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Cliff Fannin

Clifford Bryson Fannin (Mule)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: May 13, 1924 in Louisa, KY
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 2, 1945
Team: Browns 1945-1952

Final Game: September 27, 1952
Died: December 11, 1966 in Sandusky, OH
Buried: Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery, Sylvania, OH
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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
1945 21 SLB AL 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 /1
1946 22 SLB AL 27 33 31 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .161 .188 .161 .349 -4 5 1 0 0 1
1947 23 SLB AL 26 52 46 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 5 .196 .229 .217 .447 23 10 3 0 4 1
1948 24 SLB AL 48 83 65 12 11 0 0 0 2 0 0 11 4 .169 .299 .169 .468 25 11 3 1 6 1 MVP-32
1949 25 SLB AL 37 58 55 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 0 2 15 .164 .193 .182 .375 -3 10 0 0 1 1
1950 26 SLB AL 33 34 34 6 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 6 .176 .176 .206 .382 -4 7 0 0 0 1
1951 27 SLB AL 8 4 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 34 1 0 0 0 /1
1952 28 SLB AL 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 46 0 1 0 0 1
8 Yrs 195 267 237 30 41 3 0 0 14 0 0 17 36 .173 .231 .186 .417 11 44 8 1 11
162 Game Avg. 162 222 197 25 34 2 0 0 12 0 0 14 30 .173 .231 .186 .417 11 37 7 1 9

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
1945 21 SLB AL 5 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1946 22 SLB AL 27 33 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1947 23 SLB AL 26 52 -5 0 0 0 6 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 $ 1
1948 24 SLB AL 48 83 -7 1 -0 0 9 3 0.3 2 5 0.3 .506 .502 0.3 0.0 5 $ 1 MVP-32
1949 25 SLB AL 37 58 -9 0 1 0 6 -1 -0.1 2 0 -0.1 .496 .499 -0.1 0.0 0 $ 1
1950 26 SLB AL 33 34 -6 0 0 0 4 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1951 27 SLB AL 8 4 -0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1952 28 SLB AL 11 2 0 0 -0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
8 Seasons 195 267 -31 1 1 0 28 -0 -0.0 7 7 0.1 .500 .500 0.1 0.0 7 $

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
1945 21 SLB AL 1 1 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .268 .000 .342 .000 .365 .000 .707 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1946 22 SLB AL 33 27 1 1.0 100 .192 .161 .269 .188 .345 .161 .388 .349 .732 -4 .067 -4.5 -0.5 .222 .032 .000
1947 23 SLB AL 52 44 2 1.2 98 .220 .196 .265 .229 .345 .217 .381 .447 .726 23 .094 -5.0 -0.5 .300 .065 .022
1948 24 SLB AL 83 63 3 1.3 107 .180 .169 .275 .299 .361 .169 .398 .468 .759 25 .086 -6.8 -0.7 .404 .169 .000
1949 25 SLB AL 58 47 2 1.1 111 .225 .164 .277 .193 .370 .182 .402 .375 .772 -3 .072 -8.6 -0.9 .261 .055 .018
1950 26 SLB AL 34 28 1 1.0 117 .214 .176 .283 .176 .371 .206 .424 .382 .796 -4 .046 -5.6 -0.5 .250 .029 .029
1951 27 SLB AL 4 3 0 0.0 105 .333 .250 .271 .250 .353 .250 .398 .500 .750 34 .000 -0.4 -0.0 .333 .000 .000
1952 28 SLB AL 2 2 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .262 .500 .342 .000 .383 .500 .726 46 .000 0.1 0.0 .500 1.000 .000
8 Yrs 267 215 9 1.1 107 .204 .173 .274 .231 .359 .186 .398 .417 .757 11 .072 -31.1 -3.1 .304 .084 .013
162 Game Avg. 222 179 7 1.1 107 .204 .173 .274 .231 .359 .186 .398 .417 .757 11 .072 -31.1 -3.1 .304 .084 .013

