Bob Hazle

Robert Sidney Hazle (Hurricane)

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: December 9, 1930 in Laurens, SC
High School: Woodruff HS (Woodruff, SC)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1950. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1955
Teams (by GP): Braves/Tigers/Redlegs 1955-1958

Final Game: September 28, 1958
Died: April 25, 1992 in Columbia, SC
Buried: Crescent Hill Memorial Gardens, Columbia, SC
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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
1950	19	CIN-min	A	153	581	581		182	33	7	3						.313	.313	.410	.723		238							CLM · SALL
1951	20	CIN-min	AA	89	329	329		92	20	6	2						.280	.280	.395	.675		130							TUL · TL
1953	22	CIN-min	AA	57	217	191	26	52	15	3	3	24	1	0	20	25	.272	.347	.429	.777		82		2	4				TUL · TL
1954	23	CLE-min	AAA	106	335	290	45	65	11	5	4	23	3		38	30	.224	.313	.338	.651		98	3	0	6	1			INA · AA
1955	24	CIN-min	AA	150	601	601		189	32	4	29						.314	.314	.526	.840		316							NVL · SOUA
1955	24	CIN	NL	6	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.231	.231	.231	.462	21	3	0	0	0	0	0	/7

1956	25	ATL-min	AAA	124	431	376	64	107	18	3	13	46	1		53	42	.285	.373	.452	.825		170	10	0	2	0			WCH · AA
1957	26	ATL-min	AAA	92	395	330	60	92	22	2	12	58	1		51	36	.279	.373	.467	.840		154		1	9	4	2		WCH · AA
1957	26	MLN	NL	41	155	134	26	54	12	0	7	27	1	3	18	15	.403	.477	.649	1.126	209	87	1	1	2	0	4	9/7	RoY-4
1958	27	TOT	MLB	63	129	114	11	24	2	0	2	10	0	0	14	17	.211	.302	.281	.583	60	32	0	1	0	0	0	9/7
1958	27	MLN	NL	20	66	56	6	10	0	0	0	5	0	0	9	4	.179	.303	.179	.482	37	10	0	1	0	0	0	9
1958	27	DET	AL	43	63	58	5	14	2	0	2	5	0	0	5	13	.241	.302	.379	.681	81	22	0	0	0	0	0	/79
1959	28	DET-min	AAA	130	435	372	48	99	17	2	4	41	3		51	39	.266	.354	.355	.709		132		2	6	4	5		CHL · AA
1960	29	DET-min	AA	132	508	450	64	131	26	1	9	57	1		58	37	.291	.372	.413	.785		186							LRK,BIR · SOUA
3 Yrs				110	297	261	37	81	14	0	9	37	1	3	32	35	.310	.390	.467	.857	134	122	1	2	2	0	4
162 Game Avg.				162	437	384	54	119	21	0	13	54	1	4	47	52	.310	.390	.467	.857	134	180	1	3	3	0	6

MLN (2 yrs)				61	221	190	32	64	12	0	7	32	1	3	27	19	.337	.425	.511	.935	158	97	1	2	2	0	4
CIN (1 yr)				6	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.231	.231	.231	.462	21	3	0	0	0	0	0
DET (1 yr)				43	63	58	5	14	2	0	2	5	0	0	5	13	.241	.302	.379	.681	81	22	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				67	234	203	32	67	12	0	7	32	1	3	27	22	.330	.414	.493	.906	149	100	1	2	2	0	4
AL (1 yr)				43	63	58	5	14	2	0	2	5	0	0	5	13	.241	.302	.379	.681	81	22	0	0	0	0	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	Awards
1955	24	CIN	NL	6	13	-2	0	0	3	-0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.522	.501	-0.1	0.3	-1	$	/7

1957	26	MLN	NL	41	155	19	-0	1	-5	-2	13	1.2	5	18	1.8	.532	.508	2.3	-0.7	23	$	9/7	RoY-4
1958	27	MLN	NL	20	66	-4	-0	0	0	-1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.476	.497	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	9
1958	27	DET	AL	43	63	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.489	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-1	$	/79
3 Seasons				110	297	12	-1	2	-3	-3	5	0.4	9	15	1.4	.505	.501	1.8	-0.7	18	$

MLN (2 yrs)				61	221	15	-0	1	-5	-2	8	0.8	7	16	1.5	.514	.503	2.1	-0.8	21	$
CIN (1 yr)				6	13	-2	0	0	3	-0	1	0.1	0	2	0.2	.522	.501	-0.1	0.3	-1	$
DET (1 yr)				43	63	-2	-1	0	-1	-1	-4	-0.5	2	-2	-0.3	.489	.497	-0.2	-0.2	-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
1955	24	CIN	NL	13	10	1	2.7	110	.300	.231	.271	.231	.343	.231	.430	.462	.773	21	.264	-1.6	-0.2	.300	.000	.000

1957	26	MLN	NL	155	86	41	13.0	97	.420	.403	.260	.477	.322	.649	.403	1.126	.725	209	.868	21.5	2.1	1.238	.366	.246	1.8
1958	27	TOT	MLB	129	90	11	3.3	101	.232	.211	.265	.302	.333	.281	.408	.583	.741	60	.360	-6.3	-0.6	.522	.193	.070	.0
1958	27	MLN	NL	66	46	4	2.3	99	.192	.179	.260	.303	.327	.179	.406	.482	.733	37	.220	-4.6	-0.5	.435	.161	.000
1958	27	DET	AL	63	44	7	4.2	104	.279	.241	.270	.302	.339	.379	.410	.681	.749	81	.496	-1.7	-0.2	.614	.224	.138	.0
3 Yrs				297	186	53	7.7	99	.332	.310	.263	.390	.328	.467	.406	.857	.734	134	.722	13.7	1.3	.837	.272	.157	1.8
162 Game Avg.				437	274	78	7.7	99	.332	.310	.263	.390	.328	.467	.406	.857	.734	134	.722	20	2	.837	.272	.157	3

