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Bennie Daniels

Bennie Daniels

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: June 17, 1932 in Tuscaloosa, AL
High School: Compton HS (Compton, CA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1951. (Date given is approximate. Exact date is uncertain.) (All Transactions)
Debut: September 24, 1957
Teams (by GP): Senators/Pirates 1957-1965

Final Game: September 18, 1965
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1951	19	GRF	C	2	4	.333	4.24	13						68.0	62	38	32	2	58								1.765	8.2	0.3	7.7			GRF · PION
1952	20	PIT-min	C	9	14	.391	4.83	27	21					175.0	186	122	94		110								1.691	9.6		5.7			MOD · CALL
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	23	PIT-min	C,A	14	10	.583	3.47	31	29					218.0	181	108	84	8	136								1.454	7.5	0.3	5.6			BIL,LIN · PION,WL
1956	24	PIT-min	A	15	3	.833	4.08	30	28					183.0	164	96	83	10	109								1.492	8.1	0.5	5.4			LIN · WL
1957	25	PIT-min	Opn	17	8	.680	2.95	31	31		15	3		229.0	201	88	75	12	121		116	2	1	12			1.406	7.9	0.5	4.8	4.6	0.96	HOL · PCL
1957	25	PIT	NL	0	1	.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	28	313	1.143	6.4	0.0	3.9	2.6	0.67
1958	26	PIT-min	AAA	14	6	.700	2.31	22	21		13	4		160.0	122	55	41	9	56	2	112	3	1	7			1.112	6.9	0.5	3.2	6.3	2.00	CLB · IL
1958	26	PIT	NL	0	3	.000	5.53	8	5	1	1	0	0	27.2	31	19	17	3	15	1	7	1	0	0	127	71	1.663	10.1	1.0	4.9	2.3	0.47
1959	27	PIT	NL	7	9	.438	5.45	34	12	8	0	0	1	100.2	115	69	61	9	39	6	67	2	0	5	452	70	1.530	10.3	0.8	3.5	6.0	1.72
1960	28	PIT-min	AAA	4	9	.308	3.38	18	16		6	0		117.0	103	52	44	13	32	3	83	4	0	3			1.154	7.9	1.0	2.5	6.4	2.59	CLB · IL
1960	28	PIT	NL	1	3	.250	7.81	10	6	0	0	0	0	40.1	52	35	35	4	17	1	16	0	0	2	189	49	1.711	11.6	0.9	3.8	3.6	0.94
1961	29	WSA	AL	12	11	.522	3.44	32	28	1	12	1	0	212.0	184	90	81	14	80	8	110	3	1	5	876	114	1.245	7.8	0.6	3.4	4.7	1.38
1962	30	WSA	AL	7	16	.304	4.85	44	21	13	3	1	2	161.1	172	98	87	14	68	5	66	2	1	6	700	84	1.488	9.6	0.8	3.8	3.7	0.97
1963	31	WSA	AL	5	10	.333	4.38	35	24	3	6	1	1	168.2	163	90	82	19	58	9	88	1	0	5	724	86	1.310	8.7	1.0	3.1	4.7	1.52
1964	32	WSA	AL	8	10	.444	3.70	33	24	3	3	2	0	163.0	147	75	67	20	64	8	73	0	0	4	679	101	1.294	8.1	1.1	3.5	4.0	1.14
1965	33	WSA	AL	5	13	.278	4.72	33	18	4	1	0	1	116.1	135	75	61	16	39	7	42	0	0	3	513	74	1.496	10.4	1.2	3.0	3.2	1.08
1966	34	TEX-min	AAA	8	15	.348	5.51	25	25		6	0		134.0	172	99	82	22	28	3	44	0	0	1			1.493	11.6	1.5	1.9	3.0	1.57	HAW · PCL
9 Yrs				45	76	.372	4.44	230	139	33	26	5	5	997.0	1004	553	492	99	383	45	471	9	2	30	4288	86	1.391	9.1	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.23
162 Game Avg.				8	14	.372	4.44	42	26	6	5	1	1	184	185	102	91	18	71	8	87	2	0	6	790	86	1.391	9.1	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.23

