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Eli Grba

Eli Grba

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 9, 1934 in Chicago, IL
High School: Bowen (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 10, 1959
Teams (by GP): Angels/Yankees 1959-1963

Final Game: August 4, 1963
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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
1959 24 NYY AL 19 16 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .286 .552 55 4 0 0 1 0 0 1
1960 25 NYY AL 27 26 21 1 5 0 0 1 1 0 0 2 7 .238 .304 .381 .685 90 8 1 0 3 0 0 1
1961 26 LAA AL 42 80 64 8 15 3 0 2 11 0 0 6 17 .234 .306 .375 .681 74 24 1 1 8 1 0 1
1962 27 LAA AL 42 65 58 5 12 1 0 1 7 0 0 4 14 .207 .258 .276 .534 46 16 0 0 3 0 0 1
1963 28 LAA AL 13 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -20 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Seasons 143 191 160 15 35 5 0 4 19 0 0 14 42 .219 .284 .325 .609 63 52 2 1 15 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 216 181 17 40 6 0 5 22 0 0 16 48 .219 .284 .325 .609 63 59 2 1 17 1 0
LAA (3 yrs) 97 149 125 13 27 4 0 3 18 0 0 11 32 .216 .283 .320 .603 59 40 1 1 11 1 0
NYY (2 yrs) 46 42 35 2 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 10 .229 .289 .343 .632 76 12 1 0 4 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 Awards
1959 24 NYY AL 16 -1 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
1960 25 NYY AL 26 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $ 1
1961 26 LAA AL 80 -2 0 -1 0 0 7 2 6 0.6 6 0.6 0.0 $ 1
1962 27 LAA AL 65 -4 0 1 0 0 6 2 5 0.5 5 0.5 0.0 $ 1
1963 28 LAA AL 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 $ 1
5 Seasons 191 -7 0 0 0 0 16 5 14 1.4 14 1.4 0.0 $
LAA (3 yrs) 149 -6 0 0 0 0 13 4 11 1.1 11 1.1 0.0 $
NYY (2 yrs) 42 -1 0 0 0 0 3 1 3 0.3 3 0.3 0.0 $

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
1959 24 NYY AL 16 12 1 2.2 95 .273 .214 .256 .267 .326 .286 .391 .552 .717 55 .226 -0.8 -0.1 .455 .143 .071
1960 25 NYY AL 26 20 2 2.7 96 .308 .238 .256 .304 .329 .381 .392 .685 .721 90 .281 -0.4 -0.0 .588 .238 .143 .0
1961 26 LAA AL 80 59 8 3.6 113 .283 .234 .276 .306 .353 .375 .430 .681 .783 74 .387 -2.6 -0.3 .620 .234 .141 .0
1962 27 LAA AL 65 49 5 2.8 100 .256 .207 .260 .258 .331 .276 .404 .534 .736 46 .284 -4.5 -0.4 .435 .138 .069 .0
1963 28 LAA AL 4 3 0 0.0 89 .000 .000 .248 .250 .314 .000 .384 .250 .697 -20 .000 -0.4 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
5 Seasons 191 143 16 3.0 104 .270 .219 .265 .284 .339 .325 .411 .609 .751 63 .316 -8.8 -0.9 .528 .194 .106 .0
162 Game Avg. 216 162 18 3.0 104 .270 .219 .265 .284 .339 .325 .411 .609 .751 63 .316 -8.8 -0.9 .528 .194 .106
LAA (3 yrs) 149 111 13 3.1 106 .264 .216 .268 .283 .342 .320 .417 .603 .759 59 .332 -7.6 -0.8 .525 .192 .104 .0
NYY (2 yrs) 42 32 3 2.5 96 .292 .229 .256 .289 .328 .343 .392 .632 .719 76 .261 -1.2 -0.1 .536 .200 .114 .0

