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Pancho Herrera

Juan Francisco (Villavicencio) Herrera

Positions: First Baseman, Second Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: June 16, 1934 in Santiago de las Vegas, La Habana, Cuba
High School: Santiago de las Vegas (Santiago de las Vegas, CU) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1958
Team: Phillies 1958-1961

Final Game: October 1, 1961
Died: April 28, 2005 in Miami, FL
Buried: Dade Memorial Park South, Miami, 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
1955	21	PHI-min	A,AAA	127	427	423	7	130	20	7	21	8	0		2	12	.307	.312	.537	.849		227		1	1	0			SDY,SYR · EL,IL
1956	22	PHI-min	A	131	476	476		136	24	0	14						.286	.286	.424	.710		202							SDY · EL
1957	23	PHI-min	AAA	154	646	566	77	173	25	6	17	93	14		61	77	.306	.377	.461	.838		261		7	6	6			MIA · IL
1958	24	PHI-min	AAA	121	497	436	72	123	17	3	20	66	11		48	71	.282	.356	.472	.829		206		5	3	5	5		MIA · IL
1958	24	PHI	NL	29	72	63	5	17	3	0	1	6	1	2	7	15	.270	.347	.365	.712	90	23	2	1	0	1	0	53

1959	25	PHI-min	AAA	151	656	569	104	187	42	3	37	128	8		73	108	.329	.410	.608	1.018		346		9	0	5	13		BFL · IL
1960	26	PHI	NL	145	575	512	61	144	26	6	17	71	2	3	51	*136*	.281	.348	.455	.803	119	233	17	5	0	7	6	*34	MVP-23,RoY-2
1961	27	PHI	NL	126	461	400	56	103	17	2	13	51	5	1	55	120	.258	.351	.408	.759	104	163	12	4	0	2	4	*3
1962	28	PHI-min	AAA	143	594	509	93	150	25	0	32	108	8	1	71	113	.295	.380	.532	.913		271		5	0	9			BFL · IL
1963	29	PIT-min	AAA	140	480	422	52	98	8	3	22	58	2	1	58	99	.232	.325	.422	.747		178							CLB · IL
1964	30	PIT-min	AAA	138	521	454	69	140	20	4	21	70	1	3	59	68	.308	.391	.509	.900		231		3	4	1			CLB · IL
1965	31	PIT-min	AAA	143	597	508	71	146	19	2	21	72	5	5	72	94	.287	.380	.457	.837		232		8	3	6			CLB · IL
1966	32	DET-PIT-min	AAA	129	483	423	45	109	12	3	15	57	3	5	46	77	.258	.338	.407	.744		172		7	3	4			SYR,CLB · IL
1967	33	CHC-min	AA,AAA	91	68	59	4	13	2	1	0	5	0	0	9	15	.220	.324	.288	.612		17							DFW,REY · TL,MEX
1968	34	BAL-min	A	114	80	80		27	6	2	4						.338	.338	.613	.950		49							MIA,CDC · FLOR,MXSE
1969	35	BAL-min	A	153	147	128	21	38	2	1	4	21	1	2	19	17	.297	.388	.422	.810		54							MIA,CDC · FLOR,MXSE
1970	36	SLT	AAA																										SLT · MEX
1972	38	KEY	A	89	274	218	39	62	12	3	11	46	0	0	49	43	.284	.431	.518	.949		113		7	0	0			KEY · FLOR
1974	40	TPC	AAA																										TPC · MEX
3 Yrs				300	1108	975	122	264	46	8	31	128	8	6	113	271	.271	.349	.430	.779	111	419	31	10	0	10	10
162 Game Avg.				162	598	527	66	143	25	4	17	69	4	3	61	146	.271	.349	.430	.779	111	226	17	5	0	5	5

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
1958	24	PHI	NL	29	72	-0	-2	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.492	.499	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	53

1960	26	PHI	NL	145	575	12	-3	-2	-5	-8	-5	-0.7	19	14	1.2	.496	.496	1.8	-1.4	19	$	*34	MVP-23,RoY-2
1961	27	PHI	NL	126	461	2	1	-2	-2	-6	-7	-0.8	16	8	0.7	.494	.495	1.0	-0.9	10	$	*3
3 Seasons				300	1108	14	-4	-4	-6	-14	-15	-1.7	37	22	1.9	.495	.497	2.8	-2.2	29	$

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
1958	24	PHI	NL	72	51	8	4.2	105	.333	.270	.269	.347	.336	.365	.419	.712	.756	90	.454	-0.5	-0.1	.600	.190	.095	1.0

