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Don Lock

Don Wilson Lock

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: July 27, 1936 in Wichita, KS
High School: Kingman (Kingman, KS)
School: Wichita State University
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 17, 1962
Teams (by GP): Senators/Phillies/RedSox 1962-1969

Final Game: October 1, 1969
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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
1958	21	NYY-min	C	121	408	408		105	10	6	13						.257	.257	.407	.664		166						FMH · NORL
1959	22	NYY-min	B,A	142	516	516		146	27	7	30						.283	.283	.523	.806		270						GBO,BNG · CARL,EL
1960	23	NYY-min	A,AA,AAA	146	595	510	104	130	14	9	35	120	6		85	121	.255	.361	.522	.883		266						BNG,AMA,RMD · EL,TL,IL
1961	24	NYY-min	AAA	142	488	433	76	102	13	1	29	77	4		55	135	.236	.322	.471	.793		204						RMD · IL
1962	25	NYY-min	AAA	73	282	227	31	44	8	1	13	32	3	5	51	67	.194	.343	.410	.753		93		1	2	1		RMD · IL
1962	25	WSA	AL	71	259	225	30	57	6	2	12	37	4	5	30	63	.253	.336	.458	.794	112	103	7	0	0	4	0	7/89
1963	26	WSA	AL	149	611	531	71	134	20	1	27	82	7	3	70	151	.252	.338	.446	.784	118	237	11	2	1	7	3	*879
1964	27	WSA	AL	152	598	512	73	127	17	4	28	80	4	2	79	137	.248	.346	.461	.807	123	236	12	1	0	6	3	*89	MVP-33
1965	28	WSA	AL	143	482	418	52	90	15	1	16	39	1	3	57	115	.215	.315	.371	.686	97	155	13	5	0	2	4	*8
1966	29	WSA	AL	138	447	386	52	90	13	1	16	48	2	6	57	126	.233	.333	.396	.730	110	153	9	2	0	2	5	*8/9
1967	30	PHI	NL	112	366	313	46	79	13	1	14	51	9	5	43	98	.252	.349	.435	.783	123	136	4	5	2	3	4	8/97
1968	31	PHI	NL	99	279	248	27	52	7	2	8	34	3	4	26	64	.210	.283	.351	.633	90	87	6	0	3	2	0	897
1969	32	TOT	MLB	57	74	62	8	13	1	0	1	2	0	1	11	22	.210	.329	.274	.603	66	17	1	0	1	0	0	78/39
1969	32	PHI	NL	4	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/7
1969	32	BOS	AL	53	70	58	8	13	1	0	1	2	0	1	11	21	.224	.348	.293	.641	76	17	1	0	1	0	0	78/39
1970	33	BOS-min	AAA	99	323	257	40	61	11	1	15	41	2	1	62	100	.237	.381	.463	.844		119		0	0	4		LOU · IL
1971	34	BOS-min	A	1	1	1		0	0	0	0						.000	.000	.000	.000		0						WSM · CARL
8 Seasons				921	3116	2695	359	642	92	12	122	373	30	29	373	776	.238	.331	.417	.748	111	1124	63	15	7	26	19
162 Game Avg.				162	548	474	63	113	16	2	21	66	5	5	66	136	.238	.331	.417	.748	111	198	11	3	1	5	3

WSA (5 yrs)				653	2397	2072	278	498	71	9	99	286	18	19	293	592	.240	.334	.427	.761	113	884	52	10	1	21	15
PHI (3 yrs)				215	649	565	73	131	20	3	22	85	12	9	69	163	.232	.318	.395	.713	107	223	10	5	5	5	4
BOS (1 yr)				53	70	58	8	13	1	0	1	2	0	1	11	21	.224	.348	.293	.641	76	17	1	0	1	0	0

AL (6 yrs)				706	2467	2130	286	511	72	9	100	288	18	20	304	613	.240	.335	.423	.758	112	901	53	10	2	21	15
NL (3 yrs)				215	649	565	73	131	20	3	22	85	12	9	69	163	.232	.318	.395	.713	107	223	10	5	5	5	4

