John Gabler

John Richard Gabler
formerly listed as Gabe Gabler

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: October 2, 1930 in Kansas City, MO
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1959
Teams (by GP): Senators/Yankees 1959-1961

Final Game: September 17, 1961
Died: February 7, 2009 in Overland Park, KS
Buried: Monticello Union Cemetery, Shawnee, KS
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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
1949	18	NYY-min	D	16	21	21		4	1	0	0						.190	.190	.238	.429		5							BLV · MSOH
1950	19	NYY-min	D	35	66	66		11	7	0	0						.167	.167	.273	.439		18							INC · KOML
1951	20	NYY-min	C	45	75	75		13	2	0	1						.173	.173	.240	.413		18							TWF,JOP · PION,WA
1954	23	NYY-min	C	22	52	52		14	4	1	1						.269	.269	.442	.712		23							MOD · CALL
1955	24	NYY-min	AA	34	57	57		10	2	0	1						.175	.175	.263	.439		15							BIR · SOUA
1956	25	NYY-min	AA	45	64	64		12	2	0	1						.188	.188	.266	.453		17							BIR · SOUA
1957	26	NYY-min	AAA	43	74	68	9	17	3	0	0	5	2		3	24	.250	.278	.294	.572		20		0	2	1	0		DEN · AA
1958	27	NYY-min	AAA	47	109	98	9	27	5	1	1	19	0		6	22	.276	.330	.378	.708		37		2	3	0	0		DEN · AA
1959	28	NYY-min	AAA	32	88	81	7	15	2	0	0	7	0		2	13	.185	.205	.210	.415		17		0	5	0	0		DEN,RMD · AA,IL
1959	28	NYY	AL	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	29	NYY-min	AAA	10	22	19	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.105	.105	.105	.211		2		0	3	0			RMD · IL
1960	29	NYY	AL	21	13	11	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.091	.167	.091	.258	-26	1	0	0	1	0	0	1
1961	30	WSA	AL	34	26	25	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	11	.200	.231	.280	.511	40	7	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	31	TEX/NYM-CLE-min	AAA	42	54	46	7	10	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	10	.217	.280	.261	.541		12		0	4	0			SYR,JCK · IL
3 Yrs				58	45	42	3	6	0	1	0	2	1	0	2	15	.143	.182	.190	.372	3	8	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	126	117	8	17	0	3	0	6	3	0	6	42	.143	.182	.190	.372	3	22	0	0	3	0	0

NYY (2 yrs)				24	19	17	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.059	.111	.059	.170	-51	1	0	0	1	0	0
WSA (1 yr)				34	26	25	3	5	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	11	.200	.231	.280	.511	40	7	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
1959	28	NYY	AL	3	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.475	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1960	29	NYY	AL	21	13	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1961	30	WSA	AL	34	26	-2	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
3 Seasons				58	45	-5	1	0	0	5	1	0.0	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$

NYY (2 yrs)				24	19	-4	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$
WSA (1 yr)				34	26	-2	0	0	0	3	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	-0.0	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
1959	28	NYY	AL	6	6	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.256	.000	.326	.000	.391	.000	.717	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1960	29	NYY	AL	13	11	0	0.0	97	.125	.091	.257	.167	.330	.091	.394	.258	.724	-26	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.200	.091	.000
1961	30	WSA	AL	26	20	2	2.7	99	.357	.200	.257	.231	.331	.280	.400	.511	.730	40	.266	-2.3	-0.2	.450	.160	.080	.0
3 Yrs				45	37	2	1.4	98	.222	.143	.257	.182	.330	.190	.397	.372	.727	3	.109	-5.9	-0.6	.306	.119	.048	.0
162 Game Avg.				126	103	6	1.4	98	.222	.143	.257	.182	.330	.190	.397	.372	.727	3	.109	-5.9	-0.6	.306	.119	.048

NYY (2 yrs)				19	17	0	0.0	96	.077	.059	.257	.111	.329	.059	.393	.170	.722	-51	.000	-3.6	-0.4	.125	.059	.000
WSA (1 yr)				26	20	2	2.7	99	.357	.200	.257	.231	.331	.280	.400	.511	.730	40	.266	-2.3	-0.2	.450	.160	.080	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1959	28	NYY	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%			6.0				83%
1960	29	NYY	AL	13	0.0%	23.1%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.7		11.0	1.67	62%
1961	30	WSA	AL	26	0.0%	42.3%	3.9%	3.9%	20%	11.00	2.3		25.0	1.00	54%
3 Yrs				45	0.0%	33.3%	4.4%	2.2%	17%	7.50	2.8		21.0	2.00	60%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.5%	8.9%	6.7%	29%	1.53	6.6	37.3	8.2	1.04	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1959	28	NYY	AL	-1.6	-0.2	6	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.79	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.76	-1.5
1960	29	NYY	AL	-1.9	-0.2	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.63	-0.2	0.1	-1.7	-0.2	0.82	-1.8
1961	30	WSA	AL	-2.3	-0.2	27	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.69	-0.2	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.88	-2.2
3 Yrs				-5.9	-0.6	47	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	.68	-0.6	-0.1	-4.9	-0.5	0.85	-5.5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1959	28	NYY	AL	0		0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	29	NYY	AL	0	0%	2	0		0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	30	WSA	AL	1	50%	14	1	100%	1	0	50%	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	1
3 Yrs				1	38%	16	1	100%	1	1	50%	3	2	1	1	1	2	1	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
1959	28	NYY	AL	6	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1960	29	NYY	AL	13	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	4	2	50%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1961	30	WSA	AL	26	100%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	4	0	0%	17	1	6%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				45	100%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	9	2	22%	23	2	9%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1959	28	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1960	29	24	19	17	0	1	0	1	0	1	4	.059	.111	.059	.170	-51	1	1
1961	30	58	45	42	3	6	1	2	1	2	15	.143	.182	.190	.372	3	8	1

Neutralized Batting

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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	3B	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	28	3	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1960	29	22	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	21
1961	30	34	27	26	4	6	1	1	1	1	11	.231	.259	.308	.567	2	34
3 Yrs		59	47	44	4	6	1	1	1	2	15	.136	.174	.182	.356	2	58
162 Game Avg.		162	129	121	11	16	3	3	3	5	41	.136	.174	.182	.356	5	58

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