WSA (5 yrs)				37	60	.381	4.14	177	115	24	25	5	4	821.1	801	428	378	83	309	37	379	6	2	23	3492	92	1.351	8.8	0.9	3.4	4.2	1.23
PIT (4 yrs)				8	16	.333	5.84	53	24	9	1	0	1	175.2	203	125	114	16	74	8	92	3	0	7	796	66	1.577	10.4	0.8	3.8	4.7	1.24

AL (5 yrs)				37	60	.381	4.14	177	115	24	25	5	4	821.1	801	428	378	83	309	37	379	6	2	23	3492	92	1.351	8.8	0.9	3.4	4.2	1.23
NL (4 yrs)				8	16	.333	5.84	53	24	9	1	0	1	175.2	203	125	114	16	74	8	92	3	0	7	796	66	1.577	10.4	0.8	3.8	4.7	1.24

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1957	25	PIT	NL	7.0	1	1	2	2.57	4.09	0.33	0.00	112.0	4.21	1	0.2		-0.0	0.2	2	.657	.501	$
1958	26	PIT	NL	27.2	8	5	19	6.18	4.37	0.42	0.00	99.4	3.92	-7	-0.7	.2	0.0	-0.4	-4	.415	.496	$
1959	27	PIT	NL	100.2	34	12	69	6.17	4.56	0.03	0.00	97.6	4.42	-20	-2.0	1.0	-0.1	-1.2	-9	.441	.488	$
1960	28	PIT	NL	40.1	10	6	35	7.81	4.40	0.29	-0.00	99.9	4.11	-17	-1.6	.6	0.1	-1.1	-12	.345	.490	$
1961	29	WSA	AL	212.0	32	28	90	3.82	4.64	0.06	0.07	98.4	4.57	19	2.1	.5	-0.1	3.5	38	.564	.513	$
1962	30	WSA	AL	161.0	44	21	98	5.48	4.65	0.18	0.01	101.9	4.56	-14	-1.5	2.1	-0.3	-0.6	-1	.467	.491	$
1963	31	WSA	AL	168.2	35	24	90	4.80	4.08	-0.12	0.05	104.6	4.45	-5	-0.5	1.1	-0.1	0.6	8	.486	.497	$
1964	32	WSA	AL	163.0	33	24	75	4.14	4.11	0.11	0.05	103.3	4.18	3	0.3	.5	-0.1	1.4	15	.510	.502	$
1965	33	WSA	AL	116.1	33	18	75	5.80	4.08	-0.32	0.02	98.2	4.34	-18	-2.0	.8	-0.0	-1.2	-9	.440	.488	$
9 Seasons				996.2	230	139	553	4.99	4.36	0.03	0.03	100.9	4.40	-58	-5.7	1.1	-0.8	1.2	28	.475	.496	$

WSA (5 yrs)				821.0	177	115	428	4.69	4.34	0.00	0.04	101.3	4.43	-15	-1.6	1.3	-0.8	3.7	50	.491	.498	$
PIT (4 yrs)				175.2	53	24	125	6.40	4.47	0.16	-0.00	99.0	4.26	-42	-4.1	.9	-0.1	-2.5	-23	.423	.494	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	ROE
1957	25	PIT	NL	1	28	24	2	5	2	0	0	0	0	3	2	.208	.296	.292	.588	.227	7	1	0	1	0	0	0
1958	26	PIT	NL	8	127	107	19	31	3	0	3	1	0	15	7	.290	.379	.402	.781	.286	43	4	1	3	1	1	1
1959	27	PIT	NL	34	437	397	69	115	20	3	9	6	2	39	67	.290	.354	.423	.777	.327	168	10	2	6	3	6	6
1960	28	PIT	NL	10	189	167	35	52	7	4	4	2	0	17	16	.311	.371	.473	.844	.322	79	3	0	2	2	1	3
1961	29	WSA	AL	32	876	775	90	184	28	11	14	8	7	80	110	.237	.309	.356	.665	.258	276	24	3	11	7	8	11
1962	30	WSA	AL	44	700	614	98	172	31	7	14	6	7	68	66	.280	.351	.422	.773	.293	259	15	2	10	6	5	10
1963	31	WSA	AL	35	724	653	90	163	19	4	19	8	4	58	88	.250	.310	.378	.688	.262	247	13	1	8	4	9	16
1964	32	WSA	AL	33	679	601	75	147	19	1	20	5	4	64	73	.245	.314	.379	.694	.247	228	24	0	8	6	8	10
1965	33	WSA	AL	33	513	465	75	135	14	2	16	2	3	39	42	.290	.343	.432	.775	.290	201	17	0	6	3	7	17
9 Yrs				230	4273	3803	553	1004	143	32	99	38	27	383	471	.264	.330	.397	.727	.277	1508	111	9	55	32	45	74
162 Game Avg.				42	787	701	102	185	26	6	18	7	5	71	87	.264	.330	.397	.727	.277	278	20	2	10	6	8	14
MLB Averages																.254	.320	.386	.705	.277

