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Mickey Haefner

Milton Arnold Haefner

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 9, 1912 in Lenzburg, IL(All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1943
Teams (by GP): Senators/WhiteSox/Braves 1943-1950

Final Game: September 28, 1950
Died: January 3, 1995 in New Athens, IL
Buried: Oak Ridge Cemetery, New Athens, IL
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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
1943 30 WSH AL 36 57 45 4 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 5 9 .133 .220 .200 .420 25 9 2 0 7 1
1944 31 WSH AL 31 84 70 4 11 1 0 0 6 0 0 6 12 .157 .224 .171 .395 16 12 4 0 8 1
1945 32 WSH AL 37 97 82 8 20 1 0 0 5 0 0 9 13 .244 .319 .256 .575 74 21 3 0 6 1
1946 33 WSH AL 33 88 74 6 15 2 0 0 3 0 0 10 15 .203 .298 .230 .527 53 17 2 0 4 1
1947 34 WSH AL 31 69 59 4 8 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 9 .136 .227 .136 .363 4 8 1 0 3 1
1948 35 WSH AL 28 47 43 1 7 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 9 .163 .217 .186 .403 9 8 1 0 1 1
1949 36 TOT AL 34 64 48 1 11 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 10 .229 .327 .271 .598 61 13 0 0 9 1
1949 36 WSH AL 20 31 25 1 5 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .200 .286 .280 .566 52 7 0 0 3 1
1949 36 CHW AL 14 33 23 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 .261 .370 .261 .631 71 6 0 0 6 1
1950 37 TOT MLB 32 34 27 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .222 .300 .259 .559 47 7 1 0 4 1
1950 37 CHW AL 24 26 20 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 3 3 .200 .304 .200 .504 33 4 0 0 3 1
1950 37 BSN NL 8 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 90 3 1 0 1 /1
8 Yrs 262 540 448 28 84 9 1 0 24 0 0 50 80 .188 .269 .212 .481 38 95 14 0 42
162 Game Avg. 162 334 277 17 52 6 1 0 15 0 31 49 .188 .269 .212 .481 38 59 9 0 26
WSH (7 yrs) 216 473 398 28 72 8 1 0 23 0 0 43 70 .181 .261 .206 .467 35 82 13 0 32
CHW (2 yrs) 38 59 43 0 10 0 0 0 1 0 0 7 10 .233 .340 .233 .573 53 10 0 0 9
BSN (1 yr) 8 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 90 3 1 0 1
AL (8 yrs) 254 532 441 28 82 8 1 0 24 0 0 50 80 .186 .269 .209 .477 37 92 13 0 41
NL (1 yr) 8 8 7 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .286 .286 .429 .714 90 3 1 0 1

