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Gary Kroll

Gary Melvin Kroll

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 220 lb.

Born: July 8, 1941 in Culver City, CA
High School: Reseda HS (Reseda, CA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1959. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 26, 1964
Teams (by GP): Mets/Indians/Astros/Phillies 1964-1969

Final Game: July 12, 1969
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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
1959	17	PHI-min	D-	15	28	28		5	0	1	0						.179	.179	.250	.429		7							JOH · APPY
1960	18	PHI-min	C	36	87	87		15	3	0	0						.172	.172	.207	.379		18							BAK · CALL
1961	19	PHI-min	B,AA,C	34	63	63		12	4	0	0						.190	.190	.190	.381		12							DMO,CNG,BAK · IIIL,SOUA,CALL
1962	20	PHI-ANA/PHI-min	A,AAA	24	73	61	4	7	0	0	0	2	1	0	6	18	.115	.203	.115	.318		7		1	4	1	0		WPT,BFL,DFW · EL,IL,AA
1963	21	PHI-min	AAA	23	55	55	4	10	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	.182	.182	.218	.400		12							ARK · IL
1964	22	PHI-min	AAA	24	51	47	4	7	1	0	1	2	0	0	0	18	.149	.149	.234	.383		11		0	4	0			ARK · PCL
1964	22	TOT	NL	10	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	92	1	1	0	0	0	0	1
1964	22	PHI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	22	NYM	NL	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	92	1	1	0	0	0	0	/1
1965	23	NYM	NL	32	29	26	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.115	.115	.154	.269	-23	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
1966	24	HOU-min	AAA	10	8	8	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.125	.125	.125	.250		1		0	0	0			OKC · PCL
1966	24	HOU	NL	10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1967	25	CLE-HOU-min	A,AA,AAA	23	33	31	1	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	11	.258	.303	.258	.561		8		0	0	0			REN,AMA,POR,OKC · CALL,TL,PCL
1968	26	CLE-min	AA	28	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							WBY · EL
1969	27	CLE-min	AAA	24	6	6	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.167	.333		1		0	0	0			POR · PCL
1969	27	CLE	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1970	28	ANA-min	AAA	16	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.143	.143	.143	.286		1		0	0	0			HAW · PCL
1971	29	STL-min	AAA	7	9	9	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.444	.444	.444	.889		4		0	0	0			TUL · AA
4 Yrs				71	35	32	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.125	.125	.156	.281	-19	5	1	0	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	80	73	7	9	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	.125	.125	.156	.281	-19	11	2	0	7	0	0

NYM (2 yrs)				40	32	29	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	10	.138	.138	.172	.310	-11	5	1	0	3	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU (1 yr)				10	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (3 yrs)				52	35	32	3	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	.125	.125	.156	.281	-19	5	1	0	3	0	0
AL (1 yr)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						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
1964	22	PHI	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1964	22	NYM	NL	8	3	-0	0	-0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1965	23	NYM	NL	32	29	-4	0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1966	24	HOU	NL	10	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1

1969	27	CLE	AL	19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
4 Seasons				71	35	-5	0	-0	0	4	-1	-0.2	1	-0	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	-0	$

NYM (2 yrs)				40	32	-5	0	-0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$
PHI (1 yr)				2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CLE (1 yr)				19	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$
HOU (1 yr)				10	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.495	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$

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
1964	22	TOT	NL	3	3	0	0.0	90	.500	.333	.259	.333	.316	.333	.384	.667	.700	92	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1964	22	NYM	NL	3	3	0	0.0	90	.500	.333	.259	.333	.316	.333	.384	.667	.700	92	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.333	.000	.000
1965	23	NYM	NL	29	26	1	1.0	89	.176	.115	.252	.115	.315	.154	.382	.269	.697	-23	.074	-4.1	-0.4	.174	.038	.038
1966	24	HOU	NL	3	3	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.257	.000	.314	.000	.386	.000	.700	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				35	32	1	0.8	90	.200	.125	.253	.125	.315	.156	.382	.281	.697	-19	.051	-5.0	-0.5	.172	.031	.031
162 Game Avg.				80	73	2	0.8	90	.200	.125	.253	.125	.315	.156	.382	.281	.697	-19	.051	-5.0	-0.5	.172	.031	.031

NYM (2 yrs)				32	29	1	0.9	90	.211	.138	.253	.138	.315	.172	.382	.310	.697	-11	.061	-4.2	-0.4	.192	.034	.034
HOU (1 yr)				3	3	0	0.0	90	.000	.000	.257	.000	.314	.000	.386	.000	.700	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.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%
1964	22	TOT	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				67%
1964	22	NYM	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0				67%
1965	23	NYM	NL	29	0.0%	31.0%	0.0%	3.5%	33%		2.9			1.25	59%
1966	24	HOU	NL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
4 Yrs				35	0.0%	34.3%	0.0%	2.9%	25%		2.7			1.63	57%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.6%	8.1%	6.0%	27%	1.93	5.7	43.5	9.4	1.12	72%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1964	22	TOT	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.68	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.70	-0.4	0
1964	22	PHI	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1964	22	NYM	NL	-0.1	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.68	-0.0	-0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.70	-0.4	0
1965	23	NYM	NL	-4.2	-0.4	29	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.75	-0.4	-0.1	-5.2	-0.6	1.02	-4.9	0
1966	24	HOU	NL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.09	-0.1	0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.37	-0.7	0

1969	27	CLE	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
4 Yrs				-5.0	-0.5	35	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	.69	-0.6	-0.1	-6.0	-0.6	0.94	-6.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS3	2^ndS
1964	22	TOT	NL	0%	1	0		0	0	0
1964	22	NYM	NL	0%	1	0		0	0	0
1965	23	NYM	NL	100%	3	1	50%	1	1	1
1966	24	HOU	NL		0	0		0	0	0
4 Yrs				75%	4	1	50%	1	1	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
1964	22	TOT	NL	3	33%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	22	NYM	NL	3	33%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1965	23	NYM	NL	29	10%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	7	0	0%	7	2	29%	21	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
1966	24	HOU	NL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				35	11%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	8	1	13%	8	2	25%	22	0	0%	2	0	0%	2	1	50%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			78%			10%			30%			13%			46%			51%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1964	22	10	3	3	0	1	0	1	.333	.333	.333	.667	92	1	1	0
1965	23	42	32	29	3	4	1	10	.138	.138	.172	.310	-11	5	1	3
1966	24	52	35	32	3	4	1	12	.125	.125	.156	.281	-19	5	1	3
1967	25	52	35	32	3	4	1	12	.125	.125	.156	.281	-19	5	1	3
1968	26	52	35	32	3	4	1	12	.125	.125	.156	.281	-19	5	1	3
1969	27	71	35	32	3	4	1	12	.125	.125	.156	.281	-19	5	1	3

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	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1964	22	10	3	3	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
1965	23	32	31	28	6	5	2	9	.179	.179	.250	.429	1	32
1966	24	10	3	3	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
3 Yrs		52	37	34	6	5	2	12	.147	.147	.206	.353	1	52
162 Game Avg.		162	115	106	19	16	6	37	.147	.147	.206	.353	3	52

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