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Rod Gilbreath

Rodney Joe Gilbreath

Positions: Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 24, 1952 in Laurel, MS
High School: Watkins HS (Laurel, MS)
School: Mesa Community College (Mesa, AZ)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 3rd round of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 17, 1972
Team: Braves 1972-1978

Final Game: October 1, 1978
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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
1970	17	ATL-min	Rk	56	198	198		55	7	1	9						.278	.278	.460	.737		91							MGV · PION
1971	18	ATL-min	A	117	433	433		134	19	8	13						.309	.309	.480	.790		208							GRW · WCRS
1972	19	ATL-min	AA	117	518	451	79	125	24	5	10	61	45	10	51	93	.277	.355	.419	.774		189		5	8	3			SAV · SOUL
1972	19	ATL	NL	18	41	38	2	9	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	10	.237	.293	.263	.556	54	10	1	1	0	0	0	/45
1973	20	ATL-min	AAA	65	247	221	29	54	2	3	0	17	16	7	22	29	.244	.313	.281	.593		62		0	4	0			RMD · IL
1973	20	ATL	NL	29	82	74	10	21	2	1	0	2	2	1	6	10	.284	.341	.338	.679	84	25	2	1	0	1	1	5
1974	21	ATL-min	AAA	138	524	441	71	112	13	4	5	42	36	9	69	66	.254	.354	.336	.690		148		1	10	3			RMD · IL
1974	21	ATL	NL	3	9	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	134	2	0	0	1	0	0	/4
1975	22	ATL	NL	90	237	202	24	49	3	1	2	16	5	5	24	26	.243	.323	.297	.620	71	60	2	1	8	2	0	45/6
1976	23	ATL	NL	116	452	383	57	96	11	8	1	32	7	7	42	36	.251	.329	.329	.658	83	126	9	4	20	3	1	4/56
1977	24	ATL	NL	128	463	407	47	99	15	2	8	43	3	9	45	79	.243	.320	.349	.669	72	142	10	2	7	2	6	*4/5
1978	25	ATL	NL	116	356	326	22	80	13	3	3	31	7	6	26	51	.245	.300	.331	.632	69	108	6	0	3	1	3	54
1979	26	PIT-min	AAA	112	494	408	69	119	13	9	2	54	17	5	71	39	.292	.393	.382	.775		156		1	8	6			POR · PCL
1980	27	PIT-min	AAA	108	409	351	52	95	12	5	5	47	7	5	46	55	.271	.358	.376	.734		132		4	4	4			POR · PCL
7 Yrs				500	1640	1436	164	356	45	15	14	125	25	29	147	212	.248	.320	.329	.649	74	473	30	9	39	9	11
162 Game Avg.				162	531	465	53	115	15	5	5	41	8	9	48	69	.248	.320	.329	.649	74	153	10	3	13	3	4

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
1972	19	ATL	NL	18	41	-2	0	-0	3	0	2	0.3	1	3	0.4	.514	.502	0.0	0.4	-0	$	/45
1973	20	ATL	NL	29	82	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	2	2	0.2	.498	.500	0.3	-0.1	3	$	5
1974	21	ATL	NL	3	9	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.536	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/4
1975	22	ATL	NL	90	237	-4	-1	2	-5	2	-6	-0.7	7	0	0.0	.492	.496	0.5	-0.3	5	$	45/6
1976	23	ATL	NL	116	452	-5	-1	1	-10	3	-11	-1.2	13	2	0.1	.489	.492	1.1	-0.8	12	$	4/56
1977	24	ATL	NL	128	463	-16	-2	-0	-12	3	-28	-3.0	13	-15	-1.7	.477	.481	-0.4	-0.9	-3	$35,000	*4/5
1978	25	ATL	NL	116	356	-15	-4	0	-4	2	-20	-2.3	10	-10	-1.2	.480	.486	-0.9	-0.1	-6	$60,000	54
7 Seasons				500	1640	-42	-7	3	-28	11	-64	-6.9	48	-16	-2.1	.486	.494	0.7	-1.7	12	$95,000