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
1960 25 NYY AL WS PIT L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1959 24 NYY AL 16 0.0% 18.8% 6.3% 6.3% 33% 3.00 4.7 0.80 69%
1960 25 NYY AL 26 3.9% 26.9% 7.7% 3.9% 20% 3.50 3.0 21.0 21.0 2.25 50%
1961 26 LAA AL 80 2.5% 21.3% 7.5% 6.3% 33% 2.83 3.8 32.0 5.8 1.16 58%
1962 27 LAA AL 65 1.5% 21.5% 6.2% 3.1% 17% 3.50 4.1 58.0 8.3 0.55 66%
1963 28 LAA AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 1.00 3.0 1.00 50%
5 Seasons 191 2.1% 22.0% 7.3% 4.7% 26% 3.00 3.8 40.0 8.4 0.96 60%
MLB Averages 2.4% 14.1% 8.6% 6.6% 29% 1.63 6.3 37.9 8.4 1.04 73%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1959 24 NYY AL -0.8 -0.1 16 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .92 -0.1 -0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.86 -1.4 0
1960 25 NYY AL -0.4 -0.0 26 -0.4 0.2 -0.5 1.16 -0.1 -0.2 -2.1 -0.2 0.96 -1.4 0
1961 26 LAA AL -2.7 -0.3 81 -0.3 1.0 -1.3 .87 -0.4 0.1 -4.2 -0.4 1.01 -5.3 0
1962 27 LAA AL -4.5 -0.4 62 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 .88 -0.5 -0.2 -2.6 -0.3 0.95 -4.1 0
1963 28 LAA AL -0.4 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.13 -0.0 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.56 -0.5 2.15 1
5 Seasons -8.8 -0.9 189 -1.5 1.9 -3.4 .92 -1.2 -0.4 -10.9 -1.1 0.96 -12.7 2.15 1

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1959 24 NYY AL 0 0 25% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 25 NYY AL 0 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
1961 26 LAA AL 0 0 30% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 50% 4 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 27 LAA AL 2 1 27% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 50% 3 1 2 1 1 0 2 1 1
1963 28 LAA AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 2 1 24% 53 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 2 47% 10 5 5 2 2 0 3 1 2

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
1959 24 NYY AL 16 25% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 7 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1960 25 NYY AL 26 42% 5 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 3 3 100% 6 1 17% 7 3 43% 18 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 2 67% 0
1961 26 LAA AL 78 12% 15 0 0 0 0 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 10 8 80% 19 1 5% 16 7 44% 56 9 16% 6 4 67% 1 0 0% 2
1962 27 LAA AL 61 39% 12 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 9 0 0% 10 2 20% 41 6 15% 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 4
1963 28 LAA AL 4 25% 0 1 0 0 0 2.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Seasons 185 26% 35 1 0 0 0 2.15 4 0 5 3 0 2 1 0 17 15 88% 36 2 6% 36 12 33% 124 15 12% 9 6 67% 8 3 38% 6
MLB Averages 50% 75% 10% 31% 14% 49% 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
1959 24 19 16 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .286 .552 55 4 0 0 1 0 0
1960 25 46 42 35 2 8 1 0 1 1 0 0 3 10 .229 .289 .343 .632 76 12 1 0 4 0 0
1961 26 88 122 99 10 23 4 0 3 12 0 0 9 27 .232 .300 .364 .664 74 36 2 1 12 1 0
1962 27 130 187 157 15 35 5 0 4 19 0 0 13 41 .223 .285 .331 .616 64 52 2 1 15 1 0
1963 28 143 191 160 15 35 5 0 4 19 0 0 14 42 .219 .284 .325 .609 63 52 2 1 15 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1959 24 20 15 14 1 3 1 0 0 0 0 1 3 .214 .267 .286 .552 1 19
1960 25 28 25 23 1 6 0 0 1 1 0 2 7 .261 .320 .391 .711 3 27
1961 26 42 69 62 7 13 3 0 2 9 0 5 17 .210 .275 .355 .630 6 42
1962 27 42 62 58 5 12 1 0 1 7 0 4 14 .207 .258 .276 .534 4 42
1963 28 13 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 13
5 Seasons 145 175 160 14 34 5 0 4 17 0 13 42 .213 .274 .319 .593 14 143
162 Game Avg. 162 196 179 16 38 6 0 4 19 0 15 47 .213 .274 .319 .593 16 143

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