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Joe Magrane

Joseph David Magrane

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 6", Weight: 225 lb.

Born: July 2, 1964 in Des Moines, IA
High School: Rowan County HS (Morehead, KY)
School: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ)
Drafted by the St. Louis Cardinals in the 1st round (18th pick) of the 1985 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1987
Teams (by GP): Cardinals/Angels/WhiteSox 1987-1996
Agents: Dennis Gilbert [*]
Final Game: June 21, 1996
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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
1987 22 STL NL 28 62 52 5 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 22 .135 .196 .231 .427 12 12 1 0 6 0 0 1 RoY-3
1988 23 STL NL 25 57 48 2 8 1 0 1 3 0 0 1 18 .167 .184 .250 .434 23 12 1 0 8 0 0 1
1989 24 STL NL 38 92 80 6 11 3 0 1 4 0 0 4 18 .138 .179 .213 .391 10 17 0 0 8 0 0 1 CYA-4
1990 25 STL NL 31 67 55 3 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 19 .127 .172 .164 .336 -7 9 2 0 9 0 0 1
1992 27 STL NL 5 11 10 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 0 2 .200 .200 .500 .700 95 5 0 0 1 0 0 /1
1993 28 TOT MLB 30 40 35 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .114 .139 .143 .282 -23 5 0 0 4 0 0 1
1993 28 STL NL 22 40 35 2 4 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 20 .114 .139 .143 .282 -23 5 0 0 4 0 0 1
1993 28 CAL AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1994 29 CAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1996 31 CHW AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
8 Yrs 196 329 280 19 39 9 0 4 13 0 0 13 99 .139 .177 .214 .392 8 60 4 0 36 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 272 231 16 32 7 0 3 11 0 0 11 82 .139 .177 .214 .392 8 50 3 0 30 0 0
STL (6 yrs) 149 329 280 19 39 9 0 4 13 0 0 13 99 .139 .177 .214 .392 8 60 4 0 36 0 0
CAL (2 yrs) 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
CHW (1 yr) 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 149 329 280 19 39 9 0 4 13 0 0 13 99 .139 .177 .214 .392 8 60 4 0 36 0 0
AL (3 yrs) 47 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
1987 22 STL NL 28 62 -7 0 -0 0 9 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .507 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $62,500 1 RoY-3
1988 23 STL NL 25 57 -2 -1 0 0 7 4 0.5 2 6 0.5 .518 .503 0.5 0.0 6 $100,000 1
1989 24 STL NL 38 92 -10 0 1 0 10 1 0.1 3 4 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 3 $320,000 1 CYA-4
1990 25 STL NL 31 67 -9 0 -0 0 9 -0 -0.0 2 2 0.0 .499 .500 0.0 0.0 1 $300,000 1
1992 27 STL NL 5 11 -0 0 0 0 1 1 0.1 0 2 0.1 .527 .501 0.1 0.0 2 $820,000 /1
1993 28 STL NL 22 40 -7 0 0 0 5 -1 -0.1 1 -0 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $738,000 1
1993 28 CAL AL 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1994 29 CAL AL 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,500,000 1
1996 31 CHW AL 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $175,000 1
8 Seasons 196 329 -35 -0 0 0 41 6 0.7 10 16 0.8 .503 .500 0.7 0.1 16 $4,015,500
STL (6 yrs) 149 329 -35 -0 0 0 41 6 0.7 10 16 0.8 .504 .501 0.7 0.1 16 $2,340,500
CAL (2 yrs) 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $1,500,000
CHW (1 yr) 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $175,000