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1962	25	WSA	AL	259	2	-2	-1	-1	8	-4	7	10	1.0	1	0.1	0.9	$	7/89
1963	26	WSA	AL	611	11	2	0	-1	2	-1	17	30	3.2	28	2.9	0.3	$	*879
1964	27	WSA	AL	598	18	1	-1	-1	2	-1	17	35	3.7	33	3.5	0.2	$	*89	MVP-33
1965	28	WSA	AL	482	-1	-2	5	-2	-12	0	14	2	0.2	14	1.6	-1.4	$	*8
1966	29	WSA	AL	447	3	0	4	-1	7	0	13	26	2.7	19	2.0	0.7	$18,000	*8/9
1967	30	PHI	NL	366	12	-1	1	1	-12	0	13	15	1.7	26	2.9	-1.2	$	8/97
1968	31	PHI	NL	279	-1	1	0	0	-2	-2	10	7	0.7	8	1.0	-0.3	$	897
1969	32	PHI	NL	4	-1	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	0.0	$	/7
1969	32	BOS	AL	70	-2	-1	0	0	0	-1	2	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$20,000	78/39
8 Seasons				3116	41	-2	8	-5	-6	-9	93	123	13.0	126	13.7	-0.7	$38,000

WSA (5 yrs)				2397	33	-1	7	-6	7	-6	68	103	10.8	95	10.1	0.7	$18,000
PHI (3 yrs)				649	10	0	1	1	-14	-2	23	21	2.3	33	3.8	-1.5	$
BOS (1 yr)				70	-2	-1	0	0	0	-1	2	-1	-0.1	-2	-0.2	0.1	$20,000

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
1962	25	WSA	AL	259	184	33	4.8	103	.292	.253	.263	.336	.335	.458	.410	.794	.745	112	.526	3.6	0.4	.733	.333	.204	6.0
1963	26	WSA	AL	611	419	83	5.4	95	.297	.252	.255	.338	.322	.446	.394	.784	.716	118	.609	14.0	1.4	.762	.333	.194	11.1
1964	27	WSA	AL	598	405	84	5.6	96	.280	.248	.256	.346	.324	.461	.397	.807	.721	123	.624	16.9	1.7	.797	.371	.213	7.0
1965	28	WSA	AL	482	346	48	3.7	90	.256	.215	.248	.315	.318	.371	.381	.686	.699	97	.466	-1.2	-0.1	.625	.287	.156	1.9
1966	29	WSA	AL	447	313	51	4.4	89	.301	.233	.247	.333	.314	.396	.381	.730	.695	110	.553	6.3	0.7	.669	.301	.163	3.6
1967	30	PHI	NL	366	248	50	5.4	91	.319	.252	.259	.349	.322	.435	.381	.783	.702	123	.640	10.4	1.1	.774	.332	.182	11.0
1968	31	PHI	NL	279	211	24	3.1	81	.247	.210	.252	.283	.310	.351	.355	.633	.666	90	.432	-3.4	-0.4	.544	.242	.141	4.4
1969	32	TOT	MLB	74	52	6	3.1	100	.308	.210	.262	.329	.339	.274	.395	.603	.734	66	.364	-2.7	-0.3	.529	.226	.065	.0
1969	32	PHI	NL	4	4	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.257	.000	.327	.000	.381	.000	.708	-100	.000	-1.1	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1969	32	BOS	AL	70	48	6	3.4	100	.333	.224	.262	.348	.340	.293	.396	.641	.736	76	.398	-1.6	-0.2	.574	.241	.069	.0
8 Seasons				3116	2178	379	4.7	93	.285	.238	.254	.331	.321	.417	.387	.748	.708	111	.562	44.1	4.5	.705	.318	.179	48.2
162 Game Avg.				548	383	67	4.7	93	.285	.238	.254	.331	.321	.417	.387	.748	.708	111	.562	8	1	.705	.318	.179	8

