Walt McKeel

Walter Thomas McKeel

Positions: Catcher and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 200 lb.

Born: January 17, 1972 in Wilson, NC
High School: Greene Central HS (Snow Hill, NC)
Drafted by the Boston Red Sox in the 3rd round of the 1990 amateur draft.
Signed June 12, 1990. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1996
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Rockies 1996-2002

Final Game: July 27, 2002
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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
1990	18	BOS-min	Rk	13	48	44	2	11	3	0	0	6	0	2	3	8	.250	.292	.318	.610		14		0	0	1	0		RES · GULF
1991	19	BOS-min	Rk	35	135	113	10	15	0	1	2	12	0	0	17	20	.133	.244	.204	.448		23	5	1	0	4	0		RES · GULF
1992	20	BOS-min	A+	96	319	288	33	64	11	0	12	33	2	1	22	77	.222	.283	.385	.669		111	3	3	5	1	0		LBG · CARL
1993	21	BOS-min	A+	80	285	247	28	59	17	2	5	32	0	1	26	40	.239	.315	.385	.700		95	6	3	6	3	0		LBG · CARL
1994	22	BOS-min	AA,A+	87	323	301	25	68	14	2	3	32	1	0	15	54	.226	.270	.316	.586		95	6	4	1	2	2		NBR,SAR · EL,FLOR
1995	23	BOS-min	A+,AA	91	325	282	37	86	17	1	10	46	8	4	33	43	.305	.375	.479	.854		135	5	3	0	7	0		SAR,TRE · FLOR,EL
1996	24	BOS-min	AA	128	543	464	86	140	19	1	16	78	2	4	60	52	.302	.385	.450	.835		209	13	7	5	7	3		TRE · EL
1996	24	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/2
1997	25	BOS-min	AAA,AA	73	302	262	34	64	17	0	6	34	0	1	35	41	.244	.333	.378	.711		99	8	1	2	2	3		PAW,TRE · IL,EL
1997	25	BOS	AL	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/23

1998	26	BOS-min	AAA,Rk	61	233	206	27	58	12	1	5	30	1	2	25	35	.282	.361	.422	.783		87	9	1	0	1	0		PAW,RES · IL,GULF
1999	27	DET-min	AAA	67	248	215	21	52	9	1	7	37	2	2	26	32	.242	.332	.391	.723		84	6	4	1	2	0		TOL · IL
2000	28	COL-min	AA	72	270	227	29	51	15	0	8	26	3	3	31	45	.225	.336	.396	.732		90	7	8	2	2	0		CAR · SOUL
2001	29	COL-min	AAA,AA	52	174	147	24	34	6	1	4	13	0	0	20	36	.231	.339	.367	.707		54	2	4	3	0	2		CSP,CAR · PCL,SOUL
2002	30	COL-min	AAA	49	147	130	10	32	7	0	2	11	0	0	16	27	.246	.327	.346	.673		45	2	0	0	1	0		CSP · PCL
2002	30	COL	NL	5	13	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.308	.308	.308	.615	54	4	0	0	0	0	0	/2
3 Yrs				11	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	26	4	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	236	236	15	59	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	59	.250	.250	.250	.500	26	59	0	0	0	0	0

BOS (2 yrs)				6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
COL (1 yr)				5	13	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.308	.308	.308	.615	54	4	0	0	0	0	0

AL (2 yrs)				6	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (1 yr)				5	13	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.308	.308	.308	.615	54	4	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
1996	24	BOS	AL	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/2
1997	25	BOS	AL	5	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.482	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/23

2002	30	COL	NL	5	13	-1	0	0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.449	.498	0.0	-0.2	-0	$	/2
3 Seasons				11	16	-2	0	0	-2	0	-3	-0.3	1	-3	-0.3	.469	.499	-0.1	-0.2	-1	$

BOS (2 yrs)				6	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.485	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
COL (1 yr)				5	13	-1	0	0	-2	0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.449	.498	0.0	-0.2	-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
1997	25	BOS	AL	3	3	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.273	.000	.343	.000	.433	.000	.776	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

2002	30	COL	NL	13	9	1	3.0	120	.400	.308	.283	.308	.359	.308	.450	.615	.809	54	.295	-1.0	-0.1	.444	.000	.000
3 Yrs				16	12	1	2.2	118	.333	.250	.281	.250	.356	.250	.447	.500	.803	26	.193	-1.9	-0.2	.333	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				236	177	15	2.2	118	.333	.250	.281	.250	.356	.250	.447	.500	.803	26	.193	-1.9	-0.2	.333	.000	.000

COL (1 yr)				13	9	1	3.0	120	.400	.308	.283	.308	.359	.308	.450	.615	.809	54	.294	-1.0	-0.1	.444	.000	.000
BOS (2 yrs)				3	3	0	0.0	111	.000	.000	.273	.000	.343	.000	.433	.000	.776	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000

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
1997	25	BOS	AL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			0.00	0.00	67%	0%	0.0%	50%

2002	30	COL	NL	13	0.0%	23.1%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.3			1.50	5.00	77%	40%	0.0%	0%
3 Yrs				16	0.0%	25.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		4.0			1.00	1.67	75%	33%	0.0%	17%
MLB Averages					2.8%	16.8%	9.0%	7.9%	34%	1.87	5.3	31.5	7.4	0.78	1.08	70%	23%	8.3%	15%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1996	24	BOS	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1997	25	BOS	AL	-0.9	-0.1	3	0.0	0.0	0.0	.00	0.0		-1.3	-0.1	1.13	-1.2	0.00	1

2002	30	COL	NL	-1.0	-0.1	13	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.42	-0.1	-0.1	-1.1	-0.1	0.77	-1.0		0
3 Yrs				-1.9	-0.2	16	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.34	-0.1	-0.1	-2.4	-0.2	0.84	-2.2	0.00	1

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
1997	25	BOS	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

2002	30	COL	NL	0	0	25%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0
3 Yrs				0	0	25%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	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
1997	25	BOS	AL	3	67%	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

2002	30	COL	NL	13	8%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		5	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
3 Yrs				16	19%	4	0	0	1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	10	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					54%																			74%			11%			34%			15%			53%			57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Pit	Pit/PA	Str	Str%	L/Str	S/Str	F/Str	I/Str	AS/Str	I/Bll	AS/Pit	Con	1stS	30%	30c	30s	20%	20c	20s	31%	31c	31s	L/SO	PAu	Pitu	Stru
1997	25	BOS	AL	3	12	4.00	7	58%	43%	14%	14%	29%	57%	0%	33%	75%	0%	0%	0	0	33%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0

2002	30	COL	NL	13	53	4.08	35	66%	23%	11%	37%	29%	77%	0%	51%	85%	23%	0%	0	0	8%	1	1	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
2 Yrs				16	65	4.06	42	65%	26%	12%	33%	29%	74%	0%	48%	84%	19%	0%	0	0	13%	2	2	0%	0	0	0%	0	0	0
MLB Averages						3.72		62%	26%	15%	27%	32%	74%	2%	45%	80%	30%	5%			16%			9%			28%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1997	25	6	3	3	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1998	26	6	3	3	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1999	27	6	3	3	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2000	28	6	3	3	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2001	29	6	3	3	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
2002	30	11	16	16	1	4	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	26	4

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
1997	25	5	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	5

2002	30	5	13	13	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.308	.308	.308	.615	1	5
2 Yrs		10	16	16	1	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.250	.500	1	10
162 Game Avg.		162	259	259	16	65	0	0	0	0	0	0	65	.250	.250	.250	.500	16	10

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