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Jess Dobernic

Andrew Joseph Dobernic

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: November 20, 1917 in Mount Olive, IL(All Transactions)
Debut: July 2, 1939
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Reds/WhiteSox 1939-1949

Final Game: July 28, 1949
Died: July 16, 1998 in St. Louis, MO
Cremated
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Standard Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1937	19	CHW-min	D	12	15	.444	4.12	36						212.0	196	123	97		114							1.462	8.3		4.8			RAY · EVAN
1938	20	CHW-min	B,A1,AA	3	9	.250	5.02	32	0					122.0	129	77	68		78							1.697	9.5		5.8			ANN,DAL,STP · SEAL,TL,AA
1939	21	CHW-CLE-min	A1,AA,A	1	3	.250	4.50	16	3					30.0	40	21	15		29							2.300	12.0		8.7			SHV,STP,WKB · TL,AA,EL
1939	21	CHW	AL	0	1	.000	13.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17

1940	22	CHW-min	B,AA	9	14	.391	4.81	35						191.0	189	127	102		110							1.565	8.9		5.2			WLO,STP · IIIL,AA
1941	23	CHC-min	AA	7	15	.318	4.53	37	20	8	7	0		161.0	157	95	81		125	104	1	0	11			1.752	8.8		7.0	5.8	0.83	MLW,LOS · AA,PCL
1942	24	CHC-min	AA	5	5	.500	4.96	36	9		3	1		98.0	105	60	54		51	64	1	1	4			1.592	9.6		4.7	5.9	1.25	LOS · PCL
1946	28	CHC-min	AAA	4	5	.444	3.22	46	1		0	0		134.0	96	65	48		86	93	3	0	5			1.358	6.4		5.8	6.2	1.08	LOS · PCL
1947	29	CHC-min	AAA	8	4	.667	3.57	55	2		0	0		141.0	114	71	56		72	111	1	1	4			1.319	7.3		4.6	7.1	1.54	LOS · PCL
1948	30	CHC	NL	7	2	.778	3.15	54	0	27	0	0	1	85.2	67	33	30	9	40	48	1	0	0	365	124	1.249	7.0	0.9	4.2	5.0	1.20
1949	31	SAC	AAA	3	3	.500	3.38	13	4		0	0		42.2	48	26	16		30	20	0	0	0			1.828	10.1		6.3	4.2	0.67	SAC · PCL
1949	31	TOT	NL	0	0		11.57	18	0	7	0	0	0	23.1	37	31	30	9	20	6	0	0	2	126	37	2.443	14.3	3.5	7.7	2.3	0.30
1949	31	CHC	NL	0	0		20.25	4	0	0	0	0	0	4.0	9	9	9	2	4	0	0	0	1	25	22	3.250	20.3	4.5	9.0	0.0	0.00
1949	31	CIN	NL	0	0		9.78	14	0	7	0	0	0	19.1	28	22	21	7	16	6	0	0	1	101	44	2.276	13.0	3.3	7.4	2.8	0.38
1950	32	CHC-CHW-min	AAA	1	7	.125	4.88	50	0		0	0		94.0	104	59	51		34	28	2	2	3			1.468	10.0		3.3	2.7	0.82	LOS,SAC · PCL
1951	33	CHC-min	AAA	6	4	.600	4.50	43	0		0	0		60.0	57	32	30		33	20	2	1	3			1.500	8.6		5.0	3.0	0.61	LOS · PCL
1952	34	CHC-BAL-min	AAA	1	3	.250	4.02	36	0		0	0		56.0	58	30	25		30	24	2	0	1			1.571	9.3		4.8	3.9	0.80	SPF,TTO · IL
1953	35	TRI	A	13	7	.650	3.76	50	11					165.0	158	83	69	15	56							1.297	8.6	0.8	3.1			TRI · WINT
1954	36	TRI	A	9	9	.500	4.23	41	11					149.0	135	76	70	13	48							1.228	8.2	0.8	2.9			TRI · WINT
3 Yrs				7	3	.700	5.21	76	0	36	0	0	1	112.1	107	70	65	18	66	55	2	0	2	512	77	1.540	8.6	1.4	5.3	4.4	0.83
162 Game Avg.				6	3	.700	5.21	68	0	32	0	0	1	100	96	63	58	16	59	49	2	0	2	458	77	1.540	8.6	1.4	5.3	4.4	0.83

