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Bob Dillinger

Robert Bernard Dillinger (Duke)

Position: Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 17, 1918 in Glendale, CA
High School: Glendale HS (Glendale, CA)
School: University of Idaho (Moscow, ID)
Signed
by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1946
Teams (by GP): Browns/WhiteSox/Athletics/Pirates 1946-1951

Final Game: September 28, 1951
Died: November 7, 2009 in Santa Clarita, CA
Buried: Glen Haven Mamorial Park, Sylmar, CA
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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
1946 27 SLB AL 83 249 225 33 63 6 3 0 11 8 1 19 32 .280 .341 .333 .675 85 75 8 2 3 5/6
1947 28 SLB AL 137 635 571 70 168 23 6 3 37 34 13 56 38 .294 .361 .371 .733 102 212 13 4 4 *5 MVP-17
1948 29 SLB AL 153 722 644 110 207 34 10 2 44 28 11 65 34 .321 .385 .415 .799 111 267 18 1 12 *5 MVP-19
1949 30 SLB AL 137 605 544 68 176 22 13 1 51 20 14 51 40 .324 .385 .417 .802 108 227 14 3 7 *5 AS
1950 31 TOT MLB 142 626 578 78 174 29 11 4 50 9 3 44 42 .301 .352 .410 .762 96 237 20 1 3 *5
1950 31 PHA AL 84 389 356 55 110 21 9 3 41 5 3 31 20 .309 .366 .444 .810 108 158 11 1 1 5
1950 31 PIT NL 58 237 222 23 64 8 2 1 9 4 13 22 .288 .328 .356 .684 77 79 9 0 2 5
1951 32 TOT MLB 101 365 342 42 100 9 4 0 20 7 5 16 17 .292 .326 .342 .668 82 117 10 1 5 5
1951 32 PIT NL 12 44 43 3 10 3 0 0 0 2 0 1 0 .233 .250 .302 .552 47 13 4 0 0 5
1951 32 CHW AL 89 321 299 39 90 6 4 0 20 5 5 15 17 .301 .337 .348 .684 87 104 6 1 5 5
6 Yrs 753 3202 2904 401 888 123 47 10 213 106 47 251 203 .306 .363 .391 .754 100 1135 83 12 34
162 Game Avg. 162 689 625 86 191 26 10 2 46 23 54 44 .306 .363 .391 .754 100 244 18 3 7
SLB (4 yrs) 510 2211 1984 281 614 85 32 6 143 90 39 191 144 .309 .373 .394 .767 105 781 53 10 26
PIT (2 yrs) 70 281 265 26 74 11 2 1 9 6 0 14 22 .279 .315 .347 .663 73 92 13 0 2
PHA (1 yr) 84 389 356 55 110 21 9 3 41 5 3 31 20 .309 .366 .444 .810 108 158 11 1 1
CHW (1 yr) 89 321 299 39 90 6 4 0 20 5 5 15 17 .301 .337 .348 .684 87 104 6 1 5
AL (6 yrs) 683 2921 2639 375 814 112 45 9 204 100 47 237 181 .308 .368 .395 .763 103 1043 70 12 32
NL (2 yrs) 70 281 265 26 74 11 2 1 9 6 0 14 22 .279 .315 .347 .663 73 92 13 0 2

