Don Liddle

Donald Eugene Liddle

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: May 25, 1925 in Mount Carmel, IL
Signed by the Boston Braves as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1953
Teams (by GP): Giants/Braves/Cardinals 1953-1956

Final Game: September 19, 1956
Died: June 5, 2000 in Mount Carmel, IL
Buried: Highland Memorial Cemetery, Mount Carmel, IL
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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
1946	21	AUB	C	10	23	23		1	0	0	0						.043	.043	.043	.087		1							AUB · BORD
1947	22	ATL-min	D,B	33	47	47		5	0	0	0						.106	.106	.106	.213		5							MVR,EVN · ILSL,IIIL
1948	23	ATL-min	B	36	28	28		5	0	0	0						.179	.179	.179	.357		5							PAW · NENL
1949	24	ATL-min	A,B	37	82	82		19	3	0	0						.232	.232	.268	.500		22							HFD,PAW · EL,NENL
1950	25	ATL-min	AA,AAA	31	49	49		12	0	0	0						.245	.245	.245	.490		12							ATA,MLW · SOUA,AA
1951	26	ATL-min	AA,AAA	46	66	66		9	2	0	0						.136	.136	.167	.303		11							ATA,MLW · SOUA,AA
1952	27	ATL-min	AAA	34	78	67	12	13	1	0	1	6	0		9	20	.194	.289	.254	.543		17	0	0	2				MLW · AA
1953	28	MLN	NL	31	41	34	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.088	.162	.088	.250	-31	3	0	0	4			1
1954	29	NYG	NL	29	47	37	3	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	8	12	.189	.333	.189	.523	41	7	0	0	2	0		1
1955	30	NYG	NL	33	37	27	2	5	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	6	.185	.343	.185	.528	45	5	2	1	2	1	0	1
1956	31	TOT	NL	26	18	14	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.143	.200	.143	.343	-5	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1956	31	NYG	NL	11	16	12	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.167	.231	.167	.397	10	2	0	0	3	0	0	1
1956	31	STL	NL	15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	32	STL-min	AAA	39	35	29	3	5	0	0	0	1	0		5	13	.172	.294	.172	.467		5		0	1	0	0		OMA · AA
4 Yrs				119	143	112	9	17	0	0	0	5	0	0	18	29	.152	.273	.152	.425	16	17	2	1	11	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	195	152	12	23	0	0	0	7	0	0	25	39	.152	.273	.152	.425	16	23	3	1	15

NYG (3 yrs)				73	100	76	7	14	0	0	0	4	0	0	15	20	.184	.323	.184	.507	38	14	2	1	7	1	0
MLN (1 yr)				31	41	34	2	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	9	.088	.162	.088	.250	-31	3	0	0	4
STL (1 yr)				15	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1953	28	MLN	NL	31	41	-7	0	0	0	4	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$	1
1954	29	NYG	NL	29	47	-3	-1	0	0	5	2	0.2	2	4	0.2	.507	.501	0.2	-0.0	4	$	1
1955	30	NYG	NL	33	37	-2	0	-0	0	4	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.503	.501	0.1	-0.0	2	$	1
1956	31	NYG	NL	11	16	0	-0	0	0	2	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.517	.501	0.2	-0.0	2	$	1
1956	31	STL	NL	15	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
4 Seasons				119	143	-14	-0	0	0	15	2	0.1	5	6	0.2	.502	.500	0.2	-0.1	6	$

NYG (3 yrs)				73	100	-6	-1	0	0	11	5	0.5	3	8	0.5	.507	.501	0.5	-0.1	8	$
MLN (1 yr)				31	41	-7	0	0	0	4	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.3	.490	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-2	$
STL (1 yr)				15	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.499	.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
1953	28	MLN	NL	41	35	0	0.0	105	.120	.088	.267	.162	.337	.088	.416	.250	.753	-31	.000	-6.4	-0.6	.194	.088	.000
1954	29	NYG	NL	47	32	2	1.7	110	.280	.189	.275	.333	.347	.189	.426	.523	.773	41	.128	-3.0	-0.3	.500	.216	.000
1955	30	NYG	NL	37	27	2	2.0	106	.227	.185	.267	.343	.338	.185	.422	.528	.760	45	.172	-1.7	-0.2	.500	.222	.000
1956	31	TOT	NL	18	15	1	1.8	102	.167	.143	.263	.200	.330	.143	.415	.343	.745	-5	.156	-2.1	-0.2	.250	.071	.000
1956	31	NYG	NL	16	13	1	2.1	102	.200	.167	.263	.231	.330	.167	.415	.397	.745	10	.195	-1.5	-0.2	.300	.083	.000
1956	31	STL	NL	2	2	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.263	.000	.330	.000	.415	.000	.744	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				143	109	5	1.2	107	.202	.152	.269	.273	.340	.152	.421	.425	.760	16	.077	-13.3	-1.3	.371	.161	.000
162 Game Avg.				195	148	7	1.2	107	.202	.152	.269	.273	.340	.152	.421	.425	.760	16	.077	-13.3	-1.3	.371	.161	.000