WSA (5 yrs)				2397	1667	299	4.8	94	.285	.240	.253	.334	.321	.427	.392	.761	.713	113	.568	39.7	4.1	.721	.327	.186	30.5
PHI (3 yrs)				649	463	74	4.3	87	.283	.232	.256	.318	.317	.395	.369	.713	.686	107	.558	5.9	0.6	.662	.290	.163	15.5
BOS (1 yr)				70	48	6	3.4	100	.333	.224	.262	.348	.340	.293	.396	.641	.736	76	.399	-1.6	-0.2	.574	.241	.069	.0

AL (6 yrs)				2467	1715	305	4.8	94	.286	.240	.254	.335	.322	.423	.392	.758	.714	112	.564	38.1	3.9	.717	.325	.183	30.5
NL (3 yrs)				649	463	74	4.3	87	.283	.232	.256	.318	.317	.395	.369	.713	.686	107	.558	5.9	0.6	.662	.290	.163	15.5

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1962	25	WSA	AL	259	4.6%	24.3%	11.6%	7.7%	35%	2.10	3.6	18.8	6.1	0.80	59%
1963	26	WSA	AL	611	4.4%	24.7%	11.5%	7.9%	36%	2.16	3.5	19.7	6.5	1.11	59%
1964	27	WSA	AL	598	4.7%	22.9%	13.2%	8.2%	39%	1.73	3.7	18.3	6.4	0.93	59%
1965	28	WSA	AL	482	3.3%	23.9%	11.8%	6.6%	36%	2.02	3.6	26.1	10.7	1.21	60%
1966	29	WSA	AL	447	3.6%	28.2%	12.8%	6.7%	33%	2.21	3.1	24.1	8.0	0.97	55%
1967	30	PHI	NL	366	3.8%	26.8%	11.8%	7.7%	35%	2.28	3.2	22.4	6.1	0.87	56%
1968	31	PHI	NL	279	2.9%	22.9%	9.3%	6.1%	33%	2.46	3.9	31.0	7.3	0.88	64%
1969	32	TOT	MLB	74	1.4%	29.7%	14.9%	2.7%	15%	2.00	2.8	62.0	31.0	1.42	53%
1969	32	PHI	NL	4	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%			4.0				75%
1969	32	BOS	AL	70	1.4%	30.0%	15.7%	2.9%	15%	1.91	2.8	58.0	29.0	1.17	51%
8 Seasons				3116	3.9%	24.9%	12.0%	7.3%	35%	2.08	3.5	22.1	7.2	0.99	59%
MLB Averages					2.1%	15.4%	8.1%	6.1%	28%	1.89	5.8	42.2	9.2	1.09	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1962	25	WSA	AL	3.6	0.4	270	-0.6	4.3	-5.0	1.00	0.6	-1.2	-0.1	-0.0	0.95	4.8	1.56	3
1963	26	WSA	AL	14.0	1.4	628	2.6	13.3	-10.7	1.06	1.7	0.8	10.3	1.1	0.97	13.9	1.22	5
1964	27	WSA	AL	16.9	1.7	611	4.5	14.3	-9.8	1.06	1.8	2.4	15.0	1.5	0.95	18.5	1.99	6
1965	28	WSA	AL	-1.2	-0.1	496	1.0	9.2	-8.2	1.00	0.7	0.3	1.2	0.1	0.95	4.6	1.53	8
1966	29	WSA	AL	6.3	0.7	463	2.7	10.6	-7.9	1.10	1.2	1.2	2.8	0.3	0.99	9.7	1.93	13
1967	30	PHI	NL	10.4	1.1	386	2.1	8.7	-6.6	1.14	1.5	0.3	21.4	2.2	1.01	18.0	2.15	25
1968	31	PHI	NL	-3.4	-0.4	287	0.6	5.8	-5.1	1.06	-0.2	0.8	4.1	0.5	1.00	2.8	1.59	25
1969	32	TOT	MLB	-2.7	-0.3	76	-0.6	0.6	-1.2	.88	-0.3	-0.4	-5.3	-0.5	0.90	-3.8	1.16	22
1969	32	PHI	NL	-1.1	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.88	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	0.68	-1.0	0.57	3
1969	32	BOS	AL	-1.6	-0.2	72	-0.5	0.6	-1.1	.88	-0.2	-0.4	-4.6	-0.5	0.92	-2.8	1.26	19
8 Seasons				44.1	4.5	3217	12.3	66.8	-54.4	1.06	7.0	4.6	49.4	5.2	0.97	68.5	1.68	107

