Dennis Littlejohn

Dennis Gerald Littlejohn

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: October 4, 1954 in Santa Monica, CA
High School: North Torrance HS (Lawndale, CA)
School: University of Southern California (Los Angeles, CA)
Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1976 amateur draft (January Secondary). (All Transactions)
Debut: July 9, 1978
Team: Giants 1978-1980

Final Game: October 5, 1980
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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
1976	21	SFG-min	A	124	416	416		102	15	2	16						.245	.245	.406	.651		169							FRE · CALL
1977	22	SFG-min	AA	134	512	411	63	101	19	1	12	64	8	3	79	127	.246	.367	.384	.752		158		4	11	7			WBY · EL
1978	23	SFG-min	AAA	78	279	223	28	57	12	1	4	31	2	3	51	63	.256	.397	.372	.769		83		2	2	1			PHX · PCL
1978	23	SFG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1979	24	SFG-min	AAA	66	281	239	33	68	11	5	5	34	5	2	34	52	.285	.370	.435	.805		104		2	0	6			PHX · PCL
1979	24	SFG	NL	63	222	193	15	38	6	1	1	13	0	0	21	46	.197	.272	.254	.526	49	49	4	0	5	3	4	2
1980	25	SFG-min	AAA	53	216	169	32	54	9	2	3	22	4	1	45	32	.320	.458	.450	.908		76		0	0	2			PHX · PCL
1980	25	SFG	NL	13	38	29	2	7	1	0	0	2	0	0	7	7	.241	.368	.276	.644	86	8	1	0	0	2	1	2
1981	26	SFG-min	AAA	31	118	100	8	27	3	0	0	6	0	3	17	18	.270	.373	.300	.673		30		0	0	1	1		PHX · PCL
1982	27	TEX-min	AAA	53	183	159	27	43	4	0	4	15	1	0	21	31	.270	.354	.371	.725		59		0	2	1	0		DEN · AA
3 Yrs				78	260	222	17	45	7	1	1	15	0	0	28	53	.203	.286	.257	.543	55	57	5	0	5	5	5
162 Game Avg.				162	540	461	35	93	15	2	2	31	0	0	58	110	.203	.286	.257	.543	55	118	10	0	10	10	10

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
1978	23	SFG	NL	2	0	0	0	0	-1	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.446	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	/2
1979	24	SFG	NL	63	222	-11	-1	0	-1	4	-9	-0.9	6	-2	-0.3	.485	.494	-0.2	0.3	-1	$	2
1980	25	SFG	NL	13	38	-1	0	-0	-1	0	-2	-0.2	1	-0	-0.1	.486	.499	0.0	-0.1	1	$	2
3 Seasons				78	260	-12	-1	0	-3	4	-11	-1.2	8	-3	-0.5	.484	.497	-0.2	0.1	-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	PwrSpd
1979	24	SFG	NL	222	167	14	2.3	94	.248	.197	.260	.272	.325	.254	.387	.526	.711	49	.227	-12.6	-1.3	.440	.166	.057	.0
1980	25	SFG	NL	38	25	4	4.3	93	.292	.241	.263	.368	.325	.276	.382	.644	.707	86	.509	0.2	0.0	.652	.276	.034
3 Yrs				260	192	18	2.5	93	.254	.203	.261	.286	.325	.257	.386	.543	.711	55	.266	-12.4	-1.3	.467	.180	.054	.0
162 Game Avg.				540	399	37	2.5	93	.254	.203	.261	.286	.325	.257	.386	.543	.711	55	.266	-12.4	-1.3	.467	.180	.054

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1979	24	SFG	NL	222	0.5%	20.7%	9.5%	3.6%	21%	2.19	4.2	193.0	14.8	1.13	67%
1980	25	SFG	NL	38	0.0%	18.4%	18.4%	2.6%	14%	1.00	4.1		14.5	1.00	63%
3 Yrs				260	0.4%	20.4%	10.8%	3.5%	20%	1.89	4.2	222.0	14.8	1.11	67%
MLB Averages					2.0%	12.5%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.49	7.1	45.2	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1978	23	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1979	24	SFG	NL	-12.6	-1.3	222	-0.9	2.8	-3.8	.96	-0.9	-0.0	-11.0	-1.2	0.97	-9.8		0
1980	25	SFG	NL	0.2	0.0	39	-0.2	0.5	-0.7	1.06	-0.0	-0.2	-2.8	-0.3	0.93	-0.7	1.29	3
3 Yrs				-12.4	-1.3	261	-1.1	3.3	-4.5	.97	-0.9	-0.2	-13.8	-1.5	0.97	-10.5	1.29	3

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^ndS3	2^ndSH
1979	24	SFG	NL	6	24%	85	3	1	55%	10	8	2	3	0	3	7	1	6
1980	25	SFG	NL	0	14%	22	0	2	0%	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				6	22%	107	3	3	46%	13	11	2	4	1	3	7	1	6

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
1979	24	SFG	NL	222	24%	38			0	0	0	0		1	0	7	0	1	0	1	0	5	5	100%	42	4	10%	23	10	43%	138	13	9%	10	3	30%	6	4	67%	0
1980	25	SFG	NL	38	24%	7			3	0	0	0	1.29	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	4	2	50%	25	2	8%	5	2	40%	1	0	0%	0
3 Yrs				260	24%	45			3	0	0	0	1.29	1	0	8	0	1	0	1	0	5	5	100%	46	5	11%	27	12	44%	163	15	9%	15	5	33%	7	4	57%	0
MLB Averages					56%																			79%			11%			36%			15%			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	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1979	24	65	222	193	15	38	6	1	1	13	0	0	21	46	.197	.272	.254	.526	49	49	4	0	5	3	4
1980	25	78	260	222	17	45	7	1	1	15	0	0	28	53	.203	.286	.257	.543	55	57	5	0	5	5	5

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	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1979	24	63	225	195	17	40	6	1	1	14	22	46	.205	.282	.262	.543	15	63
1980	25	13	40	30	3	8	1	0	0	3	8	7	.267	.400	.300	.700	4	13
2 Yrs		76	265	225	20	48	7	1	1	17	30	53	.213	.300	.267	.567	19	76
162 Game Avg.		162	565	480	43	102	15	2	2	36	64	113	.213	.300	.267	.567	41	76

* 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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