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 Awards
1943 30 WSH AL 36 57 -4 0 0 0 5 0 0.0 1 2 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1944 31 WSH AL 31 84 -8 0 0 0 8 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 2 $ 1
1945 32 WSH AL 37 97 -2 0 0 0 9 6 0.7 2 8 0.7 .520 .504 0.7 -0.0 8 $ 1
1946 33 WSH AL 33 88 -4 0 0 0 9 4 0.5 2 7 0.5 .515 .503 0.5 0.0 7 $ 1
1947 34 WSH AL 31 69 -7 0 0 0 7 0 0.0 2 2 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.0 2 $ 1
1948 35 WSH AL 28 47 -6 -0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 1 -0.1 .498 .500 -0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1949 36 WSH AL 20 31 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .507 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1949 36 CHW AL 14 33 -1 -1 0 0 4 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .513 .501 0.2 0.0 3 $ 1
1950 37 CHW AL 24 26 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 2 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1950 37 BSN NL 8 8 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .510 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ /1
8 Seasons 262 540 -37 -1 1 0 53 16 1.7 13 28 1.6 .506 .501 1.6 -0.0 28 $
WSH (7 yrs) 216 473 -34 0 0 0 46 12 1.3 11 23 1.2 .506 .501 1.2 -0.0 23 $
CHW (2 yrs) 38 59 -3 -1 0 0 7 3 0.3 2 4 0.3 .507 .501 0.3 0.0 4 $
BSN (1 yr) 8 8 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .510 .500 0.1 0.0 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
1943 30 WSH AL 57 48 2 1.1 84 .167 .133 .252 .220 .325 .200 .347 .420 .672 25 .100 -4.3 -0.5 .341 .178 .067
1944 31 WSH AL 84 71 3 1.1 87 .190 .157 .262 .224 .328 .171 .358 .395 .686 16 .090 -7.5 -0.8 .286 .100 .014
1945 32 WSH AL 97 71 7 2.6 81 .290 .244 .251 .319 .321 .256 .341 .575 .662 74 .333 -2.2 -0.2 .462 .122 .012
1946 33 WSH AL 88 65 5 2.1 91 .254 .203 .257 .298 .330 .230 .369 .527 .699 53 .216 -4.2 -0.4 .443 .162 .027
1947 34 WSH AL 69 55 2 1.0 94 .160 .136 .259 .227 .338 .136 .373 .363 .711 4 .065 -7.6 -0.8 .288 .119 .000
1948 35 WSH AL 47 38 2 1.4 103 .206 .163 .269 .217 .354 .186 .389 .403 .743 9 .102 -5.7 -0.6 .297 .093 .023
1949 36 TOT AL 64 46 4 2.3 104 .289 .229 .267 .327 .358 .271 .387 .598 .745 61 .223 -2.4 -0.2 .541 .188 .042
1949 36 WSH AL 31 23 2 2.3 104 .227 .200 .267 .286 .358 .280 .388 .566 .746 52 .223 -1.7 -0.2 .500 .200 .080
1949 36 CHW AL 33 23 2 2.3 103 .375 .261 .266 .370 .357 .261 .386 .631 .743 71 .223 -0.7 -0.1 .588 .174 .000
1950 37 TOT MLB 34 26 2 2.0 109 .250 .222 .271 .300 .356 .259 .410 .559 .766 47 .167 -2.0 -0.2 .455 .148 .037
1950 37 CHW AL 26 19 1 1.4 111 .235 .200 .275 .304 .361 .200 .412 .504 .773 33 .090 -1.9 -0.2 .438 .150 .000
1950 37 BSN NL 8 7 1 3.8 103 .286 .286 .262 .286 .338 .429 .407 .714 .745 90 .404 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .143 .143
8 Yrs 540 420 27 1.7 92 .228 .188 .259 .269 .336 .212 .367 .481 .702 38 .164 -36.0 -3.7 .384 .136 .025
162 Game Avg. 334 260 17 1.7 92 .228 .188 .259 .269 .336 .212 .367 .481 .702 38 .164 -36.0 -3.7 .384 .136 .025
WSH (7 yrs) 473 371 23 1.7 90 .220 .181 .258 .261 .333 .206 .363 .467 .696 35 .161 -33.2 -3.5 .369 .133 .025
CHW (2 yrs) 59 42 3 1.9 107 .303 .233 .270 .340 .359 .233 .398 .573 .757 53 .157 -2.7 -0.2 .515 .163 .000
BSN (1 yr) 8 7 1 3.8 103 .286 .286 .262 .286 .338 .429 .407 .714 .745 90 .403 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .143 .143
AL (8 yrs) 532 413 26 1.7 92 .227 .186 .259 .269 .336 .209 .366 .477 .702 37 .160 -35.9 -3.7 .382 .136 .023
NL (1 yr) 8 7 1 3.8 103 .286 .286 .262 .286 .338 .429 .407 .714 .745 90 .403 -0.1 -0.0 .500 .143 .143

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
1943 30 WSH AL 57 0.0% 15.8% 8.8% 3.5% 33% 1.80 5.0 11.3 63%
1944 31 WSH AL 84 0.0% 14.3% 7.1% 1.2% 9% 2.00 5.8 11.7 69%
1945 32 WSH AL 97 0.0% 13.4% 9.3% 1.0% 5% 1.44 6.3 16.4 71%
1946 33 WSH AL 88 0.0% 17.1% 11.4% 2.3% 13% 1.50 4.9 24.7 67%
1947 34 WSH AL 69 0.0% 13.0% 10.1% 0.0% 0% 1.29 6.6 59.0 72%
1948 35 WSH AL 47 0.0% 19.2% 6.4% 2.1% 14% 3.00 4.8 14.3 1.64 72%
1949 36 TOT AL 64 0.0% 15.6% 10.9% 3.1% 18% 1.43 4.8 48.0 1.90 59%
1949 36 WSH AL 31 0.0% 9.7% 9.7% 6.5% 40% 1.00 8.3 25.0 1.22 71%
1949 36 CHW AL 33 0.0% 21.2% 12.1% 0.0% 0% 1.75 3.3 8.00 48%
1950 37 TOT MLB 34 0.0% 8.8% 8.8% 2.9% 17% 1.00 9.0 27.0 2.20 71%
1950 37 CHW AL 26 0.0% 11.5% 11.5% 0.0% 0% 1.00 6.7 20.0 2.00 65%
1950 37 BSN NL 8 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 12.5% 50% 3.00 88%
8 Yrs 540 0.0% 14.8% 9.3% 1.9% 12% 1.60 5.6 18.7 1.85 68%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.3% 9.5% 6.0% 26% 0.99 9.5 61.2 8.5 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1943 30 WSH AL -4.3 -0.5 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 31 WSH AL -7.5 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 32 WSH AL -2.2 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 33 WSH AL -4.2 -0.4 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 34 WSH AL -7.6 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 35 WSH AL -5.7 -0.6 47 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 1.09 -0.6 -0.2 -8.4 -0.8 0.96 -7.1 0
1949 36 TOT AL -2.4 -0.2 53 -0.2 0.7 -0.9 1.08 -0.2 0.1 -3.0 -0.3 0.94 -2.3 0
1949 36 WSH AL -1.7 -0.2 32 -0.1 0.5 -0.6 1.11 -0.1 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.87 -1.6 0
1949 36 CHW AL -0.7 -0.1 21 -0.0 0.3 -0.3 1.05 -0.1 0.0 -1.7 -0.2 1.04 -0.7 0
1950 37 TOT MLB -2.0 -0.2 24 -0.3 0.2 -0.5 1.04 -0.2 -0.0 -3.0 -0.3 1.00 -2.7 0
1950 37 CHW AL -1.9 -0.2 19 -0.3 0.2 -0.4 1.13 -0.2 -0.1 -2.3 -0.2 1.01 -2.1 0
1950 37 BSN NL -0.1 -0.0 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .70 -0.1 0.0 -0.7 -0.1 0.94 -0.6 0
8 Yrs -36.0 -3.7 124 -1.2 1.2 -2.5 1.08 -1.0 -0.1 -14.4 -1.4 0.96 -12.1 0

