Seth Morehead

Seth Marvin Morehead (Moe)

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

Born: August 15, 1934 in Houston, TX
High School: Byrd HS (Shreveport, LA)
School: Baylor University (Waco, TX)
Signed by the Philadelphia Phillies as an amateur free agent in 1952. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 27, 1957
Teams (by GP): Phillies/Cubs/Braves 1957-1961

Final Game: September 15, 1961
Died: January 17, 2006 in Shreveport, LA
Buried: Grand Cane Cemetery, Grand Cane, LA
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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
1952	17	PHI-min	D,B	20	32	32		3	0	0	0						.094	.094	.094	.188		3							BDF,MIM,WMT · PONY,KOML,ISLG
1953	18	PHI-min	B	39	62	62		8	0	0	0						.129	.129	.129	.258		8							TER · IIIL
1954	19	PHI-min	A	41	76	76		15	1	0	0						.197	.197	.211	.408		16							SDY · EL
1955	20	PHI-min	AAA	32	58	51	2	7	1	0	0	1	0		3	16	.137	.185	.157	.342		8		0	4	0			SYR · IL
1956	21	PHI-min	AAA	30	69	61	3	7	0	0	0	3	0		5	27	.115	.182	.115	.297		7		0	3	0			MIA · IL
1957	22	PHI	NL	34	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1958	23	PHI	NL	27	27	22	1	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	11	.182	.250	.182	.432	18	4	0	0	3	0	0	1
1959	24	CHC-min	AAA	19	28	26	1	4	0	0	0	1	0		1	12	.154	.185	.154	.339		4		0	1	0	0		FTW · AA
1959	24	TOT	NL	14	5	5	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	.200	.400	.600	55	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1959	24	PHI	NL	3	3	3	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1959	24	CHC	NL	11	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.500	.500	1.000	1.500	291	2	0	0	0	0	0	1
1960	25	CHC	NL	45	31	29	1	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.138	.167	.172	.339	-6	5	0	0	1	0	0	1
1961	26	ATL-min	AAA	25	21	19	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	12	.053	.143	.053	.195		1							VAN · PCL
1961	26	MLN	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1962	27	ATL-min	AAA	15	15	14	0	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	5	.143	.200	.143	.343		2		0	0	0			TTO · IL
1963	28	ATL-TEX-min	AAA	20	54	50	3	5	0	0	0	1	0	0	4	23	.100	.167	.100	.267		5							DEN,TTO · PCL,IL
5 Yrs				132	69	62	3	9	2	0	0	3	0	0	3	26	.145	.185	.177	.362	-1	11	0	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	85	76	4	11	2	0	0	4	0	0	4	32	.145	.185	.177	.362	-1	14	0	0	5	0	0

PHI (3 yrs)				64	36	31	2	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	13	.129	.182	.129	.311	-15	4	0	0	3	0	0
CHC (2 yrs)				56	33	31	1	5	2	0	0	2	0	0	1	13	.161	.188	.226	.413	14	7	0	0	1	0	0
MLN (1 yr)				12	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
1957	22	PHI	NL	34	6	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.497	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1958	23	PHI	NL	27	27	-2	-0	-0	0	3	0	0.1	1	1	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	1	$	1
1959	24	PHI	NL	3	3	-1	-0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.482	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	/1
1959	24	CHC	NL	11	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0.1	0	1	0.1	.507	.500	0.1	0.0	1	$	1
1960	25	CHC	NL	45	31	-4	-1	0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	0	$	1
1961	26	MLN	NL	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	1
5 Seasons				132	69	-8	-1	0	0	7	-1	-0.1	2	1	-0.1	.499	.500	-0.1	-0.0	1	$

PHI (3 yrs)				64	36	-4	-0	0	0	4	-1	-0.1	1	0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	0	$
CHC (2 yrs)				56	33	-3	-1	0	0	4	0	-0.0	1	1	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$
MLN (1 yr)				12	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
1957	22	PHI	NL	6	6	0	0.0	100	.000	.000	.265	.000	.328	.000	.410	.000	.738	-100	.000	-1.7	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1958	23	PHI	NL	27	21	1	1.3	105	.364	.182	.269	.250	.336	.182	.420	.432	.756	18	.086	-2.6	-0.3	.333	.091	.000
1959	24	TOT	NL	5	4	1	6.7	105	.250	.200	.270	.200	.336	.400	.418	.600	.754	55	.663	-0.3	-0.0	.500	.200	.200
1959	24	PHI	NL	3	3	0	0.0	106	.000	.000	.271	.000	.338	.000	.420	.000	.758	-100	.000	-0.9	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1959	24	CHC	NL	2	1	1	26.7	103	.500	.500	.268	.500	.334	1.000	.414	1.500	.748	291	.961	0.6	0.0	2.000	.500	.500
1960	25	CHC	NL	31	26	1	1.0	98	.250	.138	.261	.167	.326	.172	.400	.339	.727	-6	.067	-4.2	-0.4	.240	.069	.034
5 Yrs				69	57	3	1.4	101	.250	.145	.265	.185	.331	.177	.410	.362	.740	-1	.107	-8.9	-0.9	.264	.081	.032
162 Game Avg.				85	70	4	1.4	101	.250	.145	.265	.185	.331	.177	.410	.362	.740	-1	.107	-8.9	-0.9	.264	.081	.032

