Dick Gray

Richard Benjamin Gray

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Shortstop
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: July 11, 1931 in Jefferson, PA
School: Waynesburg College
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Cardinals 1958-1960

Final Game: May 22, 1960
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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
1950	18	LAD-min	D	124	481	481		149	20	14	11						.310	.310	.478	.788		230						SHB · WISL
1951	19	LAD-min	D,C	131	531	531		155	24	13	6						.292	.292	.420	.712		223						VDS,GWD · GAFL,CSTL
1952	20	LAD-min	B	153	513	513		123	10	11	3						.240	.240	.320	.559		164						MIA · FLIN
1955	23	LAD-min	AA	155	629	549	63	138	21	6	6	50	5	2	64	72	.251	.335	.344	.680		189		7	6	3		FTW · TL
1956	24	LAD-min	AA	152	690	613	115	175	24	11	24	91	10	10	59	69	.285	.355	.478	.833		293		9	6	3		FTW · TL
1957	25	LAD-min	AAA	153	638	558	88	166	27	7	16	111	5		65	69	.297	.375	.457	.832		255		8	1	6	6	STP · AA
1958	26	LAD-min	AAA	52	213	192	25	51	4	1	8	31	4		17	19	.266	.324	.422	.746		81		1	0	3	0	STP,MTL · AA,IL
1958	26	LAD	NL	58	221	197	25	49	5	6	9	30	1	1	19	30	.249	.327	.472	.799	106	93	6	4	1	0	0	5
1959	27	TOT	NL	57	118	103	17	24	2	0	3	10	3	0	12	20	.233	.313	.340	.653	70	35	2	0	3	0	1	56/47
1959	27	LAD	NL	21	59	52	8	8	1	0	2	4	0	0	6	12	.154	.241	.288	.530	37	15	1	0	1	0	0	5
1959	27	STL	NL	36	59	51	9	16	1	0	1	6	3	0	6	8	.314	.386	.392	.778	104	20	1	0	2	0	1	6/547
1960	28	PIT-min	AAA	93	324	275	31	70	9	3	7	32	3	2	44	41	.255	.355	.385	.741		106		0	3	2		CLB · IL
1960	28	STL	NL	9	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	-26	0	0	0	0	1	0	/45
1961	29	PIT-min	AAA	116	452	390	65	103	10	3	12	49	6		62	52	.264	.365	.397	.762		155						CLB · IL
1962	30	PIT-min	AAA	67	207	173	24	43	7	4	3	23	1	1	27	26	.249	.355	.387	.742		67		2	4	1		CLB · IL
3 Seasons				124	347	305	43	73	7	6	12	41	4	1	33	52	.239	.321	.420	.740	91	128	8	4	4	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	453	398	56	95	9	8	16	54	5	1	43	68	.239	.321	.420	.740	91	167	10	5	5	1	1

STL (2 yrs)				45	67	56	10	16	1	0	1	7	3	0	8	10	.286	.369	.357	.726	91	20	1	0	2	1	1
LAD (2 yrs)				79	280	249	33	57	6	6	11	34	1	1	25	42	.229	.309	.434	.743	91	108	7	4	2	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1958	26	LAD	NL	221	3	1	-1	-1	1	1	8	12	1.2	11	1.1	0.1	$	5
1959	27	LAD	NL	59	-5	0	0	0	0	0	2	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	5
1959	27	STL	NL	59	0	1	0	0	-3	0	2	-1	-0.1	3	0.3	-0.4	$	6/547
1960	28	STL	NL	8	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/45
3 Seasons				347	-3	2	-1	-1	-2	1	12	7	0.7	10	1.0	-0.3	$

STL (2 yrs)				67	-1	1	0	0	-3	0	2	-2	-0.2	2	0.2	-0.4	$
LAD (2 yrs)				280	-2	1	-1	-1	2	1	10	9	0.9	8	0.8	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
1958	26	LAD	NL	221	156	29	5.0	110	.253	.249	.274	.327	.343	.472	.429	.799	.772	106	.531	0.3	0.0	.748	.320	.223	1.8
1959	27	TOT	NL	118	84	13	4.1	110	.263	.233	.278	.313	.345	.340	.430	.653	.775	70	.450	-4.8	-0.5	.617	.252	.107	3.0
1959	27	LAD	NL	59	46	4	2.3	111	.158	.154	.278	.241	.346	.288	.431	.530	.776	37	.221	-5.1	-0.5	.467	.250	.135	.0
1959	27	STL	NL	59	38	9	6.3	110	.357	.314	.277	.386	.344	.392	.429	.778	.773	104	.640	0.4	0.0	.806	.255	.078	1.5
1960	28	STL	NL	8	6	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.272	.250	.339	.000	.418	.250	.757	-26	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.400	.400	.000
3 Seasons				347	246	42	4.6	110	.252	.239	.276	.321	.344	.420	.429	.740	.772	91	.494	-5.2	-0.5	.697	.298	.180	6.0
162 Game Avg.				453	321	55	4.6	110	.252	.239	.276	.321	.344	.420	.429	.740	.772	91	.494	-5.2	-0.5	.697	.298	.180	8

