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John Hale

John Steven Hale

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: August 5, 1953 in Fresno, CA
High School: Wasco (Wasco, CA)
Drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers in the 14th round of the 1971 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1974
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Mariners 1974-1979

Final Game: August 1, 1979
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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
1974 20 LAD NL 4 4 4 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.250 2.250 540 5 0 0 0 0 0 /9
1975 21 LAD NL 71 238 204 20 43 7 0 6 22 1 2 26 51 .211 .303 .333 .637 80 68 1 2 4 2 4 98
1976 22 LAD NL 44 112 91 4 14 2 1 0 8 4 1 16 14 .154 .291 .198 .489 42 18 0 2 2 1 1 98
1977 23 LAD NL 79 124 108 10 26 4 1 2 11 2 1 15 28 .241 .331 .352 .682 84 38 0 0 0 1 1 978
1978 24 SEA AL 107 251 211 24 36 8 0 4 22 3 4 34 64 .171 .283 .265 .549 56 56 2 0 4 2 1 978
1979 25 SEA AL 54 77 63 6 14 3 0 2 7 0 0 12 26 .222 .342 .365 .707 90 23 2 0 1 1 4 7/9
6 Seasons 359 806 681 66 137 25 2 14 72 10 8 103 183 .201 .307 .305 .612 72 208 5 4 11 7 11
162 Game Avg. 162 364 307 30 62 11 1 6 32 5 4 46 83 .201 .307 .305 .612 72 94 2 2 5 3 5
LAD (4 yrs) 198 478 407 36 87 14 2 8 43 7 4 57 93 .214 .314 .317 .631 77 129 1 4 6 4 6
SEA (2 yrs) 161 328 274 30 50 11 0 6 29 3 4 46 90 .182 .297 .288 .586 64 79 4 0 5 3 5
NL (4 yrs) 198 478 407 36 87 14 2 8 43 7 4 57 93 .214 .314 .317 .631 77 129 1 4 6 4 6
AL (2 yrs) 161 328 274 30 50 11 0 6 29 3 4 46 90 .182 .297 .288 .586 64 79 4 0 5 3 5

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
1974 20 LAD NL 4 3 0 0 0 -0 0 0 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ /9
1975 21 LAD NL 238 -6 0 -1 0 7 -2 7 6 0.5 -2 -0.2 0.7 $ 98
1976 22 LAD NL 112 -6 0 -1 1 1 -1 3 -3 -0.4 -4 -0.4 0.0 $ 98
1977 23 LAD NL 124 -2 -1 -1 1 4 -2 4 3 0.3 -1 -0.1 0.4 $ 978
1978 24 SEA AL 251 -12 -1 0 0 1 -3 8 -7 -0.8 -8 -0.9 0.1 $ 978
1979 25 SEA AL 77 -2 0 0 0 -1 -1 3 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $ 7/9
6 Seasons 806 -25 -2 -3 2 12 -9 25 0 -0.4 -12 -1.3 0.9 $
LAD (4 yrs) 478 -11 -1 -3 2 12 -5 14 8 0.6 -4 -0.4 1.0 $
SEA (2 yrs) 328 -14 -1 0 0 1 -4 11 -8 -1.0 -8 -0.9 -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
1974 20 LAD NL 4 0 5 91 1.000 1.000 .258 1.000 .329 1.250 .372 2.250 .702 540 2.3 0.2 .250 .250
1975 21 LAD NL 238 170 22 3.5 93 .248 .211 .261 .303 .331 .333 .377 .637 .707 80 .404 -5.1 -0.5 .579 .245 .123 1.7
1976 22 LAD NL 112 81 7 2.3 90 .179 .154 .260 .291 .326 .198 .371 .489 .698 42 .263 -6.2 -0.7 .500 .253 .044 .0
1977 23 LAD NL 124 84 14 4.5 103 .304 .241 .269 .331 .337 .352 .410 .682 .747 84 .487 -2.2 -0.2 .651 .259 .111 2.0
1978 24 SEA AL 251 187 18 2.6 94 .221 .171 .261 .283 .326 .265 .385 .549 .711 56 .279 -11.8 -1.2 .492 .251 .095 3.4
1979 25 SEA AL 77 53 8 4.0 104 .333 .222 .272 .342 .337 .365 .412 .707 .749 90 .428 -0.5 -0.1 .686 .333 .143 .0
6 Seasons 806 575 74 3.5 95 .251 .201 .263 .307 .330 .305 .387 .612 .717 72 .395 -23.6 -2.4 .569 .258 .104 11.7
162 Game Avg. 364 259 33 3.5 95 .251 .201 .263 .307 .330 .305 .387 .612 .717 72 .395 -23.6 -2.4 .569 .258 .104 5
LAD (4 yrs) 478 335 48 3.9 95 .255 .214 .263 .314 .331 .317 .384 .631 .716 77 .447 -11.3 -1.2 .594 .251 .103 7.5
SEA (2 yrs) 328 240 26 2.9 96 .243 .182 .264 .297 .329 .288 .391 .586 .720 64 .316 -12.2 -1.2 .534 .270 .106 4.0
NL (4 yrs) 478 335 48 3.9 95 .255 .214 .263 .314 .331 .317 .384 .631 .716 77 .447 -11.3 -1.2 .594 .251 .103 7.5
AL (2 yrs) 328 240 26 2.9 96 .243 .182 .264 .297 .329 .288 .391 .586 .720 64 .316 -12.2 -1.2 .534 .270 .106 4.0

