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Bo McLaughlin

Michael Duane McLaughlin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 5", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: October 23, 1953 in Oakland, CA
High School: Amelia HS (Batavia, OH)
School: Lipscomb University (Nashville, TN)
Drafted by the Houston Astros in the 1st round (14th pick) of the 1975 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 20, 1976
Teams (by GP): Astros/Braves/Athletics 1976-1982

Final Game: July 9, 1982
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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
1976 22 HOU NL 17 23 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .095 .000 .095 -70 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1977 23 HOU NL 46 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 2 0 0 1
1978 24 HOU NL 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 25 TOT NL 49 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1979 25 HOU NL 12 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1979 25 ATL NL 37 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0 1
1981 27 OAK AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
1982 28 OAK AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1
6 Yrs 156 45 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 .000 .075 .000 .075 -77 0 0 0 5 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 47 38 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 21 .000 .075 .000 .075 -77 0 0 0 5 0 0
HOU (4 yrs) 87 39 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 18 .000 .086 .000 .086 -73 0 0 0 4 0 0
OAK (2 yrs) 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
ATL (1 yr) 37 6 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 -100 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (4 yrs) 124 45 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 .000 .075 .000 .075 -77 0 0 0 5 0 0
AL (2 yrs) 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Awards
1976 22 HOU NL 17 23 -4 0 0 0 2 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .489 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1977 23 HOU NL 46 12 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .498 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1978 24 HOU NL 12 3 -1 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .496 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1979 25 HOU NL 12 1 -0 0 0 0 0 -0 -0.0 0 -0 0.0 .498 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ 1
1979 25 ATL NL 37 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1981 27 OAK AL 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
1982 28 OAK AL 21 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ 1
6 Seasons 156 45 -9 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.5 .497 .500 -0.5 0.1 -3 $
HOU (4 yrs) 87 39 -8 0 0 0 4 -3 -0.4 1 -2 -0.4 .496 .499 -0.4 0.0 -2 $
OAK (2 yrs) 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
ATL (1 yr) 37 6 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -1 -0.1 .497 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $

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
1976 22 HOU NL 23 21 0 0.0 84 .000 .000 .252 .095 .317 .000 .359 .095 .676 -70 .000 -4.1 -0.4 .105 .105 .000
1977 23 HOU NL 12 11 0 0.0 95 .000 .000 .258 .100 .324 .000 .394 .100 .718 -69 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
1978 24 HOU NL 3 3 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .253 .000 .319 .000 .371 .000 .690 -100 .000 -0.8 -0.1 .000 .000 .000
1979 25 TOT NL 7 7 0 0.0 104 .000 .000 .274 .000 .341 .000 .407 .000 .748 -100 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
1979 25 HOU NL 1 1 0 0.0 94 .000 .262 .000 .326 .000 .388 .000 .714 -100 .000 -0.3 -0.0 .000 .000 .000
1979 25 ATL NL 6 6 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .277 .000 .344 .000 .411 .000 .755 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .000 .000 .000
6 Yrs 45 42 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .257 .075 .322 .000 .376 .075 .699 -77 .000 -8.7 -0.9 .081 .081 .000
162 Game Avg. 47 44 0 0.0 90 .000 .000 .257 .075 .322 .000 .376 .075 .699 -77 .000 -8.7 -0.9 .081 .081 .000
HOU (4 yrs) 39 36 0 0.0 88 .000 .000 .254 .086 .319 .000 .371 .086 .690 -73 .000 -7.2 -0.8 .094 .094 .000
ATL (1 yr) 6 6 0 0.0 105 .000 .000 .277 .000 .344 .000 .411 .000 .755 -100 .000 -1.4 -0.2 .000 .000 .000

Ratio Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% SO/BB AB/SO AB/HR AB/RBI GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1976 22 HOU NL 23 0.0% 30.4% 8.7% 0.0% 3.50 2.7 3.67 52%
1977 23 HOU NL 12 0.0% 66.7% 8.3% 0.0% 8.00 1.1 8%
1978 24 HOU NL 3 0.0% 66.7% 0.0% 0.0% 1.5 0.00 33%
1979 25 TOT NL 7 0.0% 42.9% 0.0% 0.0% 2.0 3.00 43%
1979 25 HOU NL 1 0.0% 100.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.0 0%
1979 25 ATL NL 6 0.0% 33.3% 0.0% 0.0% 2.5 3.00 50%
6 Yrs 45 0.0% 44.4% 6.7% 0.0% 6.67 1.9 3.20 38%
MLB Averages 1.9% 12.8% 8.4% 6.5% 28% 1.53 7.0 45.9 8.6 1.10 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1976 22 HOU NL -4.1 -0.4 24 -0.4 0.1 -0.5 1.01 -0.4 -0.0 -3.6 -0.4 0.95 -3.7 0
1977 23 HOU NL -2.1 -0.2 12 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 1.09 -0.2 -0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.93 -1.7 0
1978 24 HOU NL -0.8 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.08 -0.1 0.0 -0.5 -0.1 0.82 -0.7 0
1979 25 TOT NL -1.7 -0.2 7 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .70 -0.2 0.0 -1.2 -0.1 0.72 -1.7 0
1979 25 HOU NL -0.3 -0.0 1 -0.0 0.0 -0.0 1.68 -0.0 0.0 -0.1 -0.0 0.60 -0.2 0
1979 25 ATL NL -1.4 -0.2 6 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .54 -0.1 0.0 -1.0 -0.1 0.74 -1.5 0
1981 27 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
1982 28 OAK AL 0.0 0.0
6 Yrs -8.7 -0.9 46 -0.8 0.2 -0.9 .99 -0.8 -0.0 -6.6 -0.7 0.90 -7.8 0

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
1976 22 HOU NL 0 0 0% 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1977 23 HOU NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1978 24 HOU 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
1979 25 TOT 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
1979 25 HOU 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
1979 25 ATL 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
6 Yrs 0 0 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 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
1976 22 HOU NL 23 9% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 4 1 25% 10 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1977 23 HOU NL 12 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 2 0 0% 1 1 100% 8 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1978 24 HOU NL 3 33% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1979 25 TOT NL 7 57% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1979 25 HOU NL 1 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 0 0
1979 25 ATL NL 6 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 45 29% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 6 0 0% 7 2 29% 20 0 0% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
MLB Averages 56% 80% 11% 35% 15% 51% 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
1976 22 17 23 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .095 .000 .095 -70 0 0 0 2 0 0
1977 23 63 35 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 15 .000 .097 .000 .097 -70 0 0 0 4 0 0
1978 24 75 38 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 17 .000 .088 .000 .088 -72 0 0 0 4 0 0
1979 25 124 45 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 .000 .075 .000 .075 -77 0 0 0 5 0 0
1980 26 124 45 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 .000 .075 .000 .075 -77 0 0 0 5 0 0
1981 27 135 45 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 .000 .075 .000 .075 -77 0 0 0 5 0 0
1982 28 156 45 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 .000 .075 .000 .075 -77 0 0 0 5 0 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
1976 22 17 23 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 7 .000 .095 .000 .095 0 17
1977 23 46 12 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 8 .000 .100 .000 .100 0 46
1978 24 12 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 12
1979 25 49 7 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 49
4 Yrs 124 45 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 20 .000 .075 .000 .075 0 124
162 Game Avg. 162 59 48 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 26 .000 .075 .000 .075 0 124

* 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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