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Gene Hiser

Gene Taylor Hiser

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: December 11, 1948 in Baltimore, MD
High School: Towser HS (Towser, MD)
School: University of Maryland (College Park, MD)
Drafted by the Chicago Cubs in the 1st round (19th pick) of the 1970 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 20, 1971
Team: Cubs 1971-1975

Final Game: September 23, 1975
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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
1971 22 CHC NL 17 34 29 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 8 .207 .303 .207 .510 40 6 0 0 1 0 0 /89
1972 23 CHC NL 32 53 46 2 9 0 0 0 4 1 0 6 8 .196 .288 .196 .484 35 9 1 0 1 0 0 /978
1973 24 CHC NL 100 127 109 15 19 3 0 1 6 4 5 11 17 .174 .254 .229 .483 32 25 1 1 5 1 1 789
1974 25 CHC NL 12 17 17 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 .235 .235 .294 .529 46 5 0 0 0 0 0 /789
1975 26 CHC NL 45 76 62 11 15 3 0 0 6 0 1 11 7 .242 .351 .290 .642 77 18 1 0 2 1 1 /8793
5 Yrs 206 307 263 34 53 7 0 1 18 6 6 32 43 .202 .289 .240 .528 45 63 3 1 9 2 2
162 Game Avg. 162 241 207 27 42 6 0 1 14 5 5 25 34 .202 .289 .240 .528 45 50 2 1 7 2 2

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
1971 22 CHC NL 17 34 -2 -0 0 1 -0 -1 -0.1 1 0 0.0 .493 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ /89
1972 23 CHC NL 32 53 -4 0 0 0 -1 -4 -0.5 2 -2 -0.3 .485 .497 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ /978
1973 24 CHC NL 100 127 -11 -1 1 -3 -2 -17 -1.9 4 -13 -1.5 .481 .489 -1.2 -0.6 -10 $ 789
1974 25 CHC NL 12 17 -1 0 0 0 -0 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.1 .487 .499 -0.1 -0.0 -1 $ /789
1975 26 CHC NL 45 76 -2 -1 0 1 -1 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.1 .492 .498 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /8793
5 Seasons 206 307 -21 -1 1 -1 -4 -26 -3.0 9 -17 -2.0 .486 .496 -1.9 -0.5 -17 $

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
1971 22 CHC NL 34 24 2 2.2 103 .286 .207 .274 .303 .342 .207 .401 .510 .744 40 .252 -2.4 -0.2 .478 .172 .000 .0
1972 23 CHC NL 53 39 3 2.1 100 .237 .196 .268 .288 .337 .196 .395 .484 .733 35 .226 -4.0 -0.4 .421 .152 .000 .0
1973 24 CHC NL 127 102 7 1.8 102 .196 .174 .270 .254 .341 .229 .402 .483 .743 32 .177 -10.5 -1.1 .375 .147 .055 1.6
1974 25 CHC NL 17 13 1 2.1 97 .286 .235 .266 .235 .338 .294 .384 .529 .722 46 .212 -1.3 -0.1 .385 .059 .059
1975 26 CHC NL 76 52 7 3.6 99 .268 .242 .270 .351 .342 .290 .390 .642 .732 77 .421 -1.3 -0.1 .571 .210 .048
5 Yrs 307 230 20 2.4 101 .235 .202 .270 .289 .340 .240 .397 .528 .737 45 .254 -19.5 -2.0 .438 .160 .038 1.7
162 Game Avg. 241 181 16 2.4 101 .235 .202 .270 .289 .340 .240 .397 .528 .737 45 .254 -19.5 -2.0 .438 .160 .038 1

