Ed Mierkowicz

Edward Frank Mierkowicz (Butch or Mouse)

Positions: Leftfielder and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 4", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: March 6, 1924 in Wyandotte, MI
High School: Roosevelt HS (Wyandotte, MI)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1944. (All Transactions)
Debut: August 31, 1945
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Cardinals 1945-1950

Final Game: April 19, 1950
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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	Pos	Awards
1944	20	DET-min	B	139	541	541		179	33	6	5						.331	.331	.442	.773		239						HGR · ISLG
1945	21	DET-min	AA	131	551	498	91	151	37	9	21	94	9	4	51	51	.303	.370	.540	.910		269	9	2	0			BFL · IL
1945	21	DET	AL	10	16	15	0	2	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	3	.133	.188	.267	.454	27	4	0	0	0		/7O

1946	22	DET-CHW-min	AAA	132	525	463	68	122	26	5	11	68	7	0	49	55	.263	.339	.413	.752		191	26	4	9			BFL,MLW · IL,AA
1947	23	DET	AL	21	43	42	6	8	1	0	1	1	1	0	1	12	.190	.209	.286	.495	34	12	2	0	0		7O
1948	24	DET-min	AA,AAA	97	364	345	15	91	15	6	9	21	0		16	19	.264	.298	.420	.719		145		1	2			LRK,SLE · SOUA,PCL
1948	24	DET	AL	3	7	5	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	2	.200	.429	.200	.629	68	1	1	0	0		/7O

1949	25	STL-min	AAA	128	543	451	75	132	17	7	15	88	3		77	36	.293	.402	.461	.863		208		5	10			ROC · IL
1950	26	STL-min	AAA	114	449	389	53	114	15	8	7	64	2		53	34	.293	.382	.427	.809		166		3	4			ROC · IL
1950	26	STL	NL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0
1951	27	STL-min	AAA	74	263	230	35	66	13	0	5	35	0		27	23	.287	.372	.409	.780		94		4	2			ROC · IL
1952	28	STL-min	AA	150	538	538		146	28	4	11						.271	.271	.400	.671		215						HSN · TL
1953	29	STL-min	AAA	117	432	379	56	115	16	6	9	53	3		46	37	.303	.380	.449	.829		170		1	6			ROC · IL
1954	30	PHI-min	AAA	145	588	514	79	154	23	6	11	86	2		64	52	.300	.375	.432	.807		222		1	4	5		SYR,RMD · IL
1955	31	PHI-min	Opn,AAA	129	492	429	42	110	16	1	5	47	4		56	45	.256	.340	.333	.673		143	5	1	1	5		SAC,SYR · PCL,IL
1956	32	PHI-OAK-min	AAA	120	410	357	39	84	16	1	8	47	3		47	48	.235	.327	.353	.680		126		2	3	1		MIA,CLB,BFL · IL
1957	33	BAL-min	AA	99	392	347	41	91	14	0	12	52	0	0	38	40	.262	.332	.406	.739		141		0	4	3		SAN,NLA · TL,MEX
4 Yrs				35	67	63	6	11	3	0	1	4	1	0	4	18	.175	.224	.270	.494	35	17	3	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	310	292	28	51	14	0	5	19	5		19	83	.175	.224	.270	.494	35	79	14	0	0

DET (3 yrs)				34	66	62	6	11	3	0	1	4	1	0	4	17	.177	.227	.274	.501	37	17	3	0	0
STL (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				34	66	62	6	11	3	0	1	4	1	0	4	17	.177	.227	.274	.501	37	17	3	0	0
NL (1 yr)				1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	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
1945	21	DET	AL	10	16	-1	0	0	0	-0	-2	-0.2	0	-1	-0.2	.481	.499	-0.2	-0.0	-1	$	/7O

1947	23	DET	AL	21	43	-4	0	0	0	-0	-4	-0.5	1	-3	-0.4	.478	.497	-0.4	-0.1	-3	$	7O
1948	24	DET	AL	3	7	-0	0	-0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0	0.0	.497	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/7O

1950	26	STL	NL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$
4 Seasons				35	67	-6	0	-0	0	-1	-6	-0.7	2	-5	-0.6	.480	.499	-0.6	-0.1	-5	$

DET (3 yrs)				34	66	-5	0	-0	0	-1	-6	-0.7	2	-4	-0.6	.480	.499	-0.6	-0.1	-4	$
STL (1 yr)				1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.469	.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	PwrSpd
1945	21	DET	AL	16	13	1	2.1	94	.167	.133	.270	.188	.343	.267	.366	.454	.709	27	.240	-1.4	-0.2	.385	.200	.133