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
1945 21 SLB AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1946 22 SLB AL 33 0.0% 15.2% 3.0% 0.0% 0% 5.00 6.2 15.5 79%
1947 23 SLB AL 52 0.0% 9.6% 3.9% 1.9% 11% 2.50 9.2 11.5 79%
1948 24 SLB AL 83 0.0% 4.8% 13.3% 0.0% 0% 0.36 16.3 32.5 2.00 73%
1949 25 SLB AL 58 0.0% 25.9% 3.5% 1.7% 11% 7.50 3.7 13.8 3.20 69%
1950 26 SLB AL 34 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 2.9% 17% 5.7 17.0 1.75 82%
1951 27 SLB AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.0 1.00 75%
1952 28 SLB AL 2 0.0% 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.00 50%
8 Yrs 267 0.0% 13.5% 6.4% 1.1% 7% 2.12 6.6 16.9 2.38 75%
MLB Averages 1.7% 9.7% 9.7% 6.2% 27% 1.00 9.1 53.3 8.3 0.97 77%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1945 21 SLB AL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 22 SLB AL -4.6 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 23 SLB AL -5.0 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 24 SLB AL -6.9 -0.7 25 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .76 -0.1 -0.1 -2.9 -0.3 0.97 -2.4 0
1949 25 SLB AL -8.6 -0.9 39 -0.4 0.5 -0.9 1.22 -0.2 -0.1 -3.5 -0.3 1.01 -2.7 0
1950 26 SLB AL -5.6 -0.5 17 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1.06 -0.2 0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.96 -2.2 0
1951 27 SLB AL -0.4 -0.0 4 0.0 0.1 -0.0 .58 -0.0 0.1 -0.5 -0.0 0.93 -0.5 0
1952 28 SLB AL 0.0 0.0 2 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .66 0.0 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 1.36 -0.1 0
8 Yrs -31.3 -3.1 87 -0.6 1.0 -1.6 1.01 -0.5 -0.0 -9.4 -0.9 0.99 -8.0 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 24 SLB AL 1 0 52% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 60% 7 4 3 0 0 0 3 0 3
1949 25 SLB AL 2 0 36% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 60% 3 0 2 1 1 0 1 0 1
1950 26 SLB AL 0 0 100% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1951 27 SLB AL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 28 SLB AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 3 0 51% 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 59% 11 5 5 1 1 0 5 0 5

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 24 SLB AL 83 100% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 6 200% 5 3 60% 5 2 40% 21 1 5% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1949 25 SLB AL 58 87% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 8 0 0% 6 1 17% 28 3 11% 2 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1950 26 SLB AL 34 59% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 5 2 40% 10 2 20% 2 2 100% 0 0 0
1951 27 SLB AL 4 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1952 28 SLB AL 2 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
8 Yrs 181 85% 41 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 220% 19 8 42% 18 6 33% 62 6 10% 5 2 40% 4 3 75% 0
MLB Averages 51% 174% 20% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1945 21 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1946 22 32 34 32 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 5 .156 .182 .156 .338 -7 5 1 0 0
1947 23 58 86 78 8 14 1 0 0 6 0 0 3 10 .179 .210 .192 .402 11 15 4 0 4
1948 24 106 169 143 20 25 1 0 0 8 0 0 14 14 .175 .253 .182 .435 18 26 7 1 10
1949 25 143 227 198 24 34 2 0 0 12 0 0 16 29 .172 .237 .182 .419 13 36 7 1 11
1950 26 176 261 232 30 40 3 0 0 14 0 0 16 35 .172 .229 .185 .414 10 43 7 1 11
1951 27 184 265 236 30 41 3 0 0 14 0 0 16 36 .174 .229 .186 .416 11 44 7 1 11
1952 28 195 267 237 30 41 3 0 0 14 0 0 17 36 .173 .231 .186 .417 11 44 8 1 11

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
1945 21 5 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 5
1946 22 28 33 32 4 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 5 .156 .182 .156 .338 1 27
1947 23 27 53 47 4 9 1 0 0 4 0 2 5 .191 .224 .213 .437 2 26
1948 24 50 85 67 12 11 0 0 0 2 0 11 4 .164 .291 .164 .455 3 48
1949 25 39 61 58 4 10 1 0 0 4 0 2 16 .172 .200 .190 .390 2 37
1950 26 34 35 35 5 6 1 0 0 2 0 0 6 .171 .171 .200 .371 1 33
1951 27 8 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1952 28 11 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 11
8 Yrs 202 274 245 29 41 3 0 0 14 0 17 37 .167 .224 .180 .404 9 195
162 Game Avg. 162 220 196 23 33 2 0 0 11 0 14 30 .167 .224 .180 .404 7 195

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1948 AL (32, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1497th)

Youngest s c a p y
1945 AL  born 1924-05-13 (9th)

                           

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