Glen Gorbous

Glen Edward Gorbous

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: July 8, 1930 in Drumheller, Alberta, CAN (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1955
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Redlegs 1955-1957

Final Game: May 5, 1957
Died: June 12, 1990 in Calgary, Alberta, CAN
Buried: Mountain View Memorial Gardens Cemetery, Calgary, Alberta, CAN
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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
1949	18	MED	D	119	498	498		172	19	12	1						.345	.345	.438	.783		218							MED · FARW
1950	19	LAD-min	C	82	102	102		32	6	1	2						.314	.314	.451	.765		46							BDO · AZTX
1951	20	LAD-min	A	117	400	400		123	15	6	3						.308	.308	.398	.705		159							PBO · WL
1952	21	LAD-min	A	97	340	340		81	11	8	7						.238	.238	.379	.618		129							PBO,ELM · WL,EL
1953	22	LAD-min	A	156	607	607		204	29	10	11						.336	.336	.471	.807		286							PBO · WL
1954	23	LAD-min	AA	141	554	499	73	141	21	4	16	71	10	6	50	32	.283	.347	.437	.783		218		1	0	4			FTW · TL
1955	24	TOT	NL	99	269	242	27	59	12	1	4	27	0	3	24	18	.244	.311	.351	.662	77	85	6	0	2	1	3	9/78
1955	24	CIN	NL	8	21	18	2	6	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	.333	.429	.500	.929	141	9	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1955	24	PHI	NL	91	248	224	25	53	9	1	4	23	0	3	21	17	.237	.301	.339	.640	71	76	6	0	2	1	3	9/8
1956	25	PHI-min	AAA	79	235	210	20	55	5	1	3	29	2		16	17	.262	.309	.338	.647		71		0	5	4			MIA · IL
1956	25	PHI	NL	15	33	33	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.182	.182	.182	.364	-1	6	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1957	26	STL-min	AAA	97	301	272	34	66	11	4	3	20	5		24	22	.243	.310	.346	.656		94		3	1	1	0		OMA · AA
1957	26	PHI	NL	3	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	347	2	0	0	0	0	0
1958	27	LAD-min	AAA	132	471	423	58	123	17	4	11	59	4		37	27	.291	.348	.428	.776		181	8	2	5	4			SPO · PCL
3 Yrs				117	305	277	29	66	13	1	4	29	0	3	25	19	.238	.300	.336	.636	70	93	6	0	2	1	3
162 Game Avg.				162	422	384	40	91	18	1	6	40	0	4	35	26	.238	.300	.336	.636	70	129	8	0	3	1	4

PHI (3 yrs)				109	284	259	27	60	10	1	4	25	0	3	22	18	.232	.291	.324	.615	65	84	6	0	2	1	3
CIN (1 yr)				8	21	18	2	6	3	0	0	4	0	0	3	1	.333	.429	.500	.929	141	9	0	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
1955	24	CIN	NL	8	21	1	-1	0	1	-0	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.519	.501	0.1	0.1	1	$	/7
1955	24	PHI	NL	91	248	-10	-1	1	8	-2	-4	-0.5	8	4	0.3	.495	.497	-0.4	0.5	-4	$	9/8
1956	25	PHI	NL	15	33	-4	-0	0	-2	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.460	.496	-0.3	-0.2	-3	$	/9
1957	26	PHI	NL	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.528	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$
3 Seasons				117	305	-12	-2	2	8	-3	-7	-0.9	10	3	0.1	.493	.499	-0.5	0.4	-5	$

PHI (3 yrs)				109	284	-13	-1	2	7	-3	-9	-1.1	10	1	-0.1	.492	.498	-0.6	0.3	-6	$
CIN (1 yr)				8	21	1	-1	0	1	-0	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.519	.501	0.1	0.1	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
1955	24	TOT	NL	269	195	26	3.6	104	.249	.244	.264	.311	.335	.351	.418	.662	.752	77	.379	-7.8	-0.8	.552	.194	.107	.0
1955	24	CIN	NL	21	12	4	8.9	110	.353	.333	.271	.429	.343	.500	.430	.929	.773	141	.765	1.4	0.1	1.000	.333	.167
1955	24	PHI	NL	248	183	22	3.2	104	.240	.237	.263	.301	.334	.339	.417	.640	.751	71	.335	-9.2	-0.9	.522	.183	.103	.0
1956	25	PHI	NL	33	27	1	1.0	101	.188	.182	.262	.182	.328	.182	.413	.364	.742	-1	.060	-4.7	-0.5	.222	.000	.000
1957	26	PHI	NL	3	1	2	54.4	101	.500	.500	.265	.667	.328	1.000	.410	1.667	.738	347	.989	0.9	0.1	3.000	1.000	.500
3 Yrs				305	223	29	3.5	104	.243	.238	.264	.300	.334	.336	.417	.636	.751	70	.370	-11.6	-1.2	.523	.177	.097	.0
162 Game Avg.				422	309	40	3.5	104	.243	.238	.264	.300	.334	.336	.417	.636	.751	70	.370	-11.6	-1.2	.523	.177	.097

