Ralph Houk

Ralph George Houk (Major)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 193 lb.

Born: August 9, 1919 in Lawrence, KS
High School: Lawrence (Lawrence, KS)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1939. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 26, 1947
Team: Yankees 1947-1954

Final Game: May 1, 1954
Died: July 21, 2010 in Winter Haven, FL
Buried: Rolling Hills Cemetery, Winter Haven, 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	Pos
1939	19	NYY-min	D	119	427	427		122	15	6	1						.286	.286	.356	.642		152					NEO · ARMO
1940	20	NYY-min	C	110	364	364		114	18	7	0						.313	.313	.401	.714		146					JOP · WA
1941	21	DET-NYY-min	B,A	102	349	349		95	11	5	1						.272	.272	.341	.613		119					AUG,BNG · SALL,EL
1946	26	NYY-min	AA,AAA	95	302	302	5	90	22	2	1	1	0				.298	.298	.394	.692		119					BMT,KCY · TL,AA
1947	27	NYY	AL	41	104	92	7	25	3	1	0	12	0	0	11	5	.272	.356	.326	.682	91	30	2	1	0		2
1948	28	NYY-min	AAA	103	396	364	54	110	24	5	1	49	9		31	14	.302	.357	.404	.761		147		0	1		KCY · AA
1948	28	NYY	AL	14	29	29	3	8	2	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	.276	.276	.345	.621	65	10	0	0	0		2
1949	29	NYY-min	AAA	95	357	313	47	86	18	1	0	36	3		40	8	.275	.361	.339	.699		106	18	2	2		KCY · AA
1949	29	NYY	AL	5	7	7	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.571	.571	.571	1.143	203	4	0	0	0		/2
1950	30	NYY	AL	10	9	9	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.111	.111	.222	.333	-15	2	0	0	0		/2
1951	31	NYY	AL	3	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.200	.400	10	1	0	0	0		/2
1952	32	NYY	AL	9	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	119	2	0	0	0		/2
1953	33	NYY	AL	8	9	9	2	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	.222	.222	.222	.444	22	2	1	0	0		/2
1954	34	NYY	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0
1955	35	NYY-min	AAA	15	31	26	1	4	3	0	0	4	0		5	5	.154	.290	.269	.560		7	0	0	0	0	DEN · AA
1956	36	NYY-min	AAA	1	4	4		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0					DEN · AA
8 Seasons				91	171	158	12	43	6	1	0	20	0	0	12	10	.272	.327	.323	.650	79	51	3	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	304	281	21	77	11	2	0	36	0	0	21	18	.272	.327	.323	.650	79	91	5	2	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1947	27	NYY	AL	104	0	-1	1	3	3	0.3	4	0.4	-0.1	$	2
1948	28	NYY	AL	29	-1	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	2
1949	29	NYY	AL	7	1	0	0	0	1	0.1	1	0.1	0.0	$	/2
1950	30	NYY	AL	9	-2	0	0	0	-2	-0.2	-2	-0.2	0.0	$	/2
1951	31	NYY	AL	5	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
1952	32	NYY	AL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$	/2
1953	33	NYY	AL	9	-1	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/2
1954	34	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	$
8 Seasons				171	-4	-1	1	4	0	0.0	1	0.1	-0.1	$

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
1947	27	NYY	AL	104	69	10	3.9	96	.287	.272	.262	.356	.341	.326	.376	.682	.717	91	.465	-0.8	-0.1	.609	.174	.054
1948	28	NYY	AL	29	21	3	3.8	105	.276	.276	.272	.276	.357	.345	.393	.621	.750	65	.414	-1.6	-0.2	.476	.069	.069
1949	29	NYY	AL	7	3	2	17.7	107	.667	.571	.271	.571	.363	.571	.393	1.143	.756	203	.923	1.0	0.1	1.333	.000	.000
1950	30	NYY	AL	9	8	0	0.0	111	.143	.111	.275	.111	.361	.222	.412	.333	.773	-15	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.250	.111	.111
1951	31	NYY	AL	5	4	0	0.0	100	.250	.200	.264	.200	.345	.200	.387	.400	.732	10	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1952	32	NYY	AL	7	4	1	6.8	92	.333	.333	.254	.429	.333	.333	.371	.762	.704	119	.709	0.2	0.0	.750	.167	.000
1953	33	NYY	AL	9	8	0	0.0	100	.250	.222	.266	.222	.342	.222	.392	.444	.733	22	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1954	34	NYY	AL	1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.262	.000	.337	.000	.383	.000	.720	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
8 Seasons				171	118	16	3.6	99	.291	.272	.265	.327	.346	.323	.383	.650	.729	79	.419	-4.7	-0.5	.542	.127	.051
162 Game Avg.				304	210	28	3.6	99	.291	.272	.265	.327	.346	.323	.383	.650	.729	79	.419	-4.7	-0.5	.542	.127	.051

