Dutch Dotterer

Henry John Dotterer

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 209 lb.

Born: November 11, 1931 in Syracuse, NY
School: Syracuse University (Syracuse, NY)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 25, 1957
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/Reds/Senators 1957-1961

Final Game: April 30, 1961
Died: October 9, 1999 in Syracuse, NY
Buried: Assumption Cemetery, Syracuse, NY
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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
1950	18	CIN-min	D	89	320	320		87	11	2	6						.272	.272	.375	.647		120							LCK · PONY
1951	19	CIN-min	C	98	360	360		97	14	3	2						.269	.269	.342	.611		123							OGD · PION
1952	20	CIN-min	B	110	391	391		85	16	3	4						.217	.217	.304	.522		119							BUR · IIIL
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	23	CIN-CHW-min	AA	111	312	312		69	15	0	10						.221	.221	.365	.587		114							NVL,MEM · SOUA
1956	24	CIN-min	AAA	134	471	409	46	101	17	1	5	41	3		56	61	.247	.340	.330	.670		135		3	1	2			HAV · IL
1957	25	CIN-min	AA	129	455	455		138	29	4	9						.303	.303	.444	.747		202							NVL · SOUA
1957	25	CIN	NL	4	13	12	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	-35	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1958	26	CIN-min	AAA	88	301	273	27	73	12	4	4	28	1		22	41	.267	.321	.385	.706		105	14	1	2	3			SLE · PCL
1958	26	CIN	NL	11	30	28	1	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	2	4	.250	.300	.393	.693	78	11	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1959	27	CIN	NL	52	181	161	21	43	7	0	2	17	0	0	16	23	.267	.328	.348	.676	78	56	3	0	1	3	1	2
1960	28	CIN-min	AAA	35	119	109	13	35	6	0	2	18	0	0	9	16	.321	.378	.431	.809		47		1	0	0			HAV · IL
1960	28	CIN	NL	33	93	79	4	18	5	0	2	11	0	1	13	10	.228	.337	.367	.704	92	29	2	0	2	0	0	2
1961	29	MIN-min	AAA	89	293	274	25	66	13	1	7	36	1		19	52	.241	.290	.372	.662		102							SYR · IL
1961	29	WSA	AL	7	22	19	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.263	.364	.368	.732	102	7	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1962	30	TEX/NYM-min	AAA	123	425	350	36	89	10	1	4	42	1	1	67	61	.254	.380	.323	.703		113		5	1	2			SYR · IL
5 Yrs				107	339	299	27	74	15	0	5	33	0	1	35	44	.247	.323	.348	.671	79	104	5	0	3	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	513	453	41	112	23	0	8	50	0	2	53	67	.247	.323	.348	.671	79	157	8	0	5	5	2

CIN (4 yrs)				100	317	280	26	69	13	0	5	32	0	1	32	39	.246	.321	.346	.667	77	97	5	0	3	3	1
WSA (1 yr)				7	22	19	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.263	.364	.368	.732	102	7	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				100	317	280	26	69	13	0	5	32	0	1	32	39	.246	.321	.346	.667	77	97	5	0	3	3	1
AL (1 yr)				7	22	19	1	5	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	5	.263	.364	.368	.732	102	7	0	0	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	Rbaser	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1957	25	CIN	NL	4	13	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.442	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$	/2
1958	26	CIN	NL	11	30	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.507	.500	0.2	0.0	2	$	/2
1959	27	CIN	NL	52	181	-4	-0	0	-1	2	-3	-0.3	6	3	0.3	.494	.498	0.4	0.2	4	$	2
1960	28	CIN	NL	33	93	-1	-0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	3	2	0.2	.498	.500	0.2	0.1	2	$	2
1961	29	WSA	AL	7	22	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2
5 Seasons				107	339	-7	-1	-0	-1	5	-5	-0.6	11	6	0.6	.495	.499	0.7	0.4	7	$

CIN (4 yrs)				100	317	-7	-1	-0	-1	4	-5	-0.6	11	5	0.5	.494	.499	0.6	0.4	6	$
WSA (1 yr)				7	22	0	-0	0	0	0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	0.0	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
1957	25	CIN	NL	13	11	0	0.0	108	.100	.083	.276	.154	.340	.083	.427	.237	.766	-35	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.182	.083	.000
1958	26	CIN	NL	30	21	3	3.8	111	.261	.250	.277	.300	.346	.393	.432	.693	.778	78	.412	-1.0	-0.1	.619	.214	.143	.0
1959	27	CIN	NL	181	125	19	4.1	108	.295	.267	.274	.328	.340	.348	.424	.676	.764	78	.441	-4.5	-0.4	.595	.180	.081	.0
1960	28	CIN	NL	93	66	10	4.1	101	.239	.228	.266	.337	.332	.367	.407	.704	.739	92	.469	-0.5	-0.1	.641	.291	.139	.0
1961	29	WSA	AL	22	14	3	5.7	99	.357	.263	.257	.364	.331	.368	.400	.732	.730	102	.594	0.3	0.0	.714	.263	.105
5 Yrs				339	237	35	4.0	106	.273	.247	.271	.323	.338	.348	.419	.671	.757	79	.436	-8.2	-0.8	.597	.214	.100	.0
162 Game Avg.				513	359	53	4.0	106	.273	.247	.271	.323	.338	.348	.419	.671	.757	79	.436	-8.2	-0.8	.597	.214	.100

