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Johnny Kucks    \COOKS\

John Charles Kucks

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: July 27, 1933 in Hoboken, NJ
High School: William L. Dickinson HS (Jersey City, NJ)
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1955 (Age 21)
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Athletics 1955-1960

Final Game: September 25, 1960 (Age 27)
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All-Star

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
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955 21 NYY AL 29 42 40 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .050 .050 .075 .125 -67 3 0 0 2 0 0 1
1956 22 NYY AL 34 91 77 7 11 1 0 0 1 0 0 7 25 .143 .224 .156 .379 3 12 0 1 6 0 0 1 AS,MVP-30
1957 23 NYY AL 37 71 55 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 0 5 18 .109 .183 .109 .292 -18 6 1 0 11 0 0 1
1958 24 NYY AL 34 49 40 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .125 .186 .175 .361 2 7 0 0 6 0 0 1
1959 25 TOT AL 42 55 49 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 24 .082 .135 .102 .237 -34 5 1 0 3 0 0 1
1959 25 NYY AL 9 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1959 25 KCA AL 33 53 47 4 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 3 22 .085 .140 .106 .246 -32 5 1 0 3 0 0 1
1960 26 KCA AL 31 34 30 4 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 9 .133 .161 .133 .295 -19 4 0 0 3 0 0 1
6 Yrs 207 342 291 21 32 5 0 0 6 0 0 19 95 .110 .167 .127 .294 -19 37 2 1 31 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 268 228 16 25 4 0 0 5 0 0 15 74 .110 .167 .127 .294 -19 29 2 1 24 0 0
NYY (5 yrs) 143 255 214 13 24 4 0 0 5 0 0 15 64 .112 .174 .131 .305 -16 28 1 1 25 0 0
KCA (2 yrs) 64 87 77 8 8 1 0 0 1 0 0 4 31 .104 .148 .117 .265 -27 9 1 0 6 0 0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1955 21 NYY AL 29 42 -9 -0 0 0 4 -5 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .481 .497 -0.6 0.0 -4 1
1956 22 NYY AL 34 91 -12 -0 0 0 10 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 0.0 1 1 AS,MVP-30
1957 23 NYY AL 37 71 -9 -0 0 0 8 -1 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 -0.0 1 1
1958 24 NYY AL 34 49 -6 -0 0 0 5 -0 -0.1 2 1 -0.1 .499 .500 -0.1 -0.0 1 1
1959 25 NYY AL 9 2 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 -0.0 .497 .500 -0.0 -0.0 -0 /1
1959 25 KCA AL 33 53 -8 0 -0 0 6 -2 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .492 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -1 1
1960 26 KCA AL 31 34 -4 0 0 0 4 0 0.0 1 2 0.0 .502 .500 0.1 -0.0 2 1
6 Seasons 207 342 -49 -0 1 0 37 -11 -1.2 10 -0 -1.2 .495 .499 -1.2 -0.1 -0
NYY (5 yrs) 143 255 -36 -1 1 0 27 -9 -0.9 8 -1 -0.9 .494 .499 -1.0 -0.0 -1
KCA (2 yrs) 64 87 -12 0 0 0 10 -2 -0.2 3 1 -0.2 .497 .499 -0.2 -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 PwrSpd
1955 21 NYY AL 42 40 0 0.0 102 .067 .050 .265 .050 .345 .075 .395 .125 .740 -67 .000 -9.5 -1.0 .079 .025 .025
1956 22 NYY AL 91 72 4 1.5 104 .212 .143 .264 .224 .345 .156 .403 .379 .748 3 .105 -10.8 -1.1 .303 .104 .013
1957 23 NYY AL 71 61 2 0.9 99 .162 .109 .262 .183 .334 .109 .395 .292 .729 -18 .051 -9.1 -0.9 .220 .091 .000
1958 24 NYY AL 49 41 2 1.3 95 .161 .125 .257 .186 .325 .175 .390 .361 .715 2 .101 -5.3 -0.5 .286 .125 .050
1959 25 TOT AL 55 49 1 0.6 100 .160 .082 .262 .135 .334 .102 .401 .237 .735 -34 .022 -9.3 -0.9 .174 .082 .020
1959 25 NYY AL 2 2 0 0.0 95 .000 .256 .000 .326 .000 .391 .000 .718 -100 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1959 25 KCA AL 53 47 1 0.6 100 .160 .085 .263 .140 .334 .106 .401 .246 .736 -32 .023 -8.7 -0.9 .182 .085 .021
1960 26 KCA AL 34 29 1 0.9 102 .190 .133 .265 .161 .338 .133 .405 .295 .743 -19 .053 -5.2 -0.5 .192 .033 .000
6 Yrs 342 292 10 0.9 100 .163 .110 .263 .167 .338 .127 .399 .294 .736 -19 .052 -49.0 -4.9 .218 .082 .017
162 Game Avg. 268 229 8 0.9 100 .163 .110 .263 .167 .338 .127 .399 .294 .736 -19 .052 -49.0 -4.9 .218 .082 .017
NYY (5 yrs) 255 216 8 1.0 100 .160 .112 .262 .174 .338 .131 .397 .305 .735 -16 .058 -35.2 -3.5 .230 .089 .019
KCA (2 yrs) 87 76 2 0.7 101 .174 .104 .263 .148 .336 .117 .403 .265 .739 -27 .034 -13.9 -1.4 .186 .065 .013

