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Bill Glynn

William Vincent Glynn

Position: First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: July 30, 1925 in Sussex, NJ
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 16, 1949
Teams (by GP): Indians/Phillies 1949-1954

Final Game: September 26, 1954
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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	Pos	Awards
1946	20	PHI-min	D	114	470	470		154	34	18	15						.328	.328	.572	.900		269						AMR · GAFL
1947	21	PHI-min	A	134	517	517		136	23	8	16						.263	.263	.431	.694		223						UTI · EL
1948	22	PHI-min	A	140	501	501		131	19	11	11						.261	.261	.409	.671		205						UTI · EL
1949	23	PHI-min	AAA	153	625	559	76	147	24	6	23	98	14		55	83	.263	.330	.451	.781		252		1	10			TTO · IL
1949	23	PHI	NL	8	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2	0	0	0		/3

1950	24	PHI-min	AAA	149	614	521	70	122	20	4	25	88	6		87	55	.234	.345	.432	.777		225		1	5			TTO · IL
1951	25	PHI-min	AAA	143	566	488	67	122	19	6	15	53	10		74	57	.250	.349	.406	.754		198		0	4			BLT · IL
1952	26	SAC	Opn	106	456	409	46	124	20	7	12	55	1		43	47	.303	.372	.474	.847		194		2	2			SAC · PCL
1952	26	CLE	AL	44	98	92	15	25	5	0	2	7	1	0	5	16	.272	.309	.391	.701	100	36	3	0	1		3
1953	27	CLE	AL	147	475	411	60	100	14	2	3	30	1	3	44	65	.243	.324	.309	.633	74	127	5	5	14		*3/O79
1954	28	CLE	AL	111	185	171	19	43	3	2	5	18	3	2	12	21	.251	.297	.380	.677	84	65	4	0	0	2	3/9
1955	29	CLE-min	Opn,AAA	157	655	575	74	163	28	4	17	72	8		65	77	.283	.356	.435	.791		250	10	4	4	7		SLE,INA · PCL,AA
1956	30	CIN-min	Opn	166	616	551	80	146	25	1	17	74	2		56	64	.265	.333	.407	.739		224	15	2	3	4		SLE · PCL
1957	31	CIN-CLE-min	Opn	143	539	468	53	120	15	2	8	41	3		53	41	.256	.329	.348	.677		163	10	1	10	7		SLE,SDG · PCL
1958	32	CLE-min	AAA	142	488	437	48	118	24	2	8	57	1		43	30	.270	.337	.389	.726		170	12	3	2	3		SDG · PCL
4 Yrs				310	768	684	94	170	22	4	10	56	5	5	61	105	.249	.314	.336	.650	79	230	12	5	15	2
162 Game Avg.				162	401	357	49	89	11	2	5	29	3		32	55	.249	.314	.336	.650	79	120	6	3	8

CLE (3 yrs)				302	758	674	94	168	22	4	10	55	5	5	61	102	.249	.315	.338	.654	80	228	12	5	15	2
PHI (1 yr)				8	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				302	758	674	94	168	22	4	10	55	5	5	61	102	.249	.315	.338	.654	80	228	12	5	15	2
NL (1 yr)				8	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2	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
1949	23	PHI	NL	8	10	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/3

1952	26	CLE	AL	44	98	-0	-1	-0	0	-1	-2	-0.3	3	0	0.0	.494	.498	0.0	-0.1	0	$	3
1953	27	CLE	AL	147	475	-13	1	1	7	-5	-9	-1.0	13	4	0.3	.493	.494	-0.4	0.2	-3	$	*3/O79
1954	28	CLE	AL	111	185	-5	0	-1	2	-2	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.2	.493	.495	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	3/9
4 Seasons				310	768	-20	1	-0	8	-9	-20	-2.1	21	1	0.0	.493	.497	-0.9	-0.0	-7	$

CLE (3 yrs)				302	758	-19	1	-0	8	-9	-18	-2.0	20	2	0.1	.493	.496	-0.8	-0.0	-6	$
PHI (1 yr)				8	10	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-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	PwrSpd
1949	23	PHI	NL	10	8	0	0.0	101	.286	.200	.267	.200	.340	.200	.399	.400	.739	9	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

1952	26	CLE	AL	98	71	11	4.2	90	.311	.272	.252	.309	.330	.391	.368	.701	.698	100	.503	-0.3	-0.0	.600	.185	.120	1.3
1953	27	CLE	AL	475	333	40	3.2	100	.283	.243	.266	.324	.342	.309	.392	.633	.733	74	.355	-14.1	-1.4	.545	.168	.066	1.5
1954	28	CLE	AL	185	136	19	3.8	100	.259	.251	.268	.297	.344	.380	.391	.677	.735	84	.442	-5.0	-0.5	.582	.205	.129	3.8
4 Yrs				768	548	70	3.4	99	.280	.249	.265	.314	.341	.336	.388	.650	.729	79	.391	-20.7	-2.1	.557	.177	.088	6.7
162 Game Avg.				401	286	37	3.4	99	.280	.249	.265	.314	.341	.336	.388	.650	.729	79	.391	-20.7	-2.1	.557	.177	.088	4

