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Luis Olmo

Luis Francisco Olmo
born Luis Francisco Rodriquez Olmo

Positions: Outfielder, Third Baseman and Second Baseman
Bats: Right, Throws: Right
Height: 5' 11", Weight: 185 lb.

Born: August 11, 1919 in Arecibo, P.R. (All Transactions)
Debut: July 23, 1943
Teams (by GP): Dodgers/Braves 1943-1951

Final Game: June 6, 1951
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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	Pos	Awards
1939	19	-min	D	56	219	219		72	11	3	3						.329	.329	.447	.776		98				WLS · COPL
1940	20	SFG-min	D,B	130	550	550		177	26	8	20						.322	.322	.507	.829		279				WLS,RMD · COPL,PIED
1941	21	-min	B	137	515	515		160	20	17	13						.311	.311	.491	.802		253				RMD · PIED
1942	22	-min	B	131	505	505		170	29	19	10						.337	.337	.529	.865		267				RMD · PIED
1943	23	LAD-min	AA	89	372	352	57	111	15	12	4	47	9	3	15	22	.315	.343	.460	.804		162		0	5	MTL · IL
1943	23	BRO	NL	57	247	238	39	72	6	4	4	37	3		8	20	.303	.325	.412	.737	111	98	10	0	1	O8/97
1944	24	BRO	NL	136	547	520	65	134	20	5	9	85	10		17	37	.258	.284	.367	.651	84	191	9	2	8	O845/79
1945	25	BRO	NL	141	595	556	62	174	27	13	10	110	15		36	33	.313	.356	.462	.818	127	257	11	1	2	*O75/849	MVP-17

1949	29	BRO	NL	38	111	105	15	32	4	1	1	14	2		5	11	.305	.336	.390	.727	90	41	6	0	1	O78/9
1950	30	BSN	NL	69	173	154	23	35	7	1	5	22	3		18	23	.227	.308	.383	.691	85	59	7	0	1	O978/5
1951	31	ATL-min	AAA	82	330	312	38	87	12	2	8	52	0		17	32	.279	.318	.407	.725		127	6	1	0	MLW · AA
1951	31	BSN	NL	21	60	56	4	11	1	1	0	4	0	1	4	4	.196	.250	.250	.500	39	14	0	0	0	O7/89
6 Seasons				462	1733	1629	208	458	65	25	29	272	33	1	88	128	.281	.319	.405	.724	102	660	43	3	13
162 Game Avg.				162	608	571	73	161	23	9	10	95	12		31	45	.281	.319	.405	.724	102	231	15	1	5

BRO (4 yrs)				372	1500	1419	181	412	57	23	24	246	30		66	101	.290	.323	.414	.737	106	587	36	3	12
BSN (2 yrs)				90	233	210	27	46	8	2	5	26	3	1	22	27	.219	.293	.348	.641	73	73	7	0	1

Player Value--Batters

WAR: 8+ MVP, 5+ A-S, 2+ Strtr, 0-2 Sub, < 0 Repl.

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	Rbat	Rbaser	Rroe	Rdp	Rfield	Rpos	Rrep	RAR	WAR	oRAR	oWAR	dWAR	Salary	Pos	Awards
1943	23	BRO	NL	247	4	2	0	0	-4	0	7	9	1.0	13	1.4	-0.4	$	O8/97
1944	24	BRO	NL	547	-12	2	0	0	-11	1	17	-3	-0.4	8	0.9	-1.3	$	O845/79
1945	25	BRO	NL	595	21	0	0	0	-3	-5	18	31	3.2	34	3.5	-0.3	$6,000	*O75/849	MVP-17

1949	29	BRO	NL	111	-1	0	0	0	-2	-1	4	0	0.0	2	0.2	-0.2	$	O78/9
1950	30	BSN	NL	173	-3	1	0	0	-6	-2	6	-4	-0.4	2	0.2	-0.6	$	O978/5
1951	31	BSN	NL	60	-5	0	0	0	-1	-1	2	-5	-0.5	-4	-0.4	-0.1	$	O7/89
6 Seasons				1733	4	5	0	0	-27	-8	54	28	2.9	55	5.8	-2.9	$6,000

BRO (4 yrs)				1500	12	4	0	0	-20	-5	46	37	3.8	57	6.0	-2.2	$6,000
BSN (2 yrs)				233	-8	1	0	0	-7	-3	8	-9	-0.9	-2	-0.2	-0.7	$

