Duke Maas

Duane Frederick Maas

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 10", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: January 31, 1929 in Utica, MI
High School: Utica HS (Utica, MI) (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1955
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Tigers/Athletics 1955-1961

Final Game: April 23, 1961
Died: December 7, 1976 in Mount Clemens, MI
Buried: Utica Cemetery, Utica, MI
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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
1949	20	RRA,DNE	D	32	51	51		14	0	0	0						.275	.275	.275	.549		14							RRA,DNE · COPL,TOBS
1950	21	DET-min	D	33	60	60		14	2	2	0						.233	.233	.333	.567		20							JAM · PONY
1951		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953	24	DET-min	B	31	55	55		6	0	0	0						.109	.109	.109	.218		6							DHM · CARL
1954	25	DET-min	AAA,A	38	78	76	3	10	0	0	1	1	0		0	8	.132	.132	.171	.303		13		0	2	0			BFL,WKB · IL,EL
1955	26	DET-min	AAA	15	24	24	1	5	0	0	0	2	0		0	9	.208	.208	.208	.417		5		0	0	0			BFL · IL
1955	26	DET	AL	18	33	30	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	0	1	12	.167	.194	.233	.427	16	7	0	0	2	0	0	1
1956	27	DET-min	AAA	11	22	21	1	3	0	0	0	1	0		1	7	.143	.182	.143	.325		3	1	0	0	0			CHL · AA
1956	27	DET	AL	26	18	16	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	1	2	8	.188	.278	.250	.528	40	4	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	28	DET	AL	45	80	71	2	6	1	0	1	8	0	0	3	27	.085	.118	.141	.259	-30	10	0	0	5	2	0	1
1958	29	TOT	AL	32	57	51	5	6	2	0	0	2	0	0	4	16	.118	.182	.157	.339	-5	8	0	0	2	0	0	1
1958	29	KCA	AL	10	19	17	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.176	.222	.294	.516	40	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
1958	29	NYY	AL	22	38	34	3	3	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	11	.088	.162	.088	.250	-28	3	0	0	1	0	0	1
1959	30	NYY	AL	38	49	40	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	15	.125	.182	.125	.307	-12	5	1	0	5	1	0	1
1960	31	NYY	AL	35	7	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	1	0	0	0	0	1
1961	32	NYY-min	AAA	9	7	7		3									.429	.429											RMD · IL
1961	32	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
7 Yrs				195	244	214	13	25	4	1	1	14	0	1	13	80	.117	.165	.159	.324	-11	34	2	0	14	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	203	178	11	21	3	1	1	12	0	1	11	66	.117	.165	.159	.324	-11	28	2	0	12	2	0

NYY (4 yrs)				96	94	80	6	8	0	0	0	2	0	0	6	28	.100	.161	.100	.261	-25	8	2	0	6	1	0
DET (3 yrs)				89	131	117	5	14	2	1	1	11	0	1	6	47	.120	.160	.179	.339	-8	21	0	0	7	2	0
KCA (1 yr)				10	19	17	2	3	2	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.176	.222	.294	.516	40	5	0	0	1	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
1955	26	DET	AL	18	33	-4	0	0	0	3	-0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1956	27	DET	AL	26	18	-1	-0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	2	0.1	.505	.501	0.1	0.0	2	$	1
1957	28	DET	AL	45	80	-12	0	0	0	9	-3	-0.3	2	-1	-0.3	.493	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-1	$	1
1958	29	KCA	AL	10	19	-2	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1958	29	NYY	AL	22	38	-6	-1	1	0	4	-2	-0.2	1	-1	-0.2	.492	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	1
1959	30	NYY	AL	38	49	-6	0	0	0	6	0	0.0	1	2	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1960	31	NYY	AL	35	7	-1	0	-0	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
1961	32	NYY	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
7 Seasons				195	244	-31	-1	2	0	27	-3	-0.4	7	4	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	-0.1	4	$