STL (2 yrs)				67	44	9	5.5	110	.326	.286	.277	.369	.344	.357	.428	.726	.772	91	.580	-0.4	-0.0	.756	.268	.071	1.5
LAD (2 yrs)				280	202	33	4.4	110	.235	.229	.275	.309	.344	.434	.429	.743	.773	91	.473	-4.8	-0.5	.685	.305	.205	1.8

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	26	LAD	NL	221	4.1%	13.6%	8.6%	9.1%	41%	1.58	6.6	21.9	6.6	1.16	71%
1959	27	TOT	NL	118	2.5%	17.0%	10.2%	4.2%	21%	1.67	5.2	34.3	10.3	1.10	68%
1959	27	LAD	NL	59	3.4%	20.3%	10.2%	5.1%	38%	2.00	4.3	26.0	13.0	0.62	64%
1959	27	STL	NL	59	1.7%	13.6%	10.2%	3.4%	13%	1.33	6.4	51.0	8.5	2.22	71%
1960	28	STL	NL	8	0.0%	25.0%	25.0%	0.0%		1.00	2.5		5.0	0.50	50%
3 Seasons				347	3.5%	15.0%	9.5%	7.2%	34%	1.58	5.9	25.4	7.4	1.12	70%
MLB Averages					2.3%	13.3%	8.7%	6.6%	29%	1.52	6.7	38.1	8.4	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1958	26	LAD	NL	0.3	0.0	226	-0.0	3.6	-3.6	.87	0.8	-0.9	2.4	0.2	0.95	6.5	1.52	4
1959	27	TOT	NL	-4.8	-0.5	121	-1.1	1.3	-2.5	1.00	-0.3	-0.8	-6.5	-0.6	0.99	-2.6	1.64	25
1959	27	LAD	NL	-5.1	-0.5	59	-1.0	0.4	-1.3	.97	-0.6	-0.4	-7.3	-0.7	0.97	-4.2	1.85	8
1959	27	STL	NL	0.4	0.0	62	-0.2	0.9	-1.1	1.02	0.3	-0.5	0.8	0.1	1.00	1.6	1.54	17
1960	28	STL	NL	-0.8	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	1.02	-0.1	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.07	-1.0	0.74	3
3 Seasons				-5.2	-0.5	355	-1.2	5.0	-6.3	.92	0.4	-1.7	-5.3	-0.5	0.97	2.9	1.54	32

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
1958	26	LAD	NL	1	25%	55	1	1	50%	1	1	3	2	90%	6	1	5	0	0	4	0	4
1959	27	TOT	NL	2	42%	46	3	0	100%	3	0	2	2	50%	9	5	3	1	1	6	1	5
1959	27	LAD	NL	1	50%	13	0	0		0	0	1	2	56%	5	2	2	0	0	4	1	3
1959	27	STL	NL	1	38%	33	3	0	100%	3	0	1	0	43%	4	3	1	1	1	2	0	2
1960	28	STL	NL	0	50%	2	0	0		0	0	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
3 Seasons				3	32%	103	4	1	80%	4	1	5	5	63%	15	6	8	2	2	10	1	9

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
1958	26	LAD	NL	221	9%	49			4	2	0	1	1.52	9	0	3	8	1	4	5	0	1	1	100%	43	6	14%	17	4	24%	140	21	15%	7	2	29%	9	6	67%	0
1959	27	TOT	NL	118	39%	24			25	5	0	0	1.64	3	0	6	2	1	0	3	0	4	3	75%	23	2	9%	12	4	33%	81	8	10%	9	3	33%	4	0	0%	0
1959	27	LAD	NL	59	42%	8			8	1	0	0	1.85	2	0	5	1	1	0	2	0	2	1	50%	11	1	9%	6	2	33%	43	2	5%	4	1	25%	2	0	0%	0
1959	27	STL	NL	59	36%	16			17	4	0	0	1.54	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	12	1	8%	6	2	33%	38	6	16%	5	2	40%	2	0	0%	0
1960	28	STL	NL	8	100%	0			3	0	0	0	0.74	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	9	1	11%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
3 Seasons				347	21%	73			32	7	0	1	1.54	12	0	9	10	2	4	8	0	5	4	80%	67	8	12%	30	9	30%	230	30	13%	17	6	35%	13	6	46%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			74%			10%			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
1958	26	58	221	197	25	49	5	6	9	30	1	1	19	30	.249	.327	.472	.799	106	93	6	4	1	0	0
1959	27	115	339	300	42	73	7	6	12	40	4	1	31	50	.243	.322	.427	.749	93	128	8	4	4	0	1
1960	28	124	347	305	43	73	7	6	12	41	4	1	33	52	.239	.321	.420	.740	91	128	8	4	4	1	1

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
1958	26	61	229	206	25	50	5	6	9	30	1	19	32	.243	.319	.456	.775	29	58
1959	27	60	120	108	17	25	2	0	3	10	3	12	21	.231	.308	.333	.642	11	57
1960	28	9	8	5	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	2	.000	.250	.000	.250	0	9
3 Seasons		130	357	319	43	75	7	6	12	41	4	33	55	.235	.314	.408	.721	40	124
162 Game Avg.		162	445	398	54	93	9	7	15	51	5	41	69	.235	.314	.408	.721	50	124

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