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Cliff Mapes

Clifford Franklin Mapes (Tiger)

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 13, 1922 in Sutherland, NE
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1940. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 20, 1948
Teams (by GP): Yankees/Tigers/Browns 1948-1952

Final Game: September 28, 1952
Died: December 5, 1996 in Pryor, OK
Buried: Graham Memorial Cemetery, Pryor, OK
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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
1940	18	CLE-min	C	101	360	360		88	16	7	14						.244	.244	.444	.689		160						FLI · MICH
1941	19	CLE-min	C	101	356	356		101	18	8	14						.284	.284	.497	.781		177						FLI · MICH
1942	20	CLE-min	B	110	402	402		97	16	8	11						.241	.241	.403	.644		162						CDR · IIIL
1943	21	CLE-min	A	136	497	497		127	18	11	5						.256	.256	.366	.622		182						WKB · EL
1946	24	CLE-min	A,AAA	115	395	381	17	104	19	13	9	19	5		14	29	.273	.299	.462	.761		176		0	0			WKB,SLE · EL,PCL
1947	25	NYY-min	AAA	155	663	542	107	167	27	11	21	117	17		119	104	.308	.434	.515	.949		279	5	2	0			KCY · AA
1948	26	NYY	AL	53	94	88	19	22	11	1	1	12	1	1	6	13	.250	.298	.432	.730	93	38	1	0	0		O/789
1949	27	NYY	AL	111	369	304	56	75	13	3	7	38	6	0	58	50	.247	.369	.378	.747	98	115	4	1	6		*O89/7
1950	28	NYY	AL	108	415	356	60	88	14	6	12	61	1	6	47	61	.247	.338	.421	.760	96	150	14	2	9		O98/7
1951	29	TOT	AL	101	284	252	38	66	10	3	9	38	0	1	30	47	.262	.343	.433	.775	107	109	7	1	1		978
1951	29	NYY	AL	45	55	51	6	11	3	1	2	8	0	0	4	14	.216	.273	.431	.704	91	22	1	0	0		O9/87
1951	29	SLB	AL	56	229	201	32	55	7	2	7	30	0	1	26	33	.274	.360	.433	.792	111	87	6	1	1		O978
1952	30	DET	AL	86	221	193	26	38	7	0	9	23	0	1	27	42	.197	.295	.373	.669	85	72	2	0	1		O98/7
1953	31	NYY-min	AAA	74	241	194	25	52	15	0	4	22	3		45	40	.268	.406	.407	.813		79	2	0	2			TTO,KCY · IL,AA
1954	32	CIN-CHW-min	AA,AAA	47	136	108	13	21	5	0	2	11	1	2	26	26	.194	.356	.296	.652		32	1	1	1	0		TUL,CHL · TL,AA
5 Yrs				459	1383	1193	199	289	55	13	38	172	8	9	168	213	.242	.338	.406	.743	97	484	28	4	17
162 Game Avg.				162	488	421	70	102	19	5	13	61	3	3	59	75	.242	.338	.406	.743	97	171	10	1	6

NYY (4 yrs)				317	933	799	141	196	41	11	22	119	8	7	115	138	.245	.342	.407	.749	96	325	20	3	15
DET (1 yr)				86	221	193	26	38	7	0	9	23	0	1	27	42	.197	.295	.373	.669	85	72	2	0	1
SLB (1 yr)				56	229	201	32	55	7	2	7	30	0	1	26	33	.274	.360	.433	.792	111	87	6	1	1

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	NYY	AL	53	94	-2	-0	0	0	-1	-2	-0.2	2	0	0.0	.495	.499	0.0	-0.1	0	$	O/789
1949	27	NYY	AL	111	369	-0	5	1	4	-3	6	0.6	9	16	1.6	.506	.504	1.2	0.1	12	$	*O89/7
1950	28	NYY	AL	108	415	-4	-1	-1	-6	-4	-16	-1.4	11	-4	-0.3	.486	.491	0.2	-0.9	2	$	O98/7
1951	29	NYY	AL	45	55	-1	-0	-0	-4	-1	-6	-0.6	2	-5	-0.5	.486	.496	-0.1	-0.5	-1	$	O9/87
1951	29	SLB	AL	56	229	3	-1	1	0	-2	1	0.1	6	7	0.7	.501	.500	0.6	-0.2	7	$	O978
1952	30	DET	AL	86	221	-4	-0	1	-6	-2	-12	-1.3	6	-6	-0.7	.485	.492	-0.1	-0.9	-0	$	O98/7
5 Seasons				459	1383	-9	2	2	-12	-13	-29	-2.9	36	7	0.8	.494	.497	1.8	-2.5	19	$

NYY (4 yrs)				317	933	-7	3	1	-6	-9	-18	-1.7	24	6	0.8	.495	.497	1.3	-1.4	12	$
DET (1 yr)				86	221	-4	-0	1	-6	-2	-12	-1.3	6	-6	-0.7	.485	.492	-0.1	-0.9	-0	$
SLB (1 yr)				56	229	3	-1	1	0	-2	1	0.1	6	7	0.7	.501	.500	0.6	-0.2	7	$

