJO · CALL
1949	19	BOS-min	B	121	437	437		129	26	5	17						.295	.295	.494	.789		216							ROA · PIED
1950	20	BOS-min	AAA,A	97	333	324	30	83	10	6	6	31	0		5	18	.256	.270	.380	.649		123	4	1	3				LOU,SCR · AA,EL
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	23	BOS-min	AAA	84	315	289	28	74	15	1	2	33	0		25	30	.256	.315	.336	.651		97	4	0	1				LOU · AA
1954	24	BOS-min	AAA	115	411	378	37	104	17	8	9	62	2		25	35	.275	.319	.434	.752		164	11	0	6	2			LOU · AA
1955	25	BOS	AL	17	53	50	4	11	2	1	0	5	0	0	3	6	.220	.264	.300	.564	47	15	0	0	0	0	0	2
1956	26	BOS	AL	59	207	187	22	50	11	3	5	29	1	0	18	30	.267	.338	.439	.777	95	82	11	2	1	0	5	2
1957	27	BOS	AL	78	209	191	17	43	10	0	3	25	0	0	16	31	.225	.288	.325	.613	64	62	9	1	1	0	4	2
1958	28	BOS	AL	27	64	56	10	18	2	1	2	8	0	0	7	11	.321	.397	.500	.897	140	28	3	0	1	0	1	2
1959	29	BOS	AL	65	183	169	9	38	7	0	1	11	1	1	13	31	.225	.279	.284	.563	53	48	0	0	0	1	1	2
1960	30	KCA	AL	73	243	228	19	60	10	2	5	25	0	0	16	41	.263	.311	.390	.702	88	89	8	0	1	0	1	2/7
1961	31	WSA	AL	72	219	203	12	39	7	1	2	17	0	1	14	37	.192	.244	.266	.510	40	54	11	0	2	0	3	2
1962	32	TEX-ATL-min	B,AAA	73	232	209	27	54	7	1	8	33	1	0	18	34	.258	.317	.416	.733		87		0	5	0	3		RAL,TTO · CARL,IL
7 Yrs				391	1178	1084	93	259	49	8	18	120	2	2	87	187	.239	.297	.349	.646	72	378	42	3	6	1	15
162 Game Avg.				162	488	449	39	107	20	3	7	50	1	1	36	77	.239	.297	.349	.646	72	157	17	1	2	0	6

BOS (5 yrs)				246	716	653	62	160	32	5	11	78	2	1	57	109	.245	.308	.360	.668	75	235	23	3	3	1	11
KCA (1 yr)				73	243	228	19	60	10	2	5	25	0	0	16	41	.263	.311	.390	.702	88	89	8	0	1	0	1
WSA (1 yr)				72	219	203	12	39	7	1	2	17	0	1	14	37	.192	.244	.266	.510	40	54	11	0	2	0	3

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
1955	25	BOS	AL	17	53	-4	0	0	-1	0	-4	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.476	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	2
1956	26	BOS	AL	59	207	-0	1	-2	-3	2	-3	-0.2	6	3	0.3	.496	.498	0.6	-0.1	6	$	2
1957	27	BOS	AL	78	209	-9	0	-1	1	3	-7	-0.8	6	-1	-0.2	.491	.496	-0.3	0.4	-2	$	2
1958	28	BOS	AL	27	64	2	-1	-1	0	1	2	0.2	2	4	0.4	.509	.502	0.4	0.1	4	$	2
1959	29	BOS	AL	65	183	-7	-1	0	3	2	-2	-0.3	5	3	0.2	.496	.499	-0.1	0.5	-0	$	2
1960	30	KCA	AL	73	243	-3	-2	-2	-1	3	-4	-0.5	7	3	0.2	.495	.498	0.4	0.2	4	$	2/7
1961	31	WSA	AL	72	219	-17	-1	-2	-2	3	-18	-1.9	6	-12	-1.3	.474	.489	-1.0	0.1	-10	$	2
7 Seasons				391	1178	-37	-3	-6	-3	15	-34	-3.9	32	-2	-0.6	.491	.497	-0.2	1.2	1	$

BOS (5 yrs)				246	716	-18	-1	-3	0	9	-13	-1.4	19	7	0.5	.494	.498	0.4	0.9	7	$
KCA (1 yr)				73	243	-3	-2	-2	-1	3	-4	-0.5	7	3	0.2	.495	.498	0.4	0.2	4	$
WSA (1 yr)				72	219	-17	-1	-2	-2	3	-18	-1.9	6	-12	-1.3	.474	.489	-1.0	0.1	-10	$

