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Ray Narleski

Raymond Edmond Narleski

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 175 lb.

Born: November 25, 1928 in Camden, NJ
High School: Collingswood HS (Collingswood, NJ)
Signed by the Cleveland Indians as an amateur free agent in 1948. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 17, 1954
Teams (by GP): Indians/Tigers 1954-1959

Final Game: September 26, 1959
Died: March 29, 2012 in Clementon, NJ
Buried: Eglington Cemetery, Clarksboro, NJ
Relatives: Son of Bill Narleski
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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
1949 Did not play in major leagues (Out of Baseball)
1954 25 CLE AL 42 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .059 .000 .059 -83 0 0 0 2 0 1
1955 26 CLE AL 60 27 24 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 0 8 .292 .292 .292 .583 55 7 0 0 3 0 0 1 MVP-6
1956 27 CLE AL 32 9 8 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 4 .250 .333 .250 .583 55 2 0 0 0 0 0 1 AS
1957 28 CLE AL 46 48 43 3 4 0 0 1 3 0 0 1 17 .093 .114 .163 .276 -25 7 0 0 4 0 0 1
1958 29 CLE AL 44 62 54 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 19 .204 .259 .222 .481 35 12 0 0 4 0 0 1 AS
1959 30 DET AL 42 25 21 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .095 .095 .190 .286 -25 4 1 0 4 0 0 1
6 Yrs 266 190 166 7 26 1 1 1 8 0 0 7 57 .157 .191 .193 .384 5 32 1 0 17 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 116 101 4 16 1 1 1 5 0 0 4 35 .157 .191 .193 .384 5 19 1 0 10 0
CLE (5 yrs) 224 165 145 7 24 1 0 1 8 0 0 7 53 .166 .204 .193 .397 9 28 0 0 13 0 0
DET (1 yr) 42 25 21 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 .095 .095 .190 .286 -25 4 1 0 4 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
1954 25 CLE AL 42 19 -4 -0 0 0 2 -1 -0.2 0 -1 -0.2 .496 .499 -0.2 0.0 -1 $ 1
1955 26 CLE AL 60 27 -2 -0 0 0 3 1 0.1 1 1 0.1 .501 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1 MVP-6
1956 27 CLE AL 32 9 -0 0 0 0 1 0 0.1 0 1 0.1 .502 .500 0.1 0.0 1 $ 1 AS
1957 28 CLE AL 46 48 -8 -0 0 0 5 -3 -0.3 1 -2 -0.3 .493 .498 -0.3 -0.0 -2 $ 1
1958 29 CLE AL 44 62 -5 -1 0 0 7 1 0.1 2 3 0.1 .502 .501 0.1 -0.0 3 $ 1 AS
1959 30 DET AL 42 25 -4 0 -0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $ 1
6 Seasons 266 190 -24 -1 0 0 21 -4 -0.5 5 1 -0.4 .498 .500 -0.4 0.0 1 $
CLE (5 yrs) 224 165 -19 -1 1 0 18 -2 -0.3 4 2 -0.2 .499 .500 -0.2 0.0 2 $
DET (1 yr) 42 25 -4 0 -0 0 3 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.2 .495 .499 -0.2 -0.0 -1 $

