Windy McCall

John William McCall

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: July 18, 1925 in San Francisco, CA
High School: Balboa HS (San Francisco, CA)
School: University of San Francisco (San Francisco, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 25, 1948
Teams (by GP): Giants/RedSox/Pirates 1948-1957

Final Game: May 5, 1957
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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
1947	21	BOS-min	B	39	96	96		20	3	1	2						.208	.208	.323	.531		31							ROA · PIED
1948	22	BOS-min	AAA	57	101	90	9	19	3	0	1	8	0		7	24	.211	.276	.278	.553		25		1	3				LOU · AA
1948	22	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0			/1
1949	23	BOS-min	AAA	20	40	38	1	11	0	0	0	1	0		1	4	.289	.308	.158	.466		6		0	1				LOU,SLE · AA,PCL
1949	23	BOS	AL	5	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	242	2	0	0	1			/1
1950	24	PIT-min	AAA	21	44	35	8	10	5	0	1	7	0		4	7	.286	.375	.514	.889		18	1	1	4				INA · AA
1950	24	PIT	NL	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0	0	0			/1

1951	25	PIT-min	AAA	29	72	66	7	17	4	1	0	8	0		5	15	.258	.310	.348	.658		23	2	0	1				INA · AA
1952	26	BOS-CLE-min	AA,AAA	47	86	86		23	3	0	1						.267	.267	.279	.547		24							BIR,INA · SOUA,AA
1953	27	SFR	Opn	48	72	68	5	15	2	0	2	9	0		3	16	.221	.254	.338	.592		23	0	0	1				SFR · PCL
1954	28	NYG	NL	33	12	11	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	4	.000	.083	.000	.083	-76	0	0	0	0	0		1
1955	29	NYG	NL	42	22	17	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.118	.211	.118	.328	-10	2	0	1	3	0	0	1
1956	30	NYG	NL	46	15	15	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.200	.200	.200	.400	9	3	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	31	BOS-PHI-min	Opn,AAA	26	29	26	2	6	0	0	0	0	0		1	7	.231	.286	.231	.516		6	0	1	1	0			SFR,MIA · PCL,IL
1957	31	NYG	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1958	32	PHI-min	AAA	40	18	15	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		1	4	.067	.176	.067	.243		1		1	1	0	0		MIA · IL
1959	33	CIN-BAL-min	AAA	23	12	12	1	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.167	.167	.250	.417		3		0	0	0			SLE,MIA · PCL,IL
7 Yrs				134	56	48	2	7	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	13	.146	.212	.146	.357	-3	7	0	1	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	68	58	2	8	0	0	0	1	0		4	16	.146	.212	.146	.357	-3	8	0	1	5

NYG (4 yrs)				126	49	43	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	.116	.174	.116	.290	-21	5	0	1	3	0	0
BOS (2 yrs)				6	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	242	2	0	0	1
PIT (1 yr)				2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	-5	0	0	0	0

NL (5 yrs)				128	52	45	1	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	3	13	.111	.184	.111	.295	-19	5	0	1	3	0	0
AL (2 yrs)				6	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	242	2	0	0	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	22	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1949	23	BOS	AL	5	4	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.522	.501	0.1	0.0	1	$	/1
1950	24	PIT	NL	2	3	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1

1954	28	NYG	NL	33	12	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$	1
1955	29	NYG	NL	42	22	-3	0	0	0	2	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.499	-0.1	-0.1	-0	$	1
1956	30	NYG	NL	46	15	-2	-0	0	0	2	-0	-0.1	0	0	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.1	0	$	1
1957	31	NYG	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
7 Seasons				134	56	-7	-0	0	0	6	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.2	.499	.500	-0.2	-0.1	1	$

NYG (4 yrs)				126	49	-7	-0	0	0	5	-2	-0.2	2	-1	-0.3	.498	.500	-0.3	-0.1	-0	$
BOS (2 yrs)				6	4	1	-0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.518	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$
PIT (1 yr)				2	3	-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
1949	23	BOS	AL	4	2	1	13.3	113	.667	.667	.280	.667	.374	.667	.407	1.333	.781	242	.876	0.6	0.1	2.000	.000	.000
1950	24	PIT	NL	3	2	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.273	.333	.351	.000	.424	.333	.774	-5	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000

1954	28	NYG	NL	12	11	0	0.0	110	.000	.000	.275	.083	.347	.000	.426	.083	.773	-76	.000	-2.9	-0.3	.091	.091	.000
1955	29	NYG	NL	22	18	1	1.5	106	.182	.118	.267	.211	.338	.118	.422	.328	.760	-10	.110	-2.8	-0.3	.267	.059	.000
1956	30	NYG	NL	15	12	1	2.2	102	.250	.200	.263	.200	.330	.200	.415	.400	.745	9	.219	-2.0	-0.2	.250	.000	.000
7 Yrs				56	45	3	1.8	107	.200	.146	.269	.212	.340	.146	.420	.357	.760	-3	.148	-7.3	-0.7	.268	.063	.000
162 Game Avg.				68	54	4	1.8	107	.200	.146	.269	.212	.340	.146	.420	.357	.760	-3	.148	-7.3	-0.7	.268	.063	.000

