Gordon Goldsberry

Gordon Frederick Goldsberry

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: August 30, 1927 in Sacramento, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1949
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Browns 1949-1952

Final Game: September 27, 1952
Died: February 23, 1996 in Laguna Hills, CA
Cremated
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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
1944	16	HOL	AA	8	5	5		0	0	0	0	0	0				.000	.000	.000	.000		0						HOL · PCL
1945	17	LCK,HOL	D,AA	72	222	222		56	10	1	0	0	0			0	.252	.252	.306	.559		68						LCK,HOL · PONY,PCL
1946	18	ABQ	C	129	449	449		167	32	21	7						.372	.372	.584	.955		262						ABQ · WTNM
1947	19	ATL-CHW-min	B,AA,AAA	151	527	527	1	162	37	9	6	3	1				.307	.307	.446	.753		235						YAK,LRK,HOL · WINT,SOUA,PCL
1948	20	CHW-min	AA,AAA	152	554	546	3	156	27	9	10	1	0		6	4	.286	.293	.423	.717		231		0	2			MEM,HOL · SOUA,PCL
1949	21	CHC-min	AAA	94	365	316	53	78	13	0	6	32	5		43	31	.247	.339	.345	.684		109		1	5			OLD,LOS · PCL
1949	21	CHW	AL	39	163	145	25	36	3	2	1	13	2	0	18	9	.248	.331	.317	.649	75	46	3	0	0		3
1950	22	CHW	AL	82	155	127	19	34	8	2	2	25	0	2	26	18	.268	.392	.409	.802	108	52	3	0	2		3/O97
1951	23	SLE	AAA	108	465	405	71	97	15	2	12	41	6		52	62	.240	.328	.375	.703		152		1	7			SLE · PCL
1951	23	CHW	AL	10	13	11	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.091	.231	.091	.322	-10	1	0	0	0		/3
1952	24	SLB	AL	86	268	227	30	52	9	3	3	17	0	2	34	37	.229	.330	.335	.664	84	76	3	0	7		3/7O
1953	25	SLE	Opn	163	651	549	77	134	30	4	6	53	1		83	61	.244	.347	.346	.694		190	11	4	15			SLE · PCL
1954	26	CHW-min	AAA	117	460	368	58	104	18	2	8	38	5		83	41	.283	.417	.408	.825		150	8	2	7	0		CHL · AA
1956	28	CHW-CHC-min	AA	88	210	204	0	46	7	1	3	0	1	1	4	4	.225	.240	.314	.554		64		0	2	0		MEM,TUL · SOUA,TL
4 Yrs				217	599	510	78	123	20	7	6	56	2	4	80	66	.241	.344	.343	.687	86	175	9	0	9
162 Game Avg.				162	447	381	58	92	15	5	4	42	1	3	60	49	.241	.344	.343	.687	86	131	7	0	7

CHW (3 yrs)				131	331	283	48	71	11	4	3	39	2	2	46	29	.251	.356	.350	.705	87	99	6	0	2
SLB (1 yr)				86	268	227	30	52	9	3	3	17	0	2	34	37	.229	.330	.335	.664	84	76	3	0	7

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	21	CHW	AL	39	163	-5	1	0	1	-2	-4	-0.5	4	-0	-0.1	.488	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	3
1950	22	CHW	AL	82	155	2	-0	-0	2	-2	2	0.2	4	6	0.6	.502	.501	0.4	0.0	4	$	3/O97
1951	23	CHW	AL	10	13	-2	0	0	1	-0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.495	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/3
1952	24	SLB	AL	86	268	-5	-1	1	-3	-3	-11	-1.2	7	-4	-0.5	.486	.492	-0.2	-0.7	-1	$	3/7O
4 Seasons				217	599	-9	-1	2	1	-7	-14	-1.6	16	1	0.0	.493	.498	-0.1	-0.6	0	$

CHW (3 yrs)				131	331	-4	0	0	4	-4	-3	-0.3	8	5	0.5	.497	.499	0.1	0.0	1	$
SLB (1 yr)				86	268	-5	-1	1	-3	-3	-11	-1.2	7	-4	-0.5	.486	.492	-0.2	-0.7	-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	21	CHW	AL	163	112	16	3.8	103	.259	.248	.266	.331	.357	.317	.386	.649	.743	75	.415	-5.3	-0.5	.589	.207	.069	1.3
1950	22	CHW	AL	155	100	20	5.3	111	.299	.268	.275	.392	.361	.409	.412	.802	.773	108	.530	2.6	0.2	.776	.331	.142	.0
1951	23	CHW	AL	13	10	0	0.0	100	.111	.091	.265	.231	.346	.091	.389	.322	.735	-10	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.300	.182	.000
1952	24	SLB	AL	268	187	24	3.5	98	.262	.229	.263	.330	.343	.335	.383	.664	.726	84	.419	-4.7	-0.5	.600	.247	.106	.0
4 Yrs				599	409	60	3.9	103	.267	.241	.267	.344	.352	.343	.391	.687	.743	86	.439	-9.1	-0.9	.633	.255	.102	3.0
162 Game Avg.				447	305	45	3.9	103	.267	.241	.267	.344	.352	.343	.391	.687	.743	86	.439	-9.1	-0.9	.633	.255	.102	2

