Billy DeMars

William Lester DeMars (Kid)

Positions: Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: August 26, 1925 in Brooklyn, NY
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 18, 1948
Teams (by GP): Browns/Athletics 1948-1951

Final Game: September 28, 1951
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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	Pos	Awards
1943	17	LAD-min	D,B	71	271	271		70	14	2	0						.258	.258	.325	.583		88						OLE,LNC · PONY,ISLG
1946	20	LAD-min	B	98	321	321		76	9	8	1						.237	.237	.324	.561		104						NAS · NENL
1947	21	LAD-min	B	112	427	427		140	21	4	5						.328	.328	.431	.759		184						AVL · TRIS
1948	22	PHA	AL	18	35	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	3	.172	.294	.172	.467	25	5	0	0	1		/645

1949	23	DET-min	AAA	109	435	378	49	105	18	1	6	56	3		47	26	.278	.362	.378	.740		143		3	7			BFL · IL
1950	24	SLB	AL	61	204	178	25	44	5	1	0	13	0	1	22	13	.247	.330	.287	.617	56	51	6	0	4		6/5
1951	25	BAL-min	AA	129	408	408		100	14	2	3						.245	.245	.311	.556		127						SAN · TL
1951	25	SLB	AL	1	5	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.250	.400	.250	.650	76	1	0	0	0		/6
1952	26	BAL-min	AAA	141	592	524	70	148	23	6	4	45	10		47	15	.282	.344	.372	.716		195		2	19			TTO · IL
1953	27	TTO	AAA	148	603	545	69	142	23	3	3	52	5		45	29	.261	.320	.330	.651		180		3	10			TTO · IL
1954	28	TTO	AAA	40	145	134	17	40	9	2	0	9	2		6	6	.299	.336	.396	.731		53		2	2	1		TTO · IL
1955	29	TTO	AAA	67	208	184	24	52	10	0	3	17	1		13	14	.283	.335	.386	.721		71		3	5	3		TTO · IL
1956	30	BFL	AAA	104	358	320	26	78	9	0	1	22	2		29	22	.244	.306	.281	.587		90		0	8	1		BFL · IL
1957	31	CHC-min	Opn	137	394	356	35	86	16	1	3	34	4		24	25	.242	.293	.317	.610		113	11	3	8	3		POR · PCL
1958	32	BAL-CHC-min	C,AAA	83	240	240		62	5	0	4						.258	.258	.329	.587		79						ABD,VAN,POR · NORL,PCL
1959	33	BAL-min	C	2	5	5		1	0	0	0						.200	.200	.200	.400		1						STK · CALL
1960	34	BAL-min	C	7	14	14		3	0	0	0						.214	.214	.214	.429		3						STK · CALL
3 Yrs				80	244	211	29	50	5	1	0	14	0	1	28	16	.237	.326	.270	.597	53	57	6	0	5
162 Game Avg.				162	494	427	59	101	10	2	0	28	0	2	57	32	.237	.326	.270	.597	53	115	12	0	10

SLB (2 yrs)				62	209	182	26	45	5	1	0	13	0	1	23	13	.247	.332	.286	.617	57	52	6	0	4
PHA (1 yr)				18	35	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	3	.172	.294	.172	.467	25	5	0	0	1

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
1948	22	PHA	AL	18	35	-3	-0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.480	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/645

1950	24	SLB	AL	61	204	-11	1	-0	-14	3	-21	-1.9	5	-15	-1.4	.468	.488	-0.1	-1.0	-1	$	6/5
1951	25	SLB	AL	1	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.510	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/6
3 Seasons				80	244	-14	1	-0	-15	4	-24	-2.3	6	-18	-1.7	.471	.495	-0.3	-1.0	-3	$

SLB (2 yrs)				62	209	-11	1	-0	-14	4	-21	-1.9	6	-15	-1.4	.469	.494	-0.1	-1.0	-1	$
PHA (1 yr)				18	35	-3	-0	0	-1	1	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.480	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-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
1948	22	PHA	AL	35	25	1	1.1	106	.192	.172	.274	.294	.360	.172	.396	.467	.756	25	.065	-3.0	-0.3	.417	.172	.000

