Rod Gaspar

Rodney Earl Gaspar

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: April 3, 1946 in Long Beach, CA
High School: Lakewood HS (Lakewood, CA)
School: California State University Long Beach (Long Beach, CA)
Drafted by the New York Mets in the 2nd round of the 1967 amateur draft (June Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 8, 1969
Teams (by GP): Mets/Padres 1969-1974

Final Game: July 19, 1974
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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
1967	21	NYM-min	AA	89	352	308	43	80	10	4	0	12	7	6	44	25	.260	.352	.318	.670		98							WPT · EL
1968	22	NYM-min	AA	135	582	517	81	160	15	6	2	47	25	6	65	42	.309	.387	.373	.760		193							MEM · TL
1969	23	NYM	NL	118	250	215	26	49	6	1	1	14	7	3	25	19	.228	.313	.279	.592	66	60	1	2	7	1	2	978
1970	24	NYM-min	AAA	131	564	468	81	149	17	2	1	37	13	13	84	25	.318	.425	.370	.795		173		5	4	3			TID · IL
1970	24	NYM	NL	11	15	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.000	.067	.000	.067	-80	0	0	0	0	0	0	/98
1971	25	SDP-min	AAA	142	627	508	75	139	12	1	1	38	26	11	107	38	.274	.403	.307	.710		156		4	6	2			HAW · PCL
1971	25	SDP	NL	16	20	17	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	1	3	3	.118	.250	.118	.368	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	/7

1972	26	CIN-SDP-min	AAA	101	339	276	38	74	8	1	1	16	13	5	51	21	.268	.383	.315	.698		87		2	7	3			INA,HAW · AA,PCL
1973	27	SDP-min	AAA	136	598	493	88	148	19	3	2	48	17	7	95	36	.300	.412	.363	.775		179		1	6	3			HAW · PCL
1974	28	SDP-min	AAA	52	236	194	26	54	6	0	2	20	4	7	38	11	.278	.393	.340	.733		66		0	2	2			HAW · PCL
1974	28	SDP	NL	33	18	14	4	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	3	.214	.389	.214	.603	77	3	0	0	0	0	0	/8379
1975	29	SDP-min	AAA	144	643	531	90	140	15	2	1	58	11	11	102	48	.264	.381	.305	.686		162		1	5	4			HAW · PCL
1976	30	SDP-min	AAA	144	677	564	98	166	22	3	5	49	4	8	103	36	.294	.402	.371	.773		209		1	6	3			HAW · PCL
4 Yrs				178	303	260	35	54	6	1	1	17	8	4	33	29	.208	.301	.250	.551	55	65	1	2	7	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	276	237	32	49	5	1	1	15	7	4	30	26	.208	.301	.250	.551	55	59	1	2	6	1	2

NYM (2 yrs)				129	265	229	30	49	6	1	1	14	8	3	26	23	.214	.298	.262	.560	57	60	1	2	7	1	2
SDP (2 yrs)				49	38	31	5	5	0	0	0	3	0	1	7	6	.161	.316	.161	.477	42	5	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
1969	23	NYM	NL	118	250	-7	0	1	5	-4	-5	-0.5	8	3	0.3	.495	.496	-0.3	0.2	-2	$	978
1970	24	NYM	NL	11	15	-4	1	0	1	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.499	-0.3	0.1	-3	$	/98
1971	25	SDP	NL	16	20	-2	-0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.482	.498	-0.2	-0.0	-2	$	/7

1974	28	SDP	NL	33	18	-0	0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/8379
4 Seasons				178	303	-13	1	1	7	-4	-9	-1.0	10	1	0.1	.494	.498	-0.8	0.3	-5	$

NYM (2 yrs)				129	265	-11	1	1	6	-4	-7	-0.7	9	2	0.2	.494	.498	-0.6	0.3	-4	$
SDP (2 yrs)				49	38	-2	-0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.3	1	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$

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
1969	23	NYM	NL	250	178	21	3.2	96	.245	.228	.262	.313	.332	.279	.388	.592	.720	66	.376	-9.4	-1.0	.535	.186	.051	1.8
1970	24	NYM	NL	15	14	0	0.0	103	.000	.000	.267	.067	.340	.000	.408	.067	.748	-80	.000	-3.7	-0.4	.143	.143	.000	.0
1971	25	SDP	NL	20	16	1	1.7	87	.143	.118	.252	.250	.316	.118	.368	.368	.685	11	.166	-1.9	-0.2	.250	.118	.000

1974	28	SDP	NL	18	11	2	4.9	90	.273	.214	.256	.389	.328	.214	.371	.603	.698	77	.565	-0.1	-0.0	.636	.286	.000
4 Yrs				303	219	24	2.9	96	.229	.208	.261	.301	.331	.250	.387	.551	.718	55	.343	-15.0	-1.5	.493	.185	.042	1.8
162 Game Avg.				276	199	22	2.9	96	.229	.208	.261	.301	.331	.250	.387	.551	.718	55	.343	-15.0	-1.5	.493	.185	.042	2

