Don Dillard

David Donald Dillard

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 8, 1937 in Greenville, SC
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1955. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 24, 1959
Teams (by GP): Indians/Braves 1959-1965

Final Game: September 27, 1965
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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
1955	18	CLE-min	D	27	93	93		23	2	1	1						.247	.247	.323	.570		30							VID · GASL
1956	19	CLE-min	D	128	510	510		191	28	17	10						.375	.375	.555	.929		283							DYB · FLOR
1957	20	CLE-min	A,AA	98	358	358		93	15	8	8						.260	.260	.413	.673		148							REA,MOB · EL,SOUA
1958	21	CLE-min	AA	140	539	539		172	32	5	21						.319	.319	.514	.833		277							MOB · SOUA
1959	22	CLE-min	AAA	95	386	357	41	101	20	6	9	55	2	3	23	34	.283	.328	.448	.776		160		2	2	2			SDG · PCL
1959	22	CLE	AL	10	10	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	124	4	0	0	0	0	0
1960	23	CLE-min	AAA	133	490	442	60	130	22	7	9	48	0	3	40	59	.294	.351	.437	.788		193		1	3	4			TTO · IL
1960	23	CLE	AL	6	8	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.143	.250	.143	.393	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	/9
1961	24	CLE	AL	74	162	147	27	40	5	0	7	17	0	0	15	28	.272	.340	.449	.788	112	66	1	0	0	0	1	87/9
1962	25	CLE	AL	95	185	174	22	40	5	1	5	14	0	1	11	25	.230	.276	.356	.632	71	62	3	0	0	0	1	78/9
1963	26	MLN	NL	67	127	119	9	28	6	4	1	12	0	2	5	21	.235	.270	.378	.648	86	45	3	1	1	1	0	7/89

1964	27	TEX/ATL-min	AAA	139	565	497	67	143	20	8	14	62	8	0	60	90	.288	.361	.445	.806		221		0	3	5			TTO · IL
1965	28	DET-ATL-min	AAA	76	277	252	31	74	13	6	5	36	1	0	21	44	.294	.344	.452	.797		114		0	1	3			SYR,ATA · IL
1965	28	MLN	NL	20	19	19	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	0	6	.158	.158	.316	.474	30	6	2	0	0	0	0	/7
1966	29	NYM-min	AAA	104	304	268	31	66	15	4	6	39	1	0	31	55	.246	.322	.399	.722		107		1	0	4			JCK · IL
1967	30	DET-min	AAA,AA	107	382	334	43	78	10	1	7	32	1	3	41	64	.234	.318	.332	.651		111		2	2	3			TOL,MTG · IL,SOUL
6 Yrs				272	511	476	59	116	16	5	14	47	0	3	32	85	.244	.292	.387	.679	86	184	10	1	1	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	304	284	35	69	10	3	8	28	0	2	19	51	.244	.292	.387	.679	86	110	6	1	1	1	1

CLE (4 yrs)				185	365	338	49	85	10	1	12	32	0	1	27	58	.251	.307	.393	.700	90	133	5	0	0	0	2
MLN (2 yrs)				87	146	138	10	31	6	4	2	15	0	2	5	27	.225	.255	.370	.625	78	51	5	1	1	1	0

AL (4 yrs)				185	365	338	49	85	10	1	12	32	0	1	27	58	.251	.307	.393	.700	90	133	5	0	0	0	2
NL (2 yrs)				87	146	138	10	31	6	4	2	15	0	2	5	27	.225	.255	.370	.625	78	51	5	1	1	1	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	22	CLE	AL	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$
1960	23	CLE	AL	6	8	-1	-0	-0	-0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.475	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/9
1961	24	CLE	AL	74	162	1	-0	1	1	-1	1	0.1	4	6	0.5	.502	.501	0.5	-0.1	5	$	87/9
1962	25	CLE	AL	95	185	-6	-0	-0	-0	-2	-9	-1.0	5	-4	-0.5	.490	.494	-0.4	-0.3	-3	$	78/9
1963	26	MLN	NL	67	127	-3	-0	0	2	-1	-2	-0.3	4	2	0.2	.496	.498	-0.1	0.1	0	$	7/89

