Jack Littrell

Jack Napier Littrell

Positions: Shortstop, Second Baseman and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 179 lb.

Born: January 22, 1929 in Louisville, KY
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 19, 1952
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Athletics 1952-1957

Final Game: September 15, 1957
Died: June 9, 2009 in Louisville, KY
Buried: Louisville Memorial Gardens East, Louisville, KY
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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
1948	19	BOS-min	D	98	389	389		103	18	3	2						.265	.265	.342	.607		133							ORO · FARW
1949	20	BOS-min	D,C	120	488	488		128	28	5	12						.262	.262	.414	.676		202							HRN,SJO · PONY,CALL
1950	21	OAK-min	B	135	456	456		107	23	10	2						.235	.235	.342	.577		156							SUN · ISLG
1951	22	OAK-min	A	128	460	460		120	24	6	9						.261	.261	.398	.659		183							SAV · SALL
1952	23	OAK-min	AAA	126	514	457	58	114	27	2	7	55	2		50	85	.249	.323	.363	.687		166		0	7				OTT · IL
1952	23	PHA	AL	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-4	0	0	0	0			/65

1953	24	OAK-min	AAA	148	611	551	72	134	31	6	7	43	4		49	95	.243	.306	.359	.666		198		1	10				OTT · IL
1954	25	OAK-min	AAA	143	594	524	62	122	27	3	5	50	3		61	88	.233	.312	.324	.636		170		0	7	2			OTT · IL
1954	25	PHA	AL	9	36	30	7	9	2	0	1	3	1	0	6	3	.300	.417	.467	.883	141	14	2	0	0	0		/6
1955	26	KCA	AL	37	76	70	7	14	0	1	0	1	0	0	4	12	.200	.243	.229	.472	28	16	1	0	2	0	0	6/34

1956	27	LAD-min	Opn	147	577	528	82	162	34	10	22	80	4		39	112	.307	.354	.534	.888		282	13	1	7	2			POR · PCL
1957	28	CHC-min	Opn	29	113	108	14	28	5	0	5	17	0		4	21	.259	.283	.444	.728		48	0	0	0	1			POR · PCL
1957	28	CHC	NL	61	164	153	8	29	4	2	1	13	0	0	9	43	.190	.233	.261	.495	34	40	1	0	1	1	1	6/45
1958	29	CHC-min	AAA	117	440	407	43	116	22	3	15	58	2		23	96	.285	.320	.464	.784		189	8	1	2	7			POR · PCL
1959	30	OAK-min	AAA	114	405	367	52	82	7	2	17	58	1	2	33	79	.223	.286	.392	.678		144		0	3	2			POR · PCL
1960	31	ATL-min	AAA	116	347	311	34	84	18	1	8	36	1	3	36	73	.270	.346	.412	.757		128							SAC,LOU · PCL,AA
1961	32	ATL-min	AAA	79	226	211	24	48	11	1	6	20	0	0	15	51	.227	.279	.374	.653		79							LOU,VAN · AA,PCL
1962	33	ATL-min	C,AAA	47	167	146	20	43	10	2	5	25	1		18	28	.295	.371	.493	.864		72		1	0	2	5		EAU,LOU · NORL,AA
4 Yrs				111	279	255	22	52	6	3	2	17	1	0	20	60	.204	.261	.275	.535	45	70	4	0	3	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	407	372	32	76	9	4	3	25	1	0	29	88	.204	.261	.275	.535	45	102	6	0	4

KCA (3 yrs)				50	115	102	14	23	2	1	1	4	1	0	11	17	.225	.301	.294	.595	62	30	3	0	2	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				61	164	153	8	29	4	2	1	13	0	0	9	43	.190	.233	.261	.495	34	40	1	0	1	1	1

AL (3 yrs)				50	115	102	14	23	2	1	1	4	1	0	11	17	.225	.301	.294	.595	62	30	3	0	2	0	0
NL (1 yr)				61	164	153	8	29	4	2	1	13	0	0	9	43	.190	.233	.261	.495	34	40	1	0	1	1	1

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
1952	23	PHA	AL	4	3	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/65

1954	25	PHA	AL	9	36	3	0	-0	-2	0	1	0.1	1	2	0.2	.514	.501	0.4	-0.2	4	$	/6
1955	26	KCA	AL	37	76	-8	0	-0	-2	1	-9	-0.9	2	-7	-0.7	.475	.494	-0.5	-0.1	-5	$	6/34

1957	28	CHC	NL	61	164	-15	-1	0	-3	3	-16	-1.8	6	-11	-1.2	.471	.489	-0.9	-0.1	-8	$	6/45
4 Seasons				111	279	-20	-1	-0	-7	4	-24	-2.6	9	-15	-1.7	.477	.496	-1.0	-0.3	-9	$

KCA (3 yrs)				50	115	-5	0	-1	-4	2	-8	-0.8	3	-5	-0.5	.484	.498	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$
CHC (1 yr)				61	164	-15	-1	0	-3	3	-16	-1.8	6	-11	-1.2	.471	.489	-0.9	-0.1	-8	$

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
1952	23	PHA	AL	3	2	0	0.0	101		.000	.267	.333	.348	.000	.390	.333	.737	-4	.000	-0.2	-0.0	.500	.500	.000

1954	25	PHA	AL	36	23	6	7.0	100	.308	.300	.266	.417	.342	.467	.390	.883	.732	141	.713	2.0	0.2	.913	.400	.167	1.0
1955	26	KCA	AL	76	59	4	1.8	103	.241	.200	.266	.243	.346	.229	.397	.472	.743	28	.155	-7.5	-0.8	.351	.086	.029