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1955 21 NYY AL WS BRO L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 22 NYY AL WS BRO W 3 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 1 0 0
1957 23 NYY AL WS MLN L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 24 NYY AL WS MLN W 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs (4 Series) 8 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0
4 WS 8 5 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .250 .250 .250 .500 1 0 0 1 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1956 NYY AL 22 DNP

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
1955 21 NYY AL 42 0.0% 23.8% 0.0% 2.4% 50% 4.0 3.83 71%
1956 22 NYY AL 91 0.0% 27.5% 7.7% 1.1% 9% 3.57 3.1 77.0 2.06 57%
1957 23 NYY AL 71 0.0% 25.4% 7.0% 0.0% 0% 3.60 3.1 27.5 2.82 52%
1958 24 NYY AL 49 0.0% 18.4% 6.1% 4.1% 40% 3.00 4.4 20.0 1.91 63%
1959 25 TOT AL 55 0.0% 43.6% 5.5% 1.8% 25% 8.00 2.0 2.43 45%
1959 25 NYY AL 2 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1959 25 KCA AL 53 0.0% 41.5% 5.7% 1.9% 25% 7.33 2.1 2.43 47%
1960 26 KCA AL 34 0.0% 26.5% 2.9% 0.0% 0% 9.00 3.3 30.0 1.13 62%
6 Yrs 342 0.0% 27.8% 5.6% 1.5% 16% 5.00 3.1 48.5 2.27 57%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.6% 8.9% 6.6% 29% 1.41 7.0 37.8 8.3 1.00 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1955 21 NYY AL -9.5 -1.0 42 -0.6 0.1 -0.7 .71 -0.8 0.0 -7.3 -0.7 0.78 -9.0 0
1956 22 NYY AL -10.8 -1.1 91 -1.0 0.3 -1.4 .66 -1.2 -0.4 -16.4 -1.6 0.95 -13.5 0
1957 23 NYY AL -9.1 -0.9 71 -0.8 0.3 -1.1 .80 -0.9 -0.0 -9.5 -1.0 0.92 -9.7 0
1958 24 NYY AL -5.3 -0.5 49 -0.3 0.4 -0.6 .71 -0.6 0.2 -6.6 -0.7 1.02 -6.2 0
1959 25 TOT AL -9.3 -0.9 52 -0.7 0.2 -1.0 .82 -0.9 -0.0 -9.6 -1.0 0.90 -9.7 0
1959 25 NYY AL -0.5 -0.1 2 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .66 -0.1 0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.74 -0.6 0
1959 25 KCA AL -8.7 -0.9 50 -0.7 0.2 -0.9 .83 -0.8 -0.0 -9.1 -0.9 0.91 -9.2 0
1960 26 KCA AL -5.2 -0.5 35 -0.2 0.5 -0.7 1.15 -0.3 0.1 -1.4 -0.1 0.99 -2.8 0
6 Yrs -49.0 -4.9 340 -3.6 1.9 -5.5 .78 -4.7 0.0 -50.6 -5.2 0.93 -50.9 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB OOB1 OOB2 OOB3 OOBHm BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1955 21 NYY AL 1 0 0% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 22 NYY AL 0 0 37% 24 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 2 1 1 2 1 1
1957 23 NYY AL 2 0 36% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 3 2 1 1 0 1
1958 24 NYY AL 0 0 25% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 100% 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 25 TOT AL 1 0 57% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1959 25 NYY 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 0 0 0 0
1959 25 KCA AL 1 0 57% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 26 KCA AL 2 0 80% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 50% 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 1 2
6 Yrs 6 0 40% 77 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 1 0 1 41% 9 8 1 5 3 2 8 2 6