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1947	27	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

1952	32	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Seasons (2 Series)							2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							2	2	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	.500	1.000	1	0	0	0	0	0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	27	NYY	AL	104	0.0%	4.8%	10.6%	3.9%	16%	0.45	18.4		7.7		84%
1948	28	NYY	AL	29	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	6.9%	25%				9.7		100%
1949	29	NYY	AL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		7.0		7.0		86%
1950	30	NYY	AL	9	0.0%	22.2%	0.0%	11.1%	100%		4.5		9.0	0.20	78%
1951	31	NYY	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0		2.5	0.50	80%
1952	32	NYY	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0%	0.00				0.33	86%
1953	33	NYY	AL	9	0.0%	11.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		9.0		9.0	1.33	89%
1954	34	NYY	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
8 Seasons				171	0.0%	5.9%	7.0%	4.1%	16%	0.83	15.8		7.9	0.62	87%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.0%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.03	8.8	46.7	8.1	0.95	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	27	NYY	AL	-0.8	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	NYY	AL	-1.6	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	29	NYY	AL	1.0	0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1950	30	NYY	AL	-1.6	-0.2	8	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.00	-0.2	-0.0	-2.7	-0.3	0.95	-2.8		0
1951	31	NYY	AL	-0.6	-0.1	5	0.2	0.4	-0.2	2.64	-0.0	0.1	0.5	0.0	1.31	-0.5		0
1952	32	NYY	AL	0.2	0.0	6	0.1	0.1	-0.0	.52	0.0	0.1	0.6	0.1	0.93	0.0	0.00	1
1953	33	NYY	AL	-1.0	-0.1	9	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	1.86	-0.1	0.0	-2.3	-0.2	1.16	-1.7		0
1954	34	NYY	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.11	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	0.11	1
8 Seasons				-4.7	-0.5	29	-0.1	0.7	-0.8	1.42	-0.4	0.3	-4.2	-0.4	1.07	-5.1	0.05	2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3
1950	30	NYY	AL	0%	0		0	0	0	0	0
1951	31	NYY	AL	0%	1		0	0	0	0	0
1952	32	NYY	AL	0%	3	0%	1	1	0	0	0
1953	33	NYY	AL	100%	1	50%	1	0	1	1	1
1954	34	NYY	AL		0		0	0	0	0	0
8 Seasons				21%	5	33%	2	1	1	1	1

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
1950	30	NYY	AL	8	38%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		1
1951	31	NYY	AL	5	80%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	6	2	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1952	32	NYY	AL	6	83%	2			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1953	33	NYY	AL	9	22%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	2	1	50%	11	1	9%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1954	34	NYY	AL	1	0%	0			1	0	0	0	0.11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
8 Seasons				29	48%	43			2	0	0	0	0.05	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	3	38%	4	1	25%	26	3	12%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	1
MLB Averages					50%																			150%			19%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SF
1947	27	41	104	92	7	25	3	1	12	11	5	.272	.356	.326	.682	91	30	2	1
1948	28	55	133	121	10	33	5	1	15	11	5	.273	.338	.331	.669	85	40	2	1
1949	29	60	140	128	10	37	5	1	16	11	6	.289	.350	.344	.694	92	44	2	1
1950	30	70	149	137	10	38	6	1	17	11	8	.277	.336	.336	.671	85	46	2	1
1951	31	73	154	142	10	39	6	1	19	11	9	.275	.331	.331	.662	82	47	2	1
1952	32	82	161	148	10	41	6	1	19	12	9	.277	.335	.331	.666	84	49	2	1
1953	33	90	170	157	12	43	6	1	20	12	10	.274	.329	.325	.654	80	51	3	1
1954	34	91	171	158	12	43	6	1	20	12	10	.272	.327	.323	.650	79	51	3	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	27	43	110	97	8	27	3	1	13	12	5	.278	.364	.330	.694	11	41
1948	28	15	31	31	3	9	2	0	3	0	0	.290	.290	.355	.645	3	14
1949	29	5	7	7	0	4	0	0	1	0	1	.571	.571	.571	1.143	2	5
1950	30	10	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
1951	31	3	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3
1952	32	9	7	6	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	.333	.429	.333	.762	1	9
1953	33	8	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1954	34	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
8 Seasons		94	179	165	11	42	5	1	17	13	10	.255	.313	.297	.610	17	91
162 Game Avg.		162	308	284	19	72	9	2	29	22	17	.255	.313	.297	.610	29	91

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