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Bill Howerton

William Ray Howerton (Hopalong)

Positions: Outfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 12, 1921 in Lompoc, CA
School: St. Mary's College of California (Moraga, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1943. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1949 (Age 27)
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Pirates/Giants 1949-1952

Final Game: June 29, 1952 (Age 30)
Died: December 18, 2001 in Blakely, PA
Buried: St. Catherine's Cemetery, Moscow, PA
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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	Awards
1943	21	BOS-min	A	139	479	479		145	25	8	3						.303	.303	.407	.710		195						SCR · EL
1944	22	BOS-min	AA	133	442	401	62	101	18	9	3	52	9		36	75	.252	.317	.364	.681		146	2	2	3			LOU · AA
1945	23	BOS-SFG-min	AA,A,B	116	351	328	43	81	17	7	6	33	6		22	25	.247	.294	.396	.691		130	3	0	1			LOU,SCR,RMD · AA,EL,PIED
1946	24	STL-min	AAA	73	305	268	44	81	16	4	10	40	3		36	54	.302	.387	.504	.891		135	2	1	0			CLB · AA
1947	25	STL-min	AAA	150	620	532	76	131	29	4	17	86	4		85	97	.246	.351	.412	.763		219	10	1	2			CLB · AA
1948	26	STL-min	AAA	150	640	569	104	170	33	6	25	114	4		66	83	.299	.374	.510	.883		290		2	3			CLB · AA
1949	27	STL-min	AAA	148	647	547	101	180	43	4	21	111	3		91	55	.329	.426	.537	.963		294	16	1	8			CLB · AA
1949	27	STL	NL	9	13	13	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	2	.308	.308	.385	.692	82	5	0	0	0		/O879
1950	28	STL	NL	110	365	313	50	88	20	8	10	59	0		47	60	.281	.375	.492	.867	122	154	3	0	4		O879
1951	29	TOT	NL	104	320	284	39	77	16	3	12	41	1	1	36	56	.271	.353	.475	.828	119	135	11	0	1		89/75
1951	29	STL	NL	24	75	65	10	17	4	1	1	4	0	1	10	12	.262	.360	.400	.760	104	26	2	0	0		O9/7
1951	29	PIT	NL	80	245	219	29	60	12	2	11	37	1	0	26	44	.274	.351	.498	.849	124	109	9	0	1		O89/57
1952	30	SFG-min	AAA	67	283	231	57	71	7	5	24	61	1		52	55	.307	.435	.693	1.127		160	2	0	0			MNE · AA
1952	30	TOT	NL	24	49	40	5	9	2	1	0	5	0	0	9	7	.225	.367	.325	.692	92	13	1	0	0		/985
1952	30	PIT	NL	13	31	25	3	8	1	1	0	4	0	0	6	5	.320	.452	.440	.892	146	11	1	0	0		/O985
1952	30	NYG	NL	11	18	15	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.067	.222	.133	.356	0	2	0	0	0		/O98
1953	31	OLD	Opn	159	567	500	71	128	19	1	32	106	2		62	71	.256	.340	.490	.830		245	10	2	3			OLD · PCL
1954	32	OLD	Opn	74	207	178	27	46	7	0	3	18	1		27	21	.258	.359	.348	.708		62	5	1	1	0		OLD · PCL
1955	33	ATL-min	AA	27	101	82	9	22	2	0	1	9	0	0	18	13	.268	.396	.329	.725		27		0	0	1		BMT · TL
4 Yrs				247	747	650	95	178	39	12	22	106	1	1	92	125	.274	.364	.472	.836	118	307	15	0	5
162 Game Avg.				162	490	426	62	117	26	8	14	70	1		60	82	.274	.364	.472	.836	118	201	10	0	3

STL (3 yrs)				143	453	391	61	109	25	9	11	64	0	1	57	74	.279	.371	.473	.844	118	185	5	0	4
PIT (2 yrs)				93	276	244	32	68	13	3	11	41	1	0	32	49	.279	.362	.492	.854	126	120	10	0	1
NYG (1 yr)				11	18	15	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	2	.067	.222	.133	.356	0	2	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1949	27	STL	NL	9	13	-0	-0	0	0	-0	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.495	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$5,000	/O879
1950	28	STL	NL	110	365	9	1	2	-3	-2	7	0.6	14	20	2.0	.506	.504	2.4	-0.6	23	$5,000	O879
1951	29	STL	NL	24	75	0	0	-0	0	-1	-0	-0.0	3	3	0.2	.499	.500	0.3	-0.1	3	$7,500	O9/7
1951	29	PIT	NL	80	245	6	1	-0	-5	-1	1	0.1	9	10	1.0	.501	.500	1.6	-0.6	15		O89/57
1952	30	PIT	NL	13	31	2	0	-0	-1	-0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.505	.500	0.3	-0.1	3	$9,000	/O985
1952	30	NYG	NL	11	18	-2	-0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.481	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1		/O98
4 Seasons				247	747	15	2	1	-9	-4	5	0.4	28	34	3.3	.502	.501	4.4	-1.5	43	$26,500