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
1948	26	NYY	AL	94	68	11	4.3	105	.284	.250	.272	.298	.357	.432	.393	.730	.750	93	.469	-1.2	-0.1	.647	.250	.182	1.0
1949	27	NYY	AL	369	239	43	4.8	107	.275	.247	.271	.369	.363	.378	.393	.747	.756	98	.520	0.2	0.0	.773	.342	.132	6.5
1950	28	NYY	AL	415	297	48	4.3	111	.269	.247	.275	.338	.361	.421	.412	.760	.773	96	.434	-3.4	-0.3	.674	.292	.174	1.8
1951	29	TOT	AL	284	195	37	5.1	104	.291	.262	.269	.343	.351	.433	.395	.775	.746	107	.556	1.7	0.2	.716	.286	.171	.0
1951	29	NYY	AL	55	41	6	3.9	99	.257	.216	.263	.273	.343	.431	.385	.704	.728	91	.437	-1.0	-0.1	.634	.294	.216	.0
1951	29	SLB	AL	229	154	31	5.4	105	.298	.274	.271	.360	.353	.433	.398	.792	.750	111	.582	2.8	0.3	.739	.284	.159	.0
1952	30	DET	AL	221	159	21	3.6	96	.204	.197	.260	.295	.340	.373	.380	.669	.720	85	.432	-4.4	-0.5	.620	.311	.176	.0
5 Yrs				1383	958	160	4.5	105	.266	.242	.270	.338	.356	.406	.397	.743	.753	97	.485	-7.0	-0.7	.696	.303	.163	13.2
162 Game Avg.				488	338	56	4.5	105	.266	.242	.270	.338	.356	.406	.397	.743	.753	97	.485	-7.0	-0.7	.696	.303	.163	5

NYY (4 yrs)				933	645	108	4.4	108	.272	.245	.272	.342	.360	.407	.401	.749	.761	96	.471	-5.3	-0.5	.705	.307	.161	11.7
DET (1 yr)				221	159	21	3.6	96	.204	.197	.260	.295	.340	.373	.380	.669	.720	85	.431	-4.4	-0.5	.620	.311	.176	.0
SLB (1 yr)				229	154	31	5.4	105	.298	.274	.271	.360	.353	.433	.398	.792	.750	111	.582	2.8	0.3	.739	.284	.159	.0

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	Series	Opp	Rslt	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	TB	SH
1949	27	NYY	AL	WS	BRO	W	4	13	10	3	1	1	2	2	4	.100	.250	.200	.450	2	1
1950	28	NYY	AL	WS	PHI	W	1	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0
2 Yrs (2 Series)							5	17	14	3	1	1	2	2	5	.071	.188	.143	.330	2	1
2 WS							5	17	14	3	1	1	2	2	5	.071	.188	.143	.330	2	1

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	NYY	AL	94	1.1%	13.8%	6.4%	13.8%	59%	2.17	6.8	88.0	7.3	1.10	79%
1949	27	NYY	AL	369	1.9%	13.6%	15.7%	6.2%	31%	0.86	6.1	43.4	8.0	1.50	67%
1950	28	NYY	AL	415	2.9%	14.7%	11.3%	7.7%	36%	1.30	5.8	29.7	5.8	1.29	68%
1951	29	TOT	AL	284	3.2%	16.6%	10.6%	7.8%	33%	1.57	5.4	28.0	6.6	0.90	69%
1951	29	NYY	AL	55	3.6%	25.5%	7.3%	10.9%	55%	3.50	3.6	25.5	6.4	0.64	64%
1951	29	SLB	AL	229	3.1%	14.4%	11.4%	7.0%	29%	1.27	6.1	28.7	6.7	1.00	70%
1952	30	DET	AL	221	4.1%	19.0%	12.2%	7.2%	42%	1.56	4.6	21.4	8.4	1.17	64%
5 Yrs				1383	2.8%	15.4%	12.2%	7.7%	37%	1.27	5.6	31.4	6.9	1.23	68%
MLB Averages					1.9%	9.9%	9.9%	6.4%	28%	0.99	9.0	47.5	8.0	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1948	26	NYY	AL	-1.2	-0.1	43	0.3	1.2	-0.9	1.32	0.2	0.0	2.4	0.2	1.12	1.6	1.84	13
1949	27	NYY	AL	0.2	0.0	299	0.7	4.6	-3.9	.84	1.0	-0.2	10.7	1.0	0.99	10.4	0.76	4
1950	28	NYY	AL	-3.4	-0.3	372	0.4	6.4	-6.0	.94	0.5	-0.1	-4.8	-0.5	0.99	3.4	1.13	6
1951	29	TOT	AL	1.6	0.2	188	-0.9	3.0	-3.9	1.08	-0.0	-0.8	-3.8	-0.4	0.98	-1.7	1.98	15
1951	29	NYY	AL	-1.1	-0.1	53	-0.3	0.9	-1.2	1.22	0.0	-0.3	-1.5	-0.2	1.02	-0.6	1.96	13
1951	29	SLB	AL	2.8	0.3	135	-0.5	2.2	-2.7	1.03	-0.0	-0.5	-2.4	-0.2	0.97	-1.2	2.14	2
1952	30	DET	AL	-4.4	-0.5	197	0.5	4.3	-3.8	1.18	-0.1	0.5	-6.4	-0.7	0.96	-1.5	1.32	22
5 Yrs				-7.1	-0.7	1099	1.0	19.6	-18.6	.99	1.6	-0.6	-1.9	-0.2	0.99	12.0	1.54	60

