Walt Hriniak

Walter John Hriniak

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: May 22, 1943 in Natick, MA
High School: Natick HS (Natick, MA)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1961. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 10, 1968
Teams (by GP): Padres/Braves 1968-1969

Final Game: September 30, 1969
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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
1961	18	ATL-min	C	76	267	267		83	14	1	2						.311	.311	.393	.704		105							EAU · NORL
1962	19	ATL-min	B	139	510	444	64	133	21	7	2	54	2	5	60	56	.300	.383	.392	.775		174		2	1	3			YAK · NORW
1963	20	ATL-min	AA	117	421	370	47	98	11	4	3	45	3	1	51	50	.265	.354	.341	.694		126							AUS · TL
1964	21	ATL-min	AA	52	195	175	19	41	5	1	0	11	0	0	20	24	.234	.313	.274	.587		48							AUS · TL
1965	22	ATL-min	A,AA	126	422	418	5	103	18	4	10	0	0	0	4	2	.246	.254	.380	.634		159							YAK,AUS · NORW,TL
1966	23	ATL-min	AA	134	508	455	48	107	16	3	0	38	2	4	53	59	.235	.315	.284	.598		129							AUS · TL
1967	24	ATL-min	AA,AAA	107	379	322	54	87	12	4	8	47	1	1	54	54	.270	.380	.407	.787		131		3	0	0			AUS,RMD · TL,IL
1968	25	ATL-min	AA	107	389	345	40	108	11	1	6	47	4	8	44	43	.313	.391	.403	.794		139							SHV · TL
1968	25	ATL	NL	9	26	26	0	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.346	.346	.346	.692	108	9	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1969	26	TOT	NL	38	85	73	4	16	0	0	0	1	0	0	10	12	.219	.329	.219	.549	59	16	3	2	0	0	1	2
1969	26	ATL	NL	7	9	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.143	.333	.143	.476	38	1	1	0	0	0	0	/2
1969	26	SDP	NL	31	76	66	4	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	11	.227	.329	.227	.556	62	15	2	2	0	0	1	2
1970	27	SDP-min	AAA	121	484	410	49	101	21	4	2	36	3	3	66	64	.246	.349	.332	.681		136		1	3	4			SLC · PCL
1971	28	CLE-WSN-min	AA,AAA	57	161	137	11	23	3	0	1	10	0	0	16	27	.168	.277	.212	.488		29		5	2	1			SAV,WPG · SOUL,IL
1972	29	WSN-min	AA	36	112	88	10	29	5	2	0	15	1	2	18	11	.330	.432	.432	.864		38		1	1	4			QUE · EL
1973	30	WSN-min	AAA	17	55	50	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	9	.140	.218	.140	.358		7		0	0	0			PNS · IL
2 Yrs				47	111	99	4	25	0	0	0	4	0	0	10	15	.253	.333	.253	.586	71	25	3	2	0	0	1
162 Game Avg.				162	383	341	14	86	0	0	0	14	0	0	34	52	.253	.333	.253	.586	71	86	10	7	0	0	3

ATL (2 yrs)				16	35	33	0	10	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	4	.303	.343	.303	.646	92	10	1	0	0	0	0
SDP (1 yr)				31	76	66	4	15	0	0	0	1	0	0	8	11	.227	.329	.227	.556	62	15	2	2	0	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
1968	25	ATL	NL	9	26	0	0	0	-3	0	-2	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.466	.498	0.1	-0.3	1	$	/2
1969	26	ATL	NL	7	9	-0	-0	-0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	0.0	.489	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/2
1969	26	SDP	NL	31	76	-3	-0	-0	-3	1	-5	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.481	.496	0.0	-0.2	0	$	2
2 Seasons				47	111	-3	-0	-1	-6	2	-9	-0.9	4	-5	-0.5	.479	.498	0.1	-0.5	1	$

ATL (2 yrs)				16	35	-0	0	-0	-3	1	-3	-0.4	1	-2	-0.2	.476	.499	0.1	-0.3	1	$
SDP (1 yr)				31	76	-3	-0	-0	-3	1	-5	-0.6	3	-3	-0.3	.481	.496	0.0	-0.2	0	$

