Ron Lolich

Ronald John Lolich

Positions: Rightfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: September 19, 1946 in Portland, OR
High School: Central Catholic HS (Portland, OR)
Drafted by the Chicago White Sox in the 10th round of the 1965 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 18, 1971
Teams (by GP): Indians/WhiteSox 1971-1973

Final Game: September 28, 1973
Relatives: Cousin of Mickey Lolich
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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
1965	18	CHW-min	Rk	32	87	87		26	4	0	1						.299	.299	.379	.678		33							WHS · FLRL
1966	19	CHW-min	A,Rk	65	202	202		47	9	2	2						.233	.233	.327	.559		66							APP,WHS · MIDW,GULF
1967	20	CHW-min	A	112	397	358	40	88	17	2	8	49	6	2	39	73	.246	.320	.372	.691		133							LBG · CARL
1968	21	CHW-min	AA,A	91	332	316	13	71	14	3	3	12	1	0	16	26	.225	.262	.316	.579		100							EVN,LBG · SOUL,CARL
1969	22	CHW-min	A	122	478	437	69	135	27	3	26	90	5	3	41	63	.309	.368	.563	.931		246							LBG · CARL
1970	23	CHW-min	AAA	108	444	383	68	112	21	3	16	67	0	1	49	57	.292	.379	.488	.867		187		6	3	3			TUC · PCL
1971	24	CHW-min	AAA	102	390	344	61	106	18	2	20	79	3	1	35	48	.308	.371	.547	.918		188		3	2	6			TUC · PCL
1971	24	CHW	AL	2	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.250	.375	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	/9
1972	25	CLE-min	AAA	106	436	390	57	125	20	4	20	87	3	4	39	63	.321	.380	.546	.926		213		1	2	4			POR · PCL
1972	25	CLE	AL	24	85	80	4	15	1	0	2	8	0	0	4	20	.188	.224	.275	.499	46	22	0	0	0	1	1	9/7
1973	26	CLE	AL	61	148	140	16	32	7	0	2	15	0	2	7	27	.229	.265	.321	.587	64	45	3	0	1	0	0	9D/7
1974	27	CLE-min	AAA,Fgn	7	33	29	6	9	0	1	1	8	0	0	3	4	.310	.364	.483	.846		14		0	0	1			OKC,NAK · AA,JPPL
1975	28	NAK	Fgn																										NAK · JPPL
1976	29	KSU	Fgn																										KSU · JPPL
3 Yrs				87	241	228	20	48	9	0	4	23	0	2	11	49	.211	.246	.303	.548	55	69	3	0	1	1	1
162 Game Avg.				162	449	425	37	89	17	0	7	43	0	4	20	91	.211	.246	.303	.548	55	128	6	0	2	2	2

CLE (2 yrs)				85	233	220	20	47	8	0	4	23	0	2	11	47	.214	.250	.305	.555	57	67	3	0	1	1	1
CHW (1 yr)				2	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.250	.375	3	2	0	0	0	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
1971	24	CHW	AL	2	8	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.416	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$	/9
1972	25	CLE	AL	24	85	-5	0	0	-0	-1	-6	-0.8	3	-4	-0.6	.466	.495	-0.5	-0.2	-3	$	9/7
1973	26	CLE	AL	61	148	-7	0	0	-1	-3	-11	-1.1	5	-6	-0.6	.481	.493	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$	9D/7
3 Seasons				87	241	-13	0	1	-2	-4	-18	-2.1	8	-11	-1.3	.475	.496	-1.2	-0.6	-9	$

CLE (2 yrs)				85	233	-12	0	1	-1	-4	-17	-1.9	8	-9	-1.2	.477	.494	-1.1	-0.5	-8	$
CHW (1 yr)				2	8	-1	0	0	-0	-0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.416	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-1	$

