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Ray Lamanno

Raymond Simond Lamanno

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: November 17, 1919 in Oakland, CA (All Transactions)
Debut: September 11, 1941
Team: Reds 1941-1948

Final Game: October 3, 1948
Died: February 9, 1994 in Berkeley, CA
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All-Star

Standard Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	Pos	Awards
1938	18	CIN-min	C	78	240	240		66	14	2	3					.275	.275	.388	.663		93					MSK · WA
1939	19	CIN-min	C	99	342	342		94	20	4	20					.275	.275	.532	.807		182					MSK · WA
1940	20	CIN-min	B	116	389	389		118	22	6	13					.303	.303	.491	.794		191					CLM · SALL
1941	21	CIN-min	A1	120	343	343		101	22	7	4					.294	.294	.434	.729		149					BIR · SOUA
1941	21	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000				0	0	1	0	/2
1942	22	CIN	NL	111	404	371	40	98	12	2	12	43	0	31	54	.264	.324	.404	.729	113	150	14	2	0	*2	MVP-27

1946	26	CIN	NL	85	255	239	18	58	12	0	1	30	0	11	26	.243	.285	.305	.590	69	73	8	3	3	2	AS
1947	27	CIN	NL	118	448	413	33	106	21	3	5	50	0	28	39	.257	.307	.358	.665	76	148	6	2	5	*2
1948	28	CIN	NL	127	439	385	31	93	12	0	0	27	2	48	32	.242	.329	.273	.601	66	105	15	2	4	*2
1949	29	CIN-min	AAA	92	341	301	27	73	13	2	5	28	0	35	33	.243	.323	.349	.672		105		1	4		SYR · IL
1950	30	SLE	AAA	17	45	40	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	3	4	.125	.186	.150	.336		6		0	2		SLE · PCL
1951	31	OLD	AAA	87	219	200	17	54	7	2	5	35	0	17	36	.270	.330	.400	.730		80		1	1		OLD · PCL
1952	32	OLD	Opn	30	71	67	3	11	0	0	1	7	0	2	11	.164	.188	.209	.397		14		0	2		OLD · PCL
5 Yrs				442	1547	1408	122	355	57	5	18	150	2	118	151	.252	.314	.338	.653	81	476	43	10	12
162 Game Avg.				162	567	516	45	130	21	2	7	55	1	43	55	.252	.314	.338	.653	81	174	16	4	4

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
1941	21	CIN	NL	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.532	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1942	22	CIN	NL	111	404	5	0	0	-2	3	7	0.7	12	19	1.9	.507	.505	2.2	0.1	21	$	*2	MVP-27

1946	26	CIN	NL	85	255	-9	0	0	0	2	-7	-0.8	9	2	0.1	.491	.495	0.1	0.2	2	$	2	AS
1947	27	CIN	NL	118	448	-14	0	0	2	4	-8	-0.8	16	8	0.8	.493	.495	0.5	0.6	6	$	*2
1948	28	CIN	NL	127	439	-15	1	-0	1	4	-10	-1.1	15	6	0.5	.492	.494	0.4	0.5	5	$	*2
5 Seasons				442	1547	-33	2	-0	1	13	-18	-1.9	52	35	3.3	.496	.498	3.2	1.5	34	$

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
1941	21	CIN	NL	1	0							1.000	.336						.000	0.3	0.0
1942	22	CIN	NL	404	287	48	4.5	87	.282	.264	.256	.324	.328	.404	.356	.729	.684	113	.577	4.5	0.5	.638	.224	.140	.0

1946	26	CIN	NL	255	192	20	2.8	90	.269	.243	.259	.285	.334	.305	.363	.590	.697	69	.337	-9.8	-1.0	.460	.109	.063	.0
1947	27	CIN	NL	448	318	45	3.8	106	.274	.257	.274	.307	.349	.358	.406	.665	.756	76	.405	-15.0	-1.5	.569	.169	.102	.0
1948	28	CIN	NL	439	311	34	2.9	99	.263	.242	.265	.329	.339	.273	.393	.601	.732	66	.314	-16.0	-1.6	.511	.161	.031	.0
5 Yrs				1547	1108	147	3.5	96	.272	.252	.264	.314	.338	.338	.382	.653	.720	81	.415	-36.1	-3.6	.553	.171	.086	3.6
162 Game Avg.				567	406	54	3.5	96	.272	.252	.264	.314	.338	.338	.382	.653	.720	81	.415	-36.1	-3.6	.553	.171	.086	1

