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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1937	20	NYY-min	C	1	1	.500	3.00	5						21.0	19	8	7		15							1.619	8.1		6.4			AKR · MATL
1938	21	FTW	A1	1	5	.167	5.04	24	8					84.0	95	72	47		46							1.679	10.2		4.9			FTW · TL
1939	22	NYY-min	B,A	4	7	.364		28						108.0	119	40			61							1.667	9.9		5.1			NFK,BNG · PIED,EL
1940	23	LAD-min	B	12	8	.600	4.62	37						183.0	208	112	94		68							1.508	10.2		3.3			ANN · SEAL
1941	24	SHV	A1	14	13	.519	3.00	39						207.0	187	89	69		94							1.357	8.1		4.1			SHV · TL
1942	25	CHW-min	A1	19	9	.679	2.03	39						239.0	201	73	54		72							1.142	7.6		2.7			SHV · TL
1946	29	CHW	AL	2	7	.222	4.42	25	7	9	1	0	1	71.1	80	47	35	2	39	29	5	0	2	337	77	1.668	10.1	0.3	4.9	3.7	0.74
1947	30	SHV	AA	17	11	.607	2.04	35						252.0	191	70	57		88							1.107	6.8		3.1			SHV · TL
1947	30	CHC	NL	1	2	.333	2.52	3	3	0	2	0	0	25.0	24	10	7	0	16	14	0	0	1	110	159	1.600	8.6	0.0	5.8	5.0	0.88
1948	31	CHC	NL	5	9	.357	4.69	27	17	4	5	0	0	111.1	110	63	58	12	69	53	5	1	2	506	83	1.608	8.9	1.0	5.6	4.3	0.77
1949	32	SHV	AA	6	6	.500	3.87	17	42					93.0	74	44	40		47							1.301	7.2		4.5			SHV · TL
1949	32	CHC	NL	0	2	.000	8.76	6	1	3	0	0	0	12.1	22	13	12	2	8	3	1	0	1	65	47	2.432	16.1	1.5	5.8	2.2	0.38
1950	33	CHC-min	AAA	13	16	.448	3.80	34	32		13	2		225.0	224	107	95		86	81	11	9	4			1.378	9.0		3.4	3.2	0.94	LOS · PCL
1951	34	CHC-min	AAA	4	6	.400	4.37	35	9		2	0		105.0	113	56	51		42	46	5	0	6			1.476	9.7		3.6	3.9	1.10	LOS · PCL
1952	35	CHC-min	Opn	2	6	.250	2.25	50	0		0	0		68.0	54	24	17		32	27	4	0	4			1.265	7.1		4.2	3.6	0.84	LOS · PCL
1953	36	CHC-min	AA,Opn	4	10	.286	3.74	32	12		4	1		108.1	105	52	45	6	41	51	9	0	5			1.348	8.7	0.5	3.4	4.2	1.24	SHV,LOS · TL,PCL
4 Yrs				8	20	.286	4.58	61	28	16	8	0	1	220.0	236	133	112	16	132	99	11	1	6	1018	82	1.673	9.7	0.7	5.4	4.1	0.75
162 Game Avg.				6	15	.286	4.58	47	21	12	6	0	1	168	180	102	86	12	101	76	8	1	5	778	82	1.673	9.7	0.7	5.4	4.1	0.75

CHC (3 yrs)				6	13	.316	4.66	36	21	7	7	0	0	148.2	156	86	77	14	93	70	6	1	4	681	84	1.675	9.4	0.8	5.6	4.2	0.75
CHW (1 yr)				2	7	.222	4.42	25	7	9	1	0	1	71.1	80	47	35	2	39	29	5	0	2	337	77	1.668	10.1	0.3	4.9	3.7	0.74

NL (3 yrs)				6	13	.316	4.66	36	21	7	7	0	0	148.2	156	86	77	14	93	70	6	1	4	681	84	1.675	9.4	0.8	5.6	4.2	0.75
AL (1 yr)				2	7	.222	4.42	25	7	9	1	0	1	71.1	80	47	35	2	39	29	5	0	2	337	77	1.668	10.1	0.3	4.9	3.7	0.74

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	RA9role	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1946	29	CHW	AL	71.1	25	7	47	5.93	4.01	0.16	0.00	94.6	3.64	-18	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-1.4	-13	.424	.488	$
1947	30	CHC	NL	25.0	3	3	10	3.60	4.57	-0.04	0.00	96.8	4.45	2	0.2		-0.0	0.5	5	.580	.501	$
1948	31	CHC	NL	111.1	27	17	63	5.09	4.74	0.03	0.00	97.8	4.60	-6	-0.6	1.1	-0.1	0.4	7	.476	.496	$
1949	32	CHC	NL	12.1	6	1	13	9.49	5.04	-0.20	0.00	99.9	5.23	-6	-0.6	.9	0.0	-0.4	-4	.407	.497	$
4 Seasons				220.0	61	28	133	5.44	4.50	0.05	0.00	96.8	4.31	-28	-2.9	1.0	-0.1	-0.9	-5	.453	.496	$

