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Joe Frazier

Joseph Filmore Frazier

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Rightfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 6, 1922 in Liberty, NC
Signed
by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1947
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Orioles/Redlegs/Indians 1947-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: February 15, 2011 in Broken Arrow, OK
Buried: Bixby Cemetery, Bixby, OK
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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
1943 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1944 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1945 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1947 24 CLE AL 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0 /O9
1954 31 STL NL 81 104 88 8 26 5 2 3 18 0 0 13 17 .295 .388 .500 .888 130 44 1 1 0 1 /973
1955 32 STL NL 58 79 70 12 14 1 0 4 9 0 0 6 12 .200 .269 .386 .655 72 27 3 1 1 1 0 9/7
1956 33 TOT MLB 69 127 110 10 27 8 0 3 18 0 1 15 16 .245 .339 .400 .739 101 44 3 1 0 1 2 9/7
1956 33 TOT NL 24 40 36 3 8 2 0 2 6 0 1 4 10 .222 .300 .444 .744 96 16 1 0 0 0 0 /79
1956 33 STL NL 14 22 19 1 4 2 0 1 4 0 1 3 3 .211 .318 .474 .792 111 9 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1956 33 CIN NL 10 18 17 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .235 .278 .412 .690 79 7 1 0 0 0 0 /7
1956 33 BAL AL 45 87 74 7 19 6 0 1 12 0 0 11 6 .257 .356 .378 .735 103 28 2 1 0 1 2 9
4 Yrs 217 325 282 31 68 15 2 10 45 0 1 35 46 .241 .328 .415 .743 98 117 8 3 1 3 2
162 Game Avg. 162 243 211 23 51 11 1 7 34 0 1 26 34 .241 .328 .415 .743 98 87 6 2 1
STL (3 yrs) 153 205 177 21 44 8 2 8 31 0 1 22 32 .249 .335 .452 .787 106 80 4 2 1 2 0
CIN (1 yr) 10 18 17 2 4 0 0 1 2 0 0 1 7 .235 .278 .412 .690 79 7 1 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
BAL (1 yr) 45 87 74 7 19 6 0 1 12 0 0 11 6 .257 .356 .378 .735 103 28 2 1 0 1 2
NL (3 yrs) 163 223 194 23 48 8 2 9 33 0 1 23 39 .247 .330 .448 .779 104 87 5 2 1 2 0
AL (2 yrs) 54 102 88 8 20 7 0 1 12 0 0 12 7 .227 .324 .341 .664 84 30 3 1 0 1 2

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
1947 24 CLE AL 9 15 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .470 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $ /O9
1954 31 STL NL 81 104 3 -0 0 0 -0 3 0.2 4 6 0.6 .503 .502 0.6 -0.1 6 $ /973
1955 32 STL NL 58 79 -3 0 -0 1 -0 -2 -0.3 3 0 0.0 .495 .498 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ 9/7
1956 33 STL NL 14 22 1 -0 0 -1 -0 -0 -0.0 1 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.1 -0.1 1 $ /9
1956 33 CIN NL 10 18 -1 0 -0 -2 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .471 .498 0.0 -0.2 -0 $ /7
1956 33 BAL AL 45 87 1 -0 -0 -1 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .497 .499 0.2 -0.1 2 $ 9
4 Seasons 217 325 -1 -1 -0 -3 -2 -7 -0.8 10 4 0.3 .497 .499 0.6 -0.6 6 $
STL (3 yrs) 153 205 1 -1 -0 0 -1 -0 -0.1 7 7 0.6 .500 .500 0.6 -0.2 6 $
CIN (1 yr) 10 18 -1 0 -0 -2 -0 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .471 .498 0.0 -0.2 -0 $
CLE (1 yr) 9 15 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.3 0 -2 -0.2 .470 .498 -0.2 -0.0 -2 $
BAL (1 yr) 45 87 1 -0 -0 -1 -1 -1 -0.1 2 1 0.1 .497 .499 0.2 -0.1 2 $

