Joe Lafata

Joseph Joseph Lafata

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 163 lb.

Born: August 3, 1921 in Detroit, MI
High School: Eastern HS (Detroit, MI) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1947
Team: Giants 1947-1949

Final Game: September 25, 1949
Died: May 6, 2004 in Roseville, MI
Buried: Mount Olivet Cemetery, Detroit, MI
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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	Pos	Awards
1940	18	DET-min	C	93	342	342		95	10	1	7						.278	.278	.374	.652		128					MKG · MICH
1941	19	DET-min	C	105	396	396		106	14	5	5						.268	.268	.366	.634		145					EAU,TXA · NORL,CSTL
1942	20	MNE	AA	42	148	134	13	30	4	0	2	13	0		11	25	.224	.283	.299	.581		40	2	0	3		MNE · AA
1945	23	MNE	AA	146	570	495	83	135	25	3	5	69	9		69	84	.273	.363	.366	.728		181	9	1	5		MNE · AA
1946	24	SFG-min	AAA	93	334	307	37	88	17	6	7	42	3	6	24	34	.287	.340	.450	.790		138	4	1	2		JER,MNE · IL,AA
1947	25	NYG	NL	62	111	95	13	21	1	0	2	18	1		15	18	.221	.333	.295	.628	67	28	3	1	0	7O/38
1948	26	SFG-min	AAA	130	526	474	78	137	30	3	14	76	12		45	71	.289	.358	.454	.812		215		6	1		MNE · AA
1948	26	NYG	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1949	27	NYG	NL	64	151	140	18	33	2	2	3	16	1		9	23	.236	.282	.343	.625	67	48	1	0	2	3
1950	28	SFG-min	AAA	78	239	202	48	55	12	2	9	38	3		36	24	.272	.382	.485	.868		98	5	0	1		MNE · AA
1951	29	POR,OLD	AAA	141	493	442	50	96	19	4	10	63	4		38	48	.217	.284	.346	.630		153		3	10		POR,OLD · PCL
1952	30	POR,AUG	Opn,A	20	56	52	0	6	2	0	0	2	0		2	5	.115	.179	.115	.294		6		2	0		POR,AUG · PCL,SALL
3 Yrs				127	263	236	31	54	3	2	5	34	2		24	42	.229	.303	.322	.625	67	76	4	1	2
162 Game Avg.				162	335	301	40	69	4	3	6	43	3		31	54	.229	.303	.322	.625	67	97	5	1	3

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	Rfield	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1947	25	NYG	NL	62	111	-4	-0	0	-1	-5	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.491	.497	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	7O/38
1948	26	NYG	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.468	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
1949	27	NYG	NL	64	151	-7	-1	-2	-2	-11	-1.2	5	-6	-0.7	.482	.493	-0.5	-0.4	-4	$	3
3 Seasons				127	263	-11	-1	-2	-3	-17	-1.7	9	-8	-0.8	.486	.496	-0.6	-0.5	-6	$

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
1947	25	NYG	NL	111	77	9	3.1	107	.253	.221	.275	.333	.351	.295	.408	.628	.759	67	.324	-4.2	-0.4	.584	.242	.074	1.3
1948	26	NYG	NL	1	1	0	0.0	103		.000	.270	.000	.345	.000	.400	.000	.745	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1949	27	NYG	NL	151	110	14	3.4	104	.263	.236	.270	.282	.344	.343	.405	.625	.749	67	.368	-7.4	-0.7	.537	.179	.107	1.5
3 Yrs				263	188	23	3.3	105	.259	.229	.272	.303	.347	.322	.406	.625	.753	67	.348	-11.9	-1.2	.554	.203	.093	2.9
162 Game Avg.				335	240	29	3.3	105	.259	.229	.272	.303	.347	.322	.406	.625	.753	67	.348	-11.9	-1.2	.554	.203	.093	4

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1947	25	NYG	NL	111	1.8%	16.2%	13.5%	2.7%	14%	1.20	5.3	47.5	5.3		68%
1948	26	NYG	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1949	27	NYG	NL	151	2.0%	15.2%	6.0%	4.6%	21%	2.56	6.1	46.7	8.8	0.86	76%
3 Yrs				263	1.9%	16.0%	9.1%	3.8%	19%	1.75	5.6	47.2	6.9	0.86	72%
MLB Averages					1.7%	9.4%	10.0%	6.3%	27%	0.94	9.3	52.5	8.1	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1947	25	NYG	NL	-4.2	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	26	NYG	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.85	-0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.86	-0.3	1.85	1
1949	27	NYG	NL	-7.6	-0.8	82	-0.4	1.4	-1.8	1.11	-0.4	0.0	-4.6	-0.5	1.03	-5.4	1.08	9
3 Yrs				-12.1	-1.2	83	-0.4	1.4	-1.8	1.12	-0.4	-0.0	-4.8	-0.5	1.02	-5.6	1.16	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB2	CS2	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1948	26	NYG	NL	0		0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0
1949	27	NYG	NL	1	39%	19	1	1	2	3	60%	1	1	2	1	2	1
3 Yrs				1	35%	19	2	1	2	3	60%	1	1	2	1	2	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
1948	26	NYG	NL	1	100%	0			1	0	0	0	1.85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1949	27	NYG	NL	151	85%	33			9	4	0	1	1.08	3	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	200%	18	1	6%	11	1	9%	68	10	15%	6	2	33%	3	1	33%	0
3 Yrs				152	85%	54			10	4	0	1	1.16	5	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	200%	18	4	22%	11	1	9%	68	10	15%	6	2	33%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			182%			22%			34%			15%			51%			56%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1947	25	62	111	95	13	21	1	0	2	18	1	15	18	.221	.333	.295	.628	67	28	3	1	0
1948	26	63	112	96	13	21	1	0	2	18	1	15	19	.219	.330	.292	.622	66	28	3	1	0
1949	27	127	263	236	31	54	3	2	5	34	2	24	42	.229	.303	.322	.625	67	76	4	1	2

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	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1947	25	65	116	99	13	22	1	0	2	18	1	16	19	.222	.336	.293	.629	9	62
1948	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
1949	27	66	155	144	18	33	2	2	3	16	1	9	24	.229	.275	.333	.608	14	64
3 Yrs		132	272	244	31	55	3	2	5	34	2	25	44	.225	.300	.316	.616	23	127
162 Game Avg.		162	334	299	38	68	4	2	6	42	2	31	54	.225	.300	.316	.616	28	127

* 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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