Joe Kmak

Joseph Robert Kmak

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: May 3, 1963 in Napa, CA
High School: Junipero Serra (San Mateo, CA)
School: University of California, Santa Barbara
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 10th round of the 1985 amateur draft.
Signed June 6, 1985. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 6, 1993
Teams (by GP): Brewers/Cubs 1993-1995
Agents: Bob Gilhooley,Jim Bronner [*]
Final Game: August 27, 1995
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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
1985	22	SFG-min	A-	40	154	129	21	40	10	1	1	14	0	1	20	23	.310	.409	.426	.835		55		3	0	2	0	EVR · NORW
1986	23	SFG-min	A	60	182	163	23	44	5	0	1	9	3	2	15	38	.270	.341	.319	.660		52		3	0	1	0	FRE · CALL
1987	24	SFG-min	A,AA	63	220	195	23	42	8	1	0	15	1	2	18	36	.215	.295	.267	.562		52		4	3	0	0	FRE,SHV · CALL,TL
1988	25	SFG-min	AA	71	195	178	16	40	5	2	1	14	0	0	11	19	.225	.284	.292	.576		52	3	4	1	1	2	SHV · TL
1989	26	-min	A	78	294	248	39	68	10	5	4	34	8	4	40	41	.274	.384	.403	.788		100		5	0	1	1	REN · CALL
1990	27	MIL-min	AA,AAA	63	230	204	20	53	6	2	3	21	2	1	11	38	.260	.311	.353	.664		72		5	8	2	0	ELP,DEN · TL,AA
1991	28	MIL-min	AAA	100	336	295	34	70	17	2	1	33	7	3	28	45	.237	.313	.319	.632		94	5	5	7	1	0	DEN · AA
1992	29	MIL-min	AAA	67	254	225	27	70	11	4	3	31	6	3	19	39	.311	.369	.436	.805		98	5	3	5	2	0	DEN · AA
1993	30	MIL-min	AAA	24	84	76	9	23	3	2	1	13	1	0	8	14	.303	.369	.434	.803		33	1	0	0	0	0	NOR · AA
1993	30	MIL	AL	51	127	110	9	24	5	0	0	7	6	2	14	13	.218	.317	.264	.581	59	29	2	2	1	0	0	2

1995	32	CHC-min	AAA	34	109	98	6	17	3	0	2	7	0	0	6	24	.173	.217	.265	.482		26	4	0	3	2	0	IWA · AA
1995	32	CHC	NL	19	61	53	7	13	3	0	1	6	0	0	6	12	.245	.328	.358	.686	83	19	2	1	0	1	0	2/5
1996	33	CIN-min	AAA	48	171	143	20	40	3	0	2	19	3	0	26	35	.280	.394	.343	.737		49	4	1	1	0	1	INA · AA
1997	34	FLA-CIN-min	AAA	52	151	131	13	28	6	1	1	14	1	0	16	34	.214	.295	.298	.593		39	5	0	2	2	1	CHR,INA · IL,AA
1998	35	KCR-min	AAA	24	71	63	6	14	3	0	2	9	0	0	7	8	.222	.300	.365	.665		23	3	0	1	0	0	OMA · PCL
2 Seasons				70	188	163	16	37	8	0	1	13	6	2	20	25	.227	.321	.294	.615	67	48	4	3	1	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	435	377	37	86	19	0	2	30	14	5	46	58	.227	.321	.294	.615	67	111	9	7	2	2	0

CHC (1 yr)				19	61	53	7	13	3	0	1	6	0	0	6	12	.245	.328	.358	.686	83	19	2	1	0	1	0
MIL (1 yr)				51	127	110	9	24	5	0	0	7	6	2	14	13	.218	.317	.264	.581	59	29	2	2	1	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos
1993	30	MIL	AL	127	-5	1	1	0	2	2	4	5	0.5	3	0.3	0.2	$109,000	2

1995	32	CHC	NL	61	-1	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	0.4	2	0.2	0.2	$130,000	2/5
2 Seasons				188	-6	1	1	0	4	3	6	9	0.9	5	0.5	0.4	$239,000

CHC (1 yr)				61	-1	0	0	0	2	1	2	4	0.4	2	0.2	0.2	$130,000
MIL (1 yr)				127	-5	1	1	0	2	2	4	5	0.5	3	0.3	0.2	$109,000

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
1993	30	MIL	AL	127	91	10	2.9	102	.247	.218	.265	.317	.336	.264	.406	.581	.742	59	.288	-5.9	-0.6	.544	.209	.045	.0

