Rod Kanehl

Roderick Edwin Kanehl (Hot Rod)

Positions: Second Baseman, Outfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: April 1, 1934 in Wichita, KS
High School: Springfield HS (Springfield, MO)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1962
Team: Mets 1962-1964

Final Game: October 4, 1964
Died: December 14, 2004 in Palm Springs, CA
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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
1954	20	NYY-min	D	136	560	560		175	22	11	10						.313	.313	.445	.757		249							MAL · SOSL
1955	21	NYY-min	C	117	457	457		125	15	6	2						.274	.274	.346	.619		158							MRO · CSTL
1956	22	NYY-min	C,B	100	372	372		102	14	6	9						.274	.274	.417	.691		155							MRO,WSM · EVAN,CARL
1957	23	NYY-min	B	116	365	365		94	11	3	4						.258	.258	.337	.595		123							PEO · IIIL
1958	24	DAL	AA	133	562	522	78	154	13	4	1	37	28	9	30	48	.295	.335	.341	.676		178		2	6	2			DAL · TL
1959	25	NYY-min	AAA	123	483	440	48	102	21	1	0	19	18		38	47	.232	.294	.284	.578		125		1	3	1	0		HSN,RMD · AA,IL
1960	26	CIN-OAK-NYY-min	AA,AAA	148	579	536	56	136	24	2	1	36	11	1	42	51	.254	.307	.312	.619		167		0	0	1			NVL,DFW,AMA · SOUA,AA,TL
1961	27	MIN-min	AA	152	624	572	92	174	31	4	1	72	14		52	38	.304	.362	.378	.740		216							NVL · SOUA
1962	28	NYM	NL	133	378	351	52	87	10	2	4	27	8	6	23	36	.248	.296	.322	.618	66	113	7	1	3	0	2	457/8396
1963	29	NYM	NL	109	201	191	26	46	6	0	1	9	6	3	5	26	.241	.268	.288	.556	60	55	7	2	3	0	0	7854/93
1964	30	NYM	NL	98	264	254	25	59	7	1	1	11	3	1	7	18	.232	.256	.280	.535	54	71	1	1	2	0	0	485/37
3 Yrs				340	843	796	103	192	23	3	6	47	17	10	35	80	.241	.277	.300	.577	61	239	15	4	8	0	2
162 Game Avg.				162	402	379	49	91	11	1	3	22	8	5	17	38	.241	.277	.300	.577	61	114	7	2	4	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
1962	28	NYM	NL	133	378	-14	-0	2	-12	2	-22	-2.3	13	-10	-1.0	.483	.486	0.2	-1.0	2	$	457/8396
1963	29	NYM	NL	109	201	-10	1	0	-4	-2	-14	-1.6	7	-7	-0.9	.485	.490	-0.5	-0.6	-3	$	7854/93
1964	30	NYM	NL	98	264	-15	0	1	2	1	-11	-1.1	9	-2	-0.3	.488	.493	-0.6	0.4	-4	$	485/37
3 Seasons				340	843	-38	0	4	-13	1	-47	-5.0	29	-18	-2.2	.485	.489	-0.9	-1.1	-5	$