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
1987 22 STL NL 62 52 3 1.6 108 .207 .135 .271 .196 .341 .231 .423 .427 .764 12 .114 -6.9 -0.7 .348 .173 .096 .0
1988 23 STL NL 57 49 2 1.1 90 .241 .167 .257 .184 .321 .250 .378 .434 .699 23 .086 -5.0 -0.5 .317 .104 .083 .0
1989 24 STL NL 92 77 4 1.4 93 .164 .138 .257 .179 .325 .213 .383 .391 .708 10 .125 -9.7 -1.0 .304 .125 .075 .0
1990 25 STL NL 67 59 2 0.9 98 .194 .127 .264 .172 .331 .164 .397 .336 .728 -7 .053 -8.2 -0.8 .240 .091 .036
1992 27 STL NL 11 9 1 3.0 90 .143 .200 .256 .200 .321 .500 .376 .700 .697 95 .358 -0.2 -0.0 .625 .300 .300 .0
1993 28 TOT MLB 40 35 1 0.8 101 .267 .114 .267 .139 .332 .143 .407 .282 .740 -23 .036 -6.1 -0.6 .194 .057 .029
1993 28 STL NL 40 35 1 0.8 101 .267 .114 .267 .139 .332 .143 .407 .282 .740 -23 .036 -6.1 -0.6 .194 .057 .029
8 Yrs 329 281 13 1.2 97 .198 .139 .262 .177 .329 .214 .395 .392 .725 8 .094 -36.1 -3.7 .298 .121 .075 .0
162 Game Avg. 272 232 11 1.2 97 .198 .139 .262 .177 .329 .214 .395 .392 .725 8 .094 -36.1 -3.7 .298 .121 .075
NL (6 yrs) 329 281 13 1.2 97 .198 .139 .262 .177 .329 .214 .395 .392 .725 8 .093 -36.1 -3.7 .298 .121 .075 .0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1987 22 STL NL NLCS SFG W 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1987 22 STL NL WS MIN L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 Yr (2 Series) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 NLCS 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1987 22 STL NL 62 1.6% 35.5% 6.5% 4.8% 43% 5.50 2.4 52.0 17.3 1.73 47%
1988 23 STL NL 57 1.8% 31.6% 1.8% 3.5% 25% 18.00 2.7 48.0 16.0 1.25 2.50 51% 8% 12.5% 33%
1989 24 STL NL 92 1.1% 19.6% 4.4% 4.4% 36% 4.50 4.4 80.0 20.0 0.84 1.19 66% 7% 5.9% 45%
1990 25 STL NL 67 0.0% 28.4% 4.5% 3.0% 29% 6.33 2.9 1.06 2.08 54% 16% 0.0% 41%
1992 27 STL NL 11 9.1% 18.2% 0.0% 9.1% 50% 5.0 10.0 5.0 0.60 0.75 64% 0% 25.0% 20%
1993 28 TOT MLB 40 0.0% 50.0% 2.5% 2.5% 25% 20.00 1.8 35.0 0.40 1.14 38% 16% 0.0% 30%
1993 28 STL NL 40 0.0% 50.0% 2.5% 2.5% 25% 20.00 1.8 35.0 0.40 1.14 38% 16% 0.0% 30%
8 Yrs 329 1.2% 30.1% 4.0% 4.0% 33% 7.62 2.8 70.0 21.5 0.88 1.56 54% 10% 6.5% 39%
MLB Averages 2.3% 15.3% 8.7% 7.1% 30% 1.76 5.8 38.5 8.1 0.81 1.07 72% 21% 6.9% 19%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1987 22 STL NL -6.9 -0.7 63 -0.7 0.4 -1.2 .86 -0.7 -0.2 -7.0 -0.7 0.87 -5.8 0
1988 23 STL NL -5.0 -0.5 61 0.1 1.0 -0.9 .98 -0.2 0.3 -0.6 -0.1 1.02 -2.1 0
1989 24 STL NL -9.7 -1.0 92 -0.6 0.9 -1.5 .84 -1.0 0.2 -12.4 -1.3 1.02 -10.3 6.37 0
1990 25 STL NL -8.2 -0.8 68 -1.0 0.4 -1.4 .93 -1.0 -0.1 -11.3 -1.2 0.95 -10.4 0
1992 27 STL NL -0.2 -0.0 11 -0.0 0.2 -0.2 1.04 0.0 -0.0 -0.2 -0.0 0.98 0.3 0
1993 28 TOT MLB -6.2 -0.6 41 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .94 -0.6 0.0 -6.3 -0.6 0.92 -6.5 0
1993 28 STL NL -6.2 -0.6 41 -0.6 0.2 -0.8 .94 -0.6 0.0 -6.3 -0.6 0.92 -6.5 0
1993 28 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1994 29 CAL AL 0.0 0.0
1996 31 CHW AL 0.0 0.0
8 Yrs -36.2 -3.7 336 -2.8 3.1 -5.9 .91 -3.4 0.3 -37.8 -3.9 0.96 -34.8 0

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
1987 22 STL NL 1 0 40% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1988 23 STL NL 4 0 13% 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 1 17% 4 4 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1989 24 STL NL 0 0 36% 20 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 20% 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 1
1990 25 STL NL 0 0 30% 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1992 27 STL NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 0 0 40% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 STL NL 0 0 40% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 5 0 31% 72 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 2 6 10% 15 15 0 1 1 0 4 2 2