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
1972	19	ATL	NL	41	31	3	2.6	99	.321	.237	.267	.293	.336	.263	.394	.556	.730	54	.309	-2.4	-0.2	.419	.079	.026	.0
1973	20	ATL	NL	82	57	9	4.3	103	.323	.284	.272	.341	.342	.338	.404	.679	.746	84	.497	-1.6	-0.2	.589	.149	.054	.0
1974	21	ATL	NL	9	5	1	5.4	98	.333	.333	.267	.500	.340	.333	.386	.833	.725	134	.607	0.5	0.0	1.000	.333	.000
1975	22	ATL	NL	237	170	21	3.3	99	.267	.243	.269	.323	.340	.297	.388	.620	.729	71	.383	-7.7	-0.8	.531	.173	.054	2.9
1976	23	ATL	NL	452	326	43	3.6	97	.272	.251	.269	.329	.337	.329	.384	.658	.721	83	.436	-8.7	-0.9	.568	.188	.078	1.8
1977	24	ATL	NL	463	336	44	3.5	113	.283	.243	.283	.320	.352	.349	.431	.669	.784	72	.380	-17.5	-1.7	.560	.201	.106	4.4
1978	25	ATL	NL	356	262	32	3.3	104	.282	.245	.275	.300	.345	.331	.405	.632	.750	69	.390	-15.0	-1.6	.523	.169	.086	4.2
7 Yrs				1640	1187	153	3.5	104	.281	.248	.275	.320	.344	.329	.404	.649	.748	74	.402	-52.5	-5.4	.549	.181	.081	17.9
162 Game Avg.				531	385	50	3.5	104	.281	.248	.275	.320	.344	.329	.404	.649	.748	74	.402	-52.5	-5.4	.549	.181	.081	6

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1972	19	ATL	NL	41	0.0%	24.4%	4.9%	2.4%	11%	5.00	3.8		38.0	0.90	68%
1973	20	ATL	NL	82	0.0%	12.2%	7.3%	3.7%	14%	1.67	7.4		37.0	1.20	79%
1974	21	ATL	NL	9	0.0%	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	0%	0.00				0.67	67%
1975	22	ATL	NL	237	0.8%	11.0%	10.1%	2.5%	12%	1.08	7.8	101.0	12.6	1.58	74%
1976	23	ATL	NL	452	0.2%	8.0%	9.3%	4.4%	21%	0.86	10.6	383.0	12.0	1.33	77%
1977	24	ATL	NL	463	1.7%	17.1%	9.7%	5.4%	25%	1.76	5.2	50.9	9.5	1.46	70%
1978	25	ATL	NL	356	0.8%	14.3%	7.3%	5.3%	24%	1.96	6.4	108.7	10.5	0.99	77%
7 Yrs				1640	0.9%	12.9%	9.0%	4.5%	21%	1.44	6.8	102.6	11.5	1.29	74%
MLB Averages					1.9%	13.3%	8.6%	6.1%	27%	1.54	6.7	47.3	8.8	1.09	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1972	19	ATL	NL	-2.4	-0.2	43	0.1	0.8	-0.7	1.25	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	-0.0	1.02	-1.8	1.33	3
1973	20	ATL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	89	-0.6	1.0	-1.6	1.09	-0.0	-0.5	-3.7	-0.4	0.91	-0.7	2.28	4
1974	21	ATL	NL	0.5	0.0	9	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.94	0.0	0.0	0.4	0.0	0.81	0.4		0
1975	22	ATL	NL	-7.7	-0.8	254	-0.5	3.7	-4.2	1.09	-0.1	-0.4	-1.1	-0.1	0.93	-1.7	1.34	25
1976	23	ATL	NL	-8.7	-0.9	475	-1.9	6.6	-8.5	1.07	-0.5	-1.3	-10.2	-1.0	0.98	-7.6	1.06	5
1977	24	ATL	NL	-17.5	-1.7	479	-1.2	7.9	-9.1	1.07	-1.5	0.3	-10.9	-1.0	0.94	-16.9	1.27	5
1978	25	ATL	NL	-15.0	-1.6	375	-1.1	5.6	-6.7	1.02	-1.4	0.3	-7.7	-0.8	0.94	-11.9	1.72	11
7 Yrs				-52.5	-5.4	1724	-5.2	25.8	-30.9	1.07	-3.5	-1.3	-33.4	-3.3	0.95	-40.3	1.46	53

