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Andy Hansen

Andrew Viggo Hansen (Swede)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 12, 1924 in Lake Worth, FL
Signed by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 30, 1944
Teams (by GP): Giants/Phillies 1944-1953

Final Game: September 13, 1953
Died: February 2, 2002 in Lake Worth, FL
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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
1944 19 NYG NL 24 14 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 30 2 0 0 0 1
1945 20 NYG NL 23 30 25 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .038 .000 .038 -89 0 0 0 4 1
1947 22 NYG NL 27 22 21 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .190 .190 .190 .381 1 4 1 0 0 1
1948 23 NYG NL 36 29 20 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 11 .050 .269 .050 .319 -9 1 0 1 3 1
1949 24 NYG NL 33 16 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .000 .200 .000 .200 -42 0 0 0 1 1
1950 25 NYG NL 31 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 2 1
1951 26 PHI NL 24 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .667 1.167 214 2 0 0 0 1
1952 27 PHI NL 43 16 11 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 3 1 .182 .357 .182 .539 54 2 0 0 2 1
1953 28 PHI NL 30 8 7 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .286 .286 .286 .571 50 2 0 0 0 1
9 Yrs 271 148 118 11 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 50 .102 .209 .110 .319 -11 13 1 1 12
162 Game Avg. 162 88 71 7 7 1 0 0 2 0 9 30 .102 .209 .110 .319 -11 8 1 1 7
NYG (6 yrs) 174 120 97 9 7 0 0 0 1 0 11 46 .072 .174 .072 .246 -31 7 1 1 10
PHI (3 yrs) 97 28 21 2 5 1 0 0 2 0 0 4 4 .238 .360 .286 .646 78 6 0 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 Awards
1944 19 NYG NL 24 14 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1945 20 NYG NL 23 30 -7 0 0 0 3 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .479 .497 -0.5 0.0 -4 $ 1
1947 22 NYG NL 27 22 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1948 23 NYG NL 36 29 -4 -0 0 0 3 -0 -0.0 1 1 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1949 24 NYG NL 33 16 -3 0 0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1950 25 NYG NL 31 9 -3 0 0 0 1 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .494 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1951 26 PHI NL 24 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .501 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1952 27 PHI NL 43 16 -1 0 -0 0 2 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $ 1
1953 28 PHI NL 30 8 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 -0.0 1 $ 1
9 Seasons 271 148 -22 0 0 0 15 -6 -0.6 5 -1 -0.7 .498 .500 -0.7 -0.0 -1 $
NYG (6 yrs) 174 120 -21 -0 0 0 12 -8 -0.9 4 -4 -0.9 .495 .499 -0.9 0.0 -4 $
PHI (3 yrs) 97 28 -1 0 -0 0 3 2 0.2 1 3 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 -0.0 3 $

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
1944 19 NYG NL 14 10 1 2.7 93 .250 .167 .267 .286 .334 .167 .375 .452 .709 30 .307 -1.0 -0.1 .400 .167 .000
1945 20 NYG NL 30 29 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .275 .038 .344 .000 .379 .038 .723 -89 .000 -6.5 -0.7 .040 .040 .000
1947 22 NYG NL 22 18 1 1.5 107 .333 .190 .275 .190 .351 .190 .408 .381 .759 1 .109 -3.1 -0.3 .222 .000 .000
1948 23 NYG NL 29 22 0 0.0 103 .111 .050 .270 .269 .345 .050 .400 .319 .744 -9 .000 -2.9 -0.3 .368 .250 .000
1949 24 NYG NL 16 13 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .270 .200 .344 .000 .405 .200 .749 -42 .000 -2.4 -0.2 .250 .250 .000
1950 25 NYG NL 9 9 0 0.0 109 .000 .000 .271 .000 .348 .000 .420 .000 .768 -100 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1951 26 PHI NL 4 2 1 13.4 102 .500 .333 .265 .500 .339 .667 .402 1.167 .740 214 .880 0.6 0.1 1.500 .667 .333
1952 27 PHI NL 16 11 1 2.4 96 .200 .182 .260 .357 .333 .182 .387 .539 .721 54 .273 -0.5 -0.1 .556 .273 .000
1953 28 PHI NL 8 5 1 5.3 110 .400 .286 .274 .286 .345 .286 .427 .571 .773 50 .542 -0.5 -0.1 .400 .000 .000
9 Yrs 148 119 5 1.1 102 .176 .102 .271 .209 .343 .110 .396 .319 .740 -11 .074 -18.5 -1.9 .271 .136 .008
162 Game Avg. 88 71 3 1.1 102 .176 .102 .271 .209 .343 .110 .396 .319 .740 -11 .074 -18.5 -1.9 .271 .136 .008
NYG (6 yrs) 120 101 2 0.5 102 .137 .072 .272 .174 .344 .072 .395 .246 .740 -31 .020 -18.1 -1.8 .209 .113 .000
PHI (3 yrs) 28 18 3 4.4 101 .294 .238 .266 .360 .337 .286 .403 .646 .740 78 .505 -0.4 -0.0 .625 .238 .048

