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Mel Hoderlein

Melvin Anthony Hoderlein

Positions: Second Baseman, Pinch Hitter and Shortstop
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: June 24, 1923 in Mount Carmel, OH
High School: Batavia HS (Batavia, IL)
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1942. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 16, 1951
Teams (by GP): Senators/RedSox 1951-1954

Final Game: June 6, 1954
Died: May 21, 2001 in Mount Carmel, OH
Buried: St. Mary Cemetery, Cincinnati, OH
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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
1951 28 BOS AL 9 22 14 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 2 .357 .550 .571 1.121 192 8 1 0 1 /45
1952 29 WSH AL 72 236 208 16 56 8 2 0 17 2 0 18 22 .269 .333 .327 .660 87 68 17 2 6 4
1953 30 WSH AL 23 53 47 5 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 6 9 .191 .283 .191 .475 32 9 2 0 0 4/6
1954 31 WSH AL 14 26 25 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .160 .192 .200 .392 10 5 0 0 0 0 /64
4 Yrs 118 337 294 22 74 10 3 0 24 2 1 31 37 .252 .327 .306 .633 77 90 20 2 7 0
162 Game Avg. 162 463 404 30 102 14 4 0 33 3 1 43 51 .252 .327 .306 .633 77 124 27 3 10
WSH (3 yrs) 109 315 280 21 69 9 2 0 23 2 0 25 35 .246 .313 .293 .606 70 82 19 2 6 0
BOS (1 yr) 9 22 14 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 2 .357 .550 .571 1.121 192 8 1 0 1

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
1951 28 BOS AL 9 22 3 -1 -0 -1 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 -0.1 2 $ /45
1952 29 WSH AL 72 236 -3 -0 -3 -1 2 -5 -0.6 6 1 0.1 .492 .496 0.1 0.2 2 $ 4
1953 30 WSH AL 23 53 -4 0 0 1 1 -2 -0.2 1 -0 0.0 .491 .499 -0.2 0.2 -2 $ 4/6
1954 31 WSH AL 14 26 -3 0 0 -2 1 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.4 .463 .497 -0.2 -0.2 -2 $ /64
4 Seasons 118 337 -8 -0 -3 -3 4 -11 -1.2 9 -2 -0.1 .490 .498 -0.1 0.1 1 $
WSH (3 yrs) 109 315 -10 0 -3 -2 4 -12 -1.3 9 -3 -0.3 .488 .497 -0.3 0.2 -1 $
BOS (1 yr) 9 22 3 -1 -0 -1 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .510 .501 0.2 -0.1 2 $

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
1951 28 BOS AL 22 12 4 9.0 110 .417 .357 .279 .550 .362 .571 .409 1.121 .771 192 .778 2.5 0.2 1.182 .571 .214
1952 29 WSH AL 236 175 23 3.6 94 .301 .269 .257 .333 .336 .327 .375 .660 .710 87 .429 -3.6 -0.4 .533 .154 .058 .0
1953 30 WSH AL 53 40 3 2.0 100 .237 .191 .266 .283 .342 .191 .392 .475 .733 32 .189 -4.4 -0.4 .375 .128 .000
1954 31 WSH AL 26 21 1 1.3 95 .190 .160 .259 .192 .334 .200 .379 .392 .713 10 .100 -3.1 -0.3 .286 .080 .040
4 Yrs 337 248 31 3.4 96 .288 .252 .259 .327 .338 .306 .379 .633 .718 77 .398 -8.5 -0.9 .515 .163 .054 .0
162 Game Avg. 463 340 43 3.4 96 .288 .252 .259 .327 .338 .306 .379 .633 .718 77 .398 -8.5 -0.9 .515 .163 .054
WSH (3 yrs) 315 236 27 3.1 95 .282 .246 .259 .313 .337 .293 .378 .606 .715 70 .361 -11.0 -1.1 .483 .143 .046 .0
BOS (1 yr) 22 12 4 9.0 110 .417 .357 .279 .550 .362 .571 .409 1.121 .771 192 .778 2.5 0.2 1.182 .571 .214

