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Rudy Minarcin

Rudolph Anthony Minarcin (Buster)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: March 25, 1930 in North Vandergrift, PA
High School: Vandergrift HS (Vandergrift, PA)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1955
Teams (by GP): Redlegs/RedSox 1955-1957

Final Game: September 27, 1957
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Standard Pitching

Year Age Tm Lg W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB Awards
1955 25 CIN NL 5 9 .357 4.90 41 12 11 3 1 1 115.2 116 73 63 17 51 7 45 3 0 4 506 86 1.444 9.0 1.3 4.0 3.5 0.88
1956 26 BOS AL 1 0 1.000 2.79 3 1 2 0 0 0 9.2 9 4 3 2 8 0 5 1 0 0 45 171 1.759 8.4 1.9 7.4 4.7 0.63
1957 27 BOS AL 0 0 4.43 26 0 15 0 0 2 44.2 44 30 22 5 30 4 20 1 0 2 205 90 1.657 8.9 1.0 6.0 4.0 0.67
3 Yrs 6 9 .400 4.66 70 13 28 3 1 3 170.0 169 107 88 24 89 11 70 5 0 6 756 90 1.518 8.9 1.3 4.7 3.7 0.79
162 Game Avg. 5 7 .400 4.66 57 11 23 2 1 2 139 138 88 72 20 73 9 57 4 0 5 619 90 1.518 8.9 1.3 4.7 3.7 0.79
BOS (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 4.14 29 1 17 0 0 2 54.1 53 34 25 7 38 4 25 2 0 2 250 100 1.675 8.8 1.2 6.3 4.1 0.66
CIN (1 yr) 5 9 .357 4.90 41 12 11 3 1 1 115.2 116 73 63 17 51 7 45 3 0 4 506 86 1.444 9.0 1.3 4.0 3.5 0.88
AL (2 yrs) 1 0 1.000 4.14 29 1 17 0 0 2 54.1 53 34 25 7 38 4 25 2 0 2 250 100 1.675 8.8 1.2 6.3 4.1 0.66
NL (1 yr) 5 9 .357 4.90 41 12 11 3 1 1 115.2 116 73 63 17 51 7 45 3 0 4 506 86 1.444 9.0 1.3 4.0 3.5 0.88

Player Value--Pitchers

WAR Explained (v2.1): 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Starter, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl
Year Age Tm Lg IP G GS R RA9 RA9opp RA9def RA9role PPFp RA9avg RAA WAA gmLI WAAadj WAR RAR waaWL% 162WL% Salary Awards
1955 25 CIN NL 115.2 41 12 73 5.68 4.50 0.26 0.00 102.9 4.37 -15 -1.5 .7 0.0 -0.4 -4 .464 .491 $
1956 26 BOS AL 9.2 3 1 4 3.72 5.05 0.23 0.00 97.2 4.68 1 0.1 2.1 0.0 0.2 2 .533 .501 $
1957 27 BOS AL 44.2 26 0 30 6.04 4.20 0.16 0.00 105.9 4.28 -9 -0.9 .8 0.1 -0.5 -5 .465 .494 $
3 Seasons 170.0 70 13 107 5.66 4.45 0.23 0.00 103.4 4.36 -22 -2.3 .8 0.1 -0.7 -7 .468 .495 $
BOS (2 yrs) 54.1 29 1 34 5.63 4.35 0.17 0.00 104.4 4.36 -8 -0.8 .9 0.1 -0.3 -3 .472 .498 $
CIN (1 yr) 115.2 41 12 73 5.68 4.50 0.26 0.00 102.9 4.37 -15 -1.5 .7 0.0 -0.4 -4 .464 .491 $

Batting Against -- Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS BAbip TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB ROE
1955 25 CIN NL 41 505 444 73 116 23 1 17 3 3 51 45 .261 .339 .432 .771 .256 192 15 3 4 4 7 11
1956 26 BOS AL 3 41 36 4 9 2 0 2 1 0 8 5 .250 .400 .472 .872 .241 17 1 1 0 0 0 0
1957 27 BOS AL 26 190 165 30 44 9 0 5 0 0 30 20 .267 .375 .412 .787 .271 68 7 1 5 4 4 4
3 Yrs 70 736 645 107 169 34 1 24 4 3 89 70 .262 .352 .429 .782 .259 277 23 5 9 8 11 15
162 Game Avg. 57 603 528 88 138 28 1 20 3 2 73 57 .262 .352 .429 .782 .259 227 19 4 7 7 9 12
MLB Averages .258 .329 .392 .721 .274

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg PtchR PitchW Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI LevHi LevMd LevLo
1955 25 CIN NL -9.2 -0.9 521 -1.5 7.1 -8.5 .79 -0.6 -1.2 -10.6 -1.0 0.79 -7.1 6 4 18
1956 26 BOS AL 1.7 0.2 42 0.6 1.5 -0.9 1.92 0.1 0.3 2.7 0.3 1.92 0.8 1 0 0
1957 27 BOS AL -4.4 -0.4 198 -0.4 1.4 -1.8 .50 -0.7 -0.2 -9.0 -0.9 0.49 -6.4 4 4 17
3 Yrs -11.9 -1.2 761 -1.3 9.9 -11.2 .78 -1.3 -0.4 -16.9 -1.6 0.78 -12.7 11 8 35