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1962	25	WSA	AL	1	24%	89	4	5	44%	4	4	0	1	1	0	3	3	32%	14	12	2	3	2	1	5	1	4
1963	26	WSA	AL	6	25%	223	7	3	70%	7	2	1	0	2	0	6	10	57%	27	15	12	6	2	4	11	2	9
1964	27	WSA	AL	5	25%	227	4	2	67%	4	2	0	0	2	0	3	14	59%	39	18	20	5	2	3	9	1	8
1965	28	WSA	AL	14	27%	183	1	3	25%	1	3	0	0	2	0	8	12	50%	29	16	11	2	1	1	15	3	11
1966	29	WSA	AL	9	27%	171	2	6	25%	2	6	0	0	4	0	1	12	49%	21	12	9	3	2	1	13	4	8
1967	30	PHI	NL	5	28%	142	9	5	64%	9	5	0	0	2	2	6	12	41%	21	15	5	4	1	3	12	5	7
1968	31	PHI	NL	4	27%	109	3	4	43%	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	3	66%	22	10	12	2	0	2	5	0	5
1969	32	TOT	MLB	1	30%	41	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	42%	6	4	2	2	1	1	4	2	2
1969	32	PHI	NL	0		0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1969	32	BOS	AL	1	30%	41	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	42%	6	4	2	2	1	1	4	2	2
8 Seasons				45	26%	1185	30	29	51%	30	26	1	2	15	2	29	68	51%	179	102	73	27	11	16	74	18	54

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
1962	25	WSA	AL	259	24%	57			3	1	0	0	1.56	12	0	8	10	2	5	7	0	0	0		57	7	12%	29	4	14%	158	26	16%	20	10	50%	7	2	29%	0
1963	26	WSA	AL	611	27%	134			5	2	0	2	1.22	27	1	13	18	9	12	15	0	2	1	50%	101	11	11%	54	17	31%	392	59	15%	39	18	46%	24	10	42%	0
1964	27	WSA	AL	598	25%	127			6	1	1	1	1.99	28	0	10	17	11	14	14	0	1	0	0%	104	12	12%	41	13	32%	361	53	15%	33	18	55%	19	9	47%	0
1965	28	WSA	AL	482	39%	90			8	3	1	2	1.53	16	1	13	13	3	11	5	0	0	0		87	13	15%	44	7	16%	285	27	9%	24	6	25%	12	2	17%	0
1966	29	WSA	AL	447	34%	90			13	5	3	4	1.93	16	0	12	13	3	9	7	0	0	0		79	9	11%	33	6	18%	288	35	12%	24	8	33%	10	3	30%	0
1967	30	PHI	NL	366	57%	79			25	2	0	2	2.15	14	0	8	1	13	7	7	0	2	2	100%	87	4	5%	27	8	30%	262	40	15%	24	11	46%	14	7	50%	0
1968	31	PHI	NL	279	60%	52			25	3	0	1	1.59	8	1	4	1	7	5	3	0	4	3	75%	64	6	9%	36	8	22%	181	28	15%	16	5	31%	7	5	71%	0
1969	32	TOT	MLB	74	54%	13			22	2	0	0	1.16	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	15	1	7%	5	1	20%	41	1	2%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
1969	32	PHI	NL	4	50%	0			3	0	0	0	0.57	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1969	32	BOS	AL	70	54%	13			19	2	0	0	1.26	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	100%	15	1	7%	5	1	20%	39	1	3%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	0
8 Seasons				3116	37%	642			107	19	5	12	1.68	122	3	68	73	49	64	58	0	10	7	70%	594	63	11%	269	64	24%	1968	269	14%	182	76	42%	95	38	40%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			78%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

