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Ted Kazanski

Theodore Stanley Kazanski

Positions: Second Baseman, Shortstop and Third Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: January 25, 1934 in Hamtramck, MI
High School: St. Ladislaus HS (Hamtramck, MI)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 25, 1953
Team: Phillies 1953-1958

Final Game: September 28, 1958
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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
1951	17	PHI-min	B	88	306	306		66	8	2	0						.216	.216	.255	.471		78							TER · IIIL
1952	18	PHI-min	A,AAA	137	493	484	5	123	15	2	10	4	1		9	3	.254	.268	.355	.623		172		0	0				SDY,BLT · EL,IL
1953	19	PHI-min	AAA	60	243	217	36	63	12	2	3	12	0		25	20	.290	.364	.406	.769		88		0	1				BLT · IL
1953	19	PHI	NL	95	392	360	39	78	17	5	2	27	1	1	26	53	.217	.275	.308	.583	52	111	7	3	3			6
1954	20	PHI	NL	39	110	104	7	14	2	0	1	8	0	1	4	14	.135	.164	.183	.346	-10	19	4	0	0	2		6
1955	21	PHI-min	AAA	140	542	479	62	147	25	4	9	62	7		56	54	.307	.379	.432	.811		207		2	1	4			SYR · IL
1955	21	PHI	NL	9	13	12	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.083	.154	.333	.487	26	4	0	0	0	0	0	/56
1956	22	PHI	NL	117	406	379	35	80	11	1	4	34	0	2	20	41	.211	.251	.277	.528	43	105	8	1	3	3	6	*4/6
1957	23	PHI	NL	62	204	185	15	49	7	1	3	11	1	1	17	20	.265	.327	.362	.689	88	67	7	0	2	0	1	54/6
1958	24	PHI	NL	95	318	289	21	66	12	2	3	35	2	3	22	34	.228	.291	.315	.606	62	91	9	4	2	1	2	465
1959	25	ATL-min	AAA	107	402	366	28	73	8	1	2	22	2		30	31	.199	.260	.243	.503		89		1	2	3	5		LOU · AA
1960	26	ATL-OAK-CLE-min	AAA	102	385	360	33	96	16	2	6	39	2	1	25	46	.267	.314	.372	.687		134		0	0	0			LOU,DFW,TTO · AA,IL
1961	27	ANA-min	AAA	134	458	429	44	106	20	1	5	51	2		29	36	.247	.295	.333	.628		143							DFW · AA
1962	28	ATL-min	AAA	152	578	515	61	130	23	1	13	70	3	3	44	57	.252	.316	.377	.693		194		6	9	4			TTO · IL
1963	29	TEX-min	AAA	122	482	446	50	119	21	3	15	57	0	2	36	46	.267	.322	.428	.750		191							TTO · IL
1964	30	NYY-min	AAA	141	529	477	40	108	14	1	7	40	0	0	43	55	.226	.291	.304	.595		145		2	4	3			RMD · IL
6 Yrs				417	1443	1329	118	288	49	9	14	116	4	8	90	163	.217	.269	.299	.568	51	397	35	8	10	6	9
162 Game Avg.				162	561	516	46	112	19	3	5	45	2	3	35	63	.217	.269	.299	.568	51	154	14	3	4

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
1953	19	PHI	NL	95	392	-29	-2	0	-5	6	-31	-3.2	13	-18	-1.9	.468	.481	-1.3	0.0	-13	$	6
1954	20	PHI	NL	39	110	-16	0	1	-4	2	-17	-1.8	4	-14	-1.4	.454	.489	-1.0	-0.2	-9	$	6
1955	21	PHI	NL	9	13	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.1	-0	$	/56
1956	22	PHI	NL	117	406	-30	-0	0	-2	4	-28	-3.4	14	-15	-2.0	.473	.481	-1.6	0.1	-13	$	*4/6
1957	23	PHI	NL	62	204	-2	-1	-2	-3	1	-6	-0.7	7	1	0.0	.490	.496	0.3	-0.2	4	$	54/6
1958	24	PHI	NL	95	318	-14	-2	0	-9	4	-21	-2.2	11	-10	-1.2	.477	.486	-0.2	-0.6	-2	$	465
6 Seasons				417	1443	-93	-6	0	-22	16	-103	-11.3	49	-55	-6.5	.474	.489	-3.8	-0.8	-33	$

