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Tony Muser

Anthony Joseph Muser

Positions: First Baseman and Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 2", Weight: 180 lb.

Born: August 1, 1947 in Van Nuys, CA
High School: Clairemont HS (San Diego, CA)
Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent in 1967. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 14, 1969
Teams (by GP): Orioles/WhiteSox/Brewers/RedSox 1969-1978

Final Game: October 1, 1978
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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
1967	19	BOS-min	A	68	251	251		71	15	1	6						.283	.283	.422	.705		106							WLO · MIDW
1968	20	BOS-min	A	40	135	135		39	7	0	2						.289	.289	.385	.674		52							GRV,WSM · WCRS,CARL
1969	21	BOS-min	AAA,WRk	150	639	571	73	162	18	5	8	74	8	1	54	60	.284	.344	.375	.719		214		3	3	8			LOU,RSX · IL,FLIS
1969	21	BOS	AL	2	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-13	1	0	0	0	0	0	/3

1970	22	BOS-min	AAA	114	503	462	66	130	25	7	5	45	1	2	38	49	.281	.335	.398	.734		184		0	2	1			LOU · IL
1971	23	CIN-min	AAA	85	348	310	36	91	10	3	3	31	0	2	35	27	.294	.368	.374	.742		116		2	0	1			INA · AA
1971	23	CHW	AL	11	17	16	2	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.313	.353	.438	.790	121	7	2	0	0	0	0	/3
1972	24	CHW-min	AAA	83	353	318	41	86	17	0	3	40	3	3	29	28	.270	.330	.352	.682		112		0	4	2			TUC · PCL
1972	24	CHW	AL	44	63	61	6	17	2	2	1	9	1	1	2	6	.279	.302	.426	.728	113	26	1	0	0	0	0	3/9
1973	25	CHW	AL	109	346	309	38	88	14	3	4	30	8	4	33	36	.285	.352	.388	.740	106	120	7	0	2	2	0	3D/7
1974	26	CHW	AL	103	218	206	16	60	5	1	1	18	1	4	6	22	.291	.313	.340	.653	86	70	6	1	4	1	0	3D
1975	27	TOT	AL	123	212	193	22	53	6	0	0	17	2	1	15	17	.275	.324	.306	.630	81	59	9	0	2	2	1	3
1975	27	CHW	AL	43	120	111	11	27	3	0	0	6	2	1	7	8	.243	.286	.270	.556	57	30	6	0	1	1	1	3
1975	27	BAL	AL	80	92	82	11	26	3	0	0	11	0	0	8	9	.317	.374	.354	.727	113	29	3	0	1	1	0	3
1976	28	BAL	AL	136	356	326	25	74	7	1	1	30	1	1	21	34	.227	.270	.264	.534	62	86	9	0	4	5	4	*3D/78
1977	29	BAL	AL	120	133	118	14	27	6	0	0	7	1	2	13	16	.229	.301	.280	.580	64	33	4	0	0	2	5	3/87D
1978	30	MIL-min	AAA	78	320	283	48	83	13	0	6	38	2	3	33	25	.293	.367	.403	.770		114		1	1	2			SPO · PCL
1978	30	MIL	AL	15	34	30	0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	3	5	.133	.212	.233	.445	26	7	1	0	1	0	0	3
1979	31	SEI	Fgn																										SEI · JPPL
9 Yrs				663	1389	1268	123	329	41	9	7	117	14	13	95	138	.259	.309	.323	.631	82	409	39	1	13	12	10
162 Game Avg.				162	339	310	30	80	10	2	2	29	3	3	23	34	.259	.309	.323	.631	82	100	10	0	3	3	2

CHW (5 yrs)				310	764	703	73	197	24	7	6	63	12	10	49	73	.280	.326	.360	.686	93	253	22	1	7	4	1
BAL (3 yrs)				336	581	526	50	127	16	1	1	48	2	3	42	59	.241	.293	.281	.575	70	148	16	0	5	8	9
BOS (1 yr)				2	10	9	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	1	1	.111	.200	.111	.311	-13	1	0	0	0	0	0
MIL (1 yr)				15	34	30	0	4	1	1	0	5	0	0	3	5	.133	.212	.233	.445	26	7	1	0	1	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
1969	21	BOS	AL	2	10	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.417	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$	/3

