Brian Dayett

Brian Kelly Dayett

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 22, 1957 in New London, CT
High School: Valley Regional HS (Deep River, CT)
School: Saint Leo College (St. Leo, FL)
Drafted by the New York Yankees in the 16th round of the 1978 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1983
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Yankees 1983-1987

Final Game: October 3, 1987
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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
1978	21	NYY-min	A-	68	256	256		79	20	4	11						.309	.309	.547	.855		140							ONE · NYPL
1979	22	NYY-min	AA	135	532	465	58	119	21	4	11	74	11	8	55	90	.256	.333	.389	.722		181		2	3	7			WHA · EL
1980	23	NYY-min	AA,A	100	379	322	58	85	21	3	7	47	8	4	49	59	.264	.356	.413	.769		133		0	3	5			FTL,NVL,AXN · FLOR,SOUL,CARL
1981	24	NYY-min	AA	112	406	338	53	91	15	3	18	62	4	11	60	51	.269	.378	.491	.869		166		2	1	5	1		NVL · SOUL
1982	25	NYY-min	AA	144	627	536	89	150	29	2	34	96	2	0	80	87	.280	.376	.532	.908		285		6	0	5	3		NVL · SOUL
1983	26	NYY-min	AAA	128	570	479	105	138	28	5	35	108	1	2	76	101	.288	.388	.587	.974		281		7	0	8	4		CLB · IL
1983	26	NYY	AL	11	32	29	3	6	0	1	0	5	0	0	2	4	.207	.258	.276	.534	50	8	0	0	1	0	0	/7
1984	27	NYY-min	AAA	45	188	166	26	50	8	2	5	24	1	4	21	16	.301	.383	.464	.847		77		1	0	0	1		CLB · IL
1984	27	NYY	AL	64	139	127	14	31	8	0	4	23	0	0	9	14	.244	.295	.402	.697	95	51	3	1	0	2	0	79/D
1985	28	CHC-min	AAA	17	45	37	5	14	4	0	1	11	1	0	7	2	.378	.467	.568	1.034		21		0	0	1	1		IWA · AA
1985	28	CHC	NL	22	27	26	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	0	0	6	.231	.259	.346	.605	62	9	1	1	0	0	0	7
1986	29	CHC-min	AAA	121	490	409	69	115	29	6	19	87	0	2	66	66	.281	.378	.521	.898		213		4	0	11	4		IWA · AA
1986	29	CHC	NL	24	76	67	7	18	4	0	4	11	0	1	6	10	.269	.316	.507	.823	118	34	2	0	0	3	0	79/8
1987	30	CHC	NL	97	198	177	20	49	14	1	5	25	0	0	20	37	.277	.348	.452	.800	108	80	3	0	0	1	0	79
1988	31	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
1989	32	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
1990	33	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
1991	34	NPN	Fgn																										NPN · JPPL
5 Yrs				218	472	426	45	110	26	2	14	68	0	1	37	71	.258	.316	.427	.744	99	182	9	2	1	6	0
162 Game Avg.				162	351	317	33	82	19	1	10	51	0	1	27	53	.258	.316	.427	.744	99	135	7	1	1	4	0

CHC (3 yrs)				143	301	270	28	73	18	1	10	40	0	1	26	53	.270	.332	.456	.788	106	123	6	1	0	4	0
NYY (2 yrs)				75	171	156	17	37	8	1	4	28	0	0	11	18	.237	.288	.378	.666	86	59	3	1	1	2	0

NL (3 yrs)				143	301	270	28	73	18	1	10	40	0	1	26	53	.270	.332	.456	.788	106	123	6	1	0	4	0
AL (2 yrs)				75	171	156	17	37	8	1	4	28	0	0	11	18	.237	.288	.378	.666	86	59	3	1	1	2	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
1983	26	NYY	AL	11	32	-2	-0	0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/7
1984	27	NYY	AL	64	139	2	0	-0	-1	-2	-2	-0.2	4	2	0.2	.497	.499	0.3	-0.3	3	$45,500	79/D
1985	28	CHC	NL	22	27	-1	0	-0	-0	-0	-1	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.493	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	7
1986	29	CHC	NL	24	76	1	-1	-0	-0	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.494	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$	79/8
1987	30	CHC	NL	97	198	5	-1	-0	-4	-2	-3	-0.3	6	3	0.3	.496	.498	0.6	-0.6	6	$100,000	79
5 Seasons				218	472	5	-2	-2	-4	-7	-10	-1.0	14	4	0.4	.495	.499	0.8	-1.0	8	$145,500

