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Vern Fuller

Vernon Gordon Fuller

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: March 1, 1944 in Menomonee, WI
High School: Canoga Park HS (Canoga Park, CA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 5, 1964
Team: Indians 1964-1970

Final Game: October 1, 1970
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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
1964 20 CLE AL 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 CLE AL 16 56 47 7 11 2 1 2 2 0 0 7 6 .234 .357 .447 .804 130 21 0 2 0 0 0 4
1967 23 CLE AL 73 232 206 18 46 10 0 7 21 2 3 19 55 .223 .300 .374 .674 97 77 2 4 2 1 0 4/6
1968 24 CLE AL 97 278 244 14 59 8 2 0 18 2 2 24 49 .242 .316 .291 .607 86 71 5 4 3 3 2 45/6
1969 25 CLE AL 108 280 254 25 60 11 1 4 22 2 1 20 53 .236 .295 .335 .630 74 85 9 2 2 2 2 4/5
1970 26 CLE AL 29 36 33 3 6 2 0 1 2 0 0 3 9 .182 .250 .333 .583 57 11 0 0 0 0 0 4/53
6 Yrs 325 883 785 67 182 33 4 14 65 6 6 73 172 .232 .305 .338 .642 86 265 16 12 7 6 4
162 Game Avg. 162 440 391 33 91 16 2 7 32 3 3 36 86 .232 .305 .338 .642 86 132 8 6 3 3 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
1964 20 CLE AL 2 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .483 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
1966 22 CLE AL 16 56 2 0 0 -1 0 2 0.2 2 4 0.3 .513 .501 0.5 -0.1 4 $ 4
1967 23 CLE AL 73 232 -1 -1 0 -3 2 -2 -0.4 6 4 0.3 .496 .498 0.7 -0.2 7 $ 4/6
1968 24 CLE AL 97 278 -4 -1 -1 -6 3 -9 -1.2 8 -1 -0.4 .488 .493 0.5 -0.6 5 $ 45/6
1969 25 CLE AL 108 280 -9 -1 -1 -5 2 -14 -1.6 8 -6 -0.8 .486 .491 -0.2 -0.3 -1 $ 4/5
1970 26 CLE AL 29 36 -1 0 0 -0 0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .496 .499 0.0 0.0 0 $ 4/53
6 Seasons 325 883 -13 -3 -1 -15 7 -24 -3.2 25 0 -0.6 .491 .497 1.5 -1.1 15 $

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
1964 20 CLE AL 1 1 0 0.0 96 .000 .000 .256 .000 .324 .000 .397 .000 .721 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1966 22 CLE AL 56 36 8 6.0 90 .231 .234 .248 .357 .315 .447 .383 .804 .698 130 .686 2.0 0.2 .833 .362 .213 .0
1967 23 CLE AL 232 168 24 3.9 86 .269 .223 .246 .300 .315 .374 .368 .674 .683 97 .514 -0.8 -0.1 .600 .238 .150 3.1
1968 24 CLE AL 278 198 24 3.3 79 .298 .242 .237 .316 .306 .291 .351 .607 .656 86 .466 -3.1 -0.4 .516 .148 .049 .0
1969 25 CLE AL 280 208 24 3.1 97 .281 .236 .258 .295 .335 .335 .389 .630 .724 74 .364 -9.3 -1.0 .529 .181 .098 2.7
1970 26 CLE AL 36 27 3 3.0 101 .217 .182 .262 .250 .337 .333 .401 .583 .738 57 .340 -2.1 -0.2 .519 .242 .152 .0
6 Yrs 883 638 83 3.5 88 .278 .232 .248 .305 .319 .338 .372 .642 .691 86 .458 -13.5 -1.4 .560 .199 .106 8.4
162 Game Avg. 440 318 41 3.5 88 .278 .232 .248 .305 .319 .338 .372 .642 .691 86 .458 -13.5 -1.4 .560 .199 .106 4

