Bob Lennon

Robert Albert Lennon (Archie)

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 15, 1928 in Brooklyn, NY
High School: Specialty Trades HS (Brooklyn, NY)
Signed by the Brooklyn Dodgers as an amateur free agent in 1945. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 9, 1954
Teams (by GP): Giants/Cubs 1954-1957

Final Game: May 11, 1957
Died: June 14, 2005 in Dix Hills, NY
Buried: Calverton National Cemetery, Calverton, NY
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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
1945	16	LAD-min	D	12	49	49		10	1	0	0						.204	.204	.224	.429		11							THM · NCSL
1946	17	LAD-min	D	128	490	490		129	17	12	4						.263	.263	.371	.635		182							DYB · FLOR
1947	18	LAD-min	C	106	390	390		105	29	8	13						.269	.269	.485	.754		189							JHN · MATL
1948	19	SFG-min	A	108	335	335		84	11	7	3						.251	.251	.352	.603		118							SXC · WL
1949	20	SFG-min	A	150	553	553		140	17	7	13						.253	.253	.380	.633		210							JCK · SALL
1950	21	SFG-min	A,AAA	131	454	453	4	128	19	7	9	6	0		1	4	.283	.284	.415	.699		188	0	0	0				JCK,MNE · SALL,AA
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952	23	SFG-min	AA,AAA	111	452	428	32	122	23	1	23	32	1		22	38	.285	.320	.505	.825		216	2	0	2				NVL,MNE · SOUA,AA
1953	24	SFG-min	AA	123	399	399		106	19	3	24						.266	.266	.509	.774		203							NVL · SOUA
1954	25	SFG-min	AA	153	609	609		210	33	6	64						.345	.345	.734	1.079		447							NVL · SOUA
1954	25	NYG	NL	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0

1955	26	SFG-min	AAA	114	479	422	66	118	18	4	31	104	2		52	71	.280	.359	.562	.921		237	1	2	0	3			MNE · AA
1956	27	SFG-min	AAA	78	232	203	27	54	6	3	7	27	0		23	39	.266	.336	.429	.765		87	7	1	0	5			MNE · AA
1956	27	NYG	NL	26	60	55	3	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.182	.233	.200	.433	19	11	0	0	0	1	1	9/7
1957	28	CLE-min	Opn	102	376	325	49	100	17	5	12	53	1		43	42	.308	.383	.502	.885		163	9	1	0	7			SDG · PCL
1957	28	CHC	NL	9	22	21	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	9	.143	.182	.333	.515	36	7	0	0	0	0	0	/8
1958	29	LAD-min	AAA	144	533	470	81	135	23	6	25	87	5		56	65	.287	.365	.521	.887		245		3	2	2	9		MTL · IL
1959	30	LAD-min	AAA	132	461	407	63	118	24	1	28	73	3		48	66	.290	.367	.560	.927		228		2	3	1	9		MTL · IL
1960	31	LAD-min	AAA	104	352	315	60	95	23	3	15	54	5	1	34	51	.302	.370	.537	.907		169		1	1	1			STP,MTL · AA,IL
1961	32	MIN-min	AAA	88	211	197	24	45	8	2	7	24	0		14	30	.228	.280	.396	.676		78							SYR · IL
3 Yrs				38	85	79	5	13	2	0	1	4	0	0	5	26	.165	.212	.228	.440	19	18	0	0	0	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	362	337	21	55	9	0	4	17	0	0	21	111	.165	.212	.228	.440	19	77	0	0	0	4

NYG (2 yrs)				29	63	58	3	10	1	0	0	1	0	0	4	17	.172	.222	.190	.412	13	11	0	0	0	1	1
CHC (1 yr)				9	22	21	2	3	1	0	1	3	0	0	1	9	.143	.182	.333	.515	36	7	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
1954	25	NYG	NL	3	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.468	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$

1956	27	NYG	NL	26	60	-7	-0	0	-1	-1	-9	-1.0	2	-7	-0.8	.463	.494	-0.7	-0.2	-6	$	9/7
1957	28	CHC	NL	9	22	-2	0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.455	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$	/8
3 Seasons				38	85	-10	-0	0	-3	-1	-13	-1.5	3	-11	-1.2	.462	.497	-0.9	-0.4	-8	$

