Bob Kuzava

Robert Leroy Kuzava (Sarge)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 202 lb.

Born: May 28, 1923 in Wyandotte, MI
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 21, 1946
Teams (by GP): Yankees/WhiteSox/Senators/Phillies/Orioles/... 1946-1957

Final Game: September 29, 1957
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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
1941	18	CLE-min	D																										MFL · OHSL
1942	19	CLE-min	C	38	84	84		13	3	0	0						.155	.155	.190	.345		16							CHL · MATL
1946	23	CLE-min	A	26	66	66		12	0	0	0						.182	.182	.182	.364		12							WKB · EL
1946	23	CLE	AL	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	0			/1
1947	24	CLE-min	AAA	30	87	76	7	19	1	0	0	1	1		4	19	.250	.288	.263	.551		20		0	7				BLT · IL
1947	24	CLE	AL	4	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222	-37	1	0	0	0			/1

1948	25	CLE-min	AAA	30	70	59	3	8	2	0	0	1	0		8	23	.136	.239	.169	.408		10		0	3				BLT · IL
1949	26	CHW	AL	29	64	56	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	19	.036	.085	.036	.120	-67	2	1	0	5			1	RoY-4
1950	27	TOT	AL	32	77	62	8	6	0	0	1	5	0	0	8	26	.097	.211	.145	.356	-6	9	2	1	5			1
1950	27	CHW	AL	10	18	12	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	3	.083	.267	.083	.350	-6	1	1	0	2			1
1950	27	WSH	AL	22	59	50	5	5	0	0	1	4	0	0	5	23	.100	.196	.160	.356	-6	8	1	1	3			1
1951	28	TOT	AL	32	47	39	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	0	8	12	.154	.298	.179	.477	33	7	0	0	0			1
1951	28	WSH	AL	8	20	17	2	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	.176	.300	.176	.476	32	3	0	0	0			/1
1951	28	NYY	AL	24	27	22	4	3	1	0	0	2	0	0	5	10	.136	.296	.182	.478	34	4	0	0	0			1
1952	29	NYY	AL	28	48	43	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	5	14	.093	.188	.093	.281	-18	4	0	0	0			1
1953	30	NYY	AL	33	26	21	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.048	.200	.048	.248	-29	1	1	0	1			1
1954	31	TOT	AL	24	15	13	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.071	.000	.071	-79	0	1	0	1	0		1
1954	31	NYY	AL	20	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	.000	.143	.000	.143	-58	0	1	0	0	0		1
1954	31	BAL	AL	4	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0		/1
1955	32	TOT	MLB	23	8	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.125	.125	.125	.250	-32	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1955	32	BAL	AL	6	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1955	32	PHI	NL	17	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1

1956	33	OAK-min	AAA	26	70	62	3	13	0	0	0	1	0		5	19	.210	.269	.210	.478		13		0	3	0			CLB · IL
1957	34	PIT-min	AAA	20	35	33	3	5	0	0	0	3	0		2	16	.152	.200	.152	.352		5		0	0	0			CLB · IL
1957	34	TOT	NL	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	34	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	34	STL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	35	STL-min	AAA	25	29	27	1	5	0	0	0	2	0		0	9	.185	.185	.185	.370		5		0	2	0	0		ROC · IL
1959	36	CHW-min	AAA	49	12	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	5	.111	.200	.111	.311		1		0	2	0	0		INA · AA
1960	37	CHW-min	A,AAA	21	25	25	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.120	.120	.120	.240		3							CHS,SDG · SALL,PCL
10 Yrs				214	299	256	21	22	1	0	1	10	0	0	29	96	.086	.182	.102	.283	-21	26	5	1	12	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	226	194	16	17	1	0	1	8	0	0	22	73	.086	.182	.102	.283	-21	20	4	1	9
				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
NYY (4 yrs)				105	108	92	9	8	1	0	0	3	0	0	15	35	.087	.215	.098	.313	-10	9	2	0	1	0
WSH (2 yrs)				30	79	67	7	8	0	0	1	4	0	0	8	25	.119	.224	.164	.388	4	11	1	1	3
CLE (2 yrs)				6	14	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	2	0	0	0
BAL (2 yrs)				10	9	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0
CHW (2 yrs)				39	82	68	4	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	22	.044	.122	.044	.166	-55	3	2	0	7
PIT (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
PHI (1 yr)				17	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (9 yrs)				190	292	249	20	21	1	0	1	10	0	0	29	92	.084	.183	.100	.283	-21	25	5	1	12	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				24	7	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	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	Awards
1946	23	CLE	AL	2	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.494	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1947	24	CLE	AL	4	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.483	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1

