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Red Embree

Charles Willard Embree

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 30, 1917 in El Monte, CA(All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1941
Teams (by GP): Indians/Browns/Yankees 1941-1949

Final Game: October 2, 1949
Died: September 24, 1996 in Eugene, OR
Buried: Crescent City Cemetery, Crescent City, CA
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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
1941 23 CLE AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1942 24 CLE AL 19 17 15 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .133 .188 .133 .321 -7 2 0 0 1 1
1944 26 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1945 27 CLE AL 8 27 21 3 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 3 .143 .217 .143 .360 8 3 1 0 4 /1
1946 28 CLE AL 28 79 70 6 13 3 0 0 6 0 0 2 8 .186 .208 .229 .437 26 16 1 0 7 1
1947 29 CLE AL 28 59 52 5 9 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 14 .173 .189 .173 .362 2 9 0 0 6 1
1948 30 NYY AL 20 28 27 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .148 .179 .185 .364 -3 5 0 0 0 1
1949 31 SLB AL 40 44 37 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 .162 .225 .162 .387 1 6 1 0 3 1
8 Yrs 147 255 223 19 37 4 0 0 18 0 0 10 43 .166 .202 .184 .386 8 41 3 0 21
162 Game Avg. 162 281 246 21 41 4 0 0 20 0 0 11 47 .166 .202 .184 .386 8 45 3 0 23
CLE (6 yrs) 87 183 159 15 27 3 0 0 12 0 0 6 27 .170 .200 .189 .389 12 30 2 0 18
NYY (1 yr) 20 28 27 2 4 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 6 .148 .179 .185 .364 -3 5 0 0 0
SLB (1 yr) 40 44 37 2 6 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 10 .162 .225 .162 .387 1 6 1 0 3

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
1941 23 CLE AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .480 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1942 24 CLE AL 19 17 -2 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1944 26 CLE AL 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1945 27 CLE AL 8 27 -3 0 0 0 2 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .497 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1946 28 CLE AL 28 79 -7 0 0 0 8 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 3 $ 1
1947 29 CLE AL 28 59 -7 0 0 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1948 30 NYY AL 20 28 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1949 31 SLB AL 40 44 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
8 Seasons 147 255 -29 0 0 0 26 -3 -0.3 6 3 -0.2 .498 .500 -0.2 0.0 3 $
CLE (6 yrs) 87 183 -19 0 0 0 18 -1 -0.1 5 4 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 4 $
NYY (1 yr) 20 28 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .495 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $
SLB (1 yr) 40 44 -6 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $

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
1941 23 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .000 .270 .000 .345 .000 .397 .000 .742 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1942 24 CLE AL 17 14 0 0.0 89 .154 .133 .259 .188 .332 .133 .362 .321 .693 -7 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .231 .067 .000
1945 27 CLE AL 27 23 1 1.2 84 .167 .143 .256 .217 .327 .143 .348 .360 .675 8 .101 -2.4 -0.3 .263 .095 .000
1946 28 CLE AL 79 65 3 1.2 90 .210 .186 .255 .208 .328 .229 .367 .437 .696 26 .097 -6.9 -0.7 .310 .071 .043
1947 29 CLE AL 59 49 2 1.1 94 .237 .173 .259 .189 .338 .173 .373 .362 .711 2 .079 -7.0 -0.7 .233 .019 .000
1948 30 NYY AL 28 23 1 1.2 105 .190 .148 .272 .179 .357 .185 .393 .364 .750 -3 .074 -4.1 -0.4 .261 .074 .037
1949 31 SLB AL 44 35 1 0.8 111 .222 .162 .277 .225 .370 .162 .402 .387 .772 1 .036 -5.6 -0.6 .281 .081 .000
8 Yrs 255 210 8 1.0 96 .206 .166 .262 .202 .341 .184 .375 .386 .717 8 .068 -28.3 -2.9 .270 .063 .018
162 Game Avg. 281 231 9 1.0 96 .206 .166 .262 .202 .341 .184 .375 .386 .717 8 .068 -28.3 -2.9 .270 .063 .018
CLE (6 yrs) 183 152 6 1.1 91 .205 .170 .257 .200 .332 .189 .366 .389 .698 12 .076 -18.6 -2.0 .269 .057 .019
NYY (1 yr) 28 23 1 1.2 105 .190 .148 .272 .179 .357 .185 .393 .364 .750 -3 .074 -4.1 -0.4 .261 .074 .037
SLB (1 yr) 44 35 1 0.8 111 .222 .162 .277 .225 .370 .162 .402 .387 .772 1 .036 -5.6 -0.6 .281 .081 .000

