Bob Humphreys

Robert William Humphreys

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: August 18, 1935 in Covington, VA
High School: Montvale HS (Montvale, VA)
School: Hampden-Sydney College (Hampden-Sydney, VA)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1962
Teams (by GP): Senators/Cubs/Cardinals/Brewers/Tigers 1962-1970

Final Game: September 25, 1970
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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
1958	22	DET-min	D	23	37	37		5	1	0	0						.135	.135	.162	.297		6							MTG · ALFL
1959	23	DET-min	B	41	26	26		4	0	0	0						.154	.154	.154	.308		4							DHM · CARL
1960	24	DET-min	AA	48	55	48	6	8	1	1	0	6	0	0	4	13	.167	.231	.229	.460		11		0	3	0			VCT · TL
1961	25	DET-min	A,AA	47	79	69	10	20	3	0	0	5	0		10	15	.290	.380	.333	.713		23							KNX,BIR · SALL,SOUA
1962	26	DET-min	AAA	59	36	32	4	11	0	0	0	3	0		3	8	.344	.417	.344	.760		11		1	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1962	26	DET	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1963	27	STL-min	AAA	29	15	14	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.357	.400	.357	.757		5							ATA · IL
1963	27	STL	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	28	STL-min	AAA	27	11	8	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.250	.333	.250	.583		2		0	2	0			JCK · IL
1964	28	STL	NL	28	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	112	1	0	0	2	0	0	1
1965	29	CHC	NL	41	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1966	30	WSA	AL	58	20	12	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	5	.167	.375	.167	.542	63	2	0	0	5	0	0	1
1967	31	WSA	AL	48	20	15	1	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	3	2	.133	.278	.133	.411	28	2	0	0	2	0	0	1
1968	32	TEX-min	AAA	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			BFL · IL
1968	32	WSA	AL	56	6	5	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	148	2	0	0	1	0	0	1
1969	33	WSA	AL	47	14	13	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.077	.143	.077	.220	-35	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	34	MIL-TEX-min	AAA	9	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167		0		0	0	0			POR,DEN · PCL,AA
1970	34	TOT	AL	28	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	-70	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1970	34	WSA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1970	34	MIL	AL	23	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	-70	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1971	35	MIL-min	AAA	10	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	0			EVN · AA
9 Yrs				319	83	61	3	8	0	0	0	3	0	0	11	19	.131	.264	.131	.395	18	8	0	0	12	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	42	31	2	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	10	.131	.264	.131	.395	18	4	0	0	6	0	0

WSA (5 yrs)				214	60	45	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	14	.156	.283	.156	.439	33	7	0	0	8	0	0
STL (2 yrs)				37	8	4	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	112	1	0	0	2	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				41	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
DET (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				23	11	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	-70	0	0	0	1	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				241	71	54	1	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	9	18	.130	.254	.130	.384	15	7	0	0	9	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				78	12	7	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	.143	.333	.143	.476	37	1	0	0	3	0	0

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
1962	26	DET	AL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1963	27	STL	NL	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1964	28	STL	NL	28	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.509	.502	0.2	0.0	3	$	1
1965	29	CHC	NL	41	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1966	30	WSA	AL	58	20	-1	-0	0	0	2	2	0.2	1	2	0.2	.503	.501	0.2	-0.1	2	$13,000	1
1967	31	WSA	AL	48	20	-1	-1	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.1	2	$18,500	1
1968	32	WSA	AL	56	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.501	0.1	-0.1	1	$	1
1969	33	WSA	AL	47	14	-2	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1970	34	WSA	AL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1970	34	MIL	AL	23	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
9 Seasons				319	83	-5	-1	0	0	9	3	0.4	3	6	0.3	.501	.500	0.3	-0.2	6	$31,500

