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Mike Goliat

Mike Mitchell Goliat

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: November 5, 1921 in Yatesboro, PA
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1949
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Browns 1949-1952

Final Game: April 27, 1952
Died: January 13, 2004 in Seven Hills, OH
Buried: All Saints Cemetery, Northfield, OH
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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
1947	25	PHI-min	C	94	359	359		133	31	6	12						.370	.370	.591	.961		212							VDG · MATL
1948	26	PHI-min	B	138	482	482		152	29	10	17						.315	.315	.523	.838		252							WMT · ISLG
1949	27	PHI-min	AAA	95	421	381	61	109	22	5	9	49	7		37	52	.286	.352	.441	.793		168		2	1				TTO · IL
1949	27	PHI	NL	55	211	189	24	40	6	3	3	19	0		20	32	.212	.290	.323	.613	66	61	8	1	1			4/3
1950	28	PHI	NL	145	540	483	49	113	13	6	13	64	3		53	75	.234	.314	.366	.680	80	177	20	3	1			*4
1951	29	PHI-min	AAA	74	327	284	47	80	15	4	7	27	2		33	35	.282	.358	.437	.795		124		1	9				BLT · IL
1951	29	TOT	MLB	46	163	149	14	33	2	1	4	16	0	1	9	19	.221	.270	.329	.599	62	49	1	1	4			4/5
1951	29	PHI	NL	41	150	138	14	31	2	1	4	15	0	1	9	18	.225	.277	.341	.618	67	47	1	1	2			4/5
1951	29	SLB	AL	5	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	-3	2	0	0	2			/4
1952	30	BAL-min	AAA	113	427	369	53	107	17	5	8	52	4		49	48	.290	.379	.428	.807		158		4	5				TTO · IL
1952	30	SLB	AL	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	0	0			/4
1953	31	TTO	AAA	135	530	454	77	127	26	6	19	72	7		64	80	.280	.372	.489	.861		222		3	9				TTO · IL
1954	32	TTO	AAA	137	493	407	66	101	20	3	11	61	2		72	62	.248	.370	.393	.763		160		7	6	1			TTO · IL
1955	33	TTO	AAA	136	510	424	63	109	22	4	15	71	0		66	77	.257	.363	.434	.797		184		8	6	6			TTO · IL
1956	34	TTO	AAA	149	619	504	82	140	26	3	23	86	0		93	77	.278	.398	.478	.877		241		10	9	3			TTO · IL
1957	35	TTO	AAA	138	547	480	75	142	28	3	28	83	1		52	78	.296	.367	.542	.909		260		5	5	5			TTO · IL
1958	36	TTO	AAA	140	557	497	62	134	20	3	22	70	1		49	80	.270	.341	.455	.796		226		7	0	4	7		TTO · IL
1959	37	LAD-min	AAA	121	384	341	38	91	15	0	16	62	5		32	60	.267	.332	.452	.784		154		4	2	5	9		TTO,MTL · IL
1960	38	LAD-min	AAA	105	262	228	25	56	15	1	4	32	1	1	25	36	.246	.335	.373	.707		85		6	2	1			MTL · IL
1961	39	LAD-min	AAA	56	111	108	9	23	3	0	1	11	0	0	3	23	.213	.234	.269	.503		29							SPO · PCL
4 Yrs				249	919	825	87	186	21	10	20	99	3	1	83	127	.225	.300	.348	.648	73	287	29	5	6
162 Game Avg.				162	598	537	57	121	14	7	13	64	2		54	83	.225	.300	.348	.648	73	187	19	3	4

PHI (3 yrs)				241	901	810	87	184	21	10	20	98	3	1	82	125	.227	.302	.352	.654	74	285	29	5	4
SLB (2 yrs)				8	18	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.133	.188	.133	.321	-13	2	0	0	2

NL (3 yrs)				241	901	810	87	184	21	10	20	98	3	1	82	125	.227	.302	.352	.654	74	285	29	5	4
AL (2 yrs)				8	18	15	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.133	.188	.133	.321	-13	2	0	0	2

