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Bob Muncrief

Robert Cleveland Muncrief

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 28, 1916 in Madill, OK
High School: Byng HS (Byng, OK)
Signed by the St. Louis Cardinals as an amateur free agent in 1934. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 30, 1937
Teams (by GP): Browns/Cubs/Indians/Pirates/Yankees 1937-1951

Final Game: April 20, 1951
Died: February 6, 1996 in Duncanville, TX
Buried: Cedarlawn Memorial Park, Sherman, TX
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All-Star

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
1937 21 SLB AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1939 23 SLB AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
1941 25 SLB AL 36 84 76 8 18 1 1 0 5 0 1 3 14 .237 .266 .276 .542 42 21 2 0 5 1
1942 26 SLB AL 24 49 45 2 5 0 1 0 3 0 0 3 8 .111 .167 .156 .322 -10 7 2 0 1 1
1943 27 SLB AL 35 77 66 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 0 3 9 .152 .188 .167 .355 3 11 4 0 8 1
1944 28 SLB AL 33 86 78 4 18 2 0 0 10 1 0 3 16 .231 .259 .256 .516 43 20 1 0 5 1 AS,MVP-34
1945 29 SLB AL 28 54 45 4 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 .067 .087 .133 .220 -38 6 1 0 8 1 MVP-22
1946 30 SLB AL 29 35 32 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 18 .031 .061 .031 .092 -74 1 0 0 2 1
1947 31 SLB AL 31 65 57 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 4 23 .105 .164 .105 .269 -25 6 1 0 4 1
1948 32 CLE AL 21 22 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .111 .200 .111 .311 -15 2 1 0 2 1
1949 33 TOT NL 47 26 21 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 .238 .273 .333 .606 63 7 0 0 4 1
1949 33 PIT NL 13 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 0 3 1
1949 33 CHC NL 34 16 14 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 .286 .333 .429 .762 106 6 0 0 1 1
1951 35 NYY AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 /1
12 Yrs 289 498 438 27 68 5 4 0 25 1 1 21 107 .155 .194 .185 .379 5 81 12 0 39
162 Game Avg. 162 279 246 15 38 3 2 0 14 1 12 60 .155 .194 .185 .379 5 45 0 22
SLB (9 yrs) 219 450 399 26 61 5 3 0 24 1 1 18 94 .153 .189 .180 .370 2 72 11 0 33
PIT (1 yr) 13 10 7 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 1 0 0 3
CHC (1 yr) 34 16 14 1 4 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 .286 .333 .429 .762 106 6 0 0 1
CLE (1 yr) 21 22 18 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .111 .200 .111 .311 -15 2 1 0 2
NYY (1 yr) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
AL (11 yrs) 242 472 417 26 63 5 3 0 24 1 1 20 100 .151 .190 .177 .367 2 74 12 0 35
NL (1 yr) 47 26 21 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 .238 .273 .333 .606 63 7 0 0 4