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
1946 27 SLB AL 83 249 -4 2 0 -3 0 -6 -0.6 6 1 0.0 .492 .496 0.3 -0.3 4 $ 5/6
1947 28 SLB AL 137 635 2 3 0 -1 0 4 0.4 16 20 2.0 .503 .503 2.1 -0.2 21 $ *5 MVP-17
1948 29 SLB AL 153 722 11 2 -2 -14 0 -2 -0.2 18 16 1.6 .498 .499 2.9 -1.4 30 $ *5 MVP-19
1949 30 SLB AL 137 605 6 -1 -1 -20 0 -16 -1.6 15 -1 -0.1 .488 .490 1.9 -2.0 19 $ *5 AS
1950 31 PHA AL 84 389 4 2 -1 -2 0 3 0.3 10 14 1.4 .504 .502 1.5 -0.2 16 $22,500 5
1950 31 PIT NL 58 237 -7 -1 -1 0 0 -9 -1.0 8 -1 -0.2 .484 .494 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 5
1951 32 PIT NL 12 44 -3 1 -0 0 0 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .478 .498 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 5
1951 32 CHW AL 89 321 -5 -0 0 -3 0 -8 -0.9 9 0 0.0 .491 .495 0.3 -0.3 3 $ 5
6 Seasons 753 3202 4 6 -4 -43 0 -36 -3.9 84 48 4.6 .495 .497 8.8 -4.3 91 $22,500
SLB (4 yrs) 510 2211 16 5 -2 -38 0 -20 -2.1 56 36 3.5 .496 .497 7.2 -3.9 74 $
PIT (2 yrs) 70 281 -10 -0 -1 0 0 -11 -1.2 9 -2 -0.3 .483 .496 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $
PHA (1 yr) 84 389 4 2 -1 -2 0 3 0.3 10 14 1.4 .504 .502 1.5 -0.2 16 $22,500
CHW (1 yr) 89 321 -5 -0 0 -3 0 -8 -0.9 9 0 0.0 .491 .495 0.3 -0.3 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 PwrSpd
1946 27 SLB AL 249 174 26 4.0 100 .326 .280 .270 .341 .345 .333 .388 .675 .732 85 .481 -4.7 -0.5 .602 .169 .053 .0
1947 28 SLB AL 635 433 78 4.8 98 .311 .294 .265 .361 .345 .371 .381 .733 .726 102 .564 2.1 0.2 .683 .212 .077 5.5
1948 29 SLB AL 722 478 104 5.8 107 .337 .321 .275 .385 .361 .415 .398 .799 .759 111 .604 10.0 1.0 .751 .220 .093 3.7
1949 30 SLB AL 605 403 85 5.6 111 .348 .324 .277 .385 .370 .417 .402 .802 .772 108 .592 5.0 0.5 .725 .199 .094 1.9
1950 31 TOT MLB 626 430 83 5.1 111 .320 .301 .275 .352 .358 .410 .417 .762 .776 96 .524 -4.3 -0.4 .674 .196 .109 5.5
1950 31 PHA AL 389 261 57 5.8 112 .321 .309 .276 .366 .363 .444 .414 .810 .776 108 .570 3.4 0.3 .738 .228 .135 3.8
1950 31 PIT NL 237 169 26 4.1 111 .317 .288 .273 .328 .351 .356 .424 .684 .774 77 .436 -7.8 -0.8 .575 .144 .068 1.6
1951 32 TOT MLB 365 262 38 3.9 101 .308 .292 .266 .326 .346 .342 .391 .668 .737 82 .434 -9.9 -1.0 .529 .102 .050 .0
1951 32 PIT NL 44 37 4 2.9 105 .233 .233 .270 .250 .344 .302 .409 .552 .753 47 .309 -3.3 -0.3 .432 .140 .070 .0
1951 32 CHW AL 321 225 34 4.1 100 .319 .301 .265 .337 .346 .348 .389 .684 .735 87 .452 -6.6 -0.7 .545 .097 .047 .0
6 Yrs 3202 2180 414 5.1 106 .326 .306 .272 .363 .356 .391 .398 .754 .754 100 .551 -1.8 -0.2 .679 .192 .085 18.3
162 Game Avg. 689 469 89 5.1 106 .326 .306 .272 .363 .356 .391 .398 .754 .754 100 .551 -1.8 -0.2 .679 .192 .085 4
SLB (4 yrs) 2211 1488 293 5.2 105 .332 .309 .272 .373 .357 .394 .393 .767 .750 105 .577 12.4 1.2 .707 .206 .084 11.3
PIT (2 yrs) 281 206 30 3.9 110 .302 .279 .273 .315 .350 .347 .421 .663 .771 73 .415 -11.0 -1.1 .549 .143 .068 1.7
PHA (1 yr) 389 261 57 5.8 112 .321 .309 .276 .366 .363 .444 .414 .810 .776 108 .570 3.4 0.3 .738 .228 .135 3.8
CHW (1 yr) 321 225 34 4.1 100 .319 .301 .265 .337 .346 .348 .389 .684 .735 87 .452 -6.6 -0.7 .545 .097 .047 .0
AL (6 yrs) 2921 1974 384 5.2 105 .329 .308 .272 .368 .357 .395 .395 .763 .752 103 .564 9.3 0.9 .693 .197 .087 16.5
NL (2 yrs) 281 206 30 3.9 110 .302 .279 .273 .315 .350 .347 .421 .663 .771 73 .415 -11.0 -1.1 .549 .143 .068 1.7

