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Bob Hale

Robert Houston Hale

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: November 7, 1933 in Sarasota, FL
Signed by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 4, 1955
Teams (by GP): Orioles/Indians/Yankees 1955-1961

Final Game: October 1, 1961
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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
1952	18	BAL-min	C	121	473	473		126	15	4	3						.266	.266	.334	.600		158						PNB · CSTL
1953	19	BAL-min	C	121	473	473		157	30	6	8						.332	.332	.471	.803		223						ABD · NORL
1954	20	BAL-min	B	142	557	557		163	35	10	12						.293	.293	.456	.749		254						YOR · PIED
1955	21	BAL-min	B	61	248	248		88	12	12	8						.355	.355	.597	.952		148						YOR · PIED
1955	21	BAL	AL	67	190	182	13	65	7	1	0	29	0	2	5	19	.357	.376	.407	.782	119	74	6	1	1	1	0	3
1956	22	LAD-min	AAA	23	99	92	19	28	1	0	2	11	0		5	3	.304	.354	.380	.734		35		2	0	0		MTL · IL
1956	22	BAL	AL	85	223	207	18	49	10	1	1	24	0	2	11	10	.237	.274	.309	.583	60	64	6	1	0	4	0	3
1957	23	BAL-min	Opn	44	112	109	11	22	5	1	0	10	0		2	7	.202	.223	.266	.489		29	1	1	0	0		VAN · PCL
1957	23	BAL	AL	42	49	44	2	11	0	0	0	7	0	0	2	2	.250	.265	.250	.515	46	11	5	0	0	3	1	/3
1958	24	BAL-CHW-min	AAA	140	562	527	65	161	36	3	9	83	8		25	44	.306	.335	.436	.772		230		1	4	5	7	LOU,INA · AA
1958	24	BAL	AL	19	22	20	2	7	2	0	0	3	0	0	2	1	.350	.409	.450	.859	143	9	2	0	0	0	0	/3
1959	25	DET-min	AAA	88	373	352	45	111	23	4	3	38	2		18	19	.315	.348	.429	.777		151		0	2	1	4	CHL · AA
1959	25	BAL	AL	40	56	54	2	10	3	0	0	7	0	0	2	6	.185	.214	.241	.455	27	13	1	0	0	0	1	/3
1960	26	CLE	AL	70	77	70	2	21	7	0	0	12	0	0	3	6	.300	.312	.400	.712	94	28	0	0	0	4	1	/3
1961	27	TOT	AL	53	53	49	2	8	0	0	1	7	0	0	1	7	.163	.189	.224	.413	12	11	1	1	0	2	0	/3
1961	27	CLE	AL	42	40	36	0	6	0	0	0	6	0	0	1	7	.167	.200	.167	.367	1	6	0	1	0	2	0	/3
1961	27	NYY	AL	11	13	13	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.385	.538	42	5	1	0	0	0	0	/3
1962	28	NYY-min	AAA	98	381	347	46	98	13	4	5	60	1	2	28	18	.282	.332	.386	.719		134		0	2	4		RMD · IL
7 Seasons				376	670	626	41	171	29	2	2	89	0	4	26	51	.273	.299	.335	.634	75	210	21	3	1	14	3
162 Game Avg.				162	289	270	18	74	12	1	1	38	0	2	11	22	.273	.299	.335	.634	75	90	9	1	0	6	1