WSA (5 yrs)				214	60	-3	-1	0	0	7	3	0.3	2	4	0.3	.501	.500	0.3	-0.2	4	$31,500
STL (2 yrs)				37	8	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	0.0	3	$
CHC (1 yr)				41	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
DET (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
MIL (1 yr)				23	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.495	.499	-0.1	-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
1964	28	STL	NL	8	5	1	5.4	101	.333	.250	.274	.500	.332	.250	.406	.750	.738	112	.622	0.3	0.0	1.000	.500	.000
1965	29	CHC	NL	4	4	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.260	.000	.324	.000	.394	.000	.718	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1966	30	WSA	AL	20	15	2	3.6	89	.286	.167	.247	.375	.314	.167	.381	.542	.695	63	.462	-0.3	-0.0	.600	.333	.000
1967	31	WSA	AL	20	15	1	1.8	81	.154	.133	.239	.278	.307	.133	.358	.411	.666	28	.208	-1.2	-0.1	.385	.200	.000
1968	32	WSA	AL	6	4	1	6.7	77	.667	.400	.234	.400	.302	.400	.346	.800	.648	148	.766	0.2	0.0	.667	.000	.000
1969	33	WSA	AL	14	12	0	0.0	90	.125	.077	.247	.143	.323	.077	.373	.220	.696	-35	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.167	.077	.000
1970	34	TOT	AL	11	10	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.258	.100	.332	.000	.394	.100	.726	-70	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.111	.111	.000
1970	34	MIL	AL	11	10	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.258	.100	.332	.000	.394	.100	.726	-70	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.111	.111	.000
9 Yrs				83	65	5	2.1	89	.190	.131	.248	.264	.318	.131	.375	.395	.693	18	.233	-6.3	-0.6	.358	.180	.000
162 Game Avg.				42	33	3	2.1	89	.190	.131	.248	.264	.318	.131	.375	.395	.693	18	.233	-6.3	-0.6	.358	.180	.000

WSA (5 yrs)				60	46	4	2.3	85	.226	.156	.243	.283	.313	.156	.367	.439	.680	33	.284	-3.6	-0.4	.395	.178	.000
STL (2 yrs)				8	5	1	5.4	101	.333	.250	.274	.500	.332	.250	.406	.750	.738	112	.622	0.3	0.0	1.000	.500	.000
CHC (1 yr)				4	4	0	0.0	95	.000	.000	.260	.000	.324	.000	.394	.000	.718	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
MIL (1 yr)				11	10	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.258	.100	.332	.000	.394	.100	.726	-70	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.111	.111	.000

AL (6 yrs)				71	56	4	1.9	87	.194	.130	.245	.254	.316	.130	.372	.384	.688	15	.212	-5.8	-0.6	.340	.167	.000
NL (3 yrs)				12	9	1	3.0	99	.167	.143	.268	.333	.330	.143	.401	.476	.730	37	.359	-0.5	-0.0	.500	.286	.000

