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Gus Niarhos

Constantine Gregory Niarhos

Position: Catcher
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 0", Weight: 160 lb.

Born: December 6, 1920 in Birmingham, AL
High School: West End HS (Birmingham, AL)
Signed
by the New York Yankees as an amateur free agent in 1941. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 9, 1946
Teams (by GP): Yankees/WhiteSox/RedSox/Phillies 1946-1955

Final Game: September 9, 1955
Died: December 29, 2004 in Harrisonburg, VA
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
1946 25 NYY AL 37 51 40 11 9 1 1 0 2 1 0 11 2 .225 .392 .300 .692 94 12 2 0 0 2
1948 27 NYY AL 83 285 228 41 61 12 2 0 19 1 3 52 15 .268 .404 .338 .741 99 77 3 0 5 2
1949 28 NYY AL 32 57 43 7 12 2 1 0 6 0 0 13 8 .279 .456 .372 .828 120 16 1 1 0 2
1950 29 TOT AL 42 121 105 17 34 4 0 0 16 0 0 14 6 .324 .408 .362 .770 101 38 3 1 1 2
1950 29 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1950 29 CHW AL 41 121 105 17 34 4 0 0 16 0 0 14 6 .324 .408 .362 .770 101 38 3 1 1 2
1951 30 CHW AL 66 217 168 27 43 6 0 1 10 4 3 47 9 .256 .419 .310 .728 101 52 5 0 2 2
1952 31 BOS AL 29 72 58 4 6 0 0 0 4 0 0 12 9 .103 .268 .103 .371 3 6 1 1 1 2
1953 32 BOS AL 16 41 35 6 7 1 1 0 2 0 1 4 4 .200 .300 .286 .586 56 10 0 1 1 2
1954 33 PHI NL 3 5 5 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .200 .200 .200 .400 5 1 0 0 0 0 /2
1955 34 PHI NL 7 9 9 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .111 .111 .111 .222 -40 1 1 0 0 0 0 /2
9 Yrs 315 858 691 114 174 26 5 1 59 6 7 153 56 .252 .390 .308 .699 89 213 16 4 10 0 0
162 Game Avg. 162 441 355 59 89 13 3 1 30 3 4 79 29 .252 .390 .308 .699 89 110 8 2 5
NYY (4 yrs) 153 393 311 59 82 15 4 0 27 2 3 76 25 .264 .410 .338 .747 102 105 6 1 5
PHI (2 yrs) 10 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 2 1 0 0 0 0
BOS (2 yrs) 45 113 93 10 13 1 1 0 6 0 1 16 13 .140 .279 .172 .451 23 16 1 2 2
CHW (2 yrs) 107 338 273 44 77 10 0 1 26 4 3 61 15 .282 .415 .330 .745 101 90 8 1 3
AL (7 yrs) 305 844 677 113 172 26 5 1 59 6 7 153 53 .254 .394 .312 .706 91 211 15 4 10
NL (2 yrs) 10 14 14 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 .143 .143 .143 .286 -24 2 1 0 0 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
1946 25 NYY AL 37 51 0 0 0 0 0 1 0.1 1 2 0.2 .503 .501 0.2 0.0 2 $ 2
1948 27 NYY AL 83 285 3 -0 1 0 2 6 0.6 7 13 1.3 .507 .504 1.3 0.2 13 $ 2
1949 28 NYY AL 32 57 2 -0 -0 0 0 2 0.2 1 4 0.4 .507 .501 0.4 0.1 4 $ 2
1950 29 NYY AL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0 0 0.0 .500 .500 0.0 0.0 0 $
1950 29 CHW AL 41 121 2 0 -0 -1 1 1 0.1 3 5 0.5 .503 .501 0.5 0.0 6 $ 2
1951 30 CHW AL 66 217 4 0 -0 0 2 6 0.6 6 11 1.2 .509 .504 1.1 0.2 11 $ 2
1952 31 BOS AL 29 72 -7 -0 0 1 1 -5 -0.6 2 -4 -0.4 .479 .496 -0.5 0.2 -5 $ 2
1953 32 BOS AL 16 41 -2 -1 0 0 0 -2 -0.2 1 -1 -0.1 .489 .499 -0.1 0.0 -1 $ 2
1954 33 PHI NL 3 5 -1 0 0 0 0 -1 -0.1 0 -0 0.0 .479 .500 0.0 0.0 -0 $ /2
1955 34 PHI NL 7 9 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.2 0 -2 -0.2 .471 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $ /2
9 Seasons 315 858 -1 -0 0 0 7 7 0.6 22 29 2.9 .502 .500 2.7 0.8 29 $
NYY (4 yrs) 153 393 6 0 0 0 3 9 0.9 10 19 1.9 .506 .501 1.9 0.3 19 $
PHI (2 yrs) 10 14 -2 0 -0 0 0 -2 -0.3 1 -2 -0.2 .474 .499 -0.2 0.0 -2 $
BOS (2 yrs) 45 113 -9 -1 1 1 1 -7 -0.8 3 -4 -0.5 .483 .498 -0.6 0.2 -5 $
CHW (2 yrs) 107 338 5 0 -1 -1 3 7 0.7 9 16 1.7 .507 .502 1.6 0.2 17 $