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	27	PHI	NL	55	211	-9	1	-1	-1	2	-8	-0.9	7	-1	-0.1	.485	.495	0.0	0.1	0	$	4/3
1950	28	PHI	NL	145	540	-14	-2	-1	5	6	-6	-0.7	18	12	1.1	.496	.497	0.7	1.1	7	$	*4
1951	29	PHI	NL	41	150	-6	-1	1	-2	2	-7	-0.8	5	-2	-0.3	.482	.495	0.0	-0.1	0	$	4/5
1951	29	SLB	AL	5	13	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.465	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/4
1952	30	SLB	AL	3	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.478	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/4
4 Seasons				249	919	-32	-2	-1	2	10	-23	-2.6	31	8	0.5	.490	.497	0.5	1.2	6	$

PHI (3 yrs)				241	901	-30	-2	-1	2	10	-21	-2.3	30	10	0.7	.491	.496	0.7	1.2	8	$
SLB (2 yrs)				8	18	-2	0	0	0	0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.469	.499	-0.2	0.0	-2	$

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	27	PHI	NL	211	158	18	3.0	101	.240	.212	.267	.290	.340	.323	.399	.613	.739	66	.322	-9.3	-0.9	.522	.217	.111	.0
1950	28	PHI	NL	540	391	55	3.8	106	.253	.234	.267	.314	.344	.366	.414	.680	.758	80	.396	-15.2	-1.5	.605	.248	.133	4.9
1951	29	TOT	MLB	163	122	12	2.6	102	.230	.221	.266	.270	.340	.329	.401	.599	.741	62	.274	-8.8	-0.9	.492	.161	.107	.0
1951	29	PHI	NL	150	111	12	2.9	102	.233	.225	.265	.277	.339	.341	.402	.618	.740	67	.309	-7.1	-0.7	.514	.174	.116	.0
1951	29	SLB	AL	13	11	0	0.0	105	.200	.182	.271	.182	.353	.182	.398	.364	.750	-3	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.222	.000	.000
1952	30	SLB	AL	5	4	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.262	.200	.343	.000	.383	.200	.726	-42	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
4 Yrs				919	675	85	3.4	104	.245	.225	.267	.300	.342	.348	.408	.648	.750	73	.356	-34.0	-3.4	.564	.225	.122	5.2
162 Game Avg.				598	439	55	3.4	104	.245	.225	.267	.300	.342	.348	.408	.648	.750	73	.356	-34.0	-3.4	.564	.225	.122	3

PHI (3 yrs)				901	660	85	3.4	104	.247	.227	.267	.302	.342	.352	.409	.654	.751	74	.365	-31.6	-3.1	.570	.228	.125	5.2
SLB (2 yrs)				18	15	0	0.0	103	.154	.133	.269	.188	.350	.133	.394	.321	.743	-13	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.231	.067	.000

NL (3 yrs)				901	660	85	3.4	104	.247	.227	.267	.302	.342	.352	.409	.654	.751	74	.365	-31.6	-3.1	.570	.228	.125	5.2
AL (2 yrs)				18	15	0	0.0	103	.154	.133	.269	.188	.350	.133	.394	.321	.743	-13	.000	-2.4	-0.2	.231	.067	.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
1950	28	PHI	NL	WS	NYY	L	4	15	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.214	.267	.214	.481	3	1	0	0	0	1
1 WS							4	15	14	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	2	.214	.267	.214	.481	3	1	0	0	0	1

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	27	PHI	NL	211	1.4%	15.2%	9.5%	5.7%	30%	1.60	5.9	63.0	9.9	1.02	73%
1950	28	PHI	NL	540	2.4%	13.9%	9.8%	5.9%	28%	1.42	6.4	37.2	7.5	1.15	73%
1951	29	TOT	MLB	163	2.5%	11.7%	5.5%	4.3%	21%	2.11	7.8	37.3	9.3	0.84	77%
1951	29	PHI	NL	150	2.7%	12.0%	6.0%	4.7%	23%	2.00	7.7	34.5	9.2	0.91	77%
1951	29	SLB	AL	13	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		11.0		11.0	0.00	77%
1952	30	SLB	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%		1.00	4.0			0.50	60%
4 Yrs				919	2.2%	13.8%	9.0%	5.6%	27%	1.53	6.5	41.3	8.3	1.05	74%
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	27	PHI	NL	-9.3	-0.9	146	-0.5	2.1	-2.6	1.00	-0.2	-0.2	-3.3	-0.3	0.98	-3.4		0
1950	28	PHI	NL	-15.2	-1.5	517	-1.9	8.5	-10.4	1.09	-1.0	-0.7	-4.8	-0.5	0.98	-11.8	1.71	5
1951	29	TOT	MLB	-9.0	-0.9	155	-1.4	1.6	-3.0	1.05	-0.7	-0.7	-5.8	-0.6	0.98	-6.4	1.18	3
1951	29	PHI	NL	-7.3	-0.7	148	-1.4	1.5	-2.9	1.05	-0.6	-0.7	-5.5	-0.6	0.97	-6.0	0.03	1
1951	29	SLB	AL	-1.7	-0.2	7	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	1.22	-0.0	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.10	-0.4	1.75	2
1952	30	SLB	AL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.97	-0.1	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.92	-0.8	0.15	1
4 Yrs				-34.2	-3.4	823	-3.9	12.2	-16.1	1.06	-2.0	-1.7	-15.0	-1.5	0.98	-22.3	1.36	9