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
1987 22 STL NL 62 32% 7 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 9 6 67% 8 1 13% 13 3 23% 33 2 6% 3 2 67% 3 1 33% 0
1988 23 STL NL 57 30% 8 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 10 8 80% 18 1 6% 15 4 27% 35 4 11% 2 1 50% 1 1 100% 0
1989 24 STL NL 92 36% 11 2 0 0 0 0 1 6.37 1 0 4 1 0 0 1 0 13 8 62% 16 0 0% 19 7 37% 70 3 4% 4 2 50% 6 3 50% 0
1990 25 STL NL 67 42% 7 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 10 9 90% 12 2 17% 15 5 33% 40 2 5% 4 1 25% 4 3 75% 0
1992 27 STL NL 11 36% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 100% 2 0 0% 2 0 0% 7 1 14% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 40 8% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 6 0 0% 7 2 29% 24 1 4% 0 0 0 0 0
1993 28 STL NL 40 8% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 6 0 0% 7 2 29% 24 1 4% 0 0 0 0 0
8 Yrs 329 32% 39 5 1 0 0 0 1 4 0 9 3 1 1 3 0 47 36 77% 62 4 6% 71 21 30% 209 13 6% 13 6 46% 14 8 57% 0
MLB Averages 59% 72% 10% 35% 15% 52% 56%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1988 23 STL NL 57 174 3.05 123 71% 21% 24% 24% 31% 79% 0% 56% 70% 47% 0% 0 0 5% 3 2 4% 2 1 22% 0 0 0
1989 24 STL NL 85 289 3.40 198 69% 22% 17% 29% 33% 78% 0% 54% 79% 39% 5% 4 0 9% 8 3 6% 5 4 38% 7 0 0
1990 25 STL NL 63 182 2.89 125 69% 14% 30% 22% 33% 85% 0% 58% 63% 52% 2% 1 0 8% 5 4 3% 2 1 22% 4 0 2
1992 27 STL NL 11 30 2.73 22 73% 18% 23% 18% 41% 82% 0% 60% 72% 73% 0% 0 0 9% 1 0 9% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1993 28 TOT MLB 32 116 3.63 81 70% 25% 22% 32% 21% 75% 0% 53% 70% 59% 0% 0 0 6% 2 0 3% 1 0 27% 8 0 0
1993 28 STL NL 32 116 3.63 81 70% 25% 22% 32% 21% 75% 0% 53% 70% 59% 0% 0 0 6% 2 0 3% 1 0 27% 8 0 0
5 Yrs 248 791 3.19 549 69% 20% 22% 26% 31% 80% 0% 55% 72% 48% 2% 5 0 8% 19 9 4% 11 6 26% 19 0 2
MLB Averages 3.65 62% 25% 15% 27% 33% 75% 2% 46% 80% 31% 6% 16% 9% 27%

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
1987 22 28 62 52 5 7 2 0 1 3 0 0 4 22 .135 .196 .231 .427 12 12 1 0 6 0 0
1988 23 53 119 100 7 15 3 0 2 6 0 0 5 40 .150 .190 .240 .430 17 24 2 0 14 0 0
1989 24 91 211 180 13 26 6 0 3 10 0 0 9 58 .144 .185 .228 .413 14 41 2 0 22 0 0
1990 25 122 278 235 16 33 8 0 3 10 0 0 12 77 .140 .182 .213 .395 9 50 4 0 31 0 0
1991 26 122 278 235 16 33 8 0 3 10 0 0 12 77 .140 .182 .213 .395 9 50 4 0 31 0 0
1992 27 127 289 245 17 35 8 0 4 12 0 0 12 79 .143 .183 .224 .407 13 55 4 0 32 0 0
1993 28 157 329 280 19 39 9 0 4 13 0 0 13 99 .139 .177 .214 .392 8 60 4 0 36 0 0
1994 29 177 329 280 19 39 9 0 4 13 0 0 13 99 .139 .177 .214 .392 8 60 4 0 36 0 0
1995 30 177 329 280 19 39 9 0 4 13 0 0 13 99 .139 .177 .214 .392 8 60 4 0 36 0 0
1996 31 196 329 280 19 39 9 0 4 13 0 0 13 99 .139 .177 .214 .392 8 60 4 0 36 0 0

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
1987 22 28 60 51 4 6 2 0 1 3 0 3 22 .118 .167 .216 .382 2 28
1988 23 25 57 48 2 8 1 0 1 3 0 1 18 .167 .184 .250 .434 2 25
1989 24 38 92 80 6 11 3 0 1 4 0 4 18 .138 .179 .213 .391 3 38
1990 25 31 68 56 4 8 2 0 0 0 0 3 19 .143 .186 .179 .365 2 31
1992 27 5 11 10 1 2 0 0 1 2 0 0 2 .200 .200 .500 .700 1 5
1993 28 30 41 36 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 1 20 .139 .162 .167 .329 1 30
6 Yrs 157 329 281 20 40 9 0 4 13 0 12 99 .142 .177 .217 .395 11 157
162 Game Avg. 162 339 290 21 41 9 0 4 13 0 12 102 .142 .177 .217 .395 11 157

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Cy Young (yr lg (rk, shr))
1989 NL (4, 6%)
0.06 Career Shares (205th)

                                          

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