Jay Difani

Clarence Joseph Difani

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: December 21, 1922 in Crystal City, MO
School: University of Missouri Columbia (Columbia, MO) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 23, 1948
Team: Senators 1948-1949

Final Game: April 28, 1949
Died: December 3, 2003 in Crystal City, MO
Buried: Body donated to medical science,
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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	Pos	Awards
1944	21	CHW-min	A1	138	520	520		146	22	4	2						.281	.281	.350	.631		182					LRK · SOUA
1945	22	NYY-min	AA	123	475	417	72	118	21	3	1	43	15	3	49	48	.283	.358	.355	.713		148	3	0	9		NWK,OLD · IL,PCL
1946	23	PIT-min	AA,AAA	111	358	358		103	18	2	0	0	0				.288	.288	.349	.637		125					BIR,OLD · SOUA,PCL
1947	24	NYY-min	A,AA	143	503	503		157	23	6	10						.312	.312	.441	.753		222					AUG,BMT · SALL,TL
1948	25	NYY-MIN-min	AAA,AA	115	435	381	53	111	15	5	15	54	15		47	48	.291	.374	.475	.849		181		3	4		NWK,CNG · IL,SOUA
1948	25	WSH	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1949	26	MIN-min	B,AA	79	264	264		56	13	1	3						.212	.212	.303	.515		80					CHR,CNG · TRIS,SOUA
1949	26	WSH	AL	2	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	695	2	0	0	0	/4
1950	27	MIN-min	C,B,AA	108	357	357		99	16	2	15						.277	.277	.459	.737		164					AMA,CHR,DAL · WTNM,TRIS,TL
2 Yrs				4	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	165	2	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	122	122	0	41	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	81	.333	.333	.667	1.000	165	81	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	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1948	25	WSH	AL	2	2	-1	-1	-0.1	-0	-0.1	.469	.500	-0.1	-1	$
1949	26	WSH	AL	2	1	1	1	0.1	1	0.1	.539	.500	0.1	1	$	/4
2 Seasons				4	3	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	.504	.500	0.0	0	$

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	25	WSH	AL	2	2	0	0.0	103		.000	.270	.000	.354	.000	.390	.000	.744	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1949	26	WSH	AL	1	0	2		104	1.000	1.000	.267	1.000	.358	2.000	.388	3.000	.746	695	.000	0.8	0.1		1.000	1.000
2 Yrs				3	2	2	26.6	103	1.000	.333	.269	.333	.355	.667	.389	1.000	.744	165	.961	0.3	0.0	1.000	.333	.333
162 Game Avg.				122	81	81	26.6	103	1.000	.333	.269	.333	.355	.667	.389	1.000	.744	165	.961	12	0	1.000	.333	.333

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	25	WSH	AL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1949	26	WSH	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100%						100%
2 Yrs				3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	33.3%	100%		1.5				33%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.4%	10.2%	6.3%	27%	0.91	9.4	51.8	8.0	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	25	WSH	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	-0.1	2.18	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.88	-0.8	2.18	2
1949	26	WSH	AL	0.8	0.1	1	0.0	0.0	.06	0.1	-0.0	0.2	0.0	0.39	0.6	0.06	1
2 Yrs				0.3	0.0	3	-0.1	-0.1	1.47	0.0	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.72	-0.3	1.47	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO
1948	25	WSH	AL		0
1949	26	WSH	AL	0%	1
2 Yrs				0%	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
1948	25	WSH	AL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	2.18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1949	26	WSH	AL	1	100%	1			1	1	0	0	0.06	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				3	100%	1			3	1	0	0	1.47	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			122%			15%			34%			15%			51%			56%

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
1948	25	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1949	26	4	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	165	2	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	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	25	2	2	2	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1949	26	2	1	1	1	1	0	1.000	1.000	2.000	3.000	2	2
2 Yrs		4	3	3	1	1	2	.333	.333	.667	1.000	2	4
162 Game Avg.		162	122	122	41	41	81	.333	.333	.667	1.000	81	4

* 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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