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Marvin Lane

Marvin Lane

Position: Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: January 18, 1950 in Sandersville, GA
High School: Pershing (Detroit, MI)
Drafted by the Detroit Tigers in the 10th round of the 1968 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1971
Team: Tigers 1971-1976

Final Game: October 3, 1976
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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
1971 21 DET AL 8 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .200 .143 .343 -3 2 0 0 0 0 0 /79
1972 22 DET AL 8 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 /879
1973 23 DET AL 6 10 8 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 2 .250 .400 .625 1.025 179 5 1 0 0 0 0 /79
1974 24 DET AL 50 124 103 16 24 4 1 2 9 2 0 19 24 .233 .352 .350 .702 102 36 2 0 2 0 1 7/98
1976 26 DET AL 18 55 48 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 0 6 11 .188 .273 .208 .481 41 10 1 0 0 1 0 7/8
5 Seasons 90 210 179 23 37 5 1 3 17 2 0 28 42 .207 .313 .296 .609 75 53 4 0 2 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 378 322 41 67 9 2 5 31 4 0 50 76 .207 .313 .296 .609 75 95 7 0 4 2 2

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.
Year Age Tm Lg PA Rbat Rbaser Rroe Rdp Rfield Rpos Rrep RAR WAR oRAR oWAR dWAR Salary Pos Awards
1971 21 DET AL 15 -2 0 0 0 -0 0 1 -2 -0.2 -1 -0.1 -0.1 $ /79
1972 22 DET AL 6 -1 0 0 0 -0 0 0 -1 -0.1 -1 -0.1 0.0 $ /879
1973 23 DET AL 10 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 0.1 0.0 $ /79
1974 24 DET AL 124 0 -1 1 1 -0 -2 4 2 0.2 3 0.3 -0.1 $ 7/98
1976 26 DET AL 55 -3 -1 0 0 1 0 2 -1 -0.2 -2 -0.2 0.0 $ 7/8
5 Seasons 210 -5 -2 1 1 -0 -2 7 -1 -0.2 0 0.0 -0.2 $

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
1971 21 DET AL 15 12 0 0.0 96 .182 .143 .260 .200 .333 .143 .387 .343 .720 -3 .000 -2.0 -0.2 .250 .071 .000
1972 22 DET AL 6 6 0 0.0 85 .000 .000 .250 .000 .319 .000 .361 .000 .680 -100 .000 -1.5 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1973 23 DET AL 10 7 2 7.7 98 .200 .250 .266 .400 .336 .625 .391 1.025 .727 179 .739 0.9 0.1 1.000 .625 .375 .0
1974 24 DET AL 124 83 14 4.5 91 .286 .233 .261 .352 .325 .350 .375 .702 .700 102 .543 0.8 0.1 .704 .320 .117 2.0
1976 26 DET AL 55 41 3 2.0 88 .237 .188 .259 .273 .324 .208 .366 .481 .690 41 .216 -3.4 -0.4 .400 .146 .021
5 Seasons 210 149 19 3.4 91 .252 .207 .260 .313 .326 .296 .374 .609 .699 75 .423 -5.2 -0.6 .568 .257 .089 2.4
162 Game Avg. 378 268 34 3.4 91 .252 .207 .260 .313 .326 .296 .374 .609 .699 75 .423 -5.2 -0.6 .568 .257 .089 4