STL (3 yrs)				143	453	9	1	2	-3	-3	6	0.5	17	23	2.3	.504	.501	2.6	-0.7	26	$17,500
PIT (2 yrs)				93	276	8	1	-0	-6	-1	1	0.1	10	12	1.2	.502	.500	1.9	-0.7	18	$9,000
NYG (1 yr)				11	18	-2	-0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.481	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-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	PwrSpd
1949	27	STL	NL	13	9	2	6.0	107	.364	.308	.275	.308	.349	.385	.412	.692	.761	82	.618	-0.4	-0.0	.556	.077	.077
1950	28	STL	NL	365	232	58	6.7	111	.321	.281	.274	.375	.352	.492	.425	.867	.777	122	.653	10.5	1.0	.882	.361	.211	.0
1951	29	TOT	NL	320	220	47	5.8	105	.301	.271	.269	.353	.344	.475	.408	.828	.752	119	.608	7.6	0.8	.781	.331	.204	1.8
1951	29	STL	NL	75	51	9	4.8	103	.308	.262	.268	.360	.341	.400	.405	.760	.747	104	.523	0.7	0.1	.686	.277	.138	.0
1951	29	PIT	NL	245	169	38	6.0	105	.299	.274	.270	.351	.344	.498	.409	.849	.753	124	.630	7.0	0.7	.810	.347	.224	1.8
1952	30	TOT	NL	49	32	5	4.2	98	.273	.225	.263	.367	.337	.325	.392	.692	.729	92	.503	-0.0	-0.0	.688	.325	.100
1952	30	PIT	NL	31	18	5	7.4	99	.400	.320	.264	.452	.337	.440	.393	.892	.730	146	.744	2.0	0.2	.944	.360	.120
1952	30	NYG	NL	18	14	0	0.0	98	.077	.067	.263	.222	.336	.133	.391	.356	.727	0	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.357	.267	.067
4 Yrs				747	493	112	6.1	108	.310	.274	.271	.364	.347	.472	.415	.836	.763	118	.626	17.7	1.7	.818	.340	.198	1.9
162 Game Avg.				490	323	73	6.1	108	.310	.274	.271	.364	.347	.472	.415	.836	.763	118	.626	12	1	.818	.340	.198	1

STL (3 yrs)				453	292	69	6.3	110	.320	.279	.273	.371	.350	.473	.422	.844	.772	118	.633	10.8	1.0	.837	.338	.194	.0
PIT (2 yrs)				276	187	43	6.2	104	.310	.279	.269	.362	.343	.492	.407	.854	.751	126	.643	9.0	0.9	.823	.348	.213	1.8
NYG (1 yr)				18	14	0	0.0	98	.077	.067	.263	.222	.336	.133	.391	.356	.727	0		-2.0	-0.2	.357	.267	.067

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1949	27	STL	NL	13	0.0%	15.4%	0.0%	7.7%	25%		6.5		13.0	0.40	85%
1950	28	STL	NL	365	2.7%	16.4%	12.9%	10.4%	43%	1.28	5.2	31.3	5.3	0.80	67%
1951	29	TOT	NL	320	3.8%	17.5%	11.3%	9.7%	40%	1.56	5.1	23.7	6.9	0.98	68%
1951	29	STL	NL	75	1.3%	16.0%	13.3%	8.0%	35%	1.20	5.4	65.0	16.3	0.88	69%
1951	29	PIT	NL	245	4.5%	18.0%	10.6%	10.2%	42%	1.69	5.0	19.9	5.9	1.02	67%
1952	30	TOT	NL	49	0.0%	14.3%	18.4%	6.1%	33%	0.78	5.7		8.0	1.00	67%
1952	30	PIT	NL	31	0.0%	16.1%	19.4%	6.5%	25%	0.83	5.0		6.3	1.50	65%
1952	30	NYG	NL	18	0.0%	11.1%	16.7%	5.6%	100%	0.67	7.5		15.0	0.67	72%
4 Yrs				747	3.0%	16.7%	12.3%	9.8%	41%	1.36	5.2	29.5	6.1	0.88	67%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.0%	9.9%	6.4%	28%	1.01	8.9	46.1	8.0	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
1949	27	STL	NL	-0.4	-0.0	12	0.1	0.2	-0.1	.80	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	-0.0	1.06	-0.6	0.38	3
1950	28	STL	NL	10.5	1.0	265	1.6	6.0	-4.4	1.09	1.5	0.0	17.8	1.7	1.03	14.0	2.10	16
1951	29	TOT	NL	7.6	0.8	238	0.7	5.5	-4.8	1.20	0.5	0.0	0.7	0.1	1.05	7.6	1.90	22
1951	29	STL	NL	0.7	0.1	63	0.2	1.3	-1.1	1.10	0.2	-0.0	1.5	0.2	1.00	3.6	1.54	7
1951	29	PIT	NL	7.0	0.7	175	0.5	4.2	-3.7	1.23	0.3	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	1.07	4.0	2.06	15
1952	30	TOT	NL	-0.0	-0.0	38	-0.3	0.2	-0.6	.74	-0.2	-0.2	-2.5	-0.3	0.94	-2.3	1.17	12
1952	30	PIT	NL	2.0	0.2	23	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.79	-0.1	-0.2	-0.8	-0.1	0.91	-0.4	1.77	4
1952	30	NYG	NL	-2.0	-0.2	15	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.66	-0.2	0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.98	-1.9	0.87	8
4 Yrs				17.7	1.7	553	2.1	11.9	-9.8	1.11	1.7	0.2	15.7	1.5	1.03	18.8	1.71	53

