Bobby Locke

Lawrence Donald Locke

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: March 3, 1934 in Rowes Run, PA
High School: Redstone HS (Republic, PA)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 18, 1959
Teams (by GP): Indians/Angels/Phillies/Reds/Cardinals 1959-1968

Final Game: September 29, 1968
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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
1953	19	CLE-min	D	66	121	121		36	5	3	2						.298	.298	.438	.736		53							DYB · FLOR
1954	20	CLE-min	C	29	69	69		19	2	0	0						.275	.275	.304	.580		21							SBK · PROV
1955	21	CLE-min	B,AA,A	34	66	66		16	6	0	1						.242	.242	.318	.561		21							KEK,TUL,REA · IIIL,TL,EL
1956	22	CLE-min	A	38	79	79		17	5	0	0						.215	.215	.278	.494		22							REA · EL
1959	25	CLE-min	AAA	14	38	33	8	10	3	1	1	4	0	0	5	7	.303	.395	.545	.940		18		0	0	0			SDG · PCL
1959	25	CLE	AL	24	27	24	4	8	1	0	1	5	0	0	1	5	.333	.360	.500	.860	137	12	1	0	2	0	0	1
1960	26	PHI-min	AAA	10	30	29	2	4	2	0	1	3	1		1	6	.138	.167	.310	.477		9							INA · AA
1960	26	CLE	AL	35	47	38	7	9	1	0	0	4	0	0	6	7	.237	.341	.263	.604	69	10	0	0	3	0	0	1
1961	27	CLE	AL	37	20	19	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	7	.211	.250	.211	.461	27	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	28	PHI-min	AAA	28	58	52	6	12	1	0	4	11	0	0	3	16	.231	.273	.481	.753		25		0	3	0			BFL · IL
1962	28	TOT	NL	6	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	56	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	28	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	28	PHI	NL	5	7	7	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	.286	.286	.286	.571	56	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1963	29	PHI-min	AAA	29	46	39	5	8	4	1	2	9	0	1	7	12	.205	.326	.513	.839		20							ARK · IL
1963	29	PHI	NL	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	30	PHI-min	AAA	51	48	42	3	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	15	.095	.208	.095	.304		4		1	0	0			ARK · PCL
1964	30	PHI	NL	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	/1
1965	31	ANA-min	AAA	30	59	55	6	9	1	0	0	2	0	0	4	19	.164	.220	.182	.402		10		0	0	0			SLE · PCL
1965	31	CIN	NL	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1966	32	ANA-CIN-min	AAA	30	33	31	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.097	.125	.129	.254		4		0	1	0			SLE,BFL · PCL,IL
1967	33	ANA-min	AAA	32	62	52	5	10	3	0	0	5	0	0	2	12	.192	.222	.250	.472		13		0	8	0			SLE · PCL
1967	33	CAL	AL	9	3	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	305	2	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1968	34	ANA-CHW-min	AAA	19	32	25	0	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	3	.320	.370	.320	.690		8		0	5	0			SLE,HAW · PCL
1968	34	CAL	AL	29	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1969	35	ANA-NYY-min	AAA	45	27	21	0	2	1	0	0	3	0	0	1	7	.095	.136	.143	.279		3		0	5	0			HAW,SYR · PCL,IL
9 Yrs				168	113	98	12	25	2	0	1	12	0	0	9	22	.255	.318	.306	.624	74	30	1	0	6	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	109	95	12	24	2	0	1	12	0	0	9	21	.255	.318	.306	.624	74	29	1	0	6	0	0

PHI (3 yrs)				22	11	10	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	2	0	0	1	0	0
CLE (3 yrs)				96	94	81	12	21	2	0	1	11	0	0	8	19	.259	.326	.321	.647	79	26	1	0	5	0	0
CAL (2 yrs)				38	6	6	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.333	.333	.333	.667	105	2	0	0	0	0	0
STL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
CIN (1 yr)				11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	51	0	0	0	0	0	0

NL (4 yrs)				34	13	11	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.182	.250	.182	.432	22	2	0	0	1	0	0
AL (5 yrs)				134	100	87	12	23	2	0	1	11	0	0	8	19	.264	.326	.322	.648	80	28	1	0	5	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
1959	25	CLE	AL	24	27	1	0	-0	0	3	4	0.4	1	5	0.4	.518	.503	0.4	-0.0	5	$	1
1960	26	CLE	AL	35	47	-2	0	0	0	5	4	0.4	1	5	0.4	.512	.503	0.4	-0.0	5	$	1
1961	27	CLE	AL	37	20	-2	0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1962	28	STL	NL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1962	28	PHI	NL	5	7	-0	0	0	0	1	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.508	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	/1
1963	29	PHI	NL	9	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1964	30	PHI	NL	8	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.493	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1965	31	CIN	NL	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1

