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Hal Naragon

Harold Richard Naragon

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: October 1, 1928 in Zanesville, OH
High School: Barberton HS (Barberton, OH)
Signed
by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1947. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 23, 1951
Teams (by GP): Indians/Senators/Twins 1951-1962

Final Game: August 5, 1962
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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
1951 22 CLE AL 3 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 83 2 0 1 0 /2
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1953 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954 25 CLE AL 46 113 101 10 24 2 2 0 12 0 0 9 12 .238 .300 .297 .597 63 30 0 0 3 0 2
1955 26 CLE AL 57 143 127 12 41 9 2 1 14 1 0 15 8 .323 .394 .449 .843 123 57 3 0 1 0 0 2
1956 27 CLE AL 53 140 122 11 35 3 1 3 18 0 0 13 9 .287 .355 .402 .757 98 49 3 1 2 2 2 2
1957 28 CLE AL 57 136 121 12 31 1 1 0 8 0 0 12 9 .256 .326 .281 .607 68 34 5 1 1 1 1 2
1958 29 CLE AL 9 9 9 2 3 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .333 .333 .556 .889 142 5 0 0 0 0 0
1959 30 TOT AL 85 248 231 18 57 7 3 0 16 0 1 11 11 .247 .283 .303 .586 62 70 4 2 1 3 0 2
1959 30 CLE AL 14 41 36 6 10 4 1 0 5 0 0 3 2 .278 .341 .444 .786 117 16 0 1 0 1 0 2
1959 30 WSH AL 71 207 195 12 47 3 2 0 11 0 1 8 9 .241 .272 .277 .549 52 54 4 1 1 2 0 2
1960 31 WSH AL 33 103 92 7 19 2 0 0 5 0 0 8 4 .207 .275 .228 .503 37 21 2 1 1 1 2 2
1961 32 MIN AL 57 147 139 10 42 2 1 2 11 0 0 4 8 .302 .326 .374 .700 84 52 5 1 3 0 0 2
1962 33 MIN AL 24 39 35 1 8 1 0 0 3 0 0 3 1 .229 .282 .257 .539 44 9 1 0 0 1 1 /2
10 Yrs 424 1088 985 83 262 27 11 6 87 1 1 76 62 .266 .321 .334 .655 77 329 23 7 12 8 6
162 Game Avg. 162 416 376 32 100 10 4 2 33 0 0 29 24 .266 .321 .334 .655 77 126 9 3 5
CLE (7 yrs) 239 592 524 53 146 19 8 4 57 1 0 53 40 .279 .347 .368 .715 93 193 11 4 7 4 3
MIN (4 yrs) 185 496 461 30 116 8 3 2 30 0 1 23 22 .252 .289 .295 .584 58 136 12 3 5 4 3

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
1951 22 CLE AL 3 10 0 -0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $ /2
1954 25 CLE AL 46 113 -6 0 0 1 1 -3 -0.3 3 -0 0.0 .493 .498 -0.1 0.2 -1 $ 2
1955 26 CLE AL 57 143 5 -1 -0 3 1 8 0.8 4 12 1.2 .514 .505 0.9 0.5 9 $ 2
1956 27 CLE AL 53 140 -1 0 0 -2 2 -2 -0.2 4 2 0.2 .497 .499 0.4 -0.0 4 $ 2
1957 28 CLE AL 57 136 -5 -0 0 -2 2 -6 -0.6 4 -2 -0.3 .489 .496 0.0 -0.1 0 $ 2
1958 29 CLE AL 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.1 .504 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $
1959 30 CLE AL 14 41 0 -0 0 1 0 2 0.2 1 3 0.3 .515 .501 0.2 0.2 2 $ 2
1959 30 WSH AL 71 207 -12 -2 1 -6 3 -17 -1.8 6 -11 -1.3 .475 .489 -0.6 -0.4 -5 $ 2
1960 31 WSH AL 33 103 -10 0 -0 0 1 -8 -0.9 3 -6 -0.7 .472 .494 -0.6 0.1 -6 $ 2
1961 32 MIN AL 57 147 -5 -0 -1 -1 2 -5 -0.5 4 -1 -0.1 .491 .497 0.0 0.0 0 $ 2
1962 33 MIN AL 24 39 -4 -1 -0 0 0 -4 -0.4 1 -3 -0.3 .483 .497 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ /2
10 Seasons 424 1088 -37 -4 1 -6 12 -34 -3.8 29 -4 -0.9 .491 .498 -0.0 0.6 2 $
CLE (7 yrs) 239 592 -7 -1 1 1 6 -0 -0.1 16 16 1.5 .500 .500 1.5 0.8 15 $
MIN (4 yrs) 185 496 -29 -3 -0 -7 6 -34 -3.7 13 -20 -2.4 .481 .494 -1.5 -0.2 -13 $

