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Joe Hesketh

Joseph Thomas Hesketh

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: February 15, 1959 in Lackawanna, NY
School: University at Buffalo, State University of New York (Buffalo, NY)
Drafted by the Montreal Expos in the 2nd round of the 1980 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1980. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 7, 1984
Teams (by GP): Expos/RedSox/Braves 1984-1994
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: August 7, 1994
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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
1981 Did not play in major leagues (Injured - Elbow)
1984 25 MON NL 11 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .100 .250 .100 .350 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 1
1985 26 MON NL 26 53 44 0 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 4 30 .091 .167 .091 .258 -24 4 1 0 5 0 0 1 RoY-8
1986 27 MON NL 15 28 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 .000 .080 .000 .080 -76 0 1 0 3 0 0 1
1987 28 MON NL 18 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1988 29 MON NL 60 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1989 30 MON NL 43 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .500 .500 .500 1.000 187 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 31 TOT MLB 45 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 31 TOT NL 33 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 31 MON NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1990 31 ATL NL 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1990 31 BOS AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1991 32 BOS AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1992 33 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1993 34 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1994 35 BOS AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
11 Yrs 340 105 86 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 58 .070 .167 .070 .236 -31 6 3 0 9 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 50 41 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 5 28 .070 .167 .070 .236 -31 3 1 0 4 0 0
MON (7 yrs) 175 104 85 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 57 .071 .168 .071 .239 -30 6 3 0 9 0 0
BOS (5 yrs) 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 31 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (7 yrs) 206 105 86 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 58 .070 .167 .070 .236 -31 6 3 0 9 0 0
AL (5 yrs) 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1984 25 MON NL 11 12 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1
1985 26 MON NL 26 53 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1 RoY-8
1986 27 MON NL 15 28 -6 -0 -0 0 4 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .479 .498 -0.3 0.0 -2 $170,000 1
1987 28 MON NL 18 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $150,000 1
1988 29 MON NL 60 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $191,000 1
1989 30 MON NL 43 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 0 0 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $417,000 1
1990 31 MON NL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $375,000 /1
1990 31 ATL NL 31 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
1990 31 BOS AL 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1991 32 BOS AL 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $525,000 1
1992 33 BOS AL 30 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,775,000 1
1993 34 BOS AL 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,775,000 1
1994 35 BOS AL 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,750,000 1
11 Seasons 340 105 -16 -0 0 0 12 -4 -0.4 3 -1 -0.3 .499 .500 -0.3 0.2 -1 $7,128,000
MON (7 yrs) 175 104 -16 -0 0 0 12 -4 -0.4 3 -0 -0.3 .498 .500 -0.3 0.1 -0 $1,303,000
BOS (5 yrs) 134 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.1 0 $5,825,000
ATL (1 yr) 31 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $

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
1984 25 MON NL 12 10 0 0.0 90 .167 .100 .259 .250 .323 .100 .376 .350 .699 4 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .300 .200 .000
1985 26 MON NL 53 46 1 0.6 91 .286 .091 .254 .167 .321 .091 .379 .258 .700 -24 .027 -7.2 -0.8 .195 .091 .000
1986 27 MON NL 28 27 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .261 .080 .332 .000 .394 .080 .726 -76 .000 -5.7 -0.6 .083 .087 .000
1987 28 MON NL 5 5 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .272 .000 .342 .000 .425 .000 .767 -100 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1988 29 MON NL 4 2 0 0.0 93 .000 .000 .261 .500 .325 .000 .383 .500 .708 54 .000 0.1 0.0 1.000 1.000 .000
1989 30 MON NL 2 1 1 27.0 91 1.000 .500 .255 .500 .322 .500 .380 1.000 .702 187 .970 0.2 0.0 1.000 .000 .000
1990 31 TOT MLB 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .270 .000 .337 .000 .406 .000 .743 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1990 31 TOT NL 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .270 .000 .337 .000 .406 .000 .743 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1990 31 ATL NL 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .270 .000 .337 .000 .406 .000 .743 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
11 Yrs 105 92 2 0.6 93 .214 .070 .258 .167 .325 .070 .385 .236 .710 -31 .026 -15.3 -1.6 .193 .116 .000
162 Game Avg. 50 44 1 0.6 93 .214 .070 .258 .167 .325 .070 .385 .236 .710 -31 .026 -15.3 -1.6 .193 .116 .000
MON (7 yrs) 104 91 2 0.6 93 .214 .071 .258 .168 .325 .071 .385 .239 .710 -30 .026 -15.0 -1.6 .195 .118 .000
ATL (1 yr) 1 1 0 0.0 102 .000 .270 .000 .337 .000 .406 .000 .743 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
NL (7 yrs) 105 92 2 0.6 93 .214 .070 .258 .167 .325 .070 .385 .236 .710 -31 .026 -15.3 -1.6 .193 .116 .000