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1949 SLB AL 30 1 1 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 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
1946 27 SLB AL 249 0.0% 12.9% 7.6% 3.6% 14% 1.68 7.0 20.5 78%
1947 28 SLB AL 635 0.5% 6.0% 8.8% 5.0% 19% 0.68 15.0 190.3 15.4 83%
1948 29 SLB AL 722 0.3% 4.7% 9.0% 6.4% 22% 0.52 18.9 322.0 14.6 1.23 84%
1949 30 SLB AL 605 0.2% 6.6% 8.4% 6.0% 21% 0.78 13.6 544.0 10.7 1.24 83%
1950 31 TOT MLB 626 0.6% 6.7% 7.0% 7.0% 25% 0.95 13.8 144.5 11.6 1.27 85%
1950 31 PHA AL 389 0.8% 5.1% 8.0% 8.5% 30% 0.65 17.8 118.7 8.7 1.02 86%
1950 31 PIT NL 237 0.4% 9.3% 5.5% 4.6% 17% 1.69 10.1 222.0 24.7 2.03 84%
1951 32 TOT MLB 365 0.0% 4.7% 4.4% 3.6% 13% 1.06 20.1 17.1 1.14 89%
1951 32 PIT NL 44 0.0% 0.0% 2.3% 6.8% 30% 0.00 1.56 98%
1951 32 CHW AL 321 0.0% 5.3% 4.7% 3.1% 11% 1.13 17.6 15.0 1.09 88%
6 Yrs 3202 0.3% 6.3% 7.8% 5.6% 20% 0.81 14.3 290.4 13.6 1.22 84%
MLB Averages 1.7% 9.7% 9.9% 6.3% 27% 0.98 9.1 50.9 8.1 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1946 27 SLB AL -4.9 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 28 SLB AL 2.1 0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 29 SLB AL 9.2 0.9 291 -0.3 4.5 -4.8 1.01 0.3 -0.6 -0.3 -0.0 0.95 1.7 1.35 1
1949 30 SLB AL 5.0 0.5 372 0.6 6.8 -6.2 1.02 -0.5 1.0 -5.2 -0.5 0.95 -7.4 2.12 4
1950 31 TOT MLB -4.3 -0.4 498 -0.8 8.5 -9.3 1.04 -0.3 -0.4 -7.2 -0.7 0.96 -2.9 3.63 3
1950 31 PHA AL 3.4 0.3 332 -0.4 5.7 -6.1 1.04 -0.1 -0.3 0.3 0.0 0.97 0.2 0
1950 31 PIT NL -7.8 -0.8 166 -0.4 2.8 -3.2 1.03 -0.2 -0.2 -7.5 -0.7 0.94 -3.1 3.63 3
1951 32 TOT MLB -9.9 -1.0 337 -1.2 5.3 -6.4 1.08 -0.5 -0.6 -8.6 -0.9 0.93 -6.9 1.37 14
1951 32 PIT NL -3.3 -0.3 32 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 .76 -0.2 -0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.82 -2.7 0
1951 32 CHW AL -6.6 -0.7 305 -0.9 5.1 -5.9 1.11 -0.3 -0.5 -5.6 -0.6 0.94 -4.1 1.37 14
6 Yrs -2.9 -0.3 1498 -1.7 25.0 -26.7 1.04 -1.0 -0.6 -21.3 -2.1 0.95 -15.5 1.81 22

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
1948 29 SLB AL 5 0 40% 128 28 11 72% 8 5 2 1 1 1 1 0 3 2 43% 14 9 5 5 3 2 16 7 8
1949 30 SLB AL 3 0 29% 147 20 14 59% 9 8 1 2 0 0 1 0 4 4 56% 12 10 2 5 2 2 17 1 15
1950 31 TOT MLB 6 0 34% 201 9 3 75% 9 4 1 0 0 0 4 0 7 5 54% 22 12 10 9 5 4 17 4 12
1950 31 PHA AL 2 0 37% 126 5 3 63% 4 2 1 0 0 0 3 0 4 5 53% 13 8 5 7 4 3 10 2 8
1950 31 PIT NL 4 0 29% 75 4 5 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 0 56% 9 4 5 2 1 1 7 2 4
1951 32 TOT MLB 3 0 36% 158 7 5 58% 6 5 0 0 0 0 2 0 4 5 47% 24 13 10 4 2 2 10 3 6
1951 32 PIT NL 0 0 27% 12 2 0 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 32 CHW AL 3 0 37% 146 5 5 50% 5 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 5 47% 22 12 9 4 2 2 10 3 6
6 Yrs 17 0 34% 634 106 47 71% 32 22 4 3 1 1 8 0 18 16 50% 72 44 27 23 12 10 60 15 41

