Ralph Hamner

Ralph Conant Hamner (Bruz)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: September 12, 1916 in Gibsland, LA (All Transactions)
Debut: April 28, 1946
Teams (by GP): Cubs/WhiteSox 1946-1949

Final Game: May 18, 1949
Died: May 22, 2001 in Little Rock, AR
Buried: Walnut Hill Cemetery, Bradley, AR
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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	Pos	Awards
1937	20	NYY-min	C	5																							AKR · MATL
1938	21	FTW	A1	24	27	27		4	2	0	0						.148	.148	.222	.370		6					FTW · TL
1939	22	NYY-min	B,A	28	38	38		8	1	0	0						.211	.211	.237	.447		9					NFK,BNG · PIED,EL
1940	23	LAD-min	B	37	65	65		10	2	0	0						.154	.154	.185	.338		12					ANN · SEAL
1941	24	SHV	A1	41	70	70		6	0	0	0						.086	.086	.086	.171		6					SHV · TL
1942	25	CHW-min	A1	42	82	82		11	2	0	0						.134	.134	.159	.293		13					SHV · TL
1946	29	CHW	AL	25	21	18	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.167	.211	.222	.433	23	4	1	0	2	1
1947	30	SHV	AA	35	86	86		15	2	0	0						.174	.174	.198	.372		17					SHV · TL
1947	30	CHC	NL	3	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1	0	0	0	/1
1948	31	CHC	NL	27	34	33	1	6	1	0	1	5	0		0	12	.182	.182	.303	.485	32	10	1	0	1	1
1949	32	SHV	AA	17	33	33		5	0	0	0						.152	.152	.152	.303		5					SHV · TL
1949	32	CHC	NL	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	/1
1950	33	CHC-min	AAA	34	85	77	2	13	2	0	0	3	0		0	20	.169	.179	.195	.374		15		1	7		LOS · PCL
1951	34	CHC-min	AAA	35	30	26	1	3	1	0	0	0	0		0	13	.115	.115	.154	.269		4		0	4		LOS · PCL
1952	35	CHC-min	Opn	50	11	10	1	3	1	0	0	1	0		1	7	.300	.364	.400	.764		4		0	0		LOS · PCL
1953	36	CHC-min	AA,Opn	32	34	30	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	15	.033	.094	.033	.127		1	0	0	2		SHV,LOS · TL,PCL
4 Yrs				61	66	61	2	10	2	0	1	7	0	0	1	23	.164	.177	.246	.423	17	15	2	0	4
162 Game Avg.				162	175	162	5	27	5	0	3	19	0		3	61	.164	.177	.246	.423	17	40	5	0	11

CHC (3 yrs)				36	45	43	1	7	1	0	1	5	0		0	16	.163	.163	.256	.419	14	11	1	0	2
CHW (1 yr)				25	21	18	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.167	.211	.222	.433	23	4	1	0	2

NL (3 yrs)				36	45	43	1	7	1	0	1	5	0		0	16	.163	.163	.256	.419	14	11	1	0	2
AL (1 yr)				25	21	18	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.167	.211	.222	.433	23	4	1	0	2

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
1946	29	CHW	AL	25	21	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1947	30	CHC	NL	3	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.479	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1948	31	CHC	NL	27	34	-3	-0	-0	0	4	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1949	32	CHC	NL	6	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.491	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
4 Seasons				61	66	-8	-0	-0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	1	$

CHC (3 yrs)				36	45	-6	-0	-0	0	5	-1	-0.1	2	0	-0.2	.496	.500	-0.2	0.0	0	$
CHW (1 yr)				25	21	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	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
1946	29	CHW	AL	21	18	1	1.5	92	.273	.167	.259	.211	.333	.222	.372	.433	.705	23	.131	-1.8	-0.2	.313	.111	.056
1947	30	CHC	NL	8	7	0	0.0	102	.200	.125	.269	.125	.344	.125	.399	.250	.743	-32	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
1948	31	CHC	NL	34	29	2	1.8	98	.250	.182	.263	.182	.336	.303	.389	.485	.725	32	.164	-3.3	-0.3	.357	.121	.121	.0
1949	32	CHC	NL	3	3	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.266	.000	.338	.000	.398	.000	.736	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				66	57	3	1.4	97	.243	.164	.263	.177	.336	.246	.386	.423	.722	17	.110	-7.2	-0.7	.302	.098	.082	.0
162 Game Avg.				175	151	8	1.4	97	.243	.164	.263	.177	.336	.246	.386	.423	.722	17	.110	-7.2	-0.7	.302	.098	.082

CHC (3 yrs)				45	39	2	1.4	99	.231	.163	.264	.163	.338	.256	.391	.419	.729	14	.101	-5.4	-0.5	.297	.093	.093	.0
CHW (1 yr)				21	18	1	1.5	92	.273	.167	.259	.211	.333	.222	.372	.433	.705	23	.132	-1.8	-0.2	.313	.111	.056

NL (3 yrs)				45	39	2	1.4	99	.231	.163	.264	.163	.338	.256	.391	.419	.729	14	.101	-5.4	-0.5	.297	.093	.093	.0
AL (1 yr)				21	18	1	1.5	92	.273	.167	.259	.211	.333	.222	.372	.433	.705	23	.132	-1.8	-0.2	.313	.111	.056

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1946	29	CHW	AL	21	0.0%	33.3%	4.8%	4.8%	33%	7.00	2.6		9.0		52%
1947	30	CHC	NL	8	0.0%	37.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.7				63%
1948	31	CHC	NL	34	2.9%	35.3%	0.0%	5.9%	33%		2.8	33.0	6.6	2.00	59%
1949	32	CHC	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				33%
4 Yrs				66	1.5%	34.9%	1.5%	4.6%	30%	23.00	2.7	61.0	8.7	2.50	56%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.6%	9.9%	6.2%	27%	0.98	9.2	55.9	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1946	29	CHW	AL	-1.8	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	30	CHC	NL	-1.5	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	31	CHC	NL	-3.3	-0.3	14	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.78	-0.3	0.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.97	-2.8	0
1949	32	CHC	NL	-0.6	-0.1	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.0	-0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.38	-0.3	0
4 Yrs				-7.2	-0.7	15	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.73	-0.3	0.2	-2.3	-0.2	0.93	-3.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	CS	XBT%	2^ndS	2^ndS3
1948	31	CHC	NL	0%	1		0%	1	1
1949	32	CHC	NL		0			0	0
4 Yrs				10%	1	0	0%	1	1

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	31	CHC	NL	34	21%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	1	50%	4	1	25%	3	1	33%	12	2	17%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1949	32	CHC	NL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				37	27%	10			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	4	200%	4	2	50%	3	1	33%	12	2	17%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			252%			29%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1946	29	25	21	18	1	3	1	0	2	1	7	.167	.211	.222	.433	23	4	1	2
1947	30	28	29	26	1	4	1	0	2	1	10	.154	.185	.192	.377	6	5	1	2
1948	31	55	63	59	2	10	2	1	7	1	22	.169	.183	.254	.438	21	15	2	3
1949	32	61	66	61	2	10	2	1	7	1	23	.164	.177	.246	.423	17	15	2	4

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1946	29	26	22	19	1	3	1	0	2	1	7	.158	.200	.211	.411	1	25
1947	30	3	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1948	31	28	36	35	1	7	1	1	6	0	13	.200	.200	.314	.514	2	27
1949	32	6	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
4 Yrs		63	69	64	2	10	2	1	8	1	24	.156	.169	.234	.404	3	61
162 Game Avg.		162	177	165	5	26	5	3	21	3	62	.156	.169	.234	.404	8	61

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