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Frank LaCorte

Frank Joseph LaCorte

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: October 13, 1951 in San Jose, CA
School: Gavilan College (Gilroy, CA)
Signed by the Atlanta Braves as an amateur free agent in 1972. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 8, 1975
Teams (by GP): Astros/Braves/Angels 1975-1984

Final Game: September 24, 1984
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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
1975 23 ATL NL 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1976 24 ATL NL 21 36 33 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 15 .091 .091 .091 .182 -49 3 0 0 3 0 0 1
1977 25 ATL NL 14 12 10 1 2 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 3 .200 .200 .200 .400 3 2 0 0 2 0 0 1
1978 26 ATL NL 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1979 27 TOT NL 18 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 27 ATL NL 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
1979 27 HOU NL 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1980 28 HOU NL 55 9 6 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 2 .167 .286 .167 .452 34 1 0 0 2 0 0 1
1981 29 HOU NL 37 3 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .333 .667 95 1 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 30 HOU NL 55 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1983 31 HOU NL 37 7 5 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 .200 .167 .400 .567 58 2 0 0 1 1 0 1
1984 32 CAL AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
10 Yrs 255 89 77 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 28 .104 .114 .117 .231 -36 9 0 0 10 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 57 49 1 5 1 0 0 3 0 0 1 18 .104 .114 .117 .231 -36 6 0 0 6 1 0
ATL (5 yrs) 46 59 53 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 .094 .094 .094 .189 -48 5 0 0 6 0 0
HOU (5 yrs) 196 30 24 0 3 1 0 0 2 0 0 1 7 .125 .154 .167 .321 -8 4 0 0 4 1 0
CAL (1 yr) 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (9 yrs) 242 89 77 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 28 .104 .114 .117 .231 -36 9 0 0 10 1 0
AL (1 yr) 13 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 Awards
1975 23 ATL NL 3 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .470 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ /1
1976 24 ATL NL 21 36 -7 0 0 0 4 -2 -0.3 1 -1 -0.3 .486 .498 -0.3 0.0 -1 $ 1
1977 25 ATL NL 14 12 -2 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.0 0 0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1978 26 ATL NL 2 5 -1 0 0 0 1 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .471 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ /1
1979 27 ATL NL 6 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /1
1979 27 HOU NL 12 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .496 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
1980 28 HOU NL 55 9 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 1 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $ 1
1981 29 HOU NL 37 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 30 HOU NL 55 8 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.1 -1 $ 1
1983 31 HOU NL 37 7 -1 0 0 0 1 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .501 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1984 32 CAL AL 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
10 Seasons 255 89 -16 0 1 0 10 -5 -0.6 3 -2 -0.6 .498 .500 -0.6 0.1 -2 $
ATL (5 yrs) 46 59 -12 0 1 0 7 -4 -0.5 2 -3 -0.5 .489 .499 -0.5 0.0 -3 $
HOU (5 yrs) 196 30 -4 0 0 0 3 -1 -0.1 1 0 -0.1 .500 .500 -0.1 0.1 0 $
CAL (1 yr) 13 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
1975 23 ATL NL 5 5 0 0.0 99 .000 .000 .269 .000 .340 .000 .389 .000 .729 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1976 24 ATL NL 36 33 0 0.0 97 .167 .091 .270 .091 .337 .091 .384 .182 .721 -49 .000 -6.7 -0.7 .100 .000 .000
1977 25 ATL NL 12 10 1 2.7 113 .286 .200 .283 .200 .352 .200 .431 .400 .784 3 .272 -1.5 -0.2 .250 .000 .000
1978 26 ATL NL 5 5 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .276 .000 .345 .000 .405 .000 .750 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1979 27 TOT NL 4 4 0 0.0 97 .000 .000 .266 .000 .331 .000 .394 .000 .725 -100 .000 -1.1 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1979 27 ATL NL 1 1 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .277 .000 .344 .000 .411 .000 .755 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1979 27 HOU NL 3 3 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .262 .000 .326 .000 .388 .000 .715 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1980 28 HOU NL 9 7 1 3.9 88 .250 .167 .257 .286 .318 .167 .373 .452 .691 34 .457 -0.5 -0.1 .400 .167 .000
1981 29 HOU NL 3 2 0 0.0 88 .333 .333 .257 .333 .321 .333 .368 .667 .689 95 .000 -0.0 0.0 .500 .000 .000
1982 30 HOU NL 8 8 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .256 .000 .318 .000 .372 .000 .690 -100 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1983 31 HOU NL 7 6 0 0.0 91 .167 .200 .255 .167 .322 .400 .378 .567 .700 58 .000 -0.2 -0.0 .500 .200 .200
10 Yrs 89 80 2 0.7 97 .160 .104 .268 .114 .334 .117 .389 .231 .723 -36 .033 -14.3 -1.5 .145 .026 .013
162 Game Avg. 57 51 1 0.7 97 .160 .104 .268 .114 .334 .117 .389 .231 .723 -36 .033 -14.3 -1.5 .145 .026 .013
ATL (5 yrs) 59 54 1 0.5 101 .156 .094 .273 .094 .341 .094 .396 .189 .736 -48 .020 -11.0 -1.2 .104 .000 .000
HOU (5 yrs) 30 26 1 1.0 89 .167 .125 .257 .154 .320 .167 .375 .321 .695 -8 .071 -3.3 -0.3 .238 .083 .042