CHC (3 yrs)				143	301	5	-2	-1	-4	-4	-6	-0.6	9	3	0.3	.495	.499	0.7	-0.8	7	$100,000
NYY (2 yrs)				75	171	-1	-0	-0	0	-3	-4	-0.4	5	1	0.1	.495	.499	0.1	-0.2	1	$45,500

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
1983	26	NYY	AL	32	24	2	2.2	95	.240	.207	.261	.258	.322	.276	.394	.534	.716	50	.213	-2.1	-0.2	.435	.138	.069
1984	27	NYY	AL	139	101	15	4.0	93	.243	.244	.259	.295	.321	.402	.391	.697	.712	95	.442	-0.8	-0.1	.616	.228	.157	.0
1985	28	CHC	NL	27	21	2	2.6	103	.263	.231	.271	.259	.341	.346	.404	.605	.745	62	.288	-1.6	-0.2	.476	.115	.115	.0
1986	29	CHC	NL	76	55	10	4.9	103	.250	.269	.269	.316	.341	.507	.406	.823	.747	118	.559	1.6	0.2	.750	.313	.239	.0
1987	30	CHC	NL	198	132	29	5.9	108	.324	.277	.273	.348	.343	.452	.425	.800	.767	108	.598	2.3	0.2	.763	.288	.175	.0
5 Yrs				472	333	58	4.7	102	.277	.258	.267	.316	.334	.427	.408	.744	.743	99	.511	-0.5	-0.1	.675	.254	.169	.0
162 Game Avg.				351	247	43	4.7	102	.277	.258	.267	.316	.334	.427	.408	.744	.743	99	.511	-0.5	-0.1	.675	.254	.169

CHC (3 yrs)				301	208	41	5.3	107	.299	.270	.272	.332	.342	.456	.418	.788	.760	106	.566	2.4	0.2	.730	.278	.185	.0
NYY (2 yrs)				171	125	17	3.6	94	.243	.237	.259	.288	.321	.378	.391	.666	.712	86	.403	-2.9	-0.3	.582	.212	.141	.0

NL (3 yrs)				301	208	41	5.3	107	.299	.270	.272	.332	.342	.456	.418	.788	.760	106	.566	2.4	0.2	.730	.278	.185	.0
AL (2 yrs)				171	125	17	3.6	94	.243	.237	.259	.288	.321	.378	.391	.666	.712	86	.403	-2.9	-0.3	.582	.212	.141	.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%
1983	26	NYY	AL	32	0.0%	12.5%	6.3%	3.1%	17%	2.00	7.3		5.8	0.82	78%
1984	27	NYY	AL	139	2.9%	10.1%	6.5%	8.6%	39%	1.56	9.1	31.8	5.5	0.69	80%
1985	28	CHC	NL	27	3.7%	22.2%	0.0%	3.7%	17%		4.3	26.0	6.5	0.56	70%
1986	29	CHC	NL	76	5.3%	13.2%	7.9%	10.5%	44%	1.67	6.7	16.8	6.1	0.63	74%
1987	30	CHC	NL	198	2.5%	18.7%	10.1%	10.1%	41%	1.85	4.8	35.4	7.1	0.80	69%
5 Yrs				472	3.0%	15.0%	7.8%	8.9%	38%	1.92	6.0	30.4	6.3	0.72	74%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.5%	8.6%	6.9%	30%	1.68	6.2	38.9	8.2	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1983	26	NYY	AL	-2.1	-0.2	32	-0.1	0.5	-0.6	1.01	-0.2	0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.96	-2.7	1.45	3
1984	27	NYY	AL	-0.8	-0.1	142	0.6	2.9	-2.4	.99	0.3	0.3	7.9	0.8	0.95	3.1	1.88	7
1985	28	CHC	NL	-1.6	-0.2	27	0.1	0.6	-0.5	1.10	-0.2	0.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.94	-1.7	1.47	14
1986	29	CHC	NL	1.6	0.2	77	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	1.01	0.2	-0.3	0.7	0.1	0.90	2.1	0.62	1
1987	30	CHC	NL	2.3	0.2	198	0.8	3.9	-3.2	.96	0.5	0.3	7.3	0.7	0.95	5.6	1.44	32
5 Yrs				-0.5	-0.1	476	1.2	9.1	-7.9	.99	0.6	0.6	13.4	1.3	0.94	6.5	1.49	57

