Vern Handrahan

James Vernon Handrahan

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 27, 1938 in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, CAN
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1964
Team: Athletics 1964-1966

Final Game: September 21, 1966
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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	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1959	20	ATL-min	D	8	8	.500	5.12	20	10					95.0	120	65	54	9	52								1.811	11.4	0.9	4.9			WVL · NYPL
1960	21	ATL-min	D,C	11	5	.688	2.96	36	14					155.0	130	66	51	7	64								1.252	7.5	0.4	3.7			WVL,EAU · NYPL,NORL
1961	22	ATL-min	C	2	9	.182	4.50	30	11					94.0	99	65	47	5	48								1.564	9.5	0.5	4.6			EAU · NORL
1962	23	ATL-min	C	13	14	.481	5.17	33	26		14	3		181.0	181	126	104	22	106	0	241	7	0	16			1.586	9.0	1.1	5.3	12.0	2.27	BOI · PION
1963	24	OAK-min	AAA,A	6	1	.857	3.82	34	11					113.0	94	56	48	8	60		60						1.363	7.5	0.6	4.8	4.8	1.00	POR,LEW · PCL,NORW
1964	25	BAL-min	AAA	5	4	.556	2.45	31	5		0	0		77.0	57	28	21	3	30	5	49	1	0	6			1.130	6.7	0.4	3.5	5.7	1.63	ROC · IL
1964	25	KCA	AL	0	1	.000	6.06	18	1	7	0	0	0	35.2	33	24	24	9	25	0	18	2	0	3	161	64	1.626	8.3	2.3	6.3	4.5	0.72

1965	26	OAK-STL-min	AAA	3	6	.333	1.85	32	9		1	0		175.0	84	47	36	3	54	4	65	4	0	5			0.789	4.3	0.2	2.8	3.3	1.20	VAN,JCK · PCL,IL
1966	27	OAK-min	AAA	7	10	.412	2.68	27	13		4	1		131.0	113	48	39	10	66	6	122	3	0	7			1.366	7.8	0.7	4.5	8.4	1.85	VAN · PCL
1966	27	KCA	AL	0	1	.000	4.26	16	1	5	0	0	1	25.1	20	12	12	5	15	1	18	1	0	3	106	81	1.382	7.1	1.8	5.3	6.4	1.20
1967	28	OAK-min	AA,AAA	10	6	.625	2.15	33	10		0	0		117.0	77	43	28	3	47	0	87	1	0	1			1.060	5.9	0.2	3.6	6.7	1.85	BIR,VAN · SOUL,PCL
1968	29	OAK-min	AAA	2	5	.286	4.75	30	7		1	1		91.0	89	54	48	6	46	2	60	3	0	4			1.484	8.8	0.6	4.5	5.9	1.30	VAN · PCL
1969	30	OAK-min	AAA	4	2	.667	5.80	30	1		0	0	3	76.0	86	61	49	6	44	2	44	0	0	6			1.711	10.2	0.7	5.2	5.2	1.00	IWA · AA
1970	31	DET-OAK-min	AAA	3	6	.333	5.67	29	9		1	1	1	81.0	92	61	51	4	61	8	42	0	2	0			1.889	10.2	0.4	6.8	4.7	0.69	TOL,IWA · IL,AA
2 Yrs				0	2	.000	5.31	34	2	12	0	0	1	61.0	53	36	36	14	40	1	36	3	0	6	267	70	1.525	7.8	2.1	5.9	5.3	0.90
162 Game Avg.				0	4	.000	5.31	64	4	23	0	0	2	115	100	68	68	26	76	2	68	6	0	11	504	70	1.525	7.8	2.1	5.9	5.3	0.90

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
1964	25	KCA	AL	35.2	18	1	24	6.06	4.06	-0.26	-0.12	104.7	4.40	-6	-0.7	.3	0.1	-0.3	-4	.463	.496	$

1966	27	KCA	AL	25.1	16	1	12	4.26	3.84	0.12	-0.11	97.5	3.52	-2	-0.2	1.1	-0.0	0.0	-0	.488	.499	$
2 Seasons				61.0	34	2	36	5.31	3.97	-0.10	-0.12	101.7	4.03	-8	-0.9	.7	0.1	-0.3	-4	.475	.497	$