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 29 SLB AL 722 17% 207 1 0 0 0 1.35 2 0 5 0 0 1 1 0 5 12 240% 44 18 41% 17 7 41% 127 14 11% 7 3 43% 9 7 78% 0
1949 30 SLB AL 605 36% 176 4 1 0 1 2.12 1 0 10 0 0 1 0 0 8 7 88% 59 14 24% 27 10 37% 186 30 16% 14 5 36% 9 6 67% 0
1950 31 TOT MLB 626 27% 174 3 0 0 0 3.63 4 0 20 1 2 3 1 0 3 3 100% 91 20 22% 33 13 39% 254 39 15% 25 17 68% 8 7 88% 0
1950 31 PHA AL 389 32% 110 0 0 0 0 3 0 14 1 1 2 1 0 2 1 50% 64 11 17% 17 6 35% 186 34 18% 20 15 75% 5 4 80% 0
1950 31 PIT NL 237 15% 64 3 0 0 0 3.63 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 1 2 200% 27 9 33% 16 7 44% 68 5 7% 5 2 40% 3 3 100% 0
1951 32 TOT MLB 365 46% 100 14 4 0 0 1.37 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 43 10 23% 21 8 38% 153 20 13% 15 6 40% 6 5 83% 0
1951 32 PIT NL 44 17% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 4 133% 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1951 32 CHW AL 321 49% 90 14 4 0 0 1.37 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 125% 40 6 15% 20 7 35% 144 20 14% 15 6 40% 6 5 83% 0
6 Yrs 2318 32% 888 22 5 0 1 1.81 10 0 42 1 2 5 2 0 21 34 162% 237 83 35% 98 38 39% 720 103 14% 61 31 51% 32 25 78% 0
MLB Averages 51% 168% 20% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1946 27 83 249 225 33 63 6 3 0 11 8 1 19 32 .280 .341 .333 .675 85 75 8 2 3
1947 28 220 884 796 103 231 29 9 3 48 42 14 75 70 .290 .356 .361 .716 97 287 21 6 7
1948 29 373 1606 1440 213 438 63 19 5 92 70 25 140 104 .304 .369 .385 .753 103 554 39 7 19
1949 30 510 2211 1984 281 614 85 32 6 143 90 39 191 144 .309 .373 .394 .767 105 781 53 10 26
1950 31 652 2837 2562 359 788 114 43 10 193 99 42 235 186 .308 .368 .397 .766 103 1018 73 11 29
1951 32 753 3202 2904 401 888 123 47 10 213 106 47 251 203 .306 .363 .391 .754 100 1135 83 12 34

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
1946 27 87 261 236 36 67 6 3 0 12 9 20 33 .284 .345 .335 .680 27 83
1947 28 142 666 598 76 179 25 6 3 40 36 60 39 .299 .367 .376 .743 82 137
1948 29 160 740 662 106 205 34 10 2 42 28 64 36 .310 .371 .400 .772 98 153
1949 30 143 617 557 64 172 22 13 1 48 20 50 42 .309 .369 .400 .769 82 137
1950 31 148 640 593 73 171 28 11 4 47 9 43 44 .288 .338 .393 .730 78 142
1951 32 106 381 358 43 104 9 4 0 20 7 17 18 .291 .324 .338 .662 39 101
6 Yrs 786 3305 3004 398 898 124 47 10 209 109 254 212 .299 .356 .381 .737 406 753
162 Game Avg. 162 681 619 82 185 26 10 2 43 22 52 44 .299 .356 .381 .737 84 753

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1947 AL (17, 4%)
1948 AL (19, 3%)
0.07 Career Shares (1016th)

Batting Average s c a p y
1948 AL  .321 (6th)
1949 AL  .324 (3rd)
Career  .306 (145th)

Games Played s c a p y
1948 AL  153 (4th)

At Bats s c a p y
1947 AL  571 (7th)
1948 AL  644 (2nd)

Plate Appearances s c a p y
1947 AL  635 (10th)
1948 AL  722 (2nd)

Runs Scored s c a p y
1948 AL  110 (7th)

Hits s c a p y
1947 AL  168 (5th)
1948 AL  207 (1st)
1949 AL  176 (8th)

Total Bases s c a p y
1948 AL  267 (9th)

Doubles s c a p y
1948 AL  34 (7th)

Triples s c a p y
1948 AL  10 (6th)
1949 AL  13 (2nd)
1950 AL  9 (8th)

Stolen Bases s c a p y
1947 AL  34 (1st)
1948 AL  28 (1st)
1949 AL  20 (1st)

Singles s c a p y
1947 AL  136 (4th)
1948 AL  161 (2nd)
1949 AL  140 (4th)

Runs Created s c a p y
1948 AL  104 (6th)

Times On Base s c a p y
1948 AL  273 (4th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1947 AL  4 (5th)

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1948 AL  18 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1947 AL  13 (2nd)
1948 AL  11 (2nd)
1949 AL  14 (1st)

Outs Made s c a p y
1948 AL  478 (4th)

             

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black InkBatting - 9 (254), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray InkBatting - 34 (719), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame MonitorBatting - 34 (549), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 18 (840), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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