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
1944 19 NYG NL 14 0.0% 28.6% 14.3% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.0 57%
1945 20 NYG NL 30 0.0% 26.7% 3.3% 0.0% 8.00 3.1 57%
1947 22 NYG NL 22 0.0% 40.9% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.3 55%
1948 23 NYG NL 29 0.0% 37.9% 17.2% 0.0% 0% 2.20 1.8 20.0 2.00 31%
1949 24 NYG NL 16 0.0% 56.3% 18.8% 0.0% 3.00 1.3 19%
1950 25 NYG NL 9 0.0% 55.6% 0.0% 0.0% 1.4 22%
1951 26 PHI NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 25.0% 100% 1.00 3.0 50%
1952 27 PHI NL 16 0.0% 6.3% 18.8% 0.0% 0% 0.33 11.0 5.5 6.00 63%
1953 28 PHI NL 8 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 1.00 63%
9 Yrs 148 0.0% 33.8% 10.1% 0.7% 8% 3.33 2.4 39.3 3.50 46%
MLB Averages 1.7% 9.7% 9.5% 6.2% 27% 1.02 9.2 53.6 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 PHlev AB
1944 19 NYG NL -1.0 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 20 NYG NL -6.5 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 22 NYG NL -3.1 -0.3 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 23 NYG NL -2.9 -0.3 20 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .65 -0.2 0.1 -3.9 -0.4 1.05 -3.3 0
1949 24 NYG NL -2.5 -0.2 10 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .89 -0.2 0.0 -2.2 -0.2 0.83 -2.7 0
1950 25 NYG NL -2.1 -0.2 7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .97 -0.2 0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.98 -1.9 0
1951 26 PHI NL 0.6 0.1 4 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .75 0.0 -0.0 0.2 0.0 0.55 0.5 0
1952 27 PHI NL -0.5 -0.1 11 0.0 0.1 -0.1 .60 0.1 -0.1 1.0 0.1 0.97 0.8 0
1953 28 PHI NL -0.5 -0.1 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .79 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.98 -0.8 0
9 Yrs -18.5 -1.9 59 -0.5 0.4 -0.8 .75 -0.5 -0.1 -7.5 -0.7 0.95 -7.4 0

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
1948 23 NYG NL 1 0 43% 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1949 24 NYG NL 0 0 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 25 NYG NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1951 26 PHI NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 27 PHI NL 0 0 20% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 28 PHI NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 1 0 39% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0

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 23 NYG NL 29 30% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 6 0 0% 6 1 17% 17 1 6% 3 1 33% 4 2 50% 0
1949 24 NYG NL 16 20% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1950 25 NYG NL 9 14% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 4 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1951 26 PHI NL 4 25% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 27 PHI NL 16 10% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 3 1 33% 8 2 25% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
1953 28 PHI NL 8 57% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 5 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 82 26% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 10 12 120% 15 1 7% 15 4 27% 36 3 8% 4 2 50% 5 2 40% 0
MLB Averages 51% 180% 21% 33% 15% 51% 55%

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
1944 19 24 14 12 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .167 .286 .167 .452 30 2 0 0 0
1945 20 47 44 37 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .054 .125 .054 .179 -49 2 0 0 4
1946 21 47 44 37 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 12 .054 .125 .054 .179 -49 2 0 0 4
1947 22 74 66 58 5 6 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 .103 .148 .103 .251 -31 6 1 0 4
1948 23 110 95 78 8 7 0 0 0 1 0 8 32 .090 .184 .090 .274 -24 7 1 1 7
1949 24 143 111 90 9 7 0 0 0 1 0 11 41 .078 .186 .078 .264 -26 7 1 1 8
1950 25 174 120 97 9 7 0 0 0 1 0 11 46 .072 .174 .072 .246 -31 7 1 1 10
1951 26 198 124 100 10 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 12 47 .080 .186 .090 .276 -23 9 1 1 10
1952 27 241 140 111 11 10 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 48 .090 .205 .099 .304 -15 11 1 1 12
1953 28 271 148 118 11 12 1 0 0 3 0 0 15 50 .102 .209 .110 .319 -11 13 1 1 12

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
1944 19 25 16 13 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 4 .231 .375 .231 .606 1 24
1945 20 24 31 26 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .037 .000 .037 0 23
1947 22 28 23 23 1 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 .217 .217 .217 .435 1 27
1948 23 38 30 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 11 .000 .222 .000 .222 0 36
1949 24 34 16 12 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 9 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 33
1950 25 32 9 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 31
1951 26 25 4 3 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 .333 .500 .667 1.167 1 24
1952 27 45 18 12 1 3 0 0 0 3 0 4 1 .250 .438 .250 .688 1 43
1953 28 31 8 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .375 .375 .375 .750 1 30
9 Yrs 282 155 125 10 15 1 0 0 3 0 17 50 .120 .231 .128 .359 5 271
162 Game Avg. 162 89 72 6 9 1 0 0 2 0 10 29 .120 .231 .128 .359 3 271

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