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
1951 22 CLE AL 10 6 1 4.5 97 .250 .250 .260 .400 .340 .250 .382 .650 .722 83 .497 -0.0 0.0 .667 .125 .000
1954 25 CLE AL 113 80 9 3.0 100 .270 .238 .268 .300 .344 .297 .391 .597 .735 63 .348 -5.6 -0.6 .506 .149 .059
1955 26 CLE AL 143 90 23 6.8 106 .339 .323 .271 .394 .351 .449 .404 .843 .755 123 .676 4.4 0.4 .820 .252 .126 1.0
1956 27 CLE AL 140 94 18 5.1 108 .286 .287 .270 .355 .352 .402 .412 .757 .764 98 .529 -0.3 -0.0 .700 .221 .115 .0
1957 28 CLE AL 136 97 11 3.1 99 .274 .256 .263 .326 .335 .281 .397 .607 .733 68 .341 -5.2 -0.5 .495 .124 .025
1958 29 CLE AL 9 6 2 8.9 97 .333 .333 .260 .333 .329 .556 .396 .889 .725 142 .792 0.3 0.0 .833 .222 .222
1959 30 TOT AL 248 183 20 2.9 98 .256 .247 .260 .283 .331 .303 .397 .586 .728 62 .323 -12.4 -1.3 .458 .100 .056
1959 30 CLE AL 41 27 6 6.0 96 .286 .278 .257 .341 .328 .444 .393 .786 .720 117 .636 1.1 0.1 .769 .250 .167
1959 30 WSH AL 207 156 14 2.4 98 .250 .241 .260 .272 .332 .277 .398 .549 .729 52 .250 -13.5 -1.4 .405 .072 .036
1960 31 WSH AL 103 77 6 2.1 103 .213 .207 .266 .275 .340 .228 .407 .503 .746 37 .199 -8.2 -0.8 .400 .109 .022
1961 32 MIN AL 147 105 16 4.1 108 .310 .302 .270 .326 .346 .374 .420 .700 .765 84 .439 -4.1 -0.4 .559 .101 .072 .0
1962 33 MIN AL 39 29 3 2.8 106 .229 .229 .268 .282 .341 .257 .417 .539 .758 44 .288 -2.7 -0.3 .429 .114 .029
10 Yrs 1088 767 109 3.8 103 .277 .266 .266 .321 .341 .334 .404 .655 .745 77 .423 -33.7 -3.4 .552 .145 .068 1.7
162 Game Avg. 416 293 42 3.8 103 .277 .266 .266 .321 .341 .334 .404 .655 .745 77 .423 -33.7 -3.4 .552 .145 .068 1
CLE (7 yrs) 592 400 70 4.7 103 .293 .279 .267 .347 .344 .368 .401 .715 .745 93 .519 -5.2 -0.6 .645 .193 .090 1.6
MIN (4 yrs) 496 367 39 2.8 103 .259 .252 .265 .289 .338 .295 .408 .584 .746 58 .302 -28.5 -2.9 .450 .091 .043 .0

