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John McHale

John Joseph McHale

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: September 21, 1921 in Detroit, MI
High School: Detroit Catholic Central HS (Novi, MI)
School: University of Notre Dame (South Bend, IN)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: May 28, 1943
Team: Tigers 1943-1948

Final Game: April 23, 1948
Died: January 17, 2008 in Stuart, FL
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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
1943 21 DET AL 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 0
1944 22 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
1945 23 DET AL 19 16 14 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 4 .143 .250 .143 .393 12 2 0 1 0 /3
1947 25 DET AL 39 103 95 10 20 1 0 3 11 1 1 7 24 .211 .265 .316 .580 58 30 0 0 1 3
1948 26 DET AL 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 64 125 114 10 22 1 0 3 12 1 1 9 29 .193 .258 .281 .539 48 32 0 1 1
162 Game Avg. 162 316 289 25 56 3 0 8 30 3 3 23 73 .193 .258 .281 .539 48 81 0 3 3

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
1943 21 DET AL 4 4 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .485 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
1944 22 DET AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .477 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
1945 23 DET AL 19 16 -2 0 0 0 -0 -2 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .490 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ /3
1947 25 DET AL 39 103 -6 -0 0 0 -1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .480 .495 -0.5 -0.2 -4 $ 3
1948 26 DET AL 1 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .469 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $
5 Seasons 64 125 -8 -0 0 0 -1 -10 -1.1 3 -7 -0.7 .483 .499 -0.7 -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
1943 21 DET AL 4 3 0 0.0 92 .000 .000 .264 .250 .340 .000 .364 .250 .704 -26 .000 -0.5 -0.1 .333 .333 .000
1944 22 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .274 .000 .341 .000 .374 .000 .715 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1945 23 DET AL 16 12 0 0.0 94 .200 .143 .270 .250 .343 .143 .366 .393 .709 12 .000 -1.6 -0.2 .333 .071 .000
1947 25 DET AL 103 77 8 2.8 100 .250 .211 .267 .265 .348 .316 .384 .580 .732 58 .321 -6.1 -0.6 .487 .179 .105 1.5
1948 26 DET AL 1 1 0 0.0 108 .000 .000 .277 .000 .362 .000 .400 .000 .762 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
5 Yrs 125 94 8 2.3 99 .232 .193 .268 .258 .347 .281 .382 .539 .729 48 .252 -8.7 -0.9 .452 .167 .088 1.5
162 Game Avg. 316 238 20 2.3 99 .232 .193 .268 .258 .347 .281 .382 .539 .729 48 .252 -8.7 -0.9 .452 .167 .088 4

Postseason Batting

Postseason Gamelog
Year Age Tm Lg Series Opp Rslt G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1945 23 DET AL WS CHC W 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 3 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

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
1943 21 DET AL 4 0.0% 25.0% 25.0% 0.0% 1.00 3.0 50%
1944 22 DET AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 100%
1945 23 DET AL 16 0.0% 25.0% 6.3% 0.0% 0% 4.00 3.5 14.0 63%
1947 25 DET AL 103 2.9% 23.3% 6.8% 3.9% 20% 3.43 4.0 31.7 8.6 66%
1948 26 DET AL 1 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.00 100%
5 Yrs 125 2.4% 23.2% 7.2% 3.2% 18% 3.22 3.9 38.0 9.5 0.00 66%
MLB Averages 1.3% 9.2% 9.1% 5.9% 25% 1.01 9.6 69.8 8.8 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1943 21 DET AL -0.5 -0.1 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 22 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 23 DET AL -1.6 -0.2 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 25 DET AL -6.1 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 26 DET AL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .09 -0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 1.44 -0.3 0.09 1
5 Yrs -8.7 -0.9 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 .09 -0.0 0.0 -0.5 -0.0 1.44 -0.3 0.09 1

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
1948 26 DET 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
5 Yrs 0 0 24% 0 1 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1948 26 DET AL 1 100% 0 1 0 0 0 0.09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
5 Yrs 1 100% 22 1 0 0 0 0.09 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
MLB Averages 51% 955% 96% 35% 15% 52% 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
1943 21 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 -26 0 0 0 0
1944 22 5 5 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .200 .000 .200 -41 0 0 0 0
1945 23 24 21 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .111 .238 .111 .349 -0 2 0 1 0
1946 24 24 21 18 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 0 2 5 .111 .238 .111 .349 -0 2 0 1 0
1947 25 63 124 113 10 22 1 0 3 12 1 1 9 29 .195 .260 .283 .543 49 32 0 1 1
1948 26 64 125 114 10 22 1 0 3 12 1 1 9 29 .193 .258 .281 .539 48 32 0 1 1

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
1943 21 4 4 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 .000 .250 .000 .250 0 4
1944 22 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
1945 23 20 17 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .000 .118 .000 .118 0 19
1947 25 40 107 99 10 21 1 0 3 12 1 7 25 .212 .264 .313 .577 8 39
1948 26 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 1
5 Yrs 66 130 119 10 21 1 0 3 12 1 9 30 .176 .240 .261 .501 8 64
162 Game Avg. 162 319 292 25 52 2 0 7 29 2 22 74 .176 .240 .261 .501 20 64

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