Ernie Oravetz

Ernest Eugene Oravetz

Positions: Pinch Hitter and Outfielder
Bats: Both, Throws: Left
Height: 5' 4", Weight: 145 lb.

Born: January 24, 1932 in Johnstown, PA
High School: Johnstown HS (Johnstown, PA)
Signed by the Washington Senators as an amateur free agent in 1951. (All Transactions)
Debut: April 11, 1955
Team: Senators 1955-1956

Final Game: September 30, 1956
Died: December 3, 2006 in Tampa, FL
Buried: Florida National Cemetery, Bushnell, FL
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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	19	MIN-min	D	135	516	516		188	19	9	1						.364	.364	.442	.806		228							ORL · FLOR
1952	20	MIN-min	AA	144	559	559		171	24	8	2						.306	.306	.388	.694		217							CNG · SOUA
1953		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1954		Did not play in major leagues (Military Service)
1955	23	WSH	AL	100	296	263	24	71	5	1	0	25	1	2	26	19	.270	.336	.297	.632	75	78	5	1	4	2	0	98
1956	24	WSH	AL	88	167	137	20	34	3	2	0	11	1	0	27	20	.248	.370	.299	.669	82	41	1	0	2	1	0	79/8
1957	25	MIN-min	AA	99	313	313		88	12	2	0						.281	.281	.332	.613		104							CNG · SOUA
1958	26	MIN-min	AA	132	493	493		158	17	5	1						.320	.320	.381	.702		188							CNG · SOUA
1959	27	MIN-min	AA	152	666	571	84	170	27	4	0	31	4		86	28	.298	.390	.359	.749		205		1	7	1	2		CNG · SOUA
1960	28	PHI-min	AA	152	690	600	87	196	26	2	0	42	5		90	26	.327	.414	.377	.791		226							CNG · SOUA
1961	29	LAD-MIN-min	AAA	130	509	458	61	131	18	6	1	50	3	4	51	16	.286	.358	.358	.716		164							SPO,SYR · PCL,IL
1962	30	MIN-TEX/NYM-min	A,AAA	105	461	383	65	119	14	3	1	25	7	1	66	17	.311	.412	.371	.782		142		1	9	2	5		CHR,SYR · SALL,IL
1963	31	MIN-min	AA	129	522	439	58	126	16	2	1	26	12	7	83	19	.287	.400	.339	.740		149							CHR · SALL
2 Yrs				188	463	400	44	105	8	3	0	36	2	2	53	39	.263	.348	.298	.645	77	119	6	1	6	3	0
162 Game Avg.				162	399	345	38	90	7	3	0	31	2	2	46	34	.263	.348	.298	.645	77	103	5	1	5	3	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
1955	23	WSH	AL	100	296	-9	-1	1	-6	-2	-16	-1.7	8	-8	-0.9	.483	.489	-0.3	-0.8	-2	$	98
1956	24	WSH	AL	88	167	-2	0	1	-7	-2	-9	-0.9	4	-4	-0.4	.490	.494	0.3	-0.8	3	$	79/8
2 Seasons				188	463	-11	-0	2	-13	-4	-25	-2.6	12	-13	-1.3	.486	.492	0.0	-1.6	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	PwrSpd
1955	23	WSH	AL	296	205	27	3.5	99	.289	.270	.262	.336	.340	.297	.390	.632	.730	75	.382	-8.6	-0.9	.523	.122	.027	.0
1956	24	WSH	AL	167	107	18	4.5	103	.288	.248	.262	.370	.344	.299	.401	.669	.744	82	.470	-2.2	-0.2	.663	.255	.051	.0
2 Yrs				463	312	45	3.9	100	.288	.263	.262	.348	.342	.298	.394	.645	.735	77	.415	-10.8	-1.1	.571	.168	.035	.0
162 Game Avg.				399	269	39	3.9	100	.288	.263	.262	.348	.342	.298	.394	.645	.735	77	.415	-10.8	-1.1	.571	.168	.035

Ratio Batting*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	PA	HR%	SO%	BB%	XBH%	X/H%	SO/BB	AB/SO	AB/HR	AB/RBI	GO/AO	IP%
1955	23	WSH	AL	296	0.0%	6.4%	8.8%	2.0%	9%	0.73	13.8		10.5	1.15	83%
1956	24	WSH	AL	167	0.0%	12.0%	16.2%	3.0%	15%	0.74	6.9		12.5	1.29	71%
2 Yrs				463	0.0%	8.4%	11.5%	2.4%	11%	0.74	10.3		11.1	1.20	79%
MLB Averages					2.4%	11.7%	9.5%	6.6%	29%	1.24	7.5	37.1	8.1	0.97	75%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1955	23	WSH	AL	-9.0	-0.9	301	-0.3	5.0	-5.3	1.10	-0.6	0.4	-3.4	-0.3	0.99	-7.0	1.54	34
1956	24	WSH	AL	-2.2	-0.2	172	-0.2	3.2	-3.4	1.15	0.2	-0.4	2.4	0.2	0.98	1.5	1.21	49
2 Yrs				-11.2	-1.1	473	-0.4	8.2	-8.6	1.11	-0.4	0.0	-1.1	-0.1	0.98	-5.5	1.34	83

Baserunning & Misc. Stats*

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	ROE	RS%	SBO	SB	CS	SB%	SB2	CS2	PO	OOB	BT	XBT%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1955	23	WSH	AL	2	25%	122	1	2	33%	1	2	3	4	5	42%	24	16	7	1	1	6	1	5
1956	24	WSH	AL	2	33%	90	1	0	100%	1	0	1	2	3	50%	9	6	3	1	1	8	3	5
2 Yrs				4	28%	212	2	2	50%	2	2	4	6	8	45%	33	22	10	2	2	14	4	10

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
1955	23	WSH	AL	296	100%	71			34	6	0	5	1.54	0	0	7	0	0	0	0	0	5	4	80%	67	5	7%	36	15	42%	192	26	14%	13	7	54%	12	8	67%	0
1956	24	WSH	AL	167	100%	34			49	11	0	5	1.21	0	0	6	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	100%	40	1	3%	15	8	53%	105	11	10%	8	4	50%	6	6	100%	0
2 Yrs				463	100%	105			83	17	0	10	1.34	0	0	13	0	0	0	0	0	7	6	86%	107	6	6%	51	23	45%	297	37	12%	21	11	52%	18	14	78%	0
MLB Averages					49%																			82%			11%			31%			14%			49%			54%

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
1955	23	100	296	263	24	71	5	1	0	25	1	2	26	19	.270	.336	.297	.632	75	78	5	1	4	2	0
1956	24	188	463	400	44	105	8	3	0	36	2	2	53	39	.263	.348	.298	.645	77	119	6	1	6	3	0

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	RBI	SB	BB	SO	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	RC	Gact
1955	23	105	312	277	26	76	5	1	27	1	28	20	.274	.341	.300	.641	28	100
1956	24	92	174	143	21	35	3	2	11	1	28	21	.245	.366	.294	.660	16	88
2 Yrs		197	486	420	47	111	8	3	38	2	56	41	.264	.350	.298	.648	44	188
162 Game Avg.		162	400	345	39	91	7	2	31	2	46	34	.264	.350	.298	.648	36	188

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