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
1968	25	ATL	NL	26	17	3	4.8	82	.391	.346	.253	.346	.312	.346	.357	.692	.668	108	.629	0.1	0.0	.529	.000	.000
1969	26	TOT	NL	85	60	5	2.2	92	.262	.219	.255	.329	.325	.219	.378	.549	.704	59	.241	-3.5	-0.4	.467	.137	.000
1969	26	ATL	NL	9	7	0	0.0	95	.167	.143	.261	.333	.331	.143	.386	.476	.717	38	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.429	.286	.000
1969	26	SDP	NL	76	53	5	2.5	91	.273	.227	.255	.329	.324	.227	.378	.556	.702	62	.286	-3.0	-0.3	.472	.121	.000
2 Yrs				111	77	8	2.8	89	.298	.253	.255	.333	.322	.253	.373	.586	.695	71	.338	-3.4	-0.4	.481	.101	.000
162 Game Avg.				383	265	28	2.8	89	.298	.253	.255	.333	.322	.253	.373	.586	.695	71	.338	-3.4	-0.4	.481	.101	.000

ATL (2 yrs)				35	24	3	3.4	85	.345	.303	.255	.343	.317	.303	.363	.646	.680	92	.454	-0.4	-0.0	.500	.061	.000
SDP (1 yr)				76	53	5	2.5	91	.273	.227	.255	.329	.324	.227	.378	.556	.702	62	.286	-3.0	-0.3	.472	.121	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1968	25	ATL	NL	26	0.0%	11.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		8.7		8.7	0.30	88%
1969	26	TOT	NL	85	0.0%	14.1%	11.8%	0.0%	0%	1.20	6.1		73.0	1.40	72%
1969	26	ATL	NL	9	0.0%	11.1%	22.2%	0.0%	0%	0.50	7.0			2.00	67%
1969	26	SDP	NL	76	0.0%	14.5%	10.5%	0.0%	0%	1.38	6.0		66.0	1.33	72%
2 Yrs				111	0.0%	13.5%	9.0%	0.0%	0%	1.50	6.6		24.8	1.03	76%
MLB Averages					1.9%	15.5%	8.4%	5.7%	26%	1.84	5.8	46.9	9.6	1.14	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1968	25	ATL	NL	0.1	0.0	27	0.3	0.6	-0.3	.92	0.0	0.3	2.3	0.2	0.86	1.2		0
1969	26	TOT	NL	-3.5	-0.4	85	-0.7	1.2	-1.8	1.10	-0.4	-0.2	-6.5	-0.7	0.90	-5.1	1.47	14
1969	26	ATL	NL	-0.5	-0.1	9	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.13	-0.1	-0.2	-1.7	-0.2	0.98	-1.0	1.02	2
1969	26	SDP	NL	-3.0	-0.3	76	-0.4	1.2	-1.6	1.09	-0.3	-0.1	-4.8	-0.5	0.89	-4.1	1.55	12
2 Yrs				-3.4	-0.4	112	-0.3	1.8	-2.1	1.06	-0.3	0.0	-4.2	-0.4	0.89	-3.9	1.47	14

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3
1968	25	ATL	NL	0	0%	13	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0
1969	26	TOT	NL	1	14%	38	1	1	0%	8	8	1	1
1969	26	ATL	NL	0	0%	3	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0
1969	26	SDP	NL	1	16%	35	1	1	0%	7	7	1	1
2 Yrs				1	11%	51	1	2	0%	9	9	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
1968	25	ATL	NL	26	88%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		11	3	27%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1969	26	TOT	NL	85	98%	16			14	2	0	1	1.47	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		19	3	16%	7	0	0%	45	1	2%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1969	26	ATL	NL	9	100%	1			2	0	0	0	1.02	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	1	33%	3	0	0%	5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	26	SDP	NL	76	97%	15			12	2	0	1	1.55	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		16	2	13%	4	0	0%	40	1	3%	3	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
2 Yrs				111	96%	25			14	2	0	1	1.47	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		22	3	14%	7	0	0%	56	4	7%	5	2	40%	2	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			13%			45%			51%

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
1968	25	9	26	26	0	9	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	3	.346	.346	.346	.692	108	9	0	0	0	0	0
1969	26	47	111	99	4	25	0	0	0	4	0	0	10	15	.253	.333	.253	.586	71	25	3	2	0	0	1

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1968	25	9	27	27	0	10	4	0	3	.370	.370	.370	.741	4	9
1969	26	38	88	75	5	18	1	11	12	.240	.352	.240	.592	6	38
2 Yrs		47	115	102	5	28	5	11	15	.275	.357	.275	.631	10	47
162 Game Avg.		162	396	352	17	97	17	38	52	.275	.357	.275	.631	34	47

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