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
1971 21 DET AL 15 0.0% 20.0% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 3.00 4.7 14.0 1.25 73%
1972 22 DET AL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 3.0 0.00 67%
1973 23 DET AL 10 10.0% 20.0% 20.0% 10.0% 50% 1.00 4.0 8.0 4.0 1.50 50%
1974 24 DET AL 124 1.6% 19.4% 15.3% 5.7% 29% 1.26 4.3 51.5 11.4 1.75 62%
1976 26 DET AL 55 0.0% 20.0% 10.9% 1.8% 11% 1.83 4.4 9.6 1.31 69%
5 Seasons 210 1.4% 20.0% 13.3% 4.3% 24% 1.50 4.3 59.7 10.5 1.40 64%
MLB Averages 1.8% 13.6% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 1.57 6.5 48.7 9.1 1.09 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1971 21 DET AL -2.0 -0.2 16 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .58 -0.2 -0.1 -2.2 -0.2 0.82 -2.2 0.15 2
1972 22 DET AL -1.5 -0.2 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .57 -0.1 -0.0 -1.1 -0.1 0.81 -1.3 0.05 1
1973 23 DET AL 0.9 0.1 10 0.4 0.5 -0.1 .97 0.2 0.2 -0.0 -0.0 1.12 1.6 0
1974 24 DET AL 0.8 0.1 129 0.0 2.0 -2.0 .99 0.1 -0.1 2.0 0.2 0.97 2.0 1.36 6
1976 26 DET AL -3.4 -0.4 56 -0.4 0.6 -1.0 .98 -0.4 -0.0 -3.9 -0.4 0.98 -3.8 2.27 3
5 Seasons -5.2 -0.6 217 -0.3 3.2 -3.5 .94 -0.4 0.1 -5.3 -0.6 0.97 -3.8 1.28 12

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
1971 21 DET AL 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1972 22 DET AL 0 0 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1973 23 DET AL 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 100% 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
1974 24 DET AL 3 0 34% 52 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 2 3 41% 11 7 4 1 1 0 5 2 3
1976 26 DET AL 1 0 20% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 20% 4 4 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
5 Seasons 4 0 32% 88 2 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 2 4 36% 18 13 5 2 1 1 5 2 3

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
1971 21 DET AL 15 80% 2 2 0 0 0 0.15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 2 2 100% 8 1 13% 1 1 100% 1 1 100% 0
1972 22 DET AL 6 17% 0 1 0 0 0 0.05 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1973 23 DET AL 10 30% 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 50% 1 0 0% 10 1 10% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1974 24 DET AL 124 73% 24 6 3 0 1 1.36 2 0 2 0 2 1 1 0 2 2 100% 26 2 8% 10 2 20% 78 7 9% 2 1 50% 3 1 33% 0
1976 26 DET AL 55 60% 9 3 0 0 1 2.27 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1 11% 6 2 33% 39 5 13% 4 2 50% 1 0 0% 0
5 Seasons 210 67% 37 12 3 0 2 1.28 3 0 4 0 3 1 2 0 2 2 100% 39 4 10% 19 6 32% 137 14 10% 8 4 50% 5 2 40% 0
MLB Averages 55% 75% 11% 32% 14% 48% 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
1971 21 8 15 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 3 .143 .200 .143 .343 -3 2 0 0 0 0 0
1972 22 16 21 20 2 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 5 .100 .143 .100 .243 -30 2 0 0 0 0 0
1973 23 22 31 28 4 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 3 7 .143 .226 .250 .476 33 7 1 0 0 0 0
1974 24 72 155 131 20 28 4 1 3 12 2 0 22 31 .214 .327 .328 .655 87 43 3 0 2 0 1
1975 25 72 155 131 20 28 4 1 3 12 2 0 22 31 .214 .327 .328 .655 87 43 3 0 2 0 1
1976 26 90 210 179 23 37 5 1 3 17 2 0 28 42 .207 .313 .296 .609 75 53 4 0 2 1 1

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
1971 21 8 15 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 .000 .067 .000 .067 0 8
1972 22 8 6 6 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 8
1973 23 6 10 8 2 2 0 0 1 2 0 2 2 .250 .400 .625 1.025 2 6
1974 24 50 124 104 18 25 4 1 2 10 2 20 24 .240 .363 .356 .719 14 50
1976 26 18 55 48 3 9 1 0 0 5 0 6 11 .188 .273 .208 .481 3 18
5 Seasons 90 210 180 25 36 5 1 3 17 2 29 42 .200 .310 .289 .598 19 90
162 Game Avg. 162 378 324 45 65 9 2 5 31 4 52 76 .200 .310 .289 .598 34 90

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1919 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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