Milt Graff

Milton Edward Graff

Position: Second Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 7", Weight: 158 lb.

Born: December 30, 1930 in Jefferson Center, PA
Schools: Lycoming College (Williamsport, PA), Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA)
Signed by the Pittsburgh Pirates as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1957
Team: Athletics 1957-1958

Final Game: September 21, 1958
Died: August 2, 2005 in Rockdale, TX
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	IBB	Pos	Awards
1949	18	PIT-min	C	47	173	173		56	6	1	0						.324	.324	.370	.694		64							UTN · MATL
1950	19	PIT-min	C	137	551	551		160	34	14	2						.290	.290	.414	.704		228							HUT · WA
1951	20	PIT-min	A,B	123	459	459		110	14	6	4						.240	.240	.322	.562		148							CHS,BRL · SALL,CARL
1952	21	PIT-min	A	36	157	157		40	3	1	2						.255	.255	.325	.580		51							CHS · SALL
1954	23	PIT-min	AA	66	132	132		35	6	2	0						.265	.265	.341	.606		45							NOR · SOUA
1955	24	PIT-min	A,AA	121	447	447		140	22	15	1						.313	.313	.436	.749		195							WPT,NOR · EL,SOUA
1956	25	NYY-min	AA	156	653	653		207	25	14	1						.317	.317	.403	.720		263							BIR · SOUA
1957	26	NYY-min	AAA	68	237	221	18	58	8	6	1	15	1		13	9	.262	.309	.367	.676		81		2	1	0			RMD · IL
1957	26	KCA	AL	56	176	155	16	28	4	3	0	10	2	5	15	10	.181	.260	.245	.505	39	38	1	2	3	1	0	4
1958	27	OAK-min	AAA	117	448	408	46	108	15	3	4	28	4		36	23	.265	.325	.346	.671		141		1	2	1	4		BFL · IL
1958	27	KCA	AL	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/4
1959	28	OAK-min	AAA	133	584	527	66	144	17	7	0	29	12	12	51	32	.273	.337	.332	.669		175		0	6	0			POR · PCL
1960	29	OAK-min	AAA	144	615	584	62	145	16	4	0	27	12	10	31	29	.248	.286	.289	.576		169							POR,DFW · PCL,AA
1961	30	SFG-min	AAA	76	58	56	7	15	3	0	0	2	1	0	2	2	.268	.293	.321	.615		18							TAC · PCL
1962	31	SFG-min	AAA	25	66	58	6	12	3	0	0	2	1	0	5	4	.207	.266	.259	.524		15		0	2	1			TAC · PCL
1963	32	PIT-min	AA	101	351	326	44	82	11	2	4	35	1	6	25	28	.252	.305	.334	.639		109							AVL · SALL
2 Yrs				61	177	156	16	28	4	3	0	10	2	5	15	10	.179	.259	.244	.502	38	38	1	2	3	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	470	414	42	74	11	8	0	27	5	13	40	27	.179	.259	.244	.502	38	101	3	5	8	3	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
1957	26	KCA	AL	56	176	-10	-1	1	7	2	-2	-0.2	5	3	0.2	.496	.499	-0.5	0.9	-4	$	4
1958	27	KCA	AL	5	1	-0	0	0	-0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.491	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	/4
2 Seasons				61	177	-11	-1	1	7	2	-2	-0.3	5	3	0.2	.496	.499	-0.5	0.9	-5	$

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
1957	26	KCA	AL	176	137	10	2.0	100	.192	.181	.264	.260	.337	.245	.399	.505	.736	39	.188	-13.6	-1.4	.391	.142	.065	.0
1958	27	KCA	AL	1	1	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.264	.000	.333	.000	.401	.000	.734	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				177	138	10	2.0	100	.190	.179	.264	.259	.337	.244	.399	.502	.736	38	.186	-13.8	-1.4	.388	.141	.064	.0
162 Game Avg.				470	366	27	2.0	100	.190	.179	.264	.259	.337	.244	.399	.502	.736	38	.186	-13.8	-1.4	.388	.141	.064

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	26	KCA	AL	176	0.0%	5.7%	8.5%	4.0%	25%	0.67	15.5		15.5	1.25	83%
1958	27	KCA	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
2 Yrs				177	0.0%	5.7%	8.5%	4.0%	25%	0.67	15.6		15.6	1.27	83%
MLB Averages					2.3%	12.8%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.48	7.0	38.0	8.4	1.00	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1957	26	KCA	AL	-13.6	-1.4	179	-0.7	2.1	-2.9	.89	-0.9	0.0	-7.4	-0.8	0.91	-9.7	0.53	1
1958	27	KCA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.39	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0.39	1
2 Yrs				-13.8	-1.4	180	-0.8	2.1	-2.9	.89	-0.9	0.1	-7.6	-0.8	0.91	-9.9	0.46	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	26	KCA	AL	5	36%	56	2	5	29%	2	5	1	5	39%	8	6	2	1	1	4	1	3
1958	27	KCA	AL	0		3	0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				5	36%	59	2	5	29%	2	5	1	5	39%	8	6	2	1	1	4	1	3

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
1957	26	KCA	AL	176	92%	28			1	1	0	0	0.53	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	26	1	4%	13	5	38%	85	13	15%	7	4	57%	6	2	33%	0
1958	27	KCA	AL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	0.39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				177	92%	28			2	1	0	0	0.46	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	26	1	4%	13	5	38%	85	13	15%	7	4	57%	6	2	33%	0
MLB Averages					47%																			74%			11%			31%			14%			50%			53%

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	IBB
1957	26	56	176	155	16	28	4	3	0	10	2	5	15	10	.181	.260	.245	.505	39	38	1	2	3	1	0
1958	27	61	177	156	16	28	4	3	0	10	2	5	15	10	.179	.259	.244	.502	38	38	1	2	3	1	0

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	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1957	26	59	186	164	18	30	4	3	11	2	16	11	.183	.262	.244	.506	11	56
1958	27	5	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5
2 Yrs		64	187	165	18	30	4	3	11	2	16	11	.182	.261	.242	.503	11	61
162 Game Avg.		162	473	418	46	76	10	8	28	5	41	28	.182	.261	.242	.503	28	61

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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