Bob Gillespie

Robert William Gillespie (Bunch)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 187 lb.

Born: October 8, 1919 in Columbus, OH
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 11, 1944
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Tigers/RedSox 1944-1950

Final Game: May 11, 1950
Died: November 4, 2001 in Winston-Salem, NC
Buried: Parklawn Memorial Gardens, Winston-Salem, NC
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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	Pos	Awards
1940	20	DET-min	C,A1	31	81	81		13	3	0	0						.160	.160	.198	.358		16					HEN,BMT · ETXL,TL
1941	21	DET-min	B,A1	27	59	59		8	2	0	1						.136	.136	.220	.356		13					WSM,BMT · PIED,TL
1942	22	DET-min	A1	34	44	44		4	0	1	0						.091	.091	.136	.227		6					BMT · TL
1944	24	DET-min	AA	20	52	47	5	7	1	1	0	4	0	0	2	27	.149	.184	.213	.396		10	0	0	3		BFL · IL
1944	24	DET	AL	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	/1

1945	25	DET-min	AA	34	62	56	7	12	0	0	1	6	0	0	4	16	.214	.267	.268	.535		15	1	0	2		BFL · IL
1946	26	DET-min	AA	32	71	71		8	1	1	0						.113	.113	.155	.268		11					DAL · TL
1947	27	CHW	AL	25	36	33	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.061	.139	.061	.199	-42	2	2	0	0	1
1948	28	CHW	AL	25	18	16	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	10	.000	.059	.000	.059	-83	0	0	0	1	1

1949	29	SAC	AAA	39	102	86	8	15	5	0	0	6	0		13	28	.174	.283	.233	.515		20		0	3		SAC · PCL
1950	30	CHW-min	AAA	28	81	69	4	15	5	0	0	5	0		2	31	.217	.239	.290	.529		20		0	10		SAC · PCL
1950	30	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	/1
1951	31	CHW-min	AAA	37	65	58	4	5	1	0	0	1	0		3	23	.086	.131	.103	.235		6		0	4		SAC · PCL
1952	32	REI	B	27	53	53		6	1	0	1						.113	.113	.189	.302		10					REI · CARL
1953	33	REI	B	7																							REI · CARL
4 Yrs				58	56	51	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	24	.039	.109	.039	.148	-58	2	2	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	156	142	6	6	0	0	0	3	0	0	11	67	.039	.109	.039	.148	-58	6	6	0	3

CHW (2 yrs)				50	54	49	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	22	.041	.113	.041	.154	-56	2	2	0	1
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1944	24	DET	AL	7	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1947	27	CHW	AL	25	36	-6	0	0	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.490	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
1948	28	CHW	AL	25	18	-5	0	0	0	2	-3	-0.3	0	-2	-0.3	.489	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1

1950	30	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
4 Seasons				58	56	-11	0	0	0	6	-5	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.491	.499	-0.5	-0.0	-4	$

CHW (2 yrs)				50	54	-11	0	0	0	6	-5	-0.5	1	-4	-0.5	.490	.498	-0.5	-0.0	-4	$
BOS (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
DET (1 yr)				7	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$

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
1944	24	DET	AL	2	2	0	0.0	95		.000	.274	.000	.342	.000	.374	.000	.716	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1947	27	CHW	AL	36	33	0	0.0	92	.095	.061	.257	.139	.336	.061	.369	.199	.705	-42	.000	-6.3	-0.7	.152	.091	.000
1948	28	CHW	AL	18	17	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.268	.059	.353	.000	.388	.059	.740	-83	.000	-4.2	-0.4	.063	.063	.000
4 Yrs				56	52	0	0.0	96	.074	.039	.261	.109	.341	.039	.375	.148	.716	-58	.000	-11.1	-1.1	.118	.078	.000
162 Game Avg.				156	145	0	0.0	96	.074	.039	.261	.109	.341	.039	.375	.148	.716	-58	.000	-11.1	-1.1	.118	.078	.000

CHW (2 yrs)				54	50	0	0.0	96	.074	.041	.260	.113	.341	.041	.375	.154	.716	-56	.000	-10.6	-1.1	.122	.082	.000
DET (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	95		.000	.274	.000	.342	.000	.374	.000	.716	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.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%
1944	24	DET	AL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1947	27	CHW	AL	36	0.0%	33.3%	8.3%	0.0%	0%	4.00	2.8				58%
1948	28	CHW	AL	18	0.0%	55.6%	5.6%	0.0%		10.00	1.6		16.0		33%
4 Yrs				56	0.0%	42.9%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.1		51.0		48%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.4%	9.5%	6.1%	27%	0.98	9.5	58.4	8.4	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1944	24	DET	AL	-0.5	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1947	27	CHW	AL	-6.4	-0.7	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	CHW	AL	-4.2	-0.4	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.65	-0.2	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.80	-2.5	0

1950	30	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
4 Yrs				-11.2	-1.2	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.65	-0.2	0.1	-0.9	-0.1	0.80	-2.5	0

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
1948	28	CHW	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	0
4 Yrs				0	0	33%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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
1948	28	CHW	AL	18	9%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	0	0%	0	0		6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
4 Yrs				18	9%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		1	2	200%	0	0		6	1	17%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			292%			31%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1944	24	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1945	25	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1946	26	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1947	27	32	38	35	2	2	0	3	14	.057	.132	.057	.189	-45	2	2	0
1948	28	57	56	51	2	2	1	4	24	.039	.109	.039	.148	-58	2	2	1
1949	29	57	56	51	2	2	1	4	24	.039	.109	.039	.148	-58	2	2	1
1950	30	58	56	51	2	2	1	4	24	.039	.109	.039	.148	-58	2	2	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	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1944	24	7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7

1947	27	26	37	34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	12	.000	.081	.000	.081	0	25
1948	28	26	19	17	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	10	.000	.056	.000	.056	0	25
3 Yrs		59	58	53	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4	24	.000	.070	.000	.070	0	57
162 Game Avg.		162	159	146	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	11	66	.000	.070	.000	.070	0	57

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