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
1946 25 NYY AL 51 33 5 4.0 97 .237 .225 .265 .392 .339 .300 .381 .692 .720 94 .488 0.3 0.0 .727 .375 .075 .0
1948 27 NYY AL 285 178 30 4.5 105 .286 .268 .272 .404 .357 .338 .393 .741 .750 99 .488 3.1 0.3 .734 .289 .070 .0
1949 28 NYY AL 57 32 7 5.8 107 .343 .279 .271 .456 .363 .372 .393 .828 .756 120 .608 2.4 0.2 .938 .395 .093
1950 29 TOT AL 121 75 15 5.3 111 .343 .324 .275 .408 .361 .362 .412 .770 .773 101 .530 1.1 0.1 .716 .171 .038
1950 29 CHW AL 121 75 15 5.3 111 .343 .324 .275 .408 .361 .362 .412 .770 .773 101 .530 1.1 0.1 .716 .171 .038
1951 30 CHW AL 217 135 22 4.4 100 .266 .256 .265 .419 .346 .310 .389 .728 .735 101 .487 3.9 0.4 .752 .339 .054 1.6
1952 31 BOS AL 72 54 2 1.0 102 .122 .103 .268 .268 .349 .103 .391 .371 .740 3 .069 -7.6 -0.8 .358 .207 .000
1953 32 BOS AL 41 30 3 2.7 106 .226 .200 .274 .300 .351 .286 .404 .586 .755 56 .282 -2.2 -0.2 .483 .171 .086
1954 33 PHI NL 5 4 0 0.0 109 .250 .200 .274 .200 .345 .200 .424 .400 .769 5 .000 -0.7 -0.1 .250 .000 .000
1955 34 PHI NL 9 9 0 0.0 104 .143 .111 .263 .111 .334 .111 .417 .222 .751 -40 .000 -1.8 -0.2 .111 .000 .000
9 Yrs 858 550 84 4.1 104 .273 .252 .270 .390 .353 .308 .395 .699 .748 89 .449 -1.5 -0.2 .683 .276 .056 1.7
162 Game Avg. 441 283 43 4.1 104 .273 .252 .270 .390 .353 .308 .395 .699 .748 89 .449 -1.5 -0.2 .683 .276 .056 1
NYY (4 yrs) 393 243 42 4.6 104 .287 .264 .271 .410 .355 .338 .391 .747 .747 102 .506 5.8 0.6 .761 .315 .074 .0
PHI (2 yrs) 14 13 0 0.0 106 .182 .143 .267 .143 .338 .143 .419 .286 .757 -24 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .154 .000 .000
BOS (2 yrs) 113 84 5 1.6 103 .163 .140 .270 .279 .350 .172 .396 .451 .746 23 .143 -9.8 -1.0 .402 .194 .032
CHW (2 yrs) 338 210 37 4.7 104 .296 .282 .269 .415 .351 .330 .398 .745 .749 101 .504 5.1 0.5 .739 .275 .048 1.6
AL (7 yrs) 844 537 84 4.2 104 .274 .254 .270 .394 .353 .312 .395 .706 .748 91 .460 1.1 0.1 .696 .282 .058 1.7
NL (2 yrs) 14 13 0 0.0 106 .182 .143 .267 .143 .338 .143 .419 .286 .757 -24 .000 -2.5 -0.2 .154 .000 .000