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
1971	24	CHW	AL	8	7	0	0.0	95	.167	.125	.258	.125	.331	.250	.384	.375	.714	3	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.286	.125	.125
1972	25	CLE	AL	85	66	5	2.0	86	.220	.188	.251	.224	.320	.275	.362	.499	.683	46	.258	-5.8	-0.6	.400	.138	.088	.0
1973	26	CLE	AL	148	114	11	2.6	95	.270	.229	.262	.265	.331	.321	.385	.587	.716	64	.280	-7.2	-0.7	.442	.129	.093	.0
3 Yrs				241	187	16	2.3	92	.250	.211	.258	.246	.327	.303	.377	.548	.704	55	.259	-14.0	-1.5	.422	.132	.092	.0
162 Game Avg.				449	348	30	2.3	92	.250	.211	.258	.246	.327	.303	.377	.548	.704	55	.259	-14.0	-1.5	.422	.132	.092

CLE (2 yrs)				233	180	16	2.4	92	.253	.214	.258	.250	.327	.305	.377	.555	.704	57	.273	-13.0	-1.4	.427	.132	.091	.0
CHW (1 yr)				8	7	0	0.0	95	.167	.125	.258	.125	.331	.250	.384	.375	.714	3	.000	-1.0	-0.1	.286	.125	.125

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1971	24	CHW	AL	8	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	12.5%	100%		4.0			0.00	75%
1972	25	CLE	AL	85	2.4%	23.5%	4.7%	3.5%	20%	5.00	4.0	40.0	10.0	0.67	69%
1973	26	CLE	AL	148	1.4%	18.2%	4.7%	6.1%	28%	3.86	5.2	70.0	9.3	0.89	75%
3 Yrs				241	1.7%	20.3%	4.6%	5.4%	27%	4.45	4.7	57.0	9.9	0.75	73%
MLB Averages					2.0%	14.2%	8.6%	5.9%	26%	1.66	6.3	45.6	9.2	1.11	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1971	24	CHW	AL	-1.0	-0.1	8	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.73	-0.2	0.0	-1.6	-0.2	0.87	-1.8		0
1972	25	CLE	AL	-5.8	-0.6	86	-0.5	1.2	-1.7	1.10	-0.6	0.2	-2.2	-0.2	0.93	-5.9	2.69	3
1973	26	CLE	AL	-7.4	-0.8	150	0.2	2.5	-2.3	.87	-0.8	1.0	-5.7	-0.6	0.94	-9.1	1.07	24
3 Yrs				-14.2	-1.5	244	-0.5	3.7	-4.1	.94	-1.6	1.1	-9.5	-1.0	0.93	-16.9	1.25	27

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1971	24	CHW	AL	0	0%	0	0		0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1972	25	CLE	AL	1	12%	22	0		0	0	1	60%	3	1	2	1	1	0	1	0	1
1973	26	CLE	AL	1	38%	51	2	0%	2	0	3	53%	8	6	2	2	1	1	9	2	7
3 Yrs				2	29%	73	2	0%	2	1	4	54%	11	7	4	3	2	1	10	2	8

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
1971	24	CHW	AL	8	100%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1972	25	CLE	AL	85	62%	15			3	0	0	0	2.69	2	0	4	0	2	2	0	0	0	0		15	0	0%	5	1	20%	49	6	12%	3	1	33%	2	0	0%	0
1973	26	CLE	AL	148	72%	32			24	4	0	2	1.07	2	1	3	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	23	3	13%	14	4	29%	94	15	16%	5	1	20%	6	2	33%	0
3 Yrs				241	69%	48			27	4	0	2	1.25	4	1	7	2	2	3	1	0	1	1	100%	39	3	8%	19	5	26%	145	21	14%	8	2	25%	8	2	25%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			74%			11%			31%			13%			47%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1971	24	2	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	.125	.125	.250	.375	3	2	0	0	0	0
1972	25	26	93	88	4	16	2	2	8	0	4	22	.182	.215	.273	.488	42	24	0	0	1	1
1973	26	87	241	228	20	48	9	4	23	2	11	49	.211	.246	.303	.548	55	69	3	1	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	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1971	24	2	8	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1972	25	25	91	85	5	17	1	2	10	5	21	.200	.242	.282	.524	6	24
1973	26	61	150	142	17	34	7	2	16	7	27	.239	.275	.331	.606	13	61
3 Yrs		88	249	235	22	51	8	4	26	12	50	.217	.254	.302	.556	19	87
162 Game Avg.		162	458	433	41	94	15	7	48	22	92	.217	.254	.302	.556	35	87

* 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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