1971	23	CHW	AL	11	17	0	0	-0	0	-0	0	0.0	1	1	0.1	.503	.500	0.0	0.0	1	$14,000	/3
1972	24	CHW	AL	44	63	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0	-0.1	2	2	0.1	.499	.500	0.2	-0.2	2	$14,000	3/9
1973	25	CHW	AL	109	346	3	0	0	1	-6	-2	-0.1	11	9	0.9	.498	.498	0.8	-0.5	8	$	3D/7
1974	26	CHW	AL	103	218	-5	-2	0	-0	-5	-12	-1.3	7	-5	-0.6	.487	.492	-0.6	-0.5	-5	$	3D
1975	27	CHW	AL	43	120	-6	-0	-1	-2	-2	-10	-1.1	4	-7	-0.7	.473	.493	-0.6	-0.3	-5	$	3
1975	27	BAL	AL	80	92	1	2	1	1	-1	3	0.4	3	6	0.7	.504	.502	0.6	0.0	5	$	3
1976	28	BAL	AL	136	356	-15	0	-0	-1	-7	-23	-2.5	12	-11	-1.4	.481	.484	-1.3	-0.8	-10	$	*3D/78
1977	29	BAL	AL	120	133	-6	-0	-0	-0	-2	-10	-0.9	4	-5	-0.5	.492	.494	-0.5	-0.2	-5	$	3/87D
1978	30	MIL	AL	15	34	-3	0	-0	1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.478	.498	-0.3	0.1	-3	$	3
9 Seasons				663	1389	-32	-0	0	-0	-26	-59	-6.1	45	-14	-1.7	.490	.496	-1.9	-2.3	-13	$28,000

CHW (5 yrs)				310	764	-8	-2	-0	-1	-14	-25	-2.5	25	-0	-0.2	.491	.497	-0.2	-1.4	0	$28,000
BAL (3 yrs)				336	581	-20	2	0	-0	-11	-29	-3.1	19	-10	-1.2	.490	.493	-1.2	-0.9	-10	$
BOS (1 yr)				2	10	-1	0	0	0	-0	-1	-0.2	0	-1	-0.1	.417	.499	-0.2	0.0	-1	$
MIL (1 yr)				15	34	-3	0	-0	1	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.478	.498	-0.3	0.1	-3	$

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Year	Tm	Lg	Age	Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards
1969	BOS	AL	21	1B	2	2	2	17.1	20	17	3	0	3	1.000	0	7	10.38	10.00	.992	9.61	9.60
1971	CHW	AL	23	1B	4	2	2	24.0	27	23	3	1	1	.963	0	20	9.75	6.50	.992	9.60	9.52
1972	CHW	AL	24	1B	29	10	8	131.0	144	135	7	2	12	.986	0	0	9.76	4.90	.991	9.75	9.71
1972	CHW	AL	24	OF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.20
1972	CHW	AL	24	RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
1973	CHW	AL	25	1B	89	64	57	627.2	724	680	38	6	70	.992	2	3	10.30	8.07	.992	9.86	9.80
1973	CHW	AL	25	DH	13	13
1973	CHW	AL	25	LF	2	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-93	1.00	0.50	.980	2.00	2.00
1973	CHW	AL	25	OF	2	1	1	9.0	1	1	0	0	0	1.000	-1	-93	1.00	0.50	.980	2.30	2.25
1974	CHW	AL	26	1B	80	34	31	404.2	433	419	13	1	46	.998	-0	-1	9.61	5.40	.992	9.70	9.66
1974	CHW	AL	26	DH	13	10
1975	TOT	AL	27	1B	103	39	36	478.2	516	476	37	3	58	.994	-1	-2	9.65	4.98	.990	9.84	9.81
1975	CHW	AL	27	1B	41	25	23	269.0	287	263	22	2	35	.993	-2	-7	9.54	6.95	.990	9.84	9.81
1975	BAL	AL	27	1B	62	14	13	209.2	229	213	15	1	23	.996	1	6	9.79	3.68	.990	9.84	9.81
1976	BAL	AL	28	1B	109	66	58	682.1	752	683	62	7	65	.991	1	2	9.83	6.83	.992	9.85	9.89
1976	BAL	AL	28	OF	12	8	1	56.2	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-42	1.75	0.92	.981	2.48	2.48
1976	BAL	AL	28	DH	10	9
1976	BAL	AL	28	LF	8	4	1	35.2	3	2	1	0	0	1.000	-0	-17	0.76	0.38	.977	2.22	2.24
1976	BAL	AL	28	CF	4	4	0	21.0	7	7	0	0	0	1.000	-2	-86	3.00	1.75	.984	3.00	3.00
1977	BAL	AL	29	1B	77	11	9	198.1	236	215	19	2	36	.992	-0	-1	10.62	3.04	.990	10.02	9.95
1977	BAL	AL	29	OF	11	11	3	76.0	19	17	1	1	0	.947	-0	-6	2.13	1.64	.978	2.34	2.32
1977	BAL	AL	29	CF	6	6	2	43.0	11	10	1	0	0	1.000	-1	-28	2.30	1.83	.983	2.83	2.82
1977	BAL	AL	29	LF	5	5	1	33.0	8	7	0	1	0	.875	1	22	1.91	1.40	.976	2.10	2.08
1977	BAL	AL	29	DH	1	0
1978	MIL	AL	30	1B	12	6	5	73.1	85	79	5	1	4	.988	1	16	10.31	7.00	.992	10.05	9.95
	9 Seasons			1B	505	234	208	2637.1	2937	2727	187	23	295	.992	3	1	9.94	5.77	.991	9.84	9.82
	4 Seasons			OF	26	20	5	142.2	31	28	2	1	0	.968	-3	-27	1.89	1.15	.979	2.39	2.38
	3 Seasons			LF	15	10	3	77.2	12	10	1	1	0	.917	-1	-9	1.27	0.73	.977	2.14	2.15
	2 Seasons			CF	10	10	2	64.0	18	17	1	0	0	1.000	-2	-47	2.53	1.80	.983	2.88	2.89
	1 Season			RF	1	0	0	1.0	0	0	0	0	0		-0	-120	0.00	0.00		1.80	2.10
	9 Seasons			TOT	531	254	213	2780.0	2968	2755	189	24	295	.992	-0	-0	9.53	5.54	.991	9.46	9.45
Lg				Pos	G	GS	CG	Inn	Ch	PO	A	E	DP	Fld%	Rtot	Rtot/yr	RF/9	RF/G	lgFld%	lgRF9	lgRFG	Awards

