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Ed McGhee

Warren Edward McGhee

Position: Centerfielder
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 170 lb.

Born: September 29, 1924 in Perry, AR
School: Arkansas State University (Jonesboro, AR)
Signed by the Chicago White Sox as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 20, 1950
Teams (by GP): Athletics/WhiteSox 1950-1955

Final Game: May 26, 1955
Died: February 13, 1986 in Memphis, TN
Buried: Calvary Cemetery, Memphis, TN
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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
1950 25 CHW AL 3 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .500 .667 68 3 0 0 0 /O9
1953 28 PHA AL 104 399 358 36 94 11 4 1 29 4 3 32 43 .263 .328 .324 .652 74 116 12 3 6 O8/97
1954 29 TOT AL 63 146 128 17 28 3 0 2 14 5 1 16 16 .219 .303 .289 .593 62 37 4 0 1 1 89/7
1954 29 PHA AL 21 58 53 5 11 2 0 2 9 0 1 4 8 .208 .259 .358 .617 68 19 0 0 0 1 8/7
1954 29 CHW AL 42 88 75 12 17 1 0 0 5 5 0 12 8 .227 .333 .240 .573 57 18 4 0 1 0 89/7
1955 30 CHW AL 26 19 13 6 1 0 0 0 0 2 1 6 1 .077 .368 .077 .445 25 1 2 0 0 0 0 8/7
4 Yrs 196 570 505 59 124 14 5 3 43 11 5 54 61 .246 .321 .311 .632 70 157 18 3 7 1 0
162 Game Avg. 162 471 417 49 102 12 4 2 36 9 4 45 50 .246 .321 .311 .632 70 130 15 2 6
CHW (3 yrs) 71 113 94 18 19 1 1 0 5 7 1 18 10 .202 .330 .234 .564 54 22 6 0 1 0 0
PHA (2 yrs) 125 457 411 41 105 13 4 3 38 4 4 36 51 .255 .319 .328 .648 74 135 12 3 6 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 Awards
1950 25 CHW AL 3 6 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .487 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /O9
1953 28 PHA AL 104 399 -10 -1 -1 4 -1 -9 -1.0 11 2 0.1 .491 .494 -0.3 0.3 -2 $ O8/97
1954 29 PHA AL 21 58 -3 -0 1 -3 -0 -6 -0.7 2 -4 -0.5 .468 .496 -0.2 -0.4 -1 $ 8/7
1954 29 CHW AL 42 88 -4 1 -0 3 -1 -1 -0.1 2 2 0.2 .498 .500 -0.2 0.3 -2 $ 89/7
1955 30 CHW AL 26 19 -1 -0 -0 -0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .491 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ 8/7
4 Seasons 196 570 -19 -0 -1 4 -2 -19 -2.0 16 -3 -0.4 .490 .498 -0.9 0.2 -7 $
CHW (3 yrs) 71 113 -6 1 -1 3 -1 -3 -0.4 3 -0 0.0 .495 .499 -0.4 0.2 -3 $
PHA (2 yrs) 125 457 -13 -1 -1 1 -1 -15 -1.6 12 -3 -0.4 .487 .495 -0.5 -0.0 -4 $

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
1950 25 CHW AL 6 5 1 5.3 111 .200 .167 .275 .167 .361 .500 .412 .667 .773 68 .530 -0.5 -0.1 .600 .333 .333
1953 28 PHA AL 399 285 37 3.5 105 .296 .263 .273 .328 .350 .324 .402 .652 .752 74 .390 -13.2 -1.3 .545 .154 .061 1.6
1954 29 TOT AL 146 107 12 3.0 101 .234 .219 .269 .303 .345 .289 .393 .593 .737 62 .346 -6.8 -0.7 .543 .227 .070 2.9
1954 29 PHA AL 58 44 5 3.0 100 .205 .208 .267 .259 .342 .358 .390 .617 .732 68 .352 -2.6 -0.3 .512 .208 .151 .0
1954 29 CHW AL 88 63 7 3.0 102 .254 .227 .270 .333 .346 .240 .395 .573 .741 57 .342 -4.2 -0.4 .565 .240 .013 .0
1955 30 CHW AL 19 15 1 1.8 104 .083 .077 .269 .368 .349 .077 .400 .445 .749 25 .151 -1.0 -0.1 .533 .538 .000 .0
4 Yrs 570 412 51 3.3 104 .274 .246 .272 .321 .349 .311 .400 .632 .748 70 .372 -21.6 -2.2 .545 .184 .065 4.7
162 Game Avg. 471 341 42 3.3 104 .274 .246 .272 .321 .349 .311 .400 .632 .748 70 .372 -21.6 -2.2 .545 .184 .065 4
CHW (3 yrs) 113 83 9 2.9 103 .226 .202 .270 .330 .348 .234 .397 .564 .744 54 .323 -5.7 -0.6 .561 .287 .032 .0
PHA (2 yrs) 457 329 42 3.4 104 .285 .255 .272 .319 .349 .328 .401 .648 .749 74 .384 -15.8 -1.6 .540 .161 .073 3.4