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
1980 28 HOU NL NLCS PHI L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1981 29 HOU NL NLDS LAD L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 4 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLDS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 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
1975 23 ATL NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 5.0 3.00 80%
1976 24 ATL NL 36 0.0% 41.7% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 2.2 33.0 2.00 50%
1977 25 ATL NL 12 0.0% 25.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.3 5.0 4.00 58%
1978 26 ATL NL 5 0.0% 40.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 2.00 40%
1979 27 TOT NL 4 0.0% 50.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 1.00 50%
1979 27 ATL NL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1979 27 HOU NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 0.00 33%
1980 28 HOU NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 2.00 3.0 6.0 4.00 44%
1981 29 HOU NL 3 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 1.00 100%
1982 30 HOU NL 8 0.0% 37.5% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3 1.50 50%
1983 31 HOU NL 7 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 14.3% 100% 5.0 5.00 86%
10 Yrs 89 0.0% 31.5% 1.1% 1.1% 13% 28.00 2.8 15.4 2.33 56%
MLB Averages 2.0% 13.0% 8.4% 6.5% 28% 1.54 6.9 45.7 8.6 1.09 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1975 23 ATL NL -1.4 -0.2 5 -0.3 0.0 -0.3 1.57 -0.2 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 1.11 -1.6 0
1976 24 ATL NL -6.7 -0.7 36 -0.8 0.2 -1.0 1.29 -0.6 0.0 -7.6 -0.8 1.10 -6.6 0
1977 25 ATL NL -1.5 -0.2 12 -0.1 0.2 -0.3 1.30 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 1.18 -0.5 0
1978 26 ATL NL -1.1 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.11 -0.1 0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.88 -1.0 0
1979 27 TOT NL -1.1 -0.1 4 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .57 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.55 -1.0 0
1979 27 ATL NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .38 -0.0 0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.61 -0.3 0
1979 27 HOU NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .63 -0.1 -0.0 -0.4 -0.0 0.53 -0.7 0
1980 28 HOU NL -0.5 -0.1 9 0.0 0.1 -0.1 1.01 -0.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 1.20 -0.7 0
1981 29 HOU NL -0.0 0.0 3 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .19 -0.0 -0.0 -0.5 -0.1 1.35 -0.1 0
1982 30 HOU NL -1.8 -0.2 8 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .59 -0.2 0.0 -2.1 -0.2 1.05 -1.9 0
1983 31 HOU NL -0.2 -0.0 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.16 -0.1 0.0 -1.1 -0.1 1.06 -1.2 0
1984 32 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
10 Yrs -14.3 -1.5 89 -1.4 0.5 -1.9 1.12 -1.4 0.1 -14.5 -1.5 1.08 -14.7 0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1975 23 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 ATL NL 0 0 33% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 25 ATL NL 0 0 50% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 26 ATL NL 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 27 TOT NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 27 ATL NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1979 27 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1980 28 HOU NL 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
1981 29 HOU NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1982 30 HOU NL 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1983 31 HOU NL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
10 Yrs 0 0 22% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1975 23 ATL NL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1976 24 ATL NL 36 17% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 10 0 0% 11 2 18% 31 1 3% 1 1 100% 4 1 25% 0
1977 25 ATL NL 12 75% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 14 2 14% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1978 26 ATL NL 5 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1979 27 TOT NL 4 25% 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
1979 27 ATL NL 1 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
1979 27 HOU NL 3 33% 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
1980 28 HOU NL 9 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 1 0 0% 3 2 67% 9 1 11% 0 0 2 2 100% 0
1981 29 HOU NL 3 33% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1982 30 HOU NL 8 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 3 0 0% 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1983 31 HOU NL 7 43% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 5 1 20% 1 1 100% 0 0 0
10 Yrs 89 26% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 12 10 83% 21 0 0% 25 8 32% 75 5 7% 6 4 67% 6 3 50% 0
MLB Averages 56% 81% 11% 35% 15% 51% 54%

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
1975 23 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0
1976 24 24 41 38 1 3 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 16 .079 .079 .079 .158 -56 3 0 0 3 0 0
1977 25 38 53 48 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 19 .104 .104 .104 .208 -43 5 0 0 5 0 0
1978 26 40 58 52 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 21 .096 .096 .096 .192 -47 5 0 0 6 0 0
1979 27 58 62 56 2 5 0 0 0 3 0 0 0 23 .089 .089 .089 .179 -51 5 0 0 6 0 0
1980 28 113 71 62 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .097 .111 .097 .208 -42 6 0 0 8 0 0
1981 29 150 74 65 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 25 .108 .121 .108 .229 -37 7 0 0 8 0 0
1982 30 205 82 72 2 7 0 0 0 4 0 0 1 28 .097 .110 .097 .207 -42 7 0 0 9 0 0
1983 31 242 89 77 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 28 .104 .114 .117 .231 -36 9 0 0 10 1 0
1984 32 255 89 77 2 8 1 0 0 5 0 0 1 28 .104 .114 .117 .231 -36 9 0 0 10 1 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
1975 23 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1976 24 21 36 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 21
1977 25 14 12 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 14
1978 26 2 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 2
1979 27 18 4 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 18
1980 28 55 9 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 .000 .143 .000 .143 0 55
1981 29 56 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 37
1982 30 55 8 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 55
1983 31 37 7 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 37
9 Yrs 261 91 79 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 28 .000 .012 .000 .012 0 242
162 Game Avg. 162 56 49 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17 .000 .012 .000 .012 0 242

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