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
1954 25 CLE AL 19 18 0 0.0 100 .000 .000 .268 .059 .344 .000 .391 .059 .735 -83 .000 -4.2 -0.4 .063 .063 .000
1955 26 CLE AL 27 20 2 2.7 106 .438 .292 .271 .292 .351 .292 .404 .583 .755 55 .273 -1.7 -0.2 .412 .000 .000
1956 27 CLE AL 9 6 1 4.5 108 .500 .250 .270 .333 .352 .250 .412 .583 .764 55 .466 -0.5 -0.1 .500 .125 .000
1957 28 CLE AL 48 43 1 0.6 99 .120 .093 .263 .114 .335 .163 .397 .276 .733 -25 .028 -7.7 -0.8 .205 .093 .070 .0
1958 29 CLE AL 62 47 4 2.3 97 .314 .204 .260 .259 .329 .222 .396 .481 .725 35 .238 -4.9 -0.5 .372 .093 .019
1959 30 DET AL 25 24 0 0.0 103 .118 .095 .267 .095 .339 .190 .408 .286 .748 -25 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .200 .095 .095
6 Yrs 190 158 8 1.4 101 .231 .157 .265 .191 .338 .193 .399 .384 .737 5 .105 -22.8 -2.3 .277 .078 .036 .0
162 Game Avg. 116 96 5 1.4 101 .231 .157 .265 .191 .338 .193 .399 .384 .737 5 .105 -22.8 -2.3 .277 .078 .036
CLE (5 yrs) 165 134 8 1.6 100 .253 .166 .264 .204 .337 .193 .398 .397 .735 9 .136 -18.9 -1.9 .289 .076 .028 .0
DET (1 yr) 25 24 0 0.0 103 .118 .095 .267 .095 .339 .190 .408 .286 .748 -25 .000 -3.9 -0.4 .200 .095 .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
1954 25 CLE AL WS NYG L 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1 WS 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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
1956 CLE AL 27 DNP
1958 CLE AL 29 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000 1.000 1.000 2.000 1 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
1954 25 CLE AL 19 0.0% 26.3% 5.3% 0.0% 5.00 3.2 2.00 58%
1955 26 CLE AL 27 0.0% 29.6% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 3.0 4.8 3.33 59%
1956 27 CLE AL 9 0.0% 44.4% 11.1% 0.0% 0% 4.00 2.0 44%
1957 28 CLE AL 48 2.1% 35.4% 2.1% 2.1% 25% 17.00 2.5 43.0 14.3 2.00 52%
1958 29 CLE AL 62 0.0% 30.7% 6.5% 1.6% 9% 4.75 2.8 3.67 56%
1959 30 DET AL 25 0.0% 16.0% 0.0% 4.0% 50% 5.3 1.50 68%
6 Yrs 190 0.5% 30.0% 3.7% 1.6% 12% 8.14 2.9 166.0 20.8 2.41 57%
MLB Averages 2.3% 12.2% 9.0% 6.6% 29% 1.34 7.3 38.4 8.3 0.99 75%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1954 25 CLE AL -4.2 -0.4 20 -0.2 0.1 -0.3 .69 -0.3 -0.1 -3.4 -0.3 0.86 -3.4 0
1955 26 CLE AL -1.7 -0.2 27 -0.1 0.3 -0.5 1.01 -0.1 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.93 -0.9 0
1956 27 CLE AL -0.5 -0.1 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .75 -0.1 -0.1 -1.2 -0.1 0.76 -1.5 0
1957 28 CLE AL -7.7 -0.8 46 -0.5 0.4 -0.9 .97 -0.7 0.2 -5.6 -0.6 0.96 -6.3 0
1958 29 CLE AL -4.9 -0.5 62 -0.4 0.3 -0.8 .71 -0.5 -0.1 -6.4 -0.7 0.87 -5.6 0
1959 30 DET AL -3.9 -0.4 25 -0.5 0.0 -0.6 1.06 -0.4 -0.1 -5.8 -0.6 1.00 -5.2 0
6 Yrs -22.8 -2.3 189 -1.9 1.2 -3.1 .86 -2.0 -0.2 -21.9 -2.2 0.91 -22.9 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
1954 25 CLE AL 1 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
1955 26 CLE AL 0 0 0% 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1956 27 CLE AL 0 0 33% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1957 28 CLE AL 0 0 50% 10 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1958 29 CLE AL 0 0 20% 19 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 1 0 1 1 0 0 0 0
1959 30 DET AL 0 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
6 Yrs 1 0 19% 44 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 6 5 0 1 1 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
1954 25 CLE AL 19 21% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 100% 4 0 0% 4 1 25% 9 0 0% 0 0 1 0 0% 0
1955 26 CLE AL 27 26% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 75% 4 0 0% 5 2 40% 16 5 31% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1956 27 CLE AL 9 11% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 1 0 0% 3 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1957 28 CLE AL 48 26% 4 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 6 4 67% 9 0 0% 10 2 20% 29 2 7% 0 0 1 1 100% 0
1958 29 CLE AL 62 48% 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 8 0 0% 8 2 25% 32 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1959 30 DET AL 25 36% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 100% 6 1 17% 7 2 29% 19 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
6 Yrs 190 34% 26 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 21 17 81% 33 1 3% 35 9 26% 108 7 6% 2 0 0% 7 6 86% 0
MLB Averages 48% 78% 11% 31% 14% 50% 53%

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
1954 25 42 19 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .059 .000 .059 -83 0 0 0 2 0
1955 26 102 46 40 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 1 13 .175 .195 .175 .370 -0 7 0 0 5 0 0
1956 27 134 55 48 1 9 0 0 0 5 0 0 2 17 .188 .220 .188 .408 10 9 0 0 5 0 0
1957 28 180 103 91 4 13 0 0 1 8 0 0 3 34 .143 .170 .176 .346 -6 16 0 0 9 0 0
1958 29 224 165 145 7 24 1 0 1 8 0 0 7 53 .166 .204 .193 .397 9 28 0 0 13 0 0
1959 30 266 190 166 7 26 1 1 1 8 0 0 7 57 .157 .191 .193 .384 5 32 1 0 17 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
1954 25 44 20 17 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .056 .000 .056 0 42
1955 26 63 28 25 0 7 0 0 0 5 0 0 8 .280 .280 .280 .560 2 60
1956 27 33 11 9 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 .333 .455 .333 .788 1 32
1957 28 48 51 46 4 5 0 0 1 4 0 1 18 .109 .128 .174 .302 1 46
1958 29 46 64 56 3 11 1 0 0 0 0 4 20 .196 .250 .214 .464 3 44
1959 30 44 26 22 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 42
6 Yrs 278 200 175 9 26 1 0 1 9 0 8 59 .149 .186 .171 .357 7 266
162 Game Avg. 162 117 102 5 15 1 0 1 5 0 5 34 .149 .186 .171 .357 4 266

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

All-Star Games
1956
1958 *

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr))
1955 AL (6, 27%)
0.27 Career Shares (641st)

                            

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