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John Dopson

John Robert Dopson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 14, 1963 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Dolore Catholic HS (Finksburg, MD)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1982 amateur draft.
Signed June 18, 1982. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1985
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Expos/Angels 1985-1994
Agents: Ron Shapiro [*]
Final Game: June 22, 1994
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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
1985 21 MON NL 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1988 24 MON NL 26 56 51 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 31 .059 .077 .078 .155 -56 4 2 0 4 0 0 1
1989 25 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 26 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1991 27 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1992 28 BOS AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 29 BOS AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 30 CAL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 144 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 70 62 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 38 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 5 2 0 5 0 0
BOS (5 yrs) 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
MON (2 yrs) 30 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0
CAL (1 yr) 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (6 yrs) 114 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (2 yrs) 30 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 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 Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1985 21 MON NL 4 6 -0 -0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .503 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1988 24 MON NL 26 56 -11 -0 -0 0 7 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .481 .497 -0.5 0.0 -2 $62,500 1
1989 25 BOS AL 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $125,000 1
1990 26 BOS AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $265,000 /1
1991 27 BOS AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $265,000 /1
1992 28 BOS AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $265,000 1
1993 29 BOS AL 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $750,000 1
1994 30 CAL AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $400,000 1
8 Seasons 144 62 -11 -0 -0 0 7 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .497 .500 -0.5 0.1 -2 $2,132,500
BOS (5 yrs) 93 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $1,670,000
MON (2 yrs) 30 62 -11 -0 -0 0 7 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.5 .484 .499 -0.5 0.0 -2 $62,500
CAL (1 yr) 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $400,000

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 PwrSpd
1985 21 MON NL 6 4 0 0.0 91 .000 .000 .254 .333 .321 .000 .379 .333 .700 4 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .500 .500 .000
1988 24 MON NL 56 54 0 0.0 93 .150 .059 .261 .077 .325 .078 .383 .155 .708 -56 .000 -10.5 -1.2 .100 .039 .020
8 Yrs 62 58 0 0.0 93 .143 .055 .260 .103 .325 .073 .383 .176 .707 -49 .000 -10.9 -1.2 .130 .073 .018
162 Game Avg. 70 65 0 0.0 93 .143 .055 .260 .103 .325 .073 .383 .176 .707 -49 .000 -10.9 -1.2 .130 .073 .018

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
1985 21 MON NL 6 0.0% 50.0% 33.3% 0.0% 1.50 1.3 0.00 17%
1988 24 MON NL 56 0.0% 55.4% 1.8% 1.8% 33% 31.00 1.6 51.0 1.38 3.60 36% 8% 0.0% 50%
8 Yrs 62 0.0% 54.8% 4.8% 1.6% 33% 11.33 1.6 55.0 1.38 3.00 34% 8% 0.0% 50%
MLB Averages 2.2% 15.0% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 1.73 5.9 40.0 8.3 0.81 1.07 73% 20% 6.5% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1985 21 MON NL -0.4 -0.0 6 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .58 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.89 -0.5 0
1988 24 MON NL -10.5 -1.2 56 -1.1 0.2 -1.3 1.02 -1.0 -0.1 -10.4 -1.1 0.90 -10.6 0
1989 25 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1990 26 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1991 27 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1992 28 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1993 29 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1994 30 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
8 Yrs -10.9 -1.2 62 -1.1 0.2 -1.4 .98 -1.1 -0.1 -10.6 -1.1 0.90 -11.2 0

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
1985 21 MON NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 MON NL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1985 21 MON NL 6 83% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 MON NL 56 64% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 11 2 18% 11 2 18% 27 1 4% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
8 Yrs 62 66% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 4 80% 11 2 18% 12 2 17% 30 1 3% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
MLB Averages 60% 73% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 24 MON NL 52 164 3.15 130 79% 11% 42% 28% 18% 89% 0% 71% 53% 75% 2% 1 0 6% 3 1 2% 1 0 22% 4 0 0
1 Yr 52 164 3.15 130 79% 11% 42% 28% 18% 89% 0% 71% 53% 75% 2% 1 0 6% 3 1 2% 1 0 22% 4 0 0
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1985 21 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1986 22 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 23 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 4 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 24 30 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0
1989 25 59 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0
1990 26 63 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0
1991 27 64 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0
1992 28 89 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0
1993 29 123 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0
1994 30 144 62 55 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 34 .055 .103 .073 .176 -49 4 2 0 4 0 0

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
1985 21 4 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 .000 .333 .000 .333 0 4
1988 24 26 56 51 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 31 .000 .019 .000 .019 0 26
2 Yrs 30 62 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 34 .000 .052 .000 .052 0 30
162 Game Avg. 162 335 297 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 184 .000 .052 .000 .052 0 30

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