BAL (5 yrs)				253	540	507	37	142	22	2	1	70	0	4	22	38	.280	.308	.337	.645	79	171	20	2	1	8	2
CLE (2 yrs)				112	117	106	2	27	7	0	0	18	0	0	4	13	.255	.274	.321	.594	62	34	0	1	0	6	1
NYY (1 yr)				11	13	13	2	2	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.154	.154	.385	.538	42	5	1	0	0	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
1955	21	BAL	AL	190	5	0	-1	0	-2	-2	5	5	0.6	7	0.7	-0.1	$	3
1956	22	BAL	AL	223	-12	1	-1	1	-1	-3	6	-9	-0.9	-8	-0.8	-0.1	$	3
1957	23	BAL	AL	49	-3	0	0	-1	-0	0	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	/3
1958	24	BAL	AL	22	1	0	0	0	1	0	1	3	0.3	2	0.2	0.1	$	/3
1959	25	BAL	AL	56	-6	0	-1	0	0	0	2	-5	-0.6	-5	-0.5	-0.1	$	/3
1960	26	CLE	AL	77	0	0	0	2	-0	0	2	4	0.4	4	0.4	0.0	$	/3
1961	27	CLE	AL	40	-5	0	0	1	0	0	1	-3	-0.3	-3	-0.3	0.0	$	/3
1961	27	NYY	AL	13	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/3
7 Seasons				670	-21	1	-3	3	-2	-5	18	-9	-0.9	-7	-0.7	-0.2	$

BAL (5 yrs)				540	-15	1	-3	0	-2	-5	15	-9	-0.9	-7	-0.7	-0.2	$
CLE (2 yrs)				117	-5	0	0	3	-0	0	3	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$
NYY (1 yr)				13	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	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
1955	21	BAL	AL	190	127	25	5.3	96	.396	.357	.257	.376	.335	.407	.382	.782	.717	119	.564	4.3	0.4	.624	.066	.049
1956	22	BAL	AL	223	170	16	2.5	99	.240	.237	.258	.274	.338	.309	.393	.583	.731	60	.234	-11.6	-1.1	.446	.116	.072	.0
1957	23	BAL	AL	49	41	2	1.3	93	.244	.250	.255	.265	.326	.250	.385	.515	.710	46	.100	-2.9	-0.3	.342	.045	.000
1958	24	BAL	AL	22	15	3	5.3	93	.368	.350	.254	.409	.322	.450	.387	.859	.709	143	.599	1.3	0.1	.733	.200	.100
1959	25	BAL	AL	56	45	3	1.8	96	.208	.185	.257	.214	.328	.241	.393	.455	.720	27	.162	-5.4	-0.6	.333	.093	.056
1960	26	CLE	AL	77	53	10	5.1	99	.309	.300	.260	.312	.333	.400	.398	.712	.731	94	.556	-0.0	0.0	.633	.143	.100
1961	27	TOT	AL	53	44	2	1.2	101	.163	.163	.260	.189	.334	.224	.404	.413	.738	12	.078	-6.2	-0.6	.310	.082	.061	.0
1961	27	CLE	AL	40	32	2	1.7	101	.194	.167	.260	.200	.335	.167	.405	.367	.740	1	.133	-5.0	-0.5	.267	.028	.000
1961	27	NYY	AL	13	12	0	0.0	100	.083	.154	.258	.154	.332	.385	.401	.538	.734	42	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.417	.231	.231	.0
7 Seasons				670	495	61	3.3	97	.288	.273	.257	.299	.334	.335	.391	.634	.724	75	.352	-20.5	-2.0	.490	.097	.062	.0
162 Game Avg.				289	213	26	3.3	97	.288	.273	.257	.299	.334	.335	.391	.634	.724	75	.352	-20.5	-2.0	.490	.097	.062