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
1984 25 MON NL 12 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 2.00 2.5 10.0 5.00 50%
1985 26 MON NL 53 0.0% 56.6% 7.6% 0.0% 0% 7.50 1.5 44.0 6.50 26%
1986 27 MON NL 28 0.0% 64.3% 7.1% 0.0% 9.00 1.3 4.50 18%
1987 28 MON NL 5 0.0% 60.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3 20%
1988 29 MON NL 4 0.0% 25.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.50 2.0 25% 0%
1989 30 MON NL 2 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.0 0.00 50% 100% 0.0% 0%
1990 31 TOT MLB 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1990 31 TOT NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1990 31 ATL NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
11 Yrs 105 0.0% 55.2% 9.5% 0.0% 0% 5.80 1.5 43.0 0.00 6.00 27% 50% 0.0% 0%
MLB Averages 2.2% 14.9% 8.6% 6.9% 30% 1.73 6.0 40.4 8.3 0.81 1.06 73% 20% 6.5% 20%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1984 25 MON NL -1.2 -0.1 14 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 .90 -0.0 -0.1 -0.5 -0.1 1.14 -0.5 0
1985 26 MON NL -7.2 -0.8 53 -0.9 0.1 -1.0 .85 -0.8 -0.2 -9.1 -1.0 0.93 -8.3 0
1986 27 MON NL -5.7 -0.6 28 -0.8 0.1 -0.8 1.21 -0.6 -0.0 -7.5 -0.8 1.07 -6.4 0
1987 28 MON NL -1.2 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .56 -0.1 -0.0 -1.4 -0.1 0.87 -1.5 0
1988 29 MON NL 0.1 0.0 4 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .36 0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.25 0.1 0
1989 30 MON NL 0.2 0.0 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .50 0.0 -0.1 0.2 0.0 1.23 0.2 0
1990 31 TOT MLB -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .02 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.3 0
1990 31 TOT NL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .02 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.3 0
1990 31 MON NL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1990 31 ATL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 0.0 0.0 0.0 .02 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.3 0
1990 31 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1991 32 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1992 33 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1993 34 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
1994 35 BOS AL 0.0 0.0
11 Yrs -15.3 -1.6 107 -1.9 0.4 -2.2 .90 -1.6 -0.5 -18.7 -2.0 1.01 -16.7 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
1984 25 MON NL 0 0 33% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1985 26 MON NL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
1986 27 MON NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1987 28 MON NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 29 MON NL 0 0 50% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1989 30 MON 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
1990 31 TOT MLB 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 31 TOT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1990 31 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
11 Yrs 0 0 13% 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17% 4 3 1 1 0 0 1 1 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
1984 25 MON NL 12 8% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 5 1 20% 5 0 0% 8 1 13% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1985 26 MON NL 53 66% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6 5 83% 9 1 11% 9 3 33% 32 1 3% 2 1 50% 2 1 50% 0
1986 27 MON NL 28 79% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 7 3 43% 8 1 13% 9 2 22% 22 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0
1987 28 MON NL 5 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1988 29 MON NL 4 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1989 30 MON NL 2 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1990 31 TOT MLB 1 100% 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 0 0 0
1990 31 TOT NL 1 100% 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 0 0 0
1990 31 ATL NL 1 100% 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 0 0 0
11 Yrs 105 65% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 15 9 60% 24 3 13% 25 5 20% 73 2 3% 7 1 14% 4 1 25% 0
MLB Averages 60% 74% 11% 35% 15% 52% 56%

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
1988 29 MON NL 3 11 3.67 5 45% 80% 0% 0% 20% 20% 0% 9% 100% 0% 33% 1 0 33% 1 0 0% 0 0 100% 1 0 0
1989 30 MON NL 2 6 3.00 4 67% 50% 25% 0% 25% 50% 0% 33% 50% 50% 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0% 0 0 0
1990 31 TOT MLB 1 6 6.00 3 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 1 0 100% 1 0 100% 1 0 100% 0 0 0
1990 31 TOT NL 1 6 6.00 3 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 1 0 100% 1 0 100% 1 0 100% 0 0 0
1990 31 ATL NL 1 6 6.00 3 50% 100% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 0% 100% 1 0 100% 1 0 100% 1 0 100% 0 0 0
3 Yrs 6 23 3.83 12 52% 75% 8% 0% 17% 25% 0% 13% 67% 17% 33% 2 0 33% 2 0 17% 1 0 67% 1 0 0
MLB Averages 3.64 62% 25% 14% 27% 34% 75% 2% 46% 81% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1984 25 11 12 10 1 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 4 .100 .250 .100 .350 4 1 1 0 0 0 0
1985 26 37 65 54 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 6 34 .093 .183 .093 .276 -19 5 2 0 5 0 0
1986 27 52 93 77 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 52 .065 .153 .065 .218 -36 5 3 0 8 0 0
1987 28 70 98 81 1 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 55 .062 .146 .062 .208 -39 5 3 0 9 0 0
1988 29 130 102 83 2 5 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 56 .060 .161 .060 .222 -35 5 3 0 9 0 0
1989 30 173 104 85 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 57 .071 .168 .071 .239 -30 6 3 0 9 0 0
1990 31 218 105 86 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 58 .070 .167 .070 .236 -31 6 3 0 9 0 0
1991 32 257 105 86 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 58 .070 .167 .070 .236 -31 6 3 0 9 0 0
1992 33 287 105 86 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 58 .070 .167 .070 .236 -31 6 3 0 9 0 0
1993 34 315 105 86 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 58 .070 .167 .070 .236 -31 6 3 0 9 0 0
1994 35 340 105 86 2 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 10 58 .070 .167 .070 .236 -31 6 3 0 9 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
1984 25 11 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .000 .167 .000 .167 0 11
1985 26 26 55 45 0 5 0 0 0 1 0 5 30 .111 .200 .111 .311 1 26
1986 27 15 28 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 18 .000 .080 .000 .080 0 15
1987 28 18 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18
1988 29 60 4 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 .000 .500 .000 .500 0 60
1989 30 43 3 3 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .667 .667 .667 1.333 1 43
1990 31 45 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 45
7 Yrs 218 108 88 1 7 0 0 0 1 0 11 58 .080 .182 .080 .261 2 218
162 Game Avg. 162 80 65 1 5 0 0 0 1 0 8 43 .080 .182 .080 .261 1 218

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