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
1955	25	BOS	AL	53	39	4	2.7	110	.250	.220	.277	.264	.358	.300	.412	.564	.770	47	.282	-4.2	-0.4	.462	.140	.080
1956	26	BOS	AL	207	149	25	4.5	116	.296	.267	.281	.338	.365	.439	.429	.777	.794	95	.468	-2.3	-0.2	.696	.273	.171	1.7
1957	27	BOS	AL	209	158	16	2.7	104	.255	.225	.270	.288	.343	.325	.408	.613	.751	64	.296	-10.1	-1.0	.503	.183	.099	.0
1958	28	BOS	AL	64	42	10	6.4	103	.372	.321	.268	.397	.338	.500	.408	.897	.746	140	.673	3.1	0.3	.854	.304	.179	.0
1959	29	BOS	AL	183	133	14	2.8	102	.268	.225	.265	.279	.337	.284	.405	.563	.742	53	.308	-11.2	-1.1	.462	.136	.059	1.0
1960	30	KCA	AL	243	177	26	4.0	102	.302	.263	.265	.311	.338	.390	.405	.702	.743	88	.443	-4.6	-0.5	.597	.197	.127	.0
1961	31	WSA	AL	219	178	11	1.6	99	.226	.192	.257	.244	.331	.266	.399	.510	.730	40	.131	-17.3	-1.7	.381	.138	.074	.0
7 Yrs				1178	876	106	3.2	105	.274	.239	.268	.297	.343	.349	.409	.646	.752	72	.352	-46.6	-4.7	.539	.190	.110	3.6
162 Game Avg.				488	363	44	3.2	105	.274	.239	.268	.297	.343	.349	.409	.646	.752	72	.352	-46.6	-4.7	.539	.190	.110	1

BOS (5 yrs)				716	521	69	3.6	107	.279	.245	.272	.308	.349	.360	.413	.668	.762	75	.392	-24.7	-2.5	.573	.204	.115	3.4
KCA (1 yr)				243	177	26	4.0	102	.302	.263	.265	.311	.338	.390	.405	.702	.743	88	.442	-4.6	-0.5	.597	.197	.127	.0
WSA (1 yr)				219	178	11	1.6	99	.226	.192	.257	.244	.331	.266	.399	.510	.730	40	.130	-17.3	-1.7	.381	.138	.074	.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%
1955	25	BOS	AL	53	0.0%	11.3%	5.7%	5.7%	27%	2.00	8.3		10.0	0.62	83%
1956	26	BOS	AL	207	2.4%	14.5%	8.7%	9.2%	38%	1.67	6.2	37.4	6.4	1.15	73%
1957	27	BOS	AL	209	1.4%	14.8%	7.7%	6.2%	30%	1.94	6.2	63.7	7.6	1.16	75%
1958	28	BOS	AL	64	3.1%	17.2%	10.9%	7.8%	28%	1.57	5.1	28.0	7.0	1.82	67%
1959	29	BOS	AL	183	0.6%	16.9%	7.1%	4.4%	21%	2.38	5.5	169.0	15.4	0.52	75%
1960	30	KCA	AL	243	2.1%	16.9%	6.6%	7.0%	28%	2.56	5.6	45.6	9.1	1.20	75%
1961	31	WSA	AL	219	0.9%	16.9%	6.4%	4.6%	26%	2.64	5.5	101.5	11.9	1.50	75%
7 Yrs				1178	1.5%	15.9%	7.4%	6.4%	29%	2.15	5.8	60.2	9.0	1.09	75%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.8%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.43	6.9	37.4	8.3	1.01	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	25	BOS	AL	-4.2	-0.4	54	-0.3	0.5	-0.9	.83	-0.5	0.1	-2.0	-0.2	0.93	-4.1	1.14	4
1956	26	BOS	AL	-2.5	-0.2	211	-0.1	4.2	-4.3	1.14	-0.3	0.2	1.1	0.1	0.98	2.1	0.90	3
1957	27	BOS	AL	-10.1	-1.0	201	0.8	3.6	-2.8	.89	-0.9	1.7	-6.6	-0.7	1.02	-9.6	6.10	1
1958	28	BOS	AL	3.1	0.3	64	0.2	1.3	-1.0	.90	0.2	0.1	0.3	0.0	0.96	2.2		0
1959	29	BOS	AL	-11.2	-1.1	187	-0.8	2.7	-3.5	1.03	-0.6	-0.1	-5.6	-0.6	0.99	-7.7	2.31	9
1960	30	KCA	AL	-4.4	-0.4	247	-1.1	3.9	-5.0	1.03	-0.6	-0.5	-7.2	-0.7	0.99	-6.4	1.46	14
1961	31	WSA	AL	-17.6	-1.7	222	-1.6	3.3	-4.8	1.09	-1.7	0.3	-18.9	-1.9	0.91	-18.1		0
7 Yrs				-46.9	-4.7	1186	-2.8	19.5	-22.4	1.02	-4.4	1.6	-38.9	-3.9	0.97	-41.6	1.76	31