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
1949 28 NYY AL WS BRO W 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
1946 25 NYY AL 51 0.0% 3.9% 21.6% 3.9% 22% 0.18 20.0 20.0 75%
1948 27 NYY AL 285 0.0% 5.3% 18.3% 4.9% 23% 0.29 15.2 12.0 0.67 75%
1949 28 NYY AL 57 0.0% 14.0% 22.8% 5.3% 25% 0.62 5.4 7.2 1.83 61%
1950 29 TOT AL 121 0.0% 5.0% 11.6% 3.3% 12% 0.43 17.5 6.6 1.10 82%
1950 29 CHW AL 121 0.0% 5.0% 11.6% 3.3% 12% 0.43 17.5 6.6 1.10 82%
1951 30 CHW AL 217 0.5% 4.2% 21.7% 3.2% 16% 0.19 18.7 168.0 16.8 1.38 73%
1952 31 BOS AL 72 0.0% 12.5% 16.7% 0.0% 0% 0.75 6.4 14.5 0.79 68%
1953 32 BOS AL 41 0.0% 9.8% 9.8% 4.9% 29% 1.00 8.8 17.5 0.92 76%
1954 33 PHI NL 5 0.0% 20.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 5.0 0.50 80%
1955 34 PHI NL 9 0.0% 22.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0% 4.5 6.00 78%
9 Yrs 858 0.1% 6.5% 17.8% 3.7% 18% 0.37 12.3 691.0 11.7 1.03 74%
MLB Averages 1.9% 10.2% 9.7% 6.4% 28% 1.05 8.7 47.1 8.2 0.97 76%

Win Probability

Year Age Tm Lg BtRuns BtWins Plays WPA WPA+ WPA- aLI WPA/LI Clutch RE24 REW boLI RE24/boLI PHlev AB
1946 25 NYY AL 0.3 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1948 27 NYY AL 3.1 0.3 163 0.4 2.1 -1.7 .71 0.4 0.1 4.5 0.4 0.92 5.4 0
1949 28 NYY AL 2.4 0.2 44 0.8 1.3 -0.5 1.12 0.3 0.4 4.1 0.4 0.95 2.8 0.94 2
1950 29 TOT AL 1.1 0.1 73 0.3 1.4 -1.1 .94 0.1 0.2 1.3 0.1 0.98 0.4 1.97 2
1950 29 NYY AL 0.0 0.0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1950 29 CHW AL 1.1 0.1 73 0.3 1.4 -1.1 .94 0.1 0.2 1.3 0.1 0.98 0.4 1.97 2
1951 30 CHW AL 3.9 0.4 210 -0.6 2.6 -3.2 .97 -0.2 -0.5 -3.7 -0.4 0.94 1.6 1.68 3
1952 31 BOS AL -7.6 -0.8 72 -0.7 0.5 -1.2 .86 -0.6 -0.3 -4.0 -0.4 0.85 -6.1 1.09 3
1953 32 BOS AL -2.3 -0.2 42 -0.1 0.4 -0.6 .80 -0.2 0.1 -2.4 -0.2 0.89 -2.7 0
1954 33 PHI NL -0.7 -0.1 5 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 1.23 -0.1 -0.0 -0.8 -0.1 0.89 -0.7 0
1955 34 PHI NL -1.8 -0.2 9 -0.1 0.0 -0.1 .37 -0.2 -0.1 -1.8 -0.2 0.78 -2.0 0
9 Yrs -1.6 -0.2 618 -0.2 8.3 -8.5 .88 -0.4 0.1 -2.8 -0.3 0.92 -1.2 1.41 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
1948 27 NYY AL 1 0 36% 92 1 3 25% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 46% 10 7 3 7 4 3 5 1 4
1949 28 NYY AL 0 0 27% 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 25% 2 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 1
1950 29 TOT AL 1 0 35% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 64% 6 4 2 0 0 0 5 0 5
1950 29 CHW AL 1 0 35% 45 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 64% 6 4 2 0 0 0 5 0 5
1951 30 CHW AL 4 0 29% 106 4 3 57% 3 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 3 42% 17 14 3 0 0 0 14 4 10
1952 31 BOS AL 2 0 21% 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 43% 3 3 0 0 0 0 4 1 3
1953 32 BOS AL 1 0 50% 19 0 1 0% 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 33% 5 3 2 0 0 0 1 1 0
1954 33 PHI NL 0 0 0% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1955 34 PHI NL 0 0 100% 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 9 0 34% 326 6 7 46% 3 7 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 4 44% 43 33 10 7 4 3 31 8 23