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
1943	23	BRO	NL	247	177	32	4.9	90	.318	.303	.266	.325	.335	.412	.361	.737	.695	111	.596	1.5	0.2	.619	.155	.109	3.4
1944	24	BRO	NL	547	403	54	3.6	93	.264	.258	.266	.284	.333	.367	.373	.651	.706	84	.430	-13.8	-1.4	.557	.162	.110	9.5
1945	25	BRO	NL	595	395	91	6.2	96	.320	.313	.272	.356	.342	.462	.375	.818	.717	127	.661	17.2	1.8	.786	.241	.149	12.0

1949	29	BRO	NL	111	80	14	4.7	108	.333	.305	.276	.336	.351	.390	.413	.727	.764	90	.510	-1.8	-0.2	.608	.152	.086	1.3
1950	30	BSN	NL	173	127	18	3.8	103	.238	.227	.262	.308	.338	.383	.407	.691	.745	85	.400	-3.3	-0.3	.635	.292	.156	3.8
1951	31	BSN	NL	60	46	3	1.8	97	.212	.196	.259	.250	.332	.250	.392	.500	.724	39	.150	-4.8	-0.5	.370	.107	.054
6 Seasons				1733	1228	212	4.6	95	.291	.281	.268	.319	.338	.405	.379	.724	.716	102	.536	-4.9	-0.5	.644	.198	.124	30.9
162 Game Avg.				608	431	74	4.6	95	.291	.281	.268	.319	.338	.405	.379	.724	.716	102	.536	-4.9	-0.5	.644	.198	.124	11

BRO (4 yrs)				1500	1055	191	4.9	95	.300	.290	.269	.323	.338	.414	.375	.737	.713	106	.564	3.1	0.3	.658	.191	.123	26.7
BSN (2 yrs)				233	173	21	3.2	101	.230	.219	.261	.293	.336	.348	.403	.641	.739	73	.339	-8.1	-0.8	.564	.243	.129	3.8

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
1949	29	BRO	NL	WS	NYY	L	4	11	11	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.545	.818	6	0	0	0	0	0
1 WS							4	11	11	2	3	0	0	1	2	0	0	0	2	.273	.273	.545	.818	6	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%
1943	23	BRO	NL	247	1.6%	8.1%	3.2%	5.7%	19%	2.50	11.9	59.5	6.4		87%
1944	24	BRO	NL	547	1.7%	6.8%	3.1%	6.2%	25%	2.18	14.1	57.8	6.1		87%
1945	25	BRO	NL	595	1.7%	5.6%	6.1%	8.4%	29%	0.92	16.8	55.6	5.1		86%

1949	29	BRO	NL	111	0.9%	9.9%	4.5%	5.4%	19%	2.20	9.5	105.0	7.5		84%
1950	30	BSN	NL	173	2.9%	13.3%	10.4%	7.5%	37%	1.28	6.7	30.8	7.0	1.24	73%
1951	31	BSN	NL	60	0.0%	6.7%	6.7%	3.3%	18%	1.00	14.0		14.0	0.37	87%
6 Seasons				1733	1.7%	7.4%	5.1%	6.9%	26%	1.45	12.7	56.2	6.0	0.85	85%
MLB Averages					1.5%	9.4%	9.5%	6.1%	26%	0.99	9.5	59.0	8.4	0.94	78%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1943	23	BRO	NL	1.5	0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1944	24	BRO	NL	-13.8	-1.4	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1945	25	BRO	NL	17.2	1.8	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0

1949	29	BRO	NL	-1.8	-0.2	0	0.0	0.0	0.0		0.0		0.0	0.0		0.0
1950	30	BSN	NL	-3.3	-0.3	142	-0.2	2.9	-3.2	1.25	-0.1	-0.1	-2.8	-0.3	1.04	-0.2	0.94	13
1951	31	BSN	NL	-4.8	-0.5	61	-0.6	0.7	-1.2	1.07	-0.5	-0.0	-5.1	-0.5	0.92	-4.8	1.74	4
6 Seasons				-4.9	-0.5	203	-0.8	3.6	-4.4	1.20	-0.5	-0.1	-7.9	-0.8	1.00	-5.0	1.13	17

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1950	30	BSN	NL	5	38%	69	3			3	0	2	1	63%	11	6	5	3	0	3	5	1	4
1951	31	BSN	NL	0	27%	21	0	1	0%	0	1	1	0	67%	1	0	1	2	1	1	0	0	0
6 Seasons				5	34%	90	33	1	3300%	3	1	3	1	64%	12	6	6	5	1	4	5	1	4

