Ken Macha

Kenneth Edward Macha

Positions: Third Baseman, Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 215 lb.

Born: September 29, 1950 in Monroeville, PA
School: University of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, PA)
Drafted by the Pittsburgh Pirates in the 6th round of the 1972 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1974
Teams (by GP): Expos/Pirates/BlueJays 1974-1981

Final Game: September 30, 1981
Relatives: Cousin of Hal Newhouser
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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	PIT-min	A	62	197	197		50	7	2	8						.254	.254	.431	.685		85							SAL · CARL
1973	22	PIT-min	AA	106	322	322		86	15	0	12						.267	.267	.425	.693		137							SBK · EL
1974	23	PIT-min	AA,AAA	138	545	451	93	145	25	2	23	110	23	5	82	86	.322	.426	.539	.964		243		5	0	7			TMI,CHL · EL,IL
1974	23	PIT	NL	5	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	297	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2

1975	24	PIT-min	AAA	138	551	478	63	128	21	1	14	63	11	7	65	76	.268	.357	.404	.761		193		3	2	3			CHL · IL
1976	25	PIT-min	AAA	126	519	458	68	138	29	1	14	77	14	3	55	73	.301	.380	.461	.840		211		4	0	2			CHL · IL
1977	26	PIT-min	AAA	76	306	254	51	85	18	2	11	64	4	1	41	33	.335	.424	.551	.976		140		3	2	6			CLB · IL
1977	26	PIT	NL	35	101	95	2	26	4	0	0	11	1	1	6	17	.274	.317	.316	.633	70	30	6	0	0	0	0	53/79
1978	27	PIT-min	AAA	65	272	233	34	61	10	1	6	34	3	0	36	33	.262	.362	.391	.752		91		1	1	1			CLB · IL
1978	27	PIT	NL	29	65	52	5	11	1	1	0	5	2	0	12	10	.212	.354	.269	.623	74	14	3	0	0	1	1	5
1979	28	WSN-min	AAA	31	123	102	12	27	1	0	1	10	5	0	14	9	.265	.344	.304	.648		31		1	1	5			DEN · AA
1979	28	MON	NL	25	40	36	8	10	3	1	0	4	0	0	2	9	.278	.333	.417	.750	105	15	3	1	1	0	1	5/392
1980	29	MON	NL	49	120	107	10	31	5	1	1	8	0	2	11	17	.290	.361	.383	.745	109	41	5	1	1	0	1	5/329
1981	30	TOR	AL	37	94	85	4	17	2	0	0	6	1	1	8	15	.200	.266	.224	.489	39	19	2	0	0	1	0	53/D2
1982	31	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
1983	32	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
1984	33	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
1985	34	CNI	Fgn																										CNI · JPCL
6 Yrs				180	425	380	30	98	16	3	1	35	4	4	39	68	.258	.329	.324	.652	81	123	19	2	2	2	3
162 Game Avg.				162	383	342	27	88	14	3	1	32	4	4	35	61	.258	.329	.324	.652	81	111	17	2	2	2	3

PIT (3 yrs)				69	171	152	8	40	6	1	0	17	3	1	18	27	.263	.339	.316	.655	78	48	9	0	0	1	1
MON (2 yrs)				74	160	143	18	41	8	2	1	12	0	2	13	26	.287	.354	.392	.746	108	56	8	2	2	0	2
TOR (1 yr)				37	94	85	4	17	2	0	0	6	1	1	8	15	.200	.266	.224	.489	39	19	2	0	0	1	0

NL (5 yrs)				143	331	295	26	81	14	3	1	29	3	3	31	53	.275	.347	.353	.699	92	104	17	2	2	1	3
AL (1 yr)				37	94	85	4	17	2	0	0	6	1	1	8	15	.200	.266	.224	.489	39	19	2	0	0	1	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
1974	23	PIT	NL	5	5	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.520	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/2

1977	26	PIT	NL	35	101	-3	0	-1	-2	-1	-7	-0.7	3	-4	-0.4	.480	.496	-0.2	-0.3	-1	$	53/79
1978	27	PIT	NL	29	65	-1	0	-0	-2	0	-4	-0.4	2	-2	-0.2	.486	.497	0.0	-0.2	1	$	5
1979	28	MON	NL	25	40	-0	0	-0	2	0	2	0.2	1	3	0.3	.507	.501	0.1	0.2	1	$	5/392
1980	29	MON	NL	49	120	3	-2	-1	-5	0	-4	-0.5	4	-1	-0.1	.490	.497	0.5	-0.6	5	$	5/329
1981	30	TOR	AL	37	94	-6	-0	0	0	-1	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.478	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$	53/D2
6 Seasons				180	425	-7	-1	-2	-8	-1	-19	-2.1	13	-7	-0.8	.488	.498	0.0	-0.9	1	$