1965	28	MLN	NL	20	19	-2	0	-0	0	0	-2	-0.2	1	-2	-0.2	.488	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/7
6 Seasons				272	511	-11	-1	1	2	-4	-13	-1.5	15	2	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.3	-0.3	0	$

CLE (4 yrs)				185	365	-6	-1	1	0	-3	-8	-1.0	10	2	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.0	-0.4	1	$
MLN (2 yrs)				87	146	-5	-0	-0	2	-1	-4	-0.5	5	0	0.0	.494	.498	-0.3	0.1	-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
1959	22	CLE	AL	10	6	2	8.9	96	.500	.400	.257	.400	.328	.400	.393	.800	.720	124	.786	0.3	0.0	.667	.000	.000
1960	23	CLE	AL	8	7	0	0.0	99	.250	.143	.260	.250	.333	.143	.398	.393	.731	11	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.286	.143	.000
1961	24	CLE	AL	162	108	23	5.7	101	.295	.272	.260	.340	.335	.449	.405	.788	.740	112	.590	2.1	0.2	.750	.279	.177	.0
1962	25	CLE	AL	185	138	16	3.1	100	.243	.230	.260	.276	.331	.356	.404	.632	.736	71	.333	-7.8	-0.8	.522	.184	.126	.0
1963	26	MLN	NL	127	98	11	3.0	89	.276	.235	.253	.270	.315	.378	.378	.648	.693	86	.384	-2.7	-0.3	.510	.168	.143	.0

1965	28	MLN	NL	19	18	0	0.0	94	.167	.158	.258	.158	.322	.316	.390	.474	.712	30	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.333	.158	.158	.0
6 Yrs				511	375	52	3.7	97	.270	.244	.258	.292	.328	.387	.397	.679	.725	86	.423	-10.8	-1.1	.574	.204	.143	.0
162 Game Avg.				304	223	31	3.7	97	.270	.244	.258	.292	.328	.387	.397	.679	.725	86	.423	-10.8	-1.1	.574	.204	.143

CLE (4 yrs)				365	259	41	4.2	100	.272	.251	.260	.307	.333	.393	.404	.700	.737	90	.464	-6.2	-0.6	.614	.219	.142	.0
MLN (2 yrs)				146	116	11	2.6	89	.264	.225	.254	.255	.316	.370	.380	.625	.696	78	.311	-4.6	-0.5	.482	.167	.145	.0

AL (4 yrs)				365	259	41	4.2	100	.272	.251	.260	.307	.333	.393	.404	.700	.737	90	.464	-6.2	-0.6	.614	.219	.142	.0
NL (2 yrs)				146	116	11	2.6	89	.264	.225	.254	.255	.316	.370	.380	.625	.696	78	.311	-4.6	-0.5	.482	.167	.145	.0

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	22	CLE	AL	10	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0		10.0	0.33	80%
1960	23	CLE	AL	8	0.0%	37.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	3.00	2.3			3.00	50%
1961	24	CLE	AL	162	4.3%	17.3%	9.3%	7.4%	30%	1.87	5.3	21.0	8.6	1.22	69%
1962	25	CLE	AL	185	2.7%	13.5%	6.0%	6.0%	28%	2.27	7.0	34.8	12.4	1.06	78%
1963	26	MLN	NL	127	0.8%	16.5%	3.9%	8.7%	39%	4.20	5.7	119.0	9.9	1.59	77%

1965	28	MLN	NL	19	5.3%	31.6%	0.0%	5.3%	33%		3.2	19.0	6.3	2.00	63%
6 Yrs				511	2.7%	16.6%	6.3%	6.9%	30%	2.66	5.6	34.0	10.1	1.25	74%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.6%	8.4%	6.5%	29%	1.73	6.1	38.7	8.6	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	22	CLE	AL	0.3	0.0	10	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.93	0.1	-0.2	1.0	0.1	0.89	0.6	0.93	10
1960	23	CLE	AL	-0.9	-0.1	8	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.97	-0.1	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	1.07	-1.2	2.68	5
1961	24	CLE	AL	2.1	0.2	166	1.5	4.5	-3.0	1.14	0.4	0.9	3.1	0.3	0.94	4.0	1.28	35
1962	25	CLE	AL	-7.8	-0.8	190	-0.4	3.3	-3.7	1.04	-0.4	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.89	-4.4	1.49	45
1963	26	MLN	NL	-2.7	-0.3	131	-0.2	2.6	-2.9	1.31	-0.2	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.99	-0.4	1.62	34