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
1951 28 BOS AL 22 0.0% 9.1% 27.3% 9.1% 40% 0.33 7.0 14.0 1.67 55%
1952 29 WSH AL 236 0.0% 9.3% 7.6% 4.2% 18% 1.22 9.5 12.2 1.55 79%
1953 30 WSH AL 53 0.0% 17.0% 11.3% 0.0% 0% 1.50 5.2 9.4 1.00 72%
1954 31 WSH AL 26 0.0% 15.4% 3.9% 3.9% 25% 4.00 6.3 25.0 1.29 81%
4 Yrs 337 0.0% 11.0% 9.2% 3.9% 18% 1.19 7.9 12.3 1.43 76%
MLB Averages 2.0% 10.5% 9.4% 6.4% 28% 1.12 8.4 44.6 8.2 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1951 28 BOS AL 2.5 0.2 23 0.1 0.6 -0.5 1.14 0.3 -0.2 2.0 0.2 0.96 3.2 1.38 1
1952 29 WSH AL -3.6 -0.4 237 -0.6 4.0 -4.6 1.06 -0.5 -0.1 -5.8 -0.6 0.98 -4.8 1.94 14
1953 30 WSH AL -4.4 -0.4 54 -0.1 0.8 -0.9 .83 -0.3 0.3 -2.8 -0.3 0.93 -3.2 0.70 10
1954 31 WSH AL -3.1 -0.3 26 0.1 0.4 -0.3 .88 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 -0.0 0.86 -1.6 0.34 3
4 Yrs -8.6 -0.9 340 -0.5 5.8 -6.3 1.02 -0.7 0.2 -7.1 -0.8 0.96 -6.6 1.31 28

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
1951 28 BOS AL 1 1 9% 18 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1952 29 WSH AL 4 1 21% 84 2 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 40% 11 6 4 4 3 1 5 2 3
1953 30 WSH AL 1 0 33% 26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 40% 8 5 3 1 0 1 1 1 0
1954 31 WSH AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 6 2 21% 132 2 1 67% 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 39% 20 12 7 5 3 2 6 3 3

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
1951 28 BOS AL 22 100% 5 1 0 0 0 1.38 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 6 1 17% 2 1 50% 12 1 8% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1952 29 WSH AL 236 100% 56 14 3 0 1 1.94 0 0 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 56 17 30% 25 8 32% 159 17 11% 11 5 45% 11 8 73% 0
1953 30 WSH AL 53 100% 9 10 2 0 1 0.70 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 2 25% 6 1 17% 32 5 16% 4 1 25% 0 0 0
1954 31 WSH AL 26 100% 4 3 0 0 0 0.34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 0% 2 0 0% 13 2 15% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 337 100% 74 28 5 0 2 1.31 0 0 12 0 0 0 0 0 9 7 78% 78 20 26% 35 10 29% 216 25 12% 17 7 41% 12 9 75% 0
MLB Averages 50% 86% 11% 32% 14% 51% 55%

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
1951 28 9 22 14 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 1 6 2 .357 .550 .571 1.121 192 8 1 0 1
1952 29 81 258 222 17 61 9 3 0 18 2 1 24 24 .275 .351 .342 .693 95 76 18 2 7
1953 30 104 311 269 22 70 9 3 0 23 2 1 30 33 .260 .339 .316 .655 83 85 20 2 7
1954 31 118 337 294 22 74 10 3 0 24 2 1 31 37 .252 .327 .306 .633 77 90 20 2 7 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
1951 28 9 21 14 1 5 1 1 0 1 0 6 2 .357 .550 .571 1.121 4 9
1952 29 75 248 220 18 61 9 2 0 19 2 20 23 .277 .343 .336 .679 25 72
1953 30 24 57 50 6 10 0 0 0 6 0 7 9 .200 .298 .200 .498 3 23
1954 31 15 27 26 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 1 4 .154 .185 .192 .377 1 14
4 Yrs 123 353 310 25 80 11 3 0 27 2 34 38 .258 .335 .313 .648 33 118
162 Game Avg. 162 465 408 33 105 14 4 0 36 3 45 50 .258 .335 .313 .648 43 118

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y
1952 AL  17 (7th)

                                         

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