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	CS2	SBH	CSH	PO	OOB	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	27	STL	NL	0	25%	4	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	28	STL	NL	2	32%	109	0			2	0	0	0	3	2	1	1	59%	17	10	6	1	0	1	11	1	10
1951	29	TOT	NL	5	27%	119	1	1	50%	0	1	1	1	0	0	0	2	48%	15	9	6	5	2	3	5	2	3
1951	29	STL	NL	1	35%	32	0	1	0%	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	50%	5	3	2	3	1	2	2	1	1
1951	29	PIT	NL	4	24%	87	1	0	100%	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	2	47%	10	6	4	2	1	1	3	1	2
1952	30	TOT	NL	0	28%	12	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	33%	2	2	0	1	1	0	3	1	2
1952	30	PIT	NL	0	21%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1952	30	NYG	NL	0	50%	6	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	1	1
4 Yrs				7	29%	244	1	1	50%	2	1	1	1	3	2	1	4	51%	35	22	12	7	3	4	19	4	15

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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1949	27	STL	NL	13	83%	4			3	1	0	1	0.38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		9	1	11%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1950	28	STL	NL	365	86%	88			16	4	1	2	2.10	10	0	11	7	0	6	4	0	2	4	200%	62	3	5%	29	13	45%	200	41	21%	22	12	55%	9	5	56%	0
1951	29	TOT	NL	320	85%	77			22	2	1	5	1.90	12	0	7	7	0	6	6	0	0	1		62	11	18%	28	6	21%	180	17	9%	16	8	50%	4	1	25%	0
1951	29	STL	NL	75	69%	17			7	1	1	2	1.54	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		14	2	14%	6	1	17%	43	2	5%	4	1	25%	0	0		0
1951	29	PIT	NL	245	91%	60			15	1	0	3	2.06	11	0	6	6	0	6	5	0	0	1		48	9	19%	22	5	23%	137	15	11%	12	7	58%	4	1	25%	0
1952	30	TOT	NL	49	95%	9			12	1	0	0	1.17	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	6	0	0%	22	2	9%	4	1	25%	3	1	33%	0
1952	30	PIT	NL	31	100%	8			4	1	0	0	1.77	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	1	17%	3	0	0%	13	1	8%	3	1	33%	2	1	50%	0
1952	30	NYG	NL	18	87%	1			8	0	0	0	0.87	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	3	0	0%	9	1	11%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
4 Yrs				747	86%	178			53	8	2	8	1.71	22	0	18	14	0	12	10	0	3	5	167%	137	15	11%	63	19	30%	411	61	15%	43	21	49%	17	8	47%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			94%			13%			33%			15%			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	SH
1949	27	9	13	13	1	4	1	0	0	1	0		0	2	.308	.308	.385	.692	82	5	0	0
1950	28	119	378	326	51	92	21	8	10	60	0		47	62	.282	.373	.488	.860	121	159	3	4
1951	29	223	698	610	90	169	37	11	22	101	1	1	83	118	.277	.364	.482	.846	120	294	14	5
1952	30	247	747	650	95	178	39	12	22	106	1	1	92	125	.274	.364	.472	.836	118	307	15	5

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1949	27	9	12	12	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	.250	.250	.333	.583	1	9
1950	28	115	372	322	48	87	20	8	10	57	0	46	63	.270	.361	.475	.837	55	110
1951	29	108	330	293	39	78	16	3	12	41	1	36	58	.266	.347	.464	.811	48	104
1952	30	25	54	43	6	11	2	1	0	6	0	11	7	.256	.407	.349	.756	6	24
4 Yrs		257	768	670	94	179	39	12	22	105	1	93	130	.267	.356	.460	.816	110	247
162 Game Avg.		162	484	422	59	113	25	8	14	66	1	59	82	.267	.356	.460	.816	69	247

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1950 NL 8 (6th)

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1950 NL 8 (6th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2431), Average HOFer ≈ 144
JAWS	Center Field (343rd), 3.3 career WAR/3.3 7yr-peak WAR/3.3 JAWS Average HOF CF (out of 18) = 70.5 career WAR/44.1 7yr-peak WAR/57.3 JAWS

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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George Puccinelli (967) 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 C
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