PIT (3 yrs)				69	171	-3	0	-1	-5	-0	-9	-1.0	5	-4	-0.5	.485	.498	-0.1	-0.5	0	$
MON (2 yrs)				74	160	2	-1	-1	-3	0	-3	-0.3	5	2	0.2	.496	.499	0.6	-0.3	5	$
TOR (1 yr)				37	94	-6	-0	0	0	-1	-7	-0.8	3	-4	-0.5	.478	.495	-0.5	-0.1	-4	$

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
1974	23	PIT	NL	5	2	2	27.0	91	.600	.600	.258	.600	.329	.800	.372	1.400	.701	297	.967	1.3	0.1	2.000	.200	.200

1977	26	PIT	NL	101	76	8	2.8	105	.333	.274	.272	.317	.340	.316	.414	.633	.754	70	.292	-4.2	-0.4	.474	.105	.042	.0
1978	27	PIT	NL	65	45	6	3.6	99	.256	.212	.268	.354	.336	.269	.394	.623	.730	74	.428	-1.3	-0.1	.636	.327	.058	.0
1979	28	MON	NL	40	30	4	3.6	99	.370	.278	.268	.333	.333	.417	.397	.750	.730	105	.407	0.2	0.0	.621	.194	.139
1980	29	MON	NL	120	84	13	4.2	95	.337	.290	.267	.361	.329	.383	.387	.745	.716	109	.494	1.4	0.2	.614	.178	.093	.0
1981	30	TOR	AL	94	72	5	1.9	94	.239	.200	.263	.266	.328	.224	.382	.489	.711	39	.192	-6.7	-0.7	.380	.118	.024	.0
6 Yrs				425	309	38	3.3	98	.310	.258	.267	.329	.333	.324	.395	.652	.727	81	.382	-9.3	-1.0	.538	.168	.066	1.6
162 Game Avg.				383	278	34	3.3	98	.310	.258	.267	.329	.333	.324	.395	.652	.727	81	.382	-9.3	-1.0	.538	.168	.066	1

PIT (3 yrs)				171	123	16	3.5	102	.317	.263	.270	.339	.338	.316	.406	.655	.744	78	.393	-4.2	-0.4	.557	.184	.053	.0
MON (2 yrs)				160	114	17	4.0	96	.345	.287	.267	.354	.330	.392	.390	.746	.720	108	.472	1.6	0.2	.616	.182	.105	.0
TOR (1 yr)				94	72	5	1.9	94	.239	.200	.263	.266	.328	.224	.382	.489	.711	39	.192	-6.7	-0.7	.380	.118	.024	.0

NL (5 yrs)				331	237	33	3.8	99	.331	.275	.268	.347	.334	.353	.398	.699	.732	92	.431	-2.6	-0.2	.585	.183	.078	1.5
AL (1 yr)				94	72	5	1.9	94	.239	.200	.263	.266	.328	.224	.382	.489	.711	39	.192	-6.7	-0.7	.380	.118	.024	.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%
1974	23	PIT	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	20.0%	33%				5.0	0.00	100%

1977	26	PIT	NL	101	0.0%	16.8%	5.9%	4.0%	15%	2.83	5.6		8.6	2.35	77%
1978	27	PIT	NL	65	0.0%	15.4%	18.5%	3.1%	18%	0.83	5.2		10.4	1.62	66%
1979	28	MON	NL	40	0.0%	22.5%	5.0%	10.0%	40%	4.50	4.0		9.0	4.00	68%
1980	29	MON	NL	120	0.8%	14.2%	9.2%	5.8%	23%	1.55	6.3	107.0	13.4	2.65	74%
1981	30	TOR	AL	94	0.0%	16.0%	8.5%	2.1%	12%	1.88	5.7		14.2	1.62	76%
6 Yrs				425	0.2%	16.0%	9.2%	4.7%	20%	1.74	5.6	380.0	10.9	2.11	74%
MLB Averages					1.9%	12.8%	8.5%	6.3%	27%	1.50	7.0	47.2	8.6	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1974	23	PIT	NL	1.3	0.1	5	0.0	0.1	-0.1	1.08	0.1	-0.0	1.6	0.2	0.95	1.3	1.08	5