CHC (2 yrs)				7	2	.778	3.91	58	0	27	0	0	1	89.2	76	42	39	11	44	48	1	0	1	390	100	1.338	7.6	1.1	4.4	4.8	1.09
CIN (1 yr)				0	0		9.78	14	0	7	0	0	0	19.1	28	22	21	7	16	6	0	0	1	101	44	2.276	13.0	3.3	7.4	2.8	0.38
CHW (1 yr)				0	1	.000	13.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17

NL (2 yrs)				7	2	.778	4.95	72	0	34	0	0	1	109.0	104	64	60	18	60	54	1	0	2	491	80	1.505	8.6	1.5	5.0	4.5	0.90
AL (1 yr)				0	1	.000	13.50	4	0	2	0	0	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1939	21	CHW	AL	3.1	4	0	6	16.20	5.27	0.09	0.00	107.7	5.58	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-4	.415	.498	$

1948	30	CHC	NL	85.2	54	0	33	3.47	4.53	0.03	0.00	98.5	4.43	9	0.9	1.0	-0.1	1.7	19	.517	.506	$
1949	31	CHC	NL	4.0	4	0	9	20.25	4.30	-0.23	0.00	105.6	4.78	-7	-0.6	.9	0.0	-0.6	-6	.347	.496	$
1949	31	CIN	NL	19.1	14	0	22	10.24	4.88	-0.06	0.00	97.8	4.83	-12	-1.1	.8	0.1	-0.9	-9	.420	.493	$
3 Seasons				112.1	76	0	70	5.61	4.61	0.01	0.00	98.9	4.55	-14	-1.1	1.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0	.485	.498	$

CHC (2 yrs)				89.2	58	0	42	4.22	4.52	0.02	0.00	98.8	4.45	2	0.3	1.0	-0.1	1.1	13	.506	.501	$
CIN (1 yr)				19.1	14	0	22	10.24	4.88	-0.06	0.00	97.8	4.83	-12	-1.1	.8	0.1	-0.9	-9	.420	.493	$
CHW (1 yr)				3.1	4	0	6	16.20	5.27	0.09	0.00	107.7	5.58	-4	-0.3	1.0	-0.0	-0.3	-4	.415	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	30	CHC	NL	54	96	316	33	67	0	0	9	0	2	40	48	.212	.303	.297	.600	.224	94	3	1	9	0	0
1949	31	CHC	NL	4	15	20	9	9	0	0	2	2	0	4	0	.450	.542	.750	1.292	.389	15	0	0	1	0	0
1949	31	CIN	NL	14	67	84	22	28	4	1	7	1	0	16	6	.333	.440	.655	1.095	.296	55	2	0	0	0	0
1949	31	TOT	NL	18	82	104	31	37	4	1	9	3	0	20	6	.356	.460	.673	1.133	.315	70	2	0	1	0	0
2 Yrs				72	178	420	64	104	4	1	18	3	2	60	54	.248	.343	.390	.734	.247	164	5	1	10	0	0
162 Game Avg.				68	168	397	60	98	4	1	17	3	2	57	51	.248	.343	.390	.734	.247	155	5	1	9	0	0
MLB Averages																.261	.333	.332	.665	.279

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1948	30	CHC	NL	7.7	0.8	99	-0.7	0.5	-1.2	.40	0.2	-2.0	2.1	0.2	0.40	3.6	4	2	11
1949	31	TOT	NL	-17.2	-1.6	88	-0.7	0.2	-0.9	.31	-1.2	-1.0	-12.9	-1.2	0.30	-11.4	1	2	7
1949	31	CHC	NL	-6.6	-0.6	18	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.25	-0.4	-0.3	-6.0	-0.6	0.25	-4.9	0	2	0
1949	31	CIN	NL	-10.6	-1.0	70	-0.5	0.2	-0.6	.32	-0.8	-0.8	-6.9	-0.7	0.32	-6.6	1	0	7
3 Yrs				-12.6	-1.1	187	-1.4	0.7	-2.1	.36	-1.0	-2.9	-10.8	-1.0	0.35	-7.8	5	4	18