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	19	PHI	NL	392	293	30	2.7	110	.249	.217	.274	.275	.345	.308	.427	.583	.773	52	.258	-26.1	-2.5	.483	.164	.092	1.3
1954	20	PHI	NL	110	97	3	0.8	109	.143	.135	.274	.164	.345	.183	.424	.346	.769	-10	.039	-17.1	-1.7	.232	.077	.048	.0
1955	21	PHI	NL	13	11	1	2.4	104	.000	.083	.263	.154	.334	.333	.417	.487	.751	26	.232	-1.4	-0.1	.455	.333	.250	.0
1956	22	PHI	NL	406	315	25	2.1	101	.226	.211	.262	.251	.328	.277	.413	.528	.742	43	.203	-30.5	-3.1	.401	.113	.066	.0
1957	23	PHI	NL	204	146	21	3.9	100	.284	.265	.265	.327	.328	.362	.410	.689	.738	88	.422	-3.1	-0.3	.583	.189	.097	1.5
1958	24	PHI	NL	318	238	25	2.8	105	.249	.228	.269	.291	.336	.315	.420	.606	.756	62	.285	-16.1	-1.6	.494	.159	.087	2.4
6 Yrs				1443	1100	105	2.6	105	.237	.217	.268	.269	.336	.299	.419	.568	.755	51	.249	-94.3	-9.3	.453	.147	.082	6.2
162 Game Avg.				561	427	41	2.6	105	.237	.217	.268	.269	.336	.299	.419	.568	.755	51	.249	-94.3	-9.3	.453	.147	.082	2

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	19	PHI	NL	392	0.5%	13.5%	6.6%	6.1%	31%	2.04	6.8	180.0	13.3	1.18	78%
1954	20	PHI	NL	110	0.9%	12.7%	3.6%	2.7%	21%	3.50	7.4	104.0	13.0	1.70	83%
1955	21	PHI	NL	13	7.7%	7.7%	7.7%	7.7%	100%	1.00	12.0	12.0	12.0	1.00	77%
1956	22	PHI	NL	406	1.0%	10.1%	4.9%	3.9%	20%	2.05	9.2	94.8	11.1	0.85	83%
1957	23	PHI	NL	204	1.5%	9.8%	8.3%	5.4%	22%	1.18	9.3	61.7	16.8	1.16	79%
1958	24	PHI	NL	318	0.9%	10.7%	6.9%	5.4%	26%	1.55	8.5	96.3	8.3	1.25	80%
6 Yrs				1443	1.0%	11.3%	6.2%	5.0%	25%	1.81	8.2	94.9	11.5	1.11	80%
MLB Averages					2.3%	11.7%	9.1%	6.6%	29%	1.29	7.5	38.9	8.2	0.98	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	19	PHI	NL	-25.6	-2.5	324	-2.0	4.2	-6.3	.99	-2.0	-0.1	-22.3	-2.2	0.95	-25.0		0
1954	20	PHI	NL	-17.1	-1.7	98	-1.3	0.7	-2.0	.97	-1.2	-0.1	-15.0	-1.5	0.96	-15.1	2.08	1
1955	21	PHI	NL	-1.4	-0.1	13	-0.0	0.1	-0.2	.57	-0.0	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	1.05	-0.5	0.54	1
1956	22	PHI	NL	-30.5	-3.1	411	-1.7	5.8	-7.5	1.00	-2.3	0.7	-16.8	-1.7	0.95	-24.1	0.00	1
1957	23	PHI	NL	-3.1	-0.3	210	-1.2	3.1	-4.3	1.08	-0.4	-0.7	-10.9	-1.1	0.97	-5.4	1.47	5
1958	24	PHI	NL	-16.1	-1.6	326	-1.9	4.7	-6.6	1.04	-1.1	-0.7	-13.8	-1.4	1.02	-12.8	1.48	5
6 Yrs				-93.8	-9.3	1382	-8.2	18.7	-26.8	1.01	-7.0	-1.1	-81.3	-8.1	0.97	-83.0	1.34	13

