John Gelnar

John Richard Gelnar

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 25, 1943 in Granite, OK
High School: Granite HS (Granite, OK)
School: University of Oklahoma (Norman, OK)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1963. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 4, 1964
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Pilots/Pirates 1964-1971

Final Game: April 30, 1971
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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
1963	20	PIT-min	AA	28	60	58	3	5	0	0	1	6	0	0	2	22	.086	.117	.138	.255		8							AVL · SALL
1964	21	PIT-min	AA,AAA	10	21	21	1	4	1	0	1	3	0	0	0	9	.190	.190	.381	.571		8		0	0	0			AVL,CLB · SOUL,IL
1964	21	PIT	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1965	22	PIT-min	AAA	31	70	61	5	10	3	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	.164	.203	.213	.416		13		0	6	0			CLB · IL
1966	23	PIT-min	AAA	31	73	60	4	14	5	1	1	3	0	0	4	21	.233	.281	.400	.681		24		0	9	0			CLB · IL
1967	24	PIT-min	AAA	24	56	49	6	8	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	14	.163	.212	.163	.375		8		0	4	0			CLB · IL
1967	24	PIT	NL	10	7	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

1968	25	PIT-min	AAA	32	79	72	9	20	4	0	1	11	0	0	1	20	.278	.286	.375	.661		27		1	2	3			CLB · IL
1969	26	VAN	AAA	7	16	13	1	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	.231	.333	.308	.641		4		0	1	0			VAN · PCL
1969	26	SEP	AL	40	23	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.053	.053	.053	.105	-70	1	0	0	3	0	0	1
1970	27	MIL	AL	53	13	12	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.083	.154	.083	.237	-33	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1971	28	DET-min	AAA	26	43	36	1	6	1	0	1	3	0	0	5	13	.167	.268	.278	.546		10		0	2	0			TOL · IL
1971	28	MIL	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1972	29	MIN-min	AAA	22	35	29	3	4	2	0	0	0	0	0	3	9	.138	.219	.207	.426		6		0	3	0			TAC · PCL
5 Yrs				112	43	37	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	.081	.128	.081	.209	-40	3	0	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	62	54	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	23	.081	.128	.081	.209	-40	4	0	0	4	0	0

MIL (3 yrs)				95	36	31	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.065	.094	.065	.158	-55	2	0	0	3	0	0
PIT (2 yrs)				17	7	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	33	1	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				95	36	31	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	14	.065	.094	.065	.158	-55	2	0	0	3	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				17	7	6	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	33	1	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
1964	21	PIT	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1967	24	PIT	NL	10	7	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1

1969	26	SEP	AL	40	23	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$12,000	1
1970	27	MIL	AL	53	13	-2	-0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1971	28	MIL	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$17,500	/1
5 Seasons				112	43	-7	-0	0	0	5	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$29,500

MIL (3 yrs)				95	36	-6	-0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$29,500
PIT (2 yrs)				17	7	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.1	0	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.1	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
1967	24	PIT	NL	7	5	0	0.0	90	.250	.167	.258	.286	.321	.167	.379	.452	.700	33	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.167	.000

1969	26	SEP	AL	23	21	0	0.0	92	.091	.053	.251	.053	.327	.053	.379	.105	.706	-70	.000	-4.3	-0.4	.056	.000	.000
1970	27	MIL	AL	13	11	0	0.0	98	.167	.083	.258	.154	.332	.083	.394	.237	.726	-33	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.182	.083	.000
5 Yrs				43	37	0	0.0	94	.143	.081	.254	.128	.328	.081	.384	.209	.711	-40	.000	-7.0	-0.7	.147	.054	.000
162 Game Avg.				62	54	0	0.0	94	.143	.081	.254	.128	.328	.081	.384	.209	.711	-40	.000	-7.0	-0.7	.147	.054	.000

MIL (3 yrs)				36	32	0	0.0	94	.118	.065	.254	.094	.329	.065	.384	.158	.714	-55	.000	-6.5	-0.7	.103	.032	.000
PIT (2 yrs)				7	5	0	0.0	90	.250	.167	.258	.286	.321	.167	.379	.452	.700	33	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.167	.000

AL (3 yrs)				36	32	0	0.0	94	.118	.065	.254	.094	.329	.065	.384	.158	.714	-55	.000	-6.5	-0.7	.103	.032	.000
NL (2 yrs)				7	5	0	0.0	90	.250	.167	.258	.286	.321	.167	.379	.452	.700	33	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.400	.167	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1967	24	PIT	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	3.0			0.00	57%

1969	26	SEP	AL	23	0.0%	34.8%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.4			1.40	48%
1970	27	MIL	AL	13	0.0%	46.2%	7.7%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.0			1.50	46%
5 Yrs				43	0.0%	37.2%	4.7%	0.0%	0%	8.00	2.3			1.00	49%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.3%	8.3%	6.1%	28%	1.85	5.8	43.0	9.2	1.12	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1964	21	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1967	24	PIT	NL	-0.5	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.72	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.85	-0.6		0

1969	26	SEP	AL	-4.3	-0.4	23	-0.5	0.1	-0.5	1.15	-0.4	-0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.82	-3.5	6.44	1
1970	27	MIL	AL	-2.2	-0.2	13	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	.53	-0.2	-0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.78	-2.1		0
1971	28	MIL	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
5 Yrs				-7.0	-0.7	43	-0.7	0.1	-0.8	.89	-0.6	-0.1	-6.0	-0.6	0.82	-6.3	6.44	1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1967	24	PIT	NL	0	0	100%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	50%	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1969	26	SEP	AL	1	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	27	MIL	AL	0	0	50%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0
5 Yrs				1	0	60%	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	1	1	0	0	0	2	2	0

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
1967	24	PIT	NL	7	29%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1969	26	SEP	AL	23	13%	1			1	0	0	0	6.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	5	0	0%	5	2	40%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1970	27	MIL	AL	13	38%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				43	23%	3			1	0	0	0	6.44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	7	0	0%	7	2	29%	18	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			11%			30%			13%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1967	24	17	7	6	2	1	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	33	1	0
1968	25	17	7	6	2	1	1	2	.167	.286	.167	.452	33	1	0
1969	26	57	30	25	2	2	1	10	.080	.115	.080	.195	-43	2	3
1970	27	110	43	37	3	3	2	16	.081	.128	.081	.209	-40	3	3
1971	28	112	43	37	3	3	2	16	.081	.128	.081	.209	-40	3	3

Neutralized Batting

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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
1967	24	10	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	10

1969	26	40	22	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	40
1970	27	53	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	53
3 Yrs		103	42	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	16	.000	.051	.000	.051	0	103
162 Game Avg.		162	66	58	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	25	.000	.051	.000	.051	0	103

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