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
1948 35 WSH AL 0 0 10% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1949 36 TOT AL 1 0 6% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 3 3 0
1949 36 WSH AL 0 0 13% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 0
1949 36 CHW AL 1 0 0% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1950 37 TOT MLB 0 0 0% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 37 CHW AL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 37 BSN NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 1 0 21% 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0% 5 5 0 1 1 0 3 3 0

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
1948 35 WSH AL 47 81% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 12 4 33% 33 3 9% 5 3 60% 2 0 0% 0
1949 36 TOT AL 64 71% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 9 113% 11 0 0% 11 3 27% 32 1 3% 2 0 0% 3 3 100% 0
1949 36 WSH AL 31 77% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 6 0 0% 6 2 33% 17 1 6% 1 0 0% 3 3 100% 0
1949 36 CHW AL 33 62% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 150% 5 0 0% 5 1 20% 15 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1950 37 TOT MLB 34 79% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 7 1 14% 8 3 38% 19 1 5% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1950 37 CHW AL 26 79% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 6 0 0% 7 2 29% 16 1 6% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1950 37 BSN NL 8 80% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 145 76% 84 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 13 42 323% 28 14 50% 31 10 32% 84 5 6% 9 3 33% 6 4 67% 0
MLB Averages 51% 338% 36% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1943 30 36 57 45 4 6 1 1 0 4 0 0 5 9 .133 .220 .200 .420 25 9 2 0 7
1944 31 67 141 115 8 17 2 1 0 10 0 0 11 21 .148 .222 .183 .405 20 21 6 0 15
1945 32 104 238 197 16 37 3 1 0 15 0 0 20 34 .188 .263 .213 .476 42 42 9 0 21
1946 33 137 326 271 22 52 5 1 0 18 0 0 30 49 .192 .272 .218 .490 45 59 11 0 25
1947 34 168 395 330 26 60 5 1 0 19 0 0 37 58 .182 .264 .203 .467 37 67 12 0 28
1948 35 196 442 373 27 67 6 1 0 22 0 0 40 67 .180 .259 .201 .460 34 75 13 0 29
1949 36 230 506 421 28 78 8 1 0 23 0 0 47 77 .185 .267 .209 .476 37 88 13 0 38
1950 37 262 540 448 28 84 9 1 0 24 0 0 50 80 .188 .269 .212 .481 38 95 14 0 42

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
1943 30 38 59 47 4 6 1 1 0 4 0 5 9 .128 .212 .191 .403 2 36
1944 31 32 89 74 5 12 1 0 0 7 0 7 13 .162 .235 .176 .410 3 31
1945 32 39 107 90 10 24 1 0 0 6 0 11 14 .267 .347 .278 .624 8 37
1946 33 34 94 79 7 17 2 0 0 4 0 11 16 .215 .311 .241 .552 6 33
1947 34 32 73 62 5 9 0 0 0 1 0 8 9 .145 .243 .145 .388 2 31
1948 35 29 50 46 1 8 1 0 0 4 0 3 9 .174 .224 .196 .420 2 28
1949 36 36 66 50 1 11 2 0 0 1 0 7 10 .220 .316 .260 .576 4 34
1950 37 33 35 28 0 6 1 0 0 1 0 3 3 .214 .290 .250 .540 2 32
8 Yrs 273 573 476 33 93 9 1 0 28 0 55 83 .195 .279 .218 .497 29 262
162 Game Avg. 162 340 282 20 55 5 1 0 17 0 33 49 .195 .279 .218 .497 17 262

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Oldest s c a p y
1950 AL  born 1912-10-09 (5th)
1950 NL  born 1912-10-09 (5th)

                                         

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