Tom Dunbar

Thomas Jerome Dunbar

Positions: Outfielder, Pinch Hitter and Designated Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: November 24, 1959 in Graniteville, SC
Drafted by the Texas Rangers in the 1st round (25th pick) of the 1980 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: September 7, 1983
Team: Rangers 1983-1985

Final Game: July 13, 1985
Died: March 16, 2011 in Aiken, SC
Buried: Sunset Memorial Gardens, Langley, SC
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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
1980	20	TEX-min	A	75	292	262	39	79	9	6	1	39	14	3	27	45	.302	.366	.393	.759		103		0	2	1			AVL · SALL
1981	21	TEX-min	A	138	609	530	101	157	33	7	15	76	26	12	74	77	.296	.382	.470	.851		249		1	1	3	1		AVL · SALL
1982	22	TEX-min	AA	131	542	461	93	149	44	4	16	85	15	7	78	96	.323	.419	.540	.959		249		0	0	3	2		TUL · TL
1983	23	TEX-min	AAA	135	572	498	73	140	34	5	4	65	10	10	66	68	.281	.363	.394	.757		196		1	2	5	2		OKC · AA
1983	23	TEX	AL	12	29	24	3	6	0	0	0	3	3	1	5	7	.250	.379	.250	.629	80	6	1	0	0	0	0	/97D
1984	24	TEX-min	AAA	105	432	368	69	124	21	5	12	61	11	8	55	54	.337	.417	.519	.936		191		0	3	6	6		OKC · AA
1984	24	TEX	AL	34	103	97	9	25	2	0	2	10	1	0	6	16	.258	.301	.340	.641	76	33	1	0	0	0	1	9/7D
1985	25	TEX-min	AAA	49	192	164	12	37	7	1	0	16	4	1	23	21	.226	.316	.280	.596		46		0	2	3	1		OKC · AA
1985	25	TEX	AL	45	117	104	7	21	4	0	1	5	0	3	12	9	.202	.291	.269	.560	55	28	5	1	0	0	3	D7/9
1986	26	TEX-min	AAA	135	587	490	77	142	20	7	10	91	21	5	85	72	.290	.390	.420	.811		206		1	3	8	7		OKC · AA
1987	27	PIT-min	AAA	140	600	501	76	134	32	2	3	77	16	9	91	73	.267	.379	.357	.736		179		1	3	4	5		VAN · PCL
1988	28	ATL-min	AA,AAA	138	530	450	71	124	27	4	13	77	14	8	67	63	.276	.365	.440	.805		198		1	4	8	5		GRV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1989	29	KCR-ATL-HOU-min	AAA,AA	109	387	346	44	95	20	5	6	50	6	6	35	34	.275	.339	.413	.753		143		1	1	4	3		OMA,GRV,RMD,TUC · AA,SOUL,IL,PCL
1990	30	KCR-min	AA	95	328	290	44	59	7	3	5	42	9	2	33	31	.203	.282	.300	.582		87		0	2	3	0		MEM · SOUL
1991	31	KCR-PIT-BAL-min	AAA	50	146	129	19	30	4	0	4	12	0	1	16	17	.233	.315	.357	.672		46		0	0	1	1		OMA,BFL,ROC · AA,IL
3 Yrs				91	249	225	19	52	6	0	3	18	4	4	23	32	.231	.305	.298	.603	67	67	7	1	0	0	4
162 Game Avg.				162	443	401	34	93	11	0	5	32	7	7	41	57	.231	.305	.298	.603	67	119	12	2	0	0	7

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
1983	23	TEX	AL	12	29	-0	0	0	-1	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	0.0	-0.2	0	$	/97D
1984	24	TEX	AL	34	103	-4	-0	0	-2	-2	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.478	.495	-0.2	-0.3	-2	$	9/7D
1985	25	TEX	AL	45	117	-8	-1	-0	-2	-2	-15	-1.5	4	-11	-1.2	.466	.491	-0.9	-0.5	-9	$	D7/9
3 Seasons				91	249	-12	-1	-0	-6	-4	-24	-2.4	8	-16	-1.7	.473	.495	-1.1	-1.0	-11	$

