Billy Muffett

Billy Arnold Muffett (Muff)

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 198 lb.

Born: September 21, 1930 in Hammond, IN(All Transactions)
Debut: August 3, 1957
Teams (by GP): RedSox/Cardinals/Giants 1957-1962

Final Game: April 28, 1962
Died: June 15, 2008 in Monroe, LA
Buried: Mulhearn Memorial Park Cemetery, Monroe, 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
1949	18	HLA	C	43	73	73		20	1	0	0						.274	.274	.288	.562		21							HLA · CSTL
1950	19	MRO	C	30	74	74		17	3	0	1						.230	.230	.311	.541		23							MRO · CSTL
1951	20	MRO,SHV	C,AA	53	104	104		24	9	2	0						.231	.231	.356	.587		37							MRO,SHV · CSTL,TL
1954	23	SHV	AA	36	52	44	4	10	2	1	0	3	1	0	6	8	.227	.320	.318	.638		14		0	2	0			SHV · TL
1955	24	CHC-min	AA,A	48	81	76	5	16	2	0	0	3	0	1	2	15	.211	.231	.237	.468		18		0	3	0			SHV,MAC · TL,SALL
1956	25	STL-min	AA,AAA	35	74	71	4	17	3	1	0	3	1	0	1	9	.239	.250	.296	.546		21		0	2	0			HSN,OMA · TL,AA
1957	26	STL-min	AA	25	70	61	6	16	3	0	0	8	0	0	5	10	.262	.313	.311	.625		19		0	3	1			HSN · TL
1957	26	STL	NL	23	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1958	27	STL-min	AAA	3	11	11		3									.273	.273											OMA · AA
1958	27	STL	NL	35	22	20	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	4	.200	.238	.250	.488	27	5	1	0	1	0	0	1
1959	28	SFG-BOS-min	AAA	33	37	33	3	7	2	0	1	6	0	0	2	8	.212	.257	.364	.621		12		0	2	0	0		PHX,MNE · PCL,AA
1959	28	SFG	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1960	29	BOS-min	AAA	17	35	31	3	5	2	0	0	0	0		4	9	.161	.257	.226	.483		7							MNE · AA
1960	29	BOS	AL	23	45	41	5	11	1	0	0	3	0	0	3	15	.268	.318	.293	.611	65	12	1	0	1	0	0	1
1961	30	BOS	AL	38	27	23	4	5	0	0	1	2	0	0	3	9	.217	.308	.348	.656	75	8	1	0	1	0	0	1
1962	31	STL-BOS-min	AAA	25	35	31	2	8	2	0	1	4	0	0	3	8	.258	.324	.419	.743		13		0	1	0			ATA,SLE · IL,PCL
1962	31	BOS	AL	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1963	32	NYY-min	AAA	32	54	50	3	10	2	0	0	2	1	0	4	25	.200	.259	.240	.499		12							RMD · IL
1964	33	NYY-min	AAA	31	44	35	2	7	0	1	0	5	1	0	5	13	.200	.286	.257	.543		9		0	2	2			RMD · IL
1965	34	STL-min	AA	10	6	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.000	.333	.000	.333		0							TUL · TL
6 Yrs				125	103	92	11	20	2	0	1	7	0	0	7	32	.217	.273	.272	.544	45	25	3	0	4	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	133	119	14	26	3	0	1	9	0	0	9	41	.217	.273	.272	.544	45	32	4	0	5	0	0

BOS (3 yrs)				62	73	65	9	16	1	0	1	5	0	0	6	24	.246	.310	.308	.618	66	20	2	0	2	0	0
STL (2 yrs)				58	30	27	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.148	.179	.185	.364	-4	5	1	0	2	0	0
SFG (1 yr)				5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0

AL (3 yrs)				62	73	65	9	16	1	0	1	5	0	0	6	24	.246	.310	.308	.618	66	20	2	0	2	0	0
NL (3 yrs)				63	30	27	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	0	1	8	.148	.179	.185	.364	-4	5	1	0	2	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	26	STL	NL	23	8	-2	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.494	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
1958	27	STL	NL	35	22	-2	-0	-0	0	2	0	0.0	1	1	0.0	.501	.500	0.0	-0.0	1	$	1
1959	28	SFG	NL	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
1960	29	BOS	AL	23	45	-2	0	0	0	5	3	0.3	1	4	0.3	.514	.502	0.3	-0.0	4	$	1
1961	30	BOS	AL	38	27	-0	-0	-0	0	3	2	0.2	1	3	0.2	.507	.502	0.2	-0.0	3	$	1
1962	31	BOS	AL	1	1	-0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0	$	/1
6 Seasons				125	103	-7	-0	0	0	11	4	0.4	3	7	0.4	.504	.500	0.4	-0.1	7	$

BOS (3 yrs)				62	73	-3	0	0	0	8	6	0.5	2	8	0.5	.509	.501	0.5	-0.0	7	$
STL (2 yrs)				58	30	-4	-0	-0	0	3	-1	-0.1	1	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-0	$
SFG (1 yr)				5	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	PwrSpd
1957	26	STL	NL	8	8	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.271	.000	.335	.000	.419	.000	.754	-100	.000	-2.0	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
1958	27	STL	NL	22	18	1	1.5	110	.250	.200	.276	.238	.344	.250	.430	.488	.775	27	.110	-2.2	-0.2	.353	.100	.050