NYG (4 yrs)				49	41	2	1.3	106	.167	.116	.268	.174	.338	.116	.421	.290	.758	-21	.089	-7.7	-0.8	.211	.047	.000
PIT (1 yr)				3	2	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.273	.333	.351	.000	.424	.333	.774	-5	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.500	.000
BOS (2 yrs)				4	2	1	13.3	113	.667	.667	.280	.667	.374	.667	.407	1.333	.781	242	.876	0.6	0.1	2.000	.000	.000

NL (5 yrs)				52	43	2	1.2	106	.156	.111	.268	.184	.338	.111	.421	.295	.759	-19	.082	-7.9	-0.8	.225	.067	.000
AL (2 yrs)				4	2	1	13.3	113	.667	.667	.280	.667	.374	.667	.407	1.333	.781	242	.876	0.6	0.1	2.000	.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%
1949	23	BOS	AL	4	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	75%
1950	24	PIT	NL	3	0.0%	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%		0.00					67%

1954	28	NYG	NL	12	0.0%	33.3%	8.3%	0.0%		4.00	2.8		11.0	5.00	58%
1955	29	NYG	NL	22	0.0%	27.3%	4.6%	0.0%	0%	6.00	2.8			1.00	50%
1956	30	NYG	NL	15	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		5.0			1.33	80%
7 Yrs				56	0.0%	23.2%	5.4%	0.0%	0%	4.33	3.7		48.0	1.60	63%
MLB Averages					2.1%	10.7%	9.6%	6.5%	28%	1.11	8.3	43.0	8.1	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	22	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1949	23	BOS	AL	0.6	0.1	4	0.0	0.1	-0.0	1.06	0.0	-0.0	0.3	0.0	1.00	0.3	0
1950	24	PIT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.98	-0.0	0.0	0.1	0.0	1.03	-0.2	0

1954	28	NYG	NL	-2.9	-0.3	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.96	-0.2	0.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.89	-2.1	0
1955	29	NYG	NL	-2.8	-0.3	19	-0.3	0.1	-0.3	1.11	-0.3	0.0	-2.6	-0.3	0.93	-2.7	0
1956	30	NYG	NL	-2.0	-0.2	12	-0.2	0.1	-0.3	1.13	-0.1	-0.1	-0.4	-0.0	1.14	-0.9	0
1957	31	NYG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
7 Yrs				-7.3	-0.7	49	-0.5	0.4	-0.9	1.07	-0.5	0.0	-3.7	-0.4	0.98	-5.5	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
1949	23	BOS	AL	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
1950	24	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

1954	28	NYG	NL	1	0	0%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
1955	29	NYG	NL	0	0	25%	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1956	30	NYG	NL	0	0	0%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
7 Yrs				1	0	18%	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	25%	3	2	1	0	0	0	1	1	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
1949	23	BOS	AL	4	75%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1950	24	PIT	NL	3	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1954	28	NYG	NL	12	75%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	1	17%	0	0		0	0		0
1955	29	NYG	NL	22	78%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	3	0	0%	4	3	75%	8	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1956	30	NYG	NL	15	67%	3			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	1	0	0%	11	1	9%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
7 Yrs				56	75%	7			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	9	0	0%	8	4	50%	29	2	7%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					50%																			91%			12%			32%			14%			50%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH	SF	IBB
1949	23	6	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	242	2	0	1
1950	24	8	7	5	1	2	0	1	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	135	2	0	1
1951	25	8	7	5	1	2	0	1	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	135	2	0	1
1952	26	8	7	5	1	2	0	1	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	135	2	0	1
1953	27	8	7	5	1	2	0	1	0	.400	.500	.400	.900	135	2	0	1
1954	28	41	19	16	1	2	1	2	4	.125	.222	.125	.347	-7	2	0	1	0
1955	29	83	41	33	2	4	1	3	10	.121	.216	.121	.337	-9	4	1	4	0	0
1956	30	129	56	48	2	7	1	3	13	.146	.212	.146	.357	-3	7	1	4	0	0
1957	31	134	56	48	2	7	1	3	13	.146	.212	.146	.357	-3	7	1	4	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	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1949	23	5	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.667	.667	.667	1.333	1	5
1950	24	2	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.000	.333	.000	.333	0	2

1954	28	35	13	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	4	.000	.077	.000	.077	0	33
1955	29	44	23	18	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	.000	.100	.000	.100	0	42
1956	30	48	17	17	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.235	.235	.235	.471	1	46
5 Yrs		134	60	52	1	6	0	0	0	1	0	3	13	.115	.179	.115	.294	2	128
162 Game Avg.		162	73	63	1	7	0	0	0	1	0	4	16	.115	.179	.115	.294	2	128

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