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Clint Hartung

Clinton Clarence Hartung (Floppy or The Hondo Hurricane)

Positions: Pitcher and Rightfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: August 10, 1922 in Hondo, TX
High School: Hondo HS (Hondo, TX)
Signed
by the New York Giants as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1947 (Age 24)
Team: Giants 1947-1952

Final Game: September 28, 1952 (Age 30)
Died: July 8, 2010 in Sinton, TX
Buried: Sinton Cemetery, Sinton, TX
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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
1947 24 NYG NL 34 97 94 13 29 4 3 4 13 0 3 21 .309 .330 .543 .872 127 51 2 0 0 1/7O
1948 25 NYG NL 43 63 56 5 10 1 1 0 3 0 7 24 .179 .270 .232 .502 36 13 0 0 0 1
1949 26 NYG NL 38 67 63 7 12 0 0 4 7 0 4 21 .190 .239 .381 .620 64 24 0 0 0 1
1950 27 NYG NL 32 44 43 7 13 2 1 3 10 0 1 13 .302 .318 .605 .923 135 26 0 0 0 1/O379
1951 28 NYG NL 21 45 44 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 9 .205 .222 .227 .449 21 10 2 0 0 O9
1952 29 NYG NL 28 87 78 6 17 2 1 3 8 0 0 9 24 .218 .299 .385 .683 87 30 1 0 0 O9/7
6 Yrs 196 403 378 42 90 10 6 14 43 0 0 25 112 .238 .285 .407 .693 84 154 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 333 312 35 74 8 5 12 36 0 21 93 .238 .285 .407 .693 84 127 4 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1947 24 NYG NL 34 97 2 0 0 -1 10 12 1.2 4 16 1.2 .534 .507 1.3 -0.1 16 1/7O
1948 25 NYG NL 43 63 -5 0 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 4 0.1 .503 .501 0.1 0.0 4 1
1949 26 NYG NL 38 67 -4 0 0 0 7 4 0.4 3 7 0.4 .511 .502 0.4 0.0 7 1
1950 27 NYG NL 32 44 2 0 0 0 5 7 0.7 2 8 0.7 .521 .504 0.7 -0.0 9 1/O379
1951 28 NYG NL 21 45 -5 -0 0 -2 -0 -7 -0.8 2 -6 -0.6 .463 .495 -0.4 -0.3 -4 O9
1952 29 NYG NL 28 87 -2 0 0 0 -1 -3 -0.3 3 1 0.0 .490 .498 0.0 -0.1 1 O9/7
6 Seasons 196 403 -12 1 0 -3 27 14 1.2 16 29 1.7 .507 .501 2.1 -0.5 32

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
1947 24 NYG NL 97 67 17 6.7 107 .362 .309 .275 .330 .351 .543 .408 .872 .759 127 .665 2.5 0.2 .806 .266 .234 .0
1948 25 NYG NL 63 46 4 2.3 103 .313 .179 .270 .270 .345 .232 .400 .502 .744 36 .232 -5.1 -0.5 .435 .179 .054
1949 26 NYG NL 67 51 6 3.2 104 .211 .190 .270 .239 .344 .381 .405 .620 .749 64 .335 -3.9 -0.4 .549 .254 .190 .0
1950 27 NYG NL 44 30 8 7.1 109 .370 .302 .271 .318 .348 .605 .420 .923 .768 135 .679 1.7 0.2 .900 .326 .302 .0
1951 28 NYG NL 45 37 2 1.4 104 .257 .205 .269 .222 .343 .227 .407 .449 .750 21 .111 -5.0 -0.5 .297 .045 .023
1952 29 NYG NL 87 62 9 3.9 98 .275 .218 .263 .299 .336 .385 .391 .683 .727 87 .470 -1.6 -0.2 .629 .282 .167 .0
6 Yrs 403 293 46 4.2 104 .302 .238 .270 .285 .344 .407 .404 .693 .748 84 .468 -11.4 -1.2 .611 .235 .169 .0
162 Game Avg. 333 242 38 4.2 104 .302 .238 .270 .285 .344 .407 .404 .693 .748 84 .468 -11.4 -1.2 .611 .235 .169

Postseason Batting

Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1951 28 NYG NL WS NYY L 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1 0 0 0 0