1960	29	BOS	AL	45	32	4	3.4	104	.423	.268	.267	.318	.341	.293	.408	.611	.749	65	.372	-2.1	-0.2	.484	.098	.024
1961	30	BOS	AL	27	20	2	2.7	105	.308	.217	.265	.308	.340	.348	.412	.656	.753	75	.266	-0.9	-0.1	.579	.261	.130	.0
1962	31	BOS	AL	1	1	0	0.0	105	.000	.000	.266	.000	.339	.000	.415	.000	.754	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000
6 Yrs				103	79	7	2.4	106	.322	.217	.269	.273	.341	.272	.415	.544	.756	45	.232	-7.4	-0.7	.427	.130	.054	.0
162 Game Avg.				133	102	9	2.4	106	.322	.217	.269	.273	.341	.272	.415	.544	.756	45	.232	-7.4	-0.7	.427	.130	.054

BOS (3 yrs)				73	53	6	3.0	104	.375	.246	.266	.310	.341	.308	.410	.618	.751	66	.323	-3.3	-0.3	.510	.154	.062	.0
STL (2 yrs)				30	26	1	1.0	109	.211	.148	.274	.179	.342	.185	.428	.364	.769	-4	.060	-4.2	-0.4	.250	.074	.037

AL (3 yrs)				73	53	6	3.0	104	.375	.246	.266	.310	.341	.308	.410	.618	.751	66	.323	-3.3	-0.3	.510	.154	.062	.0
NL (3 yrs)				30	26	1	1.0	109	.211	.148	.274	.179	.342	.185	.428	.364	.769	-4	.060	-4.2	-0.4	.250	.074	.037

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	26	STL	NL	8	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.8			3.00	38%
1958	27	STL	NL	22	0.0%	18.2%	4.6%	4.6%	25%	4.00	5.0		10.0	1.80	73%

1960	29	BOS	AL	45	0.0%	33.3%	6.7%	2.2%	9%	5.00	2.7		13.7	2.40	58%
1961	30	BOS	AL	27	3.7%	33.3%	11.1%	3.7%	20%	3.00	2.6	23.0	11.5	2.33	48%
1962	31	BOS	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%
6 Yrs				103	1.0%	31.1%	6.8%	2.9%	15%	4.57	2.9	92.0	13.1	2.29	57%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.4%	8.8%	6.6%	29%	1.53	6.6	37.4	8.3	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1957	26	STL	NL	-2.0	-0.2	8	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.24	-0.2	-0.0	-2.3	-0.2	1.01	-2.2	0
1958	27	STL	NL	-2.1	-0.2	22	-0.5	0.2	-0.7	1.28	-0.1	-0.2	-2.1	-0.2	1.02	-2.0	0
1959	28	SFG	NL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1960	29	BOS	AL	-2.1	-0.2	47	-0.0	0.6	-0.6	.83	-0.1	0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.97	-1.9	0
1961	30	BOS	AL	-1.0	-0.1	27	-0.2	0.3	-0.5	1.12	-0.0	-0.1	-1.9	-0.2	0.86	-0.5	0
1962	31	BOS	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	1.29	-0.0	-0.0	-0.2	-0.0	1.11	-0.2	0
6 Yrs				-7.4	-0.7	105	-0.7	1.2	-1.9	.96	-0.5	-0.2	-8.3	-0.8	0.96	-6.8	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
1957	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	0	0
1958	27	STL	NL	1	0	40%	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1960	29	BOS	AL	0	0	36%	21	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	2	50%	3	2	1	1	0	1	0	0	0
1961	30	BOS	AL	1	0	43%	11	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1962	31	BOS	AL	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
6 Yrs				2	0	39%	40	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	33%	5	4	1	1	0	1	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
1957	26	STL	NL	8	38%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	2	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0
1958	27	STL	NL	22	55%	4			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	4	1	25%	4	1	25%	15	2	13%	0	0		1	0	0%	0

1960	29	BOS	AL	45	13%	11			0	0	0	0		0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	50%	10	1	10%	7	0	0%	28	3	11%	4	2	50%	1	1	100%	0
1961	30	BOS	AL	27	22%	5			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	2	1	50%	7	1	14%	7	4	57%	17	1	6%	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	0
1962	31	BOS	AL	1	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
6 Yrs				103	26%	20			0	0	0	0		1	0	2	1	0	1	0	0	7	4	57%	24	3	13%	21	5	24%	67	6	9%	6	3	50%	4	1	25%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			50%			54%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	SH
1957	26	23	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	1
1958	27	58	30	27	2	4	1	0	2	1	8	.148	.179	.185	.364	-4	5	1	2
1959	28	63	30	27	2	4	1	0	2	1	8	.148	.179	.185	.364	-4	5	1	2
1960	29	86	75	68	7	15	2	0	5	4	23	.221	.264	.250	.514	37	17	2	3
1961	30	124	102	91	11	20	2	1	7	7	32	.220	.276	.275	.550	47	25	3	4
1962	31	125	103	92	11	20	2	1	7	7	32	.217	.273	.272	.544	45	25	3	4

Neutralized Batting

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All seasons are converted to 162-game seasons &
average team scoring of 716 total runs (4.42 R/G) How this works

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1957	26	24	8	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	23
1958	27	37	23	21	2	4	1	0	0	2	0	1	4	.190	.227	.238	.465	1	35

1960	29	24	48	44	6	12	1	0	0	3	0	3	16	.273	.319	.295	.615	4	23
1961	30	38	25	22	3	4	0	0	1	2	0	2	9	.182	.250	.318	.568	2	38
1962	31	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	1
5 Yrs		124	105	95	11	20	2	0	1	7	0	6	33	.211	.257	.263	.521	7	120
162 Game Avg.		162	137	124	14	26	3	0	1	9	0	8	43	.211	.257	.263	.521	9	120

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