CHW (3 yrs)				331	222	36	4.3	106	.271	.251	.270	.356	.359	.350	.398	.705	.756	87	.455	-4.4	-0.5	.659	.261	.099	2.4
SLB (1 yr)				268	187	24	3.5	98	.262	.229	.263	.330	.343	.335	.383	.664	.726	84	.418	-4.7	-0.5	.600	.247	.106	.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	21	CHW	AL	163	0.6%	5.5%	11.0%	3.7%	17%	0.50	16.1	145.0	11.2	0.89	83%
1950	22	CHW	AL	155	1.3%	11.6%	16.8%	7.7%	35%	0.69	7.1	63.5	5.1	0.67	69%
1951	23	CHW	AL	13	0.0%	15.4%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	1.00	5.5		11.0	0.75	69%
1952	24	SLB	AL	268	1.1%	13.8%	12.7%	5.6%	29%	1.09	6.1	75.7	13.4	0.90	70%
4 Yrs				599	1.0%	11.0%	13.4%	5.5%	27%	0.83	7.7	85.0	9.1	0.83	73%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.0%	9.9%	6.4%	28%	1.01	8.9	46.1	8.0	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	21	CHW	AL	-5.3	-0.5	118	-0.3	2.3	-2.7	1.24	0.1	-0.4	1.3	0.1	0.99	0.5	5.40	1
1950	22	CHW	AL	2.6	0.2	123	-1.4	2.0	-3.4	1.36	0.0	-1.1	-0.5	-0.0	1.02	2.2	1.91	25
1951	23	CHW	AL	-1.7	-0.2	13	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.94	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	1.01	-1.1	1.59	2
1952	24	SLB	AL	-5.0	-0.5	212	-0.9	3.1	-3.9	1.08	-0.5	-0.3	-4.2	-0.4	0.94	-5.1	1.27	10
4 Yrs				-9.4	-1.0	466	-2.8	7.5	-10.3	1.19	-0.5	-1.9	-4.6	-0.5	0.97	-3.5	1.82	38

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	21	CHW	AL	3	45%	52	2	0	100%	2	1	1	1	1	54%	8	4	3	1	1	0	4	0	4
1950	22	CHW	AL	3	29%	55	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	3	32%	11	9	2	2	1	1	6	2	3
1951	23	CHW	AL	1	133%	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	75%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	3
1952	24	SLB	AL	3	33%	98	0	2	0%	0	2	1	4	0	28%	10	9	1	3	2	1	5	2	3
4 Yrs				10	37%	215	2	4	33%	2	5	2	5	4	39%	30	23	6	6	4	2	18	4	13

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	21	CHW	AL	163	77%	36			1	0	0	0	5.40	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		20	3	15%	9	0	0%	73	12	16%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	0
1950	22	CHW	AL	155	87%	34			25	8	1	8	1.91	2	0	5	1	1	0	2	0	1	2	200%	27	3	11%	14	6	43%	102	14	14%	7	4	57%	7	3	43%	0
1951	23	CHW	AL	13	69%	1			2	0	0	0	1.59	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	2	67%	11	1	9%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1952	24	SLB	AL	268	75%	52			10	3	0	2	1.27	3	0	4	1	1	2	1	0	6	7	117%	38	3	8%	23	8	35%	112	14	13%	9	5	56%	10	5	50%	0
4 Yrs				599	78%	123			38	11	1	10	1.82	6	0	14	3	2	3	3	0	7	9	129%	89	9	10%	49	16	33%	298	41	14%	19	11	58%	20	9	45%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			95%			13%			33%			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	SH
1949	21	39	163	145	25	36	3	2	1	13	2	0	18	9	.248	.331	.317	.649	75	46	3	0
1950	22	121	318	272	44	70	11	4	3	38	2	2	44	27	.257	.361	.360	.721	91	98	6	2
1951	23	131	331	283	48	71	11	4	3	39	2	2	46	29	.251	.356	.350	.705	87	99	6	2
1952	24	217	599	510	78	123	20	7	6	56	2	4	80	66	.241	.344	.343	.687	86	175	9	9

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	21	41	169	151	26	37	3	2	1	13	2	18	9	.245	.325	.311	.637	16	39
1950	22	86	157	130	18	33	8	2	2	23	0	25	19	.254	.374	.392	.767	19	82
1951	23	11	14	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.143	.000	.143	0	10
1952	24	90	283	239	33	56	10	3	3	18	0	37	39	.234	.337	.339	.676	27	86
4 Yrs		228	623	532	77	126	21	7	6	54	2	82	69	.237	.339	.336	.675	62	217
162 Game Avg.		162	443	378	55	90	15	5	4	38	1	58	49	.237	.339	.336	.675	44	217

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