Howie Koplitz

Howard Dean Koplitz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: May 4, 1938 in Oshkosh, WI
High School: Oshkosh HS (Oshkosh, WI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1956. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1961
Teams (by GP): Senators/Tigers 1961-1966

Final Game: April 24, 1966
Died: January 2, 2012 in Oshkosh, WI
Buried: Lake View Memorial Park, Oshkosh, WI
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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
1956	18	DET-min	D	18	38	38		11	3	0	1						.289	.289	.447	.737		17							JAM · PONY
1957	19	DET-min	C	41	80	80		15	1	1	2						.188	.188	.300	.488		24							IDF · PION
1958	20	DET-min	B,A	43	73	73		18	1	0	0						.247	.247	.247	.493		18							DHM,AUG · CARL,SALL
1959	21	DET-min	A	31	62	46	6	6	2	0	1	3	0		9	13	.130	.273	.239	.512		11		0	7	0	0		KNX · SALL
1960	22	ATL-CHC-min	AAA	31	32	32	4	7	1	0	2	5	0		0	12	.219	.219	.438	.656		14							LOU,HSN · AA
1961	23	DET-min	AA	37	97	81	13	17	5	3	0	9	1		16	23	.210	.340	.346	.686		28							BIR · SOUA
1961	23	DET	AL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	24	DET-min	AAA	1	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1962	24	DET	AL	12	15	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.231	.333	.231	.564	53	3	0	0	0	0	0	1

1963	25	DET-min	AAA	30	50	46	2	7	0	1	0	2	0	0	4	20	.152	.220	.196	.416		9							SYR · IL
1964	26	TEX/ATL-SFG-min	AAA	21	38	29	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	13	.069	.182	.069	.251		2		1	5	0			TTO,TAC · IL,PCL
1964	26	WSA	AL	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	-38	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1965	27	TEX-min	AAA	10	21	19	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	1			HAW · PCL
1965	27	WSA	AL	33	32	30	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.100	.129	.100	.229	-33	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1966	28	TEX-min	AA	3	6	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.167	.000	.167		0							YOR · EL
1966	28	WSA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
5 Yrs				56	56	51	3	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	27	.118	.182	.118	.299	-14	6	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	162	148	9	17	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	78	.118	.182	.118	.299	-14	17	0	0	3	0	0

WSA (3 yrs)				40	37	34	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	19	.088	.139	.088	.227	-33	3	0	0	1	0	0
DET (2 yrs)				16	19	17	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	8	.176	.263	.176	.440	19	3	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
1961	23	DET	AL	4	4	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.484	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1962	24	DET	AL	12	15	-1	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1

1964	26	WSA	AL	6	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	/1
1965	27	WSA	AL	33	32	-5	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.495	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$	1
1966	28	WSA	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
5 Seasons				56	56	-8	-0	0	0	7	-1	-0.2	1	0	-0.2	.497	.500	-0.2	-0.0	0	$

WSA (3 yrs)				40	37	-6	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.496	.500	-0.2	-0.0	-0	$
DET (2 yrs)				16	19	-2	-0	0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$

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
1961	23	DET	AL	4	4	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.267	.000	.343	.000	.416	.000	.759	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1962	24	DET	AL	15	10	1	2.7	106	.500	.231	.268	.333	.341	.231	.417	.564	.758	53	.276	-0.8	-0.1	.500	.154	.000

1964	26	WSA	AL	5	4	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.256	.200	.324	.000	.397	.200	.721	-38	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
1965	27	WSA	AL	32	28	0	0.0	90	.231	.100	.248	.129	.318	.100	.381	.229	.699	-33	.000	-5.3	-0.6	.148	.033	.000
5 Yrs				56	46	1	0.6	96	.250	.118	.255	.182	.327	.118	.394	.299	.721	-14	.026	-8.0	-0.8	.222	.078	.000
162 Game Avg.				162	133	3	0.6	96	.250	.118	.255	.182	.327	.118	.394	.299	.721	-14	.026	-8.0	-0.8	.222	.078	.000

WSA (3 yrs)				37	32	0	0.0	91	.200	.088	.249	.139	.319	.088	.383	.227	.701	-33	.000	-6.0	-0.6	.161	.059	.000
DET (2 yrs)				19	14	1	1.9	106	.333	.176	.268	.263	.341	.176	.417	.440	.758	19	.169	-2.0	-0.2	.357	.118	.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%
1961	23	DET	AL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0			2.00	75%
1962	24	DET	AL	15	0.0%	46.7%	13.3%	0.0%	0%	3.50	1.9			0.50	40%

1964	26	WSA	AL	5	0.0%	40.0%	20.0%	0.0%		2.00	2.0			1.00	40%
1965	27	WSA	AL	32	0.0%	53.1%	3.1%	0.0%	0%	17.00	1.8			2.67	41%
5 Yrs				56	0.0%	48.2%	7.1%	0.0%	0%	6.75	1.9			1.71	43%
MLB Averages					2.3%	15.0%	8.2%	6.4%	29%	1.83	6.0	38.9	8.8	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1961	23	DET	AL	-1.2	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.95	-0.1	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.14	-1.2	0
1962	24	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	15	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.80	-0.1	-0.2	-2.6	-0.3	1.06	-1.4	0

1964	26	WSA	AL	-0.8	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.03	-0.1	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.88	-0.7	0
1965	27	WSA	AL	-5.3	-0.6	32	-0.5	0.1	-0.6	.81	-0.6	-0.0	-5.9	-0.6	0.92	-5.8	0
1966	28	WSA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
5 Yrs				-8.0	-0.8	56	-0.9	0.2	-1.0	.84	-0.8	-0.2	-10.9	-1.1	0.97	-9.1	0

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
1961	23	DET	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	24	DET	AL	0	0	60%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	33%	2	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	1

1964	26	WSA	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	27	WSA	AL	0	0	0%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	30%	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	25%	3	3	0	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
1961	23	DET	AL	4	25%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	24	DET	AL	15	33%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	2	0	0%	13	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0

1964	26	WSA	AL	5	20%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1965	27	WSA	AL	32	38%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	3	0	0%	3	0	0%	17	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				56	34%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	6	0	0%	5	0	0%	36	0	0%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1961	23	4	4	4	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1962	24	16	19	17	3	3	2	8	.176	.263	.176	.440	19	3	0
1963	25	16	19	17	3	3	2	8	.176	.263	.176	.440	19	3	0
1964	26	22	24	21	3	3	3	10	.143	.250	.143	.393	9	3	0
1965	27	55	56	51	3	6	4	27	.118	.182	.118	.299	-14	6	1
1966	28	56	56	51	3	6	4	27	.118	.182	.118	.299	-14	6	1

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
1961	23	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1962	24	12	15	13	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	7	.231	.333	.231	.564	1	12

1964	26	6	5	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	6
1965	27	33	32	30	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	17	.000	.032	.000	.032	0	33
4 Yrs		55	56	51	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	4	27	.059	.127	.059	.186	1	55
162 Game Avg.		162	165	150	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	12	80	.059	.127	.059	.186	3	55

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