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1939	21	CHW	AL	4	4	2	0	1	0	0	0		0	0													1	2		0	2.5

1948	30	CHC	NL	54	54	27	7	2	1	1	0	100%	1	0	15	10	67%	.403	4	2	11	2	3	13	8	10	29	10	10	15	4.8
1949	31	TOT	NL	18	18	7	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	8	6	75%	.309	1	2	7	1	0	10	6	5	7	7	5	3	3.9
1949	31	CHC	NL	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	2	2	100%	.253	0	2	0	0	0	2	2	0	2	2	1	0	3.0
1949	31	CIN	NL	14	14	7	0	0	1	0	1	0%	1	0	6	4	67%	.321	1	0	7	1	0	8	4	5	5	5	4	3	4.1
3 Yrs				76	76	36	7	3	2	1	1	50%	2	0	23	16	70%	.359	5	4	18	3	3	23	14	15	37	19	15	18	4.4

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1939	21	CHW	AL	21		0.0%	4.8%	28.6%				57%

1948	30	CHC	NL	367	68%	9.4%	50.0%	41.7%	9.4%	13%	0.79	270%	17	3	18%
1949	31	TOT	NL	127	63%	11.0%	7.3%	24.4%	17.1%	38%	0.75	109%	18	2	11%
1949	31	CHC	NL	25	80%	13.3%	0.0%	26.7%	13.3%	22%	0.67	120%	5	0	0%
1949	31	CIN	NL	102	60%	10.5%	9.0%	23.9%	17.9%	43%	0.76	106%	13	2	15%
3 Yrs				515	66%	9.1%	27.6%	33.2%	11.6%	22%	0.78	181%	35	5	14%
MLB Averages					48%	1.5%	9.8%	9.8%	3.4%	14%	0.95	84%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1939	21	CHW	AL		3			0												0

1948	30	CHC	NL	96	67			9	0	3	2	3	3	2	10	7	1	70%	0	0	0	29	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	271
1949	31	TOT	NL	82	37			9	0	5	5	1	1	5	12	5	0	42%	0	2	1	33	3	0	100%	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	45
1949	31	CHC	NL	15	9			2	0	0	2	0	1	1	3	2	0	67%	0	1	0	9	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	10
1949	31	CIN	NL	67	28			7	0	5	3	1	0	4	9	3	0	33%	0	1	1	24	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	35
3 Yrs				178	107			18	0	8	7	4	4	7	22	12	1	55%	0	2	1	62	3	2	60%	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	316
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1939	21	0	1	.000	13.50	4	2	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17	39
1940	22	0	1	.000	13.50	4	2	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17	39
1941	23	0	1	.000	13.50	4	2	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17	39
1942	24	0	1	.000	13.50	4	2	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17	39
1943	25	0	1	.000	13.50	4	2	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17	39
1944	26	0	1	.000	13.50	4	2	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17	39
1945	27	0	1	.000	13.50	4	2	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17	39
1946	28	0	1	.000	13.50	4	2	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17	39
1947	29	0	1	.000	13.50	4	2	0	3.1	3	6	5	0	6	1	1	0	21	39	2.700	8.1	0.0	16.2	2.7	0.17	39
1948	30	7	3	.700	3.54	58	29	1	89.0	70	39	35	9	46	49	2	0	386	111	1.303	7.1	0.9	4.7	5.0	1.07	111
1949	31	7	3	.700	5.21	76	36	1	112.1	107	70	65	18	66	55	2	2	512	77	1.540	8.6	1.4	5.3	4.4	0.83	77

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1939	21	0	0		5.40	5.0	2	3	3	0	4	2	1	1.200	3.6	7.2	3.6	0.50	0.0	4

1948	30	5	4	.556	3.24	89.0	71	36	32	10	42	50	1	1.270	7.2	4.2	5.1	1.19	1.0	54
1949	31	0	2	.000	10.44	25.0	37	32	29	9	20	6	0	2.280	13.3	7.2	2.2	0.30	3.2	18
3 Yrs		5	6	.455	4.84	119.0	110	71	64	19	66	58	2	1.479	8.3		4.4	0.88	1.4	76

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Similarity Scores

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