CHC (3 yrs)				148.2	36	21	86	5.21	4.73	0.00	0.00	97.8	4.63	-10	-1.0	1.0	-0.1	0.5	8	.473	.498	$
CHW (1 yr)				71.1	25	7	47	5.93	4.01	0.16	0.00	94.6	3.64	-18	-1.9	1.0	-0.1	-1.4	-13	.424	.488	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1948	31	CHC	NL	27	195	427	63	110	7	1	12	2	1	69	53	.258	.367	.363	.730	.271	155	4	5	7	0	2
1949	32	CHC	NL	6	21	54	13	22	2	1	2	0	0	8	3	.407	.492	.593	1.085	.408	32	1	1	2	0	0
2 Yrs				33	216	481	76	132	9	2	14	2	1	77	56	.274	.381	.389	.770	.287	187	5	6	9	0	2
162 Game Avg.				44	288	641	101	176	12	3	19	3	1	103	75	.274	.381	.389	.770	.287	249	7	8	12	0	3
MLB Averages																.260	.337	.345	.682	.278

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevLo
1948	31	CHC	NL	-8.8	-0.9	203	-0.3	3.3	-3.6	.99	-0.9	0.5	-9.7	-1.0	1.00	-10.2	1	2
1949	32	CHC	NL	-6.2	-0.6	22	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.18	-0.5	-0.1	-5.8	-0.6	0.18	-4.6	0	1
4 Yrs				-22.4	-2.2	225	-0.4	3.3	-3.8	.91	-1.4	0.9	-15.6	-1.5	0.92	-14.9	1	3

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1946	29	CHW	AL	25	7	1	6	0	0	2	1	6	.143	0	0	1	0	3	43%	38.9	64	13			2	4	2.1		5.6
1947	30	CHC	NL	3	3	1	2	0	0	2	1	2	.333	0	0	2	0	3	100%	55.7	61	49			0	2	2.4		8.3
1948	31	CHC	NL	27	17	5	8	4	0	0	7	10	.412	0	0	5	0	5	29%	45.5	74	22	8	5	6	6	4.9	4.3	5.1
1949	32	CHC	NL	6	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	35.0	35	35	3	2	0	1	2.0		3.0
4 Yrs				61	28	7	17	4	0	4	9	19	.321	0	0	8	0	11	39%	45	74	13	11	7	8	13	3.8	4.3	5.5
MLB Averages													.500						51%	50	115	-11					4.4	4.8	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1946	29	CHW	AL	25	18	9	1	1	0	1	0	0	0													12	3		2	5.4

1948	31	CHC	NL	27	10	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	2	40%	.988	1	0	2	0	1	2	2	1	8	0	3	1	7.2
1949	32	CHC	NL	6	5	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	.182	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	3	1	1	0	5.6
3 Yrs				58	33	16	1	3	0	1	0	0	0	6	3	50%	.910	1	0	3	0	1	3	3	1	23	4	4	3	6.0

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1946	29	CHW	AL	340		0.6%	8.5%	11.5%	0.6%	3%		77%
1947	30	CHC	NL	110		0.0%	12.7%	14.6%	1.8%	8%		69%
1948	31	CHC	NL	506	58%	6.2%	27.2%	35.4%	10.3%	18%	1.38	186%	52	4	8%
1949	32	CHC	NL	65	81%	9.5%	14.3%	38.1%	23.8%	23%	2.33	233%	5	1	20%
4 Yrs				1021	61%	2.4%	14.9%	19.8%	4.4%	12%	1.44	112%	57	5	9%
MLB Averages					48%	1.9%	11.7%	11.9%	4.7%	17%	0.95	94%			10%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1946	29	CHW	AL		80			2												2
1947	30	CHC	NL		24			0												1
1948	31	CHC	NL	195	110			12	0	10	1	5	1	5	10	3	2	30%	2	2	1	77	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	311
1949	32	CHC	NL	21	22			2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1	1	0	100%	0	1	0	10	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	44
4 Yrs				216	236			16	0	11	1	6	2	5	11	4	2	36%	2	6	1	87	2	1	67%	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	355
MLB Averages																		53%							56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1946	29	2	7	.222	4.42	25	7	9	1	1	71.1	80	47	35	2	39	29	5	0	2	337	77	1.668	10.1	0.3	4.9	3.7	0.74	77
1947	30	3	9	.250	3.92	28	10	9	3	1	96.1	104	57	42	2	55	43	5	0	3	447	91	1.651	9.7	0.2	5.1	4.0	0.78	91
1948	31	8	18	.308	4.33	55	27	13	8	1	207.2	214	120	100	14	124	96	10	1	5	953	86	1.628	9.3	0.6	5.4	4.2	0.77	86
1949	32	8	20	.286	4.58	61	28	16	8	1	220.0	236	133	112	16	132	99	11	1	6	1018	82	1.673	9.7	0.7	5.4	4.1	0.75	82

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1946	29	3	4	.429	5.20	71.0	89	46	41	2	43	29	6	1.859	11.3	5.5	3.7	0.67	0.3	25
1947	30	1	1	.500	2.63	24.0	25	8	7	0	17	14	0	1.750	9.4	6.4	5.3	0.82	0.0	3
1948	31	5	7	.417	4.98	112.0	116	69	62	13	73	53	5	1.688	9.3	5.9	4.3	0.73	1.0	27
1949	32	0	1	.000	9.00	12.0	22	13	12	2	8	3	1	2.500	16.5	6.0	2.3	0.38	1.5	6
4 Yrs		9	13	.409	5.01	219.0	252	136	122	17	141	99	12	1.795	10.4		4.1	0.70	0.7	61

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1946 AL 5 (2nd) 1948 NL 5 (4th)

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1948 NL 5 (4th)

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