BAL (5 yrs)				540	398	49	3.3	97	.296	.280	.257	.308	.334	.337	.388	.645	.722	79	.350	-14.3	-1.4	.491	.093	.057	.0
CLE (2 yrs)				117	85	12	3.8	100	.273	.255	.260	.274	.334	.321	.400	.594	.734	62	.418	-5.0	-0.5	.494	.104	.066
NYY (1 yr)				13	12	0	0.0	100	.083	.154	.258	.154	.332	.385	.401	.538	.734	42	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.417	.231	.231	.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%
1955	21	BAL	AL	190	0.0%	10.0%	2.6%	4.2%	12%	3.80	9.6		6.3	1.33	86%
1956	22	BAL	AL	223	0.5%	4.5%	4.9%	5.4%	25%	0.91	20.7	207.0	8.6	1.29	90%
1957	23	BAL	AL	49	0.0%	4.1%	4.1%	0.0%	0%	1.00	22.0		6.3	2.00	92%
1958	24	BAL	AL	22	0.0%	4.6%	9.1%	9.1%	29%	0.50	20.0		6.7	1.60	86%
1959	25	BAL	AL	56	0.0%	10.7%	3.6%	5.4%	30%	3.00	9.0		7.7	1.05	86%
1960	26	CLE	AL	77	0.0%	7.8%	3.9%	9.1%	33%	2.00	11.7		5.8	0.92	88%
1961	27	TOT	AL	53	1.9%	13.2%	1.9%	1.9%	13%	7.00	7.0	49.0	7.0	2.09	81%
1961	27	CLE	AL	40	0.0%	17.5%	2.5%	0.0%	0%	7.00	5.1		6.0	1.67	78%
1961	27	NYY	AL	13	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	7.7%	50%			13.0	13.0	4.00	92%
7 Seasons				670	0.3%	7.6%	3.9%	4.9%	19%	1.96	12.3	313.0	7.0	1.34	88%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.8%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.43	6.9	37.4	8.3	1.00	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	21	BAL	AL	4.3	0.4	193	2.0	5.7	-3.7	1.27	0.8	0.8	11.1	1.1	1.10	5.9	1.76	26
1956	22	BAL	AL	-11.6	-1.1	226	-1.5	3.5	-5.1	1.19	-0.8	-0.4	-16.3	-1.7	1.00	-11.8	1.91	37
1957	23	BAL	AL	-2.9	-0.3	49	-0.8	1.2	-2.0	2.08	-0.3	-0.1	-2.9	-0.3	1.16	-2.7	2.41	35
1958	24	BAL	AL	1.3	0.1	23	0.3	0.8	-0.5	1.35	0.2	0.0	1.9	0.2	1.18	1.8	1.51	16
1959	25	BAL	AL	-5.4	-0.6	56	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	1.47	-0.5	0.1	-5.0	-0.5	1.12	-5.6	1.98	30
1960	26	CLE	AL	-0.0	0.0	77	0.5	2.4	-1.9	1.81	0.2	0.1	-1.6	-0.2	1.14	-0.8	1.92	63
1961	27	TOT	AL	-6.2	-0.6	55	-0.3	1.3	-1.7	1.80	-0.3	0.1	-4.7	-0.5	1.13	-3.0	1.90	44
1961	27	CLE	AL	-5.0	-0.5	41	-0.2	1.2	-1.4	2.09	-0.2	0.1	-5.7	-0.6	1.23	-4.8	2.09	36
1961	27	NYY	AL	-1.2	-0.1	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.94	-0.1	-0.0	1.0	0.1	0.84	1.8	1.02	8
7 Seasons				-20.5	-2.0	679	-0.5	15.6	-16.2	1.42	-0.8	0.4	-17.5	-1.8	1.08	-16.3	1.95	251

