Joey McLaughlin

Joey Richard McLaughlin

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 11, 1956 in Tulsa, OK
High School: McLain HS (Tulsa, OK)
Drafted by the Atlanta Braves in the 2nd round of the 1974 amateur draft. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 11, 1977
Teams (by GP): BlueJays/Braves/Rangers 1977-1984

Final Game: September 25, 1984
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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
1974	17	ATL-min	Rk	8	11	9	2	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	3	.111	.200	.111	.311		1		0	1	0			KPT · APPY
1975	18	ATL-min	A,AA	28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		GRW,SAV · WCRS,SOUL
1976	19	ATL-min	AA,AAA	25	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0		SAV,RMD · SOUL,IL
1977	20	ATL-min	AAA	26	14	11	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	3	.182	.308	.182	.490		2		0	1	0			RMD · IL
1977	20	ATL	NL	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1

1978	21	ATL-min	AAA	26	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0			RMD · IL
1979	22	ATL-min	AAA	18	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		1.000				0		0	0	0			RMD · IL
1979	22	ATL	NL	37	11	11	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.182	.182	.273	.455	19	3	1	0	0	0	0	1
1980	23	TOR	AL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1981	24	TOR	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1982	25	TOR	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1983	26	TOR	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	27	TEX-min	AAA	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		OKC · AA
1984	27	TOT	AL	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1984	27	TOR	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1984	27	TEX	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1985	28	OAK-min	AAA	38	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1986	29	OAK-min	AAA	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		TAC · PCL
1987	30	CHW-min	AAA	31	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0		0	0	0	0		HAW · PCL
7 Yrs				250	12	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	3	1	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	8	8	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	2	1	0	0	0	0

TOR (5 yrs)				195	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
ATL (2 yrs)				40	12	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	3	1	0	0	0	0
TEX (1 yr)				15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (5 yrs)				210	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0
NL (2 yrs)				40	12	12	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	3	1	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
1977	20	ATL	NL	3	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1

1979	22	ATL	NL	37	11	-1	-1	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	1
1980	23	TOR	AL	55	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1
1981	24	TOR	AL	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1982	25	TOR	AL	44	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
1983	26	TOR	AL	50	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.1	0	$	1
1984	27	TOR	AL	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1984	27	TEX	AL	15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
7 Seasons				250	12	-2	-1	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	0.2	-1	$

TOR (5 yrs)				195	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.2	0	$
ATL (2 yrs)				40	12	-2	-1	-0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.500	-0.1	0.0	-1	$
TEX (1 yr)				15	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	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
1977	20	ATL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	113		.000	.283	.000	.352	.000	.431	.000	.783	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1979	22	ATL	NL	11	10	0	0.0	105	.286	.182	.277	.182	.344	.273	.411	.455	.755	19	.000	-1.3	-0.1	.300	.091	.091
7 Yrs				12	11	0	0.0	106	.286	.167	.277	.167	.344	.250	.413	.417	.757	9	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.273	.083	.083
162 Game Avg.				8	7	0	0.0	106	.286	.167	.277	.167	.344	.250	.413	.417	.757	9	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.273	.083	.083

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1977	20	ATL	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%

1979	22	ATL	NL	11	0.0%	36.4%	0.0%	9.1%	50%		2.8				64%
7 Yrs				12	0.0%	41.7%	0.0%	8.3%	50%		2.4				58%
MLB Averages					2.0%	13.1%	8.4%	6.6%	28%	1.56	6.8	44.2	8.5	1.09	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1977	20	ATL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.66	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	0.62	-0.3	0

1979	22	ATL	NL	-1.3	-0.1	11	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.49	-0.0	-0.1	-0.2	-0.0	0.88	-0.5	0
1980	23	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1981	24	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1982	25	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1983	26	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1984	27	TOT	AL	0.0	0.0
1984	27	TOR	AL	0.0	0.0
1984	27	TEX	AL	0.0	0.0
7 Yrs				-1.6	-0.2	12	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.50	-0.1	-0.1	-0.3	-0.0	0.86	-0.8	0

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
1977	20	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

1979	22	ATL	NL	0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	0
7 Yrs				0	0	0%	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	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
1977	20	ATL	NL	1	100%	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	22	ATL	NL	11	45%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	6	1	17%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
7 Yrs				12	50%	2			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	3	1	33%	3	1	33%	6	1	17%	0	0		2	2	100%	0
MLB Averages					57%																			82%			11%			35%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	H	2B	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1977	20	3	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1978	21	3	1	1	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1979	22	40	12	12	2	1	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	3	1
1980	23	95	12	12	2	1	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	3	1
1981	24	135	12	12	2	1	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	3	1
1982	25	179	12	12	2	1	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	3	1
1983	26	229	12	12	2	1	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	3	1
1984	27	250	12	12	2	1	5	.167	.167	.250	.417	9	3	1

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1977	20	3	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	3

1979	22	37	12	12	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	4	.250	.250	.417	.667	1	37
2 Yrs		40	13	13	0	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	5	.231	.231	.385	.615	1	40
162 Game Avg.		162	53	53	0	12	8	0	0	0	0	0	20	.231	.231	.385	.615	4	40

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

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Youngest s c a p y 1977 NL born 1956-07-11 (5th)

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1977 NL born 1956-07-11 (5th)

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