1995	32	CHC	NL	61	43	6	3.8	105	.293	.245	.268	.328	.337	.358	.417	.686	.755	83	.384	-1.0	-0.1	.619	.226	.113	.0
2 Seasons				188	134	16	3.2	103	.261	.227	.266	.321	.336	.294	.410	.615	.746	67	.320	-6.9	-0.7	.568	.215	.067	1.7
162 Game Avg.				435	310	37	3.2	103	.261	.227	.266	.321	.336	.294	.410	.615	.746	67	.320	-6.9	-0.7	.568	.215	.067	4

CHC (1 yr)				61	43	6	3.8	105	.293	.245	.268	.328	.337	.358	.417	.686	.755	83	.385	-1.0	-0.1	.619	.226	.113	.0
MIL (1 yr)				127	91	10	2.9	102	.247	.218	.265	.317	.336	.264	.406	.581	.742	59	.288	-5.9	-0.6	.544	.209	.045	.0

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
1993	30	MIL	AL	127	0.0%	10.2%	11.0%	3.9%	21%	0.93	8.5		15.7	1.29	1.42	76%	17%	0.0%	24%

1995	32	CHC	NL	61	1.6%	19.7%	9.8%	6.6%	31%	2.00	4.4	53.0	8.8	0.64	1.00	67%	24%	4.8%	16%
2 Seasons				188	0.5%	13.3%	10.6%	4.8%	24%	1.25	6.5	163.0	12.5	1.05	1.28	73%	19%	1.9%	21%
MLB Averages					2.5%	15.7%	8.9%	7.5%	32%	1.77	5.6	35.4	7.6	0.84	1.10	71%	21%	7.5%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1993	30	MIL	AL	-5.9	-0.6	135	-0.2	1.4	-1.6	.73	-0.5	0.2	-4.2	-0.4	0.83	-7.2	0.00	1

1995	32	CHC	NL	-1.0	-0.1	61	-0.2	0.9	-1.0	.83	0.1	-0.3	-0.9	-0.1	0.89	-0.2	0.13	2
2 Seasons				-6.9	-0.7	196	-0.4	2.3	-2.7	.76	-0.4	-0.0	-5.1	-0.5	0.85	-7.4	0.08	3

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1993	30	MIL	AL	3	0	23%	45	6	2	75%	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	3	29%	8	7	1	1	1	0	5	2	3

1995	32	CHC	NL	0	0	32%	31	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	38%	4	4	0	2	1	1	2	0	2
2 Seasons				3	0	25%	76	6	2	75%	5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	32%	12	11	1	3	2	1	7	2	5

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
1993	30	MIL	AL	127	60%	24	6	2	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	14	2	14%	4	2	50%	60	7	12%	5	3	60%	1	1	100%	0

1995	32	CHC	NL	61	28%	13	1	0	2	1	0	0	0.13	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0		6	2	33%	3	1	33%	29	5	17%	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	0
2 Seasons				188	49%	37	7	2	3	1	0	0	0.08	1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	20	4	20%	7	3	43%	89	12	13%	6	4	67%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			72%			10%			35%			15%			52%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1993	30	MIL	AL	123	453	3.68	274	60%	30%	9%	27%	35%	70%	0%	43%	87%	22%	8%	10	0	18%	22	9	9%	11	3	42%	4	0	0

1995	32	CHC	NL	57	230	4.04	139	60%	24%	17%	30%	28%	76%	0%	46%	77%	47%	4%	2	0	11%	6	3	4%	2	2	36%	4	0	0
2 Seasons				180	683	3.79	413	60%	28%	12%	28%	32%	72%	0%	44%	84%	30%	7%	12	0	16%	28	12	7%	13	5	39%	8	0	0
MLB Averages						3.68		61%	25%	15%	27%	33%	75%	2%	46%	80%	31%	6%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1993	30	51	127	110	9	24	5	0	7	6	2	14	13	.218	.317	.264	.581	59	29	2	2	1	0
1994	31	51	127	110	9	24	5	0	7	6	2	14	13	.218	.317	.264	.581	59	29	2	2	1	0
1995	32	70	188	163	16	37	8	1	13	6	2	20	25	.227	.321	.294	.615	67	48	4	3	1	1

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
1993	30	51	126	110	9	24	5	0	0	7	6	14	13	.218	.317	.264	.581	9	51

1995	32	21	67	59	8	14	3	0	1	7	0	6	14	.237	.313	.339	.652	7	19
2 Seasons		72	193	169	17	38	8	0	1	14	6	20	27	.225	.316	.290	.606	16	70
162 Game Avg.		162	434	380	38	86	18	0	2	32	14	45	61	.225	.316	.290	.606	36	70

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