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Rod Myers

Roderick Demond Myers

Position: Outfielder
Bats: Left, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 190 lb.

Born: January 14, 1973 in Conroe, TX
High School: Conroe HS (Conroe, TX)
Drafted by the Kansas City Royals in the 13th round of the 1991 amateur draft.
Signed June 4, 1991. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 21, 1996
Team: Royals 1996-1997

Final Game: September 28, 1997
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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
1996 23 KCR AL 22 70 63 9 18 7 0 1 11 3 2 7 16 .286 .357 .444 .802 103 28 1 0 0 0 0 8/79
1997 24 KCR AL 31 121 101 14 26 7 0 2 9 4 0 17 22 .257 .370 .386 .756 98 39 2 1 2 0 0 79/8
2 Yrs 53 191 164 23 44 14 0 3 20 7 2 24 38 .268 .365 .409 .774 100 67 3 1 2 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 584 501 70 134 43 0 9 61 21 6 73 116 .268 .365 .409 .774 100 205 9 3 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 Rdp Rfield Rpos RAA WAA Rrep RAR WAR waaWL% 162WL% oWAR dWAR oRAR Salary Pos Awards
1996 23 KCR AL 22 70 0 -0 0 -4 0 -4 -0.3 2 -2 -0.1 .483 .498 0.2 -0.3 2 $ 8/79
1997 24 KCR AL 31 121 -0 1 -0 2 -1 2 0.2 4 6 0.6 .506 .501 0.4 0.2 4 $155,000 79/8
2 Seasons 53 191 -0 1 -0 -2 -1 -2 -0.1 6 4 0.5 .497 .499 0.6 -0.1 6 $155,000

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
1996 23 KCR AL 70 48 10 5.6 115 .370 .286 .276 .357 .349 .444 .443 .802 .792 103 .499 0.5 0.0 .750 .286 .159 1.5
1997 24 KCR AL 121 79 16 5.4 110 .312 .257 .272 .370 .342 .386 .431 .756 .773 98 .522 0.3 0.0 .792 .337 .129 2.7
2 Yrs 191 127 26 5.5 112 .333 .268 .274 .365 .345 .409 .435 .774 .780 100 .514 0.8 0.1 .776 .317 .140 4.2
162 Game Avg. 584 388 79 5.5 112 .333 .268 .274 .365 .345 .409 .435 .774 .780 100 .514 2 0 .776 .317 .140 13

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
1996 23 KCR AL 70 1.4% 22.9% 10.0% 11.4% 44% 2.29 3.9 63.0 5.7 0.48 0.63 66% 28% 3.7% 7%
1997 24 KCR AL 121 1.7% 18.2% 14.1% 7.4% 35% 1.29 4.6 50.5 11.2 0.64 0.97 64% 23% 5.6% 20%
2 Yrs 191 1.6% 19.9% 12.6% 8.9% 39% 1.58 4.3 54.7 8.2 0.58 0.83 64% 25% 4.8% 15%
MLB Averages 2.7% 16.8% 9.0% 7.8% 33% 1.87 5.3 32.5 7.4 0.83 1.10 70% 22% 8.5% 17%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1996 23 KCR AL 0.5 0.0 75 0.3 1.3 -1.0 .84 0.1 0.2 2.3 0.2 0.94 1.5 1.40 4
1997 24 KCR AL 0.3 0.0 125 -0.1 2.4 -2.5 1.18 -0.0 -0.0 -1.9 -0.2 0.92 0.0 1.46 6
2 Yrs 0.8 0.1 200 0.2 3.8 -3.6 1.05 0.1 0.1 0.4 0.0 0.93 1.6 1.44 10

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
1996 23 KCR AL 0 0 33% 28 3 2 60% 3 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 50% 2 2 0 1 1 0 3 0 3
1997 24 KCR AL 0 0 29% 57 4 0 100% 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 43% 6 4 2 2 2 0 6 2 4
2 Yrs 0 0 30% 85 7 2 78% 7 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 45% 8 6 2 3 3 0 9 2 7

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
1996 23 KCR AL 70 73% 18 3 2 4 1 1 1 1.40 1 0 2 1 0 1 0 0 4 0 0% 13 1 8% 7 2 29% 48 10 21% 6 3 50% 3 3 100% 0
1997 24 KCR AL 121 81% 26 3 1 6 2 0 0 1.46 2 0 4 2 0 1 1 0 4 2 50% 14 2 14% 13 5 38% 69 8 12% 7 1 14% 8 3 38% 0
2 Yrs 191 78% 44 6 3 10 3 1 1 1.44 3 0 6 3 0 2 1 0 8 2 25% 27 3 11% 20 7 35% 117 18 15% 13 4 31% 11 6 55% 0
MLB Averages 55% 71% 10% 35% 15% 53% 57%

Pitch Summary -- Batting*

Year Age Tm Lg PA Pit Pit/PA Str Str% L/Str S/Str F/Str I/Str AS/Str I/Bll AS/Pit Con 1stS 30% 30c 30s 20% 20c 20s 31% 31c 31s L/SO PAu Pitu Stru
1996 23 KCR AL 65 267 4.11 165 62% 33% 15% 26% 27% 67% 0% 42% 78% 28% 2% 1 0 15% 10 3 8% 5 5 53% 5 0 0
1997 24 KCR AL 117 466 3.98 281 60% 36% 11% 26% 28% 64% 0% 39% 83% 21% 4% 5 0 14% 16 7 12% 14 7 43% 4 0 0
2 Yrs 182 733 4.03 446 61% 35% 12% 26% 27% 65% 0% 40% 82% 23% 3% 6 0 14% 26 10 10% 19 12 47% 9 0 0
MLB Averages 3.71 61% 26% 15% 27% 32% 74% 2% 45% 80% 31% 5% 16% 9% 29%

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
1996 23 22 70 63 9 18 7 0 1 11 3 2 7 16 .286 .357 .444 .802 103 28 1 0 0 0 0
1997 24 53 191 164 23 44 14 0 3 20 7 2 24 38 .268 .365 .409 .774 100 67 3 1 2 0 0

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
1996 23 22 69 62 8 17 7 0 1 10 3 7 16 .274 .348 .435 .783 9 22
1997 24 31 119 100 13 25 7 0 2 8 4 16 22 .250 .359 .380 .739 13 31
2 Yrs 53 188 162 21 42 14 0 3 18 7 23 38 .259 .355 .401 .756 22 53
162 Game Avg. 162 575 495 64 128 43 0 9 55 21 70 116 .259 .355 .401 .756 67 53

* Many Detailed Statistics are based on play-by-play accounts accumulated by RetroSheet. These totals may be incomplete (3.6% of all plays from 1918 to 1973 are missing or have incomplete accounts, click link for year and team summary) for some players prior to 1974 and even complete seasons may not match the official totals due to errors in both the official totals and the play-by-play accounts. Pre-1954 seasons have a substantial numbers of games missing play-by-play accounts and should be viewed as essentially incomplete.

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