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
1983	23	TEX	AL	29	20	3	4.0	95	.353	.250	.262	.379	.324	.250	.395	.629	.719	80	.444	-0.4	-0.0	.650	.292	.000	.0
1984	24	TEX	AL	103	73	10	3.7	99	.291	.258	.267	.301	.330	.340	.403	.641	.733	76	.406	-3.6	-0.4	.548	.155	.082	1.3
1985	25	TEX	AL	117	91	7	2.1	100	.213	.202	.262	.291	.328	.269	.407	.560	.736	55	.188	-6.4	-0.6	.418	.154	.067	.0
3 Yrs				249	184	20	2.9	99	.258	.231	.264	.305	.329	.298	.404	.603	.733	67	.305	-10.4	-1.0	.495	.169	.067	3.4
162 Game Avg.				443	328	36	2.9	99	.258	.231	.264	.305	.329	.298	.404	.603	.733	67	.305	-10.4	-1.0	.495	.169	.067	6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1983	23	TEX	AL	29	0.0%	24.1%	17.2%	0.0%	0%	1.40	3.4		8.0	1.00	59%
1984	24	TEX	AL	103	1.9%	15.5%	5.8%	3.9%	16%	2.67	6.1	48.5	9.7	0.70	77%
1985	25	TEX	AL	117	0.9%	7.7%	10.3%	4.3%	24%	0.75	11.6	104.0	20.8	1.03	80%
3 Yrs				249	1.2%	12.9%	9.2%	3.6%	17%	1.39	7.0	75.0	12.5	0.88	76%
MLB Averages					2.1%	13.9%	8.5%	6.7%	29%	1.64	6.5	42.4	8.4	1.07	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1983	23	TEX	AL	-0.4	-0.0	34	0.1	0.8	-0.7	1.58	-0.0	0.1	0.8	0.1	1.02	0.3		0
1984	24	TEX	AL	-3.6	-0.4	105	-0.5	1.6	-2.0	1.06	-0.3	-0.1	0.7	0.1	0.86	-1.6	2.23	10
1985	25	TEX	AL	-6.4	-0.6	122	-1.2	1.5	-2.6	1.07	-0.8	-0.3	-10.5	-1.0	0.91	-10.6	1.60	14
3 Yrs				-10.4	-1.0	261	-1.5	3.8	-5.4	1.13	-1.1	-0.2	-9.0	-0.9	0.91	-11.9	1.86	24

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1983	23	TEX	AL	0	27%	12	3	1	75%	3	1	1	1	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
1984	24	TEX	AL	1	24%	28	1	0	100%	1	0	1	0	1	0	50%	6	5	1	2	2	2	0	2
1985	25	TEX	AL	0	18%	39	0	3	0%	0	3	0	0	0	3	46%	7	5	2	0	0	4	1	3
3 Yrs				1	22%	79	4	4	50%	4	4	2	1	1	4	48%	14	11	3	2	2	7	1	6

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
1983	23	TEX	AL	29	100%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	1	13%	3	1	33%	19	3	16%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0
1984	24	TEX	AL	103	92%	25			10	2	0	1	2.23	2	0	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		12	1	8%	2	1	50%	41	8	20%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1985	25	TEX	AL	117	99%	21			14	1	0	0	1.60	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		19	5	26%	9	2	22%	71	4	6%	4	0	0%	4	2	50%	0
3 Yrs				249	96%	52			24	3	0	1	1.86	3	0	3	3	0	1	2	0	0	0		39	7	18%	14	4	29%	131	15	11%	7	2	29%	6	2	33%	0
MLB Averages					59%																			86%			11%			35%			15%			52%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	IBB
1983	23	12	29	24	3	6	0	0	3	3	1	5	7	.250	.379	.250	.629	80	6	1	0	0
1984	24	46	132	121	12	31	2	2	13	4	1	11	23	.256	.318	.322	.640	77	39	2	0	1
1985	25	91	249	225	19	52	6	3	18	4	4	23	32	.231	.305	.298	.603	67	67	7	1	4

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	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1983	23	12	29	24	3	6	0	0	3	3	5	7	.250	.379	.250	.629	2	12
1984	24	34	103	97	9	25	2	2	10	1	6	16	.258	.301	.340	.641	10	34
1985	25	45	117	104	7	21	4	1	5	0	12	9	.202	.291	.269	.560	8	45
3 Yrs		91	249	225	19	52	6	3	18	4	23	32	.231	.305	.298	.603	20	91
162 Game Avg.		162	443	401	34	93	11	5	32	7	41	57	.231	.305	.298	.603	36	91

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