Buster Narum Batting Statistics and History

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Buster Narum

Leslie Ferdinand Narum

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 194 lb.

Born: November 16, 1940 in Philadelphia, PA
High School: Clearwater HS (Clearwater, FL)
Signed by the Baltimore Orioles as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 14, 1963 (Age 22)
Teams (by GP): Senators/Orioles 1963-1967

Final Game: September 26, 1967 (Age 26)
Died: May 17, 2004 in Clearwater, FL
Cremated
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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
1958	17	BAL-min	D-	19	32	32		7	0	0	0						.219	.219	.219	.438		7							BLD · APPY
1959	18	BAL-min	C,AA	35	82	75	5	13	4	0	1	8	0		5	32	.173	.225	.267	.492		20		0	2	0			ABD,AMA · NORL,TL
1960	19	BAL-min	B	21	41	40	1	3	1	0	0	2	0		1	24	.075	.098	.100	.198		4							FOX · IIIL
1961	20	BAL-min	AA	40	52	49	1	5	1	0	0	2	0	1	0	28	.102	.102	.122	.224		6		0	3	0			VCT · TL
1962	21	BAL-min	AAA	36	61	55	4	6	2	0	0	5	0	0	2	34	.109	.140	.145	.286		8		0	4	0			ROC · IL
1963	22	BAL-min	AAA	27	58	49	7	6	1	1	0	3	0	1	9	25	.122	.259	.184	.442		9							ROC · IL
1963	22	BAL	AL	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	1250	4	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1964	23	WSA	AL	38	71	66	1	4	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	40	.061	.061	.106	.167	-55	7	0	0	5	0	0	1
1965	24	WSA	AL	46	54	46	1	2	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	27	.043	.083	.109	.192	-45	5	0	2	6	0	0	1
1966	25	TEX-min	AAA	27	54	50	1	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	22	.120	.170	.120	.290		6		1	1	0			HAW · PCL
1966	25	WSA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0						0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1967	26	TEX-min	AAA	27	60	57	3	7	1	0	2	5	0	0	1	30	.123	.138	.246	.384		14		0	2	0			HAW · PCL
1967	26	WSA	AL	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1968	27	TEX-min	AAA	12	15	14	0	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.143	.143	.214	.357		3		0	1	0			BFL · IL
1969	28	STL-min	AAA	30	9	9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	.111	.111	.111	.222		1		0	0	0			TUL · AA
5 Yrs				96	131	118	3	7	0	0	3	5	0	0	0	70	.059	.075	.136	.211	-42	16	0	2	11	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	221	199	5	12	0	0	5	8	0	0	0	118	.059	.075	.136	.211	-42	27	0	3	19	0	0

WSA (4 yrs)				89	130	117	2	6	0	0	2	3	0	0	0	70	.051	.067	.103	.170	-53	12	0	2	11	0	0
BAL (1 yr)				7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	1250	4	0	0	0	0	0

Player Value--Batters

WAR Explained (v2.2): 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
1963	22	BAL	AL	7	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.524	.501	0.2	-0.0	2		/1
1964	23	WSA	AL	38	71	-14	-0	0	0	8	-6	-0.7	2	-3	-0.7	.483	.496	-0.6	-0.1	-3	$6,000	1
1965	24	WSA	AL	46	54	-9	-0	0	0	6	-3	-0.4	2	-1	-0.4	.492	.498	-0.3	-0.0	-1	$10,000	1
1966	25	WSA	AL	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0.0	0	0	0.0	.500	.500	0.0	0.0	0		/1
1967	26	WSA	AL	2	5	-1	0	0	0	1	-1	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.464	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$10,000	/1
5 Seasons				96	131	-23	-0	0	0	15	-8	-0.9	4	-4	-0.9	.491	.499	-0.9	-0.1	-4	$26,000

WSA (4 yrs)				89	130	-25	-0	0	0	15	-9	-1.1	4	-5	-1.1	.488	.498	-1.1	-0.1	-5	$26,000
BAL (1 yr)				7	1	1	0	0	0	0	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.524	.501	0.2	-0.0	2

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
1963	22	BAL	AL	1	0	4		91		1.000	.251	1.000	.316	4.000	.387	5.000	.703	1250	.000	1.4	0.1		3.000	3.000	.0
1964	23	WSA	AL	71	67	1	0.4	96	.120	.061	.256	.061	.324	.106	.397	.167	.721	-55	.013	-13.9	-1.5	.113	.045	.045	.0
1965	24	WSA	AL	54	50	1	0.5	90	.056	.043	.248	.083	.318	.109	.381	.192	.699	-45	.025	-8.9	-1.0	.159	.065	.065	.0