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Leagues historically made no effort to balance team, league, and player fielding stats. Since 1990 or so, computers have made this feasible, but prior to that there are hundreds or thousands of discrepancies each year in games played (even whether a player played a position), putouts, assists, double plays and errors.

Pre-1948 SB & CS data for catchers is estimated from catcher assists, games started and opposition stolen bases.
From 1948 on SB, CS, Pickoff, & WP data for catchers and pitchers is taken from play-by-play accounts in the retrosheet files. There are several hundred games without pbp from 1948 to 1973 and for those we may not have any data.
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Stats (PO,A,G,etc) for C,P,1B,2B,3B,SS,OF positions is taken from the official reported totals and may have been corrected at various times since their publication.
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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y 1973 AL 10.30 (3rd)	Fielding % as 1B s c a p y 1975 AL .994 (4th)

Range Factor/9Inn as 1B† s c a p y
1973 AL 10.30 (3rd)

Fielding % as 1B s c a p y
1975 AL .994 (4th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 1 (2925), Average HOFer ≈ 50
JAWS	First Base (789th), -1.7 career WAR/1.0 7yr-peak WAR/-0.4 JAWS Average HOF 1B (out of 18) = 62.3 career WAR/40.7 7yr-peak WAR/51.5 JAWS

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Transactions

January 29, 1966: Drafted by the San Francisco Giants in the 3rd round of the 1966 amateur draft (January), but did not sign.
Before 1967 Season: Signed by the Boston Red Sox as an amateur free agent.
March 31, 1971: Traded by the Boston Red Sox with Vicente Romo to the Chicago White Sox for Duane Josephson and Danny Murphy.
June 15, 1975: Traded by the Chicago White Sox to the Baltimore Orioles for Jesse Jefferson.
February 21, 1978: Released by the Baltimore Orioles.
April 4, 1978: Signed as a Free Agent with the Milwaukee Brewers.

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Salaries

Salaries may not be complete (especially pre-1985) and may not include some earned bonuses

Year	Age	Team	Salary	Sources
1971	23	Chicago White Sox	$14,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database
1972	24	Chicago White Sox	$14,000	Noll/Fort/Hylan database

Career to date (may be incomplete)			$28,000

Salary Data (about) courtesy Doug Pappas, and the Society for American Baseball Research.
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