1967	33	CAL	AL	9	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.512	.501	0.1	-0.0	1	$	/1
1968	34	CAL	AL	29	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
9 Seasons				168	113	-4	1	0	0	13	9	0.9	3	12	0.8	.506	.501	0.8	-0.1	12	$

PHI (3 yrs)				22	11	-2	0	0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$
CLE (3 yrs)				96	94	-3	1	0	0	11	8	0.8	2	11	0.8	.509	.502	0.8	-0.1	11	$
CAL (2 yrs)				38	6	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$
STL (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$
CIN (1 yr)				11	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.502	.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	PwrSpd
1959	25	CLE	AL	27	19	4	5.6	96	.389	.333	.257	.360	.328	.500	.393	.860	.720	137	.613	1.1	0.1	.765	.208	.167	.0
1960	26	CLE	AL	47	32	4	3.4	99	.290	.237	.260	.341	.333	.263	.398	.604	.731	69	.372	-1.4	-0.1	.552	.184	.026
1961	27	CLE	AL	20	15	1	1.8	101	.333	.211	.260	.250	.335	.211	.405	.461	.740	27	.147	-2.0	-0.2	.333	.053	.000
1962	28	TOT	NL	7	5	1	5.4	101	.400	.286	.267	.286	.333	.286	.405	.571	.738	56	.573	-0.4	-0.0	.400	.000	.000
1962	28	PHI	NL	7	5	1	5.4	101	.400	.286	.267	.286	.333	.286	.405	.571	.738	56	.573	-0.4	-0.0	.400	.000	.000
1963	29	PHI	NL	1	1	0	0.0	89	.000	.000	.253	.000	.315	.000	.378	.000	.693	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1964	30	PHI	NL	3	3	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.262	.000	.320	.000	.390	.000	.710	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1965	31	CIN	NL	2	1	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.266	.500	.330	.000	.402	.500	.732	51	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

1967	33	CAL	AL	3	1	1	27.0	81	.667	.667	.238	.667	.306	.667	.357	1.333	.663	305	.974	0.7	0.1	2.000	.000	.000
1968	34	CAL	AL	3	3	0	0.0	76	.000	.000	.232	.000	.301	.000	.344	.000	.645	-100	.000	-0.7	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
9 Yrs				113	80	11	3.7	97	.320	.255	.258	.318	.330	.306	.395	.624	.725	74	.417	-3.5	-0.4	.527	.143	.051	.0
162 Game Avg.				109	77	11	3.7	97	.320	.255	.258	.318	.330	.306	.395	.624	.725	74	.417	-3.5	-0.4	.527	.143	.051

PHI (3 yrs)				11	9	1	3.0	98	.286	.200	.264	.200	.329	.200	.399	.400	.728	11	.331	-1.2	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
CLE (3 yrs)				94	66	9	3.7	99	.328	.259	.259	.326	.332	.321	.398	.647	.730	79	.407	-2.3	-0.2	.557	.160	.062	.0
CAL (2 yrs)				6	4	1	6.7	78	.333	.333	.235	.333	.303	.333	.350	.667	.654	105	.757	0.0	0.0	.500	.000	.000
CIN (1 yr)				2	1	0	0.0	99	.000	.000	.266	.500	.330	.000	.402	.500	.732	51	.000	0.0	0.0	1.000	1.000	.000

NL (4 yrs)				13	10	1	2.7	98	.250	.182	.264	.250	.329	.182	.399	.432	.728	22	.293	-1.2	-0.1	.333	.091	.000
AL (5 yrs)				100	70	10	3.8	97	.328	.264	.257	.326	.330	.322	.395	.648	.725	80	.433	-2.3	-0.2	.554	.149	.057	.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%
1959	25	CLE	AL	27	3.7%	18.5%	3.7%	7.4%	25%	5.00	4.8	24.0	4.8	1.80	67%
1960	26	CLE	AL	47	0.0%	14.9%	12.8%	2.1%	11%	1.17	5.4		9.5	1.50	66%
1961	27	CLE	AL	20	0.0%	35.0%	5.0%	0.0%	0%	7.00	2.7		9.5	1.33	60%
1962	28	TOT	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5		7.0		71%
1962	28	PHI	NL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		3.5		7.0		71%
1963	29	PHI	NL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
1964	30	PHI	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			2.0				33%
1965	31	CIN	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%		0.00				0.00	50%