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	27	PHI	NL	4	36%	53	0			0	0	0	2	3	50%	3	2	0	1	1	0	4	0	4
1950	28	PHI	NL	6	23%	174	3			3	2	1	5	6	53%	14	9	5	2	0	1	14	2	10
1951	29	TOT	MLB	5	26%	38	0	1	0%	0	1	2	0	0	46%	5	4	1	1	0	1	5	2	3
1951	29	PHI	NL	5	27%	37	0	1	0%	0	1	2	0	0	46%	5	4	1	1	0	1	5	2	3
1951	29	SLB	AL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1952	30	SLB	AL	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				15	26%	266	3	1	300%	3	3	3	7	9	51%	22	15	6	4	1	2	23	4	17

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	27	PHI	NL	211	29%	40			0	0	0	0		3	0	5	3	0	2	1	0	2	1	50%	27	8	30%	15	5	33%	89	11	12%	8	2	25%	8	3	38%	0
1950	28	PHI	NL	540	23%	113			5	0	0	0	1.71	13	0	13	10	2	9	4	0	2	1	50%	113	20	18%	48	14	29%	351	51	15%	30	15	50%	17	8	47%	0
1951	29	TOT	MLB	163	20%	33			3	0	0	0	1.18	4	0	7	3	0	1	3	0	2	4	200%	30	1	3%	19	6	32%	98	15	15%	12	7	58%	2	1	50%	0
1951	29	PHI	NL	150	18%	31			1	0	0	0	0.03	4	0	7	3	0	1	3	0	2	2	100%	27	1	4%	17	6	35%	93	14	15%	12	7	58%	2	1	50%	0
1951	29	SLB	AL	13	57%	2			2	0	0	0	1.75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	1	20%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	30	SLB	AL	5	40%	0			1	0	0	0	0.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				919	23%	186			9	0	0	0	1.36	20	0	25	16	2	12	8	0	6	6	100%	171	29	17%	82	25	30%	541	77	14%	50	24	48%	27	12	44%	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	HBP	SH
1949	27	55	211	189	24	40	6	3	3	19	0		20	32	.212	.290	.323	.613	66	61	8	1	1
1950	28	200	751	672	73	153	19	9	16	83	3		73	107	.228	.307	.354	.661	76	238	28	4	2
1951	29	246	914	821	87	186	21	10	20	99	3	1	82	126	.227	.301	.350	.650	73	287	29	5	6
1952	30	249	919	825	87	186	21	10	20	99	3	1	83	127	.225	.300	.348	.648	73	287	29	5	6

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	27	57	220	197	26	42	6	3	3	20	0	21	33	.213	.292	.320	.612	19	55
1950	28	152	561	503	50	116	13	6	13	65	3	54	78	.231	.309	.358	.667	55	145
1951	29	48	169	155	14	34	2	1	4	16	0	9	20	.219	.267	.323	.589	14	46
1952	30	3	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	3
4 Yrs		260	955	859	90	192	21	10	20	101	3	85	132	.224	.297	.341	.638	88	249
162 Game Avg.		162	595	535	56	120	13	6	12	63	2	53	82	.224	.297	.341	.638	55	249

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Strikeouts s c a p y
1950 NL 75 (6th)

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1950 NL 20 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Similarity Scores

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