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
1962	28	NYM	NL	378	280	32	3.1	104	.267	.248	.271	.296	.339	.322	.412	.618	.750	66	.325	-17.9	-1.8	.502	.145	.074	5.3
1963	29	NYM	NL	201	158	13	2.2	89	.274	.241	.254	.268	.316	.288	.380	.556	.696	60	.260	-10.1	-1.1	.419	.089	.047	1.7
1964	30	NYM	NL	264	199	19	2.6	90	.247	.232	.259	.256	.316	.280	.384	.535	.700	54	.298	-15.9	-1.7	.411	.083	.047	1.5
3 Yrs				843	637	64	2.7	96	.262	.241	.263	.277	.326	.300	.395	.577	.721	61	.301	-43.9	-4.6	.453	.112	.059	8.9
162 Game Avg.				402	304	30	2.7	96	.262	.241	.263	.277	.326	.300	.395	.577	.721	61	.301	-43.9	-4.6	.453	.112	.059	4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	28	NYM	NL	378	1.1%	9.5%	6.1%	4.2%	18%	1.57	9.8	87.8	13.0	1.22	82%
1963	29	NYM	NL	201	0.5%	12.9%	2.5%	3.5%	15%	5.20	7.3	191.0	21.2	1.15	82%
1964	30	NYM	NL	264	0.4%	6.8%	2.7%	3.4%	15%	2.57	14.1	254.0	23.1	0.98	89%
3 Yrs				843	0.7%	9.5%	4.2%	3.8%	17%	2.29	10.0	132.7	16.9	1.12	84%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.0%	8.2%	6.4%	28%	1.84	6.0	39.1	8.8	1.07	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	28	NYM	NL	-17.5	-1.7	402	-1.6	6.5	-8.0	1.13	-1.2	-0.1	-13.3	-1.3	0.97	-12.9	1.44	11
1963	29	NYM	NL	-10.1	-1.1	214	-1.2	2.9	-4.1	1.06	-0.9	-0.2	-13.3	-1.4	0.94	-10.3	1.41	21
1964	30	NYM	NL	-16.2	-1.7	267	-1.8	2.8	-4.6	.92	-1.4	-0.5	-12.3	-1.3	0.90	-16.1	0.68	15
3 Yrs				-43.7	-4.5	883	-4.6	12.2	-16.7	1.05	-3.6	-0.7	-38.9	-4.1	0.94	-39.4	1.18	47

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	CSH	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	28	NYM	NL	9	45%	188	8	6	57%	8	5	0	0	1	3	4	16	58%	28	14	14	5	4	1	17	1	14
1963	29	NYM	NL	2	48%	117	6	3	67%	6	3	0	0	0	1	0	5	36%	13	11	2	2	1	1	7	2	5
1964	30	NYM	NL	2	36%	111	3	1	75%	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	6	42%	23	16	6	4	2	2	9	2	7
3 Yrs				13	43%	416	17	10	63%	16	8	1	1	1	4	5	27	48%	64	41	22	11	7	4	33	5	26

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
1962	28	NYM	NL	378	27%	87			11	3	0	2	1.44	4	1	8	2	2	4	0	0	7	3	43%	91	7	8%	34	7	21%	228	25	11%	20	9	45%	8	2	25%	0
1963	29	NYM	NL	201	54%	46			21	5	0	0	1.41	1	0	5	0	1	1	0	0	3	3	100%	48	7	15%	22	7	32%	109	8	7%	9	3	33%	3	2	67%	0
1964	30	NYM	NL	264	28%	59			15	3	0	2	0.68	1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	33	1	3%	17	4	24%	127	10	8%	6	4	67%	8	3	38%	0
3 Yrs				843	34%	192			47	11	0	4	1.18	6	1	17	3	3	6	0	0	12	8	67%	172	15	9%	73	18	25%	464	43	9%	35	16	46%	19	7	37%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			75%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

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	IBB
1962	28	133	378	351	52	87	10	2	4	27	8	6	23	36	.248	.296	.322	.618	66	113	7	1	3	2
1963	29	242	579	542	78	133	16	2	5	36	14	9	28	62	.245	.286	.310	.596	64	168	14	3	6	2
1964	30	340	843	796	103	192	23	3	6	47	17	10	35	80	.241	.277	.300	.577	61	239	15	4	8	2

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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1962	28	133	375	349	50	85	10	2	4	26	8	22	36	.244	.290	.318	.608	32	133
1963	29	109	207	196	31	51	7	0	1	11	7	6	26	.260	.289	.311	.600	17	109
1964	30	98	271	260	29	65	8	1	1	13	3	8	18	.250	.275	.300	.575	21	98
3 Yrs		340	853	805	110	201	25	3	6	50	18	36	80	.250	.285	.311	.596	70	340
162 Game Avg.		162	406	384	52	96	12	1	3	24	9	17	38	.250	.285	.311	.596	33	340

* 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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