PHI (3 yrs)				36	30	1	0.9	104	.222	.129	.268	.182	.335	.129	.418	.311	.753	-15	.047	-5.2	-0.5	.222	.065	.000
CHC (2 yrs)				33	27	2	2.0	98	.278	.161	.261	.188	.327	.226	.401	.413	.728	14	.191	-3.7	-0.4	.308	.097	.065

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1957	22	PHI	NL	6	0.0%	16.7%	0.0%	0.0%			6.0			0.67	83%
1958	23	PHI	NL	27	0.0%	40.7%	7.4%	0.0%	0%	5.50	2.0		22.0	2.00	41%
1959	24	TOT	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	20.0%	100%		5.0			2.00	80%
1959	24	PHI	NL	3	0.0%	33.3%	0.0%	0.0%			3.0			1.00	67%
1959	24	CHC	NL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	50.0%	100%						100%
1960	25	CHC	NL	31	0.0%	41.9%	3.2%	3.2%	25%	13.00	2.2		14.5	0.83	52%
5 Yrs				69	0.0%	37.7%	4.4%	2.9%	22%	8.67	2.4		20.7	1.15	52%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.2%	8.8%	6.7%	29%	1.51	6.7	37.6	8.3	1.02	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1957	22	PHI	NL	-1.7	-0.2	6	-0.2	0.0	-0.2	1.30	-0.2	-0.0	-1.7	-0.2	0.99	-1.7	0
1958	23	PHI	NL	-2.6	-0.3	27	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.06	-0.2	0.0	-1.4	-0.1	1.05	-2.5	0
1959	24	TOT	NL	-0.3	-0.0	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.22	-0.0	-0.0	-1.0	-0.1	0.96	-0.5	0
1959	24	PHI	NL	-0.9	-0.1	3	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.65	-0.1	0.0	-1.3	-0.1	1.27	-0.9	0
1959	24	CHC	NL	0.6	0.0	2	0.0	0.0	-0.0	.58	0.0	0.0	0.3	0.0	0.49	0.4	0
1960	25	CHC	NL	-4.3	-0.4	32	-0.2	0.3	-0.6	.89	-0.3	0.0	-4.7	-0.5	1.13	-3.4	0
1961	26	MLN	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
5 Yrs				-8.9	-0.9	70	-0.7	0.7	-1.4	1.02	-0.7	-0.0	-8.8	-0.9	1.08	-8.2	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	PO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stD	1^stD3	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	22	PHI	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1958	23	PHI	NL	1	17%	9	0	33%	2	2	0	0	1	0	1
1959	24	TOT	NL	0	100%	3	0	0%	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
1959	24	PHI	NL	0		1	0	0%	1	1	0	0	1	1	0
1959	24	CHC	NL	0	0%	2	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1960	25	CHC	NL	1	20%	8	1	0%	2	2	2	2	0	0	0
5 Yrs				2	25%	20	1	11%	5	5	2	2	2	1	1

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
1957	22	PHI	NL	6	67%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1958	23	PHI	NL	27	70%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	100%	5	0	0%	3	2	67%	22	2	9%	2	2	100%	1	0	0%	0
1959	24	TOT	NL	5	60%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1959	24	PHI	NL	3	33%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1959	24	CHC	NL	2	100%	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
1960	25	CHC	NL	31	74%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	7	0	0%	5	0	0%	26	2	8%	1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0
5 Yrs				69	71%	9			0	0	0	0		0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	6	4	67%	14	0	0%	10	3	30%	58	4	7%	5	2	40%	5	1	20%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			75%			10%			31%			14%			50%			53%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	SH
1957	22	34	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0
1958	23	61	33	28	1	4	0	1	2	12	.143	.200	.143	.343	-6	4	3
1959	24	75	38	33	2	5	1	1	2	13	.152	.200	.182	.382	3	6	3
1960	25	120	69	62	3	9	2	3	3	26	.145	.185	.177	.362	-1	11	4
1961	26	132	69	62	3	9	2	3	3	26	.145	.185	.177	.362	-1	11	4

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1957	22	36	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	34
1958	23	28	28	23	1	4	0	1	2	12	.174	.240	.174	.414	1	27
1959	24	15	6	6	1	2	2	0	0	1	.333	.333	.667	1.000	1	14
1960	25	47	33	31	1	5	1	3	1	14	.161	.188	.194	.381	1	45
4 Yrs		126	73	66	3	11	3	4	3	28	.167	.203	.212	.415	3	120
162 Game Avg.		162	94	85	4	14	4	5	4	36	.167	.203	.212	.415	4	120

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