Kent Hadley

Kent William Hadley

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 17, 1934 in Pocatello, ID
High School: Pocatello HS (Pocatello, ID)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1958
Teams (by GP): Athletics/Yankees 1958-1960

Final Game: August 21, 1960
Died: March 10, 2005 in Pocatello, ID
Buried: Mountain View Cemetery, Pocatello, ID
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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
1956	21	DET-min	A,B	60	193	193		47	9	1	7						.244	.244	.394	.637		76							SYR,AUG,TER · EL,SALL,IIIL
1957	22	DET-min	A	130	476	476		133	19	4	9						.279	.279	.393	.672		187							AUG · SALL
1958	23	OAK-min	AA	132	477	477		117	15	3	34						.245	.245	.503	.748		240							LRK · SOUA
1958	23	KCA	AL	3	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	-0	2	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1959	24	KCA	AL	113	318	288	40	73	11	1	10	39	1	2	24	74	.253	.310	.403	.713	93	116	6	1	2	3	0	3
1960	25	NYY-min	AAA	15	52	45	4	11	3	0	1	1	0	0	6	9	.244	.346	.378	.724		17		1	0	0			RMD · IL
1960	25	NYY	AL	55	70	64	8	13	2	0	4	11	0	0	6	19	.203	.271	.422	.693	89	27	1	0	0	0	0	3
1961	26	CHW-min	AAA	113	376	339	47	79	15	2	11	48	1	2	37	72	.233	.309	.386	.695		131							SDG · PCL
1962	27	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
1963	28	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
1964	29	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
1965	30	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
1966	31	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
1967	32	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
3 Yrs				171	399	363	49	88	13	1	14	50	1	2	30	97	.242	.300	.399	.699	90	145	7	1	2	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	378	344	46	83	12	1	13	47	1	2	28	92	.242	.300	.399	.699	90	137	7	1	2	3	0

KCA (2 yrs)				116	329	299	41	75	11	1	10	39	1	2	24	78	.251	.306	.395	.700	90	118	6	1	2	3	0
NYY (1 yr)				55	70	64	8	13	2	0	4	11	0	0	6	19	.203	.271	.422	.693	89	27	1	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
1958	23	KCA	AL	3	11	-1	-0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.459	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	/3
1959	24	KCA	AL	113	318	-4	-0	-0	-3	-4	-11	-1.3	9	-3	-0.4	.489	.493	-0.1	-0.9	0	$	3
1960	25	NYY	AL	55	70	-0	1	0	-1	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.499	0.2	-0.2	2	$	3
3 Seasons				171	399	-5	0	-0	-4	-5	-13	-1.5	11	-3	-0.4	.492	.497	0.0	-1.1	1	$

KCA (2 yrs)				116	329	-5	-0	-0	-3	-5	-12	-1.4	9	-4	-0.5	.489	.496	-0.2	-0.9	-1	$
NYY (1 yr)				55	70	-0	1	0	-1	-1	-1	-0.1	2	1	0.1	.498	.499	0.2	-0.2	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
1958	23	KCA	AL	11	9	0	0.0	100	.286	.182	.264	.182	.333	.182	.401	.364	.734	-0	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.222	.000	.000
1959	24	KCA	AL	318	228	36	4.2	100	.304	.253	.263	.310	.334	.403	.401	.713	.736	93	.484	-3.4	-0.3	.628	.229	.149	1.8
1960	25	NYY	AL	70	52	7	3.6	97	.220	.203	.258	.271	.330	.422	.394	.693	.724	89	.404	-1.4	-0.1	.635	.313	.219	.0
3 Yrs				399	289	43	4.0	100	.290	.242	.262	.300	.334	.399	.400	.699	.734	90	.455	-6.3	-0.6	.616	.237	.157	1.9
162 Game Avg.				378	274	41	4.0	100	.290	.242	.262	.300	.334	.399	.400	.699	.734	90	.455	-6.3	-0.6	.616	.237	.157	2

KCA (2 yrs)				329	237	36	4.1	100	.304	.251	.263	.306	.334	.395	.401	.700	.736	90	.466	-5.0	-0.5	.612	.221	.144	1.8
NYY (1 yr)				70	52	7	3.6	97	.220	.203	.258	.271	.330	.422	.394	.693	.724	89	.404	-1.4	-0.1	.635	.313	.219	.0

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	23	KCA	AL	11	0.0%	36.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.8			1.00	64%
1959	24	KCA	AL	318	3.1%	23.3%	7.6%	6.9%	30%	3.08	3.9	28.8	7.4	1.00	65%
1960	25	NYY	AL	70	5.7%	27.1%	8.6%	8.6%	46%	3.17	3.4	16.0	5.8	0.63	59%
3 Yrs				399	3.5%	24.3%	7.5%	7.0%	32%	3.23	3.7	25.9	7.3	0.93	64%
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	23	KCA	AL	-1.6	-0.2	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.85	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.82	-1.1	2.51	1
1959	24	KCA	AL	-3.4	-0.3	327	0.4	5.8	-5.4	.98	0.2	0.2	7.3	0.7	0.96	3.7	1.83	16
1960	25	NYY	AL	-1.3	-0.1	71	0.1	1.5	-1.4	1.33	0.3	-0.2	-0.3	-0.0	1.00	3.1	1.77	29
3 Yrs				-6.2	-0.6	409	0.4	7.4	-7.0	1.03	0.4	-0.0	5.8	0.6	0.96	5.7	1.81	46

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1958	23	KCA	AL	1	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1959	24	KCA	AL	3	1	34%	132	1	2	33%	1	3	3	7	39%	22	15	7	4	3	1	13	5	7
1960	25	NYY	AL	2	0	27%	18	0	0		0	0	1	3	60%	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
3 Yrs				6	1	33%	156	1	2	33%	1	3	4	10	40%	27	18	9	5	4	1	15	5	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	23	KCA	AL	11	100%	2			1	0	0	0	2.51	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1959	24	KCA	AL	318	91%	73			16	2	0	0	1.83	10	0	5	10	0	1	9	0	3	2	67%	61	6	10%	30	9	30%	195	30	15%	15	6	40%	13	8	62%	0
1960	25	NYY	AL	70	100%	13			29	6	1	4	1.77	4	0	4	4	0	1	3	0	0	0		10	1	10%	6	1	17%	45	7	16%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
3 Yrs				399	92%	88			46	8	1	4	1.81	14	0	9	14	0	2	12	0	3	2	67%	73	7	10%	36	10	28%	247	37	15%	19	8	42%	14	9	64%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			73%			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
1958	23	3	11	11	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.182	.364	-0	2	0	0	0	0
1959	24	116	329	299	41	75	11	1	10	39	1	2	24	78	.251	.306	.395	.700	90	118	6	1	2	3
1960	25	171	399	363	49	88	13	1	14	50	1	2	30	97	.242	.300	.399	.699	90	145	7	1	2	3

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	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1958	23	3	11	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1959	24	118	332	301	42	76	11	1	10	41	1	25	77	.252	.309	.395	.704	38	113
1960	25	58	74	68	9	14	2	0	4	13	0	6	20	.206	.270	.412	.682	8	55
3 Yrs		179	417	380	51	90	13	1	14	54	1	31	101	.237	.294	.387	.681	46	171
162 Game Avg.		162	377	344	46	81	12	1	13	49	1	28	91	.237	.294	.387	.681	42	171

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