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
1971 22 CHC NL 34 0.0% 23.5% 11.8% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.6 29.0 0.15 62%
1972 23 CHC NL 53 0.0% 15.1% 11.3% 0.0% 0% 1.33 5.8 11.5 1.29 72%
1973 24 CHC NL 127 0.8% 13.4% 8.7% 3.2% 21% 1.55 6.4 109.0 18.2 0.86 72%
1974 25 CHC NL 17 0.0% 17.7% 0.0% 5.9% 25% 5.7 17.0 0.25 82%
1975 26 CHC NL 76 0.0% 9.2% 14.5% 4.0% 20% 0.64 8.9 10.3 0.80 74%
5 Yrs 307 0.3% 14.0% 10.4% 2.6% 15% 1.34 6.1 263.0 14.6 0.77 72%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.8% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 1.58 6.5 47.1 9.0 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 22 CHC NL -2.4 -0.2 36 -0.0 0.4 -0.4 .80 -0.2 0.2 -1.8 -0.2 0.83 -1.6 0.67 5
1972 23 CHC NL -4.0 -0.4 55 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 1.13 -0.2 0.0 -3.5 -0.4 1.01 -3.1 1.76 11
1973 24 CHC NL -10.5 -1.1 142 -1.2 1.8 -3.0 1.13 -0.9 -0.2 -10.7 -1.1 0.95 -9.9 1.34 37
1974 25 CHC NL -1.3 -0.1 18 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 .76 -0.2 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.99 -1.2 1.63 5
1975 26 CHC NL -1.3 -0.1 78 0.3 1.9 -1.6 1.38 -0.2 0.4 -2.2 -0.2 1.11 -2.4 1.32 26
5 Yrs -19.5 -2.0 329 -1.2 5.1 -6.3 1.13 -1.7 0.6 -19.6 -2.0 0.99 -18.3 1.36 84

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
1971 22 CHC NL 1 0 40% 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 25% 4 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 23 CHC NL 0 0 13% 36 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 17% 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 24 CHC NL 0 0 47% 57 4 5 44% 4 3 0 1 0 1 3 0 2 7 9% 7 7 0 1 1 0 3 2 1
1974 25 CHC NL 0 0 50% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1975 26 CHC NL 0 0 42% 35 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 5 3 2 2 2 0 3 1 2
5 Yrs 1 0 39% 154 6 6 50% 6 4 0 1 0 1 4 0 4 10 25% 22 18 4 3 3 0 7 3 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
1971 22 CHC NL 34 97% 6 5 1 0 0 0.67 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 7 0 0% 5 1 20% 12 1 8% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1972 23 CHC NL 53 85% 9 11 1 0 0 1.76 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 10 1 10% 3 3 100% 37 5 14% 3 3 100% 1 1 100% 0
1973 24 CHC NL 127 87% 19 37 6 0 3 1.34 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 0 5 5 100% 21 1 5% 14 8 57% 66 5 8% 7 3 43% 4 2 50% 0
1974 25 CHC NL 17 100% 4 5 1 0 1 1.63 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 10 1 10% 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 0
1975 26 CHC NL 76 93% 15 26 8 0 1 1.32 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 20 1 5% 11 2 18% 62 6 10% 6 1 17% 2 0 0% 0
5 Yrs 307 90% 53 84 17 0 5 1.36 1 0 9 1 0 1 0 0 10 9 90% 61 3 5% 35 14 40% 187 18 10% 18 8 44% 9 3 33% 0
MLB Averages 55% 74% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

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
1971 22 17 34 29 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 0 4 8 .207 .303 .207 .510 40 6 0 0 1 0 0
1972 23 49 87 75 6 15 0 0 0 5 2 0 10 16 .200 .294 .200 .494 37 15 1 0 2 0 0
1973 24 149 214 184 21 34 3 0 1 11 6 5 21 33 .185 .271 .217 .488 34 40 2 1 7 1 1
1974 25 161 231 201 23 38 4 0 1 12 6 5 21 36 .189 .268 .224 .492 35 45 2 1 7 1 1
1975 26 206 307 263 34 53 7 0 1 18 6 6 32 43 .202 .289 .240 .528 45 63 3 1 9 2 2

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
1971 22 17 34 29 4 6 0 0 0 1 1 4 8 .207 .303 .207 .510 2 17
1972 23 33 57 49 2 10 0 0 0 5 1 7 8 .204 .304 .204 .508 3 32
1973 24 100 127 109 14 19 3 0 1 6 4 11 17 .174 .254 .229 .483 6 100
1974 25 12 17 17 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 3 .235 .235 .294 .529 1 12
1975 26 45 78 63 12 16 3 0 0 7 0 12 7 .254 .368 .302 .670 7 45
5 Yrs 207 313 267 34 55 7 0 1 20 6 34 43 .206 .296 .243 .539 19 206
162 Game Avg. 162 245 209 27 43 5 0 1 16 5 27 34 .206 .296 .243 .539 15 206

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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