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
1974 20 LAD NL 4 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 25.0% 25% 2.0 100%
1975 21 LAD NL 238 2.5% 21.4% 10.9% 5.5% 30% 1.96 4.0 34.0 9.3 0.62 63%
1976 22 LAD NL 112 0.0% 12.5% 14.3% 2.7% 21% 0.88 6.5 11.4 0.78 70%
1977 23 LAD NL 124 1.6% 22.6% 12.1% 5.7% 27% 1.87 3.9 54.0 9.8 0.74 64%
1978 24 SEA AL 251 1.6% 25.5% 13.6% 4.8% 33% 1.88 3.3 52.8 9.6 0.76 58%
1979 25 SEA AL 77 2.6% 33.8% 15.6% 6.5% 36% 2.17 2.4 31.5 9.0 1.50 47%
6 Seasons 806 1.7% 22.7% 12.8% 5.1% 30% 1.78 3.7 48.6 9.5 0.75 61%
MLB Averages 1.9% 12.9% 8.6% 6.3% 27% 1.50 6.9 46.8 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1974 20 LAD NL 2.3 0.2 4 0.3 0.3 0.0 1.57 0.2 -0.0 2.4 0.2 1.04 2.0 0.15 1
1975 21 LAD NL -5.1 -0.5 242 -0.5 3.9 -4.4 1.05 -0.5 -0.0 -12.0 -1.3 0.98 -7.3 1.75 7
1976 22 LAD NL -6.2 -0.7 119 -0.7 1.3 -2.0 1.04 -0.6 -0.0 -5.5 -0.6 0.96 -6.5 1.36 6
1977 23 LAD NL -2.2 -0.2 128 -0.2 1.7 -2.0 .83 0.1 -0.3 1.1 0.1 0.95 1.4 1.87 5
1978 24 SEA AL -11.8 -1.2 261 -1.8 3.2 -5.0 1.07 -1.1 -0.6 -10.8 -1.1 0.99 -12.1 1.31 7
1979 25 SEA AL -0.5 -0.1 78 -0.4 1.3 -1.7 1.25 -0.1 -0.3 -4.5 -0.4 1.05 0.5 2.03 8
6 Seasons -23.6 -2.4 832 -3.4 11.8 -15.1 1.04 -2.1 -1.2 -29.3 -3.0 0.98 -22.1 1.63 34

