Ron Nischwitz

Ronald Lee Nischwitz

Position: Pitcher
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 6' 3", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: July 1, 1937 in Dayton, OH
High School: Fairview HS (Dayton, OH)
School: The Ohio State University (Columbus, OH)
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1958. (All Transactions)
Debut: September 4, 1961
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Indians 1961-1965

Final Game: September 19, 1965
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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	20	DET-min	A	24	41	41		9	1	0	0						.220	.220	.244	.463		10							LNC · EL
1959	21	DET-min	A,AA	34	69	59	7	13	1	0	0	10	0		6	21	.220	.288	.237	.525		14		0	3	1	0		KNX,BIR · SALL,SOUA
1960	22	DET-min	AA	40	96	89	8	19	5	0	0	5	0		7	28	.213	.271	.270	.540		24							BIR · SOUA
1961	23	DET-min	AAA	28	75	70	5	13	4	1	0	10	0		5	23	.186	.240	.271	.511		19							DEN · AA
1961	23	DET	AL	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	/1
1962	24	DET-min	AAA	8	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.333	.333	.333	.667		1		0	0	0	0		DEN · AA
1962	24	DET	AL	48	12	12	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	5	.417	.417	.583	1.000	162	7	0	0	0	0	0	1
1963	25	CLE-min	AAA	28	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	.000	.000	.000	.000		0							JCK · IL
1963	25	CLE	AL	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1

1964	26	TEX/ATL-CLE-min	AAA	56	32	32	0	5	1	0	0	4	0	0	0	11	.156	.156	.188	.344		6		0	0	0			TTO,POR · IL,PCL
1965	27	DET-min	AAA	10	11	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	.000	.000	.000	.000		0		0	0	0			SYR · IL
1965	27	DET	AL	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0	1
1966	28	NYM-min	AAA	30	40	39	2	7	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	12	.179	.200	.179	.379		7		0	0	0			JCK · IL
4 Yrs				88	18	18	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	.278	.278	.389	.667	77	7	0	0	0	0	0
162 Game Avg.				162	33	33	2	9	0	2	0	2	0	0	0	17	.278	.278	.389	.667	77	13	0	0	0	0	0

DET (3 yrs)				74	17	17	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	9	.294	.294	.412	.706	87	7	0	0	0	0	0
CLE (1 yr)				14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	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
1961	23	DET	AL	6	2	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.493	.500	0.0	0.0	-0	$	/1
1962	24	DET	AL	48	12	1	0	0	0	1	2	0.2	0	2	0.2	.505	.501	0.2	-0.0	3	$	1
1963	25	CLE	AL	14	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$	1

1965	27	DET	AL	20	3	-1	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.498	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$	1
4 Seasons				88	18	-1	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.501	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$

DET (3 yrs)				74	17	-0	0	0	0	2	1	0.1	1	2	0.1	.502	.500	0.1	-0.0	2	$
CLE (1 yr)				14	1	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.0	0	-0	0.0	.498	.500	0.0	-0.0	-0	$

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
1961	23	DET	AL	2	2	0	0.0	106		.000	.268	.000	.343	.000	.416	.000	.759	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1962	24	DET	AL	12	7	3	11.5	106	.714	.417	.268	.417	.341	.583	.417	1.000	.758	162	.845	0.9	0.1	1.000	.167	.167
1963	25	CLE	AL	1	1	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.254	.000	.320	.000	.393	.000	.713	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

1965	27	DET	AL	3	3	0	0.0	93	.000	.000	.252	.000	.322	.000	.386	.000	.708	-100	.000	-0.8	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
4 Yrs				18	13	3	6.2	103	.556	.278	.264	.278	.337	.389	.410	.667	.747	77	.647	-0.8	-0.1	.538	.111	.111
162 Game Avg.				33	24	6	6.2	103	.556	.278	.264	.278	.337	.389	.410	.667	.747	77	.647	-0.8	-0.1	.538	.111	.111

DET (3 yrs)				17	12	3	6.7	104	.625	.294	.265	.294	.338	.412	.411	.706	.749	87	.678	-0.5	-0.1	.583	.118	.118
CLE (1 yr)				1	1	0	0.0	94	.000	.000	.254	.000	.320	.000	.393	.000	.713	-100	.000	-0.3	-0.0	.000	.000	.000

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1961	23	DET	AL	2	0.0%	100.0%	0.0%	0.0%			1.0				0%
1962	24	DET	AL	12	0.0%	41.7%	0.0%	8.3%	20%		2.4		12.0	0.00	58%
1963	25	CLE	AL	1	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%							100%

1965	27	DET	AL	3	0.0%	66.7%	0.0%	0.0%			1.5				33%
4 Yrs				18	0.0%	50.0%	0.0%	5.6%	20%		2.0		18.0	1.00	50%
MLB Averages					2.3%	14.9%	8.3%	6.4%	29%	1.79	6.0	38.7	8.7	1.08	73%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	AB
1961	23	DET	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	1.14	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	1.03	-0.6	0
1962	24	DET	AL	0.9	0.1	12	0.1	0.3	-0.1	1.00	0.1	0.1	0.7	0.1	0.84	0.9	0
1963	25	CLE	AL	-0.3	-0.0	1	0.0	0.0	0.0	.01	-0.0	0.0	-0.1	-0.0	0.60	-0.2	0

1965	27	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	3	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.34	-0.1	0.0	-0.8	-0.1	1.02	-0.8	0
4 Yrs				-0.8	-0.1	18	0.0	0.3	-0.2	.85	-0.1	0.1	-0.8	-0.1	0.88	-0.7	0

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	XI	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB2	CS2	SB3	CS3	SBH	CSH	PO	PCS	OOB	BT	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1961	23	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
1962	24	DET	AL	0	0	20%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
1963	25	CLE	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

1965	27	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
4 Yrs				0	0	20%	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	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	%	Opp	DP	%	Opp	Suc	%	BR	BRS	BRS%	<2,3B	Scr	%	0,2B	Adv	%	PAu
1961	23	DET	AL	2	100%	0			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		2	0	0%	0	0		0	0		0
1962	24	DET	AL	12	100%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1	0	0%	0	0		4	1	25%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
1963	25	CLE	AL	1	100%	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

1965	27	DET	AL	3	100%	0			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
4 Yrs				18	100%	5			0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		2	0	0%	1	0	0%	8	1	13%	1	1	100%	0	0		0
MLB Averages					52%																			76%			10%			30%			14%			48%			52%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	3B	RBI	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB
1961	23	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0
1962	24	54	14	14	1	5	1	1	7	.357	.357	.500	.857	125	7
1963	25	68	15	15	1	5	1	1	7	.333	.333	.467	.800	111	7
1964	26	68	15	15	1	5	1	1	7	.333	.333	.467	.800	111	7
1965	27	88	18	18	1	5	1	1	9	.278	.278	.389	.667	77	7

Neutralized Batting

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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
1961	23	6	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1962	24	48	12	12	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	5	.417	.417	.583	1.000	3	48
1963	25	14	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	14

1965	27	20	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	20
4 Yrs		88	18	18	1	5	0	1	0	1	0	0	9	.278	.278	.389	.667	3	88
162 Game Avg.		162	33	33	2	9	0	2	0	2	0	0	17	.278	.278	.389	.667	6	88

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