Steve Demeter

Stephen Demeter

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 9", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 27, 1935 in Homer City, PA
High School: Homer City HS (Homer City, PA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 29, 1959
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians 1959-1960

Final Game: May 6, 1960
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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
1953	18	DET-min	D	124	475	475		166	29	6	15						.349	.349	.531	.880		252							WAU · WISL
1954	19	DET-min	B	138	550	550		169	48	7	23						.307	.307	.545	.853		300							DHM · CARL
1955	20	DET-min	AAA	142	552	516	68	147	28	9	17	79	4		24	86	.285	.319	.473	.792		244		4	4	4			BFL · IL
1956	21	DET-min	A,AAA	120	468	454	23	118	26	5	12	21	0		12	26	.260	.281	.419	.699		190	4	1	1	0			AUG,CHL · SALL,AA
1957	22	DET-min	AA	126	478	478		128	30	6	13						.268	.268	.437	.705		209							BIR · SOUA
1958	23	DET-min	AA	151	550	550		170	36	6	18						.309	.309	.495	.804		272							BIR · SOUA
1959	24	DET-min	AAA	137	565	512	79	151	25	2	13	77	0		36	62	.295	.344	.428	.772		219		6	4	7	0		CHL · AA
1959	24	DET	AL	11	18	18	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.167	.278	-26	3	1	0	0	0	0	/5
1960	25	CLE-min	AAA	121	431	375	45	98	14	2	11	63	1	3	39	66	.261	.333	.397	.731		149		5	5	7			TTO · IL
1960	25	CLE	AL	4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/5
1961	26	TTO	AAA	132	485	438	62	115	19	3	25	77	2		47	53	.263	.334	.491	.825		215							TTO · IL
1962	27	ATL-min	AAA	131	535	494	60	131	25	3	26	86	1	3	29	62	.265	.310	.486	.796		240		6	0	6			TTO · IL
1963	28	ATL-TEX-min	AAA	148	589	555	84	171	34	5	23	105	4	0	34	65	.308	.348	.512	.860		284							DEN,TTO · PCL,IL
1964	29	BAL-min	AAA	152	613	542	68	144	28	5	16	65	3	4	62	67	.266	.344	.424	.768		230		4	2	3			ROC · IL
1965	30	BAL-min	AAA	147	615	552	64	165	28	2	15	90	3	5	49	74	.299	.357	.438	.796		242		4	5	5			ROC · IL
1966	31	BAL-min	AAA	142	597	530	91	166	32	3	18	82	0	1	51	54	.313	.378	.487	.865		258		7	5	4			ROC · IL
1967	32	BAL-min	AAA	127	511	457	56	145	32	2	5	67	3	0	46	53	.317	.378	.429	.807		196		2	1	5			ROC · IL
1968	33	BAL-min	AAA	111	416	369	46	111	27	1	10	63	2	2	38	42	.301	.371	.461	.832		170		5	1	3			ROC · IL
1969	34	NYY-min	AAA	134	538	486	64	136	23	3	10	76	4	3	38	59	.280	.336	.401	.738		195		6	3	5			SYR · IL
1970	35	STL-min	AAA	26	54	50	2	11	1	0	1	6	0	0	2	10	.220	.241	.300	.541		15		0	0	2			TUL · AA
1972	37	PIT-min	AA	47	75	69	2	13	0	0	1	6	0	0	4	4	.188	.253	.232	.485		16		2	0	0			SBK · EL
2 Yrs				15	23	23	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.087	.087	.130	.217	-42	3	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	248	248	11	22	11	0	0	11	0	0	0	22	.087	.087	.130	.217	-42	32	11	0	0	0	0

CLE (1 yr)				4	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				11	18	18	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.167	.278	-26	3	1	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
1959	24	DET	AL	11	18	-3	0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.467	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	/5
1960	25	CLE	AL	4	5	-1	0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.454	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/5
2 Seasons				15	23	-5	0	-0	-0	0	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.464	.498	-0.4	-0.0	-4	$

CLE (1 yr)				4	5	-1	0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.454	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$
DET (1 yr)				11	18	-3	0	-0	0	0	-3	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.467	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$

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
1959	24	DET	AL	18	17	0	0.0	103	.118	.111	.267	.111	.339	.167	.408	.278	.748	-26	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.176	.056	.056
1960	25	CLE	AL	5	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.000	.333	.000	.398	.000	.731	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				23	22	0	0.0	102	.095	.087	.266	.087	.338	.130	.406	.217	.744	-42	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.136	.043	.043
162 Game Avg.				248	238	0	0.0	102	.095	.087	.266	.087	.338	.130	.406	.217	.744	-42	.000	-4.6	-0.5	.136	.043	.043

CLE (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.260	.000	.333	.000	.398	.000	.731	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				18	17	0	0.0	103	.118	.111	.267	.111	.339	.167	.408	.278	.748	-26	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.176	.056	.056

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	24	DET	AL	18	0.0%	5.6%	0.0%	5.6%	50%		18.0		18.0	1.29	94%
1960	25	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0			0.33	80%
2 Yrs				23	0.0%	8.7%	0.0%	4.4%	50%		11.5		23.0	1.00	91%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.4%	8.7%	6.6%	29%	1.53	6.6	38.4	8.4	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
1959	24	DET	AL	-3.2	-0.3	18	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	1.27	-0.3	-0.1	-3.5	-0.3	0.96	-2.8	1.15	9
1960	25	CLE	AL	-1.4	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.71	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.61	-1.3	0.31	2
2 Yrs				-4.6	-0.5	23	-0.6	0.1	-0.7	1.15	-0.4	-0.1	-4.3	-0.4	0.89	-4.2	1.00	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1959	24	DET	AL	50%	3	50%	1	1	1	1
1960	25	CLE	AL		0		0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				50%	3	50%	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
1959	24	DET	AL	18	6%	2			9	1	0	1	1.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	3	1	33%	10	1	10%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1960	25	CLE	AL	5	60%	0			2	0	0	0	0.31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				23	17%	2			11	1	0	1	1.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	3	1	33%	11	1	9%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			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
1959	24	11	18	18	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.111	.111	.167	.278	-26	3	1	0	0	0	0
1960	25	15	23	23	1	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.087	.087	.130	.217	-42	3	1	0	0	0	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	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1959	24	11	19	19	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	11
1960	25	4	5	5	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	4
2 Yrs		15	24	24	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	15
162 Game Avg.		162	259	259	22	.000	.000	.000	.000	15

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