NYM (2 yrs)				265	192	21	2.9	97	.233	.214	.262	.298	.333	.262	.389	.560	.722	57	.342	-13.0	-1.3	.505	.183	.048	1.8
SDP (2 yrs)				38	27	3	3.0	88	.200	.161	.254	.316	.322	.161	.369	.477	.691	42	.354	-2.0	-0.2	.407	.194	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1969	23	NYM	NL	NLCS	ATL	W	3	0	0	0
1969	23	NYM	NL	WS	BAL	W	3	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 Yr (2 Series)							6	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1 NLCS							3	0	0	0
1 WS							3	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	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%
1969	23	NYM	NL	250	0.4%	7.6%	10.0%	3.2%	16%	0.76	11.3	215.0	15.4	1.25	78%
1970	24	NYM	NL	15	0.0%	26.7%	6.7%	0.0%		4.00	3.5			0.67	67%
1971	25	SDP	NL	20	0.0%	15.0%	15.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.7		8.5	0.40	70%

1974	28	SDP	NL	18	0.0%	16.7%	22.2%	0.0%	0%	0.75	4.7		14.0	1.00	61%
4 Yrs				303	0.3%	9.6%	10.9%	2.6%	15%	0.88	9.0	260.0	15.3	1.14	76%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.3%	8.8%	6.0%	27%	1.63	6.2	44.3	9.0	1.11	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1969	23	NYM	NL	-9.4	-1.0	262	-0.9	3.5	-4.3	1.01	-0.8	-0.1	-5.0	-0.5	0.90	-7.3	1.33	25
1970	24	NYM	NL	-3.7	-0.4	16	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	1.17	-0.3	0.1	-3.2	-0.3	1.00	-3.3	0.31	1
1971	25	SDP	NL	-1.9	-0.2	11	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.99	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	-0.0	1.20	-0.7	1.99	8

1974	28	SDP	NL	-0.1	-0.0	22	-0.2	0.6	-0.8	1.85	0.1	-0.2	-1.0	-0.1	1.17	0.3	1.35	12
4 Yrs				-15.0	-1.5	311	-1.3	4.5	-5.8	1.12	-1.1	-0.1	-9.3	-1.0	0.93	-11.0	1.43	46

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1969	23	NYM	NL	6	0	33%	112	7	3	70%	5	3	1	0	1	0	1	0	5	7	61%	12	7	5	2	0	1	9	1	8
1970	24	NYM	NL	0	0	400%	3	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1971	25	SDP	NL	0	0	20%	1	0	1	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1974	28	SDP	NL	0	0	57%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	33%	4	3	1	1	1	0	1	0	1
4 Yrs				6	0	39%	146	8	4	67%	6	3	1	0	1	0	2	0	5	10	56%	17	11	6	4	1	2	11	1	10

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
1969	23	NYM	NL	250	100%	49			25	4	0	1	1.33	1	0	6	0	1	1	0	0	8	7	88%	35	1	3%	15	7	47%	125	13	10%	8	3	38%	5	1	20%	0
1970	24	NYM	NL	15	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.31	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1971	25	SDP	NL	20	100%	2			8	0	0	1	1.99	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		7	1	14%	1	1	100%	0	0		0

1974	28	SDP	NL	18	100%	3			12	3	0	1	1.35	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	0	0%	14	1	7%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
4 Yrs				303	100%	54			46	7	0	3	1.43	1	0	11	0	1	1	0	0	8	7	88%	42	1	2%	19	7	37%	153	15	10%	10	4	40%	7	2	29%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			31%			14%			47%			52%

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
1969	23	118	250	215	26	49	6	1	1	14	7	3	25	19	.228	.313	.279	.592	66	60	1	2	7	1	2
1970	24	129	265	229	30	49	6	1	1	14	8	3	26	23	.214	.298	.262	.560	57	60	1	2	7	1	2
1971	25	145	285	246	31	51	6	1	1	16	8	4	29	26	.207	.295	.252	.547	54	62	1	2	7	1	2
1972	26	145	285	246	31	51	6	1	1	16	8	4	29	26	.207	.295	.252	.547	54	62	1	2	7	1	2
1973	27	145	285	246	31	51	6	1	1	16	8	4	29	26	.207	.295	.252	.547	54	62	1	2	7	1	2
1974	28	178	303	260	35	54	6	1	1	17	8	4	33	29	.208	.301	.250	.551	55	65	1	2	7	1	2

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	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1969	23	118	253	217	28	51	6	1	1	15	7	26	19	.235	.321	.286	.607	20	118
1970	24	11	15	14	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	4	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	11
1971	25	16	22	18	2	3	0	0	0	4	0	4	3	.167	.318	.167	.485	1	16

1974	28	33	18	14	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	4	3	.214	.389	.214	.603	1	33
4 Yrs		178	308	263	37	57	6	1	1	20	8	35	29	.217	.312	.259	.571	22	178
162 Game Avg.		162	280	239	34	52	5	1	1	18	7	32	26	.217	.312	.259	.571	20	178

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