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
1941 23 CLE AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1942 24 CLE AL 17 0.0% 11.8% 5.9% 0.0% 0% 2.00 7.5 15.0 76%
1945 27 CLE AL 27 0.0% 11.1% 7.4% 0.0% 0% 1.50 7.0 10.5 67%
1946 28 CLE AL 79 0.0% 10.1% 2.5% 3.8% 23% 4.00 8.8 11.7 78%
1947 29 CLE AL 59 0.0% 23.7% 1.7% 0.0% 0% 14.00 3.7 17.3 64%
1948 30 NYY AL 28 0.0% 21.4% 3.6% 3.6% 25% 6.00 4.5 9.0 3.00 75%
1949 31 SLB AL 44 0.0% 22.7% 6.8% 0.0% 0% 3.33 3.7 12.3 1.83 61%
8 Yrs 255 0.0% 16.9% 3.9% 1.6% 11% 4.30 5.2 12.4 2.00 71%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.2% 9.3% 5.9% 26% 0.99 9.7 66.9 8.6 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1941 23 CLE AL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 24 CLE AL -2.1 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 26 CLE AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 27 CLE AL -2.4 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 28 CLE AL -6.9 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 29 CLE AL -7.1 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 30 NYY AL -4.1 -0.4 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .69 -0.2 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.89 -2.0 0
1949 31 SLB AL -5.6 -0.6 30 0.0 0.5 -0.5 1.02 -0.1 0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.95 -1.5 0
8 Yrs -28.4 -2.9 36 -0.1 0.5 -0.7 .96 -0.3 0.2 -3.7 -0.4 0.94 -3.5 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
1948 30 NYY AL 0 0 40% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 31 SLB AL 0 0 22% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 0 0 40% 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 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
1948 30 NYY AL 28 17% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1949 31 SLB AL 44 70% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 5 1 20% 5 1 20% 19 3 16% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
8 Yrs 72 61% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 21 420% 5 3 60% 7 1 14% 21 3 14% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 52% 594% 63% 34% 15% 51% 56%

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
1941 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1942 24 20 18 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .125 .176 .125 .301 -13 2 0 0 1
1943 25 20 18 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .125 .176 .125 .301 -13 2 0 0 1
1944 26 23 18 16 1 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .125 .176 .125 .301 -13 2 0 0 1
1945 27 31 45 37 4 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 3 5 .135 .200 .135 .335 -1 5 1 0 5
1946 28 59 124 107 10 18 3 0 0 9 0 0 5 13 .168 .205 .196 .402 17 21 2 0 12
1947 29 87 183 159 15 27 3 0 0 12 0 0 6 27 .170 .200 .189 .389 12 30 2 0 18
1948 30 107 211 186 17 31 4 0 0 15 0 0 7 33 .167 .197 .188 .385 10 35 2 0 18
1949 31 147 255 223 19 37 4 0 0 18 0 0 10 43 .166 .202 .184 .386 8 41 3 0 21

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
1941 23 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1942 24 20 18 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .059 .000 .059 0 19
1945 27 8 30 23 5 4 0 0 0 3 0 3 3 .174 .269 .174 .443 1 8
1946 28 29 84 75 8 15 3 0 0 8 0 2 8 .200 .221 .240 .461 4 28
1947 29 29 62 55 6 10 0 0 0 4 0 1 15 .182 .196 .182 .378 2 28
1948 30 21 29 28 2 4 1 0 0 4 0 1 6 .143 .172 .179 .351 1 20
1949 31 42 42 37 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 2 10 .135 .179 .135 .315 1 40
7 Yrs 150 266 235 23 38 4 0 0 21 0 10 44 .162 .196 .179 .375 9 144
162 Game Avg. 162 287 254 25 41 4 0 0 23 0 11 48 .162 .196 .179 .375 10 144

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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