Lou Limmer

Louis Limmer

Positions: First Baseman and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: March 10, 1925 in New York, NY
High School: Manhattan School of Aviation (Manhattan, NY)
Signed by the Philadelphia Athletics as an amateur free agent in 1946. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 22, 1951
Team: Athletics 1951-1954

Final Game: September 26, 1954
Died: April 1, 2007 in Boca Raton, FL
Buried: Montefiore Cemetery, St. Albans, 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
1946	21	OAK-min	D	40	150	150		47	9	1	4						.313	.313	.467	.780		70							LXG · NCSL
1947	22	OAK-min	D	107	405	405		132	20	3	24						.326	.326	.568	.894		230							LXG · NCSL
1948	23	OAK-min	A	106	385	385		111	12	4	28						.288	.288	.558	.847		215							LIN · WL
1949	24	OAK-min	A	135	483	483		152	20	8	29						.315	.315	.569	.884		275							LIN · WL
1950	25	LAD-min	AAA	144	606	501	98	139	23	6	29	111	7		96	70	.277	.396	.521	.917		261	9	2	7				STP · AA
1951	26	PHA	AL	94	246	214	25	34	9	1	5	30	1	0	28	40	.159	.256	.280	.537	44	60	4	0	5			3

1952	27	OAK-min	AAA	148	607	540	75	140	17	7	23	87	12		61	34	.259	.340	.444	.784		240		5	1				OTT · IL
1953	28	OAK-min	AAA	135	527	467	68	128	22	4	15	73	5		57	38	.274	.356	.435	.790		203		2	1				OTT · IL
1954	29	PHA	AL	115	356	316	41	73	10	3	14	32	2	3	35	37	.231	.305	.415	.720	96	131	6	0	2	3		3
1955	30	OAK-BOS-min	AAA	133	518	437	77	115	9	3	28	82	3		72	56	.263	.368	.485	.853		212		3	2	4			TTO,CLB,LOU · IL,AA
1956	31	DET-min	AAA	119	449	381	54	102	17	2	16	69	4		57	34	.268	.362	.449	.811		171	10	2	4	5			CHL,TTO · AA,IL
1957	32	STL-min	AAA	140	573	498	73	131	20	1	18	49	3		60	48	.263	.346	.416	.762		207		4	10	1	8		OMA · AA
1958	33	DET-min	AA	151	549	549		145	31	3	30						.264	.264	.495	.760		272							BIR · SOUA
2 Yrs				209	602	530	66	107	19	4	19	62	3	3	63	77	.202	.285	.360	.646	75	191	10	0	7	3
162 Game Avg.				162	467	411	51	83	15	3	15	48	2	2	49	60	.202	.285	.360	.646	75	148	8	0	5

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
1951	26	PHA	AL	94	246	-18	1	-0	0	-3	-20	-2.1	7	-13	-1.4	.478	.487	-1.4	-0.2	-13	$	3

1954	29	PHA	AL	115	356	-4	-1	-1	-3	-4	-12	-1.3	10	-2	-0.4	.489	.492	0.0	-0.8	1	$	3
2 Seasons				209	602	-21	-0	-1	-3	-6	-32	-3.4	16	-16	-1.8	.484	.490	-1.4	-1.0	-12	$

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
1951	26	PHA	AL	246	189	16	2.3	103	.172	.159	.269	.256	.350	.280	.394	.537	.744	44	.223	-17.6	-1.8	.484	.257	.121	1.7

1954	29	PHA	AL	356	257	40	4.2	100	.220	.231	.266	.305	.342	.415	.390	.720	.732	96	.490	-3.6	-0.4	.655	.291	.184	3.5
2 Yrs				602	446	56	3.4	101	.201	.202	.267	.285	.345	.360	.391	.646	.737	75	.384	-21.2	-2.1	.583	.277	.158	5.2
162 Game Avg.				467	346	43	3.4	101	.201	.202	.267	.285	.345	.360	.391	.646	.737	75	.384	-21.2	-2.1	.583	.277	.158	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%
1951	26	PHA	AL	246	2.0%	16.3%	11.4%	6.1%	44%	1.43	5.4	42.8	7.1	0.82	69%

1954	29	PHA	AL	356	3.9%	10.4%	9.8%	7.6%	37%	1.06	8.5	22.6	9.9	0.60	75%
2 Yrs				602	3.2%	12.8%	10.5%	7.0%	39%	1.22	6.9	27.9	8.5	0.68	73%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.5%	9.4%	6.4%	28%	1.12	8.4	44.6	8.2	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1951	26	PHA	AL	-17.6	-1.8	222	-1.9	3.2	-5.1	1.17	-1.5	-0.1	-13.3	-1.3	1.00	-16.0	1.56	29

1954	29	PHA	AL	-3.2	-0.3	351	-1.1	4.9	-6.0	.95	-0.4	-0.8	-6.8	-0.7	0.90	-3.4	1.00	30
2 Yrs				-20.8	-2.1	573	-3.0	8.1	-11.1	1.03	-1.9	-1.0	-20.1	-2.0	0.94	-19.4	1.27	59

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
1951	26	PHA	AL	4	0	35%	61	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	41%	10	6	4	1	1	0	6	3	3

1954	29	PHA	AL	3	0	29%	107	2	3	40%	1	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	4	4	42%	16	12	4	3	2	1	7	1	6
2 Yrs				7	0	31%	168	3	3	50%	2	3	1	0	0	0	2	0	4	6	42%	26	18	8	4	3	1	13	4	9

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
1951	26	PHA	AL	246	74%	34			29	5	2	3	1.56	5	1	8	3	1	0	5	0	5	5	100%	49	4	8%	24	7	29%	166	20	12%	14	7	50%	11	4	36%	0

1954	29	PHA	AL	356	83%	73			30	7	0	2	1.00	14	0	2	9	3	7	7	0	2	2	100%	68	6	9%	30	9	30%	175	16	9%	5	4	80%	9	6	67%	0
2 Yrs				602	79%	107			59	12	2	5	1.27	19	1	10	12	4	7	12	0	7	7	100%	117	10	9%	54	16	30%	341	36	11%	19	11	58%	20	10	50%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			86%			11%			32%			14%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1951	26	94	246	214	25	34	9	1	5	30	1	0	28	40	.159	.256	.280	.537	44	60	4	5
1952	27	94	246	214	25	34	9	1	5	30	1	0	28	40	.159	.256	.280	.537	44	60	4	5
1953	28	94	246	214	25	34	9	1	5	30	1	0	28	40	.159	.256	.280	.537	44	60	4	5
1954	29	209	602	530	66	107	19	4	19	62	3	3	63	77	.202	.285	.360	.646	75	191	10	7	3

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
1951	26	99	258	224	26	35	9	1	5	31	1	29	42	.156	.253	.272	.525	16	94

1954	29	120	374	332	45	78	11	3	15	35	2	37	39	.235	.309	.422	.731	44	115
2 Yrs		219	632	556	71	113	20	4	20	66	3	66	81	.203	.286	.362	.648	60	209
162 Game Avg.		162	468	411	53	84	15	3	15	49	2	49	60	.203	.286	.362	.648	44	209

* 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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