Ray Noble

Rafael Miguel (Magee) Noble

Positions: Catcher and Pinch Hitter
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 210 lb.

Born: March 15, 1919 in Central Hatillo, Cuba (All Transactions)
Debut: April 18, 1951
Team: Giants 1951-1953

Final Game: September 22, 1953
Died: May 9, 1998 in Brooklyn, NY
Buried: Cypress Hills Cemetery, Brooklyn, NY
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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
1949	30	SFG-min	AAA	67	223	189	33	49	6	1	7	29	1		31	39	.259	.372	.413	.785		78		3	0				JER · IL
1950	31	OLD	AAA	110	384	345	58	109	23	3	15	76	4		27	54	.316	.382	.530	.913		183		10	2				OLD · PCL
1951	32	NYG	NL	55	148	141	16	33	6	0	5	26	0	0	6	26	.234	.265	.383	.648	71	54	6	0	1			2
1952	33	OLD	Opn	104	413	366	54	109	12	3	12	60	2		42	47	.298	.375	.445	.820		163		3	2				OLD · PCL
1952	33	NYG	NL	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0			/2
1953	34	SFG-min	AAA	29	128	111	21	34	5	0	4	21	2		15	6	.306	.398	.459	.858		51	3	2	0				MNE · AA
1953	34	NYG	NL	46	119	97	15	20	0	1	4	14	1	0	19	14	.206	.353	.351	.703	82	34	2	3	0			2
1954	35	HAV	AAA	125	481	409	46	117	25	1	7	61	0		57	47	.286	.379	.403	.783		165		8	1	6			HAV · IL
1955	36	CIN-min	AAA	123	451	363	46	92	16	2	10	51	1		83	40	.253	.392	.391	.784		142		2	0	3			HAV · IL
1956	37	OAK-min	AAA	132	475	396	43	91	12	0	13	64	0		69	56	.230	.347	.359	.705		142		4	2	4			CLB · IL
1957	38	OAK-min	AAA	118	433	363	49	91	14	0	21	62	0		64	58	.251	.363	.463	.825		168		2	0	4			BFL · IL
1958	39	OAK-min	AAA	127	490	424	59	114	20	2	20	72	0		61	71	.269	.361	.467	.828		198		2	0	3	2		BFL · IL
1959	40	HSN	AAA	138	498	415	53	122	21	0	15	68	0		75	49	.294	.400	.453	.853		188		2	1	5	4		HSN · AA
1960	41	CHC-min	AAA	92	234	208	18	57	6	1	6	21	0		26	33	.274	.355	.399	.754		83							HSN · AA
1961	42	CHC-min	AAA	5	4	4		1	0	0	0						.250	.250	.250	.500		1							HSN · AA
3 Yrs				107	272	243	31	53	6	1	9	40	1	0	25	41	.218	.299	.362	.661	73	88	8	3	1
162 Game Avg.				162	412	368	47	80	9	2	14	61	2	0	38	62	.218	.299	.362	.661	73	133	12	5	2

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
1951	32	NYG	NL	55	148	-6	0	-1	0	1	-5	-0.6	5	-0	-0.1	.490	.497	0.0	0.1	-0	$	2
1952	33	NYG	NL	6	5	-1	0	0	0	0	-1	-0.1	0	-1	-0.1	.476	.499	-0.1	0.0	-1	$	/2
1953	34	NYG	NL	46	119	0	-0	0	-1	1	-0	-0.1	4	4	0.4	.500	.500	0.5	-0.0	5	$	2
3 Seasons				107	272	-7	0	-1	-1	2	-7	-0.8	9	2	0.2	.493	.499	0.4	0.1	3	$

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
1951	32	NYG	NL	148	115	14	3.3	104	.255	.234	.269	.265	.343	.383	.407	.648	.750	71	.356	-6.4	-0.6	.526	.191	.149	.0
1952	33	NYG	NL	5	5	0	0.0	98	.000	.000	.263	.000	.336	.000	.391	.000	.727	-100	.000	-1.4	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1953	34	NYG	NL	119	79	12	4.0	113	.203	.206	.278	.353	.349	.351	.433	.703	.782	82	.417	-2.3	-0.2	.722	.351	.144	1.6
3 Yrs				272	199	26	3.5	107	.228	.218	.272	.299	.346	.362	.417	.661	.763	73	.372	-10.0	-1.0	.591	.251	.144	1.8
162 Game Avg.				412	301	39	3.5	107	.228	.218	.272	.299	.346	.362	.417	.661	.763	73	.372	-10.0	-1.0	.591	.251	.144	3

