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Cal Neeman

Calvin Amandus Neeman

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 192 lb.

Born: February 18, 1929 in Valmeyer, IL
School: Illinois Wesleyan University (Bloomington, IL)
Signed
by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1949. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 16, 1957
Teams (by GP): Cubs/Phillies/Pirates/Senators/Indians 1957-1963

Final Game: September 29, 1963
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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 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1952 Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1957 28 CHC NL 122 445 415 37 107 17 1 10 39 0 0 22 87 .258 .298 .376 .674 81 156 8 3 2 3 5 *2
1958 29 CHC NL 76 226 201 30 52 7 0 12 29 0 0 21 41 .259 .336 .473 .809 113 95 5 3 0 1 2 2
1959 30 CHC NL 44 117 105 7 17 2 0 3 9 0 0 11 23 .162 .241 .267 .508 37 28 1 0 1 0 2 2
1960 31 TOT NL 68 193 173 13 31 7 2 4 13 0 0 16 47 .179 .257 .312 .569 56 54 5 2 2 0 2 2
1960 31 CHC NL 9 13 13 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 .154 .154 .231 .385 5 3 0 0 0 0 0 /2
1960 31 PHI NL 59 180 160 13 29 6 2 4 13 0 0 16 42 .181 .264 .319 .583 60 51 5 2 2 0 2 2
1961 32 PHI NL 19 36 31 0 7 1 0 0 2 1 0 4 8 .226 .306 .258 .564 54 8 2 0 0 1 1 2
1962 33 PIT NL 24 53 50 5 9 1 1 1 5 0 0 3 10 .180 .226 .300 .526 40 15 2 0 0 0 0 2
1963 34 TOT AL 23 30 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .037 .103 .037 .140 -58 1 0 0 1 0 0 2
1963 34 CLE AL 9 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 1 0 0 /2
1963 34 WSA AL 14 19 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .056 .105 .056 .161 -53 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
7 Yrs 376 1100 1002 93 224 35 4 30 97 1 0 79 221 .224 .284 .356 .641 72 357 23 8 6 5 12
162 Game Avg. 162 474 432 40 97 15 2 13 42 0 0 34 95 .224 .284 .356 .641 72 154 10 3 3 2 5
CHC (4 yrs) 251 801 734 74 178 27 1 25 77 0 0 54 156 .243 .298 .384 .682 82 282 14 6 3 4 9
PHI (2 yrs) 78 216 191 13 36 7 2 4 15 1 0 20 50 .188 .271 .309 .580 59 59 7 2 2 1 3
PIT (1 yr) 24 53 50 5 9 1 1 1 5 0 0 3 10 .180 .226 .300 .526 40 15 2 0 0 0 0
WSA (1 yr) 14 19 18 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 .056 .105 .056 .161 -53 1 0 0 0 0 0
CLE (1 yr) 9 11 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 5 .000 .100 .000 .100 -69 0 0 0 1 0 0
NL (6 yrs) 353 1070 975 92 223 35 4 30 97 1 0 77 216 .229 .289 .365 .654 75 356 23 8 5 5 12
AL (1 yr) 23 30 27 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .037 .103 .037 .140 -58 1 0 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 Awards
1957 28 CHC NL 122 445 -13 0 -0 4 6 -3 -0.5 15 12 1.0 .497 .498 0.7 0.9 8 $ *2
1958 29 CHC NL 76 226 5 -2 0 0 3 6 0.6 8 14 1.4 .509 .504 1.4 0.3 14 $ 2
1959 30 CHC NL 44 117 -9 0 1 -3 2 -10 -1.0 4 -6 -0.6 .477 .494 -0.3 -0.1 -3 $ 2
1960 31 CHC NL 9 13 -2 0 0 -1 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .472 .498 -0.1 -0.1 -1 $ /2
1960 31 PHI NL 59 180 -8 -1 -0 1 3 -6 -0.7 6 0 -0.1 .489 .496 -0.2 0.4 -1 $ 2
1961 32 PHI NL 19 36 -2 0 -0 -1 1 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .487 .498 0.0 -0.0 -0 $ 2