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
1947 24 NYG NL 97 4.1% 21.7% 3.1% 11.3% 38% 7.00 4.5 23.5 7.2 1.09 71%
1948 25 NYG NL 63 0.0% 38.1% 11.1% 3.2% 20% 3.43 2.3 18.7 1.25 51%
1949 26 NYG NL 67 6.0% 31.3% 6.0% 6.0% 33% 5.25 3.0 15.8 9.0 1.00 57%
1950 27 NYG NL 44 6.8% 29.6% 2.3% 13.6% 46% 13.00 3.3 14.3 4.3 0.25 61%
1951 28 NYG NL 45 0.0% 20.0% 2.2% 2.2% 11% 9.00 4.9 22.0 0.75 78%
1952 29 NYG NL 87 3.5% 27.6% 10.3% 6.9% 35% 2.67 3.3 26.0 9.8 0.50 59%
6 Yrs 403 3.5% 27.8% 6.2% 7.4% 33% 4.48 3.4 27.0 8.8 0.74 63%
MLB Averages 1.8% 9.8% 9.9% 6.4% 28% 0.99 9.0 48.5 8.1 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
1947 24 NYG NL 2.5 0.2 60 0.0 1.1 -1.1 .99 -0.0 0.0 -0.9 -0.1 0.94 -0.9 0.93 4
1948 25 NYG NL -5.1 -0.5 23 -0.6 0.1 -0.6 1.07 -0.4 -0.1 -5.6 -0.6 0.97 -4.6 0
1949 26 NYG NL -3.9 -0.4 44 -0.4 0.3 -0.7 .75 -0.2 -0.3 -0.4 -0.0 0.89 -2.0 1.18 3
1950 27 NYG NL 1.7 0.2 33 0.7 1.3 -0.6 1.41 0.3 0.2 3.1 0.3 1.06 2.6 2.52 8
1951 28 NYG NL -5.0 -0.5 36 -0.6 0.5 -1.1 1.42 -0.5 0.1 -5.8 -0.6 1.04 -5.5 2.00 6
1952 29 NYG NL -1.6 -0.2 72 0.8 1.9 -1.2 .98 0.4 0.4 2.3 0.2 0.89 3.9 1.06 4
6 Yrs -11.4 -1.2 268 -0.1 5.2 -5.3 1.06 -0.5 0.4 -7.2 -0.7 0.95 -6.6 1.75 25

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1947 24 NYG NL 1 0 32% 17 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 33% 2 2 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1948 25 NYG NL 0 0 29% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 26 NYG NL 1 0 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 27 NYG NL 1 0 36% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 67% 2 0 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
1951 28 NYG NL 0 0 40% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1952 29 NYG NL 2 0 13% 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 33% 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 5 0 28% 81 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 43% 10 6 4 2 1 1 2 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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1947 24 NYG NL 97 44% 29 4 1 0 0 0.93 4 0 1 1 1 3 1 0 0 0 13 2 15% 8 0 0% 37 5 14% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1948 25 NYG NL 63 13% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 7 0 0% 16 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
1949 26 NYG NL 67 30% 12 3 0 0 0 1.18 4 0 1 3 0 2 2 0 0 0 7 0 0% 5 0 0% 24 3 13% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1950 27 NYG NL 44 58% 13 8 2 0 2 2.52 3 0 2 1 2 2 1 0 0 0 7 0 0% 3 0 0% 27 5 19% 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 0
1951 28 NYG NL 45 83% 9 6 2 0 1 2.00 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 2 22% 7 2 29% 29 3 10% 4 2 50% 3 1 33% 0
1952 29 NYG NL 87 38% 17 4 1 1 1 1.06 3 0 3 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 4 0 0% 39 5 13% 2 0 0% 0 0 0
6 Yrs 403 44% 90 25 6 1 4 1.75 14 0 12 8 3 10 4 0 1 0 0% 49 5 10% 34 2 6% 172 21 12% 12 3 25% 4 1 25% 0
MLB Averages 51% 104% 14% 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
1947 24 34 97 94 13 29 4 3 4 13 0 3 21 .309 .330 .543 .872 127 51 2 0 0
1948 25 77 160 150 18 39 5 4 4 16 0 10 45 .260 .306 .427 .733 93 64 2 0 0
1949 26 115 227 213 25 51 5 4 8 23 0 14 66 .239 .286 .413 .699 85 88 2 0 0
1950 27 147 271 256 32 64 7 5 11 33 0 15 79 .250 .292 .445 .737 93 114 2 0 0
1951 28 168 316 300 36 73 8 5 11 35 0 0 16 88 .243 .282 .413 .695 83 124 4 0 0
1952 29 196 403 378 42 90 10 6 14 43 0 0 25 112 .238 .285 .407 .693 84 154 5 0 0

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
1947 24 36 100 97 13 29 4 3 4 13 0 3 22 .299 .320 .526 .846 17 34
1948 25 45 65 58 4 10 1 1 0 3 0 7 25 .172 .262 .224 .486 3 43
1949 26 39 70 66 8 13 0 0 4 8 0 4 22 .197 .243 .379 .622 6 38
1950 27 33 45 44 7 13 2 1 3 10 0 1 14 .295 .311 .591 .902 8 32
1951 28 22 46 45 4 9 1 0 0 2 0 1 9 .200 .217 .222 .440 2 21
1952 29 29 92 82 6 18 2 1 3 8 0 10 25 .220 .304 .378 .682 9 28
6 Yrs 204 418 392 42 92 10 6 14 44 0 26 117 .235 .282 .398 .680 45 196
162 Game Avg. 162 332 311 33 73 8 5 11 35 0 21 93 .235 .282 .398 .680 36 196

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