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
1948 27 NYY AL 285 31% 61 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 5 5 100% 21 3 14% 9 6 67% 93 11 12% 7 4 57% 4 3 75% 0
1949 28 NYY AL 57 35% 12 2 1 0 0 0.94 0 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 1 14% 4 1 25% 22 5 23% 5 2 40% 1 0 0% 0
1950 29 TOT AL 121 26% 34 2 0 0 0 1.97 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 3 20% 7 2 29% 52 8 15% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
1950 29 CHW AL 121 26% 34 2 0 0 0 1.97 0 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 15 3 20% 7 2 29% 52 8 15% 3 1 33% 3 2 67% 0
1951 30 CHW AL 217 37% 43 3 1 0 0 1.68 1 0 2 0 1 0 1 0 4 2 50% 32 5 16% 16 7 44% 110 7 6% 10 4 40% 6 6 100% 0
1952 31 BOS AL 72 15% 6 3 0 0 0 1.09 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 11 1 9% 5 1 20% 33 4 12% 4 0 0% 2 1 50% 0
1953 32 BOS AL 41 15% 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 1 50% 5 0 0% 5 2 40% 20 2 10% 3 2 67% 0 0 0
1954 33 PHI NL 5 100% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0% 1 0 0% 2 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
1955 34 PHI NL 9 44% 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 100% 0 0 4 0 0% 0 0 0 0 0
9 Yrs 807 30% 174 10 2 0 0 1.41 1 0 11 0 1 0 1 0 13 10 77% 93 16 17% 47 19 40% 336 37 11% 32 13 41% 16 12 75% 0
MLB Averages 50% 122% 15% 32% 15% 51% 55%

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
1946 25 37 51 40 11 9 1 1 0 2 1 0 11 2 .225 .392 .300 .692 94 12 2 0 0
1947 26 37 51 40 11 9 1 1 0 2 1 0 11 2 .225 .392 .300 .692 94 12 2 0 0
1948 27 120 336 268 52 70 13 3 0 21 2 3 63 17 .261 .402 .332 .734 98 89 5 0 5
1949 28 152 393 311 59 82 15 4 0 27 2 3 76 25 .264 .410 .338 .747 102 105 6 1 5
1950 29 194 514 416 76 116 19 4 0 43 2 3 90 31 .279 .409 .344 .753 101 143 9 2 6
1951 30 260 731 584 103 159 25 4 1 53 6 6 137 40 .272 .412 .334 .746 101 195 14 2 8
1952 31 289 803 642 107 165 25 4 1 57 6 6 149 49 .257 .399 .313 .712 92 201 15 3 9
1953 32 305 844 677 113 172 26 5 1 59 6 7 153 53 .254 .394 .312 .706 91 211 15 4 10
1954 33 308 849 682 113 173 26 5 1 59 6 7 153 54 .254 .393 .311 .704 90 212 15 4 10 0
1955 34 315 858 691 114 174 26 5 1 59 6 7 153 56 .252 .390 .308 .699 89 213 16 4 10 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
1946 25 39 54 42 12 10 1 1 0 2 1 12 2 .238 .407 .310 .717 5 37
1948 27 87 293 236 40 61 12 2 0 19 1 52 16 .258 .392 .326 .719 30 83
1949 28 33 58 44 7 12 2 1 0 6 0 13 8 .273 .448 .364 .812 7 32
1950 29 44 124 108 16 34 4 0 0 15 0 14 6 .315 .398 .352 .750 15 42
1951 30 69 225 175 27 44 6 0 1 10 4 48 9 .251 .413 .303 .715 22 66
1952 31 30 77 61 5 7 0 0 0 5 0 14 9 .115 .289 .115 .404 2 29
1953 32 17 44 37 7 8 1 1 0 2 0 5 4 .216 .326 .297 .623 3 16
1954 33 3 5 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 3
1955 34 7 9 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 .000 .000 .000 .000 0 7
9 Yrs 329 889 717 114 176 26 5 1 59 6 158 57 .245 .385 .300 .684 84 315
162 Game Avg. 162 438 353 56 87 13 2 0 29 3 78 28 .245 .385 .300 .684 41 315

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