1965	28	MLN	NL	-1.9	-0.2	19	-0.1	0.6	-0.8	1.88	-0.2	0.1	-1.5	-0.2	0.93	-1.7	1.88	19
6 Yrs				-10.8	-1.1	524	0.4	11.2	-10.8	1.18	-0.4	0.7	-2.6	-0.3	0.93	-3.0	1.52	148

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
1959	22	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	23	CLE	AL	0	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
1961	24	CLE	AL	0	0	42%	76	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	46%	12	9	3	5	4	1	11	1	9
1962	25	CLE	AL	3	0	37%	74	0	1	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	50%	9	5	4	2	1	1	7	3	4
1963	26	MLN	NL	1	0	24%	34	0	2	0%	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	2	5	38%	7	5	2	0	0	0	1	0	1

1965	28	MLN	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				4	0	33%	195	0	3	0%	0	3	0	1	0	0	1	1	7	14	45%	29	20	9	8	6	2	19	4	14

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	22	CLE	AL	10	100%	4			10	4	0	1	0.93	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	23	CLE	AL	8	100%	1			5	1	0	0	2.68	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	0	0%	7	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1961	24	CLE	AL	162	96%	40			35	15	2	6	1.28	7	0	3	7	0	3	4	0	0	0		34	1	3%	14	3	21%	91	10	11%	6	2	33%	4	1	25%	0
1962	25	CLE	AL	185	95%	40			45	11	0	2	1.49	5	1	3	4	1	5	0	0	1	0	0%	28	3	11%	11	3	27%	90	10	11%	7	5	71%	6	5	83%	0
1963	26	MLN	NL	127	98%	28			34	6	1	5	1.62	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	29	3	10%	10	4	40%	80	11	14%	3	3	100%	3	2	67%	0

1965	28	MLN	NL	19	100%	3			19	3	1	2	1.88	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		3	2	67%	1	1	100%	11	2	18%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
6 Yrs				511	96%	116			148	40	4	16	1.52	14	1	10	13	1	8	6	0	2	1	50%	100	10	10%	38	11	29%	284	34	12%	18	11	61%	13	8	62%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1959	22	10	10	10	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	124	4	0	0	0	0	0
1960	23	16	18	17	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	1	5	.294	.333	.294	.627	76	5	1	0	0	0	0
1961	24	90	180	164	27	45	5	0	7	18	0	16	33	.274	.339	.433	.772	108	71	2	0	0	0	1
1962	25	185	365	338	49	85	10	1	12	32	1	27	58	.251	.307	.393	.700	90	133	5	0	0	0	2
1963	26	252	492	457	58	113	16	5	13	44	3	32	79	.247	.297	.389	.687	89	178	8	1	1	1	2
1964	27	252	492	457	58	113	16	5	13	44	3	32	79	.247	.297	.389	.687	89	178	8	1	1	1	2
1965	28	272	511	476	59	116	16	5	14	47	3	32	85	.244	.292	.387	.679	86	184	10	1	1	1	2

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
1959	22	10	11	11	0	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	.455	.455	.455	.909	2	10
1960	23	6	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.125	.000	.125	0	6
1961	24	74	163	148	28	41	5	0	7	17	0	15	28	.277	.344	.453	.796	23	74
1962	25	95	186	175	23	41	5	1	5	15	0	11	25	.234	.280	.360	.640	18	95
1963	26	67	131	122	11	31	7	4	1	14	0	6	21	.254	.292	.402	.694	14	67

1965	28	20	19	19	1	3	0	0	1	3	0	0	6	.158	.158	.316	.474	1	20
6 Yrs		272	518	482	63	121	17	5	14	50	0	33	85	.251	.300	.394	.694	58	272
162 Game Avg.		162	309	287	38	72	10	3	8	30	0	20	51	.251	.300	.394	.694	35	272

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