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 % DPopp DPs DP% Opp Suc % BR BRS BRS% <2,3B Scr % 0,2B Adv % PAu
1955 21 NYY AL 42 29% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 0 0% 4 1 25% 16 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1956 22 NYY AL 91 32% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 17 0 0% 21 5 24% 60 1 2% 4 0 0% 2 0 0% 0
1957 23 NYY AL 71 25% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 11 79% 19 1 5% 20 4 20% 46 3 7% 4 3 75% 3 1 33% 0
1958 24 NYY AL 49 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 8 6 75% 10 0 0% 11 4 36% 36 2 6% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1959 25 TOT AL 55 27% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 9 1 11% 9 2 22% 28 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1959 25 NYY AL 2 50% 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
1959 25 KCA AL 53 26% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 3 60% 9 1 11% 9 2 22% 28 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 0
1960 26 KCA AL 34 15% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 5 0 0% 5 1 20% 21 3 14% 0 0 2 1 50% 0
6 Yrs 342 26% 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 41 31 76% 63 2 3% 70 17 24% 207 9 4% 12 3 25% 10 3 30% 0
MLB Averages 49% 76% 11% 31% 14% 49% 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
1955 21 29 42 40 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .050 .050 .075 .125 -67 3 0 0 2 0 0
1956 22 63 133 117 7 13 2 0 0 1 0 0 7 35 .111 .168 .128 .296 -19 15 0 1 8 0 0
1957 23 100 204 172 11 19 2 0 0 3 0 0 12 53 .110 .173 .122 .295 -19 21 1 1 19 0 0
1958 24 134 253 212 13 24 4 0 0 5 0 0 15 62 .113 .175 .132 .308 -15 28 1 1 25 0 0
1959 25 176 308 261 17 28 5 0 0 5 0 0 18 86 .107 .168 .126 .294 -18 33 2 1 28 0 0
1960 26 207 342 291 21 32 5 0 0 6 0 0 19 95 .110 .167 .127 .294 -19 37 2 1 31 0 0

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
1955 21 30 44 42 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 29
1956 22 36 97 82 9 13 1 0 0 1 0 8 26 .159 .242 .171 .412 3 34
1957 23 39 75 58 4 6 0 0 0 2 0 5 19 .103 .175 .103 .278 1 37
1958 24 36 51 42 2 5 2 0 0 2 0 3 9 .119 .178 .167 .344 1 34
1959 25 44 59 52 6 5 1 0 0 0 0 4 25 .096 .161 .115 .276 1 42
1960 26 33 36 32 7 5 0 0 0 2 0 1 9 .156 .182 .156 .338 1 31
6 Yrs 218 362 308 28 34 4 0 0 7 0 21 98 .110 .170 .123 .293 7 207
162 Game Avg. 162 269 229 21 25 3 0 0 5 0 16 73 .110 .170 .123 .293 5 207

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1956

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1956 AL (30, 1%)
0.01 Career Shares (1521st)

Sacrifice Hits s c a p y
1957 AL  11 (5th)

             

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