1957	28	CHC	NL	164	127	10	2.1	102	.255	.190	.267	.233	.331	.261	.414	.495	.745	34	.195	-14.7	-1.5	.392	.131	.072	.0
4 Yrs				279	211	20	2.6	102	.258	.204	.267	.261	.336	.275	.406	.535	.743	45	.257	-20.5	-2.0	.440	.153	.071	1.3
162 Game Avg.				407	308	29	2.6	102	.258	.204	.267	.261	.336	.275	.406	.535	.743	45	.257	-20.5	-2.0	.440	.153	.071	2

KCA (3 yrs)				115	84	10	3.2	102	.262	.225	.266	.301	.345	.294	.395	.595	.740	62	.350	-5.8	-0.6	.512	.186	.069	1.0
CHC (1 yr)				164	127	10	2.1	102	.255	.190	.267	.233	.331	.261	.414	.495	.745	34	.195	-14.7	-1.5	.392	.131	.072	.0

AL (3 yrs)				115	84	10	3.2	102	.262	.225	.266	.301	.345	.294	.395	.595	.740	62	.350	-5.8	-0.6	.512	.186	.069	1.0
NL (1 yr)				164	127	10	2.1	102	.255	.190	.267	.233	.331	.261	.414	.495	.745	34	.195	-14.7	-1.5	.392	.131	.072	.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%
1952	23	PHA	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	33.3%	0.0%		2.00	1.0				0%

1954	25	PHA	AL	36	2.8%	8.3%	16.7%	8.3%	33%	0.50	10.0	30.0	10.0	1.67	72%
1955	26	KCA	AL	76	0.0%	15.8%	5.3%	1.3%	7%	3.00	5.8		70.0	0.53	76%

1957	28	CHC	NL	164	0.6%	26.2%	5.5%	4.3%	24%	4.78	3.6	153.0	11.8	0.74	67%
4 Yrs				279	0.7%	21.5%	7.2%	3.9%	21%	3.00	4.3	127.5	15.0	0.73	70%
MLB Averages					2.2%	11.4%	9.2%	6.5%	28%	1.23	7.8	40.7	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
1952	23	PHA	AL	-0.2	-0.0	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.0	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.12	-0.3	0.04	1

1954	25	PHA	AL	2.1	0.2	33	0.2	0.7	-0.6	1.06	0.2	-0.1	2.1	0.2	0.99	3.2		0
1955	26	KCA	AL	-7.5	-0.8	76	-1.2	0.7	-1.9	1.15	-0.8	-0.3	-11.2	-1.1	1.01	-10.2	2.04	8

1957	28	CHC	NL	-14.7	-1.5	146	-1.4	2.0	-3.4	1.12	-1.3	0.1	-12.4	-1.2	0.95	-13.8	1.31	2
4 Yrs				-20.4	-2.0	258	-2.4	3.4	-5.8	1.11	-1.9	-0.2	-22.2	-2.2	0.97	-21.1	1.73	11

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
1952	23	PHA	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1954	25	PHA	AL	2	0	43%	28	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	0%	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
1955	26	KCA	AL	0	0	39%	30	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	44%	5	3	2	1	1	0	3	1	2

1957	28	CHC	NL	0	0	19%	45	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	27%	8	7	1	1	0	1	2	1	1
4 Yrs				2	0	29%	104	1	0	100%	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	3	27%	18	15	3	2	1	1	6	3	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
1952	23	PHA	AL	3	33%	0			1	0	0	0	0.04	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1954	25	PHA	AL	36	41%	9			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		9	2	22%	4	0	0%	19	2	11%	1	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1955	26	KCA	AL	76	26%	14			8	0	0	0	2.04	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	21	1	5%	12	2	17%	53	1	2%	4	0	0%	7	1	14%	0

1957	28	CHC	NL	164	33%	29			2	1	0	1	1.31	1	0	1	0	0	1	0	0	2	1	50%	28	1	4%	11	2	18%	89	10	11%	7	4	57%	4	1	25%	0
4 Yrs				279	32%	52			11	1	0	1	1.73	2	0	4	0	1	1	1	0	4	3	75%	59	4	7%	28	4	14%	164	13	8%	12	4	33%	14	2	14%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			83%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	23	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-4	0	0	0
1953	24	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	-4	0	0	0
1954	25	13	39	32	7	9	2	0	1	3	1	7	5	.281	.410	.438	.848	132	14	2	0	0
1955	26	50	115	102	14	23	2	1	1	4	1	11	17	.225	.301	.294	.595	62	30	3	2	0	0
1956	27	50	115	102	14	23	2	1	1	4	1	11	17	.225	.301	.294	.595	62	30	3	2	0	0
1957	28	111	279	255	22	52	6	3	2	17	1	20	60	.204	.261	.275	.535	45	70	4	3	1	1

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
1952	23	4	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	4

1954	25	9	39	32	8	10	2	0	1	3	1	7	3	.313	.436	.469	.905	6	9
1955	26	39	80	74	8	15	0	1	0	1	0	4	13	.203	.244	.230	.473	4	37

1957	28	64	173	161	9	31	4	2	1	14	0	10	45	.193	.238	.261	.499	10	61
4 Yrs		116	295	269	25	56	6	3	2	18	1	22	63	.208	.267	.275	.542	20	111
162 Game Avg.		162	412	376	35	78	8	4	3	25	1	31	88	.208	.267	.275	.542	28	111

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