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Dave Jolly

David Jolly (Gabby)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 14, 1924 in Stony Point, NC
Signed
by the St. Louis Browns as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 9, 1953
Team: Braves 1953-1957

Final Game: September 14, 1957
Died: May 27, 1963 in Durham, NC
Buried: Stony Point Cemetery, Stony Point, NC
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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
1953 28 MLN NL 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 218 1 0 0 0 1
1954 29 MLN NL 48 34 31 6 9 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 7 .290 .313 .419 .732 94 13 1 0 2 0 1
1955 30 MLN NL 36 6 6 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .167 .167 .333 .500 31 2 0 0 0 0 0 1
1956 31 MLN NL 29 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 -38 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1957 32 MLN NL 23 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 1 .600 .600 .600 1.200 235 3 0 0 0 0 0 1
5 Yrs 160 54 48 8 14 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 13 .292 .333 .396 .729 96 19 1 0 3 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 55 49 8 14 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 13 .292 .333 .396 .729 96 19 1 0 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 Rbaser Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1953 28 MLN NL 24 3 0 -0 0 0 0 1 0.1 0 1 0.1 .503 .500 0.1 -0.0 1 $ 1
1954 29 MLN NL 48 34 -1 0 -0 0 4 3 0.3 1 4 0.3 .507 .502 0.3 -0.0 5 $ 1
1955 30 MLN NL 36 6 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 -0.1 0 $ 1
1956 31 MLN NL 29 6 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 -0.0 0 $ 1
1957 32 MLN NL 23 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0.2 0 2 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 -0.0 2 $ 1
5 Seasons 160 54 -1 0 -0 0 6 5 0.5 2 7 0.6 .503 .501 0.6 -0.1 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 28 MLN NL 3 1 1 26.5 105 1.000 .500 .267 .667 .337 .500 .416 1.167 .753 218 .957 0.5 0.0 2.000 .500 .000
1954 29 MLN NL 34 25 4 4.3 104 .348 .290 .267 .313 .337 .419 .413 .732 .750 94 .449 -0.4 -0.0 .609 .161 .129 .0
1955 30 MLN NL 6 5 0 0.0 102 .250 .167 .261 .167 .331 .333 .413 .500 .744 31 .000 -0.6 -0.1 .400 .167 .167
1956 31 MLN NL 6 5 0 0.0 98 .000 .000 .257 .200 .323 .000 .406 .200 .729 -38 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .250 .250 .000
1957 32 MLN NL 5 2 2 27.2 97 .750 .600 .260 .600 .322 .600 .403 1.200 .725 235 .962 0.9 0.1 1.500 .000 .000
5 Yrs 54 38 7 4.9 102 .382 .292 .265 .333 .333 .396 .411 .729 .745 96 .519 -0.3 -0.0 .629 .167 .104 .0
162 Game Avg. 55 38 7 4.9 102 .382 .292 .265 .333 .333 .396 .411 .729 .745 96 .519 -0.3 -0.0 .629 .167 .104

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1953 28 MLN NL 3 0.0% 33.3% 33.3% 0.0% 0% 1.00 2.0 33%
1954 29 MLN NL 34 2.9% 20.6% 2.9% 5.9% 22% 7.00 4.4 31.0 10.3 7.00 68%
1955 30 MLN NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 16.7% 100% 3.0 67%
1956 31 MLN NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 16.7% 0.0% 2.00 2.0 2.0 2.00 33%
1957 32 MLN NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 2.5 80%
5 Yrs 54 1.9% 24.1% 5.6% 5.6% 21% 4.33 3.7 48.0 6.9 6.67 63%
MLB Averages 2.3% 11.5% 9.2% 6.6% 29% 1.25 7.7 39.3 8.2 0.97 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1953 28 MLN NL 0.5 0.0 2 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.37 0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.92 -0.0 0
1954 29 MLN NL -0.4 -0.0 31 -0.2 0.3 -0.5 .94 -0.0 -0.2 -1.6 -0.2 0.99 -1.4 0
1955 30 MLN NL -0.6 -0.1 5 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 .57 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.64 -0.4 0
1956 31 MLN NL -0.8 -0.1 6 0.0 0.0 -0.0 .61 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 1.49 -0.5 0
1957 32 MLN NL 0.9 0.1 5 0.1 0.2 -0.0 .96 0.1 0.0 2.5 0.3 1.27 1.3 0
5 Yrs -0.3 -0.0 49 -0.1 0.6 -0.7 .88 0.0 -0.1 0.5 0.1 1.04 -1.1 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1953 28 MLN NL 0 0 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1954 29 MLN NL 0 0 56% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1955 30 MLN NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 31 MLN NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1957 32 MLN NL 0 0 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 0 0 44% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 40% 3 2 1 1 1 0 1 0 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
1953 28 MLN NL 3 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1954 29 MLN NL 34 32% 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 7 1 14% 5 3 60% 23 3 13% 2 1 50% 3 2 67% 0
1955 30 MLN NL 6 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1956 31 MLN NL 6 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 4 2 50% 8 2 25% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1957 32 MLN NL 5 40% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 6 3 50% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
5 Yrs 54 29% 14 0 0 0 0 1 0 4 0 1 0 1 0 3 3 100% 12 1 8% 10 5 50% 40 8 20% 5 3 60% 3 2 67% 0
MLB Averages 49% 82% 11% 32% 14% 50% 54%

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 28 24 3 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 218 1 0 0 0
1954 29 72 37 33 7 10 1 0 1 3 0 0 2 8 .303 .343 .424 .767 105 14 1 0 2 0
1955 30 108 43 39 7 11 2 0 1 3 0 0 2 10 .282 .317 .410 .727 94 16 1 0 2 0 0
1956 31 137 49 43 7 11 2 0 1 5 0 0 3 12 .256 .304 .372 .676 81 16 1 0 3 0 0
1957 32 160 54 48 8 14 2 0 1 7 0 0 3 13 .292 .333 .396 .729 96 19 1 0 3 0 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1953 28 25 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .500 .667 .500 1.167 1 24
1954 29 50 35 32 6 9 1 0 1 3 0 1 7 .281 .303 .406 .709 4 48
1955 30 38 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 36
1956 31 30 6 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 1 2 .000 .200 .000 .200 0 29
1957 32 24 5 5 1 3 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 .600 .600 .600 1.200 2 23
5 Yrs 167 55 49 9 13 1 0 1 7 0 3 13 .265 .308 .347 .655 7 160
162 Game Avg. 162 53 48 9 13 1 0 1 7 0 3 13 .265 .308 .347 .655 7 160

* 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.

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