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
1974 20 LAD NL 0 0 50% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1
1975 21 LAD NL 1 0 22% 86 1 2 33% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 43% 13 9 4 1 1 0 7 1 5
1976 22 LAD NL 0 0 13% 46 4 1 80% 4 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 29% 5 4 1 1 0 1 1 1 0
1977 23 LAD NL 1 0 21% 55 2 1 67% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 28% 11 6 3 2 2 0 5 3 2
1978 24 SEA AL 2 0 30% 87 3 4 43% 3 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 7 39% 21 14 7 3 1 2 7 3 3
1979 25 SEA AL 1 0 17% 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 20% 4 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 0
6 Seasons 5 0 23% 312 10 8 56% 10 8 0 0 0 0 3 0 8 16 37% 54 36 16 8 4 4 22 9 11

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
1974 20 LAD NL 4 75% 4 1 1 0 0 0.15 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 67% 0 0 0 0 0
1975 21 LAD NL 238 90% 43 7 2 0 1 1.75 6 0 7 6 0 3 3 0 5 4 80% 40 1 3% 36 10 28% 164 16 10% 14 3 21% 19 7 37% 0
1976 22 LAD NL 112 98% 14 6 0 0 0 1.36 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 24 0 0% 16 5 31% 71 8 11% 9 4 44% 5 2 40% 0
1977 23 LAD NL 124 93% 26 5 1 1 1 1.87 2 0 2 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 18 0 0% 8 5 63% 82 10 12% 5 3 60% 2 2 100% 0
1978 24 SEA AL 251 87% 36 7 1 0 0 1.31 4 1 5 3 1 2 2 0 4 4 100% 45 2 4% 27 10 37% 174 18 10% 13 5 38% 11 8 73% 0
1979 25 SEA AL 77 91% 14 8 0 0 0 2.03 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 1 1 100% 22 2 9% 9 2 22% 66 5 8% 5 2 40% 4 1 25% 0
6 Seasons 806 91% 137 34 5 1 2 1.63 14 1 20 13 1 8 6 0 12 11 92% 149 5 3% 96 32 33% 560 59 11% 46 17 37% 41 20 49% 0
MLB Averages 55% 78% 11% 35% 14% 50% 54%

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
1974 20 4 4 4 2 4 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.250 2.250 540 5 0 0 0 0 0
1975 21 75 242 208 22 47 8 0 6 24 1 2 26 51 .226 .315 .351 .666 88 73 1 2 4 2 4
1976 22 119 354 299 26 61 10 1 6 32 5 3 42 65 .204 .307 .304 .612 75 91 1 4 6 3 5
1977 23 198 478 407 36 87 14 2 8 43 7 4 57 93 .214 .314 .317 .631 77 129 1 4 6 4 6
1978 24 305 729 618 60 123 22 2 12 65 10 8 91 157 .199 .303 .299 .603 70 185 3 4 10 6 7
1979 25 359 806 681 66 137 25 2 14 72 10 8 103 183 .201 .307 .305 .612 72 208 5 4 11 7 11

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
1974 20 4 5 5 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.200 2.200 6 4
1975 21 71 239 207 23 46 7 0 6 25 1 28 51 .222 .318 .343 .661 23 71
1976 22 44 112 92 5 15 2 1 0 10 4 17 14 .163 .304 .207 .510 6 44
1977 23 79 124 108 10 26 4 1 2 11 2 15 28 .241 .331 .352 .682 13 79
1978 24 107 253 214 27 39 9 0 4 25 3 37 64 .182 .300 .280 .581 18 107
1979 25 54 76 63 6 14 3 0 2 7 0 12 26 .222 .342 .365 .707 8 54
6 Seasons 359 809 689 73 145 26 2 14 80 10 109 183 .210 .319 .315 .634 74 359
162 Game Avg. 162 365 311 33 65 12 1 6 36 5 49 83 .210 .319 .315 .634 33 359

* 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.

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