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1950 25 CHW AL 6 0.0% 16.7% 0.0% 16.7% 100% 6.0 83%
1953 28 PHA AL 399 0.3% 10.8% 8.0% 4.0% 17% 1.34 8.3 358.0 12.3 0.88 79%
1954 29 TOT AL 146 1.4% 11.0% 11.0% 3.4% 18% 1.00 8.0 64.0 9.1 1.20 76%
1954 29 PHA AL 58 3.5% 13.8% 6.9% 6.9% 36% 2.00 6.6 26.5 5.9 1.33 76%
1954 29 CHW AL 88 0.0% 9.1% 13.6% 1.1% 6% 0.67 9.4 15.0 1.12 76%
1955 30 CHW AL 19 0.0% 5.3% 31.6% 0.0% 0% 0.17 13.0 1.17 63%
4 Yrs 570 0.5% 10.7% 9.5% 3.9% 18% 1.13 8.3 168.3 11.7 0.97 78%
MLB Averages 2.1% 10.6% 9.6% 6.5% 28% 1.11 8.4 42.7 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 PHlev AB
1950 25 CHW AL -0.5 -0.1 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .02 -0.0 -0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.39 -0.3 0.02 1
1953 28 PHA AL -13.7 -1.4 385 -0.9 5.9 -6.8 1.03 -1.2 0.3 -13.8 -1.4 0.93 -13.6 0.64 7
1954 29 TOT AL -6.7 -0.7 153 0.1 2.8 -2.7 1.08 -0.4 0.5 -0.0 0.0 1.06 -4.2 2.04 11
1954 29 PHA AL -2.6 -0.3 60 0.4 1.2 -0.8 .87 -0.3 0.8 0.8 0.1 1.00 -2.0 1.88 7
1954 29 CHW AL -4.1 -0.4 93 -0.4 1.6 -2.0 1.22 -0.2 -0.1 -0.9 -0.1 1.10 -2.3 2.34 4
1955 30 CHW AL -1.0 -0.1 21 -0.2 0.0 -0.2 .45 -0.1 -0.3 -2.2 -0.2 1.08 -1.7 0.19 2
4 Yrs -21.9 -2.2 560 -1.0 8.8 -9.8 1.02 -1.7 0.7 -16.1 -1.6 0.97 -19.9 1.30 21

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year Age Tm Lg ROE XI RS% SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS OOB BT XBT% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1950 25 CHW AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 28 PHA AL 8 0 27% 133 4 3 57% 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 4 41% 29 19 9 5 2 3 12 3 7
1954 29 TOT AL 1 0 36% 62 5 1 83% 5 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 5 44% 7 6 1 6 1 5 3 2 1
1954 29 PHA AL 0 0 23% 17 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 25% 3 3 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
1954 29 CHW AL 1 0 41% 45 5 0 100% 5 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 3 50% 4 3 1 5 1 4 3 2 1
1955 30 CHW AL 0 0 86% 25 2 1 67% 2 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 33% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
4 Yrs 9 0 32% 220 11 5 69% 11 3 0 1 0 0 1 0 9 10 41% 41 29 11 11 3 8 16 5 9

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
1950 25 CHW AL 6 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0.02 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1953 28 PHA AL 399 30% 94 7 2 0 0 0.64 1 0 10 1 0 1 0 0 6 6 100% 78 12 15% 30 11 37% 241 26 11% 15 6 40% 14 6 43% 0
1954 29 TOT AL 146 35% 28 11 1 0 1 2.04 2 0 7 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 100% 37 4 11% 16 3 19% 114 15 13% 8 4 50% 7 2 29% 0
1954 29 PHA AL 58 29% 11 7 1 0 1 1.88 2 0 3 2 0 1 1 0 0 0 9 0 0% 4 1 25% 41 8 20% 3 2 67% 2 0 0% 0
1954 29 CHW AL 88 39% 17 4 0 0 0 2.34 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 28 4 14% 12 2 17% 73 7 10% 5 2 40% 5 2 40% 0
1955 30 CHW AL 19 42% 1 2 1 0 0 0.19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 2 29% 1 0 0% 16 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
4 Yrs 570 32% 124 21 4 0 1 1.30 3 0 17 3 0 2 1 0 7 7 100% 122 18 15% 47 14 30% 371 41 11% 23 10 43% 21 8 38% 0
MLB Averages 50% 88% 12% 32% 14% 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 SF IBB
1950 25 3 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .500 .667 68 3 0 0 0
1951 26 3 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .500 .667 68 3 0 0 0
1952 27 3 6 6 0 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 .167 .167 .500 .667 68 3 0 0 0
1953 28 107 405 364 36 95 11 5 1 29 4 3 32 44 .261 .326 .327 .653 74 119 12 3 6
1954 29 170 551 492 53 123 14 5 3 43 9 4 48 60 .250 .320 .317 .637 71 156 16 3 7 1
1955 30 196 570 505 59 124 14 5 3 43 11 5 54 61 .246 .321 .311 .632 70 157 18 3 7 1 0

Neutralized Batting

Change to: Default / 750 Runs / 1968 Dodgers / 2000 Rockies or

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
1950 25 3 6 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1953 28 109 414 372 36 96 11 4 1 29 4 33 45 .258 .324 .317 .641 38 104
1954 29 66 153 134 18 29 3 0 2 15 5 17 17 .216 .303 .284 .586 11 63
1955 30 27 20 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 1 .000 .300 .000 .300 0 26
4 Yrs 205 593 526 54 125 14 4 3 44 11 56 64 .238 .314 .297 .611 49 196
162 Game Avg. 162 469 416 43 99 11 3 2 35 9 44 51 .238 .314 .297 .611 39 196

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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