Don Dennis

Donald Ray Dennis

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 3, 1942 in Uniontown, KS
High School: Uniontown HS (Uniontown, KS)
School: Emporia State University (Emporia, KS)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1962. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1965
Team: Cardinals 1965-1966

Final Game: September 17, 1966
Died: March 22, 2007 in Fort Scott, KS
Buried: Uniontown Cemetery, Uniontown, KS
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Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB	Pos	Awards
1962	20	STL-min	C	24	59	49	4	11	1	3	1		5	19	.224	.296	.286	.582		14		0	5	0	0		WPG · NORL
1963	21	STL-min	AA	48	33	33	1	6	0	1	0	0	0	17	.182	.182	.182	.364		6							TUL · TL
1964	22	STL-min	AA,AAA	56	41	39	3	6	0	3	0	1	2	13	.154	.195	.154	.349		6		0	0	0			TUL,JCK · TL,IL
1965	23	STL-min	AAA	29	13	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.308	.308	.308	.615		4		0	0	0			JCK · IL
1965	23	STL	NL	41	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	119	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1966	24	STL	NL	38	12	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	.083	.083	.083	.167	-53	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1967	25	CHW-min	AAA	47	13	11	1	3	0	1	0	0	1	4	.273	.333	.273	.606		3		0	1	0			INA · PCL
1968	26	CHW-min	AAA	8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			HAW · PCL
1969	27	CHW-min	AAA	37	18	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			TUC · PCL
2 Yrs				79	17	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	.176	.176	.176	.353	-2	3	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	35	35	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	8	.176	.176	.176	.353	-2	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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1965	23	STL	NL	41	5	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	1	$	1
1966	24	STL	NL	38	12	-2	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-1	$9,000	1
2 Seasons				79	17	-2	2	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0	$9,000

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
1965	23	STL	NL	5	3	1	9.0	101	.500	.400	.268	.400	.333	.400	.405	.800	.738	119	.806	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000
1966	24	STL	NL	12	11	0	0.0	96	.111	.083	.265	.083	.324	.083	.399	.167	.722	-53	.000	-2.5	-0.3	.091	.000	.000
2 Yrs				17	14	1	1.9	98	.231	.176	.266	.176	.326	.176	.401	.353	.727	-2	.194	-2.4	-0.2	.214	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				35	29	2	1.9	98	.231	.176	.266	.176	.326	.176	.401	.353	.727	-2	.194	-2.4	-0.2	.214	.000	.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%
1965	23	STL	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			1.00	80%
1966	24	STL	NL	12	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			1.67	75%
2 Yrs				17	0.0%	23.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.3			1.50	76%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.6%	7.9%	6.3%	28%	1.97	5.8	40.4	9.1	1.10	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1965	23	STL	NL	0.1	0.0	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.83	-0.0	-0.0	0.1	0.0	0.70	0.1
1966	24	STL	NL	-2.5	-0.3	12	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.92	-0.2	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.89	-2.5
2 Yrs				-2.4	-0.2	17	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.89	-0.3	-0.0	-2.4	-0.3	0.84	-2.3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
1965	23	STL	NL	0%	5
1966	24	STL	NL	0%	1
2 Yrs				0%	6

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
1965	23	STL	NL	5	20%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1966	24	STL	NL	12	50%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				17	41%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
MLB Averages					54%																			78%			11%			30%			14%			47%			51%

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
1965	23	41	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	119	2	0	0	0	0	0
1966	24	79	17	17	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.176	.176	.176	.353	-2	3	0	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	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1965	23	41	5	5	2	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	41
1966	24	38	12	12	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	38
2 Yrs		79	17	17	2	4	.118	.118	.118	.235	1	79
162 Game Avg.		162	35	35	4	8	.118	.118	.118	.235	2	79

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