1960	26	PHI	NL	575	395	78	5.3	98	.347	.281	.262	.348	.328	.455	.402	.803	.730	119	.589	14.2	1.4	.742	.271	.174	3.6
1961	27	PHI	NL	461	312	58	5.0	103	.335	.258	.266	.351	.333	.408	.415	.759	.748	104	.529	3.7	0.4	.729	.298	.150	7.2
3 Yrs				1108	758	144	5.1	101	.341	.271	.264	.349	.330	.430	.409	.779	.739	111	.556	17.4	1.7	.727	.277	.159	12.7
162 Game Avg.				598	409	78	5.1	101	.341	.271	.264	.349	.330	.430	.409	.779	.739	111	.556	9	1	.727	.277	.159	7

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1958	24	PHI	NL	72	1.4%	20.8%	9.7%	5.6%	24%	2.14	4.2	63.0	10.5	0.83	67%

1960	26	PHI	NL	575	3.0%	23.7%	8.9%	8.5%	34%	2.67	3.8	30.1	7.2	1.09	64%
1961	27	PHI	NL	461	2.8%	26.0%	11.9%	6.9%	31%	2.18	3.3	30.8	7.8	0.92	58%
3 Yrs				1108	2.8%	24.5%	10.2%	7.7%	32%	2.40	3.6	31.5	7.6	1.00	62%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.4%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.52	6.6	37.4	8.3	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1958	24	PHI	NL	-0.5	-0.1	75	0.1	1.5	-1.4	1.15	0.0	0.0	0.8	0.1	0.94	1.6	0.37	2

1960	26	PHI	NL	13.6	1.4	583	1.0	11.7	-10.7	1.13	1.5	-0.6	13.8	1.4	0.96	18.1	1.19	5
1961	27	PHI	NL	3.1	0.3	471	-0.8	8.3	-9.0	1.11	0.3	-1.0	3.8	0.4	0.94	5.1	1.86	10
3 Yrs				16.1	1.6	1129	0.3	21.5	-21.2	1.12	1.8	-1.5	18.4	1.9	0.95	24.8	1.49	17

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
1958	24	PHI	NL	1	0	17%	32	1	2	33%	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	43%	3	3	0	0	0	0	4	0	3

1960	26	PHI	NL	7	0	24%	232	2	3	40%	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	7	36%	34	24	8	8	5	3	16	5	10
1961	27	PHI	NL	4	0	29%	164	5	1	83%	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	5	9	34%	28	22	6	8	4	4	11	5	6
3 Yrs				12	0	26%	428	8	6	57%	8	5	0	0	0	1	1	0	15	18	36%	65	49	14	16	9	7	31	10	19

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
1958	24	PHI	NL	72	40%	17			2	0	0	0	0.37	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0%	14	2	14%	6	2	33%	45	5	11%	3	1	33%	5	1	20%	0

1960	26	PHI	NL	575	36%	144			5	1	0	0	1.19	17	0	11	7	10	8	9	0	3	0	0%	105	17	16%	48	13	27%	357	56	16%	36	19	53%	16	8	50%	0
1961	27	PHI	NL	461	42%	103			10	3	0	2	1.86	13	0	13	4	9	4	9	0	0	0		89	12	13%	36	7	19%	280	39	14%	18	9	50%	14	9	64%	0
3 Yrs				1108	39%	264			17	4	0	2	1.49	31	0	24	11	20	13	18	0	4	0	0%	208	31	15%	90	22	24%	682	100	15%	57	29	51%	35	18	51%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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	SF	IBB
1958	24	29	72	63	5	17	3	0	1	6	1	2	7	15	.270	.347	.365	.712	90	23	2	1	1	0
1959	25	29	72	63	5	17	3	0	1	6	1	2	7	15	.270	.347	.365	.712	90	23	2	1	1	0
1960	26	174	647	575	66	161	29	6	18	77	3	5	58	151	.280	.348	.445	.793	116	256	19	6	8	6
1961	27	300	1108	975	122	264	46	8	31	128	8	6	113	271	.271	.349	.430	.779	111	419	31	10	10	10

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
1958	24	31	75	66	5	18	3	0	1	6	1	7	16	.273	.347	.364	.710	8	29

1960	26	152	607	540	67	155	28	6	18	78	2	55	142	.287	.354	.461	.815	89	145
1961	27	132	482	418	59	108	18	2	14	54	5	58	125	.258	.353	.411	.764	60	126
3 Yrs		315	1164	1024	131	281	49	8	33	138	8	120	283	.274	.353	.435	.788	157	300
162 Game Avg.		162	599	527	67	145	25	4	17	71	4	62	146	.274	.353	.435	.788	81	300

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1960 NL (23, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1712th)	Doubles s c a p y 1960 NL 26 (10th)	Strikeouts s c a p y 1960 NL 136 (1st) 1961 NL 120 (2nd)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1960 NL 5 (5th)
Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1960 NL 7 (6th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1960 NL 17 (5th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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