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1957	25	PIT	NL	1.8	0.2	29	0.1	0.4	-0.3	.74	0.1	-0.1	1.7	0.2	0.74	1.6	0	0	0
1958	26	PIT	NL	-5.0	-0.5	131	-0.3	1.7	-1.9	.85	-0.3	-0.0	-1.9	-0.2	0.85	-3.6	0	0	3
1959	27	PIT	NL	-18.0	-1.8	465	-1.0	7.8	-8.8	1.07	-1.1	0.2	-15.1	-1.5	1.07	-11.4	8	1	13
1960	28	PIT	NL	-16.0	-1.5	195	-0.8	2.4	-3.2	.81	-0.7	-0.2	-15.2	-1.4	0.81	-11.0	0	2	2
1961	29	WSA	AL	12.5	1.3	903	1.6	17.8	-16.3	1.12	1.7	-0.3	16.6	1.7	1.12	18.4	1	0	3
1962	30	WSA	AL	-14.1	-1.4	723	-1.7	13.0	-14.7	1.06	-0.9	-0.7	-17.9	-1.7	1.06	-9.0	11	7	5
1963	31	WSA	AL	-10.5	-1.1	745	-2.1	11.6	-13.7	.97	-1.1	-1.0	-9.5	-1.0	0.97	-8.6	3	3	4
1964	32	WSA	AL	0.2	0.0	694	1.2	13.2	-12.0	1.10	-0.0	1.1	7.4	0.8	1.10	-1.0	1	1	7
1965	33	WSA	AL	-18.4	-1.9	527	-2.7	8.2	-10.9	.98	-2.4	-0.4	-24.8	-2.5	0.98	-28.5	3	3	9
9 Yrs				-67.6	-6.7	4412	-5.8	76.0	-81.8	1.04	-4.7	-0.8	-58.6	-5.7	1.04	-53.1	27	17	46

