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
1946	21	MOV	D	12	27	27		5	1	2	0						.185	.185	.370	.556		10							MOV · NCSL
1947	22	MOV	D	42	118	118		44	15	2	2						.373	.373	.585	.958		69							MOV · NCSL
1948	23	CIN-min	AA,A	16	22	22		7	1	0	0						.318	.318	.364	.682		8							TUL,CLM · TL,SALL
1949	24	CIN-min	AA	41	75	75		15	4	1	0						.200	.200	.280	.480		21							TUL · TL
1950	25	CIN-min	AAA	35	53	49	3	9	0	0	0	3	0		4	6	.184	.245	.184	.429		9		0	0				SYR · IL
1951	26	CIN-min	AA	41	81	81		22	3	1	0						.272	.272	.333	.605		27							TUL · TL
1952	27	NYY-min	AAA	40	24	22	2	5	0	0	0	1	0		0	3	.227	.227	.227	.455		5	0	0	2				KCY · AA
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
1958	33	ATL-min	AAA	36	67	65	6	13	1	0	2	5	0		1	16	.200	.212	.308	.520		20		0	1	0	0		WCH · AA
1959	34	HSN	AAA	29	64	57	5	8	0	0	0	4	0		2	9	.140	.169	.140	.310		8		0	5	0	0		HSN · AA
1960	35	BAL-PHI-CHC-min	AAA	39	31	28	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	.143	.226	.143	.369		4		0	0	0			VAN,BFL,HSN · PCL,IL,AA
1961	36	OAK-min	AA,A	26	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							MOB,PNO · SOUA,SALL
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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1953	28	MLN	NL	24	3	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	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	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	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	1	0.2	0	2	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
5 Seasons				160	54	-1	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	GO/AO	IP%
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
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
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
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
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
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
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

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1953	28	MLN	NL	50%	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0
1954	29	MLN	NL	56%	10	2	50%	3	2	1	0	0	1	1
1955	30	MLN	NL	0%	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	31	MLN	NL	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	32	MLN	NL	33%	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				44%	12	2	40%	3	2	1	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
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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1953	28	24	3	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	.500	.667	.500	1.167	218	1	0	0
1954	29	72	37	33	7	10	1	1	3	2	8	.303	.343	.424	.767	105	14	1	2	0
1955	30	108	43	39	7	11	2	1	3	2	10	.282	.317	.410	.727	94	16	1	2	0	0
1956	31	137	49	43	7	11	2	1	5	3	12	.256	.304	.372	.676	81	16	1	3	0	0
1957	32	160	54	48	8	14	2	1	7	3	13	.292	.333	.396	.729	96	19	1	3	0	0

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

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