NYY (4 yrs)				96	94	-12	-1	1	0	11	-2	-0.2	2	1	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	-0.1	1	$
DET (3 yrs)				89	131	-16	-0	1	0	14	-2	-0.2	4	2	-0.2	.498	.500	-0.2	0.0	2	$
KCA (1 yr)				10	19	-2	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.509	.501	0.1	0.0	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
1955	26	DET	AL	33	27	2	2.0	101	.278	.167	.264	.194	.343	.233	.393	.427	.737	16	.177	-3.8	-0.4	.320	.100	.067
1956	27	DET	AL	18	14	1	1.9	107	.375	.188	.268	.278	.351	.250	.410	.528	.761	40	.156	-1.4	-0.1	.357	.125	.063
1957	28	DET	AL	80	72	2	0.8	102	.111	.085	.267	.118	.339	.141	.403	.259	.742	-30	.038	-13.2	-1.4	.200	.099	.056	.0
1958	29	TOT	AL	57	47	2	1.1	96	.171	.118	.259	.182	.328	.157	.394	.339	.722	-5	.081	-7.3	-0.8	.267	.118	.039
1958	29	KCA	AL	19	15	1	1.8	100	.250	.176	.264	.222	.333	.294	.401	.516	.734	40	.167	-1.4	-0.1	.429	.176	.118
1958	29	NYY	AL	38	32	1	0.8	95	.130	.088	.257	.162	.325	.088	.390	.250	.715	-28	.047	-5.9	-0.6	.194	.088	.000
1959	30	NYY	AL	49	42	1	0.6	95	.192	.125	.256	.182	.326	.125	.391	.307	.717	-12	.029	-6.1	-0.6	.222	.075	.000
1960	31	NYY	AL	7	7	0	0.0	97	.000	.000	.258	.000	.330	.000	.394	.000	.724	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
7 Yrs				244	209	8	1.0	99	.176	.117	.262	.165	.335	.159	.397	.324	.732	-11	.065	-33.5	-3.4	.240	.098	.042	.0
162 Game Avg.				203	174	7	1.0	99	.176	.117	.262	.165	.335	.159	.397	.324	.732	-11	.065	-33.5	-3.4	.240	.098	.042

NYY (4 yrs)				94	81	2	0.7	95	.151	.100	.256	.161	.326	.100	.391	.261	.717	-25	.031	-13.6	-1.4	.189	.075	.000
DET (3 yrs)				131	113	5	1.2	102	.183	.120	.266	.160	.342	.179	.401	.339	.743	-8	.081	-18.4	-1.9	.250	.103	.060	.0
KCA (1 yr)				19	15	1	1.8	100	.250	.176	.264	.222	.333	.294	.401	.516	.734	40	.167	-1.4	-0.1	.429	.176	.118