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	25	BOS	AL	1	29%	15	0	0		0	0	0	0	1	60%	2	1	1	0	0	0	3	1	2
1956	26	BOS	AL	6	26%	62	1	0	100%	1	0	0	4	4	39%	10	6	4	2	2	0	6	2	3
1957	27	BOS	AL	4	25%	64	0	0		0	0	0	1	3	33%	10	6	4	2	2	0	3	2	1
1958	28	BOS	AL	0	35%	28	0	0		0	0	0	2	2	22%	4	4	0	1	1	0	4	1	2
1959	29	BOS	AL	8	16%	63	1	1	50%	1	1	1	4	1	40%	11	7	4	2	1	1	2	1	1
1960	30	KCA	AL	4	20%	79	0	0		0	0	2	1	2	36%	7	6	1	0	0	0	7	3	4
1961	31	WSA	AL	4	20%	77	0	1	0%	0	1	0	2	2	33%	9	6	3	3	2	1	3	2	1
7 Yrs				27	23%	388	2	2	50%	2	2	3	14	15	36%	53	36	17	10	8	2	28	12	14

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
1955	25	BOS	AL	53	23%	11			4	0	0	0	1.14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	0	0%	3	0	0%	32	5	16%	3	2	67%	3	1	33%	0
1956	26	BOS	AL	207	25%	50			3	1	0	0	0.90	5	1	6	4	1	2	3	0	2	1	50%	49	11	22%	15	5	33%	150	25	17%	12	9	75%	6	5	83%	0
1957	27	BOS	AL	209	21%	43			1	1	0	1	6.10	3	0	11	1	1	1	2	0	1	1	100%	40	9	23%	15	4	27%	156	24	15%	8	5	63%	5	3	60%	0
1958	28	BOS	AL	64	25%	18			0	0	0	0		2	0	4	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	100%	10	3	30%	7	2	29%	42	6	14%	3	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
1959	29	BOS	AL	183	14%	38			9	2	0	1	2.31	1	0	7	1	0	1	0	0	2	0	0%	30	0	0%	11	1	9%	127	14	11%	6	3	50%	7	2	29%	0
1960	30	KCA	AL	243	43%	60			14	5	1	3	1.46	5	0	6	4	1	3	2	0	1	1	100%	46	8	17%	23	4	17%	175	23	13%	19	7	37%	4	2	50%	0
1961	31	WSA	AL	219	32%	39			0	0	0	0		2	0	3	2	0	0	2	0	3	2	67%	36	11	31%	20	5	25%	125	15	12%	10	6	60%	7	2	29%	0
7 Yrs				1178	27%	259			31	9	1	5	1.76	18	1	37	13	4	8	10	0	10	6	60%	220	42	19%	94	21	22%	807	112	14%	61	32	52%	36	17	47%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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	SF	IBB
1955	25	17	53	50	4	11	2	1	0	5	0	0	3	6	.220	.264	.300	.564	47	15	0	0	0	0	0
1956	26	76	260	237	26	61	13	4	5	34	1	0	21	36	.257	.323	.409	.732	85	97	11	2	1	0	5
1957	27	154	469	428	43	104	23	4	8	59	1	0	37	67	.243	.308	.371	.679	76	159	20	3	2	0	9
1958	28	181	533	484	53	122	25	5	10	67	1	0	44	78	.252	.318	.386	.705	83	187	23	3	3	0	10
1959	29	246	716	653	62	160	32	5	11	78	2	1	57	109	.245	.308	.360	.668	75	235	23	3	3	1	11
1960	30	319	959	881	81	220	42	7	16	103	2	1	73	150	.250	.309	.368	.677	79	324	31	3	4	1	12
1961	31	391	1178	1084	93	259	49	8	18	120	2	2	87	187	.239	.297	.349	.646	72	378	42	3	6	1	15

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
1955	25	18	56	53	4	12	2	1	0	5	0	3	6	.226	.268	.302	.570	4	17
1956	26	62	210	190	19	47	10	3	5	26	1	17	31	.247	.316	.411	.726	24	59
1957	27	82	218	200	17	44	10	0	3	25	0	16	33	.220	.281	.315	.596	18	78
1958	28	28	67	59	10	19	2	1	2	8	0	7	11	.322	.394	.492	.885	11	27
1959	29	68	190	176	9	39	7	0	1	11	1	13	32	.222	.274	.278	.552	14	65
1960	30	77	258	240	20	63	10	2	5	27	0	17	43	.263	.311	.383	.695	29	73
1961	31	72	220	204	13	40	7	1	2	18	0	14	37	.196	.248	.270	.517	14	72
7 Yrs		407	1219	1122	92	264	48	8	18	120	2	87	193	.235	.292	.340	.632	114	391
162 Game Avg.		162	485	447	37	105	19	3	7	48	1	35	77	.235	.292	.340	.632	45	391

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Hall of Fame Standards

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