CIN (4 yrs)				317	223	32	3.8	106	.268	.246	.272	.321	.338	.346	.420	.667	.758	77	.424	-8.5	-0.8	.590	.211	.100	.0
WSA (1 yr)				22	14	3	5.7	99	.357	.263	.257	.364	.331	.368	.400	.732	.730	102	.593	0.3	0.0	.714	.263	.105

NL (4 yrs)				317	223	32	3.8	106	.268	.246	.272	.321	.338	.346	.420	.667	.758	77	.424	-8.5	-0.8	.590	.211	.100	.0
AL (1 yr)				22	14	3	5.7	99	.357	.263	.257	.364	.331	.368	.400	.732	.730	102	.593	0.3	0.0	.714	.263	.105

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	25	CIN	NL	13	0.0%	15.4%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	2.00	6.0		6.0	1.25	77%
1958	26	CIN	NL	30	3.3%	13.3%	6.7%	6.7%	29%	2.00	7.0	28.0	14.0	0.67	77%
1959	27	CIN	NL	181	1.1%	12.7%	8.8%	5.0%	21%	1.44	7.0	80.5	9.5	1.04	77%
1960	28	CIN	NL	93	2.2%	10.8%	14.0%	7.5%	39%	0.77	7.9	39.5	7.2	0.75	72%
1961	29	WSA	AL	22	0.0%	22.7%	13.6%	9.1%	40%	1.67	3.8		19.0	1.25	64%
5 Yrs				339	1.5%	13.0%	10.3%	5.9%	27%	1.26	6.8	59.8	9.1	0.93	75%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.2%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.51	6.7	37.6	8.3	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1957	25	CIN	NL	-2.4	-0.2	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.79	-0.2	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.83	-1.5	0.48	1
1958	26	CIN	NL	-1.0	-0.1	30	0.0	0.4	-0.4	.81	0.2	-0.2	1.6	0.2	0.77	2.3	0.63	3
1959	27	CIN	NL	-4.7	-0.5	185	0.0	2.8	-2.8	.89	-0.2	0.2	-2.8	-0.3	0.98	-2.9	0.08	1
1960	28	CIN	NL	-0.5	-0.1	94	0.2	2.1	-1.9	1.24	-0.1	0.3	0.6	0.1	1.07	-2.5	3.44	3
1961	29	WSA	AL	0.2	0.0	22	0.0	0.5	-0.5	1.35	-0.0	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	1.05	-0.6		0
5 Yrs				-8.5	-0.8	344	0.2	6.0	-5.8	1.01	-0.3	0.5	-2.4	-0.2	0.98	-5.2	1.60	8

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	25	CIN	NL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	26	CIN	NL	2	0%	12	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	27	CIN	NL	3	33%	79	0		0	2	3	3	52%	12	8	3	1	1	8	1	7
1960	28	CIN	NL	0	7%	23	1	0%	1	0	0	1	33%	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
1961	29	WSA	AL	0	13%	9	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				5	21%	125	1	0%	1	2	3	4	44%	17	12	4	1	1	9	2	7

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
1957	25	CIN	NL	13	23%	1			1	0	0	1	0.48	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1958	26	CIN	NL	30	53%	7			3	0	0	0	0.63	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	0	0%	11	2	18%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	27	CIN	NL	181	54%	43			1	0	0	0	0.08	2	0	4	0	2	1	1	0	2	1	50%	33	3	9%	18	7	39%	115	15	13%	9	4	44%	9	5	56%	0
1960	28	CIN	NL	93	76%	18			3	1	0	1	3.44	2	1	2	0	2	0	2	0	2	2	100%	22	2	9%	8	3	38%	71	9	13%	3	2	67%	3	3	100%	0
1961	29	WSA	AL	22	32%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	0	0%	18	1	6%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
5 Yrs				339	58%	74			8	1	0	2	1.60	5	1	6	0	5	2	3	0	4	3	75%	63	5	8%	32	11	34%	219	29	13%	14	7	50%	14	9	64%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1957	25	4	13	12	0	1	0	0	2	0	1	2	.083	.154	.083	.237	-35	1	0	0	0	0
1958	26	15	43	40	1	8	1	1	4	0	3	6	.200	.256	.300	.556	44	12	0	0	0	0
1959	27	67	224	201	22	51	8	3	21	0	19	29	.254	.314	.338	.652	72	68	3	1	3	1
1960	28	100	317	280	26	69	13	5	32	1	32	39	.246	.321	.346	.667	77	97	5	3	3	1
1961	29	107	339	299	27	74	15	5	33	1	35	44	.247	.323	.348	.671	79	104	5	3	3	1

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1957	25	4	14	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	4
1958	26	12	31	29	1	7	1	1	2	2	4	.241	.290	.379	.670	3	11
1959	27	54	187	167	21	44	7	2	17	16	24	.263	.323	.341	.664	19	52
1960	28	34	99	83	4	19	5	2	12	14	10	.229	.340	.361	.702	10	33
1961	29	7	24	20	1	6	2	0	1	4	5	.300	.417	.400	.817	3	7
5 Yrs		111	355	312	27	76	15	5	32	37	45	.244	.321	.340	.661	35	107
162 Game Avg.		162	518	455	39	111	22	7	47	54	66	.244	.321	.340	.661	51	107

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