Ike Hampton

Isaac Bernard Hampton

Position: Catcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 22, 1951 in Camden, SC
Signed by the New York Mets as an amateur free agent in 1970. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 12, 1974
Teams (by GP): Angels/Mets 1974-1979

Final Game: July 8, 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
1971	19	NYM-min	A	110	419	362	64	95	16	2	11	71	9	3	57	86	.262	.363	.409	.772		148							POM · FLOR
1972	20	NYM-min	A	101	406	349	64	88	24	1	21	77	10	6	57	134	.252	.357	.507	.864		177							VIS · CALL
1973	21	NYM-min	AA,AAA	106	378	340	51	73	18	0	10	37	11	4	33	102	.215	.285	.356	.641		121		1	3	1			MEM,TID · TL,IL
1974	22	NYM-min	AAA	95	336	303	33	73	8	4	6	26	7	2	29	81	.241	.309	.353	.662		107		1	3	0			TID · IL
1974	22	NYM	NL	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0	/2
1975	23	ANA-min	AAA	76	288	251	43	65	15	1	10	51	6	5	28	56	.259	.332	.446	.778		112		1	5	3			SLC · PCL
1975	23	CAL	AL	31	77	66	8	10	3	0	0	4	0	0	7	19	.152	.243	.197	.440	31	13	1	1	3	0	0	2/65
1976	24	ANA-min	AAA	118	444	364	77	97	23	1	15	60	20	2	71	105	.266	.390	.459	.848		167		3	5	1			SLC · PCL
1976	24	CAL	AL	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/26
1977	25	CAL	AL	52	47	44	5	13	1	0	3	9	0	0	2	10	.295	.340	.523	.863	136	23	2	1	0	0	0	2/D
1978	26	ANA-min	AAA	31	117	105	15	26	4	2	3	18	4	0	11	25	.248	.316	.410	.726		43		0	0	1			SLC · PCL
1978	26	CAL	AL	19	16	14	2	3	0	1	1	4	1	0	2	7	.214	.313	.571	.884	149	8	0	0	0	0	0	2/D3
1979	27	ANA-min	AAA	106	461	391	85	113	14	8	30	97	23	5	63	100	.289	.388	.596	.984		233		3	0	4			SLC · PCL
1979	27	CAL	AL	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	121	2	0	0	0	0	0	/3
1980	28	MIL-TOR-DET-min	AA,AAA	107	407	352	54	84	11	3	12	60	14	3	49	83	.239	.333	.389	.722		137		2	1	3			VAN,KNX,EVN · PCL,SOUL,AA
1981	29	KSU	Fgn																										KSU · JPPL
6 Yrs				113	152	135	15	28	4	1	4	18	1	0	11	38	.207	.275	.341	.616	76	46	3	2	3	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	218	194	22	40	6	1	6	26	1	0	16	54	.207	.275	.341	.616	76	66	4	3	4	1	0

CAL (5 yrs)				109	147	131	15	28	4	1	4	17	1	0	11	37	.214	.285	.351	.636	82	46	3	2	3	0	0
NYM (1 yr)				4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0

AL (5 yrs)				109	147	131	15	28	4	1	4	17	1	0	11	37	.214	.285	.351	.636	82	46	3	2	3	0	0
NL (1 yr)				4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1	0

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
1974	22	NYM	NL	4	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.463	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1975	23	CAL	AL	31	77	-3	-0	-0	-1	2	-4	-0.3	2	-1	-0.1	.488	.498	0.0	0.1	0	$	2/65
1976	24	CAL	AL	3	2	-0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.459	.499	0.0	-0.1	-0	$	/26
1977	25	CAL	AL	52	47	2	-0	-0	0	1	3	0.3	2	4	0.4	.505	.502	0.4	0.1	4	$	2/D
1978	26	CAL	AL	19	16	1	0	0	-1	0	0	0.0	0	1	0.1	.501	.500	0.2	-0.1	1	$24,000	2/D3
1979	27	CAL	AL	4	5	0	-0	0	0	-0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$20,000	/3
6 Seasons				113	152	-2	-1	-0	-3	2	-3	-0.3	5	2	0.2	.497	.500	0.5	0.1	4	$44,000

CAL (5 yrs)				109	147	-0	-1	-0	-3	2	-2	-0.2	5	3	0.3	.498	.500	0.6	0.1	6	$44,000
NYM (1 yr)				4	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.463	.499	-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
1974	22	NYM	NL	5	5	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.261	.000	.333	.000	.378	.000	.710	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1975	23	CAL	AL	77	60	4	1.8	86	.213	.152	.249	.243	.317	.197	.365	.440	.682	31	.167	-5.6	-0.6	.368	.152	.045
1976	24	CAL	AL	2	2	0	0.0	80	.000	.000	.248	.000	.311	.000	.350	.000	.660	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1977	25	CAL	AL	47	33	7	5.7	96	.323	.295	.262	.340	.325	.523	.398	.863	.723	136	.592	1.9	0.2	.788	.273	.227	.0
1978	26	CAL	AL	16	11	3	7.3	90	.333	.214	.256	.313	.321	.571	.378	.884	.699	149	.723	0.7	0.1	1.000	.571	.357	1.0
1979	27	CAL	AL	5	3	1	8.9	98	.500	.400	.265	.400	.329	.400	.401	.800	.730	121	.762	0.1	0.0	.667	.000	.000
6 Yrs				152	114	15	3.5	90	.255	.207	.255	.275	.321	.341	.379	.616	.699	76	.399	-4.4	-0.5	.545	.222	.133	1.6
162 Game Avg.				218	163	22	3.5	90	.255	.207	.255	.275	.321	.341	.379	.616	.699	76	.399	-4.4	-0.5	.545	.222	.133	2