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1957	25	PIT	NL	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	1	100%	60.0	60	60	0	0	0	1	0.0	0.0	7.0
1958	26	PIT	NL	8	5	0	3	2	0	1	0	5	.000	0	1	1	0	2	40%	43.8	63	29	5	4	1	4	2.3	2.0	4.4
1959	27	PIT	NL	34	12	3	6	3	1	1	5	7	.417	0	2	0	0	3	25%	44.6	74	23	29	12	4	7	3.6	3.9	4.5
1960	28	PIT	NL	10	6	1	3	2	1	1	3	3	.500	0	2	0	0	1	17%	38.7	68	25	8	4	0	6	5.3	5.8	4.8
1961	29	WSA	AL	32	28	12	10	6	3	7	14	14	.500	2	3	12	1	16	57%	55.1	79	28	22	10	7	11	4.4	4.3	7.3
1962	30	WSA	AL	44	21	4	13	4	0	2	5	16	.238	1	2	3	1	6	29%	43.4	80	23	27	10	7	11	3.5	3.5	5.6
1963	31	WSA	AL	35	24	5	10	9	0	3	10	14	.417	1	6	6	1	12	50%	50.2	85	26	28	12	3	10	3.8	3.7	6.5
1964	32	WSA	AL	33	24	7	10	7	3	2	10	14	.417	1	3	3	2	9	38%	50.6	80	26	24	16	5	10	3.4	3.4	6.1
1965	33	WSA	AL	33	18	3	12	3	0	3	4	14	.222	0	1	1	0	7	39%	44.5	74	24	20	6	8	9	2.8	3.5	5.0
9 Yrs				230	139	35	68	36	8	21	51	88	.367	5	20	26	5	57	41%	48	85	23	163	74	35	69	3.6	3.8	5.9
MLB Averages													.500						52%	52	116	-14					4.3	4.2	6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1958	26	PIT	NL	8	3	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0%	6	.850	0	0	3	0	0	3	1	2	3	0	3	0	5.7
1959	27	PIT	NL	34	22	8	4	3	1	1	0	100%	1	0	14	3	21%	8	1.066	8	1	13	1	6	15	9	13	13	3	14	3	6.4
1960	28	PIT	NL	10	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	1	50%	5	.805	0	2	2	0	1	3	2	2	3	1	3	1	8.8
1961	29	WSA	AL	32	4	1	0	1	0	0	0		0	0	0	0		4	1.120	1	0	3	0	1	3	0	4	2	1	2	0	6.3
1962	30	WSA	AL	44	23	13	3	3	4	2	2	50%	4	0	27	6	22%	8	1.064	11	7	5	5	6	12	14	9	17	5	17	3	5.7
1963	31	WSA	AL	35	11	3	0	0	1	1	0	100%	2	1	11	2	18%	7	.972	3	3	4	2	1	8	6	5	4	4	6	5	3.4
1964	32	WSA	AL	33	9	3	1	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	2	0	0%	7	1.100	1	1	7	1	0	8	1	8	7	1	7	0	5.8
1965	33	WSA	AL	33	15	4	2	1	1	1	0	100%	1	0	12	3	25%	6	.975	3	3	9	1	2	12	7	8	8	2	9	1	5.3
8 Yrs				229	91	33	10	8	8	5	3	63%	9	1	70	15	21%		1.037	27	17	46	10	17	64	40	51	57	17	61	13	5.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1957	25	PIT	NL	28	46%	0.0%	7.1%	10.7%	7.1%	40%	2.80	79%	3	1	33%
1958	26	PIT	NL	127	60%	2.4%	5.5%	11.8%	4.7%	19%	1.71	77%	30	4	13%
1959	27	PIT	NL	447	59%	2.1%	15.3%	8.9%	7.3%	28%	1.38	74%	87	10	11%
1960	28	PIT	NL	189	50%	2.1%	8.5%	9.0%	7.9%	29%	1.97	79%	36	3	8%
1961	29	WSA	AL	876	58%	1.6%	12.6%	9.1%	6.1%	29%	1.77	75%	155	24	15%
1962	30	WSA	AL	700	54%	2.0%	9.4%	9.7%	7.4%	30%	1.96	77%	113	15	13%
1963	31	WSA	AL	724	56%	2.6%	12.2%	8.0%	5.8%	26%	1.80	76%	126	13	10%
1964	32	WSA	AL	679	51%	3.0%	10.8%	9.4%	5.9%	27%	1.94	76%	121	24	20%
1965	33	WSA	AL	513	58%	3.1%	8.2%	7.6%	6.2%	24%	1.88	80%	109	17	16%
9 Yrs				4283	56%	2.3%	11.0%	9.0%	6.4%	27%	1.82	76%	780	111	14%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	14.3%	8.5%	6.5%	29%	1.05	74%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1957	25	PIT	NL	28	5			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	26	PIT	NL	127	31			3	0	7	2	1	0	3	12	6	2	50%	1	0	1	49	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
1959	27	PIT	NL	437	115			9	0	9	3	6	4	5	24	11	3	46%	6	5	4	168	6	2	75%	6	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	14	10
1960	28	PIT	NL	189	52			4	0	8	2	2	1	3	14	10	1	71%	3	2	2	69	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
1961	29	WSA	AL	876	184			14	0	11	10	4	7	7	46	25	6	54%	11	5	5	290	8	7	53%	8	7	0	0	0	0	3	0	21	0
1962	30	WSA	AL	700	172			14	0	14	8	6	6	8	37	22	3	59%	10	6	1	262	6	7	46%	5	7	0	0	1	0	1	0	19	0
1963	31	WSA	AL	724	163			19	0	14	9	10	8	11	41	22	5	54%	16	5	2	250	8	4	67%	8	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	0
1964	32	WSA	AL	679	147			20	0	10	9	11	9	11	27	13	4	48%	10	4	1	232	5	4	56%	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	0
1965	33	WSA	AL	513	135			16	0	17	9	7	8	8	38	20	4	53%	17	3	1	182	2	3	40%	1	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	12	0
9 Yrs				4273	1004			99	0	90	52	47	43	56	239	129	28	54%	74	30	17	1514	38	27	58%	36	27	1	0	1	0	7	0	101	10
MLB Averages																		51%							62%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1957	25	0	1	.000	1.29	1	1	0	0	0	0	7.0	5	2	1	0	3	0	2	0	0	0	28	313	1.143	6.4	0.0	3.9	2.6	0.67	313
1958	26	0	4	.000	4.67	9	6	1	1	0	0	34.2	36	21	18	3	18	1	9	1	0	0	155	84	1.558	9.3	0.8	4.7	2.3	0.50	84
1959	27	7	13	.350	5.25	43	18	9	1	0	1	135.1	151	90	79	12	57	7	76	3	0	5	607	74	1.537	10.0	0.8	3.8	5.1	1.33	74
1960	28	8	16	.333	5.84	53	24	9	1	0	1	175.2	203	125	114	16	74	8	92	3	0	7	796	66	1.577	10.4	0.8	3.8	4.7	1.24	66
1961	29	20	27	.426	4.53	85	52	10	13	1	1	387.2	387	215	195	30	154	16	202	6	1	12	1672	86	1.396	9.0	0.7	3.6	4.7	1.31	86
1962	30	27	43	.386	4.62	129	73	23	16	2	3	549.0	559	313	282	44	222	21	268	8	2	18	2372	85	1.423	9.2	0.7	3.6	4.4	1.21	85
1963	31	32	53	.376	4.56	164	97	26	22	3	4	717.2	722	403	364	63	280	30	356	9	2	23	3096	85	1.396	9.1	0.8	3.5	4.5	1.27	85
1964	32	40	63	.388	4.40	197	121	29	25	5	4	880.2	869	478	431	83	344	38	429	9	2	27	3775	88	1.377	8.9	0.8	3.5	4.4	1.25	88
1965	33	45	76	.372	4.44	230	139	33	26	5	5	997.0	1004	553	492	99	383	45	471	9	2	30	4288	86	1.391	9.1	0.9	3.5	4.3	1.23	86

