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Lou Frazier

Arthur Louis Frazier

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 26, 1965 in St. Louis, MO
High School: Jennings HS (Jennings, MO)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (5th pick) of the 1986 amateur draft (June Secondary). Player signed June 3, 1986. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1993
Teams (by GP): Expos/Rangers/WhiteSox 1993-1998

Final Game: April 19, 1998
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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
1993 28 MON NL 112 211 189 27 54 7 1 1 16 17 2 16 24 .286 .340 .349 .689 83 66 3 0 5 1 0 7/3894
1994 29 MON NL 76 160 140 25 38 3 1 0 14 20 4 18 23 .271 .358 .307 .666 76 43 1 1 1 0 0 7/483
1995 30 TOT MLB 84 185 162 25 33 4 0 0 11 13 1 15 32 .204 .286 .228 .514 36 37 3 4 3 1 0 78/9D4
1995 30 MON NL 35 74 63 6 12 2 0 0 3 4 0 8 12 .190 .297 .222 .520 38 14 1 2 0 1 0 87/94
1995 30 TEX AL 49 111 99 19 21 2 0 0 8 9 1 7 20 .212 .278 .232 .510 33 23 2 2 3 0 0 7/8D
1996 31 TEX AL 30 60 50 5 13 2 1 0 5 4 2 8 10 .260 .373 .340 .713 79 17 2 1 1 0 0 D7/84
1998 33 CHW AL 7 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 .000 .222 .000 .222 -34 0 0 0 1 0 0 /8D
5 Yrs 309 626 548 82 138 16 3 1 46 58 9 59 95 .252 .330 .297 .628 65 163 9 6 11 2 0
162 Game Avg. 162 328 287 43 72 8 2 1 24 30 5 31 50 .252 .330 .297 .628 65 85 5 3 6 1 0
MON (3 yrs) 223 445 392 58 104 12 2 1 33 41 6 42 59 .265 .339 .314 .653 73 123 5 3 6 2 0
TEX (2 yrs) 79 171 149 24 34 4 1 0 13 13 3 15 30 .228 .311 .268 .580 50 40 4 3 4 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 7 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 6 .000 .222 .000 .222 -34 0 0 0 1 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 86 181 156 24 34 4 1 0 13 17 3 17 36 .218 .307 .256 .563 46 40 4 3 5 0 0
NL (3 yrs) 223 445 392 58 104 12 2 1 33 41 6 42 59 .265 .339 .314 .653 73 123 5 3 6 2 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 Awards
1993 28 MON NL 112 211 -2 3 0 -3 -2 -4 -0.3 6 2 0.2 .496 .498 0.5 -0.5 5 $109,000 7/3894
1994 29 MON NL 76 160 -4 2 2 2 -1 1 0.1 4 5 0.5 .501 .500 0.3 0.1 2 $140,000 7/483
1995 30 MON NL 35 74 -4 1 0 -3 -0 -7 -0.7 2 -5 -0.5 .481 .496 -0.2 -0.3 -2 $165,000 87/94
1995 30 TEX AL 49 111 -10 2 1 1 -2 -8 -0.7 4 -4 -0.4 .485 .495 -0.5 -0.0 -5 $ 7/8D
1996 31 TEX AL 30 60 0 -2 0 3 -2 -0 0.0 2 2 0.2 .499 .500 -0.1 0.2 -2 $165,500 D7/84
1998 33 CHW AL 7 10 -1 1 0 1 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .514 .501 0.0 0.1 0 $170,000 /8D
5 Seasons 309 626 -21 7 3 2 -7 -17 -1.5 18 1 0.1 .495 .498 0.0 -0.4 -1 $749,500
MON (3 yrs) 223 445 -10 6 2 -4 -4 -10 -1.0 12 2 0.2 .495 .498 0.6 -0.7 6 $414,000
TEX (2 yrs) 79 171 -10 -0 1 4 -3 -8 -0.7 5 -2 -0.2 .490 .498 -0.6 0.2 -7 $165,500
CHW (1 yr) 7 10 -1 1 0 1 -0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .514 .501 0.0 0.1 0 $170,000

