George Kopacz

George Felix Kopacz (Sonny)

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 26, 1941 in Chicago, IL
High School: Kelly HS (Chicago, IL)
Signed by the Milwaukee Braves as an amateur free agent in 1960. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1966
Teams (by GP): Pirates/Braves 1966-1970

Final Game: September 29, 1970
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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
1960	19	ATL-min	D	120	443	443		122	15	14	1						.275	.275	.379	.655		168							DAV · MIDW
1961	20	ATL-min	C	127	501	501		164	32	7	11						.327	.327	.485	.812		243							BOI · PION
1962	21	ATL-min	B	138	574	507	86	144	25	6	8	66	10	3	58	102	.284	.358	.404	.762		205		2	4	3			YAK · NORW
1963	22	ATL-min	AA	140	601	560	102	180	31	6	8	86	11	1	41	81	.321	.368	.441	.809		247							AUS · TL
1964	23	TEX/ATL-MIN-ATL-min	AAA,AA	120	440	380	43	90	5	3	5	42	4	1	53	61	.237	.328	.305	.633		116		0	4	3			TTO,ATA,AUS,DEN · IL,TL,PCL
1965	24	ATL-min	AA	128	491	448	57	120	18	5	7	46	1	3	43	62	.268	.332	.377	.709		169							AUS · TL
1966	25	ATL-min	AA,AAA	113	418	378	49	106	23	5	12	49	5	0	39	64	.280	.347	.463	.810		175		0	0	1			AUS,RMD · TL,IL
1966	25	ATL	NL	6	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3

1967	26	ATL-min	AA,AAA	117	451	398	53	100	14	2	10	45	2	3	52	83	.251	.338	.372	.710		148		0	1	0			AUS,RMD · TL,IL
1968	27	ATL-min	AA	100	324	285	43	68	10	3	14	39	11	6	39	51	.239	.330	.442	.772		126							SHV · TL
1969	28	ATL-PIT-min	AAA,AA	95	353	301	47	73	9	0	11	37	4	0	47	48	.243	.347	.382	.729		115		2	1	2			RMD,CLB,SHV · IL,TL
1970	29	PIT-min	AAA	135	582	497	100	154	19	4	29	115	11	2	71	81	.310	.390	.539	.929		268		1	2	11			CLB · IL
1970	29	PIT	NL	10	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.188	.188	.188	.375	2	3	0	0	1	0	0	/3
1971	30	PIT-min	AAA	127	496	432	80	129	24	2	19	86	7	6	61	73	.299	.384	.495	.879		214		0	1	2			CHL · IL
1972	31	PIT-min	AAA	136	584	497	70	151	25	2	12	71	6	7	79	76	.304	.396	.435	.830		216		0	3	5			CHL · IL
1973	32	NYY-min	AAA	132	516	446	55	106	17	2	7	57	4	2	63	77	.238	.331	.332	.663		148		1	2	4			SYR · IL
2 Yrs				16	27	25	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.120	.154	.120	.274	-24	3	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	273	253	20	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	101	.120	.154	.120	.274	-24	30	0	0	10	0	0

PIT (1 yr)				10	17	16	1	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.188	.188	.188	.375	2	3	0	0	1	0	0
ATL (1 yr)				6	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0	0	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
1966	25	ATL	NL	6	10	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.456	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$	/3

1970	29	PIT	NL	10	17	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$	/3
2 Seasons				16	27	-4	0	0	0	-0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.473	.499	-0.4	0.0	-3	$

PIT (1 yr)				10	17	-2	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.483	.499	-0.2	0.1	-2	$
ATL (1 yr)				6	10	-2	0	0	-0	-0	-2	-0.3	0	-2	-0.2	.456	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-2	$

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
1966	25	ATL	NL	10	9	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.268	.100	.327	.000	.404	.100	.731	-69	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.111	.111	.000

1970	29	PIT	NL	17	14	1	1.9	101	.273	.188	.263	.188	.336	.188	.402	.375	.738	2	.165	-2.2	-0.2	.231	.000	.000
2 Yrs				27	23	1	1.2	100	.200	.120	.265	.154	.332	.120	.403	.274	.735	-24	.079	-4.4	-0.4	.182	.040	.000
162 Game Avg.				273	233	10	1.2	100	.200	.120	.265	.154	.332	.120	.403	.274	.735	-24	.079	-4.4	-0.4	.182	.040	.000

PIT (1 yr)				17	14	1	1.9	101	.273	.188	.263	.188	.336	.188	.402	.375	.738	2	.166	-2.2	-0.2	.231	.000	.000
ATL (1 yr)				10	9	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.268	.100	.327	.000	.404	.100	.731	-69	.000	-2.1	-0.2	.111	.111	.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%
1966	25	ATL	NL	10	0.0%	50.0%	10.0%	0.0%		5.00	1.8			3.00	40%

1970	29	PIT	NL	17	0.0%	29.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.2			0.80	65%
2 Yrs				27	0.0%	37.0%	3.7%	0.0%	0%	10.00	2.5			1.17	56%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.4%	8.4%	6.0%	27%	1.85	5.8	43.5	9.2	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1966	25	ATL	NL	-2.1	-0.2	10	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.75	-0.2	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.87	-2.1	0.53	4

1970	29	PIT	NL	-2.2	-0.2	17	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.40	-0.2	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	0.93	-2.5	1.79	7
2 Yrs				-4.4	-0.4	27	-0.6	0.2	-0.7	1.16	-0.4	-0.1	-4.2	-0.4	0.90	-4.6	1.33	11

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1966	25	ATL	NL	0	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1970	29	PIT	NL	0	0	33%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs				0	0	50%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	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
1966	25	ATL	NL	10	80%	0			4	0	0	0	0.53	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0

1970	29	PIT	NL	17	88%	3			7	1	0	0	1.79	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	2	2	100%	9	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				27	85%	3			11	1	0	0	1.33	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	3	2	67%	14	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			13%			46%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1966	25	6	10	9	1	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0
1967	26	6	10	9	1	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0
1968	27	6	10	9	1	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0
1969	28	6	10	9	1	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	-69	0	0
1970	29	16	27	25	2	3	1	10	.120	.154	.120	.274	-24	3	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
1966	25	6	10	9	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	5	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	6

1970	29	10	18	17	2	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.235	.235	.235	.471	1	10
2 Yrs		16	28	26	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	10	.154	.185	.154	.339	1	16
162 Game Avg.		162	284	263	30	41	0	0	0	0	0	10	101	.154	.185	.154	.339	10	16

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