Dick Marlowe

Richard Burton Marlowe

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 165 lb.

Born: June 27, 1929 in Hickory, NC
School: Davidson College (Davidson, NC)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 19, 1951
Teams (by GP): Tigers/WhiteSox 1951-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: December 30, 1968 in Toledo, OH
Buried: Toledo Memorial Park Cemetery, Sylvania, OH
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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
1948	19	DET-min	A	22	53	53		8	1	0	0						.151	.151	.170	.321		9							FLI · CENL
1949	20	DET-min	A	36	76	76		7	1	0	0						.092	.092	.105	.197		8							WPT · EL
1950	21	DET-min	AAA	33	68	55	2	4	0	0	0	0	0		1	22	.073	.089	.073	.162		4	1	0	12				TOL · AA
1951	22	DET-min	AAA	39	72	63	3	5	0	0	0	2	0		6	27	.079	.159	.079	.239		5	1	0	3				TOL · AA
1951	22	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1952	23	DET-min	AAA	36	52	51	1	11	2	0	0	2	0		0	13	.216	.216	.255	.471		13		0	1				BFL · IL
1952	23	DET	AL	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/1
1953	24	DET	AL	42	33	32	0	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	13	.219	.219	.219	.438	19	7	1	0	1			1
1954	25	DET	AL	38	19	18	1	3	1	0	0	1	0	0	1	11	.167	.211	.222	.433	20	4	0	0	0	0		1
1955	26	DET-min	AAA	37	63	57	3	10	2	0	0	3	0		2	22	.175	.217	.211	.427		12		1	3	0			BFL · IL
1955	26	DET	AL	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	-42	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	27	DET-min	AAA	20	22	20	1	6	0	0	0	3	0		2	8	.300	.364	.300	.664		6	0	0	0	0			CHL · AA
1956	27	TOT	AL	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	27	DET	AL	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1956	27	CHW	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1957	28	BAL-CHC-min	Opn	50	25	25	1	9	0	0	0	3	0		0	12	.360	.360	.360	.720		9	0	0	0	0			VAN,POR · PCL
6 Yrs				98	60	57	2	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	26	.175	.203	.193	.396	9	11	1	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	99	94	3	17	2	0	0	5	0	0	3	43	.175	.203	.193	.396	9	18	2	0	2

DET (6 yrs)				97	60	57	2	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	2	26	.175	.203	.193	.396	9	11	1	0	1	0	0
CHW (1 yr)				1	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
1951	22	DET	AL	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1952	23	DET	AL	4	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1953	24	DET	AL	42	33	-4	-0	-0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$	1
1954	25	DET	AL	38	19	-2	-0	0	0	2	0	0.0	0	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$	1
1955	26	DET	AL	4	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.492	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1956	27	DET	AL	7	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1956	27	CHW	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				98	60	-8	-0	0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$

DET (6 yrs)				97	60	-8	-0	0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.0	0	$
CHW (1 yr)				1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$

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
1952	23	DET	AL	2	2	0	0.0	96	.000	.000	.260	.000	.340	.000	.380	.000	.720	-100	.000	-0.5	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1953	24	DET	AL	33	27	2	2.0	101	.368	.219	.267	.219	.343	.219	.393	.438	.736	19	.186	-3.7	-0.4	.269	.000	.000
1954	25	DET	AL	19	15	1	1.8	98	.429	.167	.264	.211	.340	.222	.386	.433	.726	20	.170	-2.0	-0.2	.333	.111	.056
1955	26	DET	AL	5	4	0	0.0	101	.000	.000	.264	.200	.343	.000	.394	.200	.737	-42	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.250	.250	.000
1956	27	TOT	AL	1	1	0	0.0	107		.000	.268	.000	.351	.000	.410	.000	.761	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
1956	27	DET	AL	1	1	0	0.0	107		.000	.268	.000	.351	.000	.410	.000	.761	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				60	49	3	1.6	100	.323	.175	.266	.203	.342	.193	.391	.396	.733	9	.141	-7.4	-0.8	.271	.053	.018
162 Game Avg.				99	81	5	1.6	100	.323	.175	.266	.203	.342	.193	.391	.396	.733	9	.141	-7.4	-0.8	.271	.053	.018

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1952	23	DET	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
1953	24	DET	AL	33	0.0%	39.4%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		2.5		16.0	1.50	58%
1954	25	DET	AL	19	0.0%	57.9%	5.3%	5.3%	33%	11.00	1.6		18.0	1.00	37%
1955	26	DET	AL	5	0.0%	20.0%	20.0%	0.0%		1.00	4.0			2.00	60%
1956	27	TOT	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1956	27	DET	AL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
6 Yrs				60	0.0%	43.3%	3.3%	1.7%	10%	13.00	2.2		19.0	1.44	52%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.9%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.16	8.1	41.8	8.2	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
1951	22	DET	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1952	23	DET	AL	-0.5	-0.1	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1953	24	DET	AL	-3.7	-0.4	33	-0.5	0.4	-0.8	1.08	-0.4	0.0	-3.5	-0.4	0.85	-4.4	0
1954	25	DET	AL	-2.0	-0.2	19	-0.3	0.2	-0.5	1.19	-0.2	-0.1	-2.7	-0.3	1.12	-2.6	0
1955	26	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	5	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.03	-0.0	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	0.84	-1.1	0
1956	27	TOT	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.85	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0
1956	27	DET	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.85	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.74	-0.3	0
1956	27	CHW	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
6 Yrs				-7.4	-0.8	58	-0.8	0.5	-1.3	1.02	-0.7	-0.1	-7.8	-0.8	0.93	-8.4	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1952	23	DET	AL		0		0	0
1953	24	DET	AL	0%	8	0%	2	2
1954	25	DET	AL	25%	4	0%	3	3
1955	26	DET	AL	100%	1		0	0
1956	27	TOT	AL		0		0	0
1956	27	DET	AL		0		0	0
6 Yrs				17%	13	0%	5	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
1952	23	DET	AL	2		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
1953	24	DET	AL	33	12%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	4	1	25%	5	0	0%	18	2	11%	0	0		1	0	0%	0
1954	25	DET	AL	19	21%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		6	0	0%	5	0	0%	18	1	6%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0
1955	26	DET	AL	5	60%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1956	27	TOT	AL	1	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
1956	27	DET	AL	1	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
6 Yrs				60	19%	10			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	33%	10	1	10%	12	0	0%	40	3	8%	2	1	50%	3	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			85%			11%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH	SF	IBB
1952	23	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0
1953	24	48	35	34	0	7	0	2	0	13	.206	.206	.206	.412	12	7	1	1
1954	25	86	54	52	1	10	1	3	1	24	.192	.208	.212	.419	15	11	1	1	0
1955	26	90	59	56	2	10	1	3	2	25	.179	.207	.196	.403	11	11	1	1	0	0
1956	27	98	60	57	2	10	1	3	2	26	.175	.203	.193	.396	9	11	1	1	0	0

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	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1952	23	4	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	4
1953	24	44	36	35	0	9	0	3	0	14	.257	.257	.257	.514	2	42
1954	25	40	20	19	1	3	1	1	1	11	.158	.200	.211	.411	1	38
1955	26	4	5	4	1	0	0	0	1	1	.000	.200	.000	.200	0	4
1956	27	8	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	8
5 Yrs		100	64	61	2	12	1	4	2	27	.197	.222	.213	.435	3	96
162 Game Avg.		162	104	99	3	19	2	6	3	44	.197	.222	.213	.435	5	96

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