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	CS	BB	SO	TB	GDP	HBP	SH	SF
1958	29	NYY	AL	WS	MLN	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1960	31	NYY	AL	WS	PIT	L	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
2 WS							2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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%
1955	26	DET	AL	33	0.0%	36.4%	3.0%	3.0%	20%	12.00	2.5		15.0	4.00	55%
1956	27	DET	AL	18	0.0%	44.4%	11.1%	5.6%	33%	4.00	2.0		16.0		44%
1957	28	DET	AL	80	1.3%	33.8%	3.8%	2.5%	33%	9.00	2.6	71.0	8.9	1.05	56%
1958	29	TOT	AL	57	0.0%	28.1%	7.0%	3.5%	33%	4.00	3.2		25.5	1.67	61%
1958	29	KCA	AL	19	0.0%	26.3%	5.3%	10.5%	67%	5.00	3.4		17.0	1.50	63%
1958	29	NYY	AL	38	0.0%	29.0%	7.9%	0.0%	0%	3.67	3.1		34.0	1.75	61%
1959	30	NYY	AL	49	0.0%	30.6%	6.1%	0.0%	0%	5.00	2.7		40.0	3.17	53%
1960	31	NYY	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0				57%
7 Yrs				244	0.4%	32.8%	5.3%	2.5%	24%	6.15	2.7	214.0	15.3	1.95	56%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.8%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.43	6.9	37.4	8.3	1.01	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1955	26	DET	AL	-3.8	-0.4	33	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	.65	-0.4	-0.1	-4.0	-0.4	0.91	-4.3	0
1956	27	DET	AL	-1.4	-0.1	19	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	.77	-0.1	-0.1	-0.1	-0.0	0.83	-1.1	0
1957	28	DET	AL	-13.2	-1.4	80	-0.8	0.9	-1.7	1.08	-0.9	0.2	-8.2	-0.8	0.90	-10.2	0
1958	29	TOT	AL	-7.3	-0.8	57	-0.4	0.5	-0.9	.82	-0.7	0.1	-7.7	-0.8	0.99	-7.3	0
1958	29	KCA	AL	-1.4	-0.1	19	0.0	0.2	-0.2	.69	-0.1	0.1	-1.5	-0.2	0.94	-1.3	0
1958	29	NYY	AL	-5.9	-0.6	38	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	.89	-0.5	0.0	-6.2	-0.7	1.01	-6.0	0
1959	30	NYY	AL	-6.1	-0.6	49	-0.4	0.2	-0.7	.72	-0.6	-0.0	-5.7	-0.6	0.85	-6.6	0
1960	31	NYY	AL	-1.6	-0.2	7	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.23	-0.1	-0.1	-1.2	-0.1	0.62	-1.5	0
1961	32	NYY	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
7 Yrs				-33.4	-3.4	245	-2.2	1.9	-4.1	.84	-2.7	0.1	-26.9	-2.8	0.90	-31.0	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	CS	SB%	CS2	OOB	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	26	DET	AL	0	33%	9	0		0	1	25%	3	2	1	1	1	0	0	0
1956	27	DET	AL	1	20%	5	1	0%	1	0	75%	3	1	2	0	0	1	0	1
1957	28	DET	AL	3	13%	15	0		0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	29	TOT	AL	0	50%	23	0		0	1	25%	4	4	0	0	0	4	1	2
1958	29	KCA	AL	0	50%	7	0		0	0	100%	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1
1958	29	NYY	AL	0	50%	16	0		0	1	14%	4	4	0	0	0	3	1	1
1959	30	NYY	AL	2	38%	16	0		0	0	33%	4	3	1	1	1	1	0	1
1960	31	NYY	AL	1		1	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
7 Yrs				7	32%	69	1	0%	1	2	35%	15	11	4	2	2	6	1	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
1955	26	DET	AL	33	3%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	0	0%	7	1	14%	21	2	10%	2	1	50%	1	0	0%	0
1956	27	DET	AL	18	44%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	2	18%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	28	DET	AL	80	11%	6			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	11	5	45%	12	0	0%	19	5	26%	47	7	15%	2	2	100%	8	2	25%	0
1958	29	TOT	AL	57	16%	6			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	2	33%	14	0	0%	14	2	14%	36	2	6%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1958	29	KCA	AL	19	5%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	4	0	0%	4	1	25%	10	1	10%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	29	NYY	AL	38	21%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	1	20%	10	0	0%	10	1	10%	26	1	4%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
1959	30	NYY	AL	49	16%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	6	5	83%	9	1	11%	11	4	36%	27	1	4%	3	1	33%	2	2	100%	0
1960	31	NYY	AL	7	29%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
7 Yrs				244	15%	25			0	0	0	0		1	0	3	1	0	1	0	0	25	14	56%	45	2	4%	53	12	23%	145	14	10%	9	4	44%	12	4	33%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			77%			11%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF
1955	26	18	33	30	2	5	0	1	0	2	0	1	12	.167	.194	.233	.427	16	7	0	2	0
1956	27	44	51	46	3	8	1	1	0	3	1	3	20	.174	.224	.239	.464	25	11	0	2	0
1957	28	89	131	117	5	14	2	1	1	11	1	6	47	.120	.160	.179	.339	-8	21	0	7	2
1958	29	121	188	168	10	20	4	1	1	13	1	10	63	.119	.167	.173	.339	-7	29	0	9	2
1959	30	159	237	208	13	25	4	1	1	14	1	13	78	.120	.170	.163	.333	-8	34	1	14	3
1960	31	194	244	214	13	25	4	1	1	14	1	13	80	.117	.165	.159	.324	-11	34	2	14	3
1961	32	195	244	214	13	25	4	1	1	14	1	13	80	.117	.165	.159	.324	-11	34	2	14	3

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	26	19	33	30	2	4	0	1	0	2	1	13	.133	.161	.200	.361	1	18
1956	27	27	19	17	1	3	1	0	0	1	2	8	.176	.263	.235	.498	1	26
1957	28	47	84	74	2	6	1	0	1	7	3	28	.081	.114	.135	.249	1	45
1958	29	33	61	54	7	7	2	0	0	3	5	17	.130	.203	.167	.370	2	32
1959	30	40	51	42	3	5	0	0	0	1	3	16	.119	.174	.119	.293	1	38
1960	31	37	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	35
6 Yrs		203	254	223	15	25	4	1	1	14	14	84	.112	.163	.152	.315	6	194
162 Game Avg.		162	203	178	12	20	3	1	1	11	11	67	.112	.163	.152	.315	5	194

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