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1972	19	ATL	NL	1	17%	18	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	17%	3	3	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1973	20	ATL	NL	3	36%	40	2	1	67%	2	1	0	1	0	0	3	57%	1	1	0	2	1	1	4	1	3
1974	21	ATL	NL	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	22	ATL	NL	6	31%	107	5	5	50%	5	5	0	1	1	3	12	57%	11	6	5	1	0	1	9	3	6
1976	23	ATL	NL	9	40%	182	7	7	50%	7	6	1	3	0	4	9	57%	32	19	13	8	2	6	18	4	14
1977	24	ATL	NL	6	28%	165	3	9	25%	3	9	0	0	0	4	8	36%	29	21	8	2	1	1	14	6	7
1978	25	ATL	NL	2	18%	130	7	6	54%	7	6	0	4	1	8	5	36%	18	12	5	2	1	0	13	4	7
7 Yrs				27	30%	648	25	29	46%	25	28	1	9	2	19	41	46%	95	63	31	15	5	9	61	20	38

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
1972	19	ATL	NL	41	33%	9			3	0	0	0	1.33	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		9	1	11%	2	0	0%	25	1	4%	0	0		3	2	67%	0
1973	20	ATL	NL	82	57%	21			4	1	0	0	2.28	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	2	15%	5	2	40%	41	2	5%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1974	21	ATL	NL	9	22%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1975	22	ATL	NL	237	39%	49			25	10	1	2	1.34	2	0	7	0	2	0	2	0	10	8	80%	50	2	4%	29	13	45%	133	14	11%	12	7	58%	8	7	88%	0
1976	23	ATL	NL	452	32%	96			5	0	0	0	1.06	1	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	21	20	95%	104	9	9%	65	37	57%	281	32	11%	22	12	55%	19	12	63%	0
1977	24	ATL	NL	463	34%	99			5	0	0	0	1.27	8	1	8	4	4	6	2	0	7	7	100%	93	10	11%	41	14	34%	285	36	13%	32	13	41%	13	4	31%	0
1978	25	ATL	NL	356	32%	80			11	1	0	0	1.72	3	1	11	1	2	1	2	0	3	3	100%	58	6	10%	29	7	24%	206	29	14%	17	8	47%	8	4	50%	0
7 Yrs				1640	35%	356			53	12	1	2	1.46	14	2	36	5	9	7	7	0	42	39	93%	329	30	9%	172	74	43%	973	114	12%	84	41	49%	52	30	58%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			77%			11%			34%			14%			49%			53%

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
1972	19	18	41	38	2	9	1	0	0	1	1	1	2	10	.237	.293	.263	.556	54	10	1	1	0	0	0
1973	20	47	123	112	12	30	3	1	0	3	3	2	8	20	.268	.325	.313	.638	74	35	3	2	0	1	1
1974	21	50	132	118	14	32	3	1	0	3	3	2	10	20	.271	.336	.314	.649	77	37	3	2	1	1	1
1975	22	140	369	320	38	81	6	2	2	19	8	7	34	46	.253	.328	.303	.631	74	97	5	3	9	3	1
1976	23	256	821	703	95	177	17	10	3	51	15	14	76	82	.252	.328	.317	.645	79	223	14	7	29	6	2
1977	24	384	1284	1110	142	276	32	12	11	94	18	23	121	161	.249	.325	.329	.654	76	365	24	9	36	8	8
1978	25	500	1640	1436	164	356	45	15	14	125	25	29	147	212	.248	.320	.329	.649	74	473	30	9	39	9	11

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1972	19	19	43	40	2	10	1	0	0	1	1	2	10	.250	.302	.275	.577	3	18
1973	20	29	81	73	9	20	2	1	0	2	2	6	10	.274	.333	.329	.662	8	29
1974	21	3	9	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	.333	.500	.333	.833	1	3
1975	22	90	238	203	25	50	3	1	2	17	5	24	26	.246	.326	.300	.627	20	90
1976	23	116	456	386	60	99	11	8	1	34	7	43	36	.256	.335	.334	.669	43	116
1977	24	128	454	401	43	93	14	2	8	39	3	42	79	.232	.306	.337	.643	41	128
1978	25	116	355	325	22	79	13	3	3	31	7	26	51	.243	.298	.329	.628	32	116
7 Yrs		501	1636	1434	163	353	44	15	14	124	25	145	212	.246	.317	.327	.645	148	500
162 Game Avg.		162	529	464	53	114	14	5	5	40	8	47	69	.246	.317	.327	.645	48	500

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1976 NL 8 (10th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1976 NL 20 (1st)	Youngest s c a p y 1972 NL born 1952-09-24 (2nd) 1973 NL born 1952-09-24 (4th)

Triples s c a p y
1976 NL 8 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1976 NL 20 (1st)

Youngest s c a p y
1972 NL born 1952-09-24 (2nd)
1973 NL born 1952-09-24 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 2 (2725), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Dave Chalk (971) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C

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