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John DeMerit

John Stephen DeMerit (Thumper)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Runner
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: January 8, 1936 in West Bend, WI
High School: Port Washington HS (Port Washington, WI)
School: University of Wisconsin at Madison (Madison, WI)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent (bonus baby) in 1957. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1957
Teams (by GP): Braves/Mets 1957-1962

Final Game: May 20, 1962
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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
1957 21 MLN NL 33 34 34 8 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 .147 .147 .147 .294 -18 5 0 0 0 0 0 8/7
1958 22 MLN NL 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 268 2 0 0 0 0 0 /89
1959 23 MLN NL 11 6 5 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .200 .333 .200 .533 53 1 0 0 0 0 0 /78
1961 25 MLN NL 32 80 74 5 12 3 0 2 5 0 0 5 19 .162 .225 .284 .509 39 21 2 1 0 0 0 9/87
1962 26 NYM NL 14 18 16 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .188 .278 .375 .653 73 6 0 0 0 0 0 /978
5 Yrs 93 141 132 21 23 3 0 3 7 1 0 8 33 .174 .227 .265 .492 35 35 2 1 0 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 246 230 37 40 5 0 5 12 2 0 14 57 .174 .227 .265 .492 35 61 3 2 0 0 0
MLN (4 yrs) 79 123 116 18 20 3 0 2 6 1 0 6 29 .172 .220 .250 .470 29 29 2 1 0 0 0
NYM (1 yr) 14 18 16 3 3 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 4 .188 .278 .375 .653 73 6 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
1957 21 MLN NL 33 34 -5 0 0 -1 -0 -6 -0.7 1 -5 -0.6 .480 .496 -0.4 -0.1 -4 $ 8/7
1958 22 MLN NL 3 3 1 -0 0 -1 -0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .493 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /89
1959 23 MLN NL 11 6 -0 0 0 0 -0 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /78
1961 25 MLN NL 32 80 -7 -1 0 1 -1 -7 -0.7 3 -4 -0.5 .478 .496 -0.6 0.0 -5 $ 9/87
1962 26 NYM NL 14 18 -1 -0 0 -2 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -3 -0.3 .475 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $ /978
5 Seasons 93 141 -13 -1 0 -2 -2 -17 -1.8 5 -12 -1.4 .481 .498 -1.0 -0.4 -10 $
MLN (4 yrs) 79 123 -12 -0 0 -0 -1 -13 -1.4 4 -9 -1.1 .482 .498 -0.9 -0.2 -9 $
NYM (1 yr) 14 18 -1 -0 0 -2 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -3 -0.3 .475 .498 -0.1 -0.2 -1 $