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
1950	30	BSN	NL	138	81%	35			13	0	0	0	0.94	5	0	7	1	2	1	2	0	2	1	50%	30	7	23%	14	6	43%	105	15	14%	11	3	27%	8	5	63%	35
1951	31	BSN	NL	60	70%	11			4	0	0	1	1.74	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		11	0	0%	7	3	43%	37	4	11%	4	3	75%	4	1	25%	0
6 Seasons				198	78%	458			17	0	0	1	1.13	29	0	9	1	2	1	2	0	2	13	650%	41	43	105%	21	9	43%	142	19	13%	15	6	40%	12	6	50%	35
MLB Averages					51%																			520%			52%			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
1943	23	57	247	238	39	72	6	4	4	37	3		8	20	.303	.325	.412	.737	111	98	10	0	1
1944	24	193	794	758	104	206	26	9	13	122	13		25	57	.272	.297	.381	.678	92	289	19	2	9
1945	25	334	1389	1314	166	380	53	22	23	232	28		61	90	.289	.322	.416	.738	107	546	30	3	11
1946	26	334	1389	1314	166	380	53	22	23	232	28		61	90	.289	.322	.416	.738	107	546	30	3	11
1947	27	334	1389	1314	166	380	53	22	23	232	28		61	90	.289	.322	.416	.738	107	546	30	3	11
1948	28	334	1389	1314	166	380	53	22	23	232	28		61	90	.289	.322	.416	.738	107	546	30	3	11
1949	29	372	1500	1419	181	412	57	23	24	246	30		66	101	.290	.323	.414	.737	106	587	36	3	12
1950	30	441	1673	1573	204	447	64	24	29	268	33		84	124	.284	.322	.411	.732	104	646	43	3	13
1951	31	462	1733	1629	208	458	65	25	29	272	33	1	88	128	.281	.319	.405	.724	102	660	43	3	13

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
1943	23	60	262	253	45	80	7	4	4	42	3	9	21	.316	.340	.423	.763	37	57
1944	24	141	565	545	72	144	21	5	10	94	11	18	38	.264	.290	.376	.666	59	136
1945	25	147	620	581	65	182	28	14	10	115	16	38	34	.313	.356	.461	.818	95	141

1949	29	39	113	108	15	32	4	1	1	14	2	5	11	.296	.327	.380	.707	14	38
1950	30	72	179	160	24	36	7	1	5	23	3	19	24	.225	.307	.375	.682	19	69
1951	31	22	63	59	5	12	1	1	0	5	0	4	4	.203	.254	.254	.508	4	21
6 Seasons		481	1802	1706	226	486	68	26	30	293	35	93	132	.285	.323	.408	.731	228	462
162 Game Avg.		162	607	575	76	164	23	9	10	99	12	31	44	.285	.323	.408	.731	77	462

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Appearances on Leader Boards, Awards, and Honors

Stats are Year-Value-Rank · Glossary

MVP (yr lg (rk, shr)) 1945 NL (17, 4%) 0.04 Career Shares (1177th)	Batting Average s c a p y 1945 NL .313 (6th)	Slugging % s c a p y 1945 NL .462 (5th)	On-Base Plus Slugging s c a p y 1945 NL .818 (9th)
Hits s c a p y 1945 NL 174 (9th)	Total Bases s c a p y 1945 NL 257 (6th)	Triples s c a p y 1945 NL 13 (1st)	Runs Batted In s c a p y 1945 NL 110 (3rd)
Stolen Bases s c a p y 1944 NL 10 (7th) 1945 NL 15 (4th)	Adjusted OPS+ s c a p y 1945 NL 127 (10th)	Runs Created s c a p y 1945 NL 91 (9th)	Extra Base Hits s c a p y 1945 NL 50 (6th)
Offensive Win % s c a p y 1945 NL .661 (8th)	Power-Speed # s c a p y 1944 NL 9.5 (5th) 1945 NL 12.0 (7th)

Hall Of Fame Statistics

Player rank in (·)

Black Ink	Batting - 1 (733), Average HOFer ≈ 27
Gray Ink	Batting - 19 (1043), Average HOFer ≈ 144
Hall of Fame Monitor	Batting - 6 (1385), Likely HOFer ≈ 100
Hall of Fame Standards	Batting - 7 (1931), Average HOFer ≈ 50

Similarity Scores

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