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	IBB	ROE
1964	25	KCA	AL	18	161	131	24	33	6	0	9	0	1	25	18	.252	.377	.504	.881	.229	66	3	2	2	1	0	0

1966	27	KCA	AL	16	106	88	12	20	2	0	5	1	2	15	18	.227	.343	.420	.763	.227	37	3	1	1	1	1	1
2 Yrs				34	267	219	36	53	8	0	14	1	3	40	36	.242	.364	.470	.834	.228	103	6	3	3	2	1	1
162 Game Avg.				64	504	414	68	100	15	0	26	2	6	76	68	.242	.364	.470	.834	.228	195	11	6	6	4	2	2
MLB Averages																.248	.311	.375	.686	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1964	25	KCA	AL	-6.9	-0.7	166	-0.7	0.8	-1.5	.31	-1.1	-1.2	-10.5	-1.0	0.31	-11.9	1	1	15

1966	27	KCA	AL	-1.6	-0.2	113	0.0	0.9	-0.9	.52	-0.1	0.1	2.5	0.3	0.52	-2.3	3	3	9
2 Yrs				-8.4	-0.9	279	-0.7	1.7	-2.4	.39	-1.2	-0.6	-8.0	-0.8	0.39	-14.2	4	4	24

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
1964	25	KCA	AL	18	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	52.0	52	52	5	1	1	0	1.0	0.0	6.0

1966	27	KCA	AL	16	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	44.0	44	44	7	3	0	0	1.0	1.8	4.7
2 Yrs				34	2	0	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	48	52	44	12	4	1	0	1.0	0.9	5.3
MLB Averages													.500						54%	53	116	0					4.0	4.0	6.3

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	Hold	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1964	25	KCA	AL	18	17	7	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	7	4	57%	6	.311	1	1	15	1	1	15	3	14	12	0	12	5	5.2

1966	27	KCA	AL	16	15	5	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	14	0	0%	7	.517	3	3	9	1	2	12	7	8	8	5	8	3	4.1
2 Yrs				34	32	12	0	0	1	1	0	100%	1	0	21	4	19%		.393	4	4	24	2	3	27	10	22	20	5	20	8	4.7

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1964	25	KCA	AL	161	67%	5.6%	11.2%	15.5%	9.3%	46%	1.07	65%	37	3	8%

1966	27	KCA	AL	106	65%	4.7%	17.0%	14.2%	6.6%	35%	1.29	62%	15	3	20%
2 Yrs				267	66%	5.2%	13.5%	15.0%	8.2%	42%	1.15	64%	52	6	12%
MLB Averages					47%	2.2%	15.7%	7.9%	6.3%	28%	1.10	73%			11%

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
1964	25	KCA	AL	161	33			9	0	3	5	4	3	6	10	2	4	20%	0	3	1	63	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	8	0

1966	27	KCA	AL	106	20			5	0	4	4	1	3	2	5	1	2	20%	1	3	0	31	1	2	33%	0	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	0
2 Yrs				267	53			14	0	7	9	5	6	8	15	3	6	20%	1	6	1	94	1	3	25%	0	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	13	0
MLB Averages																		50%							63%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1964	25	1	.000	6.06	18	1	7	0	35.2	33	24	24	9	25	0	18	2	3	161	64	1.626	8.3	2.3	6.3	4.5	0.72	64
1965	26	1	.000	6.06	18	1	7	0	35.2	33	24	24	9	25	0	18	2	3	161	64	1.626	8.3	2.3	6.3	4.5	0.72	64
1966	27	2	.000	5.31	34	2	12	1	61.0	53	36	36	14	40	1	36	3	6	267	70	1.525	7.8	2.1	5.9	5.3	0.90	70

Neutralized Pitching

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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	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
1964	25	1	2	.333	6.55	33.0	33	27	24	9	25	17	2	1.758	9.0	6.8	4.6	0.68	2.5	18

1966	27	1	1	.500	5.48	23.0	21	16	14	5	16	16	1	1.609	8.2	6.3	6.3	1.00	2.0	16
2 Yrs		2	3	.400	6.11	56.0	54	43	38	14	41	33	3	1.696	8.7		5.3	0.80	2.3	34

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