1962 33 PIT NL 24 53 -4 -0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 2 -2 -0.2 .486 .498 -0.2 0.1 -2 $ 2
1963 34 CLE AL 9 11 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.2 0.1 -1 $ /2
1963 34 WSA AL 14 19 -4 -0 0 0 0 -3 -0.4 0 -3 -0.3 .474 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $ 2
7 Seasons 376 1100 -39 -2 1 1 15 -25 -2.9 37 12 0.8 .493 .498 0.8 1.6 11 $
CHC (4 yrs) 251 801 -19 -1 1 0 10 -9 -1.1 27 18 1.6 .496 .499 1.7 1.0 18 $
PHI (2 yrs) 78 216 -10 -1 -1 0 3 -8 -0.9 7 -1 -0.2 .488 .497 -0.2 0.3 -1 $
PIT (1 yr) 24 53 -4 -0 0 0 1 -3 -0.3 2 -2 -0.2 .486 .498 -0.2 0.1 -2 $
WSA (1 yr) 14 19 -4 -0 0 0 0 -3 -0.4 0 -3 -0.3 .474 .498 -0.3 0.0 -3 $
CLE (1 yr) 9 11 -2 0 0 1 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 -0.1 .490 .499 -0.2 0.1 -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
1957 28 CHC NL 445 321 46 3.9 102 .302 .258 .267 .298 .331 .376 .414 .674 .745 81 .421 -11.7 -1.2 .573 .171 .118 .0
1958 29 CHC NL 226 155 32 5.5 105 .268 .259 .269 .336 .336 .473 .419 .809 .756 113 .578 3.3 0.3 .773 .318 .214 .0
1959 30 CHC NL 117 90 7 2.1 103 .177 .162 .268 .241 .334 .267 .415 .508 .748 37 .188 -9.8 -1.0 .438 .210 .105 .0
1960 31 TOT NL 193 149 13 2.4 98 .221 .179 .262 .257 .328 .312 .402 .569 .730 56 .243 -11.0 -1.1 .490 .225 .133 .0
1960 31 CHC NL 13 11 0 0.0 98 .250 .154 .261 .154 .326 .231 .400 .385 .727 5 .000 -1.7 -0.2 .273 .077 .077
1960 31 PHI NL 180 138 13 2.5 98 .219 .181 .262 .264 .328 .319 .402 .583 .730 60 .270 -9.3 -1.0 .507 .238 .138 .0
1961 32 PHI NL 36 27 2 2.0 103 .292 .226 .267 .306 .333 .258 .415 .564 .748 54 .173 -1.8 -0.2 .500 .194 .032 .0
1962 33 PIT NL 53 43 3 1.9 104 .205 .180 .271 .226 .339 .300 .412 .526 .750 40 .164 -4.6 -0.5 .419 .180 .120 .0
1963 34 TOT AL 30 27 0 0.0 94 .045 .037 .255 .103 .321 .037 .394 .140 .715 -58 .000 -5.8 -0.6 .115 .074 .000
1963 34 CLE AL 11 10 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .254 .100 .320 .000 .393 .100 .713 -69 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
1963 34 WSA AL 19 17 0 0.0 95 .056 .056 .255 .105 .322 .056 .394 .161 .716 -53 .000 -3.7 -0.4 .118 .056 .000
7 Yrs 1100 812 103 3.4 102 .257 .224 .267 .284 .332 .356 .412 .641 .744 72 .370 -41.4 -4.2 .556 .213 .133 1.9
162 Game Avg. 474 350 44 3.4 102 .257 .224 .267 .284 .332 .356 .412 .641 .744 72 .370 -41.4 -4.2 .556 .213 .133 1
CHC (4 yrs) 801 577 85 4.0 103 .275 .243 .268 .298 .333 .384 .415 .682 .748 82 .430 -19.9 -2.0 .600 .215 .142 .0
PHI (2 yrs) 216 165 15 2.4 99 .232 .188 .263 .271 .329 .309 .404 .580 .733 59 .253 -11.1 -1.1 .506 .230 .120 1.6
PIT (1 yr) 53 43 3 1.9 104 .205 .180 .271 .226 .339 .300 .412 .526 .750 40 .163 -4.6 -0.5 .419 .180 .120 .0
WSA (1 yr) 19 17 0 0.0 95 .056 .056 .255 .105 .322 .056 .394 .161 .716 -53 .000 -3.7 -0.4 .118 .056 .000
CLE (1 yr) 11 10 0 0.0 94 .000 .000 .254 .100 .320 .000 .393 .100 .713 -69 .000 -2.1 -0.2 .111 .111 .000
NL (6 yrs) 1070 785 103 3.5 102 .263 .229 .267 .289 .332 .365 .413 .654 .745 75 .383 -35.6 -3.6 .570 .216 .136 1.9
AL (1 yr) 30 27 0 0.0 94 .045 .037 .255 .103 .321 .037 .394 .140 .715 -58 .000 -5.8 -0.6 .115 .074 .000

