Woody Main

Forrest Harry Main

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: February 12, 1922 in Delano, CA
Signed by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1948
Team: Pirates 1948-1953

Final Game: April 28, 1953
Died: June 27, 1992 in Whittier, CA
Buried: North Kern Cemetery, Delano, CA
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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	Pos	Awards
1941	19	NYY-min	C	36	73	73		20	2	1	1						.274	.274	.370	.644		27						IDF · PION
1942	20	NYY-min	B,A	28	49	49		3	0	0	0						.061	.061	.061	.122		3						NFK,BNG · PIED,EL
1946	24	NYY-min	A	17	38	38		9	0	0	0						.237	.237	.237	.474		9						BNG · EL
1947	25	NYY-min	AAA	44	20	18	1	2	0	0	0	0	0		1	6	.111	.158	.111	.269		2	3	0	1			KCY · AA
1948	26	PIT	NL	17	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0		1

1949	27	PIT-min	AAA	54	30	23	7	9	0	0	0	2	0		4	2	.391	.481	.391	.873		9	0	0	3			INA · AA
1950	28	PIT-min	AAA	43	16	16	1	1	1	0	0	1	0		0	3	.063	.063	.125	.188		2	1	0	0			INA · AA
1950	28	PIT	NL	12	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	2	0		0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	109	2	0	0	0		1

1951	29	PIT-min	AAA	60	44	39	3	7	2	0	0	1	0		2	11	.179	.220	.231	.450		9	0	0	3			INA · AA
1952	30	PIT	NL	48	40	37	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.054	.054	.054	.108	-70	2	1	0	3		1
1953	31	TTO	AAA	24	9	9	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	3	.111	.111	.111	.222		1		0	0			TTO · IL
1953	31	PIT	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0		/1
1954	32	PIT-min	Opn	41	9	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		0	2	.125	.125	.125	.250		1	0	0	1	0		HOL · PCL
4 Yrs				79	48	44	1	4	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	11	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	4	1	0	3
162 Game Avg.				162	98	90	2	8	0	0	0	4	0		0	23	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	8	2	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
1948	26	PIT	NL	17	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1

1950	28	PIT	NL	12	5	0	0	0	0	1	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.505	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1

1952	30	PIT	NL	48	40	-9	-0	-0	0	4	-5	-0.5	1	-3	-0.5	.489	.497	-0.5	0.0	-3	$	1
1953	31	PIT	NL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
4 Seasons				79	48	-9	-0	-0	0	5	-5	-0.5	2	-3	-0.5	.494	.499	-0.5	0.0	-3	$

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
1948	26	PIT	NL	3	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.272	.000	.346	.000	.402	.000	.748	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

1950	28	PIT	NL	5	3	1	8.9	111	.667	.400	.273	.400	.351	.400	.423	.800	.774	109	.761	0.0	0.0	.667	.000	.000

1952	30	PIT	NL	40	39	0	0.0	99	.071	.054	.264	.054	.337	.054	.393	.108	.730	-70	.000	-8.7	-0.9	.056	.000	.000
4 Yrs				48	44	1	0.6	100	.121	.091	.265	.091	.339	.091	.396	.182	.736	-50	.028	-9.2	-1.0	.098	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				98	90	2	0.6	100	.121	.091	.265	.091	.339	.091	.396	.182	.736	-50	.028	-9.2	-1.0	.098	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1948	26	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						2.00	67%

1950	28	PIT	NL	5	0.0%	40.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		2.5	0.00	60%

1952	30	PIT	NL	40	0.0%	22.5%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.1			1.27	70%
4 Yrs				48	0.0%	22.9%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0		22.0	1.23	69%
MLB Averages					1.9%	10.0%	9.8%	6.5%	28%	1.02	8.8	46.3	8.0	0.97	76%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1948	26	PIT	NL	-0.6	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.74	-0.1	0.0	-0.7	-0.1	0.82	-0.8	0

1950	28	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.55	-0.1	-0.0	-0.5	-0.0	0.82	-0.6	0

1952	30	PIT	NL	-8.7	-0.9	35	-0.7	0.1	-0.9	1.10	-0.7	0.1	-7.7	-0.8	0.93	-7.8	0
1953	31	PIT	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
4 Yrs				-9.2	-1.0	40	-0.8	0.1	-1.0	1.05	-0.9	0.1	-8.9	-0.9	0.91	-9.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	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
1948	26	PIT	NL	0	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1950	28	PIT	NL	0	0	0%	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1952	30	PIT	NL	0	0	50%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	25%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

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
1948	26	PIT	NL	3	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1950	28	PIT	NL	5	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1952	30	PIT	NL	40	17%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	7	1	14%	7	2	29%	21	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
4 Yrs				48	18%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	7	1	14%	7	2	29%	23	0	0%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			100%			13%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	CS	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1948	26	17	3	2	0	0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1949	27	17	3	2	0	0	0		0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1950	28	29	8	7	0	2	2		2	.286	.286	.286	.571	50	2	0	0
1951	29	29	8	7	0	2	2		2	.286	.286	.286	.571	50	2	0	0
1952	30	77	48	44	1	4	2	0	11	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	4	1	3
1953	31	79	48	44	1	4	2	0	11	.091	.091	.091	.182	-50	4	1	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
1948	26	18	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	17

1950	28	13	5	5	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	2	.400	.400	.400	.800	1	12

1952	30	50	42	39	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	9	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	48
3 Yrs		81	49	46	0	2	0	0	0	3	0	0	11	.043	.043	.043	.087	1	77
162 Game Avg.		162	98	92	0	4	0	0	0	6	0	0	22	.043	.043	.043	.087	2	77

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