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
1957 21 MLN NL 34 29 1 0.9 97 .192 .147 .260 .147 .322 .147 .403 .294 .725 -18 .051 -5.5 -0.6 .207 .029 .000 .0
1958 22 MLN NL 3 1 1 26.8 99 .667 .667 .260 .667 .327 .667 .406 1.333 .733 268 .961 0.7 0.1 2.000 .000 .000
1959 23 MLN NL 6 4 0 0.0 97 .333 .200 .259 .333 .324 .200 .401 .533 .725 53 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .500 .200 .000
1961 25 MLN NL 80 64 5 2.1 99 .189 .162 .260 .225 .326 .284 .406 .509 .731 39 .187 -6.4 -0.6 .422 .189 .122 .0
1962 26 NYM NL 18 13 2 4.1 104 .182 .188 .271 .278 .339 .375 .412 .653 .750 73 .454 -0.7 -0.1 .615 .313 .188 .0
5 Yrs 141 111 9 2.2 99 .208 .174 .262 .227 .326 .265 .405 .492 .732 35 .201 -12.2 -1.2 .405 .159 .091 1.5
162 Game Avg. 246 193 16 2.2 99 .208 .174 .262 .227 .326 .265 .405 .492 .732 35 .201 -12.2 -1.2 .405 .159 .091 3
MLN (4 yrs) 123 98 7 1.9 98 .212 .172 .260 .220 .325 .250 .405 .470 .729 29 .165 -11.5 -1.1 .378 .138 .078 1.3
NYM (1 yr) 18 13 2 4.1 104 .182 .188 .271 .278 .339 .375 .412 .653 .750 73 .454 -0.7 -0.1 .615 .313 .188 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1957 21 MLN NL WS NYY W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1957 21 MLN NL 34 0.0% 23.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.3 34.0 0.62 76%
1958 22 MLN NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 100%
1959 23 MLN NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.5 0.00 50%
1961 25 MLN NL 80 2.5% 23.8% 6.3% 6.3% 42% 3.80 3.9 37.0 14.8 1.05 66%
1962 26 NYM NL 18 5.6% 22.2% 11.1% 5.6% 33% 2.00 4.0 16.0 16.0 0.29 61%
5 Yrs 141 2.1% 23.4% 5.7% 4.3% 26% 4.13 4.0 44.0 18.9 0.79 68%
MLB Averages 2.4% 13.4% 8.8% 6.6% 29% 1.53 6.6 37.4 8.3 1.03 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1957 21 MLN NL -5.5 -0.6 35 -0.5 0.2 -0.6 .92 -0.5 0.0 -7.3 -0.8 1.02 -6.5 1.25 6
1958 22 MLN NL 0.7 0.1 3 0.1 0.1 -0.0 .63 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.1 0.70 0.5 0
1959 23 MLN NL -0.3 -0.0 3 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.32 0.0 -0.0 0.3 0.0 1.88 0.4 0
1961 25 MLN NL -6.6 -0.6 82 -0.7 0.8 -1.5 .91 -0.8 0.0 -8.0 -0.8 0.88 -8.1 1.27 6
1962 26 NYM NL -0.7 -0.1 19 0.2 0.5 -0.3 1.12 0.0 0.2 0.6 0.1 0.93 -0.0 0.77 1
5 Yrs -12.5 -1.2 142 -0.8 1.7 -2.5 .95 -1.2 0.3 -13.9 -1.5 0.94 -13.8 1.23 13

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1957 21 MLN NL 0 0 160% 24 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 63% 4 1 3 2 2 0 2 0 2
1958 22 MLN NL 0 0 50% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 23 MLN NL 0 0 200% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 33% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1961 25 MLN NL 0 0 19% 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 1 50% 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1962 26 NYM NL 0 0 50% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 0 0 62% 79 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 4 50% 12 7 5 2 2 0 6 1 5

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
1957 21 MLN NL 34 47% 5 6 1 0 0 1.25 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 5 0 0% 25 1 4% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1958 22 MLN NL 3 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1959 23 MLN NL 6 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 MLN NL 80 43% 12 6 1 0 0 1.27 2 0 1 1 1 0 2 0 0 0 16 2 13% 5 1 20% 41 3 7% 2 1 50% 2 0 0% 0
1962 26 NYM NL 18 56% 3 1 0 0 0 0.77 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 8 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 141 45% 23 13 2 0 0 1.23 3 0 3 1 2 1 2 0 0 0 26 2 8% 11 1 9% 80 4 5% 6 2 33% 2 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 49% 74% 10% 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
1957 21 33 34 34 8 5 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 .147 .147 .147 .294 -18 5 0 0 0 0 0
1958 22 36 37 37 9 7 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 8 .189 .189 .189 .378 6 7 0 0 0 0 0
1959 23 47 43 42 13 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 10 .190 .209 .190 .400 12 8 0 0 0 0 0
1960 24 47 43 42 13 8 0 0 0 1 1 0 1 10 .190 .209 .190 .400 12 8 0 0 0 0 0
1961 25 79 123 116 18 20 3 0 2 6 1 0 6 29 .172 .220 .250 .470 29 29 2 1 0 0 0
1962 26 93 141 132 21 23 3 0 3 7 1 0 8 33 .174 .227 .265 .492 35 35 2 1 0 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1957 21 34 36 36 11 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 8 .167 .167 .167 .333 1 33
1958 22 3 3 3 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 3
1959 23 11 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 11
1961 25 33 84 78 6 13 3 0 2 6 0 5 20 .167 .226 .282 .508 5 32
1962 26 14 18 16 4 3 0 0 1 1 0 2 4 .188 .278 .375 .653 2 14
5 Yrs 95 147 138 22 24 3 0 3 8 1 8 34 .174 .224 .261 .485 9 93
162 Game Avg. 162 251 235 38 41 5 0 5 14 2 14 58 .174 .224 .261 .485 15 93

* 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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