Joe McClain

Joseph Fred McClain

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 183 lb.

Born: May 5, 1933 in Johnson City, TN
School: University of Tennessee (Knoxville, TN)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1961
Team: Senators 1961-1962

Final Game: June 1, 1962
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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
1953	20	STL-min	D	72	183	183		63	12	2	5						.344	.344	.514	.858		94							JOH · APPY
1956	23	STL-min	B	44	77	77		22	11	0	0						.286	.286	.429	.714		33							PEO · IIIL
1957	24	STL-min	A,AA,AAA	36	80	77	1	18	4	0	1	1	0	0	2	2	.234	.253	.312	.565		24		0	1	0			CBS,HSN,OMA · SALL,TL,AA
1958	25	NYY-STL-min	AAA	47	71	64	5	18	5	0	0	9	0		3	10	.281	.313	.359	.673		23		0	4	0	0		DEN,ROC · AA,IL
1959	26	STL-min	AAA	48	38	35	7	8	3	0	1	6	0		2	7	.229	.270	.400	.670		14		0	1	0	0		ROC · IL
1960	27	MIN-min	AAA	46	80	80	7	15	3	0	1	8	0		0	11	.188	.188	.263	.450		21							CHL · AA
1961	28	WSA	AL	33	72	68	4	14	4	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.206	.214	.265	.479	31	18	0	0	2	1	0	1
1962	29	TEX/NYM-min	AAA	33	49	44	5	12	3	0	3	11	0	0	2	7	.273	.298	.545	.843		24		0	2	1			SYR · IL
1962	29	WSA	AL	10	7	7	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.143	.143	.143	.286	-23	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	30	NYY-min	AAA	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							RMD · IL
2 Yrs				43	79	75	4	15	4	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.200	.208	.253	.461	26	19	0	0	2	1	0
162 Game Avg.				162	298	283	15	57	15	0	0	15	0	0	4	60	.200	.208	.253	.461	26	72	0	0	8	4	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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	Rrep	RAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1961	28	WSA	AL	33	72	-7	-0	8	1	0.0	2	3	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	3	$	1
1962	29	WSA	AL	10	7	-1	0	1	-0	-0.0	0	-0	.496	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1
2 Seasons				43	79	-9	-0	9	0	0.0	2	3	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$

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
1961	28	WSA	AL	72	57	4	1.9	99	.264	.206	.257	.214	.331	.265	.400	.479	.730	31	.159	-6.5	-0.6	.352	.074	.059
1962	29	WSA	AL	7	6	0	0.0	103	.143	.143	.263	.143	.335	.143	.410	.286	.745	-23	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.167	.000	.000
2 Yrs				79	63	4	1.7	99	.250	.200	.257	.208	.331	.253	.400	.461	.732	26	.137	-7.7	-0.8	.333	.067	.053
162 Game Avg.				298	237	15	1.7	99	.250	.200	.257	.208	.331	.253	.400	.461	.732	26	.137	-7.7	-0.8	.333	.067	.053

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	28	WSA	AL	72	0.0%	22.2%	1.4%	5.6%	29%	16.00	4.3		17.0	1.33	74%
1962	29	WSA	AL	7	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					0.33	100%
2 Yrs				79	0.0%	20.3%	1.3%	5.1%	27%	16.00	4.7		18.8	1.08	76%
MLB Averages					2.5%	13.9%	8.9%	6.7%	29%	1.56	6.4	36.2	8.1	1.05	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1961	28	WSA	AL	-6.6	-0.6	73	-0.4	0.8	-1.2	.91	-0.6	0.2	-5.8	-0.6	0.84	-7.1
1962	29	WSA	AL	-1.2	-0.1	7	-0.4	0.0	-0.4	1.62	-0.2	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	1.04	-2.0
2 Yrs				-7.8	-0.8	80	-0.8	0.8	-1.6	.97	-0.8	0.0	-8.3	-0.8	0.85	-9.0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	28	WSA	AL	27%	16	1	2	20%	1	1	4	2	1
1962	29	WSA	AL	0%	1	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0
2 Yrs				25%	17	1	2	17%	2	2	4	2	1

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
1961	28	WSA	AL	72	28%	14			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	7	0	0%	6	3	50%	29	4	14%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
1962	29	WSA	AL	7	29%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	3	0	0%	4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
2 Yrs				79	28%	15			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	9	0	0%	9	3	33%	33	4	12%	3	2	67%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

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
1961	28	33	72	68	4	14	4	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.206	.214	.265	.479	31	18	0	0	2	1	0
1962	29	43	79	75	4	15	4	0	0	4	0	0	1	16	.200	.208	.253	.461	26	19	0	0	2	1	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
1961	28	33	72	68	4	14	4	4	1	16	.206	.214	.265	.479	4	33
1962	29	10	7	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	10
2 Yrs		43	79	75	4	14	4	4	1	16	.187	.195	.240	.435	4	43
162 Game Avg.		162	298	283	15	53	15	15	4	60	.187	.195	.240	.435	15	43

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