1950	24	SLB	AL	204	145	17	3.1	117	.267	.247	.283	.330	.371	.287	.424	.617	.796	56	.298	-11.8	-1.1	.511	.157	.039
1951	25	SLB	AL	5	3	0	0.0	105	.250	.250	.271	.400	.353	.250	.398	.650	.750	76	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.667	.250	.000
3 Yrs				244	173	18	2.8	115	.256	.237	.282	.326	.369	.270	.420	.597	.789	53	.259	-14.9	-1.4	.500	.161	.033
162 Game Avg.				494	350	36	2.8	115	.256	.237	.282	.326	.369	.270	.420	.597	.789	53	.259	-14.9	-1.4	.500	.161	.033

SLB (2 yrs)				209	148	17	3.0	117	.266	.247	.283	.332	.371	.286	.424	.617	.795	57	.292	-11.8	-1.1	.514	.159	.038
PHA (1 yr)				35	25	1	1.1	106	.192	.172	.274	.294	.360	.172	.396	.467	.756	25	.064	-3.0	-0.3	.417	.172	.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%
1948	22	PHA	AL	35	0.0%	8.6%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.60	9.7		29.0	0.70	74%

1950	24	SLB	AL	204	0.0%	6.4%	10.8%	2.9%	14%	0.59	13.7		13.7	1.24	81%
1951	25	SLB	AL	5	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	0.00					80%
3 Yrs				244	0.0%	6.6%	11.5%	2.5%	12%	0.57	13.2		15.1	1.10	80%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.6%	10.1%	6.5%	28%	0.95	9.2	47.1	7.9	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	22	PHA	AL	-3.0	-0.3	24	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.48	-0.2	0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.86	-3.4	0.06	2

1950	24	SLB	AL	-11.8	-1.1	112	-0.8	1.3	-2.1	.97	-0.3	-0.5	-4.8	-0.4	0.95	-4.4	0.59	2
1951	25	SLB	AL	-0.1	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0		0
3 Yrs				-14.9	-1.4	136	-0.9	1.4	-2.3	.88	-0.5	-0.5	-7.0	-0.7	0.93	-7.7	0.32	4

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	22	PHA	AL	0	0	30%	9	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1950	24	SLB	AL	1	0	38%	51	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	63%	4	2	2	1	1	0	3	0	3
1951	25	SLB	AL		0	50%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	0	37%	60	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	50%	7	5	2	1	1	0	4	0	4

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	22	PHA	AL	35	4%	5			2	0	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	5	0	0%	2	1	50%	11	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1950	24	SLB	AL	204	32%	44			2	0	0	0	0.59	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	400%	16	6	38%	9	4	44%	59	7	12%	8	4	50%	3	2	67%	0
1951	25	SLB	AL	5		1			0	0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				244	27%	50			4	0	0	0	0.32	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	5	250%	21	6	29%	11	5	45%	70	7	10%	8	4	50%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			107%			14%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1948	22	18	35	29	3	5	0	0	1	0	5	3	.172	.294	.172	.467	25	5	0	1
1949	23	18	35	29	3	5	0	0	1	0	5	3	.172	.294	.172	.467	25	5	0	1
1950	24	79	239	207	28	49	5	1	14	1	27	16	.237	.325	.271	.595	52	56	6	5
1951	25	80	244	211	29	50	5	1	14	1	28	16	.237	.326	.270	.597	53	57	6	5

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
1948	22	19	34	29	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	.138	.242	.138	.380	1	18

1950	24	64	205	181	22	41	5	1	0	11	0	20	14	.227	.303	.265	.569	15	61
1951	25	1	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	1
3 Yrs		84	244	214	24	45	5	1	0	12	0	25	17	.210	.293	.243	.536	16	80
162 Game Avg.		162	471	413	46	87	10	2	0	23	0	48	33	.210	.293	.243	.536	31	80

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