Eric Helfand

Eric James Helfand

Position: Catcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 25, 1969 in Erie, PA
High School: Patrick Henry HS (San Diego, CA)
Schools: University of Nebraska at Lincoln (Lincoln, NE), Arizona State University (Tempe, AZ)
Drafted by the Oakland Athletics in the 2nd round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 22, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1993
Team: Athletics 1993-1995

Final Game: September 30, 1995
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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
1990	21	OAK-min	A-	57	235	207	29	59	12	0	2	39	4	1	20	49	.285	.366	.372	.738		77		7	0	1	1		SOR · NORW
1991	22	OAK-min	A+	67	285	242	35	62	15	1	7	38	0	1	37	56	.256	.357	.413	.770		100	6	2	2	2	2		MOD · CALL
1992	23	OAK-min	A+,AA	109	426	363	53	98	22	0	12	53	0	1	52	78	.270	.369	.430	.799		156	9	7	1	3	4		MOD,HVL · CALL,SOUL
1993	24	OAK-min	AA	100	363	302	38	69	15	2	10	48	1	1	43	78	.228	.333	.391	.724		118	5	8	3	7	2		HVL · SOUL
1993	24	OAK	AL	8	13	13	1	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.231	.231	.231	.462	28	3	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1994	25	OAK-min	AAA	57	207	178	22	36	10	0	2	25	0	0	23	37	.202	.296	.292	.588		52	3	2	1	3	2		TAC · PCL
1994	25	OAK	AL	7	6	6	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.167	.167	.167	.333	-10	1	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1995	26	OAK-min	AAA	19	71	56	5	12	4	2	1	12	0	1	9	10	.214	.318	.411	.729		23	3	0	5	1	1		EDM · PCL
1995	26	OAK	AL	38	101	86	9	14	2	1	0	7	0	0	11	25	.163	.265	.209	.475	31	18	2	1	3	0	0	2
1996	27	CLE-min	AAA	90	320	258	31	54	10	0	5	22	0	3	46	51	.209	.350	.306	.656		79	2	11	3	2	8		BFL · AA
1997	28	SDP-min	AAA	80	274	238	31	75	21	1	6	33	1	1	28	47	.315	.401	.487	.888		116	9	6	2	0	1		LVG · PCL
1998	29	ANA-min	AAA	2	8	5	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	1	.400	.625	.400	1.025		2	0	0	0	0	0		VAN · PCL
3 Yrs				53	120	105	11	18	2	1	0	9	0	0	11	27	.171	.256	.210	.466	29	22	2	1	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	367	321	34	55	6	3	0	28	0	0	34	83	.171	.256	.210	.466	29	67	6	3	9	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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1993	24	OAK	AL	8	13	-1	1	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$109,000	/2
1994	25	OAK	AL	7	6	-1	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.488	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$110,000	/2
1995	26	OAK	AL	38	101	-9	1	2	-6	-0.6	3	-3	-0.2	.485	.496	-0.3	0.3	-4	$112,000	2
3 Seasons				53	120	-11	2	2	-7	-0.6	4	-3	-0.3	.487	.499	-0.5	0.4	-5	$331,000

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
1993	24	OAK	AL	13	10	1	2.7	97	.250	.231	.259	.231	.329	.231	.397	.462	.726	28	.253	-1.3	-0.1	.300	.000	.000
1994	25	OAK	AL	6	5	0	0.0	103	.200	.167	.262	.167	.332	.167	.416	.333	.748	-10	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.200	.000	.000
1995	26	OAK	AL	101	77	5	1.7	101	.230	.163	.259	.265	.332	.209	.410	.475	.741	31	.117	-8.3	-0.8	.405	.174	.047
3 Yrs				120	92	6	1.7	101	.231	.171	.259	.256	.331	.210	.408	.466	.740	29	.120	-10.6	-1.0	.382	.143	.038
162 Game Avg.				367	281	18	1.7	101	.231	.171	.259	.256	.331	.210	.408	.466	.740	29	.120	-10.6	-1.0	.382	.143	.038