1949	26	CHW	AL	29	64	-15	-0	1	0	7	-7	-0.7	2	-6	-0.7	.475	.496	-0.7	0.0	-5	$6,500	1	RoY-4
1950	27	CHW	AL	10	18	-2	-0	-0	0	2	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$10,000	1
1950	27	WSH	AL	22	59	-9	0	-0	0	7	-2	-0.2	2	-0	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.0	-0	$	1
1951	28	WSH	AL	8	20	-1	0	1	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.516	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	/1
1951	28	NYY	AL	24	27	-2	0	0	0	3	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.505	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1952	29	NYY	AL	28	48	-6	0	0	0	5	-1	-0.1	1	1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1953	30	NYY	AL	33	26	-4	-0	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.496	.499	-0.1	0.0	-0	$19,000	1
1954	31	NYY	AL	20	7	-1	0	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
1954	31	BAL	AL	4	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.466	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/1
1955	32	BAL	AL	6	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.496	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1955	32	PHI	NL	17	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1

1957	34	PIT	NL	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1957	34	STL	NL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
10 Seasons				214	299	-47	0	2	0	33	-12	-1.2	8	-4	-1.2	.494	.499	-1.2	0.0	-4	$35,500

NYY (4 yrs)				105	108	-14	0	1	0	12	-1	-0.2	3	2	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	0.0	2	$19,000
WSH (2 yrs)				30	79	-10	1	1	0	9	-1	-0.0	2	1	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	2	$
CLE (2 yrs)				6	14	-2	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.487	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
BAL (2 yrs)				10	9	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.484	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
CHW (2 yrs)				39	82	-17	-0	0	0	9	-7	-0.8	2	-5	-0.7	.480	.498	-0.7	0.0	-5	$16,500
PIT (1 yr)				4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
PHI (1 yr)				17	7	-1	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$
STL (1 yr)				3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	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	PwrSpd
1946	23	CLE	AL	5	4	0	0.0	90	.500	.200	.255	.200	.328	.200	.367	.400	.696	15	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1947	24	CLE	AL	9	8	0	0.0	94	.167	.111	.259	.111	.338	.111	.373	.222	.711	-37	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.125	.000	.000

