John Felske

John Frederick Felske

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: May 30, 1942 in Chicago, IL
High School: Lane Tech (Chicago, IL)
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed by the Chicago Cubs as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1968
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Cubs 1968-1973

Final Game: September 8, 1973
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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
1962	20	CHC-min	D,C	99	328	278	29	50	12	1	5	33	1		41	72	.180	.286	.284	.570		79		2	3	4	1		PKA,SCL · FLOR,NORL
1963	21	CHC-min	A	117	396	396		99	22	2	12						.250	.250	.407	.657		161							SCL · NORL
1964	22	CHC-min	AA	108	382	319	28	58	15	1	6	28	1	0	63	89	.182	.317	.292	.608		93							FTW · TL
1965	23	CHC-min	AA,AAA	115	400	355	31	74	12	1	5	29	1	3	45	90	.208	.298	.290	.588		103		0	0	0			DFW,SLC · TL,PCL
1966	24	CHC-min	AA,AAA	75	247	225	19	44	10	0	6	24	0	1	22	47	.196	.267	.320	.587		72		0	0	0			DFW,TAC · TL,PCL
1967	25	CHC-min	AA	68	224	203	18	53	3	1	3	20	0	0	21	52	.261	.330	.330	.660		67							DFW · TL
1968	26	CHC-min	AAA	84	265	249	19	53	9	1	7	26	1	0	16	64	.213	.260	.341	.602		85		0	0	0			TAC · PCL
1968	26	CHC	NL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1969	27	CHC-min	AA	91	304	265	25	72	14	1	9	44	0	0	39	48	.272	.365	.434	.799		115							SAN · TL
1970	28	MIL-min	AAA	131	509	432	70	136	25	2	18	75	1	1	64	77	.315	.404	.507	.911		219		5	2	6			POR · PCL
1971	29	MIL-min	AAA	119	456	402	54	118	20	4	14	68	8	3	46	74	.294	.367	.468	.835		188		2	4	2			EVN · AA
1972	30	MIL-min	AAA	33	137	113	14	27	5	2	1	16	0	3	19	35	.239	.368	.345	.713		39		4	1	0			EVN · AA
1972	30	MIL	AL	37	89	80	6	11	3	0	1	5	0	0	8	23	.138	.216	.213	.428	30	17	2	0	1	0	0	2/3
1973	31	MIL	AL	13	24	22	1	3	0	1	0	4	0	0	1	11	.136	.167	.227	.394	12	5	0	0	0	1	0	/23
3 Yrs				54	115	104	7	14	3	1	1	9	0	0	9	35	.135	.202	.212	.413	23	22	2	0	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	345	312	21	42	9	3	3	27	0	0	27	105	.135	.202	.212	.413	23	66	6	0	3	3	0

MIL (2 yrs)				50	113	102	7	14	3	1	1	9	0	0	9	34	.137	.205	.216	.421	26	22	2	0	1	1	0
CHC (1 yr)				4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				50	113	102	7	14	3	1	1	9	0	0	9	34	.137	.205	.216	.421	26	22	2	0	1	1	0
NL (1 yr)				4	2	2	0	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
1968	26	CHC	NL	4	2	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.456	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/2

1972	30	MIL	AL	37	89	-4	-1	-0	-1	1	-5	-0.7	3	-2	-0.4	.482	.496	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	2/3
1973	31	MIL	AL	13	24	-3	0	0	1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.481	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/23
3 Seasons				54	115	-7	-1	-0	-1	1	-9	-1.1	4	-5	-0.8	.480	.498	-0.4	-0.0	-4	$

