Red Murff

John Robert Murff

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 195 lb.

Born: April 1, 1921 in Burlington, TX
School: Gettysburg College (Gettysburg, PA)(All Transactions)
Debut: April 21, 1956
Team: Braves 1956-1957

Final Game: May 30, 1957
Died: November 28, 2008 in Tyler, TX
Buried: Odd Fellows Cemetery, Rockdale, TX
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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
1950	29	BTR	C	104	404	404		134	18	5	3						.332	.332	.423	.755		171							BTR · EVAN
1951	30	CHC-min	B,AA	54	133	133		38	3	0	1						.286	.286	.331	.617		44							TXC,NVL · GULF,SOUA
1952	31	TYL	B	46	113	113		25	6	0	1						.221	.221	.301	.522		34							TYL · BSTL
1953	32	DAL	AA	37	88	78	11	16	2	0	0	6	0	0	3	15	.205	.235	.231	.465		18		0	7				DAL · TL
1954	33	DAL	AA	31	87	80	5	10	1	0	0	3	0	0	4	12	.125	.167	.138	.304		11		0	3	0			DAL · TL
1955	34	SFG-min	AA	47	129	118	9	22	3	0	1	14	0	2	6	14	.186	.224	.237	.461		28		0	4	1			DAL · TL
1956	35	MLN	NL	14	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	1
1957	36	ATL-min	AAA	26	54	52	5	10	1	0	0	6	0		0	6	.192	.189	.212	.400		11		0	1	1	0		WCH · AA
1957	36	MLN	NL	12	7	6	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	1	0	0	1
1958	37	ATL-min	AAA	51	28	25	1	4	0	0	0	3	0		1	4	.160	.192	.160	.352		4		0	2	0	0		WCH · AA
1959	38	ATL-min	AAA	42	28	28	4	5	0	0	0	3	0		0	6	.179	.179	.179	.357		5		0	0	0	0		LOU · AA
1960	39	ATL-min	A	32	18	16	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		2	9	.125	.222	.125	.347		2							JCK · SALL
2 Yrs				26	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0	0	1	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	75	69	6	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	6	0	0	6	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	Rpos	RAA	WAA	RAR	WAR	waaWL%	162WL%	oWAR	dWAR	oRAR	Salary	Pos
1956	35	MLN	NL	14	5	-1	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	0.0	.499	.500	0.0	-0.0	0	$	1
1957	36	MLN	NL	12	7	-2	-0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	.492	.499	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$	1
2 Seasons				26	12	-2	-0	1	-1	-0.1	-1	-0.1	.496	.500	-0.1	-0.0	-1	$

Advanced Batting

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Outs	AIR	BAbip	BA	lgBA	OBP	lgOBP	SLG	lgSLG	OPS	lgOPS	OPS+	OWn%	BtRuns	BtWins	TotA	SecA	ISO
1956	35	MLN	NL	5	4	98	.200	.200	.257	.200	.323	.200	.406	.400	.729	11	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.250	.000	.000
1957	36	MLN	NL	7	7	97	.000	.000	.260	.000	.322	.000	.403	.000	.725	-100	.000	-1.6	-0.2	.000	.000	.000
2 Yrs				12	11	97	.100	.091	.259	.091	.323	.091	.404	.182	.727	-49	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.100	.000	.000
162 Game Avg.				75	69	97	.100	.091	.259	.091	.323	.091	.404	.182	.727	-49	.000	-2.3	-0.2	.100	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1956	35	MLN	NL	5	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0%					1.00	100%
1957	36	MLN	NL	7	0.0%	14.3%	0.0%	0.0%			6.0			2.00	71%
2 Yrs				12	0.0%	8.3%	0.0%	0.0%	0%		11.0			1.50	83%
MLB Averages					2.4%	12.3%	9.0%	6.6%	29%	1.37	7.2	37.5	8.3	0.99	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI
1956	35	MLN	NL	-0.6	-0.1	5	-0.0	-0.1	.51	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.73	-0.6
1957	36	MLN	NL	-1.6	-0.2	7	-0.1	-0.1	.78	-0.2	-0.0	-1.8	-0.2	0.91	-1.9
2 Yrs				-2.3	-0.2	12	-0.2	-0.2	.67	-0.2	-0.0	-2.4	-0.2	0.84	-2.5

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	RS%	SBO	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2
1956	35	MLN	NL	0%	1		0	0
1957	36	MLN	NL		2	0%	1	1
2 Yrs				100%	3	0%	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
1956	35	MLN	NL	5	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1957	36	MLN	NL	7	0%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	4	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
2 Yrs				12	0%	1			0	0	0	0		0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	2	0	0%	1	0	0%	5	0	0%	1	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
MLB Averages					48%																			78%			11%			32%			14%			49%			54%

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
1956	35	14	5	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	11	1	0	0	0	0	0
1957	36	26	12	11	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.091	.091	.091	.182	-49	1	0	0	1	0	0

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	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	Gact
1956	35	15	5	5	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	14
1957	36	13	7	6	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	12
2 Yrs		28	12	11	1	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	26
162 Game Avg.		162	69	64	6	6	.000	.000	.000	.000	26

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