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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 Pitching

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SHO	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	BK	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	Awards
1940	20	CIN-min	D	1	0	1.000	5.06	4						16.0	16	12	9		14								1.875	9.0		7.9			LEN · TARH
1941	21	CIN-min	C,B	10	11	.476	4.20	27	23					210.0	223	117	98		67								1.381	9.6		2.9			HBG,CLM · VIRL,SALL
1946	26	PIT-min	C,B	12	1	.923	2.27	16	15					115.0	104	37	29		48								1.322	8.1		3.8			YNG,ANN · MATL,SEAL
1947	27	YNG	C	5	8	.385	3.73	16						94.0	96	51	39		33								1.372	9.2		3.2			YNG · MATL
1948	28	YNG	C	11	17	.393	4.68	33						204.0	244	141	106		76								1.569	10.8		3.4			YNG · MATL
1949	29	OAK-min	C	21	7	.750	3.77	33						229.0	222	104	96		64								1.249	8.7		2.5			YNG · MATL
1950	30	OAK-min	A	16	12	.571	2.97	31						261.0	236	99	86	17	68								1.165	8.1	0.6	2.3			LIN · WL
1950	30	PHA	AL	1	1	.500	3.46	4	2	1	2	0	0	26.0	29	10	10	4	8		8	0	0	0	112	133	1.423	10.0	1.4	2.8	2.8	1.00
1951	31	PHA	AL	4	3	.571	4.22	30	1	21	0	0	4	74.2	76	37	35	9	23		23	1	0	1	315	101	1.326	9.2	1.1	2.8	2.8	1.00
1952	32	PHA	AL	0	1	.000	5.26	25	0	13	0	0	2	51.1	64	37	30	5	20		17	1	0	1	231	75	1.636	11.2	0.9	3.5	3.0	0.85
1953	33	NYY-min	AA,AAA	15	8	.652	4.03	43	26		2	2		203.0	218	109	91	19	48		15	1	0	0			1.310	9.7	0.8	2.1	0.7	0.31	BIR,KCY · SOUA,AA
1954	34	NYY-min	AAA	10	4	.714	3.55	61	1		0	0		109.0	125	54	43	7	30		53	1	0	1			1.422	10.3	0.6	2.5	4.4	1.77	KCY · AA
1955	35	NYY-min	AAA	6	4	.600	2.81	45	0		0	0		77.0	68	35	24	8	23	4	44	2	0	2			1.182	7.9	0.9	2.7	5.1	1.91	DEN · AA
1956	36	NYY-min	AAA	12	4	.750	4.50	43	0		0	0		68.0	76	38	34	11	15	4	36	0	0	2			1.338	10.1	1.5	2.0	4.8	2.40	DEN · AA
1957	37	NYY-min	AAA	5	3	.625	6.21	39	1		0	0		71.0	101	52	49	10	24	6	27	1	0	1			1.761	12.8	1.3	3.0	3.4	1.13	DEN · AA
1958	38	NYY-min	AAA	4	8	.333	4.43	44	0		0	0		61.0	62	36	30	7	21	7	28	2	0	1			1.361	9.1	1.0	3.1	4.1	1.33	DEN · AA
3 Yrs				5	5	.500	4.44	59	3	35	2	0	6	152.0	169	84	75	18	51		48	2	0	2	658	95	1.447	10.0	1.1	3.0	2.8	0.94
162 Game Avg.				5	5	.500	4.44	65	3	38	2	0	7	167	185	92	82	20	56		53	2	0	2	722	95	1.447	10.0	1.1	3.0	2.8	0.94

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	IP	G	GS	R	RA9	RA9opp	RA9def	PPFp	RA9avg	RAA	WAA	gmLI	WAAadj	WAR	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	Salary
1950	30	PHA	AL	26.0	4	2	10	3.46	4.73	-0.11	98.0	4.74	4	0.4	.5	-0.0	0.5	6	.589	.502	$
1951	31	PHA	AL	74.2	30	1	37	4.46	4.50	0.12	105.0	4.60	1	0.1	1.1	-0.2	0.5	8	.502	.500	$
1952	32	PHA	AL	51.1	25	0	37	6.49	3.90	-0.11	106.8	4.28	-13	-1.3	1.0	-0.1	-1.0	-8	.446	.492	$
3 Seasons				152.0	59	3	84	4.97	4.33	0.00	104.4	4.51	-9	-0.9	1.0	-0.3	0.0	6	.484	.498	$

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BAbip	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	ROE
1950	30	PHA	AL	4	51	103	10	29	2	1	4	2	0	8	8	.282	.333	.437	.770	.275	45	1	0	1	0	0
1951	31	PHA	AL	30	255	287	37	76	9	3	9	1	4	23	23	.265	.322	.411	.733	.263	118	3	1	4	0	1
1952	32	PHA	AL	25	209	205	37	64	15	2	5	3	3	20	17	.312	.376	.478	.854	.322	98	5	1	6	0	4
3 Yrs				59	515	595	84	169	26	6	18	6	7	51	48	.284	.343	.439	.781	.285	261	9	2	11	0	5
162 Game Avg.				65	565	653	92	185	29	7	20	7	8	56	53	.284	.343	.439	.781	.285	286	10	2	12	0	5
MLB Averages																.260	.337	.376	.713	.276

