Dave Hoskins

David Taylor Hoskins

Positions: Pitcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 3, 1925 in Greenwood, MS (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1953
Team: Indians 1953-1954

Final Game: September 21, 1954
Died: April 2, 1970 in Flint, MI
Buried: River Rest Cemetery, Flint, MI
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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
1948	22	GRR	A	46	173	173		68	10	4	6						.393	.393	.601	.994		104							GRR · CENL
1949	23	LB,GRR	NgM,A																										LB,GRR · NAL,CENL
1950	24	CLE-min	A	66	151	151		48	11	3	5						.318	.318	.530	.848		80							DAY · CENL
1951	25	CLE-min	A	77	196	196		56	5	1	2						.286	.286	.352	.638		69							WKB · EL
1952	26	CLE-min	AA	62	128	128		42	7	0	0						.328	.328	.383	.711		49							DAL · TL
1953	27	CLE	AL	38	63	58	10	15	2	0	1	9	0	0	3	11	.259	.306	.345	.651	78	20	1	1	1			1
1954	28	CLE-min	AAA	7	14	14		5									.357	.357											INA · AA
1954	28	CLE	AL	15	9	8	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	-68	0	0	0	0	0		1
1955	29	CLE-min	AAA	74	137	117	19	27	5	3	2	18	1		15	13	.231	.313	.376	.690		44	2	0	3	2			INA · AA
1956	30	CLE-min	Opn	55	68	67	6	16	3	0	1	7	0		0	14	.239	.235	.328	.564		22	1	0	0	1			SDG · PCL
1957	31	LOU	AAA	45	68	66	9	15	2	0	2	12	0		1	11	.227	.239	.348	.587		23		0	1	0	1		LOU · AA
1958	32	DAL	AA	62	132	121	17	27	4	1	0	13	0	0	6	16	.223	.260	.273	.533		33		0	5	0			DAL · TL
1959	33	LAD-min	AAA	56	108	102	14	32	3	2	0	15	0	0	5	15	.314	.343	.382	.725		39		0	0	1	0		HSN,DAL,SPO · AA,PCL
1960	34	LAD-min	AA,AAA	40	66	63	0	16	1	0	0	2	0	0	3	7	.254	.288	.270	.558		17		0	0	0			PZR,MTL · MEX,IL
2 Yrs				53	72	66	12	15	2	0	1	9	0	0	4	14	.227	.282	.303	.585	60	20	1	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	220	202	37	46	6	0	3	28	0	0	12	43	.227	.282	.303	.585	60	61	3	3	3

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	Rdp	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1953	27	CLE	AL	38	63	-2	0	7	6	0.6	2	8	0.6	.516	.504	0.6	8	$	1
1954	28	CLE	AL	15	9	-2	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	-0	$	1
2 Seasons				53	72	-4	1	8	5	0.5	2	7	0.5	.510	.502	0.5	7	$

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
1953	27	CLE	AL	63	45	6	3.6	100	.304	.259	.266	.306	.342	.345	.392	.651	.733	78	.401	-1.9	-0.2	.545	.138	.086	.0
1954	28	CLE	AL	9	8	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.268	.111	.344	.000	.391	.111	.735	-68	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.125	.125	.000
2 Yrs				72	53	6	3.0	100	.275	.227	.266	.282	.342	.303	.392	.585	.734	60	.334	-3.8	-0.4	.481	.136	.076	.0
162 Game Avg.				220	162	18	3.0	100	.275	.227	.266	.282	.342	.303	.392	.585	.734	60	.334	-3.8	-0.4	.481	.136	.076

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1953	27	CLE	AL	63	1.6%	17.5%	4.8%	4.8%	20%	3.67	5.3	58.0	6.4	1.20	73%
1954	28	CLE	AL	9	0.0%	33.3%	11.1%	0.0%		3.00	2.7				56%
2 Yrs				72	1.4%	19.4%	5.6%	4.2%	20%	3.50	4.7	66.0	7.3	1.53	71%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.7%	9.3%	6.6%	28%	1.15	8.3	42.1	8.1	0.96	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1953	27	CLE	AL	-2.0	-0.2	64	0.3	1.3	-1.0	1.02	-0.1	0.3	1.6	0.2	1.02	-1.6	1.66	14
1954	28	CLE	AL	-1.9	-0.2	9	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.63	-0.2	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.84	-1.7	0.12	1
2 Yrs				-3.9	-0.4	73	0.2	1.3	-1.2	.97	-0.2	0.4	-0.1	-0.0	0.99	-3.3	1.56	15

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1953	27	CLE	AL	1	50%	21	1	22%	5	4	1	1	1	3	2	1
1954	28	CLE	AL	0	200%	7	0	50%	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	1
2 Yrs				1	58%	28	1	27%	6	5	1	1	1	4	2	2

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
1953	27	CLE	AL	63	65%	15			14	3	0	0	1.66	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	13	1	8%	8	4	50%	50	8	16%	4	3	75%	3	2	67%	0
1954	28	CLE	AL	9	89%	0			1	0	0	0	0.12	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
2 Yrs				72	68%	15			15	3	0	0	1.56	1	0	4	1	0	0	1	0	1	1	100%	15	1	7%	10	4	40%	54	8	15%	5	3	60%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			84%			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
1953	27	38	63	58	10	15	2	0	1	9	0	0	3	11	.259	.306	.345	.651	78	20	1	1	1
1954	28	53	72	66	12	15	2	0	1	9	0	0	4	14	.227	.282	.303	.585	60	20	1	1	1	0

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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	27	40	66	61	11	16	2	1	10	3	11	.262	.308	.344	.652	6	38
1954	28	16	9	8	2	0	0	0	0	1	3	.000	.111	.000	.111	0	15
2 Yrs		56	75	69	13	16	2	1	10	4	14	.232	.284	.304	.588	6	53
162 Game Avg.		162	217	200	38	46	6	3	29	12	41	.232	.284	.304	.588	17	53

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