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
1947 24 CLE AL 15 14 0 0.0 94 .077 .071 .259 .133 .339 .143 .373 .276 .711 -22 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .214 .143 .071
1954 31 STL NL 104 64 17 7.1 109 .333 .295 .274 .388 .345 .500 .424 .888 .769 130 .674 4.2 0.4 .921 .352 .205 .0
1955 32 STL NL 79 61 7 3.1 105 .182 .200 .264 .269 .335 .386 .419 .655 .754 72 .316 -3.1 -0.3 .576 .271 .186 .0
1956 33 TOT MLB 127 88 15 4.6 100 .261 .245 .259 .339 .335 .400 .401 .739 .736 101 .486 0.8 0.1 .678 .282 .155 .0
1956 33 TOT NL 40 30 5 4.4 105 .250 .222 .266 .300 .333 .444 .420 .744 .753 96 .498 -0.3 -0.0 .633 .306 .222 .0
1956 33 STL NL 22 16 3 5.0 102 .200 .211 .263 .318 .330 .474 .415 .792 .745 111 .552 0.4 0.0 .688 .368 .263 .0
1956 33 CIN NL 18 14 2 3.8 107 .333 .235 .270 .278 .338 .412 .426 .690 .764 79 .429 -0.6 -0.1 .571 .235 .176 .0
1956 33 BAL AL 87 58 10 4.6 98 .265 .257 .256 .356 .337 .378 .391 .735 .728 103 .482 1.1 0.1 .702 .270 .122 .0
4 Yrs 325 227 39 4.6 104 .253 .241 .265 .328 .339 .415 .411 .743 .750 98 .490 -0.4 -0.1 .691 .294 .174 .0
162 Game Avg. 243 169 29 4.6 104 .253 .241 .265 .328 .339 .415 .411 .743 .750 98 .490 -0.4 -0.1 .691 .294 .174
STL (3 yrs) 205 141 27 5.1 107 .259 .249 .269 .335 .340 .452 .421 .787 .761 106 .538 1.5 0.1 .746 .322 .203 .0
CIN (1 yr) 18 14 2 3.8 107 .333 .235 .270 .278 .338 .412 .426 .690 .764 79 .428 -0.6 -0.1 .571 .235 .176 .0
CLE (1 yr) 15 14 0 0.0 94 .077 .071 .259 .133 .339 .143 .373 .276 .711 -22 .000 -2.3 -0.2 .214 .143 .071
BAL (1 yr) 87 58 10 4.6 98 .265 .257 .256 .356 .337 .378 .391 .735 .728 103 .481 1.1 0.1 .702 .270 .122 .0
NL (3 yrs) 223 155 29 5.0 107 .264 .247 .269 .330 .340 .448 .421 .779 .761 104 .530 0.9 0.1 .730 .314 .201 .0
AL (2 yrs) 102 72 10 3.7 98 .235 .227 .257 .324 .337 .341 .388 .664 .725 84 .393 -1.3 -0.1 .606 .250 .114 .0

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
1947 24 CLE AL 15 0.0% 6.7% 6.7% 6.7% 100% 1.00 14.0 87%
1954 31 STL NL 104 2.9% 16.4% 12.5% 9.6% 39% 1.31 5.2 29.3 4.9 0.50 66%
1955 32 STL NL 79 5.1% 15.2% 7.6% 6.3% 36% 2.00 5.8 17.5 7.8 0.67 70%
1956 33 TOT MLB 127 2.4% 12.6% 11.8% 8.7% 41% 1.07 6.9 36.7 6.1 0.41 72%
1956 33 TOT NL 40 5.0% 25.0% 10.0% 10.0% 50% 2.50 3.6 18.0 6.0 0.64 60%
1956 33 STL NL 22 4.6% 13.6% 13.6% 13.6% 75% 1.00 6.3 19.0 4.8 0.38 68%
1956 33 CIN NL 18 5.6% 38.9% 5.6% 5.6% 25% 7.00 2.4 17.0 8.5 1.33 50%
1956 33 BAL AL 87 1.2% 6.9% 12.6% 8.1% 37% 0.55 12.3 74.0 6.2 0.34 78%
4 Yrs 325 3.1% 14.2% 10.8% 8.3% 40% 1.31 6.1 28.2 6.3 0.50 70%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.4% 9.7% 6.5% 28% 1.07 8.5 44.4 8.1 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1947 24 CLE AL -2.3 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1954 31 STL NL 4.2 0.4 94 -0.0 2.3 -2.3 1.43 0.1 -0.2 3.4 0.3 0.99 1.7 1.68 53
1955 32 STL NL -3.1 -0.3 68 -0.8 1.3 -2.1 1.47 -0.5 -0.1 -10.0 -1.0 1.10 -5.8 1.77 41
1956 33 TOT MLB 0.6 0.1 128 -0.3 2.5 -2.8 1.27 0.1 -0.4 0.9 0.1 0.98 1.7 1.70 40
1956 33 TOT NL -0.3 -0.0 41 0.1 1.0 -0.8 1.19 0.2 -0.1 1.0 0.1 0.97 2.4 1.65 15
1956 33 STL NL 0.3 0.0 23 0.3 0.7 -0.4 1.24 0.2 0.0 1.6 0.2 1.04 2.9 1.90 7
1956 33 CIN NL -0.6 -0.1 18 -0.2 0.2 -0.4 1.12 -0.1 -0.1 -0.6 -0.1 0.88 -0.5 1.45 8
1956 33 BAL AL 0.9 0.1 87 -0.4 1.6 -1.9 1.31 -0.0 -0.3 -0.1 -0.0 0.99 -0.7 1.73 25
4 Yrs -0.6 -0.1 290 -1.1 6.1 -7.3 1.37 -0.2 -0.6 -5.7 -0.6 1.01 -2.4 1.71 134