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1957	25	0	0		1.50	6.0	6	1	1	0	4	2	0	1.667	9.0	6.0	3.0	0.50	0.0	1
1958	26	1	2	.333	5.79	28.0	33	20	18	3	16	7	1	1.750	10.6	5.1	2.3	0.44	1.0	8
1959	27	4	7	.364	5.82	102.0	122	73	66	10	41	68	2	1.598	10.8	3.6	6.0	1.66	0.9	34
1960	28	1	3	.250	8.34	41.0	56	42	38	4	18	16	0	1.805	12.3	4.0	3.5	0.89	0.9	10
1961	29	12	10	.545	3.59	203.0	184	90	81	14	80	105	3	1.300	8.2	3.5	4.7	1.31	0.6	32
1962	30	7	10	.412	4.97	154.0	170	94	85	14	67	63	2	1.539	9.9	3.9	3.7	0.94	0.8	44
1963	31	7	11	.389	4.75	165.0	168	97	87	20	60	86	1	1.382	9.2	3.3	4.7	1.43	1.1	35
1964	32	8	8	.500	4.18	153.0	151	79	71	21	66	68	0	1.418	8.9	3.9	4.0	1.03	1.2	33
1965	33	4	8	.333	5.56	110.0	143	76	68	17	41	40	0	1.673	11.7	3.4	3.3	0.98	1.4	33
9 Yrs		44	59	.427	4.82	962.0	1033	572	515	103	393	455	9	1.482	9.7		4.3	1.16	1.0	230

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1961 AL 12 (4th)

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1961 AL 0.594 (6th)

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1962 AL 16 (3rd)

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Hall of Fame Standards	Pitching - 4 (1539), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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