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PtchR	PitchW	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo
1950	30	PHA	AL	3.8	0.4	53	0.0	0.6	-0.5	.63	-0.0	0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.63	-0.6	0	0	1
1951	31	PHA	AL	1.5	0.1	263	-0.7	3.8	-4.5	.87	0.0	-0.8	-0.9	-0.1	0.86	2.1	6	4	13
1952	32	PHA	AL	-7.8	-0.8	218	-1.7	2.5	-4.2	.82	-1.2	-0.9	-18.6	-1.8	0.81	-15.3	6	5	7
3 Yrs				-2.5	-0.3	534	-2.3	6.9	-9.3	.82	-1.2	-1.6	-19.8	-1.9	0.82	-13.9	12	9	21

Starting Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GS	Wgs	Lgs	ND	Wchp	Ltuf	Wtm	Ltm	tmW-L%	Wlst	Lsv	CG	SHO	QS	QS%	GmScA	Best	Wrst	BQR	BQS	sDR	lDR	RS/GS	RS/IP	IP/GS
1950	30	PHA	AL	4	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	1	.500	0	0	2	0	2	100%	52.0	54	50	0	0	0	1	3.2	1.1	8.5
1951	31	PHA	AL	30	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0%	28.0	28	28	0	0	0	1	1.0		1.7
2 Yrs				34	3	1	2	0	0	1	1	2	.333	0	0	2	0	2	67%	44	54	28	0	0	0	2	2.4	1.1	6.2
MLB Averages													.500						50%	50	104	-6					4.6	4.5	6.7

Reliever Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	GR	GF	Wgr	Lgr	SVOpp	SV	BSv	SV%	SVSit	IR	IS	IS%	1^stIP	aLI	LevHi	LevMd	LevLo	Ahd	Tie	Bhd	Runr	Empt	>3o	<3o	IPmult	0DR	Out/GR
1950	30	PHA	AL	4	2	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0			.629	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	0	1	0	13.5
1951	31	PHA	AL	30	29	21	4	2	5	4	2	80%	5	17	7	41%	7	.865	6	4	13	5	2	17	10	14	20	1	17	5	7.6
1952	32	PHA	AL	25	25	13	0	1	3	2	1	67%	3	17	12	71%	8	.819	6	5	7	3	4	15	6	16	13	1	11	5	6.2
3 Yrs				59	56	35	4	3	8	6	3	75%	8	34	19	56%		.823	12	9	21	8	6	33	16	31	35	2	29	10	7.1

Ratio Pitching*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Ptn%	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	GO/AO	IP%	DPopp	DPs	DP%
1950	30	PHA	AL	112	53%	7.8%	15.7%	15.7%	13.7%	24%	0.41	178%	9	1	11%
1951	31	PHA	AL	314	53%	3.5%	9.0%	9.0%	8.2%	28%	0.65	100%	42	3	7%
1952	32	PHA	AL	232	53%	2.4%	8.1%	9.6%	10.5%	34%	0.70	88%	38	5	13%
3 Yrs				658	53%	3.5%	9.3%	9.9%	9.7%	30%	0.64	103%	89	9	10%
MLB Averages					49%	2.3%	12.0%	11.5%	6.8%	25%	0.96	90%			11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

					Hits			Home Runs							Advances				Baserunning
Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	H	Inf	Bnt	All	GS	GSo	vRH	vLH	Hm	Rd	<2,3B	Scr	SO	%	ROE	WP	PB	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	BT	PAu
1950	30	PHA	AL	51	29			4	0	0	0	2	0	2	4	2	0	50%	0	0	0	22	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	61
1951	31	PHA	AL	255	76			9	0	3	5	3	5	3	8	9	0	113%	1	1	0	96	1	4	20%	1	4	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	59
1952	32	PHA	AL	209	64			5	0	13	3	2	3	2	20	11	1	55%	4	1	1	76	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	23
3 Yrs				515	169			18	0	16	8	7	8	7	32	22	1	69%	5	2	1	194	6	7	46%	5	7	1	0	0	0	1	0	5	143
MLB Averages																		52%							55%

Cumulative Pitching

Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	G	GS	GF	CG	SV	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WP	BF	ERA+	WHIP	H/9	HR/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	ERA+
1950	30	1	1	.500	3.46	4	2	1	2	0	26.0	29	10	10	4	8	8	0	0	112	133	1.423	10.0	1.4	2.8	2.8	1.00	133
1951	31	5	4	.556	4.02	34	3	22	2	4	100.2	105	47	45	13	31	31	1	1	427	108	1.351	9.4	1.2	2.8	2.8	1.00	108
1952	32	5	5	.500	4.44	59	3	35	2	6	152.0	169	84	75	18	51	48	2	2	658	95	1.447	10.0	1.1	3.0	2.8	0.94	95

Neutralized Pitching

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Year	Age	W	L	W-L%	ERA	IP	H	R	ER	HR	BB	SO	HBP	WHIP	H/9	BB/9	SO/9	SO/BB	HR/9	Gact
1950	30	1	1	.500	3.00	27.0	29	10	9	4	8	8	0	1.370	9.7	2.7	2.7	1.00	1.3	4
1951	31	4	4	.500	3.97	77.0	77	38	34	9	23	24	1	1.299	9.0	2.7	2.8	1.04	1.1	30
1952	32	2	3	.400	5.47	51.0	66	34	31	5	21	17	1	1.706	11.6	3.7	3.0	0.81	0.9	25
3 Yrs		7	8	.467	4.30	155.0	172	82	74	18	52	49	2	1.445	10.0		2.8	0.94	1.0	59

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Games Finished s c a p y 1951 AL 21 (5th)

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1951 AL 21 (5th)

Similarity Scores

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