Arturo DeFreites

Arturo Marcelino (Simon) DeFreites

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 26, 1953 in San Pedro de Macoris, San Pedro de Macoris, D.R.
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1978
Team: Reds 1978-1979

Final Game: June 27, 1979
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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
1970	17	CIN-min	Rk	36	119	119		25	2	0	0						.210	.210	.227	.437		27							RDL · GULF
1971	18	CIN-min	A-	51	171	155	21	38	8	4	4	30	7	1	16	59	.245	.316	.426	.742		66		0	0	0			SXF · NORL
1972	19	KEY	A	129	515	480	69	131	26	14	9	68	10	4	28	94	.273	.313	.442	.755		212		2	1	4			KEY · FLOR
1973	20	CIN-min	AA	130	475	475		129	27	4	8						.272	.272	.396	.667		188							TRV · EL
1974	21	CIN-min	AAA	33	124	114	12	36	6	2	1	10	3	2	7	27	.316	.358	.430	.788		49		1	1	1			INA · AA
1975	22	CIN-min	AAA	126	474	446	40	102	20	3	14	70	6	4	17	78	.229	.252	.381	.633		170		0	1	10			INA · AA
1976	23	CLE-CIN-min	AAA	123	474	457	57	128	28	4	14	75	4	3	11	80	.280	.300	.451	.750		206		3	0	3			TOL,INA · IL,AA
1977	24	CIN-min	AAA	115	413	389	55	104	26	7	11	65	4	2	18	65	.267	.299	.455	.754		177		1	1	4			INA · AA
1978	25	CIN-min	AAA	131	517	468	98	153	31	5	32	101	3	3	36	98	.327	.373	.620	.993		290		4	0	9			INA · AA
1978	25	CIN	NL	9	21	19	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	.211	.238	.421	.659	81	8	0	0	0	1	0	/3
1979	26	CIN-min	AAA	65	262	240	32	62	11	3	8	33	1	0	16	57	.258	.305	.429	.735		103		2	0	4			INA · AA
1979	26	CIN	NL	23	35	34	2	7	2	0	0	4	0	0	0	16	.206	.200	.265	.465	26	9	1	0	0	1	0	/39
1980	27	REY,REY	AAA																										REY,REY · MEX,MEX
1981	28	TAB,REY,ASC	AAA																										TAB,REY,ASC · MEX
1982	29	TAB	AAA																										TAB · MEX
1983	30	TAB	AAA																										TAB · MEX
1984	31	YUC	AAA																										YUC · MEX
1985	32	YUC	AAA																										YUC · MEX
1986	33	YUC	AAA																										YUC · MEX
2 Yrs				32	56	53	3	11	3	0	1	6	0	0	1	20	.208	.214	.321	.535	45	17	1	0	0	2	0
162 Game Avg.				162	284	268	15	56	15	0	5	30	0	0	5	101	.208	.214	.321	.535	45	86	5	0	0	10	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
1978	25	CIN	NL	9	21	0	0	0	-0	-0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/3
1979	26	CIN	NL	23	35	-3	-0	-0	-1	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-4	-0.4	.478	.497	-0.3	-0.1	-3	$	/39
2 Seasons				32	56	-3	-0	-0	-1	-1	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.4	.483	.498	-0.3	-0.1	-2	$

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
1978	25	CIN	NL	21	16	2	3.4	95	.200	.211	.262	.238	.330	.421	.385	.659	.715	81	.400	-0.5	-0.1	.600	.263	.211	.0
1979	26	CIN	NL	35	29	2	1.9	100	.368	.206	.270	.200	.336	.265	.401	.465	.737	26	.171	-3.5	-0.4	.321	.059	.059
2 Yrs				56	45	4	2.4	98	.294	.208	.267	.214	.334	.321	.395	.535	.729	45	.253	-4.0	-0.4	.419	.132	.113	.0
162 Game Avg.				284	228	20	2.4	98	.294	.208	.267	.214	.334	.321	.395	.535	.729	45	.253	-4.0	-0.4	.419	.132	.113

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1978	25	CIN	NL	21	4.8%	19.1%	4.8%	9.5%	50%	4.00	4.8	19.0	9.5	0.57	71%
1979	26	CIN	NL	35	0.0%	45.7%	0.0%	5.7%	29%		2.1		8.5	1.00	54%
2 Yrs				56	1.8%	35.7%	1.8%	7.1%	36%	20.00	2.7	53.0	8.8	0.77	61%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.6%	8.5%	6.6%	28%	1.48	7.1	44.5	8.4	1.08	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	25	CIN	NL	-0.5	-0.1	21	-0.1	0.3	-0.3	.84	0.1	-0.2	-1.5	-0.2	0.94	0.8	1.72	2
1979	26	CIN	NL	-3.5	-0.4	35	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	1.08	-0.4	-0.2	-3.6	-0.4	1.19	-3.5	0.74	16
2 Yrs				-4.0	-0.4	56	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	.99	-0.3	-0.4	-5.1	-0.5	1.10	-2.7	0.85	18

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1978	25	CIN	NL	1	0%	5	0		0	0	0	0	0
1979	26	CIN	NL	1	29%	4	1	67%	1	1	1	1	1
2 Yrs				2	18%	9	1	67%	1	1	1	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
1978	25	CIN	NL	21	81%	4			2	1	0	1	1.72	1	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	1	50%	14	1	7%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1979	26	CIN	NL	35	80%	7			16	3	0	1	0.74	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	5	2	40%	36	4	11%	2	1	50%	1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				56	80%	11			18	4	0	2	0.85	1	0	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		12	1	8%	7	3	43%	50	5	10%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			50%			55%

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
1978	25	9	21	19	1	4	1	0	1	2	0	0	1	4	.211	.238	.421	.659	81	8	0	0	0	1	0
1979	26	32	56	53	3	11	3	0	1	6	0	0	1	20	.208	.214	.321	.535	45	17	1	0	0	2	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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1978	25	9	21	19	1	4	1	1	2	1	4	.211	.238	.421	.659	2	9
1979	26	23	35	34	2	7	2	0	4	0	16	.206	.200	.265	.465	2	23
2 Yrs		32	56	53	3	11	3	1	6	1	20	.208	.214	.321	.535	4	32
162 Game Avg.		162	284	268	15	56	15	5	30	5	101	.208	.214	.321	.535	20	32

* 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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