1967	26	WSA	AL	5	5	0	0.0	81	.000	.000	.239	.000	.307	.000	.358	.000	.666	-100	.000	-1.2	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
5 Yrs				131	122	6	1.3	93	.089	.059	.252	.075	.321	.136	.389	.211	.710	-42	.110	-22.6	-2.4	.162	.076	.076	.0
162 Game Avg.				221	206	10	1.3	93	.089	.059	.252	.075	.321	.136	.389	.211	.710	-42	.110	-22.6	-2.4	.162	.076	.076

WSA (4 yrs)				130	122	2	0.4	93	.089	.051	.252	.067	.321	.103	.389	.170	.710	-53	.016	-24.0	-2.6	.126	.051	.051	.0
BAL (1 yr)				1	0	4		91		1.000	.251	1.000	.316	4.000	.387	5.000	.703	1250		1.4	0.1		3.000	3.000	.0

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1963	22	BAL	AL	1	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%	100.0%	100%			1.0	.5		0%
1964	23	WSA	AL	71	1.4%	56.3%	0.0%	1.4%	25%		1.7	66.0	66.0	3.50	35%
1965	24	WSA	AL	54	1.9%	50.0%	0.0%	1.9%	50%		1.7	46.0	23.0	0.92	33%

1967	26	WSA	AL	5	0.0%	60.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.7			1.00	40%
5 Yrs				131	2.3%	53.4%	0.0%	2.3%	43%		1.7	39.3	23.6	1.74	34%
MLB Averages					2.2%	15.6%	7.9%	6.2%	28%	1.98	5.7	41.6	9.2	1.10	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1963	22	BAL	AL	1.4	0.1	1	0.2	0.2	0.0	1.52	0.1	0.0	1.6	0.2	1.44	1.1	0
1964	23	WSA	AL	-13.9	-1.5	71	-1.4	0.3	-1.7	.98	-1.4	0.0	-13.9	-1.5	0.93	-14.3	0
1965	24	WSA	AL	-8.9	-1.0	54	-0.8	0.3	-1.1	.93	-0.7	-0.1	-7.8	-0.8	0.91	-7.8	0
1966	25	WSA	AL	0.0	0.0	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1967	26	WSA	AL	-1.2	-0.1	5	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.63	-0.1	-0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.88	-1.2	0
5 Yrs				-22.6	-2.4	131	-2.1	0.7	-2.8	.95	-2.1	-0.1	-21.2	-2.3	0.92	-22.3	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	OOB1	OOB2	OOB3	OOBHm	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1963	22	BAL	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	0	0	0
1964	23	WSA	AL	0	0	0%	5	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
1965	24	WSA	AL	0	0	0%	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0

1967	26	WSA	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	0	0	0
5 Yrs				0	0	0%	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0%	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	%	DPopp	DPs	DP%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1963	22	BAL	AL	1	100%	1			0	0	0	0		1	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		1	1	100%	0	0		0	0		0
1964	23	WSA	AL	71	23%	4			0	0	0	0		1	0	4	1	0	1	0	0	7	5	71%	13	0	0%	16	2	13%	42	0	0%	6	0	0%	1	1	100%	0
1965	24	WSA	AL	54	44%	2			0	0	0	0		1	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	6	6	100%	10	0	0%	11	4	36%	32	1	3%	1	0	0%	2	1	50%	0

1967	26	WSA	AL	5	40%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		1	0	0%	3	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
5 Yrs				131	33%	7			0	0	0	0		3	0	5	2	1	2	1	0	13	11	85%	24	0	0%	28	6	21%	78	2	3%	7	0	0%	3	2	67%	0
MLB Averages					53%																			79%			10%			30%			14%			47%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	HBP	SH
1963	22	7	1	1	1	1	1	2	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	1250	4	0	0
1964	23	45	72	67	2	5	2	3	40	.075	.075	.164	.239	-36	11	0	5
1965	24	91	126	113	3	7	3	5	67	.062	.078	.142	.220	-39	16	2	11
1966	25	94	126	113	3	7	3	5	67	.062	.078	.142	.220	-39	16	2	11
1967	26	96	131	118	3	7	3	5	70	.059	.075	.136	.211	-42	16	2	11

Neutralized Batting

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Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1963	22	7	1	1	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	1.000	1.000	4.000	5.000	5	7
1964	23	38	71	66	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	40	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	38
1965	24	46	54	46	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	27	.000	.042	.000	.042	0	46

1967	26	2	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
4 Yrs		93	131	118	1	1	0	0	1	2	0	0	70	.008	.025	.034	.059	5	93
162 Game Avg.		162	228	206	2	2	0	0	2	3	0	0	122	.008	.025	.034	.059	9	93

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