Ed Mickelson

Edward Allen Mickelson

Positions: Pinch Hitter and First Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: September 9, 1926 in Ottawa, IL
High School: University City HS (University City, MO)
School: Oklahoma State University (Stillwater, OK)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 18, 1950
Teams (by GP): Browns/Cubs/Cardinals 1950-1957

Final Game: May 12, 1957
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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
1947	20	STL-min	B	55	207	207		52	12	3	1						.251	.251	.353	.604		73							DEC · IIIL
1948	21	STL-min	C	119	516	516		192	32	12	12						.372	.372	.550	.922		284							PCT · PION
1949	22	STL-min	A	131	440	440		114	22	6	8						.259	.259	.391	.650		172							CBS · SALL
1950	23	STL-min	B	98	356	356		147	36	0	24						.413	.413	.716	1.129		255							MTG,LBG · SEAL,PIED
1950	23	STL	NL	5	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.100	.250	.100	.350	-5	1	1	0	0			/3

1951	24	PIT-min	AA	58	166	166		39	4	4	2						.235	.235	.343	.578		57							NOR · SOUA
1952	25	STL-min	AAA,AA	75	251	232	22	64	13	3	2	32	1		15	28	.276	.331	.384	.714		89	0	4	0				ROC,CLB,HSN · IL,AA,TL
1953	26	BAL-min	AA	119	519	453	60	134	23	8	7	61	1	1	57	60	.296	.376	.428	.804		194		1	8				SAN · TL
1953	26	SLB	AL	7	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.133	.235	.200	.435	17	3	1	0	0			/3

1954	27	SHV	AA	150	646	573	96	192	43	11	17	139	2	0	58	72	.335	.395	.538	.932		308		3	5	7			SHV · TL
1955	28	POR	Opn	164	667	604	67	186	31	2	12	87	1		48	103	.308	.359	.425	.784		257	15	3	6	6			POR · PCL
1956	29	LAD-min	Opn	159	650	583	90	180	29	7	21	101	5		52	80	.309	.368	.491	.858		286	10	4	8	3			POR · PCL
1957	30	CHC-min	Opn	61	247	219	27	74	12	0	2	28	1		24	29	.338	.398	.420	.818		92	10	0	1	3			POR · PCL
1957	30	CHC	NL	6	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/3
3 Yrs				18	41	37	2	3	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	13	.081	.171	.108	.279	-24	4	2	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	369	333	18	27	9	0	0	27	0		36	117	.081	.171	.108	.279	-24	36	18	0	0

STL (1 yr)				5	12	10	1	1	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	.100	.250	.100	.350	-5	1	1	0	0
CHC (1 yr)				6	12	12	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
SLB (1 yr)				7	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.133	.235	.200	.435	17	3	1	0	0

NL (2 yrs)				11	24	22	1	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	7	.045	.125	.045	.170	-53	1	1	0	0	0	0
AL (1 yr)				7	17	15	1	2	1	0	0	2	0	0	2	6	.133	.235	.200	.435	17	3	1	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
1950	23	STL	NL	5	12	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.461	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/3

1953	26	SLB	AL	7	17	-1	0	-0	1	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.494	.500	-0.1	0.1	-1	$	/3

1957	30	CHC	NL	6	12	-3	0	0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.435	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$	/3
3 Seasons				18	41	-6	0	-0	1	-0	-6	-0.6	1	-4	-0.5	.465	.499	-0.6	0.1	-5	$

STL (1 yr)				5	12	-2	0	-0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-2	-0.2	.461	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$
CHC (1 yr)				6	12	-3	0	0	-0	-0	-4	-0.4	0	-3	-0.3	.435	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-3	$
SLB (1 yr)				7	17	-1	0	-0	1	-0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.494	.500	-0.1	0.1	-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
1950	23	STL	NL	12	10	0	0.0	111	.143	.100	.274	.250	.352	.100	.425	.350	.777	-5	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.300	.200	.000

1953	26	SLB	AL	17	14	1	1.9	104	.222	.133	.272	.235	.349	.200	.400	.435	.749	17	.176	-1.8	-0.2	.357	.200	.067

1957	30	CHC	NL	12	12	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.267	.000	.331	.000	.414	.000	.745	-100	.000	-3.4	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
3 Yrs				41	36	1	0.8	106	.125	.081	.271	.171	.344	.108	.412	.279	.756	-24	.035	-6.7	-0.7	.222	.135	.027
162 Game Avg.				369	324	9	0.8	106	.125	.081	.271	.171	.344	.108	.412	.279	.756	-24	.035	-6.7	-0.7	.222	.135	.027