NYG (3 yrs)				100	72	5	1.9	108	.246	.184	.270	.323	.341	.184	.423	.507	.764	38	.155	-6.3	-0.6	.469	.197	.000
MLN (1 yr)				41	35	0	0.0	105	.120	.088	.267	.162	.337	.088	.416	.250	.753	-31	.000	-6.4	-0.6	.194	.088	.000
STL (1 yr)				2	2	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.263	.000	.330	.000	.415	.000	.744	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

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
1954	29	NYG	NL	WS	CLE	W	2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.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%
1953	28	MLN	NL	41	0.0%	22.0%	7.3%	0.0%	0%	3.00	3.8		34.0	1.80	61%
1954	29	NYG	NL	47	0.0%	25.5%	17.0%	0.0%	0%	1.50	3.1		18.5	1.25	53%
1955	30	NYG	NL	37	0.0%	16.2%	16.2%	0.0%	0%	1.00	4.5		13.5	1.33	59%
1956	31	TOT	NL	18	0.0%	11.1%	5.6%	0.0%	0%	2.00	7.0			0.67	67%
1956	31	NYG	NL	16	0.0%	12.5%	6.3%	0.0%	0%	2.00	6.0			1.00	63%
1956	31	STL	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
4 Yrs				143	0.0%	20.3%	12.6%	0.0%	0%	1.61	3.9		22.4	1.25	59%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.2%	9.4%	6.6%	29%	1.20	7.9	39.4	8.1	0.97	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1953	28	MLN	NL	-6.4	-0.6	21	-0.4	0.1	-0.5	1.14	-0.4	-0.0	-3.7	-0.4	0.99	-4.1
1954	29	NYG	NL	-3.0	-0.3	43	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	1.06	-0.2	0.1	-1.4	-0.1	0.92	-2.5
1955	30	NYG	NL	-1.7	-0.2	38	-0.0	0.4	-0.4	.76	-0.2	0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.96	-2.2
1956	31	TOT	NL	-2.1	-0.2	15	-0.0	0.3	-0.3	1.34	-0.0	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	1.09	-0.3
1956	31	NYG	NL	-1.5	-0.2	12	0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.18	0.0	0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.04	0.1
1956	31	STL	NL	-0.6	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	1.96	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.0	1.27	-0.4
4 Yrs				-13.3	-1.3	117	-0.6	1.3	-1.9	1.01	-0.8	0.2	-7.7	-0.8	0.97	-9.2

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1953	28	MLN	NL	0	33%	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1954	29	NYG	NL	0	20%	14	1	0	20%	4	3	0	0	0	0	1	1
1955	30	NYG	NL	0	17%	15	0	1	33%	4	3	1	2	1	1	0	0
1956	31	TOT	NL	2	67%	9	0	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	31	NYG	NL	2	67%	7	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	31	STL	NL	0		2	0	1		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				2	25%	38	1	2	25%	9	7	1	2	1	1	1	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
1953	28	MLN	NL	41	76%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	3	4	133%	3	0	0%	4	1	25%	16	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1954	29	NYG	NL	47	47%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	12	0	0%	9	1	11%	23	1	4%	2	0	0%	0	0		0
1955	30	NYG	NL	37	62%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	67%	12	2	17%	9	4	44%	24	3	13%	3	2	67%	3	2	67%	0
1956	31	TOT	NL	18	57%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	5	0	0%	4	1	25%	10	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	31	NYG	NL	16	58%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	5	0	0%	4	1	25%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	31	STL	NL	2	50%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				143	58%	17			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12	11	92%	32	2	6%	26	7	27%	73	4	5%	5	2	40%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1953	28	31	41	34	2	3	1	3	9	.088	.162	.088	.250	-31	3	0	0	4
1954	29	60	88	71	5	10	3	11	21	.141	.256	.141	.397	8	10	0	0	6	0
1955	30	93	125	98	7	15	5	17	27	.153	.282	.153	.435	19	15	2	1	8	1	0
1956	31	119	143	112	9	17	5	18	29	.152	.273	.152	.425	16	17	2	1	11	1	0

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1953	28	32	42	35	0	0	0	3	9	.000	.079	.000	.079	0	31
1954	29	31	49	39	3	7	2	8	13	.179	.319	.179	.499	2	29
1955	30	35	40	29	3	6	3	7	6	.207	.368	.207	.575	2	33
1956	31	27	19	15	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.063	.000	.063	0	26
4 Yrs		125	150	118	6	13	5	19	30	.110	.237	.110	.348	4	119
162 Game Avg.		162	194	153	8	17	6	25	39	.110	.237	.110	.348	5	119

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