Howie Judson

Howard Kolls Judson

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 16, 1926 in Hebron, IL
School: University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Champaign, IL)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1948
Teams (by GP): WhiteSox/Redlegs/Reds 1948-1954

Final Game: September 25, 1954
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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	20	CHW-min	B																										WLO · IIIL
1947	21	CHW-min	B	30	79	79		15	2	0	1						.190	.190	.253	.443		20							WLO · IIIL
1948	22	CHW	AL	41	34	29	1	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.103	.133	.138	.271	-27	4	0	0	4			1
1949	23	CHW	AL	26	35	31	0	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	11	.065	.094	.097	.191	-49	3	2	0	3			1
1950	24	CHW	AL	46	27	20	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	5	.100	.217	.150	.367	-3	3	0	0	4			1
1951	25	CHW	AL	27	40	33	0	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	14	.121	.171	.121	.293	-19	4	1	0	5			1
1952	26	CHW	AL	21	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-41	0	0	1	0			1
1953	27	CIN-CLE-min	AA,AAA	24	50	42	5	7	1	0	1	3	0	0	2	21	.167	.222	.262	.484		11	0	1	5				TUL,INA · TL,AA
1953	27	CIN	NL	10	13	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	6	.111	.429	.111	.540	50	1	0	0	0			1
1954	28	CIN	NL	37	25	24	2	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	10	.083	.120	.083	.203	-46	2	1	0	0	0		1
1955	29	SLE	Opn	37	60	54	5	6	0	1	0	0	0		2	21	.111	.143	.148	.291		8	1	0	4	0			SLE · PCL
1956	30	CIN-min	Opn	36	59	50	4	7	2	0	0	2	0		2	12	.140	.170	.180	.350		9	1	0	6	1			SLE · PCL
1957	31	PHI-CIN-min	AAA,Opn	36	47	44	4	7	3	0	0	5	0		0	20	.159	.156	.227	.383		10	0	0	2	1			MIA,SLE · IL,PCL
1958	32	CHC-min	AAA	45	39	36	3	9	1	0	0	3	0		2	13	.250	.289	.278	.567		10	0	0	1	0			POR · PCL
1959	33	DEN	AAA	35	37	34	1	6	0	0	0	2	0		2	10	.176	.243	.176	.420		6		1	0	0	0		DEN · AA
7 Yrs				208	179	150	7	14	3	0	0	7	0	0	13	61	.093	.171	.113	.284	-23	17	4	1	16	0
162 Game Avg.				162	139	117	5	11	2	0	0	5	0	0	10	48	.093	.171	.113	.284	-23	13	3	1	12

CHW (5 yrs)				161	141	117	2	11	3	0	0	5	0	0	7	45	.094	.152	.120	.272	-26	14	3	1	16
CIN (2 yrs)				47	38	33	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	16	.091	.231	.091	.322	-12	3	1	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				161	141	117	2	11	3	0	0	5	0	0	7	45	.094	.152	.120	.272	-26	14	3	1	16
NL (2 yrs)				47	38	33	5	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	16	.091	.231	.091	.322	-12	3	1	0	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
1948	22	CHW	AL	41	34	-6	0	0	0	4	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.494	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1949	23	CHW	AL	26	35	-7	0	-0	0	4	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.4	.485	.498	-0.4	0.0	-3	$	1
1950	24	CHW	AL	46	27	-4	0	0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1951	25	CHW	AL	27	40	-6	-0	0	0	4	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.3	0.0	-2	$	1
1952	26	CHW	AL	21	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1953	27	CIN	NL	10	13	-0	-0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.508	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1954	28	CIN	NL	37	25	-5	0	0	0	3	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.494	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	1
7 Seasons				208	179	-30	0	0	0	19	-11	-1.1	5	-6	-1.1	.495	.499	-1.1	0.0	-6	$

CHW (5 yrs)				161	141	-25	0	0	0	15	-9	-1.0	4	-6	-1.0	.494	.499	-1.0	0.0	-6	$
CIN (2 yrs)				47	38	-6	0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-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
1948	22	CHW	AL	34	30	1	0.9	102	.188	.103	.268	.133	.353	.138	.388	.271	.740	-27	.047	-5.3	-0.5	.192	.069	.034
1949	23	CHW	AL	35	34	0	0.0	103	.100	.065	.266	.094	.357	.097	.386	.191	.743	-49	.000	-6.7	-0.7	.129	.065	.032
1950	24	CHW	AL	27	22	1	1.2	111	.133	.100	.275	.217	.361	.150	.412	.367	.773	-3	.070	-3.1	-0.3	.333	.200	.050
1951	25	CHW	AL	40	35	1	0.8	100	.211	.121	.265	.171	.346	.121	.389	.293	.735	-19	.038	-5.6	-0.6	.200	.061	.000
1952	26	CHW	AL	5	4	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.261	.200	.341	.000	.382	.200	.723	-41	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1953	27	CIN	NL	13	8	0	0.0	110	.333	.111	.274	.429	.345	.111	.427	.540	.773	50	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.750	.556	.000
1954	28	CIN	NL	25	23	0	0.0	111	.143	.083	.277	.120	.348	.083	.428	.203	.776	-46	.000	-5.3	-0.5	.130	.042	.000
7 Yrs				179	156	3	0.5	105	.157	.093	.269	.171	.352	.113	.399	.284	.751	-23	.017	-27.1	-2.7	.221	.107	.020
162 Game Avg.				139	122	2	0.5	105	.157	.093	.269	.171	.352	.113	.399	.284	.751	-23	.017	-27.1	-2.7	.221	.107	.020