MIL (2 yrs)				50	113	-7	-1	-0	-0	1	-7	-0.9	4	-4	-0.6	.482	.497	-0.4	0.1	-3	$
CHC (1 yr)				4	2	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.456	.499	0.0	-0.1	-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
1968	26	CHC	NL	2	2	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.260	.000	.319	.000	.366	.000	.685	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1972	30	MIL	AL	89	72	4	1.5	81	.179	.138	.243	.216	.312	.213	.351	.428	.663	30	.164	-6.9	-0.8	.352	.175	.075	.0
1973	31	MIL	AL	24	20	1	1.3	91	.250	.136	.256	.167	.324	.227	.376	.394	.701	12	.104	-2.7	-0.3	.316	.136	.091
3 Yrs				115	94	5	1.4	83	.188	.135	.246	.202	.314	.212	.357	.413	.671	23	.144	-10.1	-1.1	.337	.163	.077	.0
162 Game Avg.				345	282	15	1.4	83	.188	.135	.246	.202	.314	.212	.357	.413	.671	23	.144	-10.1	-1.1	.337	.163	.077

MIL (2 yrs)				113	92	5	1.5	83	.191	.137	.246	.205	.314	.216	.357	.421	.671	26	.149	-9.6	-1.1	.344	.167	.078	.0
CHC (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.260	.000	.319	.000	.366	.000	.685	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AL (2 yrs)				113	92	5	1.5	83	.191	.137	.246	.205	.314	.216	.357	.421	.671	26	.149	-9.6	-1.1	.344	.167	.078	.0
NL (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	87	.000	.000	.260	.000	.319	.000	.366	.000	.685	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.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%
1968	26	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			0.00	50%

1972	30	MIL	AL	89	1.1%	25.8%	9.0%	4.5%	36%	2.88	3.5	80.0	16.0	1.25	63%
1973	31	MIL	AL	24	0.0%	45.8%	4.2%	4.2%	33%	11.00	2.0		5.5	0.50	50%
3 Yrs				115	0.9%	30.4%	7.8%	4.4%	36%	3.89	3.0	104.0	11.6	1.04	60%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.8%	8.6%	5.9%	27%	1.71	6.0	44.6	9.2	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1968	26	CHC	NL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.48	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.91	-0.5	2.96	1

1972	30	MIL	AL	-6.9	-0.8	89	0.2	1.6	-1.3	.93	-0.3	0.6	0.0	0.0	0.94	-2.6	1.89	8
1973	31	MIL	AL	-2.7	-0.3	24	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.02	-0.2	-0.0	-2.1	-0.2	0.90	-3.0	2.22	1
3 Yrs				-10.1	-1.1	115	-0.1	1.8	-1.9	.96	-0.6	0.4	-2.6	-0.3	0.93	-6.1	2.03	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1968	26	CHC	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1972	30	MIL	AL	4	0	28%	33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	22%	4	3	1	0	0	0	5	3	1
1973	31	MIL	AL	0	0	25%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	2	2	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				4	0	27%	36	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	18%	4	3	1	2	2	0	5	3	1

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
1968	26	CHC	NL	2	100%	0			1	0	0	0	2.96	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1972	30	MIL	AL	89	49%	11			8	2	0	0	1.89	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	14	2	14%	8	1	13%	47	7	15%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1973	31	MIL	AL	24	50%	3			1	0	0	0	2.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	1	50%	13	4	31%	3	3	100%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				115	50%	14			10	2	0	0	2.03	1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	15	2	13%	11	2	18%	61	11	18%	5	3	60%	4	1	25%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			75%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1968	26	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1969	27	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1970	28	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1971	29	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1972	30	41	91	82	6	11	3	0	1	5	8	24	.134	.211	.207	.418	27	17	2	1	0
1973	31	54	115	104	7	14	3	1	1	9	9	35	.135	.202	.212	.413	23	22	2	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
1968	26	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1972	30	39	97	86	9	14	4	0	1	7	0	10	24	.163	.250	.244	.494	5	37
1973	31	13	24	22	1	3	0	1	0	5	0	1	11	.136	.167	.227	.394	1	13
3 Yrs		56	123	110	10	17	4	1	1	12	0	11	36	.155	.230	.236	.466	6	54
162 Game Avg.		162	356	318	29	49	12	3	3	35	0	32	104	.155	.230	.236	.466	17	54

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