STL (1 yr)				12	10	0	0.0	111	.143	.100	.274	.250	.352	.100	.425	.350	.777	-5	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.300	.200	.000
CHC (1 yr)				12	12	0	0.0	102	.000	.000	.267	.000	.331	.000	.414	.000	.745	-100	.000	-3.4	-0.3	.000	.000	.000
SLB (1 yr)				17	14	1	1.9	104	.222	.133	.272	.235	.349	.200	.400	.435	.749	17	.176	-1.8	-0.2	.357	.200	.067

NL (2 yrs)				24	22	0	0.0	107	.067	.045	.271	.125	.341	.045	.419	.170	.760	-53	.000	-5.0	-0.5	.136	.091	.000
AL (1 yr)				17	14	1	1.9	104	.222	.133	.272	.235	.349	.200	.400	.435	.749	17	.176	-1.8	-0.2	.357	.200	.067

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1950	23	STL	NL	12	0.0%	25.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0%	1.50	3.3			3.00	58%

1953	26	SLB	AL	17	0.0%	35.3%	11.8%	5.9%	50%	3.00	2.5		7.5	0.75	53%

1957	30	CHC	NL	12	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0		12.0	0.33	67%
3 Yrs				41	0.0%	31.7%	9.8%	2.4%	33%	3.25	2.8		12.3	0.73	59%
MLB Averages					2.1%	11.0%	9.4%	6.5%	28%	1.17	8.0	41.3	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	23	STL	NL	-1.6	-0.2	8	-0.1	0.1	-0.2	.89	-0.1	-0.0	-1.3	-0.1	0.86	-1.4	0.00	1

1953	26	SLB	AL	-1.8	-0.2	17	-0.0	0.3	-0.4	1.12	-0.0	0.0	-0.5	-0.1	0.86	-0.5	1.28	3

1957	30	CHC	NL	-3.4	-0.3	11	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	.76	-0.3	-0.0	-2.0	-0.2	0.79	-2.7	0.63	3
3 Yrs				-6.7	-0.7	36	-0.3	0.4	-0.7	.96	-0.4	0.1	-3.9	-0.4	0.84	-4.6	0.82	7

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
1950	23	STL	NL	0	0	33%	3	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1953	26	SLB	AL	1	0	25%	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1957	30	CHC	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
3 Yrs				1	0	29%	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	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
1950	23	STL	NL	12	88%	1			1	0	0	0	0.00	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		4	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0

1953	26	SLB	AL	17	59%	2			3	0	0	0	1.28	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		4	1	25%	1	0	0%	8	2	25%	0	0		0	0		0

1957	30	CHC	NL	12	73%	0			3	0	0	0	0.63	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	1	100%	4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
3 Yrs				41	69%	3			7	0	0	0	0.82	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		5	2	40%	2	1	50%	16	3	19%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					49%																			85%			11%			32%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	CS	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SF	IBB
1950	23	5	12	10	1	1	0	0		2	3	.100	.250	.100	.350	-5	1	1
1951	24	5	12	10	1	1	0	0		2	3	.100	.250	.100	.350	-5	1	1
1952	25	5	12	10	1	1	0	0		2	3	.100	.250	.100	.350	-5	1	1
1953	26	12	29	25	2	3	1	2	0	4	9	.120	.241	.160	.401	8	4	2
1954	27	12	29	25	2	3	1	2	0	4	9	.120	.241	.160	.401	8	4	2
1955	28	12	29	25	2	3	1	2	0	4	9	.120	.241	.160	.401	8	4	2
1956	29	12	29	25	2	3	1	2	0	4	9	.120	.241	.160	.401	8	4	2
1957	30	18	41	37	2	3	1	3	0	4	13	.081	.171	.108	.279	-24	4	2	0	0

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
1950	23	5	12	10	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	.000	.167	.000	.167	0	5

1953	26	7	20	17	1	3	2	0	0	3	0	3	6	.176	.300	.294	.594	1	7

1957	30	6	13	13	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
3 Yrs		18	45	40	1	3	2	0	0	4	0	5	13	.075	.178	.125	.303	1	18
162 Game Avg.		162	405	360	9	27	18	0	0	36	0	45	117	.075	.178	.125	.303	9	18

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