CLE (3 yrs)				758	540	70	3.5	99	.280	.249	.265	.315	.341	.338	.388	.654	.729	80	.397	-19.4	-2.0	.562	.180	.089	6.7
PHI (1 yr)				10	8	0	0.0	101	.286	.200	.267	.200	.340	.200	.399	.400	.739	9	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

AL (3 yrs)				758	540	70	3.5	99	.280	.249	.265	.315	.341	.338	.388	.654	.729	80	.397	-19.4	-2.0	.562	.180	.089	6.7
NL (1 yr)				10	8	0	0.0	101	.286	.200	.267	.200	.340	.200	.399	.400	.739	9	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.250	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1954	28	CLE	AL	WS	NYG	L	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	2	0	0	0	0	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%
1949	23	PHI	NL	10	0.0%	30.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.3		10.0	0.00	70%

1952	26	CLE	AL	98	2.0%	16.3%	5.1%	7.1%	28%	3.20	5.8	46.0	13.1	0.39	76%
1953	27	CLE	AL	475	0.6%	13.7%	9.3%	4.0%	19%	1.48	6.3	137.0	13.7	0.86	72%
1954	28	CLE	AL	185	2.7%	11.4%	6.5%	5.4%	23%	1.75	8.1	34.2	9.5	0.71	79%
4 Yrs				768	1.3%	13.7%	7.9%	4.7%	21%	1.72	6.5	68.4	12.2	0.74	74%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.2%	9.7%	6.5%	28%	1.05	8.7	44.7	8.1	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1949	23	PHI	NL	-1.3	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.46	-0.1	-0.0	-0.9	-0.1	0.99	-0.9	0.46	3

1952	26	CLE	AL	-0.4	-0.0	102	0.1	2.0	-1.9	1.10	-0.1	0.3	-2.3	-0.2	1.01	-1.1	2.16	13
1953	27	CLE	AL	-14.7	-1.5	487	-0.7	7.3	-8.0	.96	-1.1	0.3	-16.5	-1.7	0.98	-13.5	1.59	10
1954	28	CLE	AL	-5.0	-0.5	191	-1.7	2.0	-3.6	.92	-0.9	-0.9	-10.3	-1.0	0.95	-9.0	1.66	15
4 Yrs				-21.4	-2.2	783	-2.3	11.2	-13.6	.96	-2.2	-0.2	-29.9	-3.1	0.98	-24.4	1.71	41

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
1949	23	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1952	26	CLE	AL	3	0	46%	46	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	3	23%	5	4	0	3	2	0	5	2	3
1953	27	CLE	AL	7	0	39%	250	1	3	25%	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	8	5	50%	36	24	12	4	2	2	22	5	17
1954	28	CLE	AL	1	0	28%	79	3	2	60%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	48%	14	8	6	6	5	1	5	0	5
4 Yrs				11	0	37%	375	5	5	50%	5	6	0	0	0	0	1	0	14	9	46%	55	36	18	13	9	3	32	7	25

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
1949	23	PHI	NL	10	100%	2			3	0	0	0	0.46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1952	26	CLE	AL	98	77%	25			13	3	0	2	2.16	2	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	1	1	100%	19	3	16%	6	2	33%	58	6	10%	5	3	60%	3	2	67%	0
1953	27	CLE	AL	475	58%	100			10	3	0	1	1.59	3	0	11	2	1	2	1	0	15	14	93%	115	5	4%	68	19	28%	306	29	9%	19	8	42%	26	11	42%	0
1954	28	CLE	AL	185	72%	43			15	2	0	0	1.66	5	1	7	4	1	1	4	0	3	0	0%	29	4	14%	14	4	29%	114	14	12%	11	5	45%	4	4	100%	0
4 Yrs				768	64%	170			41	8	0	3	1.71	10	1	20	8	2	3	7	0	19	15	79%	164	12	7%	89	25	28%	480	49	10%	35	16	46%	33	17	52%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			91%			12%			32%			15%			51%			55%

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
1949	23	8	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2	0	0	0
1950	24	8	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2	0	0	0
1951	25	8	10	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2	0	0	0
1952	26	52	108	102	15	27	5	0	2	8	1	0	5	19	.265	.299	.373	.672	91	38	3	0	1
1953	27	199	583	513	75	127	19	2	5	38	2	3	49	84	.248	.319	.322	.641	77	165	8	5	15
1954	28	310	768	684	94	170	22	4	10	56	5	5	61	105	.249	.314	.336	.650	79	230	12	5	15	2

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
1949	23	8	10	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8

1952	26	46	106	99	18	29	6	0	2	9	1	6	17	.293	.333	.414	.747	14	44
1953	27	154	498	431	64	106	15	2	3	32	1	47	68	.246	.327	.311	.638	43	147
1954	28	116	195	180	20	46	3	2	5	19	3	13	22	.256	.303	.378	.680	21	111
4 Yrs		324	809	720	102	181	24	4	10	60	5	66	110	.251	.318	.338	.655	78	310
162 Game Avg.		162	405	360	51	91	12	2	5	30	3	33	55	.251	.318	.338	.655	39	310

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y 1953 AL 65 (8th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1953 AL 5 (10th)	Sacrifice Hits s c a p y 1953 AL 14 (3rd)

Strikeouts s c a p y
1953 AL 65 (8th)

Hit By Pitch s c a p y
1953 AL 5 (10th)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1953 AL 14 (3rd)

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