1967	33	CAL	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%						100%
1968	34	CAL	AL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						2.00	100%
9 Yrs				113	0.9%	19.5%	8.0%	2.7%	12%	2.44	4.5	98.0	8.2	1.64	66%
MLB Averages					2.2%	14.9%	8.2%	6.3%	28%	1.82	6.0	40.8	8.9	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1959	25	CLE	AL	1.1	0.1	27	0.3	0.6	-0.3	.83	0.0	0.3	3.1	0.3	0.91	0.9	0.46	2
1960	26	CLE	AL	-1.4	-0.1	49	-0.1	0.6	-0.7	.93	-0.1	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.96	-0.8	0.09	1
1961	27	CLE	AL	-2.0	-0.2	20	-0.1	0.3	-0.4	1.17	-0.2	0.2	-1.6	-0.2	0.95	-2.5		0
1962	28	TOT	NL	-0.4	-0.0	7	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.74	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.86	-0.4		0
1962	28	STL	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1962	28	PHI	NL	-0.4	-0.0	7	0.1	0.1	-0.1	.74	-0.0	0.1	0.2	0.0	0.86	-0.4		0
1963	29	PHI	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.25	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.60	-0.2		0
1964	30	PHI	NL	-0.5	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.56	-0.1	0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.06	-0.6		0
1965	31	CIN	NL	0.0	0.0	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.33	-0.0	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	1.43	-0.6		0

1967	33	CAL	AL	0.7	0.1	3	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.53	0.1	-0.1	0.4	0.0	0.77	0.6		0
1968	34	CAL	AL	-0.7	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.07	-0.1	-0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.07	-0.7		0
9 Yrs				-3.5	-0.4	115	-0.1	1.7	-1.8	.95	-0.5	0.3	-2.2	-0.2	0.95	-4.3	0.33	3

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1959	25	CLE	AL	0	0	38%	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	67%	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	2
1960	26	CLE	AL	0	0	47%	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	43%	5	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	2
1961	27	CLE	AL	0	0	20%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	28	TOT	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	28	PHI	NL	0	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	29	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1964	30	PHI	NL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1965	31	CIN	NL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1967	33	CAL	AL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1968	34	CAL	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
9 Yrs				0	0	33%	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	58%	8	5	3	0	0	0	4	0	4

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
1959	25	CLE	AL	27	19%	8			2	1	0	0	0.46	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	0	2	2	100%	6	1	17%	4	1	25%	12	4	33%	0	0		1	1	100%	0
1960	26	CLE	AL	47	26%	9			1	0	0	0	0.09	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	4	3	75%	9	0	0%	9	2	22%	31	4	13%	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	0
1961	27	CLE	AL	20	10%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	15	2	13%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1962	28	TOT	NL	7	14%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	28	PHI	NL	7	14%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0
1963	29	PHI	NL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1964	30	PHI	NL	3	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1965	31	CIN	NL	2	0%	0			0	0	0	0		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

1967	33	CAL	AL	3	0%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1968	34	CAL	AL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
9 Yrs				113	19%	25			3	1	0	0	0.33	1	0	2	1	0	0	1	0	7	6	86%	17	1	6%	16	4	25%	68	11	16%	3	2	67%	3	1	33%	0
MLB Averages					52%																			77%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1959	25	24	27	24	4	8	1	1	5	1	5	.333	.360	.500	.860	137	12	1	2
1960	26	59	74	62	11	17	2	1	9	7	12	.274	.348	.355	.703	95	22	1	5
1961	27	96	94	81	12	21	2	1	11	8	19	.259	.326	.321	.647	79	26	1	5
1962	28	102	101	88	12	23	2	1	12	8	21	.261	.323	.318	.641	77	28	1	5
1963	29	111	102	89	12	23	2	1	12	8	21	.258	.320	.315	.634	75	28	1	5
1964	30	119	105	91	12	23	2	1	12	8	22	.253	.313	.308	.621	72	28	1	6
1965	31	130	107	92	12	23	2	1	12	9	22	.250	.317	.304	.621	72	28	1	6
1966	32	130	107	92	12	23	2	1	12	9	22	.250	.317	.304	.621	72	28	1	6
1967	33	139	110	95	12	25	2	1	12	9	22	.263	.327	.316	.643	78	30	1	6
1968	34	168	113	98	12	25	2	1	12	9	22	.255	.318	.306	.624	74	30	1	6

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1959	25	25	29	26	5	9	1	0	1	6	0	1	5	.346	.370	.500	.870	5	24
1960	26	37	51	41	9	10	1	0	0	5	0	7	7	.244	.354	.268	.622	4	35
1961	27	37	20	19	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	1	7	.211	.250	.211	.461	1	37
1962	28	6	8	8	0	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	2	.375	.375	.375	.750	1	6
1963	29	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	9
1964	30	8	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
1965	31	11	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.500	.000	.500	0	11

1967	33	9	4	4	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.750	.750	.750	1.500	2	9
1968	34	29	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	29
9 Yrs		171	121	105	15	29	2	0	1	15	0	10	22	.276	.339	.324	.663	13	168
162 Game Avg.		162	115	99	14	27	2	0	1	14	0	9	21	.276	.339	.324	.663	12	168

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