Bobo Osborne

Larry Sidney Osborne

Positions: Pinch Hitter, First Baseman and Third Baseman
Bats: Left, Throws: Right
Height: 6' 1", Weight: 205 lb.

Born: October 12, 1935 in Chattahoochee, GA
Signed by the Detroit Tigers as an amateur free agent in 1953. (All Transactions)
Debut: June 27, 1957
Teams (by GP): Tigers/Senators 1957-1963

Final Game: September 24, 1963
Died: April 15, 2011 in Woodstock, GA
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
1953	17	DET-min	A	58	171	171		32	6	1	1						.187	.187	.251	.439		43							MTG · SALL
1954	18	DET-min	B	138	518	518		120	24	5	22						.232	.232	.425	.656		220							DHM · CARL
1955	19	DET-min	A	138	519	519		133	25	17	11						.256	.256	.434	.690		225							AUG · SALL
1956	20	DET-min	A	130	466	466		117	25	2	16						.251	.251	.416	.667		194							AUG · SALL
1957	21	DET-min	AA,AAA	105	396	377	12	110	18	3	15	19	0		17	21	.292	.323	.475	.798		179		1	0	1	0		BIR,CHL · SOUA,AA
1957	21	DET	AL	11	30	27	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	0	3	7	.148	.233	.185	.419	15	5	0	0	0	0	0	/93
1958	22	DET-min	AAA	125	518	443	61	127	31	1	19	97	3		59	71	.287	.370	.490	.860		217		5	2	9	6		CHL · AA
1958	22	DET	AL	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	-100	0	0	0	0	0	0
1959	23	DET	AL	86	228	209	27	40	7	1	3	21	1	0	16	41	.191	.254	.278	.532	43	58	3	2	0	1	0	3/9

1960	24	DET-min	AAA	141	577	482	108	165	40	1	34	119	2		95	80	.342	.451	.641	1.092		309							DEN · AA
1961	25	DET	AL	71	114	93	8	20	7	0	2	13	1	0	20	15	.215	.354	.355	.709	88	33	1	0	1	0	0	3/5
1962	26	DET	AL	64	92	74	12	17	1	0	0	7	0	0	16	25	.230	.374	.243	.617	68	18	0	1	1	0	0	5/32
1963	27	WSA	AL	125	416	358	42	76	14	1	12	44	0	0	49	83	.212	.308	.358	.666	87	128	5	3	1	5	7	35
1964	28	TEX/ATL-MIN-min	AAA	131	506	401	58	89	18	0	15	47	3	3	96	107	.222	.380	.379	.759		152		6	3	0			TTO,ATA · IL
1965	29	MIN-min	AAA	134	544	461	78	125	24	3	19	76	1	0	75	125	.271	.376	.460	.836		212		4	1	3			DEN · PCL
1966	30	MIN-min	AAA	126	387	329	54	76	11	2	18	53	2	3	54	81	.231	.341	.441	.782		145		2	0	2			DEN · PCL
1967	31	MIN-min	AAA	114	393	345	48	90	16	0	12	58	0	2	44	94	.261	.346	.412	.758		142		2	0	2			DEN · PCL
1969	33	KCR-min	AAA	72	254	214	41	60	9	3	8	46	0	1	34	56	.280	.391	.463	.854		99		5	1	0			OMA · AA
6 Yrs				359	882	763	93	157	30	2	17	86	2	0	104	171	.206	.304	.317	.621	70	242	9	6	3	6	7
162 Game Avg.				162	398	344	42	71	14	1	8	39	1	0	47	77	.206	.304	.317	.621	70	109	4	3	1	3	3

DET (5 yrs)				234	466	405	51	81	16	1	5	42	2	0	55	88	.200	.300	.281	.581	56	114	4	3	2	1	0
WSA (1 yr)				125	416	358	42	76	14	1	12	44	0	0	49	83	.212	.308	.358	.666	87	128	5	3	1	5	7

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
1957	21	DET	AL	11	30	-2	0	1	-0	-0	-3	-0.3	1	-2	-0.2	.473	.498	-0.2	-0.1	-1	$	/93
1958	22	DET	AL	2	2	-0	0	0	0	0	-0	-0.1	0	-0	-0.1	.472	.500	-0.1	0.0	-0	$
1959	23	DET	AL	86	228	-14	1	0	3	-3	-12	-1.4	6	-6	-0.8	.484	.492	-1.1	-0.0	-10	$	3/9