1949	26	CHW	AL	64	60	0	0.0	103	.054	.036	.266	.085	.357	.036	.386	.120	.743	-67	.000	-13.7	-1.4	.091	.054	.000
1950	27	TOT	AL	77	63	1	0.4	109	.143	.097	.273	.211	.359	.145	.409	.356	.768	-6	.011	-10.0	-1.0	.310	.177	.048	.0
1950	27	CHW	AL	18	14	0	0.0	111	.111	.083	.275	.267	.361	.083	.412	.350	.773	-6	.000	-1.8	-0.2	.333	.250	.000
1950	27	WSH	AL	59	49	1	0.5	109	.154	.100	.272	.196	.358	.160	.408	.356	.766	-6	.017	-8.2	-0.8	.304	.160	.060	.0
1951	28	TOT	AL	47	33	2	1.6	100	.222	.154	.264	.298	.344	.179	.387	.477	.731	33	.134	-3.4	-0.3	.455	.231	.026
1951	28	WSH	AL	20	14	1	1.9	100	.200	.176	.265	.300	.346	.176	.389	.476	.735	32	.173	-1.5	-0.2	.429	.176	.000
1951	28	NYY	AL	27	19	1	1.4	99	.250	.136	.263	.296	.343	.182	.385	.478	.729	34	.106	-1.8	-0.2	.474	.273	.045
1952	29	NYY	AL	48	39	1	0.7	91	.138	.093	.253	.188	.332	.093	.369	.281	.701	-18	.036	-6.8	-0.7	.231	.116	.000
1953	30	NYY	AL	26	22	0	0.0	99	.071	.048	.265	.200	.340	.048	.390	.248	.730	-29	.000	-3.8	-0.4	.238	.190	.000
1954	31	TOT	AL	15	15	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.259	.071	.333	.000	.378	.071	.711	-79	.000	-3.2	-0.3	.071	.077	.000
1954	31	NYY	AL	7	7	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.262	.143	.337	.000	.383	.143	.720	-58	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.143	.167	.000
1954	31	BAL	AL	8	8	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.256	.000	.330	.000	.374	.000	.704	-100	.000	-1.9	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1955	32	TOT	MLB	8	7	0	0.0	103	.250	.125	.262	.125	.334	.125	.412	.250	.746	-32	.000	-1.5	-0.2	.143	.000	.000
1955	32	BAL	AL	1	1	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.257	.000	.335	.000	.382	.000	.717	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1955	32	PHI	NL	7	6	0	0.0	104	.333	.143	.263	.143	.334	.143	.417	.286	.751	-23	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
10 Yrs				299	251	4	0.4	101	.132	.086	.264	.182	.347	.102	.389	.283	.736	-21	.013	-44.5	-4.5	.234	.129	.016	.0
162 Game Avg.				226	190	3	0.4	101	.132	.086	.264	.182	.347	.102	.389	.283	.736	-21	.013	-44.5	-4.5	.234	.129	.016
				PA	Outs	RC	RC/G	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO	PwrSpd
NYY (4 yrs)				108	87	2	0.6	95	.140	.087	.259	.215	.337	.098	.379	.313	.716	-10	.028	-13.7	-1.4	.279	.174	.011
WSH (2 yrs)				79	63	2	0.8	107	.171	.119	.270	.224	.355	.164	.403	.388	.758	4	.039	-9.7	-0.9	.333	.164	.045	.0
CLE (2 yrs)				14	12	0	0.0	93	.250	.143	.258	.143	.335	.143	.371	.286	.706	-19	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.167	.000	.000
BAL (2 yrs)				9	9	0	0.0	92	.000	.000	.256	.000	.330	.000	.375	.000	.705	-100	.000	-2.2	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
CHW (2 yrs)				82	74	0	0.0	105	.065	.044	.267	.122	.358	.044	.391	.166	.749	-55	.000	-15.5	-1.6	.134	.088	.000
PHI (1 yr)				7	6	0	0.0	104	.333	.143	.263	.143	.334	.143	.417	.286	.751	-23	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000

AL (9 yrs)				292	245	4	0.4	101	.128	.084	.264	.183	.347	.100	.388	.283	.735	-21	.014	-43.3	-4.4	.236	.133	.016	.0
NL (2 yrs)				7	6	0	0.0	104	.333	.143	.263	.143	.334	.143	.417	.286	.751	-23	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	IBB
1951	28	NYY	AL	WS	NYG	W	1	0	0	0
1952	29	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	1	1	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
1953	30	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	1	1	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
3 Yrs (3 Series)							3	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0
3 WS							3	2	2	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0

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
1946	23	CLE	AL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.7					40%
1947	24	CLE	AL	9	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.0		9.0			67%

1949	26	CHW	AL	64	0.0%	29.7%	4.7%	0.0%	0%	6.33	2.9		56.0		2.00	58%
1950	27	TOT	AL	77	1.3%	33.8%	10.4%	1.3%	17%	3.25	2.4	62.0	12.4		4.83	45%
1950	27	CHW	AL	18	0.0%	16.7%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.0		12.0		10.00	50%
1950	27	WSH	AL	59	1.7%	39.0%	8.5%	1.7%	20%	4.60	2.2	50.0	12.5		3.80	44%
1951	28	TOT	AL	47	0.0%	25.5%	17.0%	2.1%	17%	1.50	3.3		19.5		2.80	57%
1951	28	WSH	AL	20	0.0%	10.0%	15.0%	0.0%	0%	0.67	8.5				5.00	75%
1951	28	NYY	AL	27	0.0%	37.0%	18.5%	3.7%	33%	2.00	2.2		11.0		1.33	44%
1952	29	NYY	AL	48	0.0%	29.2%	10.4%	0.0%	0%	2.80	3.1		43.0		3.40	60%
1953	30	NYY	AL	26	0.0%	26.9%	15.4%	0.0%	0%	1.75	3.0				2.33	54%
1954	31	TOT	AL	15	0.0%	53.3%	6.7%	0.0%		8.00	1.6				6.00	33%
1954	31	NYY	AL	7	0.0%	57.1%	14.3%	0.0%		4.00	1.5					29%
1954	31	BAL	AL	8	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.8				3.00	38%
1955	32	TOT	MLB	8	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.0					50%
1955	32	BAL	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%								100%
1955	32	PHI	NL	7	0.0%	57.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		1.8					43%
10 Yrs				299	0.3%	32.1%	9.7%	0.7%	9%	3.31	2.7	256.0	25.6		3.16	53%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.5%	9.6%	6.4%	28%	1.10	8.4	45.2	8.2		0.97	76%
				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