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 Awards
1937 21 SLB AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1939 23 SLB AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
1941 25 SLB AL 36 84 -7 -0 0 0 9 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1
1942 26 SLB AL 24 49 -7 0 0 0 5 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .492 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1943 27 SLB AL 35 77 -8 0 0 0 6 -2 -0.2 2 -0 -0.2 .493 .499 -0.2 0.0 -0 $ 1
1944 28 SLB AL 33 86 -6 0 0 0 8 2 0.2 2 4 0.2 .506 .501 0.2 0.0 4 $ 1 AS,MVP-34
1945 29 SLB AL 28 54 -9 0 0 0 5 -4 -0.5 1 -3 -0.5 .483 .497 -0.5 -0.0 -3 $ 1 MVP-22
1946 30 SLB AL 29 35 -8 0 0 0 4 -4 -0.5 1 -4 -0.5 .482 .497 -0.5 0.0 -4 $ 1
1947 31 SLB AL 31 65 -10 0 0 0 7 -3 -0.3 2 -1 -0.3 .489 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -1 $ 1
1948 32 CLE AL 21 22 -3 -0 -0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 1
1949 33 PIT NL 13 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $ 1
1949 33 CHC NL 34 16 -0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 1
1951 35 NYY AL 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /1
12 Seasons 289 498 -60 -0 -0 0 49 -12 -1.4 12 -1 -1.3 .495 .499 -1.3 0.0 -1 $
SLB (9 yrs) 219 450 -55 0 0 0 44 -12 -1.4 10 -2 -1.3 .494 .499 -1.3 0.0 -2 $
PIT (1 yr) 13 10 -2 0 0 0 1 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .495 .500 -0.1 0.0 -0 $
CHC (1 yr) 34 16 -0 0 0 0 2 2 0.2 1 2 0.2 .505 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $
CLE (1 yr) 21 22 -3 -0 -0 0 2 -1 -0.1 1 -1 -0.1 .493 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $
NYY (1 yr) 2 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
1941 25 SLB AL 84 66 5 2.0 109 .290 .237 .279 .266 .356 .276 .411 .542 .768 42 .175 -6.9 -0.7 .377 .066 .039
1942 26 SLB AL 49 43 1 0.6 96 .135 .111 .268 .167 .343 .156 .375 .322 .718 -10 .030 -7.0 -0.7 .238 .111 .044
1943 27 SLB AL 77 68 2 0.8 89 .175 .152 .260 .188 .334 .167 .358 .355 .693 3 .055 -8.4 -0.9 .233 .061 .015
1944 28 SLB AL 86 66 5 2.0 97 .290 .231 .276 .259 .344 .256 .377 .516 .721 43 .224 -6.1 -0.6 .393 .077 .026 .0
1945 29 SLB AL 54 51 1 0.5 93 .077 .067 .268 .087 .342 .133 .365 .220 .706 -38 .026 -8.5 -0.9 .163 .089 .067
1946 30 SLB AL 35 33 0 0.0 100 .071 .031 .270 .061 .345 .031 .388 .092 .732 -74 .000 -7.8 -0.8 .065 .031 .000
1947 31 SLB AL 65 56 1 0.5 98 .176 .105 .265 .164 .345 .105 .381 .269 .726 -25 .019 -9.9 -1.0 .192 .070 .000
1948 32 CLE AL 22 19 0 0.0 103 .167 .111 .269 .200 .354 .111 .389 .311 .743 -15 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .235 .111 .000
1949 33 TOT NL 26 20 2 2.7 102 .357 .238 .268 .273 .341 .333 .401 .606 .742 63 .273 -1.3 -0.1 .500 .143 .095
1949 33 PIT NL 10 9 0 0.0 106 .167 .143 .273 .143 .347 .143 .408 .286 .755 -24 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
1949 33 CHC NL 16 11 2 4.9 100 .500 .286 .266 .333 .339 .429 .397 .762 .736 106 .528 -0.0 0.0 .700 .214 .143
12 Yrs 498 422 17 1.1 98 .205 .155 .270 .194 .345 .185 .382 .379 .726 5 .077 -58.8 -6.2 .266 .078 .030 .0
162 Game Avg. 279 237 10 1.1 98 .205 .155 .270 .194 .345 .185 .382 .379 .726 5 .077 -58.8 -6.2 .266 .078 .030
SLB (9 yrs) 450 383 15 1.1 98 .200 .153 .270 .189 .345 .180 .380 .370 .725 2 .075 -54.6 -5.8 .257 .073 .028 .0
PIT (1 yr) 10 9 0 0.0 106 .167 .143 .273 .143 .347 .143 .408 .286 .755 -24 .000 -1.3 -0.1 .167 .000 .000
CHC (1 yr) 16 11 2 4.9 100 .500 .286 .266 .333 .339 .429 .397 .762 .736 106 .528 -0.0 0.0 .700 .214 .143
CLE (1 yr) 22 19 0 0.0 103 .167 .111 .269 .200 .354 .111 .389 .311 .743 -15 .000 -3.0 -0.3 .235 .111 .000
AL (11 yrs) 472 402 15 1.0 98 .199 .151 .270 .190 .345 .177 .381 .367 .726 2 .069 -57.5 -6.1 .256 .074 .026 .0
NL (1 yr) 26 20 2 2.7 102 .357 .238 .268 .273 .341 .333 .401 .606 .742 63 .272 -1.3 -0.1 .500 .143 .095

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
1944 28 SLB AL WS STL L 2 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
1948 32 CLE AL WS BSN W 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Yrs (2 Series) 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 WS 3 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 0 0 0 0 0

All-Star Batting

Year Tm Lg Age GS PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1944 SLB AL 28 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 GB/FB GO/AO IP% LD% HR/FB IF/FB
1941 25 SLB AL 84 0.0% 16.7% 3.6% 2.4% 11% 4.67 5.4 15.2 74%
1942 26 SLB AL 49 0.0% 16.3% 6.1% 2.0% 20% 2.67 5.6 15.0 76%
1943 27 SLB AL 77 0.0% 11.7% 3.9% 1.3% 10% 3.00 7.3 33.0 74%
1944 28 SLB AL 86 0.0% 18.6% 3.5% 2.3% 11% 5.33 4.9 7.8 72%
1945 29 SLB AL 54 0.0% 11.1% 1.9% 3.7% 67% 6.00 7.5 72%
1946 30 SLB AL 35 0.0% 51.4% 2.9% 0.0% 0% 18.00 1.8 40%
1947 31 SLB AL 65 0.0% 35.4% 6.2% 0.0% 0% 5.75 2.5 14.3 52%
1948 32 CLE AL 22 0.0% 27.3% 9.1% 0.0% 0% 3.00 3.0 5.00 55%
1949 33 TOT NL 26 0.0% 26.9% 3.9% 3.9% 20% 7.00 3.0 21.0 1.50 54%
1949 33 PIT NL 10 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 7.0 1.00 60%
1949 33 CHC NL 16 0.0% 37.5% 6.3% 6.3% 25% 6.00 2.3 14.0 2.00 50%
12 Yrs 498 0.0% 21.5% 4.2% 1.8% 13% 5.10 4.1 17.5 3.25 66%
MLB Averages 1.5% 9.2% 9.2% 6.3% 27% 1.00 9.6 60.0 8.3 0.97 78%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1937 21 SLB AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1939 23 SLB AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1941 25 SLB AL -7.0 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1942 26 SLB AL -7.0 -0.7 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1943 27 SLB AL -8.5 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1944 28 SLB AL -6.1 -0.6 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1945 29 SLB AL -8.5 -0.9 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1946 30 SLB AL -7.8 -0.8 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1947 31 SLB AL -9.9 -1.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 32 CLE AL -3.0 -0.3 22 -0.2 0.1 -0.4 .85 -0.3 -0.0 -2.7 -0.3 0.92 -2.9 0
1949 33 TOT NL -1.3 -0.1 15 0.0 0.3 -0.2 .81 -0.1 0.1 -0.4 -0.0 0.94 -0.5 0
1949 33 PIT NL -1.3 -0.1 3 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.04 -0.1 -0.0 -1.0 -0.1 1.03 -0.9 0
1949 33 CHC NL -0.0 0.0 12 0.1 0.3 -0.1 .75 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.1 0.92 0.4 0
1951 35 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
12 Yrs -59.0 -6.2 37 -0.2 0.4 -0.6 .83 -0.3 0.1 -3.2 -0.3 0.93 -3.4 0

