Joe Durham

Joseph Vann Durham (Pop)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 186 lb.

Born: July 31, 1931 in Newport News, VA
High School: Huntington HS (Newport News, VA)
School: Shaw University (Raleigh, NC)
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1954
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Cardinals 1954-1959

Final Game: May 6, 1959
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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
1953	21	BAL-min	B	129	487	487		150	19	8	14						.308	.308	.466	.774		227							YOR · PIED
1954	22	BAL-min	AA	161	681	610	102	194	25	17	14	108	10	4	60	112	.318	.378	.484	.862		295		2	4	5			SAN · TL
1954	22	BAL	AL	10	44	40	4	9	0	0	1	3	0	0	4	7	.225	.295	.300	.595	70	12	0	0	0	0		7/8
1955		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1956		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1957	25	BAL-min	AA	50	208	174	40	68	9	3	8	35	5	2	29	26	.391	.486	.615	1.101		107		4	0	1			SAN · TL
1957	25	BAL	AL	77	177	157	19	29	2	0	4	17	1	1	16	42	.185	.259	.274	.533	51	43	4	0	3	1	1	79/8

1958	26	BAL-min	AAA	135	534	463	81	132	17	11	18	85	10		62	89	.285	.369	.486	.855		225	7	2	3	4			VAN · PCL
1959	27	BAL-min	AAA	73	279	252	38	72	12	7	6	47	2	1	19	51	.286	.331	.460	.791		116		1	1	6			VAN · PCL
1959	27	STL	NL	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/8
1960	28	BAL-min	AAA	139	554	510	56	139	21	9	8	58	2	4	44	113	.273	.330	.396	.726		202							VAN · PCL
1961	29	BAL-min	AAA	115	371	343	46	101	22	2	9	45	2		28	69	.294	.348	.449	.797		154							ROC · IL
1962	30	BAL-min	AAA	130	481	434	62	122	24	3	17	73	2	1	37	81	.281	.340	.468	.808		203		4	2	4			ROC · IL
1963	31	NYY-min	AAA	143	528	492	63	120	24	7	13	62	0	2	36	111	.244	.295	.400	.696		197							RMD · IL
1964	32	BAL-min	AAA	92	218	205	22	49	10	1	6	18	0	0	9	57	.239	.270	.385	.655		79		0	3	1			ROC · IL
3 Yrs				93	226	202	25	38	2	0	5	20	1	1	20	50	.188	.260	.272	.532	51	55	4	0	3	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	394	352	44	66	3	0	9	35	2	2	35	87	.188	.260	.272	.532	51	96	7	0	5	2

BAL (2 yrs)				87	221	197	23	38	2	0	5	20	1	1	20	49	.193	.266	.279	.545	54	55	4	0	3	1	1
STL (1 yr)				6	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				87	221	197	23	38	2	0	5	20	1	1	20	49	.193	.266	.279	.545	54	55	4	0	3	1	1
NL (1 yr)				6	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	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
1954	22	BAL	AL	10	44	-1	-0	1	-1	-0	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.2	.473	.498	0.0	-0.2	0	$	7/8

1957	25	BAL	AL	77	177	-12	-0	-0	1	-3	-14	-1.6	5	-9	-1.1	.480	.491	-1.2	-0.2	-10	$	79/8

1959	27	STL	NL	6	5	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.466	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/8
3 Seasons				93	226	-14	-1	0	-0	-3	-18	-2.0	6	-12	-1.5	.478	.496	-1.3	-0.4	-12	$

BAL (2 yrs)				87	221	-13	-0	0	0	-3	-16	-1.8	6	-10	-1.3	.479	.494	-1.2	-0.4	-10	$
STL (1 yr)				6	5	-1	-0	0	-0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.466	.499	-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
1954	22	BAL	AL	44	31	4	3.5	92	.250	.225	.256	.295	.330	.300	.374	.595	.704	70	.406	-1.7	-0.2	.516	.175	.075	.0

1957	25	BAL	AL	177	137	11	2.2	93	.223	.185	.255	.259	.326	.274	.385	.533	.710	51	.217	-10.6	-1.1	.444	.191	.089	1.6

1959	27	STL	NL	5	5	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.277	.000	.344	.000	.429	.000	.773	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				226	173	15	2.3	94	.223	.188	.256	.260	.327	.272	.384	.532	.711	51	.241	-13.8	-1.4	.444	.183	.084	1.7
162 Game Avg.				394	301	26	2.3	94	.223	.188	.256	.260	.327	.272	.384	.532	.711	51	.241	-13.8	-1.4	.444	.183	.084	3