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
1951	32	NYG	NL	WS	NYY	L	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	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	GO/AO	IP%
1951	32	NYG	NL	148	3.4%	17.6%	4.1%	7.4%	33%	4.33	5.4	28.2	5.4	0.48	74%
1952	33	NYG	NL	5	0.0%	20.0%	0.0%	0.0%			5.0			0.00	80%
1953	34	NYG	NL	119	3.4%	11.8%	16.0%	4.2%	25%	0.74	6.9	24.3	6.9	1.00	66%
3 Yrs				272	3.3%	15.1%	9.2%	5.9%	30%	1.64	5.9	27.0	6.1	0.64	71%
MLB Averages					2.0%	10.5%	9.3%	6.4%	28%	1.12	8.5	45.1	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
1951	32	NYG	NL	-6.4	-0.6	131	-1.0	2.4	-3.4	1.23	-0.3	-0.5	-4.0	-0.4	1.04	-1.5	2.08	18
1952	33	NYG	NL	-1.4	-0.1	4	-0.1	0.0	-0.1	.62	-0.1	-0.0	-0.6	-0.1	0.56	-1.0	0.99	1
1953	34	NYG	NL	-2.3	-0.2	116	-0.2	1.5	-1.7	.87	0.1	-0.3	1.7	0.2	0.90	1.9	0.71	3
3 Yrs				-10.0	-1.0	251	-1.3	3.9	-5.2	1.05	-0.3	-0.9	-2.9	-0.3	0.97	-0.6	1.85	22

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	SB%	SB2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	2^ndS	2^ndSH
1951	32	NYG	NL	2	32%	33	0		0	0	1	2	44%	5	4	1	4	3
1952	33	NYG	NL	0		0	0		0	0	0	0		0	0	0	0	0
1953	34	NYG	NL	4	29%	51	1	100%	1	1	1	0	58%	7	5	2	5	5
3 Yrs				6	31%	84	1	100%	1	1	2	2	52%	12	9	3	9	8

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
1951	32	NYG	NL	148	40%	33			18	3	1	3	2.08	5	0	6	1	4	5	0	0	1	1	100%	28	6	21%	13	4	31%	107	19	18%	13	7	54%	5	0	0%	0
1952	33	NYG	NL	5	50%	0			1	0	0	0	0.99	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1953	34	NYG	NL	119	28%	20			3	0	0	0	0.71	4	0	3	3	1	3	1	0	0	0		19	2	11%	11	4	36%	64	10	16%	8	4	50%	5	4	80%	0
3 Yrs				272	34%	53			22	3	1	3	1.85	9	0	9	4	5	8	1	0	1	1	100%	47	8	17%	24	8	33%	171	29	17%	21	11	52%	10	4	40%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			88%			12%			32%			15%			51%			55%

Cumulative Batting

Year	Age	G	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	OPS+	TB	GDP	HBP	SH
1951	32	55	148	141	16	33	6	0	5	26	0	6	26	.234	.265	.383	.648	71	54	6	0	1
1952	33	61	153	146	16	33	6	0	5	26	0	6	27	.226	.257	.370	.626	66	54	6	0	1
1953	34	107	272	243	31	53	6	1	9	40	1	25	41	.218	.299	.362	.661	73	88	8	3	1

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
1951	32	57	153	146	16	34	6	0	5	26	0	6	27	.233	.263	.377	.640	15	55
1952	33	6	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	6
1953	34	48	120	99	14	19	0	1	4	13	1	18	15	.192	.333	.333	.667	10	46
3 Yrs		111	278	250	30	53	6	1	9	39	1	24	43	.212	.289	.352	.641	25	107
162 Game Avg.		162	406	365	44	77	9	1	13	57	1	35	63	.212	.289	.352	.641	36	107

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