1961	25	DET	AL	71	114	1	0	1	0	-0	1	0.1	3	4	0.4	.502	.501	0.5	-0.1	4	$	3/5
1962	26	DET	AL	64	92	-1	-1	0	0	-0	-1	-0.2	2	1	0.1	.498	.499	0.1	-0.1	1	$	5/32
1963	27	WSA	AL	125	416	-7	0	1	-1	-4	-11	-1.4	12	0	-0.2	.490	.492	0.0	-0.7	1	$	35
6 Seasons				359	882	-24	0	3	2	-8	-27	-3.2	24	-3	-0.8	.492	.497	-0.8	-1.0	-5	$

DET (5 yrs)				234	466	-17	0	2	3	-4	-16	-1.8	13	-3	-0.6	.493	.498	-0.8	-0.3	-6	$
WSA (1 yr)				125	416	-7	0	1	-1	-4	-11	-1.4	12	0	-0.2	.490	.492	0.0	-0.7	1	$

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
1957	21	DET	AL	30	23	1	1.2	102	.200	.148	.267	.233	.339	.185	.403	.419	.742	15	.082	-3.2	-0.3	.348	.148	.037
1958	22	DET	AL	2	2	0	0.0	104	.000	.000	.270	.000	.340	.000	.410	.000	.749	-100	.000	-0.6	-0.1	.000	.000	.000
1959	23	DET	AL	228	173	15	2.3	103	.223	.191	.267	.254	.339	.278	.408	.532	.748	43	.239	-17.4	-1.8	.448	.167	.086	1.5

1961	25	DET	AL	114	75	13	4.6	106	.237	.215	.267	.354	.343	.355	.416	.709	.759	88	.498	-0.8	-0.1	.730	.366	.140	1.3
1962	26	DET	AL	92	58	8	3.7	106	.347	.230	.268	.374	.341	.243	.417	.617	.758	68	.407	-2.6	-0.3	.614	.230	.014
1963	27	WSA	AL	416	293	42	3.9	95	.239	.212	.255	.308	.322	.358	.394	.666	.716	87	.463	-5.4	-0.6	.627	.282	.145	.0
6 Yrs				882	624	79	3.4	100	.241	.206	.262	.304	.332	.317	.403	.621	.735	70	.390	-29.9	-3.1	.576	.250	.111	3.6
162 Game Avg.				398	282	36	3.4	100	.241	.206	.262	.304	.332	.317	.403	.621	.735	70	.390	-29.9	-3.1	.576	.250	.111	2

DET (5 yrs)				466	331	37	3.0	104	.243	.200	.267	.300	.341	.281	.411	.581	.752	56	.324	-24.6	-2.5	.530	.222	.081	2.9
WSA (1 yr)				416	293	42	3.9	95	.239	.212	.255	.308	.322	.358	.394	.666	.716	87	.463	-5.4	-0.6	.627	.282	.145	.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%
1957	21	DET	AL	30	0.0%	23.3%	10.0%	3.3%	25%	2.33	3.9		27.0	2.75	67%
1958	22	DET	AL	2	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%	0.0%						0.00	100%
1959	23	DET	AL	228	1.3%	18.0%	7.0%	4.8%	28%	2.56	5.1	69.7	10.0	0.94	73%

1961	25	DET	AL	114	1.8%	13.2%	17.5%	7.9%	45%	0.75	6.2	46.5	7.2	1.76	67%
1962	26	DET	AL	92	0.0%	27.2%	17.4%	1.1%	6%	1.56	3.0		10.6	0.67	53%
1963	27	WSA	AL	416	2.9%	20.0%	11.8%	6.5%	36%	1.69	4.3	29.8	8.1	1.06	64%
6 Yrs				882	1.9%	19.4%	11.8%	5.6%	31%	1.64	4.5	44.9	8.9	1.08	66%
MLB Averages					2.4%	13.7%	8.6%	6.6%	29%	1.59	6.5	37.9	8.4	1.03	74%

Win Probability

Year	Age	Tm	Lg	BtRuns	BtWins	Plays	WPA	WPA+	WPA-	aLI	WPA/LI	Clutch	RE24	REW	boLI	RE24/boLI	PHlev	AB
1957	21	DET	AL	-3.2	-0.3	30	-0.2	0.2	-0.4	.77	-0.3	-0.0	-2.2	-0.2	0.95	-2.0	1.62	2
1958	22	DET	AL	-0.6	-0.1	2	-0.0	0.0	-0.0	.85	-0.1	-0.0	-0.3	-0.0	0.50	-0.5	0.85	2
1959	23	DET	AL	-17.4	-1.8	230	-0.5	3.5	-3.9	.95	-1.1	0.6	-7.2	-0.7	1.00	-10.0	1.50	23