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
1964 20 CLE AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1966 22 CLE AL 56 3.6% 10.7% 12.5% 8.9% 46% 0.86 7.8 23.5 23.5 0.58 70%
1967 23 CLE AL 232 3.0% 23.7% 8.2% 7.3% 37% 2.89 3.7 29.4 9.8 0.85 63%
1968 24 CLE AL 278 0.0% 17.6% 8.6% 3.6% 17% 2.04 5.0 13.6 0.93 71%
1969 25 CLE AL 280 1.4% 18.9% 7.1% 5.7% 27% 2.65 4.8 63.5 11.5 1.07 71%
1970 26 CLE AL 36 2.8% 25.0% 8.3% 8.3% 50% 3.00 3.7 33.0 16.5 1.43 64%
6 Yrs 883 1.6% 19.5% 8.3% 5.8% 28% 2.36 4.6 56.1 12.1 0.94 69%
MLB Averages 2.1% 15.5% 8.3% 6.1% 28% 1.88 5.8 42.6 9.2 1.12 72%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1964 20 CLE AL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .01 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.60 -0.2 0.01 1
1966 22 CLE AL 2.0 0.2 57 0.1 0.9 -0.8 .89 0.2 -0.1 0.6 0.1 0.91 1.6 0
1967 23 CLE AL -0.8 -0.1 239 -1.5 3.0 -4.5 .98 -0.2 -1.4 -5.1 -0.6 0.92 1.9 0.80 6
1968 24 CLE AL -3.1 -0.4 284 -0.9 3.6 -4.5 .95 -0.8 -0.2 -4.4 -0.5 0.94 -5.0 1.39 4
1969 25 CLE AL -9.3 -1.0 288 -0.9 4.2 -5.1 .98 -1.1 0.2 -5.9 -0.6 0.92 -9.6 3.32 4
1970 26 CLE AL -2.1 -0.2 37 -0.3 0.4 -0.8 .98 -0.1 -0.3 -1.2 -0.1 0.78 -1.2 1.24 9
6 Yrs -13.5 -1.4 906 -3.6 12.1 -15.7 .96 -2.0 -1.7 -16.1 -1.7 0.92 -12.6 1.45 24

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
1964 20 CLE AL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 CLE AL 0 0 28% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 67% 1 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 2
1967 23 CLE AL 2 0 18% 86 2 3 40% 2 3 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 38% 8 7 1 4 1 3 4 2 2
1968 24 CLE AL 4 0 16% 98 2 2 50% 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 4 32% 9 8 1 1 1 0 9 4 5
1969 25 CLE AL 3 0 27% 100 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 6 32% 15 14 1 1 1 0 9 2 7
1970 26 CLE AL 1 0 25% 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 10 0 21% 331 6 6 50% 6 5 0 1 0 0 3 0 5 13 33% 37 34 3 6 3 3 24 8 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
1964 20 CLE AL 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0.01 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 CLE AL 56 43% 11 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 2 0 0% 21 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1967 23 CLE AL 232 31% 46 6 1 0 0 0.80 7 0 4 5 2 5 2 0 2 2 100% 34 2 6% 14 3 21% 129 14 11% 8 1 13% 4 1 25% 0
1968 24 CLE AL 278 32% 59 4 0 0 0 1.39 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 43 5 12% 24 7 29% 163 18 11% 11 8 73% 8 2 25% 0
1969 25 CLE AL 280 40% 60 4 1 0 1 3.32 4 0 7 2 2 1 3 0 2 2 100% 49 9 18% 20 5 25% 157 18 11% 13 5 38% 4 2 50% 0
1970 26 CLE AL 36 81% 6 9 1 0 0 1.24 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 10 1 10% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
6 Yrs 883 37% 182 24 3 0 1 1.45 14 0 14 8 6 7 7 0 7 7 100% 134 16 12% 62 16 26% 480 51 11% 37 15 41% 17 5 29% 0
MLB Averages 53% 78% 10% 30% 14% 47% 51%

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
1964 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1965 21 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1966 22 18 57 48 7 11 2 1 2 2 0 0 7 6 .229 .351 .438 .788 126 21 0 2 0 0 0
1967 23 91 289 254 25 57 12 1 9 23 2 3 26 61 .224 .310 .386 .696 102 98 2 6 2 1 0
1968 24 188 567 498 39 116 20 3 9 41 4 5 50 110 .233 .313 .339 .653 95 169 7 10 5 4 2
1969 25 296 847 752 64 176 31 4 13 63 6 6 70 163 .234 .307 .338 .645 88 254 16 12 7 6 4
1970 26 325 883 785 67 182 33 4 14 65 6 6 73 172 .232 .305 .338 .642 86 265 16 12 7 6 4

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
1964 20 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1966 22 16 58 48 8 12 2 1 2 2 0 8 6 .250 .379 .458 .838 8 16
1967 23 73 238 210 21 50 11 0 8 25 2 21 55 .238 .318 .405 .723 26 73
1968 24 97 294 255 18 70 9 2 0 24 2 28 49 .275 .354 .325 .679 29 97
1969 25 108 283 256 26 62 11 1 4 23 2 21 53 .242 .302 .340 .642 26 108
1970 26 29 36 33 3 6 2 0 1 2 0 3 9 .182 .250 .333 .583 3 29
6 Yrs 325 910 803 76 200 35 4 15 76 6 81 172 .249 .326 .359 .684 92 325
162 Game Avg. 162 454 400 38 100 17 2 7 38 3 40 86 .249 .326 .359 .684 46 325

* 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

Youngest s c a p y
1964 AL  born 1944-03-01 (10th)

                                         

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