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1946	23	CLE	AL	-0.6	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	24	CLE	AL	-1.7	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	26	CHW	AL	-13.7	-1.4	57	-1.4	0.1	-1.5	.99	-1.1	-0.3	-14.8	-1.5	1.02	-12.7		0
1950	27	TOT	AL	-10.0	-1.0	75	-0.7	0.7	-1.4	.95	-0.9	0.1	-8.2	-0.8	0.98	-10.3		0
1950	27	CHW	AL	-1.8	-0.2	18	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.91	-0.2	-0.1	-3.3	-0.3	1.16	-2.6		0
1950	27	WSH	AL	-8.2	-0.8	57	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	.96	-0.7	0.2	-4.9	-0.5	0.92	-7.6		0
1951	28	TOT	AL	-3.4	-0.3	43	0.2	0.9	-0.7	.99	-0.2	0.4	-2.7	-0.3	1.00	-2.7		0
1951	28	WSH	AL	-1.5	-0.2	20	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	1.02	-0.3	0.0	-3.1	-0.3	1.01	-2.8		0
1951	28	NYY	AL	-1.9	-0.2	23	0.4	0.7	-0.3	.96	0.0	0.4	0.4	0.0	0.99	0.1		0
1952	29	NYY	AL	-6.8	-0.7	44	-0.4	0.3	-0.7	.87	-0.5	0.1	-6.0	-0.7	1.01	-5.7		0
1953	30	NYY	AL	-3.8	-0.4	23	-0.2	0.1	-0.4	.94	-0.2	-0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.76	-2.5		0
1954	31	TOT	AL	-3.2	-0.3	15	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.11	-0.3	-0.0	-3.1	-0.3	0.98	-3.3		0
1954	31	NYY	AL	-1.3	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.64	-0.1	-0.1	-1.0	-0.1	0.96	-1.3		0
1954	31	BAL	AL	-1.9	-0.2	8	-0.3	0.0	-0.3	1.52	-0.2	0.0	-2.1	-0.2	1.00	-2.0		0
1955	32	TOT	MLB	-1.5	-0.2	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.83	-0.1	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.92	-1.5		0
1955	32	BAL	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.61	-0.3		0
1955	32	PHI	NL	-1.2	-0.1	7	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.95	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.96	-1.2		0