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
1957 28 CHC NL 445 2.3% 19.6% 4.9% 6.3% 26% 3.95 4.8 41.5 10.6 0.77 72%
1958 29 CHC NL 226 5.3% 18.1% 9.3% 8.4% 37% 1.95 4.9 16.8 6.9 0.62 66%
1959 30 CHC NL 117 2.6% 19.7% 9.4% 4.3% 29% 2.09 4.6 35.0 11.7 0.91 68%
1960 31 TOT NL 193 2.1% 24.4% 8.3% 6.7% 42% 2.94 3.7 43.3 13.3 0.94 63%
1960 31 CHC NL 13 0.0% 38.5% 0.0% 7.7% 50% 2.6 1.00 62%
1960 31 PHI NL 180 2.2% 23.3% 8.9% 6.7% 41% 2.63 3.8 40.0 12.3 0.94 63%
1961 32 PHI NL 36 0.0% 22.2% 11.1% 2.8% 14% 2.00 3.9 15.5 1.00 67%
1962 33 PIT NL 53 1.9% 18.9% 5.7% 5.7% 33% 3.33 5.0 50.0 10.0 2.20 74%
1963 34 TOT AL 30 0.0% 16.7% 6.7% 0.0% 0% 2.50 5.4 1.20 73%
1963 34 CLE AL 11 0.0% 45.5% 9.1% 0.0% 5.00 1.8 4.00 36%
1963 34 WSA AL 19 0.0% 0.0% 5.3% 0.0% 0% 0.00 0.89 95%
7 Yrs 1100 2.7% 20.1% 7.2% 6.3% 31% 2.80 4.5 33.4 10.3 0.85 69%
MLB Averages 2.4% 13.7% 8.6% 6.6% 29% 1.59 6.5 37.9 8.4 1.03 74%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1957 28 CHC NL -11.7 -1.2 400 -0.9 6.8 -7.7 1.05 -0.4 -0.5 -10.6 -1.1 0.92 -5.6 0.20 3
1958 29 CHC NL 3.6 0.4 221 0.0 3.7 -3.7 .96 0.8 -0.8 4.2 0.4 0.94 7.6 2.18 7
1959 30 CHC NL -10.0 -1.0 118 0.3 2.2 -1.9 1.00 -0.6 0.9 -5.0 -0.5 0.93 -7.2 2.26 5
1960 31 TOT NL -11.2 -1.1 194 -1.3 2.4 -3.6 1.01 -1.0 -0.3 -10.7 -1.1 0.94 -10.1 0.77 4
1960 31 CHC NL -1.7 -0.2 13 -0.1 0.0 -0.2 .81 -0.3 0.1 -1.7 -0.2 0.82 -2.0 0
1960 31 PHI NL -9.5 -1.0 181 -1.2 2.3 -3.5 1.02 -0.8 -0.4 -9.0 -0.9 0.94 -8.1 0.77 4
1961 32 PHI NL -1.8 -0.2 38 -0.3 0.6 -0.9 1.11 -0.2 -0.1 -3.7 -0.4 0.92 -1.9 0
1962 33 PIT NL -4.6 -0.5 53 -0.2 0.8 -1.0 1.03 -0.3 0.1 -1.0 -0.1 0.99 -2.5 0
1963 34 TOT AL -5.8 -0.6 30 -0.7 0.1 -0.8 1.25 -0.6 -0.0 -6.9 -0.7 1.12 -6.1 0.46 2
1963 34 CLE AL -2.1 -0.2 11 -0.4 0.0 -0.5 1.85 -0.2 -0.0 -2.7 -0.3 1.06 -2.3 0
1963 34 WSA AL -3.7 -0.4 19 -0.3 0.1 -0.4 .90 -0.3 0.0 -4.2 -0.4 1.15 -3.8 0.46 2
7 Yrs -41.5 -4.2 1054 -3.2 16.5 -19.6 1.03 -2.2 -0.9 -33.8 -3.4 0.94 -25.8 1.49 21

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
1957 28 CHC NL 3 0 22% 149 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 8 48% 9 6 3 3 2 1 11 4 7
1958 29 CHC NL 4 0 28% 91 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 4 23% 12 12 0 3 2 1 7 3 4
1959 30 CHC NL 2 0 16% 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 33% 5 4 1 0 0 0 1 0 1
1960 31 TOT NL 3 0 20% 52 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 29% 8 6 1 3 1 2 3 2 1
1960 31 CHC NL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1960 31 PHI NL 3 0 21% 51 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 31% 7 5 1 3 1 2 3 2 1
1961 32 PHI NL 1 0 0% 14 1 0 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1962 33 PIT NL 1 0 36% 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 14% 5 5 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1963 34 TOT AL 0 0 33% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
1963 34 CLE AL 0 0 0% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1963 34 WSA AL 0 0 50% 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
7 Yrs 14 0 22% 362 1 0 100% 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 0 5 18 31% 40 34 5 9 5 4 25 11 14