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1953	19	PHI	NL	1	35%	97	1	1	50%	0	0	0	7	1	54%	9	7	2	4	2	2	13	2	10
1954	20	PHI	NL	2	35%	17	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	4	50%	0	0	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1955	21	PHI	NL	0	0%	2	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	22	PHI	NL	4	32%	145	0	2	0%	0	2	1	3	7	42%	24	16	7	3	2	1	11	3	8
1957	23	PHI	NL	3	19%	81	1	1	50%	1	3	1	3	4	27%	8	6	2	2	1	1	5	3	1
1958	24	PHI	NL	6	20%	117	2	3	40%	2	4	1	6	3	48%	19	9	8	2	1	1	8	1	5
6 Yrs				16	28%	459	4	8	33%	3	10	3	19	19	45%	61	38	20	12	7	5	38	9	25

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	19	PHI	NL	392	47%	78			0	0	0	0		2	0	9	1	1	2	0	1	6	3	50%	62	7	11%	24	10	42%	189	23	12%	14	9	64%	6	2	33%	0
1954	20	PHI	NL	110	37%	14			1	0	0	0	2.08	1	0	3	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	0%	19	4	21%	15	9	60%	58	6	10%	8	5	63%	5	4	80%	0
1955	21	PHI	NL	13	15%	1			1	0	0	0	0.54	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	0	0		4	0	0%	4	1	25%	12	0	0%	0	0		2	1	50%	0
1956	22	PHI	NL	406	17%	80			1	0	0	0	0.00	4	1	13	1	3	3	1	0	5	3	60%	77	8	10%	42	10	24%	246	32	13%	23	10	43%	9	5	56%	0
1957	23	PHI	NL	204	30%	49			5	1	0	0	1.47	3	0	6	2	1	2	1	0	3	2	67%	44	7	16%	18	4	22%	130	8	6%	8	2	25%	9	5	56%	0
1958	24	PHI	NL	318	42%	66			5	1	0	0	1.48	3	0	13	2	1	0	3	0	3	2	67%	72	9	13%	36	11	31%	239	32	13%	18	7	39%	14	11	79%	0
6 Yrs				1443	33%	288			13	2	0	0	1.34	14	1	44	8	6	7	7	2	19	10	53%	278	35	13%	139	45	32%	874	101	12%	71	33	46%	45	28	62%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			80%			11%			31%			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	19	95	392	360	39	78	17	5	2	27	1	1	26	53	.217	.275	.308	.583	52	111	7	3	3
1954	20	134	502	464	46	92	19	5	3	35	1	2	30	67	.198	.251	.280	.531	38	130	11	3	3	2
1955	21	143	515	476	47	93	19	5	4	36	1	2	31	68	.195	.248	.282	.530	38	134	11	3	3	2	0
1956	22	260	921	855	82	173	30	6	8	70	1	4	51	109	.202	.249	.280	.529	40	239	19	4	6	5	6
1957	23	322	1125	1040	97	222	37	7	11	81	2	5	68	129	.213	.263	.294	.557	49	306	26	4	8	5	7
1958	24	417	1443	1329	118	288	49	9	14	116	4	8	90	163	.217	.269	.299	.568	51	397	35	8	10	6	9

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	19	99	403	371	38	78	17	5	2	26	1	26	55	.210	.268	.299	.567	29	95
1954	20	41	115	109	7	14	2	0	1	8	0	4	15	.128	.157	.174	.331	3	39
1955	21	9	14	13	2	1	0	0	1	2	0	1	1	.077	.143	.308	.451	1	9
1956	22	122	429	400	39	87	12	1	4	38	0	22	43	.218	.258	.283	.541	29	117
1957	23	65	215	195	16	53	8	1	3	12	1	18	21	.272	.333	.369	.703	24	62
1958	24	100	335	305	22	70	13	2	3	37	2	23	36	.230	.291	.315	.606	27	95
6 Yrs		436	1511	1393	124	303	52	9	14	123	4	94	171	.218	.270	.298	.568	113	417
162 Game Avg.		162	561	518	46	113	19	3	5	46	1	35	64	.218	.270	.298	.568	42	417

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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