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Joe Lovitto

Joseph Lovitto

Positions: Centerfielder and Third Baseman
Bats: Both, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: January 6, 1951 in San Pedro, CA
High School: San Pedro HS (San Pedro, CA)
Drafted by the Washington Senators in the 1st round (2nd pick) of the 1969 amateur draft (January). (All Transactions)
Debut: April 15, 1972
Team: Rangers 1972-1975

Final Game: September 16, 1975
Died: May 19, 2001 in Arlington, TX
Buried: Moore Memorial Gardens, Arlington, TX
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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
1972 21 TEX AL 117 375 330 23 74 9 1 1 19 13 11 37 54 .224 .306 .267 .573 75 88 8 2 4 0 2 *89/7
1973 22 TEX AL 26 49 44 3 6 1 0 0 0 1 0 5 7 .136 .224 .159 .384 12 7 0 0 0 0 0 5/89D
1974 23 TEX AL 113 313 283 27 63 9 3 2 26 6 8 25 36 .223 .285 .297 .582 70 84 10 0 4 1 4 8/39
1975 24 TEX AL 50 123 106 17 22 3 0 1 8 2 2 13 16 .208 .289 .264 .553 59 28 2 0 2 2 1 87/3D2
4 Yrs 306 860 763 70 165 22 4 4 53 22 21 80 113 .216 .291 .271 .563 67 207 20 2 10 3 7
162 Game Avg. 162 455 404 37 87 12 2 2 28 12 11 42 60 .216 .291 .271 .563 67 110 11 1 5 2 4

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 Awards
1972 21 TEX AL 117 375 -7 -2 -0 6 -2 -4 -0.6 12 8 0.6 .495 .497 -0.1 0.5 2 $ *89/7
1973 22 TEX AL 26 49 -5 0 0 -4 0 -9 -0.9 2 -7 -0.8 .463 .494 -0.4 -0.4 -3 $ 5/89D
1974 23 TEX AL 113 313 -11 -2 1 2 -1 -11 -1.1 10 -1 -0.2 .489 .492 -0.4 0.2 -3 $ 8/39
1975 24 TEX AL 50 123 -6 -0 -0 2 -1 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .489 .497 -0.4 0.2 -3 $ 87/3D2
4 Seasons 306 860 -29 -4 1 7 -4 -29 -3.2 28 -1 -0.5 .489 .495 -1.3 0.5 -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
1972 21 TEX AL 375 279 27 2.6 80 .265 .224 .242 .306 .310 .267 .350 .573 .660 75 .352 -9.2 -1.0 .469 .161 .042 1.9
1973 22 TEX AL 49 38 2 1.4 89 .162 .136 .254 .224 .322 .159 .373 .384 .695 12 .113 -5.0 -0.5 .342 .159 .023 .0
1974 23 TEX AL 313 243 21 2.3 87 .248 .223 .255 .285 .319 .297 .367 .582 .685 70 .258 -11.0 -1.2 .450 .155 .074 3.0
1975 24 TEX AL 123 92 9 2.6 92 .231 .208 .257 .289 .326 .264 .377 .553 .704 59 .288 -5.4 -0.6 .466 .179 .057 1.3
4 Yrs 860 652 59 2.4 85 .248 .216 .250 .291 .316 .271 .361 .563 .677 67 .291 -30.6 -3.2 .454 .161 .055 6.8
162 Game Avg. 455 345 31 2.4 85 .248 .216 .250 .291 .316 .271 .361 .563 .677 67 .291 -30.6 -3.2 .454 .161 .055 4

