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Steve Korcheck

Stephen Joseph Korcheck (Hoss)

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: August 11, 1932 in McClellandtown, PA
School: George Washington University (Washington, DC)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1954. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 6, 1954
Team: Senators 1954-1959

Final Game: September 27, 1959
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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 21 WSH AL 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1955 22 WSH AL 13 38 36 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 5 .278 .297 .333 .631 73 12 0 1 1 0 0 2
1958 25 WSH AL 21 52 51 6 4 2 1 0 1 0 0 1 16 .078 .096 .157 .253 -31 8 0 0 0 0 1 2
1959 26 WSH AL 22 58 51 3 8 2 0 0 4 0 0 5 13 .157 .228 .196 .424 18 10 0 0 1 1 0 2
4 Yrs 58 155 145 12 23 6 1 0 7 0 0 6 36 .159 .196 .214 .410 13 31 0 1 2 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 433 405 34 64 17 3 0 20 0 0 17 101 .159 .196 .214 .410 13 87 0 3 6 3

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 Awards
1954 21 WSH AL 2 7 -1 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .392 .499 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /2
1955 22 WSH AL 13 38 -1 -0 0 1 0 0 0.0 1 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.0 0.2 0 $ 2
1958 25 WSH AL 21 52 -9 0 0 -1 1 -9 -1.0 1 -8 -0.9 .452 .494 -0.7 -0.0 -7 $ 2
1959 26 WSH AL 22 58 -6 -0 0 -1 1 -6 -0.6 2 -4 -0.5 .473 .496 -0.3 -0.0 -3 $ 2
4 Seasons 58 155 -16 -0 0 -2 2 -16 -1.8 4 -12 -1.5 .469 .497 -1.1 0.0 -10 $

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
1954 21 WSH AL 7 6 0 0.0 95 .200 .143 .259 .143 .334 .143 .379 .286 .713 -20 .000 -1.2 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
1955 22 WSH AL 38 27 4 4.0 99 .323 .278 .262 .297 .341 .333 .390 .631 .730 73 .435 -1.4 -0.1 .500 .056 .056
1958 25 WSH AL 52 47 1 0.6 96 .114 .078 .259 .096 .328 .157 .394 .253 .722 -31 .024 -9.3 -1.0 .191 .098 .078
1959 26 WSH AL 58 45 3 1.8 98 .205 .157 .260 .228 .332 .196 .398 .424 .729 18 .162 -5.7 -0.6 .349 .137 .039
4 Yrs 155 125 8 1.7 98 .209 .159 .260 .196 .333 .214 .394 .410 .726 13 .151 -17.6 -1.8 .311 .097 .055
162 Game Avg. 433 349 22 1.7 98 .209 .159 .260 .196 .333 .214 .394 .410 .726 13 .151 -17.6 -1.8 .311 .097 .055

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
1954 21 WSH AL 7 0.0% 28.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.5 0.33 71%
1955 22 WSH AL 38 0.0% 13.2% 0.0% 5.3% 20% 7.2 18.0 0.75 82%
1958 25 WSH AL 52 0.0% 30.8% 1.9% 5.8% 75% 16.00 3.2 51.0 0.88 67%
1959 26 WSH AL 58 0.0% 22.4% 8.6% 3.5% 25% 2.60 3.9 12.8 0.88 67%
4 Yrs 155 0.0% 23.2% 3.9% 4.5% 30% 6.00 4.0 20.7 0.81 71%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.2% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.34 7.3 38.4 8.3 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 21 WSH AL -1.2 -0.1 7 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 1.01 -0.1 -0.0 -1.8 -0.2 0.97 -1.4 0
1955 22 WSH AL -1.5 -0.2 38 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 1.03 -0.1 -0.1 -2.1 -0.2 0.97 -1.8 2.01 2
1958 25 WSH AL -9.3 -1.0 53 -0.5 0.1 -0.7 .57 -0.8 -0.1 -6.5 -0.7 0.81 -9.0 0.04 1
1959 26 WSH AL -5.7 -0.6 58 -0.2 0.6 -0.8 .79 -0.5 0.3 -4.5 -0.5 0.94 -5.5 0
4 Yrs -17.6 -1.8 156 -1.1 1.2 -2.3 .79 -1.5 0.1 -14.9 -1.6 0.91 -17.7 1.35 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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1954 21 WSH 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
1955 22 WSH AL 1 0 27% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1958 25 WSH AL 1 0 120% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 3 0 0 0 0 3 0 3
1959 26 WSH AL 1 0 23% 18 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 3 0 40% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 46% 7 6 1 0 0 0 4 0 4

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
1954 21 WSH AL 7 29% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1955 22 WSH AL 38 18% 10 2 1 0 0 2.01 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 7 0 0% 3 2 67% 26 2 8% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1958 25 WSH AL 52 54% 4 1 0 0 0 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 17 1 6% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1959 26 WSH AL 58 24% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 0 0% 4 1 25% 36 4 11% 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 0
4 Yrs 155 33% 23 3 1 0 0 1.35 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 25 0 0% 12 3 25% 82 7 9% 7 2 29% 2 0 0% 0
MLB Averages 48% 78% 11% 31% 14% 50% 53%

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
1954 21 2 7 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .143 .143 .143 .286 -20 1 0 0 0 0
1955 22 15 45 43 3 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .256 .273 .302 .575 58 13 0 1 1 0 0
1956 23 15 45 43 3 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .256 .273 .302 .575 58 13 0 1 1 0 0
1957 24 15 45 43 3 11 2 0 0 2 0 0 0 7 .256 .273 .302 .575 58 13 0 1 1 0 0
1958 25 36 97 94 9 15 4 1 0 3 0 0 1 23 .160 .177 .223 .400 10 21 0 1 1 0 1
1959 26 58 155 145 12 23 6 1 0 7 0 0 6 36 .159 .196 .214 .410 13 31 0 1 2 1 1

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1954 21 2 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1955 22 14 39 37 3 10 2 0 0 2 0 0 5 .270 .289 .324 .614 3 13
1958 25 22 55 54 8 5 2 1 0 1 0 1 17 .093 .109 .167 .276 1 21
1959 26 23 60 53 3 8 2 0 0 4 0 5 14 .151 .220 .189 .409 2 22
4 Yrs 61 161 151 14 23 6 1 0 7 0 6 38 .152 .189 .205 .394 6 58
162 Game Avg. 162 428 401 37 61 16 3 0 19 0 16 101 .152 .189 .205 .394 16 58

* 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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