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
1962	25	71	259	225	30	57	6	2	12	37	4	5	30	63	.253	.336	.458	.794	112	103	7	0	0	4	0
1963	26	220	870	756	101	191	26	3	39	119	11	8	100	214	.253	.337	.450	.787	116	340	18	2	1	11	3
1964	27	372	1468	1268	174	318	43	7	67	199	15	10	179	351	.251	.341	.454	.795	119	576	30	3	1	17	6
1965	28	515	1950	1686	226	408	58	8	83	238	16	13	236	466	.242	.335	.434	.768	114	731	43	8	1	19	10
1966	29	653	2397	2072	278	498	71	9	99	286	18	19	293	592	.240	.334	.427	.761	113	884	52	10	1	21	15
1967	30	765	2763	2385	324	577	84	10	113	337	27	24	336	690	.242	.336	.428	.764	114	1020	56	15	3	24	19
1968	31	864	3042	2633	351	629	91	12	121	371	30	28	362	754	.239	.331	.420	.752	112	1107	62	15	6	26	19
1969	32	921	3116	2695	359	642	92	12	122	373	30	29	373	776	.238	.331	.417	.748	111	1124	63	15	7	26	19

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
1962	25	71	259	225	30	57	6	2	12	37	4	30	63	.253	.336	.458	.794	35	71
1963	26	149	619	537	77	140	21	1	28	89	7	73	151	.261	.347	.460	.807	87	149
1964	27	151	606	516	79	133	18	4	29	87	4	83	136	.258	.358	.477	.835	89	152
1965	28	143	495	426	60	98	16	1	17	45	1	62	115	.230	.333	.392	.725	55	143
1966	29	139	462	396	60	98	14	1	17	55	2	62	127	.247	.351	.417	.767	58	138
1967	30	112	373	319	52	85	14	1	15	58	10	46	98	.266	.365	.458	.822	53	112
1968	31	98	287	255	35	60	8	2	9	44	3	30	64	.235	.314	.388	.702	32	99
1969	32	57	75	63	8	14	1	0	1	2	0	12	22	.222	.347	.286	.632	6	57
8 Seasons		920	3176	2737	401	685	98	12	128	417	31	398	776	.250	.346	.435	.781	415	921
162 Game Avg.		162	559	482	71	121	17	2	23	73	5	70	137	.250	.346	.435	.781	73	921

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1964 AL (33, 0%) 0.00 Career Shares (1713th)	Defensive WAR† s c a p y 1962 AL 0.9 (10th)	Home Runs s c a p y 1963 AL 27 (6th) 1964 AL 28 (10th)	Bases on Balls s c a p y 1964 AL 79 (8th)
Strikeouts s c a p y 1963 AL 151 (2nd) 1964 AL 137 (2nd) 1965 AL 115 (4th) 1966 AL 126 (4th)	Hit By Pitch s c a p y 1965 AL 5 (9th)	Sacrifice Flies s c a p y 1963 AL 7 (6th) 1964 AL 6 (10th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1963 AL 11.1 (7th)
AB per HR s c a p y 1963 AL 19.7 (10th) 1964 AL 18.3 (8th) Career 22.1 (183rd)	Win Probability Added (WPA)† s c a p y 1964 AL 4.5 (5th)

† Statistics like WPA, REW and RE24 are computed from play-by-play data which is only complete from 1974 to the present. From 1950-1973, the data is incomplete, though for most seasons only less than 20 games per season total are missing. Please see our page on data coverage for a full view of the data used to create these leaderboards.

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 10 (1394), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 8 (1799), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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Similar Batters

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