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1972 21 TEX AL 375 0.3% 14.4% 9.9% 2.9% 15% 1.46 6.1 330.0 17.4 1.07 73%
1973 22 TEX AL 49 0.0% 14.3% 10.2% 2.0% 17% 1.40 6.3 1.82 76%
1974 23 TEX AL 313 0.6% 11.5% 8.0% 4.5% 22% 1.44 7.9 141.5 10.9 1.73 79%
1975 24 TEX AL 123 0.8% 13.0% 10.6% 3.3% 18% 1.23 6.6 106.0 13.3 0.87 74%
4 Yrs 860 0.5% 13.1% 9.3% 3.5% 18% 1.41 6.8 190.8 14.4 1.28 75%
MLB Averages 1.9% 13.6% 8.7% 5.9% 26% 1.56 6.5 47.4 9.0 1.10 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1972 21 TEX AL -9.2 -1.0 404 -0.5 6.0 -6.5 1.02 -0.5 -0.0 -4.5 -0.5 0.95 -5.0 1.03 7
1973 22 TEX AL -5.0 -0.5 50 -0.5 0.2 -0.7 .69 -0.6 -0.2 -4.5 -0.5 0.86 -5.4 0
1974 23 TEX AL -11.0 -1.2 328 -1.6 3.3 -4.8 .86 -1.5 -0.3 -8.5 -0.9 0.98 -10.1 0.01 2
1975 24 TEX AL -5.4 -0.6 129 -0.4 2.1 -2.5 1.25 -0.7 0.3 -5.2 -0.5 0.99 -5.7 1.07 7
4 Yrs -30.6 -3.2 911 -3.0 11.6 -14.6 .97 -3.2 0.1 -22.7 -2.4 0.96 -26.2 0.92 16

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1972 21 TEX AL 6 1 20% 151 13 11 54% 13 10 0 0 0 1 1 1 4 10 36% 14 7 6 6 6 0 8 2 4
1973 22 TEX AL 0 0 27% 21 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 17% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1974 23 TEX AL 4 0 29% 116 6 8 43% 6 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 47% 19 11 5 1 0 1 12 3 9
1975 24 TEX AL 2 0 47% 52 2 2 50% 2 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 3 43% 7 5 2 2 1 1 5 2 3
4 Yrs 12 1 27% 340 22 21 51% 22 19 0 0 0 2 1 1 8 19 40% 44 27 13 9 7 2 27 8 17

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
1972 21 TEX AL 375 100% 74 7 1 0 1 1.03 1 0 8 0 1 1 0 0 6 4 67% 72 8 11% 28 7 25% 200 20 10% 18 7 39% 10 8 80% 0
1973 22 TEX AL 49 100% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 3 1 33% 23 1 4% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1974 23 TEX AL 313 100% 63 2 1 0 0 0.01 2 0 7 2 0 2 0 0 5 4 80% 65 10 15% 24 16 67% 203 28 14% 16 12 75% 13 7 54% 0
1975 24 TEX AL 123 100% 22 7 1 0 0 1.07 1 0 5 0 1 0 1 0 2 2 100% 25 2 8% 9 4 44% 79 8 10% 7 3 43% 5 4 80% 0
4 Yrs 860 100% 165 16 3 0 1 0.92 4 0 21 2 2 3 1 0 13 10 77% 168 20 12% 64 28 44% 505 57 11% 43 23 53% 28 19 68% 0
MLB Averages 55% 75% 11% 32% 14% 48% 53%

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
1972 21 117 375 330 23 74 9 1 1 19 13 11 37 54 .224 .306 .267 .573 75 88 8 2 4 0 2
1973 22 143 424 374 26 80 10 1 1 19 14 11 42 61 .214 .297 .254 .551 67 95 8 2 4 0 2
1974 23 256 737 657 53 143 19 4 3 45 20 19 67 97 .218 .292 .272 .564 69 179 18 2 8 1 6
1975 24 306 860 763 70 165 22 4 4 53 22 21 80 113 .216 .291 .271 .563 67 207 20 2 10 3 7

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1972 21 122 411 359 32 91 11 1 1 26 16 46 56 .253 .342 .298 .640 37 117
1973 22 26 51 45 4 7 1 0 0 0 1 6 7 .156 .255 .178 .433 2 26
1974 23 113 321 289 32 69 10 3 2 30 7 27 36 .239 .303 .315 .618 28 113
1975 24 50 126 108 19 23 3 0 1 9 2 14 16 .213 .298 .269 .567 9 50
4 Yrs 311 909 801 87 190 25 4 4 65 26 93 115 .237 .317 .293 .610 76 306
162 Game Avg. 162 473 417 45 99 13 2 2 34 14 48 60 .237 .317 .293 .610 40 306

* 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.

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1972 AL  11 (7th)

                                         

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