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
1957 28 CHC NL 445 29% 107 3 0 0 0 0.20 10 0 7 6 4 5 5 0 4 2 50% 69 8 12% 36 12 33% 237 28 12% 20 9 45% 17 5 29% 0
1958 29 CHC NL 226 53% 52 7 0 0 0 2.18 12 0 7 2 10 6 6 0 1 0 0% 38 5 13% 18 5 28% 140 18 13% 10 4 40% 11 7 64% 0
1959 30 CHC NL 117 64% 17 5 0 0 0 2.26 3 0 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 100% 26 1 4% 13 4 31% 62 6 10% 5 1 20% 4 1 25% 0
1960 31 TOT NL 193 44% 31 4 0 0 0 0.77 4 0 5 3 1 3 1 0 2 2 100% 38 5 13% 15 2 13% 116 10 9% 4 0 0% 8 2 25% 0
1960 31 CHC NL 13 15% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0% 0 0 6 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1960 31 PHI NL 180 46% 29 4 0 0 0 0.77 4 0 5 3 1 3 1 0 2 2 100% 36 5 14% 15 2 13% 110 10 9% 4 0 0% 8 2 25% 0
1961 32 PHI NL 36 86% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 2 40% 3 1 33% 20 2 10% 2 1 50% 0 0 0
1962 33 PIT NL 53 45% 9 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13 2 15% 1 1 100% 38 4 11% 1 0 0% 2 2 100% 0
1963 34 TOT AL 30 63% 1 2 0 0 0 0.46 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 9 0 0% 5 1 20% 30 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1963 34 CLE AL 11 64% 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 3 0 0% 3 1 33% 10 0 0% 1 0 0% 0 0 0
1963 34 WSA AL 19 63% 1 2 0 0 0 0.46 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 0% 2 0 0% 20 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
7 Yrs 1100 45% 224 21 0 0 0 1.49 30 0 25 14 16 17 13 1 9 6 67% 198 23 12% 91 26 29% 643 68 11% 43 15 35% 42 17 40% 0
MLB Averages 50% 74% 10% 31% 14% 49% 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
1957 28 122 445 415 37 107 17 1 10 39 0 0 22 87 .258 .298 .376 .674 81 156 8 3 2 3 5
1958 29 198 671 616 67 159 24 1 22 68 0 0 43 128 .258 .311 .407 .718 91 251 13 6 2 4 7
1959 30 242 788 721 74 176 26 1 25 77 0 0 54 151 .244 .301 .387 .688 83 279 14 6 3 4 9
1960 31 310 981 894 87 207 33 3 29 90 0 0 70 198 .232 .292 .372 .664 78 333 19 8 5 4 11
1961 32 329 1017 925 87 214 34 3 29 92 1 0 74 206 .231 .292 .369 .661 77 341 21 8 5 5 12
1962 33 353 1070 975 92 223 35 4 30 97 1 0 77 216 .229 .289 .365 .654 75 356 23 8 5 5 12
1963 34 376 1100 1002 93 224 35 4 30 97 1 0 79 221 .224 .284 .356 .641 72 357 23 8 6 5 12

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
1957 28 128 466 435 39 113 18 1 11 42 0 23 91 .260 .300 .382 .681 49 122
1958 29 80 238 212 32 55 7 0 13 31 0 22 43 .259 .336 .476 .813 34 76
1959 30 46 123 110 8 18 2 0 3 10 0 12 24 .164 .246 .264 .510 7 44
1960 31 71 202 181 14 33 7 2 4 14 0 17 49 .182 .260 .309 .569 15 68
1961 32 20 39 33 0 8 1 0 0 2 1 5 8 .242 .333 .273 .606 3 19
1962 33 24 52 49 4 8 1 1 1 4 0 3 10 .163 .212 .286 .497 3 24
1963 34 23 30 27 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 5 .000 .069 .000 .069 0 23
7 Yrs 392 1150 1047 97 235 36 4 32 103 1 84 230 .224 .286 .358 .644 111 376
162 Game Avg. 162 475 433 40 97 15 2 13 43 0 35 95 .224 .286 .358 .644 46 376

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

Strikeouts s c a p y
1957 NL  87 (6th)

                                         

Hall Of Fame Statistics

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Hall of Fame StandardsBatting - 3 (2531), Average HOFer ≈ 50

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