1961	25	DET	AL	-0.8	-0.1	115	-0.1	2.6	-2.7	1.40	0.3	-0.4	1.8	0.2	1.02	2.9	1.81	41
1962	26	DET	AL	-2.5	-0.2	92	0.4	2.0	-1.6	1.32	0.2	0.1	3.9	0.4	0.93	1.4	1.75	29
1963	27	WSA	AL	-5.4	-0.6	421	-0.1	7.6	-7.7	1.09	-0.2	0.1	-2.1	-0.2	0.97	-3.4	1.34	22
6 Yrs				-29.8	-3.1	890	-0.5	15.9	-16.4	1.11	-1.1	0.6	-6.0	-0.6	0.98	-11.6	1.63	119

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%	1^stS	1^stS2	1^stS3	1^stD	1^stD3	1^stDH	2^ndS	2^ndS3	2^ndSH
1957	21	DET	AL	1	0	57%	17	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	50%	5	3	2	1	1	0	2	0	2
1958	22	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
1959	23	DET	AL	6	0	44%	81	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	6	61%	12	6	6	6	2	4	5	1	4

1961	25	DET	AL	4	0	16%	38	1	0	100%	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	57%	5	2	3	0	0	0	2	1	1
1962	26	DET	AL	3	0	35%	43	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	28%	12	9	2	2	2	0	4	0	3
1963	27	WSA	AL	5	0	26%	144	0	0		0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5	8	58%	23	13	10	6	2	3	9	0	9
6 Yrs				19	0	30%	323	2	0	100%	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	9	16	52%	57	33	23	15	7	7	22	2	19

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
1957	21	DET	AL	30	93%	4			2	0	0	0	1.62	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		8	0	0%	4	1	25%	15	1	7%	0	0		0	0		0
1958	22	DET	AL	2	100%	0			2	0	0	0	0.85	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0	0		0
1959	23	DET	AL	228	86%	40			23	0	0	0	1.50	3	0	7	2	1	2	1	0	0	0		58	3	5%	26	5	19%	150	19	13%	8	5	63%	7	2	29%	0

1961	25	DET	AL	114	87%	20			41	10	0	6	1.81	2	0	5	2	0	1	1	0	1	1	100%	25	1	4%	13	3	23%	92	13	14%	9	3	33%	2	1	50%	0
1962	26	DET	AL	92	92%	17			29	6	0	6	1.75	0	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	100%	16	0	0%	6	2	33%	58	7	12%	3	3	100%	2	1	50%	0
1963	27	WSA	AL	416	81%	76			22	5	0	0	1.34	12	0	9	10	2	5	7	0	1	1	100%	70	5	7%	40	10	25%	264	33	13%	29	12	41%	15	4	27%	0
6 Yrs				882	84%	157			119	21	0	12	1.63	17	0	25	14	3	8	9	0	3	3	100%	177	9	5%	89	21	24%	579	73	13%	49	23	47%	26	8	31%	0
MLB Averages					50%																			74%			10%			31%			14%			49%			53%

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	SF	IBB
1957	21	11	30	27	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	7	.148	.233	.185	.419	15	5	0	0	0	0	0
1958	22	13	32	29	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	7	.138	.219	.172	.391	7	5	0	0	0	0	0
1959	23	99	260	238	31	44	8	1	3	22	1	19	48	.185	.250	.265	.515	39	63	3	2	0	1	0
1960	24	99	260	238	31	44	8	1	3	22	1	19	48	.185	.250	.265	.515	39	63	3	2	0	1	0
1961	25	170	374	331	39	64	15	1	5	35	2	39	63	.193	.282	.290	.572	53	96	4	2	1	1	0
1962	26	234	466	405	51	81	16	1	5	42	2	55	88	.200	.300	.281	.581	56	114	4	3	2	1	0
1963	27	359	882	763	93	157	30	2	17	86	2	104	171	.206	.304	.317	.621	70	242	9	6	3	6	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
1957	21	12	31	28	4	4	1	0	0	1	0	3	7	.143	.226	.179	.404	1	11
1958	22	2	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	0	2
1959	23	90	237	218	27	41	7	1	3	21	1	16	43	.188	.249	.271	.520	15	86

1961	25	71	112	92	8	19	7	0	2	12	1	19	15	.207	.342	.348	.690	11	71
1962	26	64	90	73	11	16	1	0	0	6	0	15	25	.219	.360	.233	.592	6	64
1963	27	125	423	362	46	80	15	1	13	48	0	52	83	.221	.320	.376	.696	43	125
6 Yrs		364	895	775	96	160	31	2	18	88	2	105	173	.206	.304	.321	.625	76	359
162 Game Avg.		162	398	345	43	71	14	1	8	39	1	47	77	.206	.304	.321	.625	34	359

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