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
1946	CIN	NL	26		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	GO/AO	IP%
1941	21	CIN	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							0%
1942	22	CIN	NL	404	3.0%	13.4%	7.7%	6.4%	27%	1.74	6.9	30.9	8.6		76%

1946	26	CIN	NL	255	0.4%	10.2%	4.3%	5.1%	22%	2.36	9.2	239.0	8.0		83%
1947	27	CIN	NL	448	1.1%	8.7%	6.3%	6.5%	27%	1.39	10.6	82.6	8.3		82%
1948	28	CIN	NL	439	0.0%	7.3%	10.9%	2.7%	13%	0.67	12.0		14.3	1.05	80%
5 Yrs				1547	1.2%	9.8%	7.6%	5.2%	23%	1.28	9.3	78.2	9.4	1.05	80%
MLB Averages					1.3%	9.2%	9.1%	5.9%	26%	1.00	9.7	70.0	8.7	0.97	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1941	21	CIN	NL	0.3	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1942	22	CIN	NL	4.5	0.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1946	26	CIN	NL	-9.8	-1.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1947	27	CIN	NL	-15.0	-1.5	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	28	CIN	NL	-16.0	-1.6	193	-0.9	2.5	-3.3	1.02	-0.8	-0.1	-7.8	-0.8	0.96	-9.3	0.38	2
5 Yrs				-36.1	-3.6	193	-0.9	2.5	-3.3	1.02	-0.8	-0.1	-7.8	-0.8	0.96	-9.3	0.38	2

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	28	CIN	NL	3	0	22%	65	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	45%	13	8	5	1	1	0	6	2	4
5 Yrs				3	0	22%	65	2			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	45%	13	8	5	1	1	0	6	2	4

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	28	CIN	NL	439	39%	93			2	1	0	0	0.38	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	400%	32	15	47%	11	2	18%	125	13	10%	11	2	18%	3	2	67%	0
5 Yrs				439	39%	355			2	1	0	0	0.38	18	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	12	1200%	32	43	134%	11	2	18%	125	13	10%	11	2	18%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			1247%			128%			35%			15%			52%			55%

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
1941	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000				0	0	1	0
1942	22	112	405	371	40	98	12	2	12	43	0	31	54	.264	.326	.404	.730	113	150	14	3	0
1943	23	112	405	371	40	98	12	2	12	43	0	31	54	.264	.326	.404	.730	113	150	14	3	0
1944	24	112	405	371	40	98	12	2	12	43	0	31	54	.264	.326	.404	.730	113	150	14	3	0
1945	25	112	405	371	40	98	12	2	12	43	0	31	54	.264	.326	.404	.730	113	150	14	3	0
1946	26	197	660	610	58	156	24	2	13	73	0	42	80	.256	.310	.366	.676	96	223	22	6	3
1947	27	315	1108	1023	91	262	45	5	18	123	0	70	119	.256	.309	.363	.671	87	371	28	8	8
1948	28	442	1547	1408	122	355	57	5	18	150	2	118	151	.252	.314	.338	.653	81	476	43	10	12

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
1941	21	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1.000			0	1
1942	22	118	438	401	48	112	14	2	14	52	0	35	57	.279	.340	.429	.769	58	111

1946	26	89	272	254	21	65	13	0	1	36	0	12	27	.256	.297	.319	.616	24	85
1947	27	123	465	429	33	108	21	3	5	50	0	29	41	.252	.302	.350	.652	45	118
1948	28	133	461	404	33	99	13	0	0	29	2	51	33	.245	.333	.277	.610	37	127
5 Yrs		464	1637	1488	135	384	61	5	20	167	2	127	158	.258	.321	.346	.667	164	442
162 Game Avg.		162	572	520	47	134	21	2	7	58	1	44	55	.258	.321	.346	.667	57	442

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games 1946 *	MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1942 NL (27, 1%) 0.01 Career Shares (1497th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1947 NL 0.6 (9th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1942 NL 12 (9th)
Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1946 NL 3 (10th)	Double Plays Grounded Into s c a p y 1948 NL 15 (6th)	AB per HR s c a p y 1942 NL 30.9 (8th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 4 (1866), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2899), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

Explanation of Similarity Scores

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