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	21	BAL	AL	2	18%	90	2	0%	2	0	2	2	23%	16	12	3	2	2	0	4	2	2
1956	22	BAL	AL	3	28%	69	2	0%	2	0	3	7	47%	12	8	4	1	0	1	6	2	4
1957	23	BAL	AL	1	15%	8	0		0	0	0	1	0%	1	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0
1958	24	BAL	AL	1	22%	3	0		0	0	0	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1959	25	BAL	AL	0	17%	6	0		0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1960	26	CLE	AL	1	8%	10	0		0	0	0	1	33%	2	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0
1961	27	TOT	AL	3	11%	7	0		0	1	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	27	CLE	AL	1	0%	5	0		0	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1961	27	NYY	AL	2	100%	2	0		0	0	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Seasons				11	20%	193	4	0%	4	1	5	13	35%	33	24	8	5	4	1	14	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
1955	21	BAL	AL	190	86%	65			26	10	0	10	1.76	0	0	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	58	6	10%	18	10	56%	173	36	21%	20	15	75%	7	7	100%	0
1956	22	BAL	AL	223	93%	49			37	6	0	10	1.91	1	0	11	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		46	6	13%	34	13	38%	154	24	16%	23	11	48%	8	3	38%	0
1957	23	BAL	AL	49	92%	11			35	9	0	6	2.41	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	5	29%	10	3	30%	50	10	20%	8	5	63%	4	3	75%	0
1958	24	BAL	AL	22	95%	7			16	5	0	3	1.51	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	2	18%	3	1	33%	22	3	14%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1959	25	BAL	AL	56	98%	10			30	7	0	5	1.98	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	1	6%	6	2	33%	54	7	13%	3	3	100%	2	1	50%	0
1960	26	CLE	AL	77	99%	21			63	19	0	10	1.92	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		30	0	0%	16	6	38%	73	12	16%	10	6	60%	3	1	33%	0
1961	27	TOT	AL	53	96%	8			44	6	0	6	1.90	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		14	1	7%	6	5	83%	52	7	13%	3	3	100%	3	2	67%	0
1961	27	CLE	AL	40	95%	6			36	6	0	6	2.09	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	0	0%	5	4	80%	48	7	15%	3	3	100%	3	2	67%	0
1961	27	NYY	AL	13	100%	2			8	0	0	0	1.02	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Seasons				670	92%	171			251	62	0	50	1.95	2	0	38	2	0	2	0	0	1	1	100%	193	21	11%	93	40	43%	578	99	17%	69	43	62%	27	17	63%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1955	21	67	190	182	13	65	7	1	0	29	2	5	19	.357	.376	.407	.782	119	74	6	1	1	1	0
1956	22	152	413	389	31	114	17	2	1	53	4	16	29	.293	.320	.355	.675	87	138	12	2	1	5	0
1957	23	194	462	433	33	125	17	2	1	60	4	18	31	.289	.315	.344	.659	83	149	17	2	1	8	1
1958	24	213	484	453	35	132	19	2	1	63	4	20	32	.291	.319	.349	.668	85	158	19	2	1	8	1
1959	25	253	540	507	37	142	22	2	1	70	4	22	38	.280	.308	.337	.645	79	171	20	2	1	8	2
1960	26	323	617	577	39	163	29	2	1	82	4	25	44	.282	.308	.345	.653	81	199	20	2	1	12	3
1961	27	376	670	626	41	171	29	2	2	89	4	26	51	.273	.299	.335	.634	75	210	21	3	1	14	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	21	70	200	193	15	71	8	1	0	33	5	20	.368	.385	.420	.805	31	67
1956	22	89	234	217	19	52	11	1	1	26	12	10	.240	.278	.313	.591	19	85
1957	23	44	51	46	2	11	0	0	0	7	2	2	.239	.255	.239	.494	3	42
1958	24	20	24	22	2	8	2	0	0	3	2	1	.364	.417	.455	.871	4	19
1959	25	42	59	57	2	11	3	0	0	8	2	6	.193	.220	.246	.466	3	40
1960	26	74	82	75	2	23	8	0	0	14	3	6	.307	.317	.413	.730	11	70
1961	27	53	53	49	2	8	0	0	1	7	1	7	.163	.189	.224	.413	2	53
7 Seasons		392	703	659	44	184	32	2	2	98	27	52	.279	.304	.343	.647	73	376
162 Game Avg.		162	291	272	18	76	13	1	1	41	11	21	.279	.304	.343	.647	30	376

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1955 AL 2.0 (10th)

Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y
1955 AL 2.0 (10th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

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HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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Total Zone Rating and Wins above Replacement calculations provided by Sean Smith of BaseballProjection.com.

Full-year historical Major League statistics provided by Pete Palmer and Gary Gillette of 24-7 Baseball.

Player head shots courtesy of David Davis. Many thanks to him. We have only selected seasons (players who debuted before 1960) for which we believe the image has reverted into the public domain. We will quickly remove any images for which that can be shown to not be the case.Please let us know if you are aware of any such images on this site.

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