Starting Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GS Wgs Lgs ND Wchp Ltuf Wtm Ltm tmW-L% Wlst Lsv CG SHO QS QS% GmScA Best Wrst BQR BQS sDR lDR RS/GS RS/IP IP/GS Pit/GS <80 80-99 100-119 ≥120 Max
1955 25 CIN NL 41 12 3 8 1 0 1 4 8 .333 0 0 3 1 4 33% 45.3 86 22 19 8 6 3 4.8 4.3 5.4
1956 26 BOS AL 3 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 1.000 0 1 0 0 0 0% 42.0 42 42 0 0 0 1 5.0 0.0 5.0
2 Yrs 44 13 3 8 2 0 1 5 8 .385 0 1 3 1 4 31% 45 86 22 19 8 6 4 4.9 4.0 5.4
MLB Averages .500 50% 51 118 2 4.4 4.4 6.4

Reliever Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg G GR GF Wgr Lgr SVOpp SV BSv SV% SVSit Hold IR IS IS% 1stIP aLI LevHi LevMd LevLo Ahd Tie Bhd Runr Empt >3o <3o IPmult 0DR Out/GR Pit/GR
1955 25 CIN NL 41 29 11 2 1 1 1 0 100% 1 0 17 4 24% 7 .792 6 4 18 2 3 24 10 19 18 6 18 7 5.2
1956 26 BOS AL 3 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1.917 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1 0 7.0
1957 27 BOS AL 26 26 15 0 0 1 2 0 200% 2 0 19 11 58% 9 .497 4 4 17 2 2 21 8 17 13 3 14 4 5.2
3 Yrs 70 57 28 3 1 2 3 0 150% 3 0 38 15 39% .779 11 8 35 4 6 45 19 36 32 10 33 11 5.3

Ratio Pitching*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Ptn% HR% SO% BB% XBH% X/H% GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB DPopp DPs DP%
1955 25 CIN NL 505 67% 3.4% 8.9% 10.1% 8.1% 35% 1.40 76% 101 15 15%
1956 26 BOS AL 45 71% 4.9% 12.2% 19.5% 9.8% 44% 2.14 71% 15 1 7%
1957 27 BOS AL 205 66% 2.6% 10.5% 15.8% 7.4% 32% 1.49 76% 47 7 15%
3 Yrs 755 67% 3.3% 9.5% 12.1% 8.0% 35% 1.45 76% 163 23 14%
MLB Averages 52% 2.5% 12.6% 9.6% 6.7% 28% 0.97 78% 11%

Baserunning & Situational Stats*

Hits Home Runs Advances Baserunning
Year Age Tm Lg PA H Inf Bnt All GS GSo vRH vLH Hm Rd <2,3B Scr SO % ROE WP PB SBO SB CS SB% SB2 CS2 SB3 CS3 SBH CSH PO PCS BT PAu
1955 25 CIN NL 505 116 17 0 17 7 10 5 12 39 16 2 41% 11 4 3 181 3 3 50% 3 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 13 0
1956 26 BOS AL 41 9 2 0 3 1 0 0 1 5 1 1 20% 0 0 0 18 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4
1957 27 BOS AL 190 44 5 0 12 1 2 2 1 21 14 3 67% 4 2 3 78 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 15
3 Yrs 736 169 24 0 32 9 12 7 14 65 31 6 48% 15 6 6 277 4 3 57% 4 2 0 1 0 0 2 0 26 19
MLB Averages 51% 56%

Cumulative Pitching

Year Age W L W-L% ERA G GS GF CG SHO SV IP H R ER HR BB IBB SO HBP BK WP BF ERA+ WHIP H/9 HR/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB ERA+
1955 25 5 9 .357 4.90 41 12 11 3 1 1 115.2 116 73 63 17 51 7 45 3 0 4 506 86 1.444 9.0 1.3 4.0 3.5 0.88 86
1956 26 6 9 .400 4.74 44 13 13 3 1 1 125.1 125 77 66 19 59 7 50 4 0 4 551 90 1.468 9.0 1.4 4.2 3.6 0.85 90
1957 27 6 9 .400 4.66 70 13 28 3 1 3 170.0 169 107 88 24 89 11 70 5 0 6 756 90 1.518 8.9 1.3 4.7 3.7 0.79 90

Neutralized Pitching

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 W L W-L% ERA IP H R ER HR BB SO HBP WHIP H/9 BB/9 SO/9 SO/BB HR/9 Gact
1955 25 5 8 .385 4.76 119.0 119 70 63 17 52 46 3 1.437 9.0 3.9 3.5 0.88 1.3 41
1956 26 1 0 1.000 2.70 10.0 9 3 3 2 8 5 1 1.700 8.1 7.2 4.5 0.63 1.8 3
1957 27 2 3 .400 4.50 46.0 46 26 23 5 31 21 1 1.674 9.0 6.1 4.1 0.68 1.0 26
3 Yrs 8 11 .421 4.58 175.0 174 99 89 24 91 72 5 1.514 8.9 3.7 0.79 1.2 70

* 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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