Johnny Kucab

John Albert Kucab

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: December 17, 1919 in Olyphant, PA
Signed by the Cincinnati Reds as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1950
Team: Athletics 1950-1952

Final Game: September 1, 1952
Died: May 26, 1977 in Youngstown, OH
Buried: St. John Catholic Cemetery, Campbell, OH
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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
1940	20	CIN-min	D																										LEN · TARH
1941	21	CIN-min	C,B	41	105	105		20	3	2	0						.190	.190	.257	.448		27							HBG,CLM · VIRL,SALL
1946	26	PIT-min	C,B	28	55	55		14	2	2	1						.255	.255	.418	.673		23							YNG,ANN · MATL,SEAL
1947	27	YNG	C	29	47	47		14	2	1	0						.298	.298	.383	.681		18							YNG · MATL
1948	28	YNG	C	79	192	192		58	12	1	6						.302	.302	.469	.771		90							YNG · MATL
1949	29	OAK-min	C	61	123	123		26	3	0	2						.211	.211	.285	.496		35							YNG · MATL
1950	30	OAK-min	A	45	106	106		27	8	1	0						.255	.255	.349	.604		37							LIN · WL
1950	30	PHA	AL	4	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-18	1	0	0	0			/1
1951	31	PHA	AL	30	20	16	2	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	4	.000	.200	.000	.200	-43	0	0	0	0			1
1952	32	PHA	AL	28	10	10	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	2	0	0	0			1
1953	33	NYY-min	AA,AAA	43	73	70	0	13	1	0	0	0	0		0	2	.186	.186	.200	.386		14	1	0	3				BIR,KCY · SOUA,AA
1954	34	NYY-min	AAA	61	27	23	7	7	2	1	0	4	0		1	4	.304	.333	.478	.812		11	0	0	3	0			KCY · AA
1955	35	NYY-min	AAA	45	24	20	5	4	0	1	0	4	0		3	2	.200	.304	.300	.604		6	1	0	1	0			DEN · AA
1956	36	NYY-min	AAA	43	15	14	1	2	1	0	0	2	0		0	2	.143	.143	.214	.357		3	1	0	1	0			DEN · AA
1957	37	NYY-min	AAA	39	17	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0		0	5	.250	.250	.250	.500		4		0	1	0	0		DEN · AA
1958	38	NYY-min	AAA	44	9	7	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	1	1	0		DEN · AA
3 Yrs				62	40	35	3	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	5	9	.086	.200	.086	.286	-22	3	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	105	91	8	8	0	0	0	5	0	0	13	24	.086	.200	.086	.286	-22	8	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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1950	30	PHA	AL	4	10	-2	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.490	.500	0.0	-0	$	/1
1951	31	PHA	AL	30	20	-3	2	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	-1	$	1
1952	32	PHA	AL	28	10	-1	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0	$	1
3 Seasons				62	40	-6	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1950	30	PHA	AL	10	8	112	.125	.111	.276	.200	.363	.111	.414	.311	.776	-18	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.250	.111	.000
1951	31	PHA	AL	20	16	103	.000	.000	.269	.200	.350	.000	.394	.200	.744	-43	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.250	.250	.000
1952	32	PHA	AL	10	8	101	.333	.200	.267	.200	.348	.200	.390	.400	.738	9	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
3 Yrs				40	32	105	.115	.086	.270	.200	.353	.086	.398	.286	.751	-22	.000	-6.2	-0.6	.250	.143	.000
162 Game Avg.				105	84	105	.115	.086	.270	.200	.353	.086	.398	.286	.751	-22	.000	-6.2	-0.6	.250	.143	.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%
1950	30	PHA	AL	10	0.0%	10.0%	10.0%	0.0%	0%	1.00	9.0		9.0	0.50	80%
1951	31	PHA	AL	20	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%		1.00	4.0		16.0	0.67	60%
1952	32	PHA	AL	10	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5			3.00	60%
3 Yrs				40	0.0%	22.5%	12.5%	0.0%	0%	1.80	3.9		17.5	0.89	65%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.2%	9.7%	6.4%	28%	1.05	8.7	45.1	8.1	0.98	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1950	30	PHA	AL	-1.6	-0.2	4	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	.95	-0.0	0.0	-0.4	-0.0	0.86	-0.4
1951	31	PHA	AL	-3.2	-0.3	16	-0.1	0.1	-0.3	1.02	-0.2	0.0	-1.2	-0.1	0.95	-2.4
1952	32	PHA	AL	-1.3	-0.1	9	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.11	-0.2	-0.1	-2.2	-0.2	1.12	-1.7
3 Yrs				-6.2	-0.6	29	-0.4	0.2	-0.6	1.04	-0.4	-0.0	-3.7	-0.4	0.99	-4.5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1950	30	PHA	AL	0%	1		0	0	0	0
1951	31	PHA	AL	50%	1		0	0	0	0
1952	32	PHA	AL	50%	5	50%	1	1	1	1
3 Yrs				38%	7	50%	1	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
1950	30	PHA	AL	10	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1951	31	PHA	AL	20	25%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	2	0	0%	11	1	9%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1952	32	PHA	AL	10	56%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				40	31%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	4	0	0%	19	1	5%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					51%																			91%			12%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1950	30	4	10	9	0	1	1	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-18	1
1951	31	34	30	25	2	1	2	5	5	.040	.200	.040	.240	-34	1
1952	32	62	40	35	3	3	2	5	9	.086	.200	.086	.286	-22	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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1950	30	4	10	9	0	0	1	1	.000	.100	.000	.100	4
1951	31	32	21	17	2	1	4	4	.000	.190	.000	.190	30
1952	32	29	10	10	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	28
3 Yrs		65	41	36	2	1	5	9	.000	.122	.000	.122	62
162 Game Avg.		162	102	90	5	2	12	22	.000	.122	.000	.122	62

* 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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