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
1993 28 MON NL 211 146 25 4.6 107 .321 .286 .276 .340 .342 .349 .420 .689 .762 83 .495 -4.8 -0.5 .693 .228 .063 1.9
1994 29 MON NL 160 108 19 4.7 110 .325 .271 .275 .358 .343 .307 .431 .666 .774 76 .481 -4.6 -0.4 .729 .279 .036 .0
1995 30 TOT MLB 185 137 13 2.5 111 .252 .204 .274 .286 .347 .228 .430 .514 .777 36 .220 -15.6 -1.5 .511 .191 .025 .0
1995 30 MON NL 74 53 5 2.5 109 .231 .190 .274 .297 .344 .222 .427 .520 .771 38 .234 -5.5 -0.5 .538 .222 .032 .0
1995 30 TEX AL 111 84 8 2.5 112 .266 .212 .274 .278 .348 .232 .433 .510 .781 33 .211 -10.1 -0.9 .494 .172 .020 .0
1996 31 TEX AL 60 42 7 4.5 120 .325 .260 .283 .373 .357 .340 .455 .713 .812 79 .398 -1.5 -0.1 .683 .280 .080 .0
1998 33 CHW AL 10 8 1 3.3 107 .000 .000 .268 .222 .336 .000 .427 .222 .763 -34 .308 -1.4 -0.1 .857 .857 .000 .0
5 Yrs 626 441 65 4.0 110 .302 .252 .276 .330 .345 .297 .429 .628 .774 65 .399 -27.8 -2.6 .647 .243 .046 2.0
162 Game Avg. 328 231 34 4.0 110 .302 .252 .276 .330 .345 .297 .429 .628 .774 65 .399 -27.8 -2.6 .647 .243 .046 1
MON (3 yrs) 445 307 49 4.3 108 .308 .265 .275 .339 .342 .314 .425 .653 .767 73 .450 -14.9 -1.4 .679 .245 .048 2.0
TEX (2 yrs) 171 126 15 3.2 115 .286 .228 .277 .311 .351 .268 .440 .580 .791 50 .279 -11.6 -1.1 .557 .208 .040 .0
CHW (1 yr) 10 8 1 3.3 107 .000 .000 .268 .222 .336 .000 .427 .222 .763 -34 .308 -1.4 -0.1 .857 .857 .000 .0
AL (3 yrs) 181 134 16 3.2 114 .283 .218 .277 .307 .351 .256 .439 .563 .790 46 .280 -13.0 -1.2 .574 .237 .038 .0
NL (3 yrs) 445 307 49 4.3 108 .308 .265 .275 .339 .342 .314 .425 .653 .767 73 .450 -14.9 -1.4 .679 .245 .048 2.0