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
1964	28	STL	NL	WS	NYY	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					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%
1964	28	STL	NL	8	0.0%	12.5%	25.0%	0.0%	0%	0.50	4.0		4.0	2.00	38%
1965	29	CHC	NL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						3.00	75%
1966	30	WSA	AL	20	0.0%	25.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0%	1.25	2.4			4.00	35%
1967	31	WSA	AL	20	0.0%	10.0%	15.0%	0.0%	0%	0.67	7.5		7.5	2.00	65%
1968	32	WSA	AL	6	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5				50%
1969	33	WSA	AL	14	0.0%	35.7%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.6			3.00	57%
1970	34	TOT	AL	11	0.0%	36.4%	9.1%	0.0%		4.00	2.3				45%
1970	34	MIL	AL	11	0.0%	36.4%	9.1%	0.0%		4.00	2.3				45%
9 Yrs				83	0.0%	22.9%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	1.73	3.2		20.3	3.50	51%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.3%	8.3%	6.2%	28%	1.85	5.8	41.7	9.1	1.10	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1962	26	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1963	27	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1964	28	STL	NL	0.3	0.0	8	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.64	0.1	-0.1	0.9	0.1	0.83	1.0	0
1965	29	CHC	NL	-0.8	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.04	-0.1	0.0	-1.0	-0.1	1.14	-0.9	0
1966	30	WSA	AL	-0.3	-0.0	20	-0.1	0.2	-0.3	.88	-0.1	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	1.05	-1.5	0
1967	31	WSA	AL	-1.2	-0.1	20	0.1	0.3	-0.1	.55	-0.2	0.4	-0.0	-0.0	0.92	-0.8	0
1968	32	WSA	AL	0.2	0.0	6	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.53	0.0	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	1.03	0.0	0
1969	33	WSA	AL	-2.3	-0.2	14	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.52	-0.2	-0.1	-2.3	-0.3	0.85	-2.2	0
1970	34	TOT	AL	-2.1	-0.2	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.59	-0.2	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.74	-2.1	0
1970	34	WSA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1970	34	MIL	AL	-2.1	-0.2	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.59	-0.2	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.74	-2.1	0
9 Yrs				-6.3	-0.6	83	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.66	-0.7	0.1	-7.3	-0.8	0.93	-6.6	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1964	28	STL	NL	1	67%	5	0	67%	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	1
1965	29	CHC	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1966	30	WSA	AL	0	0%	7	0	0%	2	2	0	1	1	1	1	0
1967	31	WSA	AL	1	20%	13	1	0%	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	32	WSA	AL	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	33	WSA	AL	0	0%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	34	TOT	AL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1970	34	MIL	AL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				2	16%	33	1	20%	7	5	1	1	1	2	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
1964	28	STL	NL	8	38%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	4	1	25%	0	0		0	0		0
1965	29	CHC	NL	4	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1966	30	WSA	AL	20	10%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	6	0	0%	8	6	75%	15	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	0
1967	31	WSA	AL	20	10%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	12	2	17%	0	0		0	0		0
1968	32	WSA	AL	6	17%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	33	WSA	AL	14	29%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1970	34	TOT	AL	11	18%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1970	34	MIL	AL	11	18%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				83	17%	8			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	12	86%	19	0	0%	24	7	29%	48	3	6%	0	0		4	1	25%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1964	28	41	8	4	2	1	1	2	1	.250	.500	.250	.750	112	1	2
1965	29	82	12	7	2	1	1	2	1	.143	.333	.143	.476	37	1	3
1966	30	140	32	19	2	3	1	6	6	.158	.360	.158	.518	53	3	8
1967	31	188	52	34	3	5	3	9	8	.147	.326	.147	.473	43	5	10
1968	32	244	58	39	3	7	3	9	10	.179	.333	.179	.513	55	7	11
1969	33	291	72	52	3	8	3	10	15	.154	.290	.154	.444	33	8	11
1970	34	319	83	61	3	8	3	11	19	.131	.264	.131	.395	18	8	12

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
1964	28	28	11	5	4	2	2	4	1	.400	.667	.400	1.067	1	28
1965	29	41	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	41
1966	30	58	21	12	0	2	0	4	5	.167	.375	.167	.542	1	58
1967	31	48	22	16	2	3	4	4	2	.188	.350	.188	.538	1	48
1968	32	56	6	5	0	2	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	56
1969	33	47	14	13	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.071	.000	.071	0	47
1970	34	28	11	9	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	28
7 Yrs		306	89	63	6	9	6	14	19	.143	.299	.143	.442	4	306
162 Game Avg.		162	47	33	3	5	3	7	10	.143	.299	.143	.442	2	306

* 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.

Other Resources & Links

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Player Page Tricks and Tips

Sum any set of rows by clicking anywhere (not red or blue) on the first and last rows of your selection. We will then compute the totals for the player between and including those two seasons.
Default Setting for this feature: Turn On / Turn Off
Summation of season totals only works for the initial case when the table is in year order. On a sorted table the results may get a bit goofy.

HIGHLIGHTING: Adding a range or series of player's career seasons or career game numbers (like '#1972:batting_standard', '#1970-1980-sum:batting_standard', or '#1998,1999,2001,2002,sum:pitching_standard') onto the end of a player page url causes the seasons to the highlighted and summed. After changing address bar, reload the page to see highlighting. This will work even in links e-mailed to others. Note that for tables with multiple pages the first table is the default. If you want to create a sum for a table other than the first one, select the rows and after the summation window appears click on "permanent link" link.

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