1947	23	DET	AL	43	36	3	2.2	100	.241	.190	.267	.209	.348	.286	.384	.495	.732	34	.240	-4.1	-0.4	.389	.143	.095	1.0
1948	24	DET	AL	7	5	0	0.0	108	.333	.200	.277	.429	.362	.200	.400	.629	.762	68	.000	-0.1	-0.0	.600	.400	.000

1950	26	STL	NL	1	1	0	0.0	111		.000	.274	.000	.352	.000	.425	.000	.777	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				67	55	4	1.9	99	.227	.175	.269	.224	.348	.270	.382	.494	.730	35	.199	-5.8	-0.6	.400	.175	.095	1.0
162 Game Avg.				310	255	19	1.9	99	.227	.175	.269	.224	.348	.270	.382	.494	.730	35	.199	-5.8	-0.6	.400	.175	.095	5

DET (3 yrs)				66	54	4	2.0	99	.227	.177	.269	.227	.348	.274	.381	.501	.729	37	.205	-5.6	-0.6	.407	.177	.097	1.0
STL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	111		.000	.274	.000	.352	.000	.425	.000	.777	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

AL (3 yrs)				66	54	4	2.0	99	.227	.177	.269	.227	.348	.274	.381	.501	.729	37	.205	-5.6	-0.6	.407	.177	.097	1.0
NL (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	111		.000	.274	.000	.352	.000	.425	.000	.777	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

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	21	DET	AL	WS	CHC	W	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0					0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	GO/AO	IP%
1945	21	DET	AL	16	0.0%	18.8%	6.3%	12.5%	100%	3.00	5.0		7.5		75%

1947	23	DET	AL	43	2.3%	27.9%	2.3%	4.7%	25%	12.00	3.5	42.0	42.0		67%
1948	24	DET	AL	7	0.0%	28.6%	28.6%	0.0%	0%	1.00	2.5		5.0		43%

1950	26	STL	NL	1	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
4 Yrs				67	1.5%	26.9%	6.0%	6.0%	36%	4.50	3.5	63.0	15.8		66%
MLB Averages					1.6%	9.5%	9.8%	6.2%	27%	0.97	9.3	55.6	8.3	0.97	77%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1945	21	DET	AL	-1.4	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1947	23	DET	AL	-4.1	-0.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1948	24	DET	AL	-0.1	-0.0	6	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.58	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	1.11	0.1	1.00	1

1950	26	STL	NL	-0.3	-0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
4 Yrs				-5.8	-0.6	6	-0.0	0.2	-0.2	1.58	0.0	-0.0	0.0	0.0	1.11	0.1	1.00	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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1948	24	DET	AL	0	0	0%	1	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100%	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0

1950	26	STL	NL		0		0	0			0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
4 Yrs				0	0	36%	1	1	0	100%	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
1948	24	DET	AL	7	83%	1			1	0	0	0	1.00	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	1	50%	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0

1950	26	STL	NL	1		0				0	0			0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0			0	0		0	0		0
4 Yrs				8	83%	11			1	0	0	0	1.00	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	3	150%	1	0	0%	7	1	14%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0
MLB Averages					51%																			244%			27%			33%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP
1945	21	10	16	15	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	3	.133	.188	.267	.454	27	4	0
1946	22	10	16	15	0	2	2	0	2	0	1	3	.133	.188	.267	.454	27	4	0
1947	23	31	59	57	6	10	3	1	3	1	2	15	.175	.203	.281	.484	33	16	2
1948	24	34	66	62	6	11	3	1	4	1	4	17	.177	.227	.274	.501	37	17	3
1949	25	34	66	62	6	11	3	1	4	1	4	17	.177	.227	.274	.501	37	17	3
1950	26	35	67	63	6	11	3	1	4	1	4	18	.175	.224	.270	.494	35	17	3

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
1945	21	11	17	16	0	2	2	0	0	3	0	1	3	.125	.176	.250	.426	1	10

1947	23	22	45	44	7	9	1	0	1	1	1	1	12	.205	.222	.295	.518	3	21
1948	24	3	7	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	.000	.286	.000	.286	0	3

1950	26	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
4 Yrs		37	70	66	7	11	3	0	1	4	1	4	18	.167	.214	.258	.472	4	35
162 Game Avg.		162	306	289	31	48	13	0	4	18	4	18	79	.167	.214	.258	.472	18	35

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