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
1993 28 MON NL 211 0.5% 11.4% 7.6% 4.3% 17% 1.50 7.9 189.0 11.8 1.23 1.54 78% 19% 1.5% 8%
1994 29 MON NL 160 0.0% 14.4% 11.3% 2.5% 11% 1.28 6.1 10.0 1.76 1.93 73% 16% 0.0% 14%
1995 30 TOT MLB 185 0.0% 17.3% 8.1% 2.2% 12% 2.13 5.1 14.7 2.21 3.12 71% 12% 0.0% 21%
1995 30 MON NL 74 0.0% 16.2% 10.8% 2.7% 17% 1.50 5.3 21.0 3.25 5.50 70% 10% 0.0% 8%
1995 30 TEX AL 111 0.0% 18.0% 6.3% 1.8% 10% 2.86 5.0 12.4 1.74 2.37 71% 13% 0.0% 26%
1996 31 TEX AL 60 0.0% 16.7% 13.3% 5.0% 23% 1.25 5.0 10.0 0.86 1.15 67% 24% 0.0% 24%
1998 33 CHW AL 10 0.0% 60.0% 20.0% 0.0% 3.00 1.2 10% 0%
5 Yrs 626 0.2% 15.2% 9.4% 3.2% 15% 1.61 5.8 548.0 11.9 1.54 1.96 73% 17% 0.7% 14%
MLB Averages 2.6% 16.3% 8.9% 7.6% 32% 1.83 5.4 33.9 7.5 0.83 1.10 70% 21% 7.9% 16%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1993 28 MON NL -5.0 -0.5 234 0.6 4.9 -4.2 1.26 0.1 0.4 1.3 0.1 0.99 0.2 1.42 48
1994 29 MON NL -4.6 -0.4 193 -0.1 3.0 -3.1 1.13 -0.3 0.2 -1.1 -0.1 1.06 -2.5 1.69 24
1995 30 TOT MLB -15.6 -1.5 197 -1.2 2.1 -3.3 .95 -1.2 -0.1 -12.1 -1.1 0.93 -13.8 0.90 10
1995 30 MON NL -5.6 -0.5 79 -0.5 0.8 -1.3 .95 -0.4 -0.2 -3.7 -0.4 0.92 -3.8 0.90 10
1995 30 TEX AL -10.1 -0.9 118 -0.7 1.3 -2.0 .95 -0.8 0.1 -8.4 -0.8 0.93 -9.9 0.83 0
1996 31 TEX AL -1.5 -0.1 67 0.1 1.0 -1.0 1.00 -0.1 0.2 -1.7 -0.2 1.07 -0.7 1.07 3
1998 33 CHW AL -1.4 -0.1 14 0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.34 0.0 -0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.93 -0.4 0.25 3
5 Yrs -28.2 -2.7 705 -0.6 11.2 -11.8 1.11 -1.5 0.9 -14.3 -1.3 1.00 -17.1 1.38 88

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
1993 28 MON NL 5 0 38% 97 17 2 89% 14 2 3 0 0 0 2 0 2 5 54% 16 9 7 3 2 1 7 1 6
1994 29 MON NL 1 0 44% 58 20 4 83% 18 4 2 0 0 0 3 0 1 8 41% 7 5 2 3 1 2 7 4 3
1995 30 TOT MLB 3 0 48% 86 13 1 93% 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 3 68% 11 4 7 7 3 4 7 0 6
1995 30 MON NL 2 0 27% 35 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 63% 5 2 3 1 1 0 2 0 2
1995 30 TEX AL 1 0 63% 51 9 1 90% 8 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1 3 71% 6 2 4 6 2 4 5 0 4
1996 31 TEX AL 2 0 23% 52 4 2 67% 4 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 4 22% 4 3 1 2 1 0 3 2 1
1998 33 CHW AL 1 0 0% 5 4 0 100% 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 12 0 40% 298 58 9 87% 50 8 8 1 0 0 8 2 6 20 52% 38 21 17 15 7 7 24 7 16