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
1993	24	OAK	AL	13	0.0%	7.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		13.0		13.0	0.71	0.80	92%	42%	0.0%	0%
1994	25	OAK	AL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		6.0		6.0	0.67	1.00	83%	20%	0.0%	0%
1995	26	OAK	AL	101	0.0%	24.8%	10.9%	3.0%	21%	2.27	3.4		12.3	0.79	1.08	60%	19%	0.0%	12%
3 Yrs				120	0.0%	22.5%	9.2%	2.5%	17%	2.45	3.9		11.7	0.77	1.03	65%	22%	0.0%	9%
MLB Averages					2.5%	15.7%	8.9%	7.5%	32%	1.77	5.6	35.4	7.6	0.84	1.10	71%	21%	7.5%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	24	OAK	AL	-1.3	-0.1	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.71	-0.1	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.92	-1.1	1.22	3
1994	25	OAK	AL	-1.0	-0.1	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.19	-0.1	-0.0	-0.0	-0.0	0.93	-0.3	0.38	3
1995	26	OAK	AL	-8.3	-0.8	102	-0.7	0.8	-1.4	.78	-0.9	0.0	-8.2	-0.8	0.94	-10.3	0.13	5
3 Yrs				-10.6	-1.0	121	-0.8	0.9	-1.7	.74	-1.1	-0.0	-8.4	-0.8	0.93	-11.7	0.50	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1993	24	OAK	AL	33%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1994	25	OAK	AL	100%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1995	26	OAK	AL	35%	39	2	39%	7	7	2	1	1	4	4
3 Yrs				37%	44	2	39%	7	7	2	1	1	4	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
1993	24	OAK	AL	13	92%	3	1	0	3	1	0	0	1.22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	1	17%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1994	25	OAK	AL	6	100%	1	0	0	3	0	0	0	0.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	1	100%	5	1	20%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1995	26	OAK	AL	101	87%	14	1	0	5	0	0	0	0.13	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	20	2	10%	10	4	40%	62	7	11%	7	4	57%	5	1	20%	0
3 Yrs				120	88%	18	2	0	11	1	0	0	0.50	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	23	2	9%	13	5	38%	73	9	12%	9	4	44%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	24	OAK	AL	9	24	2.67	18	75%	22%	11%	17%	50%	78%	0%	58%	86%	44%	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0
1994	25	OAK	AL	6	26	4.33	18	69%	11%	17%	44%	28%	89%	0%	62%	81%	50%	0%	0	0	17%	1	0	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
1995	26	OAK	AL	101	391	3.87	241	62%	27%	19%	28%	27%	73%	0%	45%	75%	37%	6%	6	0	15%	15	6	10%	10	3	28%	0	0	0
3 Yrs				116	441	3.80	277	63%	25%	18%	29%	28%	75%	0%	47%	76%	38%	5%	6	0	14%	16	6	9%	10	3	27%	4	0	0
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1993	24	8	13	13	1	3	0	0	1	0	1	.231	.231	.231	.462	28	3	0	0	0
1994	25	15	19	19	2	4	0	0	2	0	2	.211	.211	.211	.421	16	4	0	0	0
1995	26	53	120	105	11	18	2	1	9	11	27	.171	.256	.210	.466	29	22	2	1	3

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1993	24	8	14	14	1	4	0	0	1	0	1	.286	.286	.286	.571	1	8
1994	25	10	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	7
1995	26	43	114	97	11	16	2	1	8	13	28	.165	.270	.206	.476	6	38
3 Yrs		61	137	120	12	20	2	1	9	13	30	.167	.254	.200	.454	7	53
162 Game Avg.		162	364	319	32	53	5	3	24	35	80	.167	.254	.200	.454	19	53

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