Postseason Batting

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
1954 25 CLE AL WS NYG L 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 1 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
1951 22 CLE AL 10 0.0% 0.0% 10.0% 0.0% 0% 0.00 0.50 80%
1954 25 CLE AL 113 0.0% 10.6% 8.0% 3.5% 17% 1.33 8.4 8.4 0.68 79%
1955 26 CLE AL 143 0.7% 5.6% 10.5% 8.4% 29% 0.53 15.9 127.0 9.1 0.86 83%
1956 27 CLE AL 140 2.1% 6.4% 9.3% 5.0% 20% 0.69 13.6 40.7 6.8 1.49 80%
1957 28 CLE AL 136 0.0% 6.6% 8.8% 1.5% 7% 0.75 13.4 15.1 1.21 83%
1958 29 CLE AL 9 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 11.1% 33% 0.17 100%
1959 30 TOT AL 248 0.0% 4.4% 4.4% 4.0% 18% 1.00 21.0 14.4 1.45 90%
1959 30 CLE AL 41 0.0% 4.9% 7.3% 12.2% 50% 0.67 18.0 7.2 1.50 85%
1959 30 WSH AL 207 0.0% 4.4% 3.9% 2.4% 11% 1.13 21.7 17.7 1.44 91%
1960 31 WSH AL 103 0.0% 3.9% 7.8% 1.9% 11% 0.50 23.0 18.4 1.31 86%
1961 32 MIN AL 147 1.4% 5.4% 2.7% 3.4% 12% 2.00 17.4 69.5 12.6 1.13 88%
1962 33 MIN AL 39 0.0% 2.6% 7.7% 2.6% 13% 0.33 35.0 11.7 1.80 90%
10 Yrs 1088 0.6% 5.7% 7.0% 4.0% 17% 0.82 15.9 164.2 11.3 1.17 85%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.2% 9.1% 6.6% 29% 1.35 7.3 39.4 8.2 1.00 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1951 22 CLE AL -0.0 0.0 10 -0.1 0.1 -0.2 1.46 -0.0 -0.0 0.1 0.0 0.82 -0.3 0.04 1
1954 25 CLE AL -5.6 -0.6 113 0.6 2.4 -1.8 1.03 -0.3 0.9 -2.3 -0.2 0.98 -4.1 0.35 1
1955 26 CLE AL 4.4 0.4 144 0.7 3.2 -2.5 1.15 0.4 0.2 -0.6 -0.1 1.05 3.1 1.62 16
1956 27 CLE AL -0.4 -0.0 141 -0.3 2.8 -3.0 1.27 -0.0 -0.2 -2.7 -0.3 1.00 -1.2 2.07 13
1957 28 CLE AL -5.2 -0.5 136 0.3 2.2 -1.9 .95 -0.5 0.9 -1.2 -0.1 0.97 -3.8 1.33 24
1958 29 CLE AL 0.3 0.0 7 0.0 0.3 -0.3 1.75 -0.1 0.1 -1.3 -0.1 0.97 -1.2 1.75 7
1959 30 TOT AL -12.4 -1.3 251 -1.0 3.1 -4.1 .95 -1.3 0.3 -8.0 -0.8 0.91 -12.5 2.18 24
1959 30 CLE AL 1.1 0.1 41 -0.3 0.5 -0.8 1.09 0.0 -0.3 1.7 0.2 1.06 1.2 2.94 5
1959 30 WSH AL -13.5 -1.4 210 -0.7 2.7 -3.4 .93 -1.3 0.6 -9.7 -1.0 0.88 -13.7 1.99 19
1960 31 WSH AL -8.0 -0.8 105 -1.5 0.8 -2.3 1.13 -0.8 -0.5 -9.6 -1.0 0.89 -9.2 1.43 4
1961 32 MIN AL -4.2 -0.4 147 0.5 3.0 -2.5 1.05 -0.3 0.8 -3.8 -0.4 0.89 -3.5 1.12 20
1962 33 MIN AL -2.7 -0.3 39 -0.5 0.5 -0.9 1.24 -0.2 -0.2 -3.7 -0.4 0.97 -3.3 1.26 15
10 Yrs -33.9 -3.4 1093 -1.2 18.4 -19.6 1.08 -3.3 2.2 -33.2 -3.3 0.95 -36.0 1.58 125

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
1951 22 CLE AL 0 0 0% 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1954 25 CLE AL 0 0 30% 46 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 43% 6 4 2 0 0 0 1 0 1
1955 26 CLE AL 2 0 20% 51 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 2 39% 7 6 1 1 0 1 5 1 3
1956 27 CLE AL 1 0 17% 46 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 55% 5 4 1 1 1 0 5 0 5
1957 28 CLE AL 1 0 27% 52 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 2 27% 6 5 1 2 2 0 3 1 2
1958 29 CLE AL 0 0 67% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1959 30 TOT AL 4 0 26% 85 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 14% 12 11 0 1 1 0 8 3 3
1959 30 CLE AL 0 0 43% 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0% 3 3 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1959 30 WSH AL 4 0 21% 63 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 18% 9 8 0 1 1 0 7 2 3
1960 31 WSH AL 0 0 25% 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 29% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 2 2
1961 32 MIN AL 0 0 18% 55 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43% 5 3 2 0 0 0 2 1 1
1962 33 MIN AL 0 0 9% 13 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 33% 2 2 0 0 0 0 1 0 1
10 Yrs 8 0 23% 392 1 1 50% 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 13 14 32% 47 39 7 5 4 1 29 8 18