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	CS3	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	26	NYY	AL	1	67%	22	1	1	50%	0	0	1	0	0	0	20%	3	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	1
1949	27	NYY	AL	7	39%	122	6	0	100%	4	0	0	0	1	1	62%	20	12	8	9	2	7	8	0	8
1950	28	NYY	AL	3	38%	137	1	6	14%	1	3	1	0	3	4	62%	20	8	12	4	3	1	15	4	11
1951	29	TOT	AL	1	33%	71	0	1	0%	0	1	0	1	6	1	50%	14	8	5	2	2	0	6	0	6
1951	29	NYY	AL	1	31%	18	0	0		0	0	0	1	1	1	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1951	29	SLB	AL	0	33%	53	0	1	0%	0	1	0	0	5	0	52%	13	7	5	2	2	0	6	0	6
1952	30	DET	AL	2	30%	72	0	1	0%	0	0	0	1	3	2	52%	14	8	6	7	3	4	2	0	2
5 Yrs				14	38%	424	8	9	47%	5	4	2	2	13	8	56%	71	39	31	23	11	12	32	4	28

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	NYY	AL	94	88%	22			13	3	0	1	1.84	1	0	3	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		10	1	10%	3	1	33%	36	6	17%	2	2	100%	0	0		0
1949	27	NYY	AL	369	78%	75			4	0	0	0	0.76	7	0	5	5	1	5	2	0	8	6	75%	61	4	7%	33	17	52%	205	28	14%	19	5	26%	19	8	42%	0
1950	28	NYY	AL	415	60%	88			6	2	0	0	1.13	12	0	7	9	3	9	3	0	9	9	100%	96	14	15%	44	23	52%	267	38	14%	21	14	67%	19	13	68%	0
1951	29	TOT	AL	284	77%	66			15	4	0	1	1.98	9	0	6	5	1	4	5	0	1	1	100%	38	7	18%	22	9	41%	118	19	16%	16	7	44%	5	3	60%	0
1951	29	NYY	AL	55	84%	11			13	4	0	1	1.96	2	0	4	2	0	1	1	0	0	0		10	1	10%	7	3	43%	37	6	16%	6	3	50%	2	1	50%	0
1951	29	SLB	AL	229	74%	55			2	0	0	0	2.14	7	0	2	3	1	3	4	0	1	1	100%	28	6	21%	15	6	40%	81	13	16%	10	4	40%	3	2	67%	0
1952	30	DET	AL	221	97%	38			22	5	1	2	1.32	9	0	5	7	0	6	3	0	1	1	100%	42	2	5%	23	6	26%	117	12	10%	9	4	44%	6	4	67%	0
5 Yrs				1383	76%	289			60	14	1	4	1.54	38	0	26	26	6	25	13	0	19	17	89%	247	28	11%	125	56	45%	743	103	14%	67	32	48%	49	28	57%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			102%			13%			33%			15%			51%			55%

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
1948	26	53	94	88	19	22	11	1	1	12	1	1	6	13	.250	.298	.432	.730	93	38	1	0	0
1949	27	164	463	392	75	97	24	4	8	50	7	1	64	63	.247	.354	.390	.745	97	153	5	1	6
1950	28	272	878	748	135	185	38	10	20	111	8	7	111	124	.247	.347	.405	.752	97	303	19	3	15
1951	29	373	1162	1000	173	251	48	13	29	149	8	8	141	171	.251	.346	.412	.758	99	412	26	4	16
1952	30	459	1383	1193	199	289	55	13	38	172	8	9	168	213	.242	.338	.406	.743	97	484	28	4	17

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1948	26	55	98	92	19	23	12	1	1	12	1	6	14	.250	.296	.435	.731	11	53
1949	27	116	381	315	55	76	13	3	7	38	6	59	52	.241	.363	.368	.731	42	111
1950	28	113	423	366	56	86	14	6	12	57	1	46	64	.235	.324	.404	.728	47	108
1951	29	106	295	263	38	67	10	3	9	38	0	30	49	.255	.333	.418	.752	37	101
1952	30	90	233	203	28	41	8	0	10	25	0	29	44	.202	.302	.389	.691	23	86
5 Yrs		480	1430	1239	196	293	57	13	39	170	8	170	223	.236	.331	.398	.728	160	459
162 Game Avg.		162	483	418	66	99	19	4	13	57	3	57	75	.236	.331	.398	.728	54	459

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame Standards

Batting - 8 (1801), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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