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1983	26	NYY	AL	0	38%	10	0		0	0	0	33%	3	3	0	0	0	3	1	2
1984	27	NYY	AL	5	27%	57	0		0	3	3	33%	6	4	2	1	1	5	3	2
1985	28	CHC	NL	1	0%	7	0		0	0	0	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1986	29	CHC	NL	1	15%	24	1	0%	1	1	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	2	2	0
1987	30	CHC	NL	5	23%	90	0		0	2	4	20%	11	10	1	1	1	8	4	3
5 Yrs				12	23%	188	1	0%	1	6	7	24%	24	20	4	3	3	18	10	7

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
1983	26	NYY	AL	32	72%	6			3	1	0	0	1.45	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	7	0	0%	2	1	50%	23	5	22%	3	2	67%	2	1	50%	0
1984	27	NYY	AL	139	80%	31			7	3	0	2	1.88	4	0	1	1	3	2	2	0	0	0		25	3	12%	10	3	30%	86	20	23%	8	7	88%	6	4	67%	0
1985	28	CHC	NL	27	33%	6			14	4	1	1	1.47	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		7	1	14%	2	0	0%	19	3	16%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1986	29	CHC	NL	76	30%	18			1	0	0	0	0.62	4	0	0	3	1	3	1	0	0	0		16	2	13%	9	4	44%	44	7	16%	6	4	67%	2	1	50%	0
1987	30	CHC	NL	198	70%	49			32	7	0	3	1.44	5	1	5	0	5	1	4	0	0	0		39	3	8%	9	2	22%	135	20	15%	7	3	43%	5	3	60%	0
5 Yrs				472	64%	110			57	15	1	6	1.49	14	2	9	4	10	7	7	0	1	1	100%	94	9	10%	32	10	31%	307	55	18%	25	17	68%	15	9	60%	0
MLB Averages					60%																			80%			11%			34%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1983	26	11	32	29	3	6	0	1	0	5	0	2	4	.207	.258	.276	.534	50	8	0	0	1	0
1984	27	75	171	156	17	37	8	1	4	28	0	11	18	.237	.288	.378	.666	86	59	3	1	1	2
1985	28	97	198	182	18	43	8	1	5	32	0	11	24	.236	.284	.374	.658	83	68	4	2	1	2
1986	29	121	274	249	25	61	12	1	9	43	1	17	34	.245	.293	.410	.703	92	102	6	2	1	5
1987	30	218	472	426	45	110	26	2	14	68	1	37	71	.258	.316	.427	.744	99	182	9	2	1	6

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1983	26	11	32	29	3	6	0	1	0	5	2	4	.207	.258	.276	.534	2	11
1984	27	64	142	129	16	33	9	0	4	26	10	14	.256	.310	.419	.728	17	64
1985	28	22	27	26	1	6	0	0	1	4	0	6	.231	.259	.346	.605	2	22
1986	29	24	76	67	7	18	4	0	4	11	6	10	.269	.316	.507	.823	11	24
1987	30	97	197	176	19	48	14	1	5	24	20	37	.273	.345	.449	.794	27	97
5 Yrs		218	474	427	46	111	27	2	14	70	38	71	.260	.319	.431	.750	59	218
162 Game Avg.		162	352	317	34	82	20	1	10	52	28	53	.260	.319	.431	.750	44	218

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