PHI (3 yrs)				284	211	25	3.2	104	.235	.232	.263	.291	.333	.324	.416	.615	.749	65	.331	-13.0	-1.3	.495	.166	.093	.0
CIN (1 yr)				21	12	4	8.9	110	.353	.333	.271	.429	.343	.500	.430	.929	.773	141	.765	1.4	0.1	1.000	.333	.167

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	24	TOT	NL	269	1.5%	6.7%	8.9%	6.3%	29%	0.75	13.4	60.5	9.0	0.66	82%
1955	24	CIN	NL	21	0.0%	4.8%	14.3%	14.3%	50%	0.33	18.0		4.5	0.57	81%
1955	24	PHI	NL	248	1.6%	6.9%	8.5%	5.7%	26%	0.81	13.2	56.0	9.7	0.66	82%
1956	25	PHI	NL	33	0.0%	3.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		33.0		33.0	0.92	97%
1957	26	PHI	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	33.3%	100%	0.00			2.0	0.00	67%
3 Yrs				305	1.3%	6.2%	8.2%	5.9%	27%	0.76	14.6	69.3	9.6	0.68	84%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.0%	9.2%	6.6%	29%	1.31	7.4	37.6	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	24	TOT	NL	-7.8	-0.8	270	-0.9	5.0	-5.9	1.20	-0.6	-0.2	-7.4	-0.7	0.98	-7.6	1.61	34
1955	24	CIN	NL	1.4	0.1	21	0.1	0.5	-0.4	1.32	0.1	-0.0	0.6	0.1	1.11	1.2	1.81	3
1955	24	PHI	NL	-9.2	-0.9	249	-1.1	4.5	-5.6	1.18	-0.7	-0.2	-8.0	-0.8	0.97	-8.8	1.59	31
1956	25	PHI	NL	-4.7	-0.5	33	-0.2	0.3	-0.4	.68	-0.4	0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.82	-3.6	0.57	6
1957	26	PHI	NL	0.9	0.1	3	0.2	0.2	-0.0	1.89	0.1	0.0	1.4	0.1	1.38	0.8	1.89	2
3 Yrs				-11.6	-1.2	306	-0.9	5.5	-6.4	1.15	-0.9	0.1	-8.4	-0.8	0.97	-10.4	1.48	42

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	24	TOT	NL	1	29%	110	3	0%	4	5	5	39%	18	13	5	3	1	2	10	5	5
1955	24	CIN	NL	0	22%	15	0		0	1	0	40%	3	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1955	24	PHI	NL	1	30%	95	3	0%	4	4	5	39%	15	10	5	2	1	1	9	5	4
1956	25	PHI	NL	1	17%	20	0		0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1957	26	PHI	NL	0	50%	1	0		0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
3 Yrs				2	29%	131	3	0%	4	5	5	36%	21	16	5	3	1	2	12	6	6

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
1955	24	TOT	NL	269	93%	59			34	9	1	1	1.61	4	0	9	4	0	2	2	0	3	2	67%	73	6	8%	29	11	38%	176	24	14%	16	7	44%	10	7	70%	0
1955	24	CIN	NL	21	81%	6			3	1	0	0	1.81	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	2	0	0%	20	4	20%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1955	24	PHI	NL	248	94%	53			31	8	1	1	1.59	4	0	6	4	0	2	2	0	3	2	67%	67	6	9%	27	11	41%	156	20	13%	14	6	43%	10	7	70%	0
1956	25	PHI	NL	33	97%	6			6	0	0	0	0.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	1	1	100%	14	1	7%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	26	PHI	NL	3	100%	1			2	1	0	1	1.89	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				305	94%	66			42	10	1	2	1.48	4	0	10	4	0	2	2	0	3	2	67%	77	6	8%	30	12	40%	194	26	13%	16	7	44%	10	7	70%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			80%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1955	24	99	269	242	27	59	12	1	4	27	3	24	18	.244	.311	.351	.662	77	85	6	2	1	3
1956	25	114	302	275	28	65	12	1	4	28	3	24	19	.236	.297	.331	.628	68	91	6	2	1	3
1957	26	117	305	277	29	66	13	1	4	29	3	25	19	.238	.300	.336	.636	70	93	6	2	1	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	24	104	285	256	29	63	13	1	4	29	26	19	.246	.314	.352	.666	28	99
1956	25	16	34	34	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	1	.176	.176	.176	.353	1	15
1957	26	3	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	.500	.667	1.000	1.667	1	3
3 Yrs		123	322	292	31	70	14	1	4	31	27	20	.240	.303	.336	.639	30	117
162 Game Avg.		162	424	385	41	92	18	1	5	41	36	26	.240	.303	.336	.639	40	117

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