MLN (2 yrs)				221	132	45	9.2	98	.348	.337	.260	.425	.324	.511	.404	.935	.727	158	.778	16.9	1.6	.954	.305	.174	1.8
CIN (1 yr)				13	10	1	2.7	110	.300	.231	.271	.231	.343	.231	.430	.462	.773	21	.264	-1.6	-0.2	.300	.000	.000
DET (1 yr)				63	44	7	4.2	104	.279	.241	.270	.302	.339	.379	.410	.681	.749	81	.496	-1.7	-0.2	.614	.224	.138	.0

NL (3 yrs)				234	142	46	8.8	98	.345	.330	.261	.414	.325	.493	.405	.906	.730	149	.762	15.4	1.5	.907	.286	.163	1.8
AL (1 yr)				63	44	7	4.2	104	.279	.241	.270	.302	.339	.379	.410	.681	.749	81	.496	-1.7	-0.2	.614	.224	.138	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

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
1957	26	MLN	NL	WS	NYY	W	4	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	14	13	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.154	.214	.154	.368	2	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1955	24	CIN	NL	13	0.0%	23.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.3			0.75	77%

1957	26	MLN	NL	155	4.5%	9.7%	11.6%	12.3%	35%	0.83	8.9	19.1	5.0	1.00	72%
1958	27	TOT	MLB	129	1.6%	13.2%	10.9%	3.1%	17%	1.21	6.7	57.0	11.4	0.95	74%
1958	27	MLN	NL	66	0.0%	6.1%	13.6%	0.0%	0%	0.44	14.0		11.2	1.16	79%
1958	27	DET	AL	63	3.2%	20.6%	7.9%	6.4%	29%	2.60	4.5	29.0	11.6	0.72	68%
3 Yrs				297	3.0%	11.8%	10.8%	7.7%	28%	1.09	7.5	29.0	7.1	0.96	73%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.2%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.35	7.2	37.5	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	24	CIN	NL	-1.6	-0.2	13	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.16	-0.1	-0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.04	-1.6	0.59	3

1957	26	MLN	NL	21.5	2.1	162	1.4	3.1	-1.7	.81	1.8	-0.1	20.3	2.0	0.94	20.1	2.19	1
1958	27	TOT	MLB	-6.3	-0.6	132	-0.4	1.7	-2.2	1.01	-0.4	0.0	-3.0	-0.3	0.94	-4.4	1.06	30
1958	27	MLN	NL	-4.6	-0.5	69	-0.3	0.6	-0.9	.86	-0.4	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	0.93	-3.6	0.51	2
1958	27	DET	AL	-1.7	-0.2	63	-0.1	1.1	-1.2	1.18	-0.0	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.94	-0.8	1.10	28
3 Yrs				13.7	1.3	307	0.8	4.9	-4.1	.92	1.2	-0.4	15.9	1.6	0.95	14.1	1.05	34

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	24	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1957	26	MLN	NL	0	0	29%	62	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	6	46%	10	5	5	4	3	1	10	4	5
1958	27	TOT	MLB	1	0	24%	50	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	25%	5	4	0	2	1	1	1	0	1
1958	27	MLN	NL	1	0	30%	24	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	40%	3	2	0	1	0	1	1	0	1
1958	27	DET	AL	0	0	18%	26	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	0%	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				1	0	26%	113	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	10	41%	15	9	5	6	4	2	11	4	6

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
1955	24	CIN	NL	13	100%	3			3	1	0	0	0.59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		9	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1957	26	MLN	NL	155	96%	54			1	1	0	1	2.19	7	0	3	6	1	2	5	0	2	2	100%	34	1	3%	11	3	27%	95	20	21%	7	2	29%	4	3	75%	0
1958	27	TOT	MLB	129	93%	24			30	6	2	3	1.06	2	0	4	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		27	0	0%	12	3	25%	76	8	11%	5	4	80%	3	2	67%	0
1958	27	MLN	NL	66	89%	10			2	1	0	0	0.51	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		14	0	0%	6	3	50%	40	5	13%	3	3	100%	2	2	100%	0
1958	27	DET	AL	63	97%	14			28	5	2	3	1.10	2	0	2	2	0	2	0	0	0	0		13	0	0%	6	0	0%	36	3	8%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				297	95%	81			34	8	2	4	1.05	9	0	7	8	1	4	5	0	2	2	100%	63	1	2%	23	6	26%	180	28	16%	12	6	50%	7	5	71%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			78%			11%			31%			14%			49%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	IBB
1955	24	6	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.231	.231	.231	.462	21	3	0	0	0	0
1956	25	6	13	13	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.231	.231	.231	.462	21	3	0	0	0	0
1957	26	47	168	147	26	57	12	7	27	1	3	18	18	.388	.458	.612	1.070	192	90	1	1	2	4
1958	27	110	297	261	37	81	14	9	37	1	3	32	35	.310	.390	.467	.857	134	122	1	2	2	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	24	6	15	15	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.267	.267	.267	.533	1	6

1957	26	43	167	144	30	60	13	0	8	31	1	20	16	.417	.491	.674	1.165	47	41
1958	27	66	136	120	12	26	2	0	2	11	0	15	18	.217	.309	.283	.592	10	63
3 Yrs		115	318	279	42	90	15	0	10	42	1	35	37	.323	.402	.484	.886	58	110
162 Game Avg.		162	448	393	59	127	21	0	14	59	1	49	52	.323	.402	.484	.886	82	110

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