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
1993 28 MON NL 211 100% 54 8 0 48 12 0 4 1.42 1 0 6 0 1 1 0 0 5 5 100% 35 3 9% 18 7 39% 127 16 13% 5 3 60% 10 5 50% 0
1994 29 MON NL 160 100% 38 7 1 24 5 0 4 1.69 0 0 9 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 29 1 3% 20 9 45% 113 15 13% 11 6 55% 15 8 53% 0
1995 30 TOT MLB 185 100% 33 10 2 10 0 0 0 0.90 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 29 3 10% 18 4 22% 99 11 11% 13 3 23% 4 4 100% 0
1995 30 MON NL 74 100% 12 3 0 10 0 0 0 0.90 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 3 1 33% 36 3 8% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1995 30 TEX AL 111 100% 21 7 2 0 0 0 0 0.83 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 22 2 9% 15 3 20% 63 8 13% 9 2 22% 4 4 100% 0
1996 31 TEX AL 60 100% 13 3 1 3 1 0 0 1.07 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 12 2 17% 6 2 33% 47 5 11% 5 3 60% 2 1 50% 0
1998 33 CHW AL 10 100% 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0.25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 626 100% 138 28 4 88 18 0 8 1.38 1 0 26 0 1 1 0 0 13 11 85% 106 9 8% 63 23 37% 391 47 12% 34 15 44% 31 18 58% 0
MLB Averages 56% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1993 28 MON NL 207 768 3.71 470 61% 34% 10% 21% 36% 66% 0% 40% 85% 28% 5% 11 1 15% 32 7 13% 26 8 43% 4 0 1
1994 29 MON NL 160 642 4.01 379 59% 31% 10% 27% 31% 69% 0% 40% 85% 29% 5% 8 0 14% 22 3 14% 23 11 35% 0 0 0
1995 30 TOT MLB 158 546 3.46 333 61% 30% 9% 27% 35% 70% 0% 43% 87% 36% 3% 4 1 13% 21 8 8% 13 7 50% 27 1 0
1995 30 MON NL 58 218 3.76 135 62% 36% 5% 27% 32% 64% 0% 39% 92% 33% 3% 2 0 14% 8 3 10% 6 2 67% 16 0 0
1995 30 TEX AL 100 328 3.28 198 61% 25% 12% 27% 36% 75% 0% 45% 84% 38% 2% 2 1 13% 13 5 7% 7 5 42% 11 1 0
1996 31 TEX AL 61 223 3.66 139 62% 22% 16% 32% 29% 78% 0% 48% 80% 33% 0% 0 0 7% 4 3 7% 4 1 30% -1 0 0
1998 33 CHW AL 10 43 4.30 27 63% 33% 22% 37% 7% 67% 0% 42% 67% 30% 0% 0 0 10% 1 0 10% 1 0 17% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 596 2222 3.73 1348 61% 31% 11% 26% 33% 69% 0% 42% 84% 31% 4% 23 2 13% 80 21 11% 67 27 40% 30 1 1
MLB Averages 3.69 61% 26% 15% 27% 33% 74% 2% 46% 80% 31% 5% 16% 9% 28%

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
1993 28 112 211 189 27 54 7 1 1 16 17 2 16 24 .286 .340 .349 .689 83 66 3 0 5 1 0
1994 29 188 371 329 52 92 10 2 1 30 37 6 34 47 .280 .348 .331 .679 80 109 4 1 6 1 0
1995 30 272 556 491 77 125 14 2 1 41 50 7 49 79 .255 .327 .297 .625 65 146 7 5 9 2 0
1996 31 302 616 541 82 138 16 3 1 46 54 9 57 89 .255 .332 .301 .633 66 163 9 6 10 2 0
1997 32 302 616 541 82 138 16 3 1 46 54 9 57 89 .255 .332 .301 .633 66 163 9 6 10 2 0
1998 33 309 626 548 82 138 16 3 1 46 58 9 59 95 .252 .330 .297 .628 65 163 9 6 11 2 0

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
1993 28 112 208 187 25 52 7 1 1 15 16 15 24 .278 .330 .342 .672 21 112
1994 29 107 221 195 32 51 4 1 0 18 27 24 32 .262 .345 .292 .638 20 76
1995 30 94 204 180 25 35 4 0 0 11 14 16 36 .194 .274 .217 .490 10 84
1996 31 30 57 48 4 11 2 1 0 4 3 7 10 .229 .339 .313 .652 5 30
1998 33 7 10 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 6 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 7
5 Yrs 350 700 617 86 149 17 3 1 48 64 64 108 .241 .318 .284 .601 56 309
162 Game Avg. 162 324 286 40 69 8 1 0 22 30 30 50 .241 .318 .284 .601 26 309

* 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

SB % s c a p y
1993 NL  89.47 (1st)
1994 NL  83.33 (7th)

                                         

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