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
1954 31 STL NL 0 1 14% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 17% 4 4 0 2 0 1 0 0 0
1955 32 STL NL 1 0 47% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 43% 3 2 1 2 2 0 2 0 2
1956 33 TOT MLB 3 0 18% 42 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 55% 7 4 3 1 0 1 3 1 2
1956 33 TOT NL 1 0 10% 11 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 33 STL NL 1 0 0% 5 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 33 CIN NL 0 0 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 33 BAL AL 2 0 20% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 56% 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 2
4 Yrs 4 1 22% 77 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 42% 14 10 4 5 2 2 5 1 4

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 31 STL NL 104 85% 26 53 16 2 8 1.68 3 0 4 2 0 2 1 0 0 0 23 1 4% 7 2 29% 77 14 18% 11 7 64% 3 1 33% 0
1955 32 STL NL 79 93% 14 41 3 1 3 1.77 4 0 4 3 0 1 3 0 1 1 100% 17 3 18% 9 2 22% 65 3 5% 3 1 33% 4 1 25% 0
1956 33 TOT MLB 127 95% 27 40 9 0 6 1.70 3 0 4 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 23 3 13% 11 2 18% 89 16 18% 11 6 55% 4 1 25% 0
1956 33 TOT NL 40 93% 8 15 4 0 2 1.65 2 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 1 11% 4 0 0% 25 5 20% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1956 33 STL NL 22 95% 4 7 1 0 1 1.90 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 2 0 0% 17 4 24% 3 1 33% 1 1 100% 0
1956 33 CIN NL 18 89% 4 8 3 0 1 1.45 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 1 33% 2 0 0% 8 1 13% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 33 BAL AL 87 97% 19 25 5 0 4 1.73 1 0 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 14 2 14% 7 2 29% 64 11 17% 8 5 63% 3 0 0% 0
4 Yrs 310 91% 68 134 28 3 17 1.71 10 0 12 8 0 4 6 0 1 1 100% 63 8 13% 27 6 22% 231 33 14% 25 14 56% 11 3 27% 0
MLB Averages 50% 104% 13% 32% 14% 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
1947 24 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
1948 25 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
1949 26 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
1950 27 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
1951 28 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
1952 29 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
1953 30 9 15 14 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .071 .133 .143 .276 -22 2 1 0 0
1954 31 90 119 102 9 27 6 2 3 18 0 0 14 18 .265 .356 .451 .807 111 46 2 1 0 1
1955 32 148 198 172 21 41 7 2 7 27 0 0 20 30 .238 .321 .424 .746 96 73 5 2 1 2 0
1956 33 217 325 282 31 68 15 2 10 45 0 1 35 46 .241 .328 .415 .743 98 117 8 3 1 3 2

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
1947 24 9 16 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .063 .000 .063 0 9
1954 31 85 106 91 8 26 5 2 3 18 0 13 18 .286 .377 .484 .861 17 81
1955 32 61 83 74 12 15 1 0 4 9 0 6 13 .203 .268 .378 .647 7 58
1956 33 72 133 115 11 28 8 0 3 19 0 16 17 .243 .338 .391 .730 16 69
4 Yrs 227 338 295 31 69 14 2 10 46 0 36 49 .234 .320 .397 .717 40 217
162 Game Avg. 162 241 211 22 49 10 1 7 33 0 26 35 .234 .320 .397 .717 29 217

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