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% 1stS 1stS2 1stS3 1stD 1stD3 1stDH 2ndS 2ndS3 2ndSH
1948 32 CLE AL 0 0 0% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1949 33 TOT NL 0 0 17% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1949 33 PIT 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
1949 33 CHC NL 0 0 20% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 0 0 30% 12 1 1 50% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 1 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 32 CLE AL 22 36% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 3 1 33% 5 1 20% 11 0 0% 1 0 0% 1 1 100% 0
1949 33 TOT NL 26 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 0 0% 3 0 0% 8 1 13% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1949 33 PIT NL 10 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1949 33 CHC NL 16 0% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 0 0% 2 0 0% 5 1 20% 0 0 0 0 0
12 Yrs 48 22% 68 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 39 1950% 7 12 171% 8 1 13% 19 1 5% 1 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
MLB Averages 51% 453% 44% 33% 15% 51% 55%

Cumulative Batting

Year Age G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB CS BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS OPS+ TB GDP HBP SH SF IBB
1941 25 39 84 76 8 18 1 1 0 5 0 1 3 14 .237 .266 .276 .542 42 21 2 0 5
1942 26 63 133 121 10 23 1 2 0 8 0 1 6 22 .190 .228 .231 .460 23 28 4 0 6
1943 27 98 210 187 15 33 2 2 0 10 0 1 9 31 .176 .214 .209 .423 16 39 8 0 14
1944 28 131 296 265 19 51 4 2 0 20 1 1 12 47 .192 .227 .223 .450 24 59 9 0 19
1945 29 159 350 310 23 54 5 3 0 20 1 1 13 53 .174 .207 .210 .417 15 65 10 0 27
1946 30 188 385 342 24 55 5 3 0 20 1 1 14 71 .161 .194 .193 .387 7 66 10 0 29
1947 31 219 450 399 26 61 5 3 0 24 1 1 18 94 .153 .189 .180 .370 2 72 11 0 33
1948 32 240 472 417 26 63 5 3 0 24 1 1 20 100 .151 .190 .177 .367 2 74 12 0 35
1949 33 287 498 438 27 68 5 4 0 25 1 1 21 107 .155 .194 .185 .379 5 81 12 0 39
1950 34 287 498 438 27 68 5 4 0 25 1 1 21 107 .155 .194 .185 .379 5 81 12 0 39
1951 35 289 498 438 27 68 5 4 0 25 1 1 21 107 .155 .194 .185 .379 5 81 12 0 39

Neutralized Batting

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 G PA AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI SB BB SO BA OBP SLG OPS RC Gact
1941 25 37 86 78 7 18 1 1 0 5 0 3 15 .231 .259 .269 .528 5 36
1942 26 25 51 47 2 5 0 1 0 3 0 3 8 .106 .160 .149 .309 1 24
1943 27 37 80 69 5 10 1 0 0 2 0 3 9 .145 .181 .159 .340 2 35
1944 28 34 89 81 4 18 2 0 0 10 1 3 17 .222 .250 .247 .497 5 33
1945 29 30 57 48 8 4 1 1 0 0 0 1 6 .083 .102 .146 .248 1 28
1946 30 30 36 33 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 19 .000 .029 .000 .029 0 29
1947 31 32 67 59 2 6 0 0 0 4 0 4 24 .102 .159 .102 .260 1 31
1948 32 22 23 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 .000 .095 .000 .095 0 21
1949 33 49 27 22 1 5 0 1 0 1 0 1 7 .227 .261 .318 .579 2 47
9 Yrs 296 516 456 29 66 5 4 0 25 1 21 111 .145 .182 .173 .356 17 284
162 Game Avg. 162 282 250 16 36 3 2 0 14 1 11 61 .145 .182 .173 .356 9 284

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1944 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1944 AL (34, 0%)
1945 AL (22, 2%)
0.02 Career Shares (1361st)

                            

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