NYG (2 yrs)				29	63	-8	-0	0	-1	-1	-10	-1.1	2	-7	-0.9	.464	.497	-0.8	-0.2	-7	$
CHC (1 yr)				9	22	-2	0	0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	1	-3	-0.3	.455	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$

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
1954	25	NYG	NL	3	3	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.275	.000	.347	.000	.426	.000	.772	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1956	27	NYG	NL	60	46	3	1.7	102	.256	.182	.263	.233	.330	.200	.415	.433	.745	19	.151	-6.2	-0.6	.333	.091	.018
1957	28	CHC	NL	22	18	1	1.5	102	.182	.143	.267	.182	.331	.333	.414	.515	.745	36	.114	-2.0	-0.2	.444	.238	.190	.0
3 Yrs				85	67	4	1.6	102	.226	.165	.264	.212	.330	.228	.415	.440	.746	19	.130	-9.1	-0.9	.348	.127	.063	.0
162 Game Avg.				362	286	17	1.6	102	.226	.165	.264	.212	.330	.228	.415	.440	.746	19	.130	-9.1	-0.9	.348	.127	.063

NYG (2 yrs)				63	49	3	1.6	103	.238	.172	.263	.222	.330	.190	.416	.412	.746	13	.136	-7.1	-0.7	.313	.086	.017
CHC (1 yr)				22	18	1	1.5	102	.182	.143	.267	.182	.331	.333	.414	.515	.745	36	.114	-2.0	-0.2	.444	.238	.190	.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%
1954	25	NYG	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.50	100%

1956	27	NYG	NL	60	0.0%	28.3%	6.7%	1.7%	10%	4.25	3.2		55.0	0.12	65%
1957	28	CHC	NL	22	4.6%	40.9%	4.6%	9.1%	67%	9.00	2.3	21.0	7.0	4.00	50%
3 Yrs				85	1.2%	30.6%	5.9%	3.5%	23%	5.20	3.0	79.0	19.8	0.52	62%
MLB Averages					2.3%	11.7%	9.2%	6.6%	29%	1.26	7.6	38.8	8.2	0.98	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1954	25	NYG	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.56	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.74	-0.9	0.56	3

1956	27	NYG	NL	-6.2	-0.6	43	-0.6	0.3	-0.9	1.08	-0.5	-0.1	-6.3	-0.6	1.02	-5.0	1.60	2
1957	28	CHC	NL	-2.0	-0.2	22	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.02	-0.2	-0.2	-1.4	-0.1	0.95	-1.8	1.58	5
3 Yrs				-9.1	-0.9	68	-1.0	0.5	-1.5	1.03	-0.7	-0.2	-8.4	-0.8	0.98	-7.7	1.28	10

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1954	25	NYG	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

1956	27	NYG	NL	0	0	21%	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0
1957	28	CHC	NL	0	0	33%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				0	0	24%	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	67%	3	1	2	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
1954	25	NYG	NL	3	67%	0			3	0	0	0	0.56	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1956	27	NYG	NL	60	93%	10			2	0	0	0	1.60	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	5	1	20%	30	1	3%	3	1	33%	0	0		0
1957	28	CHC	NL	22	100%	3			5	0	0	0	1.58	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		4	0	0%	2	0	0%	15	2	13%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				85	94%	13			10	0	0	0	1.28	1	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0		12	0	0%	7	1	14%	46	3	7%	3	1	33%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			80%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SF	IBB
1954	25	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1955	26	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1956	27	29	63	58	3	10	1	0	1	4	17	.172	.222	.190	.412	13	11	1	1
1957	28	38	85	79	5	13	2	1	4	5	26	.165	.212	.228	.440	19	18	1	1

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
1954	25	3	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1956	27	27	63	58	4	11	1	0	0	1	0	4	18	.190	.238	.207	.445	3	26
1957	28	9	23	22	2	3	1	0	1	2	0	1	9	.136	.174	.318	.492	1	9
3 Yrs		39	89	83	6	14	2	0	1	3	0	5	27	.169	.213	.229	.442	4	38
162 Game Avg.		162	370	345	25	58	8	0	4	12	0	21	112	.169	.213	.229	.442	17	38

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