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
1951 22 CLE AL 10 70% 2 1 1 0 0 0.04 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 0 0 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1954 25 CLE AL 113 82% 24 1 0 0 0 0.35 0 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 3 3 100% 20 0 0% 10 4 40% 71 12 17% 3 1 33% 2 1 50% 0
1955 26 CLE AL 143 94% 41 16 2 0 1 1.62 1 0 6 1 0 1 0 0 1 1 100% 31 3 10% 15 2 13% 108 14 13% 6 1 17% 9 4 44% 0
1956 27 CLE AL 140 92% 35 13 4 0 4 2.07 3 0 5 3 0 1 2 0 2 2 100% 32 3 9% 14 6 43% 97 15 15% 12 6 50% 2 2 100% 0
1957 28 CLE AL 136 85% 31 24 4 0 0 1.33 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 30 5 17% 10 6 60% 82 9 11% 8 4 50% 7 4 57% 0
1958 29 CLE AL 9 100% 3 7 1 0 0 1.75 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 4 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1959 30 TOT AL 248 91% 57 24 3 0 1 2.18 0 0 6 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 52 4 8% 18 7 39% 144 18 13% 10 8 80% 15 8 53% 0
1959 30 CLE AL 41 78% 10 5 0 0 1 2.94 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0% 5 1 20% 31 5 16% 5 3 60% 5 4 80% 0
1959 30 WSH AL 207 94% 47 19 3 0 0 1.99 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 41 4 10% 13 6 46% 113 13 12% 5 5 100% 10 4 40% 0
1960 31 WSH AL 103 95% 19 4 0 0 0 1.43 0 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 12 2 17% 9 5 56% 55 6 11% 9 4 44% 4 2 50% 0
1961 32 MIN AL 147 97% 42 20 3 0 1 1.12 2 0 4 2 0 2 0 0 3 3 100% 26 5 19% 10 5 50% 77 10 13% 4 1 25% 4 3 75% 0
1962 33 MIN AL 39 100% 8 15 1 0 0 1.26 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 8 1 13% 5 3 60% 28 3 11% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
10 Yrs 1088 91% 262 125 19 0 7 1.58 6 0 35 6 0 4 2 0 13 12 92% 214 23 11% 92 38 41% 669 87 13% 56 26 46% 46 26 57% 0
MLB Averages 49% 79% 11% 31% 14% 50% 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
1951 22 3 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 83 2 0 1 0
1952 23 3 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 83 2 0 1 0
1953 24 3 10 8 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .250 .400 .250 .650 83 2 0 1 0
1954 25 49 123 109 10 26 2 2 0 12 0 0 10 12 .239 .308 .294 .602 65 32 0 1 3 0
1955 26 106 266 236 22 67 11 4 1 26 1 0 25 20 .284 .355 .377 .732 97 89 3 1 4 0 0
1956 27 159 406 358 33 102 14 5 4 44 1 0 38 29 .285 .355 .385 .740 97 138 6 2 6 2 2
1957 28 216 542 479 45 133 15 6 4 52 1 0 50 38 .278 .348 .359 .707 90 172 11 3 7 3 3
1958 29 225 551 488 47 136 15 7 4 52 1 0 50 38 .279 .347 .363 .710 91 177 11 3 7 3 3
1959 30 310 799 719 65 193 22 10 4 68 1 1 61 49 .268 .327 .344 .671 82 247 15 5 8 6 3
1960 31 343 902 811 72 212 24 10 4 73 1 1 69 53 .261 .321 .330 .652 77 268 17 6 9 7 5
1961 32 400 1049 950 82 254 26 11 6 84 1 1 73 61 .267 .322 .337 .659 78 320 22 7 12 7 5
1962 33 424 1088 985 83 262 27 11 6 87 1 1 76 62 .266 .321 .334 .655 77 329 23 7 12 8 6

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
1951 22 3 13 9 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 .333 .538 .333 .872 1 3
1954 25 48 117 105 10 25 2 2 0 13 0 9 13 .238 .298 .295 .593 9 46
1955 26 60 148 132 12 42 9 2 1 14 1 15 8 .318 .388 .439 .827 23 57
1956 27 55 144 126 11 35 3 1 3 17 0 13 9 .278 .345 .389 .734 17 53
1957 28 60 144 128 13 33 1 1 0 8 0 13 9 .258 .329 .281 .610 12 57
1958 29 9 10 10 3 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 .400 .400 .600 1.000 2 9
1959 30 89 260 242 19 60 7 3 0 17 0 12 11 .248 .286 .302 .587 21 85
1960 31 35 110 98 8 21 2 0 0 6 0 9 4 .214 .284 .235 .519 6 33
1961 32 57 146 138 10 41 2 1 2 11 0 4 8 .297 .322 .370 .691 16 57
1962 33 24 38 34 1 7 1 0 0 2 0 3 1 .206 .263 .235 .498 2 24
10 Yrs 440 1130 1022 87 271 27 11 6 88 1 80 63 .265 .321 .331 .652 109 424
162 Game Avg. 162 416 376 32 100 10 4 2 32 0 29 23 .265 .321 .331 .652 40 424

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