BAL (2 yrs)				221	168	15	2.4	93	.229	.193	.255	.266	.327	.279	.383	.545	.709	54	.252	-12.4	-1.3	.457	.188	.086	1.7
STL (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.277	.000	.344	.000	.429	.000	.773	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

AL (2 yrs)				221	168	15	2.4	93	.229	.193	.255	.266	.327	.279	.383	.545	.709	54	.252	-12.4	-1.3	.457	.188	.086	1.7
NL (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.277	.000	.344	.000	.429	.000	.773	-100	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1954	22	BAL	AL	44	2.3%	15.9%	9.1%	2.3%	11%	1.75	5.7	40.0	13.3	0.77	73%

1957	25	BAL	AL	177	2.3%	23.7%	9.0%	3.4%	21%	2.63	3.7	39.3	9.2	1.00	63%

1959	27	STL	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0			1.00	80%
3 Yrs				226	2.2%	22.1%	8.9%	3.1%	18%	2.50	4.0	40.4	10.1	0.95	65%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.2%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.34	7.3	38.4	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	22	BAL	AL	-1.7	-0.2	44	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	1.24	-0.2	0.2	-2.5	-0.3	0.92	-2.4		0

1957	25	BAL	AL	-10.6	-1.1	181	-0.8	2.6	-3.4	1.02	-1.0	0.2	-8.3	-0.9	1.00	-11.3	1.67	15

1959	27	STL	NL	-1.5	-0.2	5	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.14	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.86	-1.6	1.09	2
3 Yrs				-13.8	-1.4	230	-1.0	3.3	-4.4	1.07	-1.4	0.4	-12.3	-1.3	0.99	-15.3	1.60	17

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1954	22	BAL	AL	1	0	25%	14	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1957	25	BAL	AL	0	0	37%	53	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	5	47%	10	4	6	4	3	0	5	2	3

1959	27	STL	NL	0	0		5	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	0	38%	72	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3	6	38%	14	8	6	5	4	0	5	2	3

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
1954	22	BAL	AL	44	66%	9			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	9	0	0%	3	0	0%	32	2	6%	6	2	33%	2	0	0%	0

1957	25	BAL	AL	177	53%	29			15	1	0	1	1.67	4	0	6	0	4	3	1	0	3	3	100%	41	4	10%	20	7	35%	122	13	11%	11	4	36%	7	3	43%	0

1959	27	STL	NL	5	60%	0			2	0	0	0	1.09	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				226	55%	38			17	1	0	1	1.60	5	0	7	0	5	4	1	0	4	3	75%	50	4	8%	24	7	29%	156	15	10%	18	6	33%	9	3	33%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			78%			11%			31%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1954	22	10	44	40	4	9	0	1	3	0	0	4	7	.225	.295	.300	.595	70	12	0	0	0
1955	23	10	44	40	4	9	0	1	3	0	0	4	7	.225	.295	.300	.595	70	12	0	0	0
1956	24	10	44	40	4	9	0	1	3	0	0	4	7	.225	.295	.300	.595	70	12	0	0	0
1957	25	87	221	197	23	38	2	5	20	1	1	20	49	.193	.266	.279	.545	54	55	4	3	1	1
1958	26	87	221	197	23	38	2	5	20	1	1	20	49	.193	.266	.279	.545	54	55	4	3	1	1
1959	27	93	226	202	25	38	2	5	20	1	1	20	50	.188	.260	.272	.532	51	55	4	3	1	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1954	22	10	46	42	5	10	0	0	1	4	0	4	7	.238	.304	.310	.614	4	10

1957	25	81	190	168	23	33	2	0	5	21	1	18	44	.196	.273	.298	.570	14	77

1959	27	6	5	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
3 Yrs		97	241	215	30	43	2	0	6	25	1	22	52	.200	.273	.293	.566	18	93
162 Game Avg.		162	402	359	50	72	3	0	10	42	2	37	87	.200	.273	.293	.566	30	93

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