1977	26	PIT	NL	-4.2	-0.4	105	-0.1	1.9	-2.0	1.09	-0.3	0.2	-6.4	-0.6	0.97	-4.8	2.43	6
1978	27	PIT	NL	-1.3	-0.1	67	-0.3	1.3	-1.6	1.33	-0.1	-0.1	-0.5	-0.1	0.99	-0.5	1.30	7
1979	28	MON	NL	0.2	0.0	41	-0.1	0.5	-0.5	.81	-0.0	-0.0	1.6	0.2	0.99	0.3	1.34	7
1980	29	MON	NL	1.4	0.2	123	0.0	1.9	-1.9	1.03	0.1	-0.1	1.7	0.2	0.94	1.6	1.79	12
1981	30	TOR	AL	-6.7	-0.7	97	-0.8	1.1	-1.9	1.11	-0.7	-0.0	-6.4	-0.7	0.90	-7.2	1.91	1
6 Yrs				-9.3	-1.0	438	-1.2	6.9	-8.1	1.09	-0.9	-0.2	-8.4	-0.8	0.95	-9.3	1.63	38

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1974	23	PIT	NL	0	0	33%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0

1977	26	PIT	NL	2	0	6%	25	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2	100%	3	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0
1978	27	PIT	NL	1	0	22%	26	2	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	50%	2	2	0	0	0	0	4	1	3
1979	28	MON	NL	0	0	62%	11	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	25%	1	1	0	0	0	0	3	2	1
1980	29	MON	NL	3	0	21%	57	0	2	0%	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	36%	7	5	2	1	0	1	3	2	1
1981	30	TOR	AL	1	0	16%	38	1	1	50%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	0%	5	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
6 Yrs				7	0	21%	158	4	4	50%	3	4	1	0	0	0	1	0	6	6	36%	18	13	5	2	1	1	11	6	5

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
1974	23	PIT	NL	5	80%	3			5	3	0	1	1.08	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		3	1	33%	0	0		0	0		0

1977	26	PIT	NL	101	34%	26			6	0	0	0	2.43	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	6	35%	6	2	33%	79	12	15%	6	3	50%	2	1	50%	0
1978	27	PIT	NL	65	34%	11			7	1	0	0	1.30	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		13	3	23%	6	1	17%	40	6	15%	5	2	40%	1	0	0%	0
1979	28	MON	NL	40	48%	10			7	0	0	0	1.34	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	11	3	27%	3	0	0%	24	4	17%	2	1	50%	2	1	50%	0
1980	29	MON	NL	120	40%	31			12	2	0	0	1.79	1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	1	1	100%	25	5	20%	8	3	38%	71	7	10%	7	4	57%	3	3	100%	0
1981	30	TOR	AL	94	53%	17			1	0	0	0	1.91	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		17	2	12%	12	4	33%	53	6	11%	6	3	50%	3	1	33%	0
6 Yrs				425	42%	98			38	6	0	1	1.63	1	0	10	1	0	1	0	0	2	2	100%	85	19	22%	35	10	29%	270	36	13%	26	13	50%	11	6	55%	0
MLB Averages					55%																			78%			11%			35%			14%			50%			54%

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
1974	23	5	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	297	4	0	0	0	0	0
1975	24	5	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	297	4	0	0	0	0	0
1976	25	5	5	5	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	.600	.600	.800	1.400	297	4	0	0	0	0	0
1977	26	40	106	100	3	29	5	0	0	12	1	1	6	17	.290	.330	.340	.670	80	34	6	0	0	0	0
1978	27	69	171	152	8	40	6	1	0	17	3	1	18	27	.263	.339	.316	.655	78	48	9	0	0	1	1
1979	28	94	211	188	16	50	9	2	0	21	3	1	20	36	.266	.338	.335	.673	83	63	12	1	1	1	2
1980	29	143	331	295	26	81	14	3	1	29	3	3	31	53	.275	.347	.353	.699	92	104	17	2	2	1	3
1981	30	180	425	380	30	98	16	3	1	35	4	4	39	68	.258	.329	.324	.652	81	123	19	2	2	2	3

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
1974	23	5	6	6	1	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	.667	.667	.833	1.500	3	5

1977	26	35	100	94	2	25	4	0	0	10	1	6	17	.266	.310	.309	.619	9	35
1978	27	29	65	52	5	11	1	1	0	5	2	12	10	.212	.354	.269	.623	5	29
1979	28	25	40	36	8	10	3	1	0	4	0	2	9	.278	.333	.417	.750	5	25
1980	29	49	123	109	11	33	5	1	1	9	0	12	17	.303	.377	.394	.772	16	49
1981	30	56	146	131	7	28	3	0	0	11	2	13	23	.214	.281	.237	.517	9	37
6 Yrs		199	480	428	34	111	17	3	1	40	5	45	76	.259	.331	.320	.651	47	180
162 Game Avg.		162	391	348	28	90	14	2	1	33	4	37	62	.259	.331	.320	.651	38	180

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