CAL (5 yrs)				147	109	15	3.7	90	.267	.214	.254	.285	.320	.351	.379	.636	.699	82	.418	-3.4	-0.4	.566	.229	.137	1.6
NYM (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.261	.000	.333	.000	.378	.000	.710	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

AL (5 yrs)				147	109	15	3.7	90	.267	.214	.254	.285	.320	.351	.379	.636	.699	82	.418	-3.4	-0.4	.566	.229	.137	1.6
NL (1 yr)				5	5	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.261	.000	.333	.000	.378	.000	.710	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1974	22	NYM	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0		4.0	0.00	80%
1975	23	CAL	AL	77	0.0%	24.7%	9.1%	3.9%	30%	2.71	3.5		16.5	1.06	61%
1976	24	CAL	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						1.00	100%
1977	25	CAL	AL	47	6.4%	21.3%	4.3%	8.5%	31%	5.00	4.4	14.7	4.9	0.83	66%
1978	26	CAL	AL	16	6.3%	43.8%	12.5%	12.5%	67%	3.50	2.0	14.0	3.5	0.33	38%
1979	27	CAL	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0				80%
6 Yrs				152	2.6%	25.0%	7.2%	5.9%	32%	3.45	3.6	33.8	7.5	0.87	62%
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	22	NYM	NL	-1.1	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.12	-0.1	-0.1	-0.7	-0.1	0.91	-0.9	0.15	3
1975	23	CAL	AL	-5.6	-0.6	79	-0.6	0.6	-1.2	.73	-0.2	-0.5	-2.1	-0.2	0.88	-3.7		0
1976	24	CAL	AL	-0.5	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.24	-0.0	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.45	-0.6		0
1977	25	CAL	AL	1.9	0.2	49	-0.2	1.0	-1.2	1.12	0.1	-0.2	-0.7	-0.1	1.00	0.4	2.22	5
1978	26	CAL	AL	0.7	0.1	17	0.0	0.2	-0.1	.75	0.3	-0.2	1.2	0.1	1.10	2.1	0.01	1
1979	27	CAL	AL	0.1	0.0	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.50	-0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	0.59	0.0	0.70	1
6 Yrs				-4.4	-0.5	157	-0.8	1.8	-2.6	.83	0.0	-0.9	-3.2	-0.3	0.94	-2.7	1.23	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1974	22	NYM	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1975	23	CAL	AL	4	44%	28	0		0	2	0	0	40%	6	5	1	4	1	3
1976	24	CAL	AL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1977	25	CAL	AL	1	15%	25	0		0	2	1	1	50%	3	2	1	1	0	1
1978	26	CAL	AL	0	25%	3	1	100%	1	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
1979	27	CAL	AL	0	0%	5	0		0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				5	30%	61	1	100%	1	4	1	1	38%	11	9	2	5	1	4

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	22	NYM	NL	5	100%	0			3	0	0	1	0.15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1975	23	CAL	AL	77	100%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	13	1	8%	7	2	29%	41	5	12%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	0
1976	24	CAL	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1977	25	CAL	AL	47	100%	13			5	3	1	3	2.22	3	0	0	0	3	0	3	0	0	0		10	2	20%	7	0	0%	35	6	17%	7	2	29%	2	0	0%	0
1978	26	CAL	AL	16	100%	3			1	0	0	0	0.01	1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	1	50%	14	3	21%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1979	27	CAL	AL	5	100%	2			1	0	0	0	0.70	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				152	100%	28			10	3	1	4	1.23	4	0	2	0	4	0	4	0	3	3	100%	28	3	11%	18	5	28%	98	15	15%	13	4	31%	8	3	38%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			78%			11%			35%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1974	22	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	1
1975	23	35	82	70	8	10	3	0	0	5	0	7	20	.143	.228	.186	.414	22	13	1	1	3	1
1976	24	38	84	72	8	10	3	0	0	5	0	7	20	.139	.222	.181	.403	19	13	1	1	3	1
1977	25	90	131	116	13	23	4	0	3	14	0	9	30	.198	.266	.310	.576	65	36	3	2	3	1
1978	26	109	147	130	15	26	4	1	4	18	1	11	37	.200	.271	.338	.609	74	44	3	2	3	1
1979	27	113	152	135	15	28	4	1	4	18	1	11	38	.207	.275	.341	.616	76	46	3	2	3	1

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1974	22	4	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1975	23	31	80	68	11	12	4	0	0	5	0	8	19	.176	.273	.235	.508	4	31
1976	24	3	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1977	25	52	48	45	5	14	1	0	3	10	0	2	10	.311	.354	.533	.887	8	52
1978	26	19	16	14	2	3	0	1	1	5	1	2	7	.214	.313	.571	.884	3	19
1979	27	4	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	4
6 Yrs		113	156	138	18	31	5	1	4	21	1	12	38	.225	.294	.362	.656	16	113
162 Game Avg.		162	224	198	26	44	7	1	6	30	1	17	54	.225	.294	.362	.656	23	113

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