1957	34	TOT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1957	34	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1957	34	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
10 Yrs				-44.7	-4.5	265	-3.1	2.1	-5.2	.96	-3.4	0.2	-37.7	-3.9	0.98	-38.7		0
				BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1949	26	CHW	AL	1	20%	10	1	0	67%	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0
1950	27	TOT	AL	0	50%	20	0	1	58%	6	5	1	0	0	6	0	6
1950	27	CHW	AL	0	75%	3	0	0	60%	2	2	0	0	0	3	0	3
1950	27	WSH	AL	0	40%	17	0	1	57%	4	3	1	0	0	3	0	3
1951	28	TOT	AL	1	43%	16	0	0	43%	5	3	2	1	1	1	1	0
1951	28	WSH	AL	0	33%	7	0	0	33%	5	3	2	0	0	1	1	0
1951	28	NYY	AL	1	50%	9	0	0	100%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0
1952	29	NYY	AL	1	22%	17	0	0	0%	3	3	0	0	0	2	2	0
1953	30	NYY	AL	0	60%	11	1	1	33%	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0
1954	31	TOT	AL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	31	NYY	AL	0	0%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	31	BAL	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	32	TOT	MLB	0	100%	2	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	32	BAL	AL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	32	PHI	NL	0	100%	2	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
10 Yrs				3	39%	76	2	3	42%	21	14	6	1	1	9	3	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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1949	26	CHW	AL	64	100%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	16	1	6%	20	4	20%	45	0	0%	2	0	0%	5	1	20%	0
1950	27	TOT	AL	77	100%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	5	5	100%	18	2	11%	16	2	13%	50	4	8%	5	2	40%	2	2	100%	0
1950	27	CHW	AL	18	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	1	14%	5	0	0%	21	1	5%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0
1950	27	WSH	AL	59	100%	5			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	3	3	100%	11	1	9%	11	2	18%	29	3	10%	1	1	100%	1	1	100%	0
1951	28	TOT	AL	47	100%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		7	0	0%	9	1	11%	29	3	10%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0
1951	28	WSH	AL	20	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	0	0%	4	0	0%	14	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1951	28	NYY	AL	27	100%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	0	0%	5	1	20%	15	3	20%	2	1	50%	2	0	0%	0
1952	29	NYY	AL	48	100%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	5	0	0%	34	2	6%	2	1	50%	0	0		0
1953	30	NYY	AL	26	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	31	TOT	AL	15	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	1	50%	3	1	33%	11	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1954	31	NYY	AL	7	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	2	1	50%	4	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1954	31	BAL	AL	8	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	7	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	32	TOT	MLB	8	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	32	BAL	AL	1	100%	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
1955	32	PHI	NL	7	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
10 Yrs				285	100%	22			0	0	0	0		1	0	8	1	0	1	0	0	15	12	80%	54	5	9%	59	8	14%	177	9	5%	11	4	36%	11	4	36%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			113%			14%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1946	23	2	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	15	1	0	0	0
1947	24	6	14	14	0	2	0	0	1	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	2	0	0	0
1948	25	6	14	14	0	2	0	0	1	0	6	.143	.143	.143	.286	-19	2	0	0	0
1949	26	35	78	70	1	4	0	0	2	3	25	.057	.096	.057	.153	-58	4	1	0	5
1950	27	67	155	132	9	10	0	1	7	11	51	.076	.153	.098	.251	-32	13	3	1	10
1951	28	99	202	171	15	16	1	1	9	19	63	.094	.188	.117	.305	-17	20	3	1	10
1952	29	127	250	214	17	20	1	1	10	24	77	.093	.188	.112	.300	-17	24	3	1	10
1953	30	160	276	235	20	21	1	1	10	28	84	.089	.189	.106	.296	-18	25	4	1	11
1954	31	184	291	248	20	21	1	1	10	29	92	.085	.183	.101	.284	-21	25	5	1	12	0
1955	32	207	299	256	21	22	1	1	10	29	96	.086	.182	.102	.283	-21	26	5	1	12	0	0
1956	33	207	299	256	21	22	1	1	10	29	96	.086	.182	.102	.283	-21	26	5	1	12	0	0
1957	34	214	299	256	21	22	1	1	10	29	96	.086	.182	.102	.283	-21	26	5	1	12	0	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1946	23	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1947	24	4	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4

1949	26	30	67	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	20	.000	.048	.000	.048	0	29
1950	27	33	81	66	10	7	0	0	1	6	0	9	27	.106	.224	.152	.375	2	32
1951	28	34	49	41	6	6	1	0	0	2	0	8	13	.146	.286	.171	.456	2	32
1952	29	29	52	46	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	6	15	.109	.212	.109	.320	1	28
1953	30	34	27	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	7	.000	.154	.000	.154	0	33
1954	31	25	16	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	.000	.067	.000	.067	0	24
1955	32	24	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23
9 Yrs		215	314	270	19	18	1	0	1	9	0	31	100	.067	.166	.081	.247	5	207
162 Game Avg.		162	237	203	14	14	1	0	1	7	0	23	75	.067	.166	.081	.247	4	207

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