Bob Maier

Robert Phillip Maier

Positions: Third Baseman and Leftfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 8", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: September 5, 1915 in Dunellen, NJ (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1945
Team: Tigers 1945

Final Game: September 20, 1945
Died: August 4, 1993 in South Plainfield, NJ
Buried: Resurrection Cemetery, Piscataway, NJ
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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	Pos	Awards
1937	21	MIN-min	A																								TRE · NYPL
1938	22	MIN-min	D	101	419	419		120	19	3	7						.286	.286	.396	.683		166					SLB · ESHL
1939	23	MIN-min	D	119	470	470		153	33	3	11						.326	.326	.479	.804		225					SLB · ESHL
1940	24	MIN-min	D	124	511	511		146	19	0	1						.286	.286	.329	.614		168					SLB · ESHL
1941	25	SLB	D	110	442	442		126	15	1	4						.285	.285	.351	.636		155					SLB · ESHL
1942	26	DET-min	B	137	517	517		115	10	7	0						.222	.222	.269	.491		139					HGR · ISLG
1943	27	DET-min	B	140	589	589		214	52	12	7						.363	.363	.528	.891		311					HGR · ISLG
1944	28	DET-min	AA	154	653	588	83	175	22	5	1	78	25	7	51	31	.298	.358	.357	.715		210	18	4	10		BFL · IL
1945	29	DET	AL	132	529	486	58	128	25	7	1	34	7	11	38	32	.263	.317	.350	.667	88	170	10	0	5	*5/7O
1 Yr				132	529	486	58	128	25	7	1	34	7	11	38	32	.263	.317	.350	.667	88	170	10	0	5
162 Game Avg.				162	649	596	71	157	31	9	1	42	9	14	47	39	.263	.317	.350	.667	88	209	12	0	6

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
1945	29	DET	AL	132	529	-8	-2	0	-6	-0	-16	-1.9	11	-5	-0.8	.486	.489	-0.1	-0.8	1	$	*5/7O
1 Season				132	529	-8	-2	0	-6	-0	-16	-1.9	11	-5	-0.8	.486	.489	-0.1	-0.8	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
1945	29	DET	AL	529	384	51	3.6	94	.280	.263	.270	.317	.343	.350	.366	.667	.709	88	.462	-8.7	-0.9	.538	.156	.086	1.8
1 Yr				529	384	51	3.6	94	.280	.263	.270	.317	.343	.350	.366	.667	.709	88	.462	-8.7	-0.9	.538	.156	.086	1.8
162 Game Avg.				649	471	63	3.6	94	.280	.263	.270	.317	.343	.350	.366	.667	.709	88	.462	-8.7	-0.9	.538	.156	.086	2

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
1945	29	DET	AL	WS	CHC	W	1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	1.000	2.000	1	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	IP%
1945	29	DET	AL	529	0.2%	6.1%	7.2%	6.2%	26%	0.84	15.2	486.0	14.3	86%
1 Yr				529	0.2%	6.1%	7.2%	6.2%	26%	0.84	15.2	486.0	14.3	86%
MLB Averages					1.1%	8.5%	8.8%	5.5%	24%	0.97	10.5	83.9	8.9	80%

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
1945	29	132	529	486	58	128	25	7	1	34	7	11	38	32	.263	.317	.350	.667	88	170	10	0	5

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
1945	29	140	566	519	65	140	27	8	1	38	8	42	34	.270	.324	.358	.683	60	132
1 Yr		140	566	519	65	140	27	8	1	38	8	42	34	.270	.324	.358	.683	60	132
162 Game Avg.		162	655	601	75	162	31	9	1	44	9	49	39	.270	.324	.358	.683	69	132

Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Triples s c a p y 1945 AL 7 (8th)	Caught Stealing s c a p y 1945 AL 11 (3rd)

Triples s c a p y
1945 AL 7 (8th)

Caught Stealing s c a p y
1945 AL 11 (3rd)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Gray Ink	Batting - 1 (2399), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 3 (1776), Likely HOFer ≈ 100

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