CHW (5 yrs)				141	125	3	0.6	103	.153	.094	.268	.152	.353	.120	.391	.272	.745	-26	.026	-21.5	-2.1	.202	.085	.026
CIN (2 yrs)				38	31	0	0.0	111	.176	.091	.276	.231	.347	.091	.428	.322	.775	-12	.000	-5.6	-0.5	.290	.182	.000

AL (5 yrs)				141	125	3	0.6	103	.153	.094	.268	.152	.353	.120	.391	.272	.745	-26	.026	-21.5	-2.1	.202	.085	.026
NL (2 yrs)				38	31	0	0.0	111	.176	.091	.276	.231	.347	.091	.428	.322	.775	-12	.000	-5.6	-0.5	.290	.182	.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%
1948	22	CHW	AL	34	0.0%	38.2%	2.9%	2.9%	33%	13.00	2.2		14.5		47%
1949	23	CHW	AL	35	0.0%	31.4%	2.9%	2.9%	50%	11.00	2.8		15.5	3.00	57%
1950	24	CHW	AL	27	0.0%	18.5%	11.1%	3.7%	50%	1.67	4.0			1.20	56%
1951	25	CHW	AL	40	0.0%	35.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.4		33.0	1.80	48%
1952	26	CHW	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0			1.00	40%
1953	27	CIN	NL	13	0.0%	46.2%	38.5%	0.0%	0%	1.20	1.5			3.00	23%
1954	28	CIN	NL	25	0.0%	40.0%	4.0%	0.0%	0%	10.00	2.4		12.0	3.33	56%
7 Yrs				179	0.0%	34.1%	7.3%	1.7%	21%	4.69	2.5		21.4	2.39	50%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.1%	9.8%	6.5%	28%	1.04	8.7	45.8	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
1948	22	CHW	AL	-5.3	-0.5	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.1	.57	-0.1	-0.0	-0.4	-0.0	1.07	-1.0
1949	23	CHW	AL	-6.7	-0.7	21	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.96	-0.5	-0.0	-4.9	-0.5	0.93	-5.6
1950	24	CHW	AL	-3.1	-0.3	16	-0.2	0.0	-0.3	.87	-0.2	-0.0	-2.8	-0.3	0.84	-3.1
1951	25	CHW	AL	-5.6	-0.6	32	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.80	-0.3	-0.1	-3.0	-0.3	0.89	-3.3
1952	26	CHW	AL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.65	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.73	-0.6
1953	27	CIN	NL	-0.2	-0.0	13	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.88	-0.1	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.84	-0.9
1954	28	CIN	NL	-5.3	-0.5	25	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.79	-0.5	0.3	-4.6	-0.4	0.97	-5.0
7 Yrs				-27.1	-2.7	123	-1.3	0.7	-2.0	.82	-1.7	0.1	-16.4	-1.6	0.91	-19.5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	22	CHW	AL	0	25%	4		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	23	CHW	AL	0	0%	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1950	24	CHW	AL	0	20%	5	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1951	25	CHW	AL	1	0%	11	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0
1952	26	CHW	AL	0	0%	2		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1953	27	CIN	NL	0	50%	3	25%	1	1	1	1	2	1	1
1954	28	CIN	NL	0	67%	8	25%	3	3	0	0	1	0	1
7 Yrs				1	25%	33	20%	6	6	1	1	3	1	2

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
1948	22	CHW	AL	34	18%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	200%	3	0	0%	3	2	67%	9	2	22%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1949	23	CHW	AL	35	14%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	300%	3	2	67%	5	0	0%	14	1	7%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1950	24	CHW	AL	27	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	4	200%	5	0	0%	5	1	20%	6	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1951	25	CHW	AL	40	28%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	100%	6	1	17%	6	3	50%	18	1	6%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1952	26	CHW	AL	5	0%	0			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
1953	27	CIN	NL	13	23%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0
1954	28	CIN	NL	25	16%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	1	20%	5	0	0%	17	2	12%	2	1	50%	2	2	100%	0
7 Yrs				179	24%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	10	16	160%	24	4	17%	25	6	24%	73	6	8%	7	1	14%	5	4	80%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			96%			13%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1948	22	41	34	29	1	3	1	2	1	13	.103	.133	.138	.271	-27	4	0	0	4
1949	23	67	69	60	1	5	2	4	2	24	.083	.113	.117	.230	-38	7	2	0	7
1950	24	113	96	80	2	7	3	4	5	29	.088	.141	.125	.266	-29	10	2	0	11
1951	25	140	136	113	2	11	3	5	7	43	.097	.150	.124	.274	-26	14	3	0	16
1952	26	161	141	117	2	11	3	5	7	45	.094	.152	.120	.272	-26	14	3	1	16
1953	27	171	154	126	5	12	3	5	12	51	.095	.180	.119	.299	-19	15	3	1	16
1954	28	208	179	150	7	14	3	7	13	61	.093	.171	.113	.284	-23	17	4	1	16	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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	22	43	36	31	2	4	1	4	1	14	.129	.156	.161	.318	1	41
1949	23	27	36	32	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.030	.000	.030	0	26
1950	24	48	30	22	2	3	2	0	4	5	.136	.269	.227	.497	1	46
1951	25	28	43	36	0	5	0	2	2	15	.139	.184	.139	.323	1	27
1952	26	22	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	21
1953	27	10	14	9	0	0	0	0	5	6	.000	.357	.000	.357	0	10
1954	28	39	26	25	0	0	0	0	1	11	.000	.038	.000	.038	0	37
7 Yrs		217	190	159	4	12	3	6	14	64	.075	.155	.094	.250	3	208
162 Game Avg.		162	142	119	3	9	2	4	10	48	.075	.155	.094	.250	2	208

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